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REST Contracts in England

Browse 184 REST job vacancies in England

The first table below looks at the demand for REST skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited REST over the 3 months to 18 June 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 England 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.

3 months to
18 Jun 2013

Same period 2012

Same period 2011

Representational State Transfer (REST)

Rank

174

259

398

Rank change year-on-year

+85

+139

Contract jobs citing REST

530

346

185

As % of all contract IT jobs located in England

1.211%

0.653%

0.324%

As % of the Application Development category

4.347%

2.475%

1.142%

Number of daily rates quoted

342

242

117

Average daily rate

£400

£350

Average daily rate % change year-on-year

+14.28%

90% offered a daily rate of more than

£275

£260

10% offered a daily rate of more than

£500

£550

£500

UK excluding London average daily rate

£350

£300

% change year-on-year

+16.66%

Number of hourly rates quoted

Average hourly rate

£42.00

£39.50

£40.00

Average hourly rate % change year-on-year

+6.32%

-1.25%

UK excluding London average hourly rate

£35.50

£32.50

£40.00

% change year-on-year

+9.23%

-18.75%

All Application Development
England

Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category

12193

13979

16197

As % of all contract IT jobs located in England

27.85%

26.37%

28.33%

Number of daily rates quoted

7861

8549

9749

Average daily rate

£375

£360

£400

Average daily rate % change year-on-year

+4.16%

-10.00%

90% offered a daily rate of more than

£250

10% offered a daily rate of more than

£550

£600

UK excluding London average daily rate

£325

Number of hourly rates quoted

324

358

520

Average hourly rate

£35.00

£33.30

£35.00

Average hourly rate % change year-on-year

+5.10%

-4.85%

90% offered a hourly rate of more than

£20.00

£17.00

£17.50

10% offered a hourly rate of more than

£47.50

£42.50

£47.50

UK excluding London average hourly rate

£35.00

£31.00

£35.70

% change year-on-year

+12.90%

-13.16%

REST
UK

REST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

REST
Daily Rate Trend

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

REST
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing REST across the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

REST
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing REST across the England region.

REST
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing REST across the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

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 England region over the 3 months to 18 June 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	Find Job Vacancies
London	+50	370	£400	-	109
South East	+59	64	£350	+7.69%	19
North West	+32	22	£300	-	25
East of England	+22	19	£375	-16.66%	4
Yorkshire	+14	19	£300	-	11
South West	+11	6	£300	-23.07%	4
West Midlands	+7	6	£413	-	7
East Midlands	-2	5	£250	-52.38%
North East	-	-	-	-	4
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REST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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	510 (55.37%)	Java
2	460 (49.95%)	Web Services
3	456 (49.51%)	JavaScript
4	380 (41.26%)	JSON
5	355 (38.55%)	SOAP
6	327 (35.50%)	CSS
7	314 (34.09%)	XML
8	301 (32.68%)	HTML
9	294 (31.92%)	TDD
10	288 (31.27%)	MVC
11	254 (27.58%)	jQuery
12	235 (25.52%)	.NET
13	221 (24.00%)	C#
14	219 (23.78%)	Agile Software Development
15	205 (22.26%)	Spring

16	201 (21.82%)	SQL
17	200 (21.72%)	SQL Server
18	186 (20.20%)	OO
19	176 (19.11%)	Scrum
20	174 (18.89%)	HTML5
21	173 (18.78%)	BDD
22	150 (16.29%)	JUnit
23	142 (15.42%)	Maven
24	141 (15.31%)	Ajax
24	141 (15.31%)	Git (software)
25	134 (14.55%)	Hibernate
26	132 (14.33%)	J2EE
27	128 (13.90%)	Oracle
27	128 (13.90%)	HTTP
28	121 (13.14%)	Continuous Integration

