REST Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Representational State Transfer (REST)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring REST skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 - 39
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing REST 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 1.23% - 0.78%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.14% - 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £660 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £670 - £625
75th Percentile £680 - £638
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £433 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -16.43% +3.50% -4.76%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 28 18 64
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 17.18% 8.65% 25.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 10 37
10th Percentile £366 £363 £550
25th Percentile £425 £372 £611
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £406 £645
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% -37.02% +35.79%
75th Percentile £665 £476 £720
90th Percentile £687 £497 -
North West median daily rate £446 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -6.21% -9.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 21
10th Percentile - - £45.88
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.17%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £70.00 £56.59 £46.18
% change year-on-year +23.70% +22.54% -34.26%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for REST in Lancashire

REST
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing REST.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing REST

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Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing REST.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing REST

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Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 26 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Preston - 2 £670 - 1
REST
North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 2 (100.00%) HTTPS
1 2 (100.00%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Cassandra
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) OAuth
1 2 (100.00%) SOAP
1 2 (100.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) API Development
1 2 (100.00%) API Management
1 2 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Axway