The first table below looks at the demand for REST skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited REST over the 3 months to 19 June 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 West Sussex 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Representational State Transfer (REST)
Rank 35 - 47
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing REST 7 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 1.897% - 0.434%
As % of the Application Development category 8.642% - 2.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
- +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -18.75%
All Application Development
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
81 142 99
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 21.95% 22.54% 21.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 91 62
Average daily rate £350 £335 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.47% +9.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £483 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
Average hourly rate £40.00 - £13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
REST
South East

REST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex REST Daily Rate Trend

REST
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 23 (95.83%) IBM
1 23 (95.83%) FileNet
1 23 (95.83%) Dojo
2 21 (87.50%) JavaScript
3 20 (83.33%) Java
4 19 (79.17%) HTML
5 18 (75.00%) EJB
6 17 (70.83%) Use Case
6 17 (70.83%) Unit Testing
7 6 (25.00%) Integration Testing
7 6 (25.00%) XML
8 3 (12.50%) Workflow
8 3 (12.50%) J2EE
8 3 (12.50%) Workflow Management
9 2 (8.333%) MooTools
9 2 (8.333%) jQuery
9 2 (8.333%) MVC
10 1 (4.167%) Finance
10 1 (4.167%) CSS
10 1 (4.167%) Web Services
10 1 (4.167%) RESTful

REST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 23 (95.83%) Dojo
2 19 (79.17%) HTML
3 18 (75.00%) EJB
4 6 (25.00%) XML
5 3 (12.50%) J2EE
6 2 (8.333%) MooTools
6 2 (8.333%) jQuery
7 1 (4.167%) CSS
7 1 (4.167%) Web Services
7 1 (4.167%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 23 (95.83%) FileNet
General
1 1 (4.167%) Finance
Job Titles
1 17 (70.83%) Developer
2 13 (54.17%) Java Developer
3 4 (16.67%) Senior Developer
4 3 (12.50%) Consultant
4 3 (12.50%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 3 (12.50%) Technical Leader
4 3 (12.50%) FileNet Consultant
5 2 (8.333%) Senior Java Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Applications Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Web Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Java Web Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Java Applications Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (70.83%) Use Case
1 17 (70.83%) Unit Testing
2 6 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 3 (12.50%) Workflow
3 3 (12.50%) Workflow Management
4 2 (8.333%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 21 (87.50%) JavaScript
2 20 (83.33%) Java
Vendors
1 23 (95.83%) IBM
Crawley, South East
Currently looking for a Java Developer for an initial 3 month contract with global technology and innovation company based in Crawley. The candidate will ideally be able to...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 5 June 2013