REST Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Representational State Transfer (REST)
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring REST skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 26 25
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 +15
Contract jobs citing REST 4 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.91% 1.85% 1.96%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.00% 10.00% 6.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £250 £342 -
25th Percentile £363 £389 £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £480 £570
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -15.79% -2.98%
75th Percentile £509 £584 £628
90th Percentile £549 £639 £656
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £480 £570
% change year-on-year -6.25% -15.79% -2.98%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 40 30 50
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 19.14% 18.52% 32.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 17 38
10th Percentile £320 £356 £380
25th Percentile £406 £413 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £501 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.09% -16.58% +9.09%
75th Percentile £506 £610 £709
90th Percentile £575 £660 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £465 £501 £600
% change year-on-year -7.09% -16.58% +9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Job postings citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Job vacancy trend for REST in Newcastle upon Tyne

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Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing REST.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing REST

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Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing REST in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for REST in Newcastle upon Tyne

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 (25.00%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MadCap Flare
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) GitHub
2 3 (75.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (50.00%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (50.00%) SaaS
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Cognitive Search
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Cognitive Services
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Postman
2 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Designer
1 2 (50.00%) Solutions Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) OpenAPI
1 4 (100.00%) Swagger
2 2 (50.00%) Middleware
2 2 (50.00%) Next.js
2 2 (50.00%) Web Services
3 1 (25.00%) GatsbyJS
3 1 (25.00%) HTML
3 1 (25.00%) JPA
3 1 (25.00%) JSON
3 1 (25.00%) Lambda Expressions
3 1 (25.00%) Node.js
3 1 (25.00%) Playwright
3 1 (25.00%) React
3 1 (25.00%) Spring Boot
3 1 (25.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Microservices
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (50.00%) Design Thinking
2 2 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Fintech
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (50.00%) UML
3 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Competitor Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes