The first table below looks at the demand for REST skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited REST over the 3 months to 21 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Representational State Transfer (REST)
Rank 88 70 96
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +26
Permanent jobs citing REST 7 4 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 0.607% 0.567% 0.572%
As % of the Application Development category 1.559% 1.338% 1.113%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 6
Average salary £35,000 - £30,500
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 - £25,750
10% offered a salary of more than £49,500 - £32,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-11.11% -
All Application Development
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
449 299 539
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 38.91% 42.35% 51.38%
Number of salaries quoted 383 270 505
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
REST
South East

REST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent REST Jobs Demand Trend

REST
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing REST across the Kent region.

Kent REST Salary Trend

REST
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing REST across the Kent region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Kent REST Salary Histogram

REST
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the Kent region over the 3 months to 21 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Tonbridge - 1 £42,500 -
REST
South East

REST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 IT job ads sampled that cited REST.

1 14 (77.78%) Agile Software Development
1 14 (77.78%) SOAP
1 14 (77.78%) jQuery
2 13 (72.22%) CSS
2 13 (72.22%) JavaScript
3 12 (66.67%) OO
3 12 (66.67%) Apache
4 11 (61.11%) HTML
5 10 (55.56%) PHP
5 10 (55.56%) MySQL
5 10 (55.56%) OOP
5 10 (55.56%) Unit Testing
6 9 (50.00%) Smarty
6 9 (50.00%) Web Services
6 9 (50.00%) Retail
6 9 (50.00%) Ajax
7 8 (44.44%) UML
7 8 (44.44%) E-Commerce
7 8 (44.44%) Data Modelling
7 8 (44.44%) Facebook
8 7 (38.89%) JIRA
8 7 (38.89%) Linux
9 6 (33.33%) SQL
10 5 (27.78%) Windows
10 5 (27.78%) Apple
10 5 (27.78%) Finance
10 5 (27.78%) Web Development
10 5 (27.78%) Subversion
10 5 (27.78%) Degree
10 5 (27.78%) Android

REST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 IT job ads sampled that cited REST. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (77.78%) SOAP
1 14 (77.78%) jQuery
2 13 (72.22%) CSS
3 11 (61.11%) HTML
4 9 (50.00%) Smarty
4 9 (50.00%) Web Services
4 9 (50.00%) Ajax
5 5 (27.78%) HTML5
6 4 (22.22%) CSS3
7 3 (16.67%) XML
7 3 (16.67%) Swing
7 3 (16.67%) Hibernate
7 3 (16.67%) Spring
7 3 (16.67%) Apache Axis
7 3 (16.67%) WebSphere
8 2 (11.11%) Ext JS
8 2 (11.11%) Silverlight
8 2 (11.11%) JSON
9 1 (5.556%) ASP.NET
9 1 (5.556%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 12 (66.67%) Apache
2 2 (11.11%) IIS
3 1 (5.556%) Drupal
3 1 (5.556%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (55.56%) MySQL
2 1 (5.556%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.556%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (38.89%) JIRA
2 5 (27.78%) Subversion
3 3 (16.67%) Eclipse
4 1 (5.556%) Jenkins
4 1 (5.556%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (5.556%) Git (software)
4 1 (5.556%) FishEye
General
1 9 (50.00%) Retail
2 5 (27.78%) Finance
3 3 (16.67%) Legal
3 3 (16.67%) Investment Banking
3 3 (16.67%) Banking
4 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.556%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (88.89%) Developer
2 9 (50.00%) Web Developer
3 7 (38.89%) PHP Developer
4 5 (27.78%) PHP Web Developer
5 3 (16.67%) Software Engineer
5 3 (16.67%) Java Developer
5 3 (16.67%) Front-End Developer
6 2 (11.11%) Senior Developer
7 1 (5.556%) Programmer
7 1 (5.556%) .NET Developer
7 1 (5.556%) ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (5.556%) Team Leader
7 1 (5.556%) Senior .NET Developer
7 1 (5.556%) PHP Programmer
7 1 (5.556%) Senior PHP Developer
7 1 (5.556%) Python Developer
7 1 (5.556%) Web Programmer
7 1 (5.556%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (5.556%) Web Engineer
7 1 (5.556%) Mobile Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
1 2 (11.11%) Wiki
1 2 (11.11%) Streaming Media
2 1 (5.556%) W3C
2 1 (5.556%) Ergonomics
2 1 (5.556%) Human Factors
2 1 (5.556%) New Media
2 1 (5.556%) Open Source
2 1 (5.556%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Linux
2 5 (27.78%) Windows
2 5 (27.78%) Android
2 5 (27.78%) Apple iOS
2 5 (27.78%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (77.78%) Agile Software Development
2 12 (66.67%) OO
3 10 (55.56%) OOP
3 10 (55.56%) Unit Testing
4 8 (44.44%) UML
4 8 (44.44%) E-Commerce
4 8 (44.44%) Data Modelling
5 5 (27.78%) Web Development
6 4 (22.22%) MVC
7 3 (16.67%) Scrum
7 3 (16.67%) Data Management
7 3 (16.67%) System Testing
8 2 (11.11%) Video Processing
8 2 (11.11%) OOD
9 1 (5.556%) CAD
9 1 (5.556%) Project Management
9 1 (5.556%) Data Security
9 1 (5.556%) Requirements Analysis
9 1 (5.556%) Software Engineering
9 1 (5.556%) Agile Project Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (72.22%) JavaScript
2 10 (55.56%) PHP
3 6 (33.33%) SQL
4 4 (22.22%) Java
5 3 (16.67%) PL/SQL
6 1 (5.556%) C#
6 1 (5.556%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Facebook
2 5 (27.78%) Apple
3 3 (16.67%) Oracle
4 1 (5.556%) Atlassian