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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 52 43
Rank change year-on-year +18 -9 +21
Contract jobs citing REST 62 31 25
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 6.01% 3.79% 3.30%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 26.72% 13.19% 15.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 24 20
10th Percentile £314 £281 £392
25th Percentile £320 £345 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £322 £450 £435
Median % change year-on-year -28.44% +3.45% -42.00%
75th Percentile £438 £573 £502
90th Percentile £598 £618 £565
Scotland median daily rate £390 £456 £455
% change year-on-year -14.52% +0.39% -9.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
Median hourly rate £35.00 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £35.00 - -

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 232 235 163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 22.50% 28.76% 21.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 135 119
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £320 £402 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £470 £450
Median % change year-on-year -13.94% +4.44% -11.76%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £513
90th Percentile £643 £606 £619
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £463
% change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% -3.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 3
10th Percentile - - £51.50
25th Percentile - £52.50 £51.88
Median hourly rate £35.00 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% - +80.65%
75th Percentile - £57.50 £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £35.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -36.36% - +15.23%

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 17 July 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
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 17 (27.42%) SharePoint
2 15 (24.19%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (1.61%) Moodle
3 1 (1.61%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 25 (40.32%) Azure
2 17 (27.42%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (27.42%) Power Automate
2 17 (27.42%) Power Platform
2 17 (27.42%) PowerApps
3 15 (24.19%) AWS
3 15 (24.19%) Entra ID
4 8 (12.90%) GitHub
4 8 (12.90%) GitHub Actions
4 8 (12.90%) OpenShift
5 6 (9.68%) GCP
6 3 (4.84%) Google Play
7 2 (3.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.61%) Apple Pay
8 1 (1.61%) Google Pay
8 1 (1.61%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 1 (1.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (1.61%) Serverless
8 1 (1.61%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.68%) NAS
1 6 (9.68%) SAN
2 1 (1.61%) CTI
2 1 (1.61%) PSTN
2 1 (1.61%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (24.19%) Power BI
2 8 (12.90%) MongoDB
3 6 (9.68%) MySQL
4 5 (8.06%) NoSQL
5 4 (6.45%) DynamoDB
5 4 (6.45%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (6.45%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.61%) Metadata
6 1 (1.61%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 20 (32.26%) Jenkins
2 17 (27.42%) Git
3 8 (12.90%) Gradle
4 7 (11.29%) JUnit
4 7 (11.29%) Maven
5 5 (8.06%) GoCD
6 4 (6.45%) JProfiler
6 4 (6.45%) Subversion
7 3 (4.84%) Android Studio
8 2 (3.23%) GitLab
8 2 (3.23%) JIRA
8 2 (3.23%) Postman
8 2 (3.23%) REST Assured
9 1 (1.61%) Appium
9 1 (1.61%) Cypress.io
9 1 (1.61%) IntelliJ
9 1 (1.61%) Mocha
9 1 (1.61%) Selenium
9 1 (1.61%) TestNG
General
1 15 (24.19%) Documentation Skills
2 13 (20.97%) Finance
3 12 (19.35%) Social Skills
4 11 (17.74%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.45%) Banking
5 4 (6.45%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.23%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (66.13%) Developer
2 15 (24.19%) SharePoint Developer
3 11 (17.74%) Java Developer
4 7 (11.29%) Senior
5 6 (9.68%) Senior Developer
6 5 (8.06%) Full-Stack Developer
6 5 (8.06%) Python Developer
6 5 (8.06%) Python Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Architect
7 4 (6.45%) Automation Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 4 (6.45%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 3 (4.84%) Android Developer
8 3 (4.84%) Site Engineer
9 2 (3.23%) iOS Developer
9 2 (3.23%) Lead Developer
9 2 (3.23%) Power Platform Developer
9 2 (3.23%) Salesforce Architect
9 2 (3.23%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (45.16%) React
2 20 (32.26%) CSS
2 20 (32.26%) HTML
3 15 (24.19%) SPFx
4 14 (22.58%) Spring
4 14 (22.58%) Spring Boot
5 11 (17.74%) Node.js
5 11 (17.74%) RESTful
6 9 (14.52%) JPA
6 9 (14.52%) Kafka
7 7 (11.29%) Celery
7 7 (11.29%) RabbitMQ
7 7 (11.29%) Redux
8 6 (9.68%) FreeMarker
8 6 (9.68%) JSF
9 5 (8.06%) HTML5
10 4 (6.45%) Django
10 4 (6.45%) Jest
10 4 (6.45%) SOAP
10 4 (6.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (19.35%) Product Ownership
2 6 (9.68%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (4.84%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.23%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.61%) CMDB
5 1 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.61%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.61%) FMCG
5 1 (1.61%) IVR
5 1 (1.61%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.61%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.61%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (16.13%) Unix
2 8 (12.90%) Windows
3 4 (6.45%) Windows Server
4 3 (4.84%) Android
5 2 (3.23%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.61%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (64.52%) CI/CD
2 24 (38.71%) Agile
3 16 (25.81%) Business Intelligence
3 16 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (24.19%) Document Management
5 13 (20.97%) Full-Stack Development
5 13 (20.97%) Microservices
6 12 (19.35%) Scrum
7 11 (17.74%) DevOps
8 10 (16.13%) Data Protection
9 8 (12.90%) Event-Driven
9 8 (12.90%) Test Automation
10 7 (11.29%) Machine Learning
10 7 (11.29%) Migration
10 7 (11.29%) Observability
11 6 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (9.68%) TDD
12 5 (8.06%) Functional Programming
12 5 (8.06%) MVVM
12 5 (8.06%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 29 (46.77%) JavaScript
2 21 (33.87%) Java
2 21 (33.87%) Python
3 19 (30.65%) TypeScript
4 7 (11.29%) Perl
5 4 (6.45%) PowerShell
5 4 (6.45%) SQL
6 3 (4.84%) Kotlin
7 2 (3.23%) PHP
7 2 (3.23%) Swift
8 1 (1.61%) Bash
8 1 (1.61%) C#
8 1 (1.61%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 17 (27.42%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (3.23%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.61%) Degree
3 1 (1.61%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.06%) Accessibility
1 5 (8.06%) QA
2 1 (1.61%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (8.06%) Docker
2 1 (1.61%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (29.03%) Kubernetes
2 10 (16.13%) Ansible
3 6 (9.68%) Grafana
3 6 (9.68%) NetBackup
4 5 (8.06%) Prometheus
5 2 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (9.68%) MuleSoft
1 6 (9.68%) Veritas
2 5 (8.06%) Oracle
3 4 (6.45%) Google
4 3 (4.84%) Microsoft
4 3 (4.84%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.61%) Apple
5 1 (1.61%) GoCardless
5 1 (1.61%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.61%) Splunk