REST Contracts in Wales

Representational State Transfer (REST)
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for REST skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited REST over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 30 55
Rank change year-on-year -16 +25 -8
Contract jobs citing REST 1 31 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.25% 4.89% 2.08%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.12% 17.71% 10.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 12 12
10th Percentile - £203 £378
25th Percentile - £233 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £463 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -11.90% +10.53%
75th Percentile - £510 £588
90th Percentile - £641 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £575
% change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +15.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Wales

REST is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 89 175 201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 22.19% 27.60% 19.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 135 146
10th Percentile £293 £313 £391
25th Percentile £381 £413 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +23.53%
75th Percentile £531 £586 £636
90th Percentile £589 £650 £694
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £15.38 - -
25th Percentile £15.66 - -
Median hourly rate £18.14 - £20.75
Median % change year-on-year - - -24.55%
75th Percentile £21.29 - -
90th Percentile £22.77 - -
UK median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for REST in Wales

REST
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing REST in Wales.

Daily rate trend for REST in Wales

REST
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing REST in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for REST in Wales

REST
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the Wales region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South Wales -11 1 - - 4
REST
UK

REST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) Heroku
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (100.00%) Visualforce
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Apex Code
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce