REST Contract Job Trends in Bath

Representational State Transfer (REST)
Somerset > Bath

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bath requiring REST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - 11
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing REST 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bath 1.96% - 1.49%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.69% - 6.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £450
75th Percentile - - £475
90th Percentile - - -
Somerset median daily rate £525 - £450
% change year-on-year - - -18.14%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Bath

REST falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Bath.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 13 4 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bath 25.49% 10.81% 23.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 16
10th Percentile £403 £359 £325
25th Percentile £408 £373 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +27.38% -5.88% -16.05%
75th Percentile £575 £419 £478
90th Percentile £680 - £525
Somerset median daily rate £438 £618 £450
% change year-on-year -29.15% +37.22% -23.01%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in Bath

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing REST relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bath.

REST job vacancy trend in Bath

REST
Daily Rate Trend in Bath

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bath citing REST.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bath citing REST

REST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bath by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
1 1 (100.00%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) GIS Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Development
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) DataOps
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA