REST Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Representational State Transfer (REST)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring REST skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 66 66
Rank change year-on-year +9 0 0
Contract jobs citing REST 11 3 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 1.82% 0.42% 1.63%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.38% 1.60% 5.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 16
10th Percentile £412 - £338
25th Percentile £471 £463 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £669 £488 £521
90th Percentile £700 - £538
West Yorkshire median daily rate £550 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 149 187 316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 24.63% 25.97% 28.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 133 232
10th Percentile £374 £419 £413
25th Percentile £400 £463 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £628
90th Percentile £686 £688 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £13.87 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £13.87 £26.78
% change year-on-year - -48.21% -46.44%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for REST in Leeds

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Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing REST

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Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing REST in Leeds over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for REST in Leeds

REST
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing REST

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (54.55%) AWS
2 4 (36.36%) AWS Lambda
2 4 (36.36%) Serverless
3 3 (27.27%) Amazon ECS
3 3 (27.27%) Amazon S3
3 3 (27.27%) Azure
3 3 (27.27%) GitHub
3 3 (27.27%) GitHub Actions
3 3 (27.27%) Slack
4 1 (9.09%) Azure AKS
4 1 (9.09%) GCP
4 1 (9.09%) npm
4 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) DynamoDB
2 2 (18.18%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (9.09%) MongoDB
3 1 (9.09%) MySQL
3 1 (9.09%) Oracle Database
3 1 (9.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) JIRA
2 4 (36.36%) Git
3 2 (18.18%) GitLab
3 2 (18.18%) Jenkins
4 1 (9.09%) SonarQube
4 1 (9.09%) webpack
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Legal
2 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Developer
2 3 (27.27%) AWS Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) AWS Software Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Software Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Angular Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Architect
3 1 (9.09%) DevOps Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Digital Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) JavaScript Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Power BI Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Python Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared Java Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Software Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) Node.js
1 4 (36.36%) React
2 2 (18.18%) AngularJS
2 2 (18.18%) CSS
2 2 (18.18%) Flask
2 2 (18.18%) HTML
3 1 (9.09%) Ajax
3 1 (9.09%) Django
3 1 (9.09%) FastAPI
3 1 (9.09%) Hibernate
3 1 (9.09%) J2EE
3 1 (9.09%) JPA
3 1 (9.09%) JSON
3 1 (9.09%) JWT
3 1 (9.09%) pytest
3 1 (9.09%) RESTful
3 1 (9.09%) SOAP
3 1 (9.09%) Swagger
3 1 (9.09%) Vue
3 1 (9.09%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Cloud Native
2 1 (9.09%) CMDB
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Linux
2 1 (9.09%) Mac OS X
2 1 (9.09%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) DevOps
2 6 (54.55%) CI/CD
3 4 (36.36%) Agile
3 4 (36.36%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (27.27%) Microservices
4 3 (27.27%) SDLC
4 3 (27.27%) Software Engineering
4 3 (27.27%) Test Automation
5 2 (18.18%) Continuous Deployment
5 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (9.09%) Cost Reduction
6 1 (9.09%) Critical Thinking
6 1 (9.09%) Data Sharing
6 1 (9.09%) Deployment Automation
6 1 (9.09%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 1 (9.09%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 1 (9.09%) Observability
6 1 (9.09%) Portfolio Management
6 1 (9.09%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) JavaScript
2 3 (27.27%) Python
2 3 (27.27%) TypeScript
3 2 (18.18%) Bash
3 2 (18.18%) Java
4 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
4 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) CISSP
2 1 (9.09%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) GCIH
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Terraform
2 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) ServiceNow
2 1 (9.09%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (9.09%) Darktrace
2 1 (9.09%) Google
2 1 (9.09%) IBM
2 1 (9.09%) LogicMonitor
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) Splunk
2 1 (9.09%) Zscaler