Representational State Transfer (REST)
Scotland > Edinburgh
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 49 | 43 | 46 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -6 | +3 | +17 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing REST | 21 | 28 | 57 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh | 3.30% | 3.46% | 5.09% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 13.73% | 16.00% | 16.47% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 20 | 20 | 39 |
| 10th Percentile | £406 | - | £434 |
| 25th Percentile | £419 | £380 | £469 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £481 | £445 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.15% | -11.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £532 | £496 | £572 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £678 | £640 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £463 | £450 | £477 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.78% | -5.66% | -4.60% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Edinburgh
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 Edinburgh.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 153 | 175 | 346 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh | 24.06% | 21.60% | 30.89% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 103 | 109 | 252 |
| 10th Percentile | £408 | £380 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £494 | £475 | £479 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -0.84% | -4.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £525 | £588 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £597 | £705 | £600 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £475 | £475 | £479 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -0.84% | -4.20% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £55.00 | - |
| Scotland median hourly rate | £55.00 | £55.00 | £53.38 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +3.03% | +45.93% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh
Job postings citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.
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Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing REST.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing REST in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:
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