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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 58 40
Rank change year-on-year +19 -18 +25
Contract jobs citing REST 34 26 44
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 4.79% 3.13% 4.76%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 21.12% 12.56% 22.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 23 29
10th Percentile £316 £311 £411
25th Percentile £343 £356 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £392 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.56% -21.70% -33.33%
75th Percentile £531 £565 £575
90th Percentile £584 £595 £716
Scotland median daily rate £425 £413 £499
% change year-on-year +3.03% -17.29% +1.89%
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 161 207 197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 22.68% 24.94% 21.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 140 123
10th Percentile £313 £313 £350
25th Percentile £384 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £441 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.23% -7.16% -5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £575
90th Percentile £606 £589 £676
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -1.04%
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
75th Percentile £54.19 - £57.50
90th Percentile £58.03 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £64.00 - £55.00
% change year-on-year - - +18.68%

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 16 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 16 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 5 (14.71%) SharePoint
2 4 (11.76%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (8.82%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (5.88%) Apache
4 2 (5.88%) Apache Spark
5 1 (2.94%) Moodle
5 1 (2.94%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 13 (38.24%) Azure
2 10 (29.41%) Power Platform
3 8 (23.53%) AWS
4 6 (17.65%) OpenShift
4 6 (17.65%) Power Automate
4 6 (17.65%) PowerApps
5 5 (14.71%) GCP
5 5 (14.71%) GitHub
5 5 (14.71%) GitHub Actions
5 5 (14.71%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (11.76%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (11.76%) Entra ID
7 2 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (5.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (5.88%) Snowflake
8 1 (2.94%) Apple Pay
8 1 (2.94%) Azure Functions
8 1 (2.94%) Serverless
8 1 (2.94%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 6 (17.65%) NAS
1 6 (17.65%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (26.47%) Power BI
2 6 (17.65%) NoSQL
3 5 (14.71%) MySQL
3 5 (14.71%) Relational Database
4 4 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (11.76%) DynamoDB
4 4 (11.76%) MongoDB
4 4 (11.76%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (8.82%) Metadata
6 2 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (5.88%) Big Data
6 2 (5.88%) Data Lake
6 2 (5.88%) Hadoop
6 2 (5.88%) SQL Server
6 2 (5.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (2.94%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 15 (44.12%) Jenkins
2 11 (32.35%) Git
3 2 (5.88%) GitLab
4 1 (2.94%) Cucumber
4 1 (2.94%) JUnit
4 1 (2.94%) Mockito
4 1 (2.94%) Postman
4 1 (2.94%) REST Assured
General
1 10 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 9 (26.47%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (20.59%) Finance
4 4 (11.76%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (8.82%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.88%) Banking
7 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.94%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (29.41%) Developer
2 9 (26.47%) Automation Engineer
3 5 (14.71%) Architect
4 4 (11.76%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) SharePoint Developer
4 4 (11.76%) Site Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Data Architect
5 2 (5.88%) Data Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Python Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Senior
5 2 (5.88%) Senior Developer
5 2 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.94%) Consultant
6 1 (2.94%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Java Architect
6 1 (2.94%) Java Developer
6 1 (2.94%) Python Developer
6 1 (2.94%) Software Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (23.53%) Loki
1 8 (23.53%) React
2 6 (17.65%) CSS
3 5 (14.71%) HTML
3 5 (14.71%) Node.js
3 5 (14.71%) SOAP
4 4 (11.76%) Django
4 4 (11.76%) Express.js
4 4 (11.76%) FastAPI
4 4 (11.76%) Flask
4 4 (11.76%) GraphQL
4 4 (11.76%) MERN Stack
4 4 (11.76%) NestJS
4 4 (11.76%) Redux
4 4 (11.76%) RESTful
4 4 (11.76%) SPFx
5 3 (8.82%) Spring
5 3 (8.82%) Spring Boot
6 2 (5.88%) Hibernate
6 2 (5.88%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (14.71%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 2 (5.88%) CMDB
4 1 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.94%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.94%) FMCG
4 1 (2.94%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.94%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 7 (20.59%) Unix
1 7 (20.59%) Windows
2 6 (17.65%) Windows Server
3 3 (8.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (76.47%) CI/CD
2 12 (35.29%) Agile
2 12 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (32.35%) Data Protection
3 11 (32.35%) Observability
4 9 (26.47%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (23.53%) Microservices
6 7 (20.59%) DevOps
7 6 (17.65%) Analytical Thinking
7 6 (17.65%) Data Deduplication
7 6 (17.65%) Data Modelling
8 5 (14.71%) Application Security
8 5 (14.71%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (14.71%) Event-Driven
8 5 (14.71%) Full-Stack Development
9 4 (11.76%) API Integration
9 4 (11.76%) Architectural Patterns
9 4 (11.76%) Containerisation
9 4 (11.76%) Performance Tuning
9 4 (11.76%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 19 (55.88%) Python
2 13 (38.24%) JavaScript
3 9 (26.47%) Perl
3 9 (26.47%) PowerShell
3 9 (26.47%) TypeScript
4 4 (11.76%) Java
5 3 (8.82%) SQL
6 2 (5.88%) PHP
7 1 (2.94%) Bash
7 1 (2.94%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (5.88%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.94%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.88%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (20.59%) Docker
2 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (35.29%) Kubernetes
2 10 (29.41%) Ansible
2 10 (29.41%) Grafana
2 10 (29.41%) Prometheus
3 7 (20.59%) NetBackup
4 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (20.59%) Veritas
2 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.82%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.88%) Databricks
5 1 (2.94%) Apple
5 1 (2.94%) GoCardless
5 1 (2.94%) Google
5 1 (2.94%) Oracle
5 1 (2.94%) Salesforce