Representational State Transfer (REST)
East Midlands > Leicestershire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire 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 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 22 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing REST | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire | 0.78% | - | - |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 4.17% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £495 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £540 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £585 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| East Midlands median daily rate | £375 | £577 | £563 |
| % change year-on-year | -35.01% | +2.58% | +2.27% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Leicestershire
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 Leicestershire.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 24 | 14 | 42 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire | 18.75% | 11.29% | 25.15% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 19 | 11 | 40 |
| 10th Percentile | £308 | £288 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £374 | £307 | £333 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £463 | £350 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +32.14% | -17.65% | +1.19% |
| 75th Percentile | £488 | £434 | £530 |
| 90th Percentile | £531 | £488 | - |
| East Midlands median daily rate | £403 | £448 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.00% | -5.79% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £20.25 | £22.50 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £20.50 | £25.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.00% | -61.54% | +261.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £20.75 | £27.50 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| East Midlands median hourly rate | £21.96 | £25.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.18% | -61.54% | +230.54% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire
Job postings citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.
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Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing REST.
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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Leicestershire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 22 August 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicester | - | 1 | £540 | - | 2 |
| REST East Midlands |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:
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