REST Contract Job Trends in Derby

Representational State Transfer (REST)
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derby requiring REST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 16 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs citing REST 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 0.63% 1.23% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.00% 11.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median daily rate £425 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Derby

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 Derby.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 10 9 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 6.33% 11.11% 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 16
10th Percentile £421 - £306
25th Percentile £434 £405 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £410 £380
Median % change year-on-year +12.80% +7.89% -20.00%
75th Percentile £528 £415 £481
90th Percentile £598 - £658
Derbyshire median daily rate £463 £410 £410
% change year-on-year +12.80% - -13.68%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing REST relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby.

REST job vacancy trend in Derby

REST
Daily Rate Trend in Derby

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing REST

REST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Responsive Web Design
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility