The first table below looks at the demand for REST skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West 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 South West 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 96 110 120
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +10
Contract jobs citing REST 12 26 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.595% 0.804% 0.071%
As % of the Application Development category 2.495% 3.381% 0.298%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 21 0
Average daily rate £325 £390 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -
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
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
481 769 671
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 23.85% 23.77% 23.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 460 301
Average daily rate £325 £350 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £245 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 26 37
Average hourly rate £24.50 £25.00 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.00% -25.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.20 £15.10 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.50 £41.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
REST
England

REST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West REST Daily Rate Trend

REST
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing REST across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West REST Daily Rate Histogram

REST
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West 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 South West 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
Bristol -1 5 £313 -19.87%
Devon - 2 - -
Dorset - 2 £250 -
Gloucestershire +29 1 £500 -
Somerset - 1 £465 -
REST
England

REST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 26 (70.27%) Java
2 20 (54.05%) Web Services
3 18 (48.65%) XML
3 18 (48.65%) JavaScript
4 15 (40.54%) CSS
5 14 (37.84%) SOAP
5 14 (37.84%) HTML
6 13 (35.14%) Linux
6 13 (35.14%) Agile Software Development
7 12 (32.43%) Ajax
7 12 (32.43%) .NET
8 11 (29.73%) C#
9 10 (27.03%) Security Cleared
10 9 (24.32%) TDD
11 8 (21.62%) DV Cleared
11 8 (21.62%) jQuery
11 8 (21.62%) C
11 8 (21.62%) J2EE
11 8 (21.62%) JUnit
11 8 (21.62%) JBoss
11 8 (21.62%) Eclipse
12 7 (18.92%) JavaBeans
12 7 (18.92%) EJB
12 7 (18.92%) Dojo
12 7 (18.92%) JSON
13 6 (16.22%) Publishing
13 6 (16.22%) ArcSDE
13 6 (16.22%) Data Management
13 6 (16.22%) Information Management
13 6 (16.22%) Apache Flex

REST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 20 (54.05%) Web Services
2 18 (48.65%) XML
3 15 (40.54%) CSS
4 14 (37.84%) SOAP
4 14 (37.84%) HTML
5 12 (32.43%) Ajax
5 12 (32.43%) .NET
6 8 (21.62%) jQuery
6 8 (21.62%) J2EE
7 7 (18.92%) JavaBeans
7 7 (18.92%) EJB
7 7 (18.92%) Dojo
7 7 (18.92%) JSON
8 6 (16.22%) Apache Flex
8 6 (16.22%) ArcObjects
8 6 (16.22%) Silverlight
8 6 (16.22%) Servlets
8 6 (16.22%) XSD
9 4 (10.81%) RESTful
10 3 (8.108%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 6 (16.22%) ArcSDE
1 6 (16.22%) ArcGIS
2 1 (2.703%) Windows Azure
2 1 (2.703%) Oracle Service Bus
2 1 (2.703%) Jetty
2 1 (2.703%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (8.108%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (2.703%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.108%) HTTP
2 2 (5.405%) HTTPS
3 1 (2.703%) IMAP
3 1 (2.703%) DNS
3 1 (2.703%) SSL
3 1 (2.703%) POP3
3 1 (2.703%) SMTP
3 1 (2.703%) Intranet
3 1 (2.703%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (16.22%) GIS
2 2 (5.405%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.405%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.703%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (2.703%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (2.703%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.703%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (21.62%) JUnit
1 8 (21.62%) Eclipse
2 6 (16.22%) Visual Studio
3 4 (10.81%) Subversion
4 2 (5.405%) JDeveloper
4 2 (5.405%) NetBeans
5 1 (2.703%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (2.703%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (2.703%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (2.703%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 6 (16.22%) Publishing
2 1 (2.703%) Finance
2 1 (2.703%) Corporate Banking
2 1 (2.703%) Banking
Job Titles
1 33 (89.19%) Developer
2 7 (18.92%) Senior Developer
3 6 (16.22%) GIS Developer
3 6 (16.22%) Android Developer
4 5 (13.51%) Architect
5 4 (10.81%) Java Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Senior Architect
6 3 (8.108%) Software Developer
6 3 (8.108%) C# Developer
7 2 (5.405%) Senior Software Developer
7 2 (5.405%) Technical Writer
8 1 (2.703%) iOS Developer
8 1 (2.703%) Lead Developer
8 1 (2.703%) PHP Developer
8 1 (2.703%) Flash Developer
8 1 (2.703%) .NET Developer
8 1 (2.703%) PHP Web Developer
8 1 (2.703%) Java Software Engineer
8 1 (2.703%) Lead Software Developer
8 1 (2.703%) Java/J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.405%) Blog
1 2 (5.405%) Social Network
2 1 (2.703%) IaaS
2 1 (2.703%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.703%) Mobile Payment
2 1 (2.703%) iPad
2 1 (2.703%) PaaS
2 1 (2.703%) Streaming Media
2 1 (2.703%) Fat Client
2 1 (2.703%) iPhone
2 1 (2.703%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 13 (35.14%) Linux
2 6 (16.22%) Android
2 6 (16.22%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (16.22%) Windows
2 6 (16.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 6 (16.22%) Windows 7
3 3 (8.108%) Mac OS X
4 1 (2.703%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (35.14%) Agile Software Development
2 9 (24.32%) TDD
3 6 (16.22%) Data Management
3 6 (16.22%) Information Management
3 6 (16.22%) Data Modelling
4 4 (10.81%) MVC
5 3 (8.108%) Web Development
6 2 (5.405%) OO
6 2 (5.405%) Scrum
7 1 (2.703%) MVVM
7 1 (2.703%) Web Design
7 1 (2.703%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (2.703%) Software Engineering
7 1 (2.703%) Unit Testing
7 1 (2.703%) Investment Management
7 1 (2.703%) Refactoring
7 1 (2.703%) UML
7 1 (2.703%) OOP
7 1 (2.703%) Change Management
7 1 (2.703%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 26 (70.27%) Java
2 18 (48.65%) JavaScript
3 11 (29.73%) C#
4 8 (21.62%) C
5 6 (16.22%) Python
6 5 (13.51%) SQL
7 2 (5.405%) PL/SQL
8 1 (2.703%) ActionScript 3.0
8 1 (2.703%) ActionScript 2.0
8 1 (2.703%) Objective-C
8 1 (2.703%) Groovy
8 1 (2.703%) PHP5
8 1 (2.703%) T-SQL
8 1 (2.703%) ActionScript
8 1 (2.703%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (27.03%) Security Cleared
2 8 (21.62%) DV Cleared
3 2 (5.405%) Degree
3 2 (5.405%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.703%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (21.62%) JBoss
2 6 (16.22%) ESRI
2 6 (16.22%) Red Hat
3 4 (10.81%) Oracle
4 2 (5.405%) Google
5 1 (2.703%) Facebook
5 1 (2.703%) Twitter
5 1 (2.703%) Sitecore
5 1 (2.703%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.703%) Mercator