REST Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Representational State Transfer (REST)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring REST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 58 38
Rank change year-on-year +23 -20 +24
Contract jobs citing REST 45 27 45
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 6.02% 3.39% 5.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 26.63% 12.62% 22.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 21 30
10th Percentile - £313 £413
25th Percentile £320 £358 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.82% -15.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £513 £572 £575
90th Percentile £585 £600 £742
Scotland median daily rate £425 £455 £500
% change year-on-year -6.59% -9.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £37.19 - -
25th Percentile £40.47 - -
Median hourly rate £46.86 - -
75th Percentile £54.19 - -
90th Percentile £58.03 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £46.86 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 169 214 202
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 22.59% 26.85% 23.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 140 130
10th Percentile £313 £311 £350
25th Percentile £373 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £450 £458
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -1.69% -10.25%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £538
90th Percentile £638 £600 £626
Scotland median daily rate £463 £470 £475
% change year-on-year -1.60% -1.05% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £37.19 - £51.50
25th Percentile £40.47 - £51.88
Median hourly rate £46.86 - £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.23%
75th Percentile £54.19 - £57.50
90th Percentile £58.03 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £61.36 - £53.75
% change year-on-year - - -8.94%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

REST job vacancy trend in Glasgow

REST
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing REST

REST
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing REST in Glasgow over the 6 months to 2 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for REST in Glasgow

REST
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing REST.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing REST

REST
Hourly Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing REST in Glasgow over the 6 months to 2 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for REST in Glasgow

REST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (28.89%) SharePoint
2 11 (24.44%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (4.44%) Apache
3 2 (4.44%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (4.44%) Apache Spark
3 2 (4.44%) WordPress
4 1 (2.22%) Moodle
Cloud Services
1 19 (42.22%) Azure
2 17 (37.78%) Power Platform
3 14 (31.11%) Power Automate
3 14 (31.11%) PowerApps
4 13 (28.89%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (24.44%) Entra ID
6 8 (17.78%) AWS
7 7 (15.56%) GitHub
7 7 (15.56%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (15.56%) OpenShift
8 5 (11.11%) GCP
9 4 (8.89%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (4.44%) Apple Pay
10 2 (4.44%) Google Pay
10 2 (4.44%) Snowflake
10 2 (4.44%) Stripe
11 1 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (2.22%) Azure Functions
11 1 (2.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (2.22%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.33%) NAS
1 6 (13.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (33.33%) Power BI
2 7 (15.56%) MySQL
3 5 (11.11%) NoSQL
4 4 (8.89%) DynamoDB
4 4 (8.89%) MongoDB
4 4 (8.89%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (8.89%) Relational Database
5 3 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (4.44%) Big Data
6 2 (4.44%) Hadoop
6 2 (4.44%) Metadata
7 1 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (2.22%) Data Lake
7 1 (2.22%) SQL Server
7 1 (2.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (37.78%) Jenkins
2 12 (26.67%) Git
3 2 (4.44%) GitLab
4 1 (2.22%) Postman
4 1 (2.22%) REST Assured
General
1 12 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 11 (24.44%) Documentation Skills
2 11 (24.44%) Finance
3 10 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.67%) Banking
4 3 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.44%) Investment Banking
5 2 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (48.89%) Developer
2 11 (24.44%) SharePoint Developer
3 9 (20.00%) Automation Engineer
4 5 (11.11%) Senior
4 5 (11.11%) Senior Developer
5 4 (8.89%) Architect
5 4 (8.89%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 4 (8.89%) Python Developer
5 4 (8.89%) Site Engineer
5 4 (8.89%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Data Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Power Platform Developer
6 2 (4.44%) Python Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Senior Python Developer
6 2 (4.44%) Senior WordPress Developer
6 2 (4.44%) WordPress Developer
7 1 (2.22%) Java Architect
7 1 (2.22%) Java Developer
7 1 (2.22%) Software Engineer
7 1 (2.22%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (35.56%) React
2 15 (33.33%) CSS
3 14 (31.11%) HTML
4 11 (24.44%) SPFx
5 8 (17.78%) Loki
6 7 (15.56%) RESTful
7 5 (11.11%) Node.js
7 5 (11.11%) Redux
8 4 (8.89%) Django
8 4 (8.89%) Express.js
8 4 (8.89%) FastAPI
8 4 (8.89%) Flask
8 4 (8.89%) GraphQL
8 4 (8.89%) MERN Stack
8 4 (8.89%) NestJS
8 4 (8.89%) SOAP
9 3 (6.67%) Celery
9 3 (6.67%) CSS3
9 3 (6.67%) JSON
9 3 (6.67%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (11.11%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.44%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.44%) CMDB
3 2 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (4.44%) FMCG
4 1 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.22%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.22%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.22%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 10 (22.22%) Unix
2 8 (17.78%) Windows
3 6 (13.33%) Windows Server
4 3 (6.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (77.78%) CI/CD
2 15 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 14 (31.11%) Agile
3 14 (31.11%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (26.67%) Data Protection
5 11 (24.44%) Document Management
5 11 (24.44%) Observability
6 8 (17.78%) Microservices
7 7 (15.56%) Analytical Thinking
7 7 (15.56%) DevOps
8 6 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (13.33%) Data Deduplication
8 6 (13.33%) Event-Driven
9 5 (11.11%) Data Modelling
9 5 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
9 5 (11.11%) Migration
10 4 (8.89%) API Integration
10 4 (8.89%) Application Security
10 4 (8.89%) Performance Tuning
10 4 (8.89%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (48.89%) Python
2 21 (46.67%) JavaScript
3 16 (35.56%) TypeScript
4 9 (20.00%) Perl
4 9 (20.00%) PowerShell
5 5 (11.11%) Java
6 3 (6.67%) PHP
6 3 (6.67%) SQL
7 1 (2.22%) Bash
7 1 (2.22%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (26.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (4.44%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.22%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.22%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (13.33%) Docker
2 1 (2.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (26.67%) Kubernetes
2 10 (22.22%) Ansible
2 10 (22.22%) Grafana
2 10 (22.22%) Prometheus
3 7 (15.56%) NetBackup
4 1 (2.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (15.56%) Veritas
2 5 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.67%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.44%) Apple
4 2 (4.44%) Databricks
4 2 (4.44%) GoCardless
4 2 (4.44%) Google
5 1 (2.22%) Salesforce