RESTful Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for RESTful skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RESTful 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.

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
RESTful
Rank 253 373 428
Rank change year-on-year
+120 +55
Contract jobs citing RESTful 327 217 156
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.705% 0.372% 0.256%
As % of the Application Development category 2.581% 1.463% 0.928%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 168 94
Average daily rate £380 £351 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.41% -3.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £290 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £388
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -16.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £37.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £37.50 -
Search 141 RESTful jobs
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 12670 14829 16814
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.31% 25.43% 27.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 7931 8681 9832
Average daily rate £375 £350 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 364 388 570
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -9.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

RESTful
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

RESTful Daily Rate Trend

RESTful
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RESTful within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

RESTful Daily Rate Histogram

RESTful
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing RESTful within the UK.

RESTful Hourly Rate Trend

RESTful
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RESTful within the UK 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
England +110 304 £390 +10.63%
London +87 235 £400 +6.66%
City of London +34 52 £375 -3.22%
North West +29 19 £323 +9.32%
Scotland +5 16 £375 +7.14%
Manchester +19 15 £323 +9.32%
South West +32 14 £350 +7.69%
South East +13 13 £350 +16.66%
East of England +18 8 £280 -20.00%
Yorkshire +3 8 £339 +13.08%
Glasgow -10 7 £350 -
Devon - 7 £350 -
Hounslow -1 6 £400 +17.64%
Salford - 6 £323 -
Exeter - 6 £350 -
West Yorkshire +2 5 £300 -
Leeds -4 5 £300 -
Canary Wharf - 5 £650 -
East Sussex +13 4 £350 +7.69%
Bristol +10 4 £325 -
West Midlands +6 4 £330 -17.50%
Hertfordshire +3 4 £228 -35.00%
Rickmansworth - 4 £228 -
Hampshire -12 3 £330 +26.92%
York - 3 £354 -
North Yorkshire - 3 £354 -
South Coast - 3 - -
Surrey +13 2 £600 +100.00%
Brighton +8 2 £335 +3.07%
Bedfordshire -1 2 £400 +14.28%

RESTful
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 459 (64.29%) Web Services
2 418 (58.54%) Java
3 328 (45.94%) TDD
4 288 (40.34%) Agile Software Development
5 249 (34.87%) JavaScript
6 235 (32.91%) Spring
7 214 (29.97%) Scrum
8 211 (29.55%) CSS
9 210 (29.41%) HTML
10 201 (28.15%) XML
11 194 (27.17%) JSON
12 191 (26.75%) MVC
13 188 (26.33%) BDD
14 173 (24.23%) OO
14 173 (24.23%) jQuery
15 172 (24.09%) Continuous Integration
16 157 (21.99%) SOAP
17 145 (20.31%) Linux
18 144 (20.17%) Hibernate
19 139 (19.47%) J2EE
20 137 (19.19%) Git (software)
21 132 (18.49%) Subversion
22 131 (18.35%) Maven
23 120 (16.81%) .NET
24 117 (16.39%) SQL
24 117 (16.39%) C#
25 114 (15.97%) MySQL
26 109 (15.27%) HTML5
27 104 (14.57%) Apache
27 104 (14.57%) Ruby

RESTful
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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
1 459 (64.29%) Web Services
2 235 (32.91%) Spring
3 211 (29.55%) CSS
4 210 (29.41%) HTML
5 201 (28.15%) XML
6 194 (27.17%) JSON
7 173 (24.23%) jQuery
8 157 (21.99%) SOAP
9 144 (20.17%) Hibernate
10 139 (19.47%) J2EE
11 120 (16.81%) .NET
12 109 (15.27%) HTML5
13 83 (11.62%) Ajax
14 81 (11.34%) Spring MVC
15 79 (11.06%) CSS3
16 72 (10.08%) REST
17 64 (8.964%) ASP.NET
18 48 (6.723%) JPA
18 48 (6.723%) Java EE
18 48 (6.723%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 104 (14.57%) Apache
2 53 (7.423%) CMS
3 51 (7.143%) Tomcat
4 26 (3.641%) Apache Solr
5 16 (2.241%) nginx
6 15 (2.101%) Adobe CQ
6 15 (2.101%) Amazon AWS
7 14 (1.961%) Drupal
8 13 (1.821%) Liferay
8 13 (1.821%) WebLogic
9 11 (1.541%) Sitecore CMS
9 11 (1.541%) Windows Azure
10 10 (1.401%) Magento
10 10 (1.401%) Alfresco
11 9 (1.261%) IIS
12 8 (1.120%) Jetty
12 8 (1.120%) WordPress
12 8 (1.120%) ActiveMQ
13 7 (0.980%) ESB
13 7 (0.980%) GlassFish
Applications
1 24 (3.361%) MS Excel
2 8 (1.120%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.560%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (0.420%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.280%) GIMP
5 2 (0.280%) Fireworks
6 1 (0.140%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 4 (0.560%) Summit
2 2 (0.280%) Tridion
3 1 (0.140%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.140%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.140%) Google Analytics
3 1 (0.140%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.140%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 93 (13.03%) HTTP
2 14 (1.961%) Internet
3 5 (0.700%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.560%) SSL
5 3 (0.420%) RTP
5 3 (0.420%) RFID
5 3 (0.420%) Intranet
5 3 (0.420%) DNS
5 3 (0.420%) LDAP
5 3 (0.420%) FTP
6 1 (0.140%) Wireless
6 1 (0.140%) Extranet
6 1 (0.140%) CTI
6 1 (0.140%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.140%) IIOP
6 1 (0.140%) SNMP
6 1 (0.140%) Broadband
6 1 (0.140%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (15.97%) MySQL
2 97 (13.59%) SQL Server
3 46 (6.443%) NoSQL
4 35 (4.902%) Hadoop
5 34 (4.762%) MongoDB
6 32 (4.482%) Big Data
7 27 (3.782%) MarkLogic
8 18 (2.521%) SQL Server 2008
9 12 (1.681%) Redis
9 12 (1.681%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (1.261%) SQLite
10 9 (1.261%) Apache Cassandra
11 8 (1.120%) Sqoop
11 8 (1.120%) SQL Server 2005
12 7 (0.980%) RavenDB
13 6 (0.840%) SQL Server 2012
13 6 (0.840%) CouchDB
14 5 (0.700%) Apache Hive
14 5 (0.700%) Hazelcast
15 4 (0.560%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 137 (19.19%) Git (software)
2 132 (18.49%) Subversion
3 131 (18.35%) Maven
4 89 (12.46%) JUnit
5 86 (12.04%) Jenkins
6 78 (10.92%) Cucumber
7 70 (9.804%) Selenium
8 58 (8.123%) Eclipse
9 48 (6.723%) Hudson
10 42 (5.882%) JIRA
11 33 (4.622%) WebDriver
12 25 (3.501%) Ant
13 23 (3.221%) WATIR
14 18 (2.521%) TeamCity
14 18 (2.521%) CruiseControl
15 17 (2.381%) Visual Studio
15 17 (2.381%) Xcode
16 16 (2.241%) RSpec
16 16 (2.241%) Jasmine
17 13 (1.821%) SpecFlow
General
1 81 (11.34%) Finance
2 51 (7.143%) Publishing
3 38 (5.322%) Banking
4 30 (4.202%) Games
5 22 (3.081%) Investment Banking
6 20 (2.801%) Retail
7 12 (1.681%) Telecoms
7 12 (1.681%) Marketing
8 9 (1.261%) Music
9 8 (1.120%) Manufacturing
10 5 (0.700%) Retail Banking
10 5 (0.700%) Multimedia
10 5 (0.700%) Legal
11 4 (0.560%) Back Office
11 4 (0.560%) Spanish Language
12 2 (0.280%) Automotive
12 2 (0.280%) Front Office
12 2 (0.280%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.280%) Billing
13 1 (0.140%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 567 (79.41%) Developer
2 236 (33.05%) Java Developer
3 67 (9.384%) Senior Developer
4 59 (8.263%) Web Developer
5 48 (6.723%) .NET Developer
6 42 (5.882%) iOS Developer
7 39 (5.462%) Senior Java Developer
8 35 (4.902%) PHP Developer
