REST Contracts in Bristol

Representational State Transfer (REST)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring REST skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited REST over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 49 64
Rank change year-on-year -5 +15 +3
Contract jobs citing REST 3 32 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.53% 3.03% 1.97%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.52% 13.79% 10.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 19 20
10th Percentile £396 £300 £380
25th Percentile £409 £388 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £455 £463
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% -1.62% -11.90%
75th Percentile £497 £544 £638
90th Percentile £514 £575 £738
South West median daily rate £575 £508 £550
% change year-on-year +13.30% -7.73% +9.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 0
Median hourly rate £82.96 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.61% - -
South West median hourly rate £82.96 £75.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +10.61% +50.00% -4.53%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 119 232 212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 20.99% 21.99% 18.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 132 171
10th Percentile £347 £313 £338
25th Percentile £378 £338 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year - -2.70% -7.50%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £575
90th Percentile £639 £643 £675
South West median daily rate £525 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +2.19% -2.14% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 56 9
10th Percentile £61.25 £43.75 -
25th Percentile £62.38 £45.00 £53.75
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - -
75th Percentile £68.19 £70.00 -
90th Percentile £69.88 £85.00 £66.00
South West median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.85% - +2.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for REST in Bristol

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing REST in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for REST in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing REST in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for REST in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Apache
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Ant
1 1 (33.33%) Artifactory
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) GitLab
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Billing
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365 Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Salesforce Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) SOAP
2 1 (33.33%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (33.33%) CSS
2 1 (33.33%) Entity Framework
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) Lightning Web Components
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) API Development
2 1 (33.33%) Batch Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Apex Code
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) X++
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Pardot
1 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce