Representational State Transfer (REST)
South West > Somerset
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 2 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 28 | 22 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -6 | +6 |
| Contract jobs citing REST | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset | - | 0.91% | 3.83% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | - | 10.00% | 17.95% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £428 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £431 | £511 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £450 | £680 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -33.82% | +45.07% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £469 | £710 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £473 | £719 |
| South West median daily rate | £575 | £508 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.30% | -7.73% | +9.13% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £50.00 |
| South West median hourly rate | £82.96 | £75.00 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.61% | +50.00% | -12.56% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Somerset
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 Somerset.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 12 | 20 | 39 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset | 7.55% | 9.13% | 21.31% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10 | 17 | 33 |
| 10th Percentile | £406 | £355 | £426 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £406 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £548 | £450 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +21.67% | -14.29% | +2.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £649 | £488 | £703 |
| 90th Percentile | £668 | £525 | £735 |
| South West median daily rate | £545 | £525 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.81% | - | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.00 | - | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -6.48% |
| South West median hourly rate | £66.25 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.92% | - | +2.20% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset
Job postings citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing REST in Somerset.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing REST in Somerset.