The first table below looks at the demand for REST skills in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited REST over the 3 months to 17 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 Suffolk 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Representational State Transfer (REST)
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing REST 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 0.621% - -
As % of the Application Development category 1.754% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £250 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £380 £300
% change year-on-year
-7.89% +26.66%
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
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
57 69 67
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 35.40% 27.60% 37.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 49 33
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £425 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £29.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
REST
East of England

REST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk REST Daily Rate Trend

REST
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) JSP
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Twitter

REST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) JSP
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Twitter