REST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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	460 (49.95%)	Web Services
2	380 (41.26%)	JSON
3	355 (38.55%)	SOAP
4	327 (35.50%)	CSS
5	314 (34.09%)	XML
6	301 (32.68%)	HTML
7	254 (27.58%)	jQuery
8	235 (25.52%)	.NET
9	205 (22.26%)	Spring
10	174 (18.89%)	HTML5
11	141 (15.31%)	Ajax
12	134 (14.55%)	Hibernate
13	132 (14.33%)	J2EE
14	114 (12.38%)	EJB
15	111 (12.05%)	WCF
16	110 (11.94%)	ASP.NET
17	101 (10.97%)	Java EE
18	100 (10.86%)	CSS3
18	100 (10.86%)	JSP
19	87 (9.446%)	Spring MVC

Application Platforms
1	52 (5.646%)	Apache
2	51 (5.537%)	CMS
3	44 (4.777%)	Tomcat
4	33 (3.583%)	Amazon AWS
5	30 (3.257%)	BizTalk Server
5	30 (3.257%)	ESB
6	28 (3.040%)	IIS
6	28 (3.040%)	Windows Azure
6	28 (3.040%)	Adobe CQ
7	27 (2.932%)	FileNet
8	23 (2.497%)	Amazon EC2
9	17 (1.846%)	SharePoint
10	16 (1.737%)	Amazon S3
11	15 (1.629%)	Force.com
12	13 (1.412%)	Route 53
12	13 (1.412%)	Mule
13	12 (1.303%)	Apache Solr
14	11 (1.194%)	Umbraco
14	11 (1.194%)	WebSphere Application Server
15	10 (1.086%)	nginx

Applications
1	28 (3.040%)	MS Excel
2	21 (2.280%)	Photoshop
3	3 (0.326%)	MS Visio
3	3 (0.326%)	InfoPath
4	2 (0.217%)	Office 365
4	2 (0.217%)	Adobe Illustrator
5	1 (0.109%)	MS Office
5	1 (0.109%)	Google Apps

Business Applications
1	19 (2.063%)	Dynamics CRM
2	13 (1.412%)	Oracle EBS
3	5 (0.543%)	RMDS
4	3 (0.326%)	Google Analytics
4	3 (0.326%)	Oracle BPM
5	1 (0.109%)	SiteCatalyst
5	1 (0.109%)	Dynamics AX
5	1 (0.109%)	Unica Affinium

Communications & Networking
1	128 (13.90%)	HTTP
2	54 (5.863%)	Internet
3	25 (2.714%)	DNS
4	20 (2.172%)	SSL
5	18 (1.954%)	TCP/IP
6	13 (1.412%)	Network Security
7	12 (1.303%)	Firewall
8	11 (1.194%)	RTP
8	11 (1.194%)	RTSP
8	11 (1.194%)	NAS
8	11 (1.194%)	SAN
9	7 (0.760%)	DVB
10	3 (0.326%)	Intranet
10	3 (0.326%)	LDAP
10	3 (0.326%)	Wireshark
11	2 (0.217%)	NFC
11	2 (0.217%)	AMQP
11	2 (0.217%)	OpenLDAP
11	2 (0.217%)	SSH
11	2 (0.217%)	VoIP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	200 (21.72%)	SQL Server
2	94 (10.21%)	MySQL
3	81 (8.795%)	NoSQL
4	62 (6.732%)	MongoDB
5	51 (5.537%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
6	46 (4.995%)	SQL Server 2008
7	44 (4.777%)	SQL Server Integration Services
8	26 (2.823%)	Redis
9	24 (2.606%)	SQLite
10	19 (2.063%)	CouchDB
11	18 (1.954%)	SQL Server 2005
12	17 (1.846%)	PostgreSQL
12	17 (1.846%)	Oracle 8/8i
13	16 (1.737%)	RDBMS
14	14 (1.520%)	SQL Server 2012
14	14 (1.520%)	Amazon RDS
15	12 (1.303%)	Oracle 11g
15	12 (1.303%)	Apache Cassandra
16	11 (1.194%)	GIS
16	11 (1.194%)	MarkLogic

Development Applications
1	150 (16.29%)	JUnit
2	142 (15.42%)	Maven
3	141 (15.31%)	Git (software)
4	110 (11.94%)	Subversion
5	84 (9.121%)	Selenium
6	69 (7.492%)	Jenkins
7	68 (7.383%)	Mockito
8	54 (5.863%)	Eclipse
9	45 (4.886%)	Ant
10	44 (4.777%)	Visual Studio
10	44 (4.777%)	JIRA
11	42 (4.560%)	Hudson
12	40 (4.343%)	Cucumber
13	39 (4.235%)	Xcode
14	32 (3.474%)	GitHub
15	31 (3.366%)	Mercurial
16	30 (3.257%)	Team Foundation Server
17	21 (2.280%)	WebDriver
18	20 (2.172%)	Jasmine
19	19 (2.063%)	PhoneGap

General
1	102 (11.07%)	Finance
2	67 (7.275%)	Banking
3	49 (5.320%)	Publishing
4	28 (3.040%)	Games
5	22 (2.389%)	Telecoms
6	21 (2.280%)	Financial Institution
7	20 (2.172%)	Investment Banking
8	12 (1.303%)	Retail
8	12 (1.303%)	Marketing
9	11 (1.194%)	Front Office
10	5 (0.543%)	Corporate Banking
11	4 (0.434%)	Advertising
12	3 (0.326%)	Multimedia
12	3 (0.326%)	Back Office
12	3 (0.326%)	Automotive
13	2 (0.217%)	Electronics
13	2 (0.217%)	Billing
14	1 (0.109%)	Legal
14	1 (0.109%)	Pharmaceutical
14	1 (0.109%)	Online Betting

Job Titles
1	690 (74.92%)	Developer
2	196 (21.28%)	Java Developer
3	80 (8.686%)	.NET Developer
4	70 (7.600%)	Architect
5	69 (7.492%)	Senior Developer
6	53 (5.755%)	Web Developer
7	51 (5.537%)	C# Developer
8	46 (4.995%)	iOS Developer
9	40 (4.343%)	Software Engineer
10	36 (3.909%)	Lead Developer
11	34 (3.692%)	Android Developer
11	34 (3.692%)	Front-End Developer
12	33 (3.583%)	UI Developer
13	31 (3.366%)	C# .NET Developer
14	30 (3.257%)	UI Programmer
14	30 (3.257%)	Mobile Developer
15	28 (3.040%)	JavaScript Developer
16	24 (2.606%)	Java/J2EE Developer
17	23 (2.497%)	Agile Java Developer
18	22 (2.389%)	Consultant

Miscellaneous
1	80 (8.686%)	Open Source
2	72 (7.818%)	Mobile App
3	37 (4.017%)	Computer Science
4	28 (3.040%)	iPhone
5	26 (2.823%)	iPad
6	21 (2.280%)	Client/Server
7	18 (1.954%)	Digital Media
8	16 (1.737%)	Enterprise Software
8	16 (1.737%)	Graphic Design
9	15 (1.629%)	Blackberry
10	13 (1.412%)	N-Tier
10	13 (1.412%)	Social Media
11	12 (1.303%)	Cloud Computing
12	10 (1.086%)	Kindle
12	10 (1.086%)	PKI
13	9 (0.977%)	Taxonomies
13	9 (0.977%)	W3C
13	9 (0.977%)	Inversion of Control
14	8 (0.869%)	DTV
14	8 (0.869%)	Ontologies

Operating Systems
1	110 (11.94%)	Linux
2	106 (11.51%)	Apple iOS
3	95 (10.31%)	Android
4	61 (6.623%)	Windows
5	56 (6.080%)	UNIX
6	13 (1.412%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7	8 (0.869%)	Windows Server 2008
8	7 (0.760%)	Windows 7
8	7 (0.760%)	Windows 8
8	7 (0.760%)	Solaris
9	6 (0.651%)	Windows Server 2012
10	4 (0.434%)	Windows Phone
10	4 (0.434%)	Mac OS X
11	3 (0.326%)	AIX
11	3 (0.326%)	HPUX
11	3 (0.326%)	Windows Mobile
12	2 (0.217%)	CentOS
13	1 (0.109%)	SUSE
13	1 (0.109%)	Ubuntu

