REST Contract Job Trends in Liverpool

Representational State Transfer (REST)
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Liverpool requiring REST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 20 31
Rank change year-on-year -24 +11 +8
Contract jobs citing REST 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Liverpool 0.36% 1.54% 0.54%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.70% 6.90% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.22%
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Merseyside median daily rate £650 - £350
% change year-on-year - - -22.22%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 37 29 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 13.45% 22.31% 16.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 20 12
10th Percentile £416 £388 -
25th Percentile £450 £450 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £545 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.34% +21.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £558 £628 £499
90th Percentile £588 £641 £547
Merseyside median daily rate £510 £545 £450
% change year-on-year -6.42% +21.11% -7.69%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing REST relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool.

REST job vacancy trend in Liverpool

REST
Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing REST

REST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool 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 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) ScriptRunner
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA Administrator
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (100.00%) Webhook
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Atlassian