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 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 114 158
Rank change year-on-year +5 +44 -38
Contract jobs citing REST 20 46 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.73% 1.42% 0.85%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.04% 8.21% 4.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 35 24
10th Percentile £420 £416 £369
25th Percentile £425 £500 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% +2.86% +23.53%
75th Percentile £581 £688 £591
90th Percentile £625 £731 £642
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +11.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.00 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £72.22 £57.50 £65.48
% change year-on-year +25.60% -12.19% +30.96%

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 397 560 907
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.56% 17.29% 18.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 438 683
10th Percentile £284 £313 £360
25th Percentile £356 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.75%
75th Percentile £618 £594 £550
90th Percentile £704 £700 £636
England median daily rate £550 £558 £575
% change year-on-year -1.35% -3.04% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 0 8
10th Percentile £10.90 - £16.60
25th Percentile £14.19 - £18.12
Median hourly rate £27.50 - £21.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +43.33%
75th Percentile £47.50 - £27.50
90th Percentile £57.00 - £37.10
England median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £51.25
% change year-on-year -26.92% +26.83% +9.04%

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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 24 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 24 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 14 £475 -20.83% 10
East Midlands +17 6 £577 +6.85% 14
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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 2 (10.00%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (20.00%) NetSuite
2 1 (5.00%) SAP ERP
2 1 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (35.00%) AWS
2 5 (25.00%) Boomi
3 3 (15.00%) Azure
4 2 (10.00%) iPaaS
4 2 (10.00%) SaaS
4 2 (10.00%) Serverless
4 2 (10.00%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (5.00%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (5.00%) AWS Step Functions
5 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (5.00%) Azure Functions
5 1 (5.00%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
5 1 (5.00%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) MySQL
1 3 (15.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (5.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Artifactory
1 2 (10.00%) GitLab
2 1 (5.00%) Android Studio
2 1 (5.00%) Bitbucket
2 1 (5.00%) Git
2 1 (5.00%) JIRA
2 1 (5.00%) JMeter
2 1 (5.00%) Postman
2 1 (5.00%) TestRail
2 1 (5.00%) Xcode
General
1 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.00%) Banking
3 1 (5.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Developer
2 5 (25.00%) DevOps Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) ForgeRock Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Full Stack Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Senior
3 3 (15.00%) Senior Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Integration Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Integration Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Angular Developer
5 1 (5.00%) AWS Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Business Integration Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Integration Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) SAP Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) SAP Integration Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Full Stack Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (50.00%) JSON
2 7 (35.00%) SOAP
2 7 (35.00%) XML
3 3 (15.00%) OAuth
3 3 (15.00%) OAuth2
3 3 (15.00%) OpenID
3 3 (15.00%) SAML
3 3 (15.00%) WSDL
3 3 (15.00%) XSD
3 3 (15.00%) XSLT
4 2 (10.00%) Apache NiFi
4 2 (10.00%) Jest
4 2 (10.00%) React
5 1 (5.00%) Apollo GraphQL
5 1 (5.00%) Blazor
5 1 (5.00%) Jetpack Compose
5 1 (5.00%) NestJS
5 1 (5.00%) Next.js
5 1 (5.00%) NgRx
5 1 (5.00%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (15.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (5.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (5.00%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Android
2 1 (5.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Agile
2 6 (30.00%) DevOps
2 6 (30.00%) Integration Patterns
3 5 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 5 (25.00%) ERP
4 4 (20.00%) CRM
4 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.00%) Full Stack Development
6 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 2 (10.00%) Decision-Making
6 2 (10.00%) Front End Development
6 2 (10.00%) Integration Testing
6 2 (10.00%) Software Engineering
6 2 (10.00%) TDD
7 1 (5.00%) Android Development
7 1 (5.00%) Continuous Delivery
7 1 (5.00%) Defect Management
7 1 (5.00%) iOS Development
7 1 (5.00%) Software Delivery
7 1 (5.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (15.00%) BeanShell
2 3 (15.00%) Java
2 3 (15.00%) Python
2 3 (15.00%) SQL
2 3 (15.00%) TypeScript
3 2 (10.00%) C#
3 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (5.00%) Groovy
4 1 (5.00%) Kotlin
4 1 (5.00%) Swift
4 1 (5.00%) X++
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (10.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) OpenAM
1 3 (15.00%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Ansible
1 2 (10.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Salesforce
2 3 (15.00%) ForgeRock
2 3 (15.00%) SAP
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.00%) Red Hat
4 1 (5.00%) Ariba
4 1 (5.00%) Jitterbit
4 1 (5.00%) MuleSoft
4 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.00%) SnapLogic
4 1 (5.00%) Software AG
4 1 (5.00%) Talend
4 1 (5.00%) TIBCO