The first table below looks at the demand for REST skills in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London 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 28 25 -
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -
Contract jobs citing REST 1 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 0.578% 3.256% -
As % of the Application Development category 2.564% 15.22% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 0
Average daily rate - £525 -
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
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
39 46 141
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 22.54% 21.40% 23.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 29 49
Average daily rate £413 £515 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.90% +14.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £475 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £588 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £45.00 £42.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% +13.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
REST
London

REST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London REST Daily Rate Trend

REST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 3 (60.00%) C#
1 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
1 3 (60.00%) .NET
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (60.00%) SOAP
1 3 (60.00%) JSON
1 3 (60.00%) HTML5
2 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (40.00%) CSS3
2 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (40.00%) Ajax
2 2 (40.00%) Web 2.0
2 2 (40.00%) Apache Flex
2 2 (40.00%) Web Services
2 2 (40.00%) XML
2 2 (40.00%) Apache
2 2 (40.00%) RSS
2 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET
2 2 (40.00%) CSS
2 2 (40.00%) PHP
2 2 (40.00%) C++
2 2 (40.00%) HTML
2 2 (40.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) HTTP
2 2 (40.00%) MVC
2 2 (40.00%) LAMP
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Objective-C
3 1 (20.00%) Grid Computing

REST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 3 (60.00%) .NET
1 3 (60.00%) SOAP
1 3 (60.00%) JSON
1 3 (60.00%) HTML5
2 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (40.00%) CSS3
2 2 (40.00%) Ajax
2 2 (40.00%) Apache Flex
2 2 (40.00%) Web Services
2 2 (40.00%) XML
2 2 (40.00%) RSS
2 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET
2 2 (40.00%) CSS
2 2 (40.00%) HTML
2 2 (40.00%) LAMP
3 1 (20.00%) WCF
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
3 1 (20.00%) Sencha Touch
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 1 (20.00%) Apache Cordova
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Apache
2 1 (20.00%) nginx
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Coherence
2 1 (20.00%) GemFire
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (20.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) HTTP
2 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (20.00%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Subversion
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (20.00%) Front Office
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) C# Developer
2 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Development Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Development Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Front Office Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Developer
2 1 (20.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Web 2.0
2 1 (20.00%) Grid Computing
2 1 (20.00%) Derivative
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
1 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (40.00%) MVC
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) Time Management
2 1 (20.00%) Monte Carlo Method
2 1 (20.00%) User Stories
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C#
1 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) PHP
2 2 (40.00%) C++
2 2 (40.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) Objective-C
3 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (20.00%) VBA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) TOWER Software
1 1 (20.00%) DataSynapse
1 1 (20.00%) Facebook
1 1 (20.00%) Sencha