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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 59 38
Rank change year-on-year +14 -21 +28
Contract jobs citing REST 27 22 44
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 3.73% 2.68% 4.80%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.56% 11.22% 22.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 21 28
10th Percentile £357 £311 £404
25th Percentile £412 £356 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £379 £500
Median % change year-on-year +18.73% -24.20% -33.33%
75th Percentile £545 £519 £590
90th Percentile £576 £600 £724
Scotland median daily rate £473 £413 £499
% change year-on-year +14.55% -17.29% +5.00%
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 163 196 192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 22.54% 23.90% 20.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 132 120
10th Percentile £319 £348 £363
25th Percentile £400 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £547 £502 £583
90th Percentile £620 £587 £700
Scotland median daily rate £500 £455 £480
% change year-on-year +9.89% -5.21% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £37.19 - £51.38
25th Percentile £40.47 - £51.56
Median hourly rate £46.86 - £53.75
75th Percentile £54.19 - £56.56
90th Percentile £58.03 - £57.13
Scotland median hourly rate £64.00 - £55.00
% change year-on-year - - -7.84%

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 February 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 February 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 3 (11.11%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (7.41%) Apache
2 2 (7.41%) Apache Spark
3 1 (3.70%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.93%) AWS
1 7 (25.93%) Azure
2 6 (22.22%) OpenShift
3 5 (18.52%) GitHub
3 5 (18.52%) Power Platform
4 4 (14.81%) GCP
4 4 (14.81%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (7.41%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (7.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (7.41%) Serverless
6 2 (7.41%) Snowflake
7 1 (3.70%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (3.70%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (3.70%) Apple Pay
7 1 (3.70%) Azure Functions
7 1 (3.70%) Google Pay
7 1 (3.70%) PowerApps
7 1 (3.70%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 6 (22.22%) NAS
1 6 (22.22%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (22.22%) MySQL
1 6 (22.22%) Relational Database
2 5 (18.52%) NoSQL
2 5 (18.52%) Power BI
3 4 (14.81%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (14.81%) DynamoDB
3 4 (14.81%) MongoDB
3 4 (14.81%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (11.11%) Metadata
5 2 (7.41%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (7.41%) Big Data
5 2 (7.41%) Data Lake
5 2 (7.41%) Hadoop
5 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
5 2 (7.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (3.70%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (3.70%) DB2
Development Applications
1 15 (55.56%) Jenkins
2 12 (44.44%) Git
3 2 (7.41%) JUnit
3 2 (7.41%) Mockito
4 1 (3.70%) Cucumber
General
1 10 (37.04%) Social Skills
2 9 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (25.93%) Finance
4 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.70%) Banking
5 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Automation Engineer
2 4 (14.81%) Developer
2 4 (14.81%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 4 (14.81%) Site Engineer
2 4 (14.81%) Site Reliability Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Data Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Data Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Python Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Senior
4 2 (7.41%) Software Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Full-Stack Java Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Power Platform Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Python Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Senior WordPress Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (29.63%) Loki
2 5 (18.52%) FastAPI
3 4 (14.81%) Django
3 4 (14.81%) Express.js
3 4 (14.81%) Flask
3 4 (14.81%) GraphQL
3 4 (14.81%) MERN Stack
3 4 (14.81%) NestJS
3 4 (14.81%) Node.js
3 4 (14.81%) React
3 4 (14.81%) Redux
3 4 (14.81%) RESTful
3 4 (14.81%) SOAP
4 3 (11.11%) Spring
4 3 (11.11%) Spring Boot
5 2 (7.41%) AngularJS
5 2 (7.41%) JSON
5 2 (7.41%) JWT
5 2 (7.41%) OAuth
6 1 (3.70%) OpenCV
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (14.81%) Product Ownership
3 2 (7.41%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.70%) CMDB
4 1 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.70%) FMCG
4 1 (3.70%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 7 (25.93%) Unix
1 7 (25.93%) Windows
2 6 (22.22%) Windows Server
3 2 (7.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (74.07%) CI/CD
2 12 (44.44%) Agile
2 12 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (40.74%) Data Protection
4 10 (37.04%) Observability
5 6 (22.22%) Analytical Thinking
5 6 (22.22%) Data Deduplication
5 6 (22.22%) DevOps
5 6 (22.22%) Microservices
6 5 (18.52%) Application Security
6 5 (18.52%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (18.52%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (18.52%) Data Modelling
6 5 (18.52%) ETL
6 5 (18.52%) Full-Stack Development
7 4 (14.81%) API Integration
7 4 (14.81%) Containerisation
7 4 (14.81%) Event-Driven
7 4 (14.81%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 4 (14.81%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 18 (66.67%) Python
2 9 (33.33%) Perl
2 9 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 8 (29.63%) JavaScript
4 5 (18.52%) TypeScript
5 3 (11.11%) Java
6 2 (7.41%) SQL
7 1 (3.70%) C#
7 1 (3.70%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (3.70%) AWS Certification
1 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) Data Quality
1 2 (7.41%) GDPR
2 1 (3.70%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 7 (25.93%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (44.44%) Kubernetes
2 10 (37.04%) Ansible
2 10 (37.04%) Grafana
3 9 (33.33%) Prometheus
4 7 (25.93%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Veritas
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.41%) Databricks
3 2 (7.41%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.70%) Apple
4 1 (3.70%) GoCardless
4 1 (3.70%) Google
4 1 (3.70%) Oracle
4 1 (3.70%) Salesforce