The first table below looks at the demand for REST skills in IT contracts advertised for the County Antrim region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited REST over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the County Antrim region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Representational State Transfer (REST)
Rank 29 27 16
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -11
Contract jobs citing REST 3 2 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 1.538% 1.190% 8.358%
As % of the Application Development category 3.158% 4.000% 26.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
Average daily rate £325 - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £374 £300
% change year-on-year
-6.35% +24.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.00 £32.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+17.82% -19.37%
All Application Development
County Antrim
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
95 50 107
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 48.72% 29.76% 31.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 16 23
Average daily rate £350 £280 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -16.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £36.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
REST
Northern Ireland

REST
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing REST across the County Antrim region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

County Antrim REST Jobs Demand Trend

REST
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing REST across the County Antrim region.

County Antrim REST Daily Rate Trend

REST
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Belfast -2 3 £325 -
REST
Northern Ireland

REST
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim region citing REST also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited REST.

1 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) J2EE
1 5 (100.00%) JUnit
1 5 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 5 (100.00%) soapUI
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (60.00%) Build Forge
2 3 (60.00%) ESB
2 3 (60.00%) WebSphere Process Server
2 3 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (60.00%) SOA
3 2 (40.00%) Eclipse
3 2 (40.00%) IBM
3 2 (40.00%) SOAP
3 2 (40.00%) Web Services
3 2 (40.00%) XML
3 2 (40.00%) OO
3 2 (40.00%) TDD
3 2 (40.00%) Ajax
3 2 (40.00%) JSON

REST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim region citing REST also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited REST. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) J2EE
1 5 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 5 (100.00%) soapUI
2 2 (40.00%) SOAP
2 2 (40.00%) Web Services
2 2 (40.00%) XML
2 2 (40.00%) Ajax
2 2 (40.00%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) ESB
1 3 (60.00%) WebSphere Process Server
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) JUnit
2 3 (60.00%) Build Forge
3 2 (40.00%) Eclipse
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Consultant
1 3 (60.00%) Process Consultant
1 3 (60.00%) WebSphere Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Java Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Integration
1 3 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (60.00%) SOA
2 2 (40.00%) OO
2 2 (40.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) IBM