REST Contracts in Cheshire

Representational State Transfer (REST)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 48 32
Rank change year-on-year +14 -16 +31
DemandTrendContract jobs citing REST 43 10 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 6.79% 1.99% 4.16%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 25.90% 12.05% 31.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 9 15
10th Percentile £336 £309 £470
25th Percentile £359 £311 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £350 £550
Median % change year-on-year +18.57% -36.36% +35.80%
75th Percentile £469 £488 £613
90th Percentile £492 £554 £638
North West median daily rate £434 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -18.21% -3.64% +4.76%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 166 83 54
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 26.22% 16.53% 13.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 65 43
10th Percentile £313 £312 £355
25th Percentile £358 £366 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £389 £445 £540
Median % change year-on-year -12.64% -17.59% +2.86%
75th Percentile £469 £507 £586
90th Percentile £571 £631 £630
North West median daily rate £445 £495 £520
% change year-on-year -10.01% -4.90% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.00 - -
Median hourly rate £32.00 - -
75th Percentile £34.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £51.00 £56.59 £46.18
% change year-on-year -9.88% +22.54% -34.03%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for REST in Cheshire

REST
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing REST

REST
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing REST in Cheshire over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for REST in Cheshire

REST
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing REST

REST
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Knutsford +11 39 £418 +34.24% 2
Macclesfield - 1 £400 -
REST
North West

REST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 11 (25.58%) JBoss
1 11 (25.58%) Tomcat
2 5 (11.63%) WebSphere
3 4 (9.30%) WebLogic
4 2 (4.65%) CICS
5 1 (2.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (2.33%) Apache
5 1 (2.33%) CMS
5 1 (2.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 19 (44.19%) AWS
2 7 (16.28%) Azure
3 6 (13.95%) OpenShift
4 5 (11.63%) GitHub
5 4 (9.30%) npm
6 2 (4.65%) BrowserStack
7 1 (2.33%) AWS Step Functions
7 1 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.30%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.63%) DB2
2 2 (4.65%) Easytrieve
3 1 (2.33%) MongoDB
3 1 (2.33%) MySQL
3 1 (2.33%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.33%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 27 (62.79%) Git
2 18 (41.86%) JIRA
3 13 (30.23%) Jenkins
4 11 (25.58%) JUnit
5 6 (13.95%) Cucumber
5 6 (13.95%) Gradle
5 6 (13.95%) Maven
5 6 (13.95%) Sonatype Nexus
6 5 (11.63%) Bitbucket
6 5 (11.63%) GitLab
7 4 (9.30%) Cypress.io
7 4 (9.30%) Grunt
7 4 (9.30%) gulp
7 4 (9.30%) SonarQube
8 3 (6.98%) Selenium
9 1 (2.33%) Hudson
9 1 (2.33%) REST Assured
General
1 16 (37.21%) Analytical Skills
1 16 (37.21%) Banking
2 13 (30.23%) Finance
3 11 (25.58%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.33%) Billing
4 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 24 (55.81%) Developer
2 16 (37.21%) Java Developer
3 6 (13.95%) Architect
4 5 (11.63%) AWS Developer
4 5 (11.63%) Scrum Master
4 5 (11.63%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.98%) Tester
5 3 (6.98%) UI Developer
6 2 (4.65%) Agile Scrum Master
6 2 (4.65%) Automation Test Lead
6 2 (4.65%) Designer
6 2 (4.65%) Full-Stack Developer
6 2 (4.65%) Lead
6 2 (4.65%) Mainframe Designer
6 2 (4.65%) Software Developer
6 2 (4.65%) Test Leader
7 1 (2.33%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 1 (2.33%) Full-Stack C# Developer
7 1 (2.33%) Java Scrum Master
7 1 (2.33%) Payments Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (51.16%) Spring
2 21 (48.84%) Spring Boot
3 15 (34.88%) SOAP
3 15 (34.88%) Web Services
4 11 (25.58%) React
5 10 (23.26%) CSS
5 10 (23.26%) HTML
6 9 (20.93%) RESTful
7 7 (16.28%) JMS
7 7 (16.28%) JSON
8 6 (13.95%) AngularJS
8 6 (13.95%) CSS3
8 6 (13.95%) HTML5
8 6 (13.95%) Kafka
8 6 (13.95%) RAML
9 5 (11.63%) Ajax
9 5 (11.63%) jQuery
9 5 (11.63%) Node.js
9 5 (11.63%) Spring Cloud
9 5 (11.63%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.26%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 8 (18.60%) Product Ownership
3 6 (13.95%) Cloud Native
4 5 (11.63%) Private Cloud
5 4 (9.30%) PACS
6 3 (6.98%) Mobile App
6 3 (6.98%) Virtual Team
7 2 (4.65%) Mainframe
7 2 (4.65%) Management Information System
7 2 (4.65%) VSAM
8 1 (2.33%) Client/Server
8 1 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.95%) Linux
1 6 (13.95%) Unix
2 2 (4.65%) zOS
3 1 (2.33%) Android
3 1 (2.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (62.79%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (53.49%) Agile
3 18 (41.86%) SDLC
4 14 (32.56%) Microservices
4 14 (32.56%) Migration
4 14 (32.56%) Scrum
5 13 (30.23%) Test Automation
6 12 (27.91%) CI/CD
6 12 (27.91%) Unit Testing
7 10 (23.26%) Requirements Gathering
7 10 (23.26%) User Acceptance Testing
8 9 (20.93%) DevOps
8 9 (20.93%) Performance Optimisation
8 9 (20.93%) TDD
9 8 (18.60%) API Development
9 8 (18.60%) Sprint Planning
10 7 (16.28%) Sprint Retrospective
11 6 (13.95%) Anti-Money Laundering
11 6 (13.95%) Containerisation
11 6 (13.95%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 30 (69.77%) Java
2 18 (41.86%) SQL
3 12 (27.91%) JavaScript
4 6 (13.95%) Shell Script
5 5 (11.63%) Python
6 2 (4.65%) COBOL
6 2 (4.65%) JCL
7 1 (2.33%) C#
7 1 (2.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (11.63%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (9.30%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (9.30%) Degree
3 2 (4.65%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (30.23%) QA
2 6 (13.95%) ISO 20022
2 6 (13.95%) PSD2
2 6 (13.95%) SEPA
3 4 (9.30%) Accessibility
3 4 (9.30%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 6 (13.95%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (13.95%) Kubernetes
2 3 (6.98%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (41.86%) Oracle
2 9 (20.93%) Microsoft
3 4 (9.30%) Perforce
4 3 (6.98%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.33%) Adobe
5 1 (2.33%) IBM