REST Contract Job Trends in Blackpool

Representational State Transfer (REST)
Lancashire > Blackpool

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Blackpool requiring REST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - 8
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Contract jobs citing REST 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Blackpool 4.00% - 8.33%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.67% - 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Lancashire median daily rate - £650 -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Blackpool

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 Blackpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 6 2 9
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Blackpool 24.00% 66.67% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £606
25th Percentile £306 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.00%
75th Percentile £319 - £644
90th Percentile - - £650
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £521 £625
% change year-on-year +5.52% -16.60% +25.00%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackpool

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

REST job vacancy trend in Blackpool

REST
Daily Rate Trend in Blackpool

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Blackpool citing REST

REST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Blackpool 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Systems Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft