REST Contract Job Trends in Coventry

Representational State Transfer (REST)
West Midlands > Coventry

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Coventry requiring REST skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 21 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing REST 6 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Coventry 4.51% 2.04% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.38% 7.69% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile £382 - -
25th Percentile £394 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.72% - -
75th Percentile £420 £475 -
90th Percentile £423 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £500 £588
% change year-on-year -2.50% -14.89% +6.82%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Coventry

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 Coventry.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 39 26 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry 29.32% 26.53% 14.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 20 22
10th Percentile £257 £275 £363
25th Percentile £400 £425 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £438
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +8.57% -3.05%
75th Percentile £504 £675 £500
90th Percentile £526 - £536
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £550 £489
% change year-on-year -9.09% +12.53% -5.10%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

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

Job vacancy trend for REST in Coventry

REST
Daily Rate Trend in Coventry

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing REST

REST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Coventry 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 2 (33.33%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Primavera
1 1 (16.67%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) AWS
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) GitHub
3 2 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) MySQL
2 1 (16.67%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Android Studio
1 2 (33.33%) Git
1 2 (33.33%) Gradle
1 2 (33.33%) Xcode
2 1 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) React Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) React Native
1 3 (50.00%) Redux
1 3 (50.00%) SOAP
2 2 (33.33%) CSS
2 2 (33.33%) HTML
2 2 (33.33%) Jest
3 1 (16.67%) .NET
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Core
3 1 (16.67%) Middleware
3 1 (16.67%) React
3 1 (16.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Android
1 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 4 (66.67%) User Experience
2 4 (66.67%) UX Design
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) API Integration
3 2 (33.33%) Clean Code
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) CRM
3 2 (33.33%) MVC
3 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 1 (16.67%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (16.67%) Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) API Development
4 1 (16.67%) Code Optimisation
4 1 (16.67%) Cross-Platform Development
4 1 (16.67%) ERP
4 1 (16.67%) Mobile Application Development
4 1 (16.67%) Mobile Development
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 3 (50.00%) TypeScript
3 2 (33.33%) JSX
3 2 (33.33%) PHP
4 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle
1 1 (16.67%) SAP