The first table below looks at the demand for REST skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited REST over the 3 months to 20 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 Lancashire 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Representational State Transfer (REST)
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing REST 6 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 2.609% - -
As % of the Application Development category 8.108% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £275 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
- +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -18.75%
All Application Development
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
74 129 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 32.17% 30.94% 24.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 70 30
Average daily rate £300 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £288 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £550 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 1
Average hourly rate £37.50 £20.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+87.50% -37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
REST
North West

REST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Preston - 3 £288 - 2
REST
North West

REST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 8 (100.00%) C#
1 8 (100.00%) XML
1 8 (100.00%) SOAP
2 7 (87.50%) Mobile App
3 6 (75.00%) .NET Framework
3 6 (75.00%) WCF
3 6 (75.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (75.00%) XSD
3 6 (75.00%) .NET
3 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
3 6 (75.00%) Visual Studio
3 6 (75.00%) WSDL
3 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (75.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (62.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (62.50%) Document Management
4 5 (62.50%) IIS
4 5 (62.50%) Web Services
4 5 (62.50%) Ninject
4 5 (62.50%) WPF
4 5 (62.50%) Mobile Application Development
5 4 (50.00%) SQL Server 2012
6 3 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (37.50%) Subversion
6 3 (37.50%) Requirements Analysis
6 3 (37.50%) MVC
6 3 (37.50%) Workflow
6 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
6 3 (37.50%) Windows
6 3 (37.50%) UML

REST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 8 (100.00%) XML
1 8 (100.00%) SOAP
2 6 (75.00%) .NET Framework
2 6 (75.00%) WCF
2 6 (75.00%) XSD
2 6 (75.00%) .NET
2 6 (75.00%) WSDL
3 5 (62.50%) Web Services
3 5 (62.50%) Ninject
3 5 (62.50%) WPF
4 3 (37.50%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 2 (25.00%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 5 (62.50%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (75.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (62.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (50.00%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 6 (75.00%) Visual Studio
2 3 (37.50%) Subversion
3 2 (25.00%) WATIR
3 2 (25.00%) Selenium
3 2 (25.00%) FitNesse
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) C# Developer
2 2 (25.00%) C# Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Test Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Software Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Mobile App
2 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Document Management
1 5 (62.50%) Mobile Application Development
2 3 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (37.50%) Requirements Analysis
2 3 (37.50%) MVC
2 3 (37.50%) Workflow
2 3 (37.50%) UML
2 3 (37.50%) OO
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (37.50%) Dependency Injection
3 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (25.00%) System Testing
3 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Unit Testing
3 2 (25.00%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (25.00%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) C
2 2 (25.00%) C++
2 2 (25.00%) Java
2 2 (25.00%) PHP
2 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
Preston, Lancashire
oExtensive experience in C# utilising Microsoft .NET Framework v4.5 with Visual Studio 2010 / 2012. oExtensive experience with SQL Server 2012/2008/2005. oAsynchronous Programming Models (in particular...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £250 - £300 per day + Contract - 3 Months
Posted: 17 June 2013
Preston, Lancashire
Extensive experience in C# utilising Microsoft .NET Framework v4.5 with Visual Studio 2010 / 2012. * SQL Server 2012/2008/2005. * Web Services, including REST / SOAP / WSDL / XSD / XML *...
Venturi
Rate: £275 - £350 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013