Processes & Methodologies
1	294 (31.92%)	TDD
2	288 (31.27%)	MVC
3	219 (23.78%)	Agile Software Development
4	186 (20.20%)	OO
5	176 (19.11%)	Scrum
6	173 (18.78%)	BDD
7	121 (13.14%)	Continuous Integration
8	112 (12.16%)	SOA
9	103 (11.18%)	Web Development
10	93 (10.10%)	Pair Programming
11	76 (8.252%)	E-Commerce
12	69 (7.492%)	UML
13	68 (7.383%)	OOD
14	66 (7.166%)	Unit Testing
15	60 (6.515%)	Multithreading
16	50 (5.429%)	Software Architecture
17	48 (5.212%)	Kanban
18	45 (4.886%)	OOP
19	42 (4.560%)	MVVM
20	36 (3.909%)	Test Automation

Programming Languages
1	510 (55.37%)	Java
2	456 (49.51%)	JavaScript
3	221 (24.00%)	C#
4	201 (21.82%)	SQL
5	80 (8.686%)	PHP
6	79 (8.578%)	Ruby
7	63 (6.840%)	C++
8	56 (6.080%)	Python
9	52 (5.646%)	Objective-C
10	51 (5.537%)	Groovy
11	40 (4.343%)	XPath
11	40 (4.343%)	Perl
12	25 (2.714%)	XQuery
13	23 (2.497%)	T-SQL
14	21 (2.280%)	Scala
15	18 (1.954%)	C
16	15 (1.629%)	Apex Code
17	11 (1.194%)	SPARQL
18	10 (1.086%)	Bash shell
19	8 (0.869%)	Clojure

Qualifications
1	53 (5.755%)	Degree
2	16 (1.737%)	Security Cleared
3	10 (1.086%)	CISSP
4	9 (0.977%)	DV Cleared
5	6 (0.651%)	ISTQB
5	6 (0.651%)	SC Cleared
6	5 (0.543%)	ISEB
7	4 (0.434%)	Microsoft Certification
8	3 (0.326%)	MCTS
8	3 (0.326%)	MCSD
8	3 (0.326%)	MCSE
9	1 (0.109%)	PhD
9	1 (0.109%)	Sun Certification
9	1 (0.109%)	SSCP
9	1 (0.109%)	GIAC
9	1 (0.109%)	CTC Cleared

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	67 (7.275%)	QA
2	4 (0.434%)	WCAG
3	3 (0.326%)	Section 508
4	2 (0.217%)	Dublin Core
5	1 (0.109%)	ISO/IEC 27001
5	1 (0.109%)	PCI DSS

System Software
1	11 (1.194%)	Active Directory
1	11 (1.194%)	Samba
2	4 (0.434%)	NFS
3	2 (0.217%)	VMware Server
3	2 (0.217%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	2 (0.217%)	Veritas Volume Manager
3	2 (0.217%)	Veritas File System
4	1 (0.109%)	Shibboleth
4	1 (0.109%)	Xen

Systems Management
1	12 (1.303%)	Nagios
2	9 (0.977%)	Puppet
3	7 (0.760%)	BladeLogic
4	6 (0.651%)	OpenView
4	6 (0.651%)	HP Quality Center
5	4 (0.434%)	ZABBIX
6	2 (0.217%)	CA Wily
6	2 (0.217%)	Systems Management Server (SMS)
7	1 (0.109%)	Business Desktop Deployment

Vendors
1	128 (13.90%)	Oracle
2	76 (8.252%)	Microsoft
3	57 (6.189%)	JBoss
4	44 (4.777%)	IBM
5	31 (3.366%)	Adobe
6	27 (2.932%)	Sencha
7	23 (2.497%)	Google
7	23 (2.497%)	hybris
8	22 (2.389%)	Twitter
9	20 (2.172%)	Zend
10	16 (1.737%)	Salesforce.com
11	14 (1.520%)	Rackspace
12	13 (1.412%)	Percona
12	13 (1.412%)	Red Hat
13	12 (1.303%)	Facebook
14	11 (1.194%)	Intershop
15	10 (1.086%)	Sony
16	9 (0.977%)	Sitecore
17	8 (0.869%)	Perforce
18	7 (0.760%)	ESRI

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