The first table below looks at the demand for REST skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited REST over the 3 months to 24 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 Hampshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Representational State Transfer (REST)
Rank 80 87 94
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +7
Contract jobs citing REST 23 7 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.507% 0.440% 0.595%
As % of the Application Development category 5.192% 1.584% 2.136%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 5 0
Average daily rate £350 £350 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £374 £300
% change year-on-year
-6.35% +24.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 10
Average hourly rate £45.00 - £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.00 £32.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+17.82% -19.37%
All Application Development
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
443 442 515
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 29.03% 27.78% 27.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 191 208
Average daily rate £350 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £465 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 50 72
Average hourly rate £39.00 £37.50 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% +2.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.13 £19.00 £33.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
REST
South East

REST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire REST Daily Rate Trend

REST
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire REST Hourly 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Basingstoke +3 17 £350 -22.22%
Southampton - 2 £400 -
Eastleigh - 1 - -
REST
South East

REST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 55 (91.67%) MVC
2 54 (90.00%) Java
3 51 (85.00%) Hibernate
3 51 (85.00%) Spring
4 49 (81.67%) JSON
4 49 (81.67%) JMS
5 48 (80.00%) JPA
6 47 (78.33%) SOAP
6 47 (78.33%) Web Services
6 47 (78.33%) SQL Server
7 46 (76.67%) Spring MVC
8 45 (75.00%) Web Development
9 44 (73.33%) Maven
9 44 (73.33%) Git (software)
9 44 (73.33%) EJB
10 43 (71.67%) SQL
10 43 (71.67%) JAXB
10 43 (71.67%) BDD
10 43 (71.67%) JTA
10 43 (71.67%) Java EE
10 43 (71.67%) Spring Security
10 43 (71.67%) Spring Web Flow
11 40 (66.67%) JavaScript
11 40 (66.67%) CSS
12 39 (65.00%) HTML
12 39 (65.00%) JUnit
13 38 (63.33%) Software Architecture
14 37 (61.67%) jQuery
15 36 (60.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 36 (60.00%) Mockito

REST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 51 (85.00%) Hibernate
1 51 (85.00%) Spring
2 49 (81.67%) JSON
2 49 (81.67%) JMS
3 48 (80.00%) JPA
4 47 (78.33%) SOAP
4 47 (78.33%) Web Services
5 46 (76.67%) Spring MVC
6 44 (73.33%) EJB
7 43 (71.67%) JAXB
7 43 (71.67%) JTA
7 43 (71.67%) Java EE
7 43 (71.67%) Spring Security
7 43 (71.67%) Spring Web Flow
8 40 (66.67%) CSS
9 39 (65.00%) HTML
10 37 (61.67%) jQuery
11 32 (53.33%) Apache CXF
12 31 (51.67%) JSP
13 19 (31.67%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 23 (38.33%) BizTalk Server
2 5 (8.333%) ActiveMQ
3 2 (3.333%) Amazon S3
4 1 (1.667%) ExpressionEngine
4 1 (1.667%) ESB
4 1 (1.667%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.67%) HTTP
2 5 (8.333%) TCP/IP
2 5 (8.333%) DVB
3 1 (1.667%) Network Security
3 1 (1.667%) Intranet
3 1 (1.667%) Internet
3 1 (1.667%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (78.33%) SQL Server
2 36 (60.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 36 (60.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 16 (26.67%) NoSQL
4 8 (13.33%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (5.000%) GIS
6 1 (1.667%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 44 (73.33%) Maven
1 44 (73.33%) Git (software)
2 39 (65.00%) JUnit
3 36 (60.00%) Mockito
4 19 (31.67%) Selenium
5 13 (21.67%) JBehave
6 5 (8.333%) Cucumber
7 1 (1.667%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (1.667%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (8.333%) Telecoms
1 5 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 46 (76.67%) Developer
2 38 (63.33%) Java Developer
3 11 (18.33%) Technical Leader
4 8 (13.33%) Architect
5 7 (11.67%) Software Architect
5 7 (11.67%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (8.333%) Software Engineer
7 4 (6.667%) Lead Developer
7 4 (6.667%) Java Architect
7 4 (6.667%) Java Solutions Architect
8 3 (5.000%) Android Developer
8 3 (5.000%) Technical Developer
8 3 (5.000%) Java/J2EE Developer
8 3 (5.000%) Java Software Engineer
9 2 (3.333%) Lead Java Developer
10 1 (1.667%) PHP Programmer
10 1 (1.667%) Team Leader
10 1 (1.667%) PHP Developer
10 1 (1.667%) GIS Developer
10 1 (1.667%) Java Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.333%) Computer Science
1 5 (8.333%) DTV
2 1 (1.667%) Social Media
2 1 (1.667%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.333%) UNIX
1 5 (8.333%) Linux
2 3 (5.000%) Android
3 1 (1.667%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (91.67%) MVC
2 45 (75.00%) Web Development
3 43 (71.67%) BDD
4 38 (63.33%) Software Architecture
5 32 (53.33%) OOD
5 32 (53.33%) UML
6 31 (51.67%) Pair Programming
7 21 (35.00%) Agile Software Development
8 19 (31.67%) Continuous Integration
9 16 (26.67%) Dependency Injection
9 16 (26.67%) TDD
10 10 (16.67%) Scrum
11 8 (13.33%) OO
12 7 (11.67%) Multithreading
12 7 (11.67%) SOA
13 6 (10.00%) Test Automation
14 5 (8.333%) Software Engineering
15 1 (1.667%) Capacity Planning
15 1 (1.667%) Zachman Framework
15 1 (1.667%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 54 (90.00%) Java
2 43 (71.67%) SQL
3 40 (66.67%) JavaScript
4 8 (13.33%) C#
5 5 (8.333%) XPath
6 2 (3.333%) PHP
7 1 (1.667%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (8.333%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (1.667%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 31 (51.67%) JBoss
2 13 (21.67%) Twitter
3 5 (8.333%) Oracle