The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for REST skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited REST over the 6 months to 19 October 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
REST is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
25,063
9,727
26,247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
29.77%
31.20%
31.07%
Number of daily rates quoted
18,009
6,889
18,458
10th Percentile
£363
£313
£338
25th Percentile
£425
£400
£406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£525
£495
£500
Median % change year-on-year
+6.06%
-1.00%
+5.26%
75th Percentile
£625
£588
£575
90th Percentile
£700
£675
£650
UK excluding London median daily rate
£475
£450
£440
% change year-on-year
+5.56%
+2.27%
+3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted
238
73
249
10th Percentile
£18.01
£21.90
£20.26
25th Percentile
£29.78
£30.00
£32.95
Median hourly rate
£49.00
£42.00
£45.00
Median % change year-on-year
+16.67%
-6.67%
+8.25%
75th Percentile
£63.25
£54.00
£53.00
90th Percentile
£72.85
£61.87
£73.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate
£49.00
£46.40
£45.00
% change year-on-year
+5.60%
+3.11%
+8.43%
REST Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
REST Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing REST.
REST Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing REST over the 6 months to 19 October 2021.
REST Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing REST.
REST Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing REST over the 6 months to 19 October 2021.
REST Top 17 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the UK over the 6 months to 19 October 2021. 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
For the 6 months to 19 October 2021, IT contractor jobs citing REST also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for REST.
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
