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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 60 38
Rank change year-on-year +26 -22 +32
Contract jobs citing REST 45 24 39
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 6.06% 3.14% 4.59%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 29.22% 11.82% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 18 27
10th Percentile - £301 £413
25th Percentile £320 £357 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -10.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £500 £574 £544
90th Percentile £580 £608 £715
Scotland median daily rate £423 £463 £500
% change year-on-year -8.65% -7.50% +2.56%
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 154 203 195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 20.73% 26.57% 22.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 131 126
10th Percentile £313 £300 £338
25th Percentile £361 £402 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £450 £440
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +2.27% -12.00%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £509
90th Percentile £638 £600 £581
Scotland median daily rate £470 £470 £475
% change year-on-year - -1.05% -2.06%
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 12 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 12 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 14 (31.11%) SharePoint
2 12 (26.67%) 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 15 (33.33%) Power Automate
3 15 (33.33%) PowerApps
4 14 (31.11%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (26.67%) 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 3 (6.67%) 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%) AWS CloudTrail
11 1 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (2.22%) Azure Functions
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 2 (4.44%) Big Data
5 2 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (4.44%) Hadoop
6 1 (2.22%) Metadata
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%) Documentation Skills
1 12 (26.67%) Social 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 23 (51.11%) Developer
2 12 (26.67%) SharePoint Developer
3 9 (20.00%) Automation Engineer
4 5 (11.11%) Senior
4 5 (11.11%) Senior Developer
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 3 (6.67%) Architect
7 2 (4.44%) Data Engineer
7 2 (4.44%) Power Platform Developer
7 2 (4.44%) Python Engineer
7 2 (4.44%) Senior Python Developer
7 2 (4.44%) Senior WordPress Developer
7 2 (4.44%) WordPress Developer
8 1 (2.22%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 1 (2.22%) Microsoft 365 Developer
8 1 (2.22%) Power Platform Consultant
8 1 (2.22%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (37.78%) React
2 16 (35.56%) CSS
3 15 (33.33%) HTML
4 12 (26.67%) 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
9 3 (6.67%) Celery
9 3 (6.67%) CSS3
9 3 (6.67%) HTML5
9 3 (6.67%) Kafka
9 3 (6.67%) RabbitMQ
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 36 (80.00%) 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
4 12 (26.67%) 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%) Full-Stack Development
10 4 (8.89%) Application Security
10 4 (8.89%) Data Modelling
10 4 (8.89%) Migration
10 4 (8.89%) Performance Tuning
10 4 (8.89%) Risk Management
10 4 (8.89%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 22 (48.89%) JavaScript
1 22 (48.89%) Python
2 17 (37.78%) TypeScript
3 9 (20.00%) Perl
3 9 (20.00%) PowerShell
4 5 (11.11%) Java
5 3 (6.67%) PHP
6 2 (4.44%) SQL
7 1 (2.22%) Bash
7 1 (2.22%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (28.89%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (4.44%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.22%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.22%) Data Quality
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 4 (8.89%) 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