REST Contracts in Devon

Representational State Transfer (REST)
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Devon 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 17 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 27 31
Rank change year-on-year +5 +4 -2
Contract jobs citing REST 3 6 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Devon 2.29% 2.48% 0.56%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 18.75% 46.15% 4.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% - -
75th Percentile £463 £594 -
90th Percentile £478 £600 -
South West median daily rate £575 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +15.00% -13.04% +14.09%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 16 13 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 12.21% 5.37% 11.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 17
10th Percentile £306 £324 £368
25th Percentile £413 £397 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -4.35% +11.11%
75th Percentile £531 £575 £600
90th Percentile £538 £600 -
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +4.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £45.00 -
South West median hourly rate £67.50 £67.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year - +3.85% +1.09%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for REST in Devon

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Devon

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing REST in Devon.

Daily rate trend for REST in Devon

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing REST in Devon.

Hourly rate trend for REST in Devon

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Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the Devon region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
Plymouth - 3 £425 - 57
REST
South West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Figma
2 1 (33.33%) OpenShift
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) SAN
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
1 2 (66.67%) Storybook
1 2 (66.67%) Vite
1 2 (66.67%) webpack
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) UI Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Linux Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Linux Systems Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) AngularJS
1 2 (66.67%) CSS
1 2 (66.67%) HTML
1 2 (66.67%) React
1 2 (66.67%) Redux
1 2 (66.67%) RESTful
1 2 (66.67%) Vue
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
2 2 (66.67%) Data Privacy
2 2 (66.67%) Front End Development
2 2 (66.67%) Inclusive Design
2 2 (66.67%) Kanban
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Secure Coding
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) UX Design
2 2 (66.67%) Wireframes
3 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
1 2 (66.67%) WCAG
2 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
1 1 (33.33%) VMware