REST Contract Job Trends in Dorchester

Representational State Transfer (REST)
Dorset > Dorchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorchester requiring REST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing REST 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Dorchester 50.00% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Dorset median daily rate £550 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Dorchester

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 Dorchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 1 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorchester 50.00% 57.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - £593 -
25th Percentile £525 £638 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £675 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% - -
75th Percentile £575 £688 -
90th Percentile - - -
Dorset median daily rate £386 £500 £498
% change year-on-year -22.85% +0.50% -13.48%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorchester

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

REST job vacancy trend in Dorchester

REST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorchester 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Java Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes