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 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 52 37
Rank change year-on-year +17 -15 +32
Contract jobs citing REST 39 28 48
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 5.54% 3.41% 5.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 25.49% 13.27% 23.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 23 31
10th Percentile £319 £311 £413
25th Percentile £320 £356 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £408 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -18.40% -33.33%
75th Percentile £525 £565 £667
90th Percentile £598 £595 £738
Scotland median daily rate £425 £425 £500
% change year-on-year - -15.00% +4.38%
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 153 211 208
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 21.73% 25.70% 22.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 143 132
10th Percentile £313 £313 £351
25th Percentile £383 £371 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £446 £487
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% -8.37% -2.65%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £575
90th Percentile £629 £586 £699
Scotland median daily rate £459 £460 £475
% change year-on-year -0.27% -3.16% -0.84%
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 - - +0.69%

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 31 March 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 31 March 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 8 (20.51%) SharePoint
2 6 (15.38%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (5.13%) Apache
3 2 (5.13%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (5.13%) Apache Spark
3 2 (5.13%) WordPress
4 1 (2.56%) Moodle
Cloud Services
1 15 (38.46%) Azure
2 13 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 9 (23.08%) Power Automate
3 9 (23.08%) PowerApps
4 8 (20.51%) AWS
4 8 (20.51%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (15.38%) Entra ID
5 6 (15.38%) GitHub
5 6 (15.38%) GitHub Actions
5 6 (15.38%) OpenShift
6 5 (12.82%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (12.82%) GCP
7 2 (5.13%) Apple Pay
7 2 (5.13%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (5.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (5.13%) Google Pay
7 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (5.13%) Snowflake
7 2 (5.13%) Stripe
8 1 (2.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.38%) NAS
1 6 (15.38%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (28.21%) Power BI
2 7 (17.95%) MySQL
3 5 (12.82%) NoSQL
4 4 (10.26%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (10.26%) DynamoDB
4 4 (10.26%) MongoDB
4 4 (10.26%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (10.26%) Relational Database
5 3 (7.69%) Metadata
6 2 (5.13%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (5.13%) Big Data
6 2 (5.13%) Data Lake
6 2 (5.13%) Hadoop
6 2 (5.13%) SQL Server
6 2 (5.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (41.03%) Jenkins
2 12 (30.77%) Git
3 2 (5.13%) GitLab
4 1 (2.56%) Postman
4 1 (2.56%) REST Assured
General
1 11 (28.21%) Social Skills
2 9 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (23.08%) Finance
3 6 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Banking
4 3 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.13%) Investment Banking
5 2 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (38.46%) Developer
2 9 (23.08%) Automation Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) SharePoint Developer
4 5 (12.82%) Architect
5 4 (10.26%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 4 (10.26%) Senior
5 4 (10.26%) Senior Developer
5 4 (10.26%) Site Engineer
5 4 (10.26%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Data Architect
6 2 (5.13%) Data Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Power Platform Developer
6 2 (5.13%) Python Developer
6 2 (5.13%) Python Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Senior WordPress Developer
6 2 (5.13%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (5.13%) WordPress Developer
7 1 (2.56%) Consultant
7 1 (2.56%) Senior Python Developer
7 1 (2.56%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (28.21%) React
2 10 (25.64%) CSS
3 9 (23.08%) HTML
4 8 (20.51%) Loki
5 6 (15.38%) SPFx
6 5 (12.82%) Node.js
6 5 (12.82%) Redux
6 5 (12.82%) RESTful
6 5 (12.82%) SOAP
7 4 (10.26%) Django
7 4 (10.26%) Express.js
7 4 (10.26%) FastAPI
7 4 (10.26%) Flask
7 4 (10.26%) GraphQL
7 4 (10.26%) MERN Stack
7 4 (10.26%) NestJS
8 3 (7.69%) CSS3
8 3 (7.69%) JSON
8 3 (7.69%) Spring
8 3 (7.69%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (12.82%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.13%) Cloud Native
3 2 (5.13%) CMDB
3 2 (5.13%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (5.13%) FMCG
4 1 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.56%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.56%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.56%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 8 (20.51%) Unix
2 7 (17.95%) Windows
3 6 (15.38%) Windows Server
4 3 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (74.36%) CI/CD
2 13 (33.33%) Agile
2 13 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (30.77%) Data Protection
4 11 (28.21%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (28.21%) Observability
5 8 (20.51%) Microservices
6 7 (17.95%) DevOps
7 6 (15.38%) Analytical Thinking
7 6 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (15.38%) Data Deduplication
7 6 (15.38%) Data Modelling
7 6 (15.38%) Document Management
7 6 (15.38%) Event-Driven
8 5 (12.82%) API Integration
8 5 (12.82%) Full-Stack Development
9 4 (10.26%) Application Security
9 4 (10.26%) Architectural Patterns
9 4 (10.26%) ETL
9 4 (10.26%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 20 (51.28%) Python
2 16 (41.03%) JavaScript
3 11 (28.21%) TypeScript
4 9 (23.08%) Perl
4 9 (23.08%) PowerShell
5 5 (12.82%) Java
6 4 (10.26%) SQL
7 3 (7.69%) PHP
8 1 (2.56%) Bash
8 1 (2.56%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (17.95%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (5.13%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.69%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.13%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (15.38%) Docker
2 1 (2.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (28.21%) Kubernetes
2 10 (25.64%) Ansible
2 10 (25.64%) Grafana
2 10 (25.64%) Prometheus
3 7 (17.95%) NetBackup
4 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (17.95%) Veritas
2 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.69%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.13%) Apple
4 2 (5.13%) Databricks
4 2 (5.13%) GoCardless
4 2 (5.13%) Google
5 1 (2.56%) Salesforce