REST Assured Contract Job Trends in the South West

REST Assured
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring REST Assured skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 133 150
Rank change year-on-year +18 +17 +27
Contract jobs citing REST Assured 10 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.47% 0.042% 0.096%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.50% 0.31% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 3
10th Percentile £490 - £361
25th Percentile £508 £525 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £550 £364
Median % change year-on-year -3.91% +51.10% -22.35%
75th Percentile £549 £575 £416
90th Percentile £554 - £448
England median daily rate £420 £519 £463
% change year-on-year -19.04% +12.16% -0.54%

All Development Application Skills
South West

REST Assured falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 286 321 402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 13.55% 13.39% 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 159 283
10th Percentile £327 £406 £389
25th Percentile £450 £469 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £650 £688 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 39 59
10th Percentile £15.61 £61.85 £48.03
25th Percentile £17.01 £65.00 £53.25
Median hourly rate £64.07 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.48% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £73.75 - £70.00
90th Percentile - £74.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +4.00%

REST Assured
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

REST Assured job vacancy trend in the South West

REST Assured
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing REST Assured.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing REST Assured

REST Assured
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 REST Assured within the South West region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
Bristol - 10 £529 - 9
REST Assured
England

REST Assured
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:

Development Applications
1 10 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 10 (100.00%) Postman
1 10 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Lead
1 8 (80.00%) QA Leader
2 4 (40.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) QA Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 10 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 10 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 10 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 6 (60.00%) AI
3 1 (10.00%) Agile
3 1 (10.00%) API Testing
3 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (10.00%) Minimum Viable Product
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (100.00%) QA