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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 135
Rank change year-on-year - - +17
Contract jobs citing JAX-RS 0 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South West - - 0.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - - 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £380
25th Percentile - - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -35.71%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £650 £565 £725
% change year-on-year +15.04% -22.07% +11.54%

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 519 271 446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 14.23% 14.29% 16.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 322 174 260
10th Percentile £350 £322 £350
25th Percentile £419 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £548
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -7.31% +6.83%
75th Percentile £619 £603 £638
90th Percentile £712 £669 £700
England median daily rate £526 £514 £550
% change year-on-year +2.24% -6.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 30 70
10th Percentile £42.50 £61.25 £43.75
25th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £68.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% -2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile - £68.56 -
90th Percentile £79.38 £80.30 £85.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £58.60
% change year-on-year +18.18% -6.15% -2.33%

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