9 34 (4.762%) Software Engineer
10 28 (3.922%) C# Developer
11 25 (3.501%) Architect
12 24 (3.361%) Java/J2EE Developer
12 24 (3.361%) Android Developer
13 21 (2.941%) Agile Java Developer
14 19 (2.661%) HTML Developer
15 18 (2.521%) Front-End Developer
16 17 (2.381%) Lead Developer
16 17 (2.381%) Tester
16 17 (2.381%) C# .NET Developer
17 16 (2.241%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 65 (9.104%) Open Source
2 53 (7.423%) Computer Science
2 53 (7.423%) Mobile App
3 32 (4.482%) Social Media
4 26 (3.641%) Digital Media
5 23 (3.221%) iPhone
6 21 (2.941%) iPad
7 15 (2.101%) Online Games
7 15 (2.101%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (1.961%) Heroku
8 14 (1.961%) Semantic Web
9 13 (1.821%) W3C
9 13 (1.821%) Video on Demand
10 12 (1.681%) New Media
10 12 (1.681%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (1.541%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 11 (1.541%) N-Tier
12 8 (1.120%) Hedge funds
12 8 (1.120%) Streaming Video
12 8 (1.120%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 145 (20.31%) Linux
2 81 (11.34%) Apple iOS
3 51 (7.143%) UNIX
4 46 (6.443%) Android
5 36 (5.042%) Windows
6 23 (3.221%) CentOS
7 8 (1.120%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.560%) Mac OS X
8 4 (0.560%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.280%) Solaris
9 2 (0.280%) Debian
9 2 (0.280%) Gentoo
10 1 (0.140%) Windows Mobile
10 1 (0.140%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.140%) Fedora
10 1 (0.140%) SUSE
10 1 (0.140%) Windows CE
10 1 (0.140%) VMS
10 1 (0.140%) Windows Phone 7
10 1 (0.140%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (45.94%) TDD
2 288 (40.34%) Agile Software Development
3 214 (29.97%) Scrum
4 191 (26.75%) MVC
5 188 (26.33%) BDD
6 173 (24.23%) OO
7 172 (24.09%) Continuous Integration
8 78 (10.92%) SOA
9 71 (9.944%) E-Commerce
10 55 (7.703%) Unit Testing
11 54 (7.563%) Pair Programming
12 49 (6.863%) Test Automation
12 49 (6.863%) Kanban
13 40 (5.602%) Multithreading
14 35 (4.902%) OOP
14 35 (4.902%) Content Management
15 32 (4.482%) Data Modelling
16 31 (4.342%) Automated Testing
17 28 (3.922%) UML
17 28 (3.922%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 418 (58.54%) Java
2 249 (34.87%) JavaScript
3 117 (16.39%) SQL
3 117 (16.39%) C#
4 104 (14.57%) Ruby
5 85 (11.90%) PHP
6 57 (7.983%) Objective-C
7 47 (6.583%) XQuery
8 41 (5.742%) XPath
9 39 (5.462%) C++
10 35 (4.902%) C
11 34 (4.762%) Groovy
12 29 (4.062%) Scala
13 28 (3.922%) Python
13 28 (3.922%) PHP5
14 21 (2.941%) T-SQL
15 12 (1.681%) Bash shell
16 11 (1.541%) Shell Script
17 10 (1.401%) Perl
18 9 (1.261%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 64 (8.964%) Degree
2 43 (6.022%) Security Cleared
3 28 (3.922%) SC Cleared
4 9 (1.261%) DV Cleared
5 6 (0.840%) CIPD
6 5 (0.700%) PhD
7 3 (0.420%) Sun Certification
8 2 (0.280%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.140%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.641%) QA
2 4 (0.560%) ISO 9001
2 4 (0.560%) ISO 14001
3 1 (0.140%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (2.941%) Varnish
2 9 (1.261%) Squid
3 7 (0.980%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.980%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 3 (0.420%) vSphere
4 3 (0.420%) vCloud
5 2 (0.280%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.280%) VMware Server
5 2 (0.280%) ClearTrust
Systems Management
1 5 (0.700%) Puppet
2 2 (0.280%) CA Wily
2 2 (0.280%) OpenView
Vendors
1 75 (10.50%) Oracle
2 43 (6.022%) Zend
3 34 (4.762%) Microsoft
4 30 (4.202%) JBoss
5 29 (4.062%) Red Hat
6 22 (3.081%) Apple
7 21 (2.941%) Google
8 18 (2.521%) Adobe
9 17 (2.381%) Facebook
9 17 (2.381%) Twitter
10 14 (1.961%) IBM
11 12 (1.681%) VMware
12 11 (1.541%) Sitecore
12 11 (1.541%) 29West
13 9 (1.261%) Sybase
14 8 (1.120%) Omniture
15 4 (0.560%) Symantec
16 3 (0.420%) TIBCO
16 3 (0.420%) TOWER Software
16 3 (0.420%) SAP
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