REST Contracts in the Midlands

Representational State Transfer (REST)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for REST skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited REST over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 121 153
Rank change year-on-year +5 +32 -33
Contract jobs citing REST 18 42 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.66% 1.23% 0.84%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.72% 7.19% 4.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 33 26
10th Percentile £420 £440 £363
25th Percentile £425 £500 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +2.86% +23.53%
75th Percentile £598 £688 £573
90th Percentile £630 £731 £641
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +12.75%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Midlands

REST is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 381 584 911
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.94% 17.07% 18.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 456 709
10th Percentile £275 £313 £356
25th Percentile £361 £363 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.75%
75th Percentile £622 £588 £550
90th Percentile £725 £700 £638
England median daily rate £550 £563 £563
% change year-on-year -2.22% - +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 0 10
10th Percentile £10.90 - £16.70
25th Percentile £14.13 - £20.06
Median hourly rate £27.50 - £23.25
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.46%
75th Percentile £40.00 - £40.63
90th Percentile £56.25 - £46.67
England median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.75
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.65% +8.15%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for REST in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for REST in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing REST in the Midlands over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for REST in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for REST in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
West Midlands +4 12 £488 -20.41% 13
East Midlands +14 6 £577 +6.85% 8
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.56%) Apache
Business Applications
1 4 (22.22%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) AWS
2 5 (27.78%) Boomi
3 3 (16.67%) Azure
4 2 (11.11%) iPaaS
4 2 (11.11%) SaaS
5 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (5.56%) Azure Functions
5 1 (5.56%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
5 1 (5.56%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 1 (5.56%) Serverless
5 1 (5.56%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (5.56%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) MySQL
1 3 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Android Studio
1 1 (5.56%) Artifactory
1 1 (5.56%) Git
1 1 (5.56%) GitLab
1 1 (5.56%) JMeter
1 1 (5.56%) Postman
1 1 (5.56%) TestRail
1 1 (5.56%) Xcode
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Developer
2 4 (22.22%) DevOps Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) ForgeRock Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Senior
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Full Stack Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Integration Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Android Developer
5 1 (5.56%) Angular Developer
5 1 (5.56%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) iOS Developer
5 1 (5.56%) Lead Developer
5 1 (5.56%) React Developer
5 1 (5.56%) Salesforce Developer
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Android Developer
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Full Stack Developer
5 1 (5.56%) Senior iOS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (50.00%) JSON
2 7 (38.89%) SOAP
3 6 (33.33%) XML
4 3 (16.67%) OAuth
4 3 (16.67%) OAuth2
4 3 (16.67%) OpenID
4 3 (16.67%) SAML
4 3 (16.67%) WSDL
4 3 (16.67%) XSD
4 3 (16.67%) XSLT
5 2 (11.11%) Jest
5 2 (11.11%) React
6 1 (5.56%) AngularJS
6 1 (5.56%) CSS3
6 1 (5.56%) GraphQL
6 1 (5.56%) HTML5
6 1 (5.56%) Redux
6 1 (5.56%) RxJS
6 1 (5.56%) Visualforce
6 1 (5.56%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (16.67%) Virtual Team
2 1 (5.56%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.56%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Android
1 1 (5.56%) Apple iOS
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Agile
2 6 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
3 5 (27.78%) DevOps
3 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (22.22%) CI/CD
4 4 (22.22%) CRM
4 4 (22.22%) ERP
5 2 (11.11%) Front End Development
5 2 (11.11%) Full Stack Development
5 2 (11.11%) Integration Testing
6 1 (5.56%) Adaptive Web Design
6 1 (5.56%) Android Development
6 1 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (5.56%) Data Transformation
6 1 (5.56%) Defect Management
6 1 (5.56%) iOS Development
6 1 (5.56%) Mentoring
6 1 (5.56%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (5.56%) Translating Business Requirements
6 1 (5.56%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
2 3 (16.67%) BeanShell
2 3 (16.67%) Java
2 3 (16.67%) TypeScript
3 2 (11.11%) C#
3 2 (11.11%) SQL
4 1 (5.56%) Apex Code
4 1 (5.56%) Groovy
4 1 (5.56%) Kotlin
4 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
4 1 (5.56%) Python
4 1 (5.56%) Swift
4 1 (5.56%) X++
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.56%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) OpenAM
1 3 (16.67%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Ansible
1 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Salesforce
2 3 (16.67%) ForgeRock
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.11%) SAP
4 1 (5.56%) Jitterbit
4 1 (5.56%) MuleSoft
4 1 (5.56%) Red Hat
4 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.56%) SnapLogic
4 1 (5.56%) Software AG
4 1 (5.56%) Talend
4 1 (5.56%) TIBCO