Representational State Transfer (REST)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield requiring REST skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited REST over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 51 | 44 | 47 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -7 | +3 | -1 |
| Contract jobs citing REST | 18 | 13 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield | 3.19% | 3.16% | 0.53% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 13.74% | 13.13% | 2.78% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 16 | 10 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £335 | £375 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £411 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £387 | £550 | £700 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -29.64% | -21.43% | +40.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £440 | £580 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £500 | £650 | - |
| South Yorkshire median daily rate | £387 | £550 | £700 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.64% | -21.43% | +40.00% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Sheffield
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 Sheffield.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 131 | 99 | 72 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield | 23.19% | 24.03% | 19.10% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 93 | 63 | 59 |
| 10th Percentile | £345 | £448 | £398 |
| 25th Percentile | £384 | £479 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £550 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.18% | -8.33% | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £525 | £622 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | £612 | £650 | - |
| South Yorkshire median daily rate | £450 | £552 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.48% | -4.00% | +17.35% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield
Job postings citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing REST in Sheffield.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing REST in Sheffield over the 6 months to 18 August 2025.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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:
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