REST Contracts in the West Midlands

Representational State Transfer (REST)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 108 152
Rank change year-on-year +12 +44 -44
Contract jobs citing REST 13 31 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.68% 1.30% 0.68%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.04% 8.64% 3.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 22 11
10th Percentile - £433 £383
25th Percentile £425 £500 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £613 £550
Median % change year-on-year -18.37% +11.36% +29.41%
75th Percentile £581 £727 £631
90th Percentile £625 £731 £644
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +13.30%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands 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 258 359 610
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.40% 15.08% 17.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 246 454
10th Percentile £311 £360 £363
25th Percentile £375 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% +23.75%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £558
90th Percentile £750 £700 £638
England median daily rate £550 £563 £563
% change year-on-year -2.22% - +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £29.60 - -
25th Percentile £39.92 - -
Median hourly rate £40.00 - -
75th Percentile £55.63 - -
90th Percentile £56.25 - -
England median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for REST in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing REST in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for REST in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing REST in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for REST in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing REST in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for REST in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 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
Birmingham -2 8 £531 -21.30% 9
Warwickshire -5 2 £600 +14.29% 2
Coventry - 2 £450 - 1
Worcestershire - 1 £475 - 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (30.77%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Boomi
2 2 (15.38%) AWS
2 2 (15.38%) iPaaS
2 2 (15.38%) SaaS
3 1 (7.69%) Azure
3 1 (7.69%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 1 (7.69%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (7.69%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) MySQL
1 3 (23.08%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Android Studio
1 1 (7.69%) Artifactory
1 1 (7.69%) Git
1 1 (7.69%) GitLab
1 1 (7.69%) JMeter
1 1 (7.69%) Postman
1 1 (7.69%) TestRail
1 1 (7.69%) Xcode
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Legal
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Integration Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Android Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Angular Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Business Integration Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Full Stack Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Integration Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Lead
4 1 (7.69%) Lead Developer
4 1 (7.69%) React Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Salesforce Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Android Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (46.15%) SOAP
2 5 (38.46%) JSON
2 5 (38.46%) XML
3 3 (23.08%) WSDL
3 3 (23.08%) XSD
3 3 (23.08%) XSLT
4 1 (7.69%) Android Jetpack
4 1 (7.69%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (7.69%) CSS
4 1 (7.69%) CSS3
4 1 (7.69%) HTML
4 1 (7.69%) HTML5
4 1 (7.69%) iOS SDK
4 1 (7.69%) Jest
4 1 (7.69%) Jetpack Compose
4 1 (7.69%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (7.69%) NgRx
4 1 (7.69%) React
4 1 (7.69%) RxJS
4 1 (7.69%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Client/Server
1 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Android
1 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) Integration Patterns
3 4 (30.77%) CRM
3 4 (30.77%) ERP
4 3 (23.08%) CI/CD
5 1 (7.69%) API Management
5 1 (7.69%) Clean Code
5 1 (7.69%) Code Quality
5 1 (7.69%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (7.69%) Decision-Making
5 1 (7.69%) Defect Management
5 1 (7.69%) DevOps
5 1 (7.69%) Front End Development
5 1 (7.69%) Full Stack Development
5 1 (7.69%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
5 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
5 1 (7.69%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (7.69%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) SQL
2 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
2 2 (15.38%) TypeScript
3 1 (7.69%) Apex Code
3 1 (7.69%) Groovy
3 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.69%) Kotlin
3 1 (7.69%) Python
3 1 (7.69%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
1 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Ansible
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Salesforce
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) SAP
3 1 (7.69%) iManage
3 1 (7.69%) Jitterbit
3 1 (7.69%) MuleSoft
3 1 (7.69%) Red Hat
3 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.69%) SnapLogic
3 1 (7.69%) Software AG
3 1 (7.69%) Talend
3 1 (7.69%) TIBCO