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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 55 39
Rank change year-on-year +23 -16 +31
Contract jobs citing REST 50 24 36
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 6.30% 3.16% 4.40%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 30.67% 11.88% 18.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 18 25
10th Percentile - £301 £413
25th Percentile £320 £356 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £450 £498
Median % change year-on-year -20.44% -9.55% -33.67%
75th Percentile £441 £574 £538
90th Percentile £573 £608 £575
Scotland median daily rate £405 £463 £498
% change year-on-year -12.54% -7.04% -0.50%
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 163 202 192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 20.53% 26.58% 23.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 131 127
10th Percentile £313 £300 £340
25th Percentile £320 £404 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £470 £440
Median % change year-on-year -9.04% +6.82% -12.00%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £509
90th Percentile £644 £600 £580
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £470
% change year-on-year -2.63% +1.17% -3.69%
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 - - +80.65%
75th Percentile £54.19 - £57.50
90th Percentile £58.03 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £61.36 - £55.00
% change year-on-year - - +3.03%

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 27 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 27 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 16 (32.00%) SharePoint
2 14 (28.00%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (4.00%) Apache
3 2 (4.00%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (4.00%) Apache Spark
3 2 (4.00%) WordPress
4 1 (2.00%) Moodle
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 20 (40.00%) Azure
2 18 (36.00%) Power Platform
3 16 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (32.00%) Power Automate
3 16 (32.00%) PowerApps
4 14 (28.00%) Entra ID
5 11 (22.00%) OpenShift
6 9 (18.00%) AWS
7 7 (14.00%) GitHub
7 7 (14.00%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (10.00%) GCP
9 2 (4.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (4.00%) Apple Pay
9 2 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (4.00%) Google Pay
9 2 (4.00%) Snowflake
9 2 (4.00%) Stripe
10 1 (2.00%) Amazon EventBridge
10 1 (2.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 1 (2.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (18.00%) NAS
1 9 (18.00%) SAN
2 1 (2.00%) CTI
2 1 (2.00%) PSTN
2 1 (2.00%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (32.00%) Power BI
2 7 (14.00%) MySQL
3 5 (10.00%) NoSQL
4 4 (8.00%) DynamoDB
4 4 (8.00%) MongoDB
4 4 (8.00%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (8.00%) Relational Database
5 2 (4.00%) Big Data
5 2 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (4.00%) Hadoop
6 1 (2.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 17 (34.00%) Jenkins
2 12 (24.00%) Git
3 2 (4.00%) GitLab
4 1 (2.00%) Postman
4 1 (2.00%) REST Assured
General
1 14 (28.00%) Analytical Skills
1 14 (28.00%) Documentation Skills
2 13 (26.00%) Finance
2 13 (26.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.00%) Banking
3 2 (4.00%) Investment Banking
3 2 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 25 (50.00%) Developer
2 14 (28.00%) SharePoint Developer
3 9 (18.00%) Automation Engineer
4 5 (10.00%) Python Developer
4 5 (10.00%) Python Engineer
4 5 (10.00%) Senior
4 5 (10.00%) Senior Developer
5 4 (8.00%) Architect
5 4 (8.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 4 (8.00%) Site Engineer
5 4 (8.00%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 2 (4.00%) Data Engineer
6 2 (4.00%) Power Platform Developer
6 2 (4.00%) Salesforce Architect
6 2 (4.00%) Senior Python Developer
6 2 (4.00%) Senior WordPress Developer
6 2 (4.00%) WordPress Developer
7 1 (2.00%) Java Developer
7 1 (2.00%) Software Engineer
7 1 (2.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (38.00%) React
2 18 (36.00%) CSS
3 17 (34.00%) HTML
4 14 (28.00%) SPFx
5 8 (16.00%) Loki
5 8 (16.00%) RESTful
6 7 (14.00%) Celery
6 7 (14.00%) Kafka
6 7 (14.00%) RabbitMQ
7 5 (10.00%) Node.js
7 5 (10.00%) Redux
8 4 (8.00%) Django
8 4 (8.00%) Express.js
8 4 (8.00%) FastAPI
8 4 (8.00%) Flask
8 4 (8.00%) GraphQL
8 4 (8.00%) MERN Stack
8 4 (8.00%) NestJS
9 3 (6.00%) JWT
9 3 (6.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.00%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (10.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.00%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (4.00%) FMCG
3 2 (4.00%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.00%) CMDB
4 1 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.00%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.00%) IVR
4 1 (2.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 14 (28.00%) Unix
2 12 (24.00%) Windows
3 7 (14.00%) Windows Server
4 3 (6.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (74.00%) CI/CD
2 17 (34.00%) Business Intelligence
3 16 (32.00%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (30.00%) Data Protection
5 14 (28.00%) Document Management
6 13 (26.00%) Agile
7 11 (22.00%) Observability
8 8 (16.00%) Analytical Thinking
8 8 (16.00%) Microservices
9 7 (14.00%) Data Deduplication
9 7 (14.00%) Event-Driven
9 7 (14.00%) Machine Learning
9 7 (14.00%) Migration
10 6 (12.00%) Collaborative Working
10 6 (12.00%) DevOps
11 5 (10.00%) Decision-Making
11 5 (10.00%) Full-Stack Development
12 4 (8.00%) Application Security
12 4 (8.00%) Risk Management
12 4 (8.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 26 (52.00%) Python
2 22 (44.00%) JavaScript
3 18 (36.00%) TypeScript
4 12 (24.00%) Perl
5 9 (18.00%) PowerShell
6 5 (10.00%) Java
7 3 (6.00%) PHP
8 2 (4.00%) SQL
9 1 (2.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (30.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (4.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (12.00%) Docker
2 1 (2.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (32.00%) Kubernetes
2 10 (20.00%) Ansible
2 10 (20.00%) Grafana
2 10 (20.00%) NetBackup
2 10 (20.00%) Prometheus
3 1 (2.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (20.00%) Veritas
2 3 (6.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.00%) Apple
3 2 (4.00%) Databricks
3 2 (4.00%) GoCardless
3 2 (4.00%) Google
3 2 (4.00%) Salesforce
3 2 (4.00%) ServiceNow