REST Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Representational State Transfer (REST)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring REST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 31 26
Rank change year-on-year -1 -5 +4
Contract jobs citing REST 1 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.55% 1.04% 3.70%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.55% 7.14% 10.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £606
25th Percentile - - £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £557 £450 £685
Median % change year-on-year +23.78% -34.31% +19.23%
75th Percentile - - £715
90th Percentile - - £720
South West median daily rate £528 £542 £575
% change year-on-year -2.59% -5.83% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Median hourly rate - £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -12.56%
South West median hourly rate - £74.00 £63.75
% change year-on-year - +16.08% +11.49%

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 22 28 64
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 12.02% 14.58% 33.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 16 40
10th Percentile £413 £363 £386
25th Percentile £454 £405 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £568
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -20.70% -1.22%
75th Percentile £649 £575 £703
90th Percentile - £618 £732
South West median daily rate £524 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.73% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 9
10th Percentile £60.15 - £46.14
25th Percentile £60.38 £42.50 £48.32
Median hourly rate £61.50 £45.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year +36.67% -13.28% -3.17%
75th Percentile £63.38 £47.50 £55.47
90th Percentile £64.05 - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £63.75
% change year-on-year -7.14% +9.80% -1.92%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

REST job vacancy trend in Somerset

REST
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing REST

REST
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing REST

REST
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 14 October 2025. 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
Street - 1 £557 - 1
REST
South West

REST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Camel
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) JDBC
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) ODBC
1 1 (100.00%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (100.00%) SAML
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BMC
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Ivanti
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow