REST Contract Job Trends in Preston

Representational State Transfer (REST)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring REST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing REST 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 2.94% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £660 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £670 - -
75th Percentile £680 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £670 - £625

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 17 4 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 25.00% 9.30% 13.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 2 2
10th Percentile £403 £411 £213
25th Percentile £425 £428 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £463 £275
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% +68.18% -29.03%
75th Percentile £680 £503 £331
90th Percentile £687 £524 £358
Lancashire median daily rate £450 £406 £645
% change year-on-year +10.77% -37.02% +35.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - £37.71
25th Percentile - - £45.88
Median hourly rate - - £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - - +44.76%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate - £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year - - +22.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

REST job vacancy trend in Preston

REST
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing REST

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Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing REST.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing REST

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) HTTPS
1 2 (100.00%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Cassandra
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) OAuth
1 2 (100.00%) SOAP
1 2 (100.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) API Development
1 2 (100.00%) API Management
1 2 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Axway