JAX-RS Contract Job Trends in the South West

Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring JAX-RS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 - 152
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing JAX-RS 4 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.14% - 0.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.91% - 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £300
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £402 £638 £525
% change year-on-year -36.94% +21.43% -25.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South West

JAX-RS 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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 438 331 460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 14.86% 19.60% 14.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 219 308
10th Percentile £325 £363 £313
25th Percentile £403 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £580 £638 £675
90th Percentile £706 £735 £706
England median daily rate £525 £538 £540
% change year-on-year -2.33% -0.46% -6.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 28 53
10th Percentile £61.25 - £43.75
25th Percentile £61.38 £61.25 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year - +33.42% -20.46%
75th Percentile - £67.63 £51.25
90th Percentile £66.20 £68.75 £70.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +0.78% +32.39% -25.05%

JAX-RS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing JAX-RS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

JAX-RS job vacancy trend in the South West

JAX-RS
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing JAX-RS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing JAX-RS

JAX-RS
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JAX-RS within the South West region over the 6 months to 21 March 2026. 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
Bristol - 4 £375 -
JAX-RS
England

JAX-RS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) GCP
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Artifactory
1 1 (25.00%) Git
1 1 (25.00%) GitLab
1 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (25.00%) Maven
1 1 (25.00%) SonarQube
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Java Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 1 (25.00%) Power Apps Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Front-End Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Power Apps Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) Spring
1 3 (75.00%) Spring Boot
2 2 (50.00%) JPA
2 2 (50.00%) OAuth
2 2 (50.00%) OAuth2
2 2 (50.00%) RESTful
2 2 (50.00%) Web Services
3 1 (25.00%) Bootstrap
3 1 (25.00%) CSS
3 1 (25.00%) CSS3
3 1 (25.00%) HTML
3 1 (25.00%) HTML5
3 1 (25.00%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (25.00%) LESS
3 1 (25.00%) REST
3 1 (25.00%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (75.00%) Containerisation
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) Microservices
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) AOP
3 2 (50.00%) Application Security
3 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Cryptography
3 2 (50.00%) Design Patterns
3 2 (50.00%) Multithreading
3 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Progressive Enhancement
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) UX Design
4 1 (25.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) Go
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (25.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Google
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft