REST Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Representational State Transfer (REST)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring REST skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 30 51
Rank change year-on-year -11 +21 +7
Contract jobs citing REST 4 17 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 1.15% 3.95% 0.19%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.16% 28.33% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 11 1
10th Percentile £416 - -
25th Percentile £422 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £420 £425
Median % change year-on-year +16.07% -1.18% -44.08%
75th Percentile £578 £488 £438
90th Percentile £651 - -
East of England median daily rate £525 £420 £500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -16.00% -9.09%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 49 60 45
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 14.04% 13.95% 8.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 34 34
10th Percentile £325 £300 £413
25th Percentile £366 £340 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £420 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.12% -11.58% -9.52%
75th Percentile £538 £488 £550
90th Percentile £683 £619 £630
East of England median daily rate £503 £413 £500
% change year-on-year +21.82% -17.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 - £16.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.34%
75th Percentile £43.75 - £16.50
90th Percentile £49.80 - -
East of England median hourly rate £63.00 £43.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +46.51% -28.33% -7.69%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for REST in Cambridgeshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing REST

REST
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing REST in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for REST in Cambridgeshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing REST

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Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge -6 4 £488 +16.07% 1
REST
East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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