The first table below looks at the demand for RESTful skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RESTful over the 3 months to 21 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 Kent 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
RESTful
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing RESTful 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 0.332% - -
As % of the Application Development category 1.449% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £340 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £325 £394
% change year-on-year
+6.15% -17.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £37.50 -
All Application Development
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
69 63 78
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 22.92% 23.60% 24.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 27 50
Average daily rate £298 £300 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.83% +3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £325 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
Average hourly rate £17.50 - £11.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
RESTful
South East

RESTful
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent RESTful Jobs Demand Trend

RESTful
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent RESTful Daily Rate Trend

RESTful
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing RESTful 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 RESTful.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App

RESTful
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing RESTful 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 RESTful. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall