REST Contract Job Trends in Bournemouth

Representational State Transfer (REST)
Dorset > Bournemouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bournemouth requiring REST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 11 15
Rank change year-on-year -13 +4 -
Contract jobs citing REST 1 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in Bournemouth 0.84% 5.56% 4.76%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.70% 12.50% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £397
25th Percentile £402 - £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 - £400
75th Percentile £407 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Dorset median daily rate £477 £475 £400
% change year-on-year +0.47% +18.75% -27.27%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Bournemouth

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 Bournemouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 37 16 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bournemouth 31.09% 44.44% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 8 9
10th Percentile £350 £257 £369
25th Percentile £365 £295 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £433 £438
Median % change year-on-year -9.06% -1.03% -28.57%
75th Percentile £409 £656 £456
90th Percentile £410 £780 £473
Dorset median daily rate £394 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -28.41% +7.32% -19.61%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

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

REST job vacancy trend in Bournemouth

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Daily Rate Trend in Bournemouth

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bournemouth citing REST

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bournemouth

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bournemouth citing REST.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bournemouth citing REST

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth 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%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) CSS3
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) Jest
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Redux
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Development
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL