REST Contracts in Hertfordshire

Representational State Transfer (REST)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire requiring REST skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited REST over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 60 72
Rank change year-on-year +23 +12 -19
Contract jobs citing REST 8 13 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 2.49% 1.56% 0.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.76% 10.24% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 0
10th Percentile £446 - -
25th Percentile £456 £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.50% - -
75th Percentile £564 £502 -
90th Percentile £613 £535 -
East of England median daily rate £490 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 68 127 77
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 21.18% 15.23% 9.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 41 33
10th Percentile £425 £325 £363
25th Percentile £465 £350 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £433 £500
Median % change year-on-year +32.95% -13.50% -
75th Percentile £672 £563 £672
90th Percentile £675 £700 £820
East of England median daily rate £500 £499 £520
% change year-on-year +0.25% -4.09% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 45 16
10th Percentile £65.00 - -
25th Percentile £66.25 - £21.00
Median hourly rate £80.68 £43.00 £68.75
Median % change year-on-year +87.62% -37.45% +40.31%
75th Percentile £81.35 - £73.94
90th Percentile £82.10 £65.00 £74.50
East of England median hourly rate £80.68 £43.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +87.62% -33.85% +32.65%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for REST in Hertfordshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing REST in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for REST in Hertfordshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing REST in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for REST in Hertfordshire

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) Wireless
2 2 (25.00%) 3GPP
2 2 (25.00%) 4G
2 2 (25.00%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) InfluxDB
1 2 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Backend Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Python Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Software Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Test Automation Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Applications Developer
4 1 (12.50%) C# Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Cloud Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Linux Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Programmer
4 1 (12.50%) Telecoms Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) RESTful
2 2 (25.00%) OpenAPI
2 2 (25.00%) Swagger
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Containerisation
2 5 (62.50%) Test Automation
3 4 (50.00%) OO
3 4 (50.00%) TDD
4 2 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (25.00%) API Development
4 2 (25.00%) Asynchronous Programming
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (25.00%) Microservices
4 2 (25.00%) Multithreading
4 2 (25.00%) Prototyping
5 1 (12.50%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Python
2 6 (75.00%) Java
3 4 (50.00%) C#
3 4 (50.00%) C++
4 2 (25.00%) Go
4 2 (25.00%) SQL
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (75.00%) Kubernetes