REST Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

Representational State Transfer (REST)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring REST skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 21 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs citing REST 4 8 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 2.22% 4.35% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.30% 17.78% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 0
10th Percentile £416 - -
25th Percentile £422 £410 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £420 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.07% - -
75th Percentile £578 £430 -
90th Percentile £651 - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £488 £420 £425
% change year-on-year +16.07% -1.18% -44.08%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 43 45 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 23.89% 24.46% 10.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 25 15
10th Percentile £345 £300 £383
25th Percentile £400 £340 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £363 £495
Median % change year-on-year +24.14% -26.77% -5.71%
75th Percentile £538 £430 £550
90th Percentile £564 £603 £618
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £450 £420 £475
% change year-on-year +7.14% -11.58% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53.55 - £15.50
Median hourly rate £54.70 - £16.00
75th Percentile £55.85 - £16.50
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £37.50 - £16.00
% change year-on-year - - +10.34%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for REST in Cambridge

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Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing REST

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing REST in Cambridge over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for REST in Cambridge

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing REST

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Power Automate
1 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
1 3 (75.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (25.00%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Analyst Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Business Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Angular Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Lead
3 1 (25.00%) Lead Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (25.00%) Express.js
2 1 (25.00%) NgRx
2 1 (25.00%) Playwright
2 1 (25.00%) RESTful
2 1 (25.00%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Agile
1 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (25.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (25.00%) Product Strategy
1 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (25.00%) User Experience
1 1 (25.00%) UX Design
1 1 (25.00%) Validation
1 1 (25.00%) Web Development
1 1 (25.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) TypeScript