REST Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Representational State Transfer (REST)
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring REST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 39 83
Rank change year-on-year 0 +44 -20
Contract jobs citing REST 28 14 3
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 3.54% 3.03% 0.33%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 22.58% 22.95% 3.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 14 1
10th Percentile £285 £550 -
25th Percentile £306 £563 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £575 £475
Median % change year-on-year -25.57% +21.05% -13.64%
75th Percentile £589 £616 £488
90th Percentile £724 £643 -
South West median daily rate £508 £575 £488
% change year-on-year -11.74% +17.95% -15.22%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 124 61 91
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 15.70% 13.20% 10.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 49 69
10th Percentile £305 £499 £415
25th Percentile £416 £531 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £585
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -1.71% +6.36%
75th Percentile £580 £638 £700
90th Percentile £648 £688 -
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £525

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

REST job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

REST
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing REST

REST
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing REST in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 7 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for REST in Wiltshire

REST
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing REST

REST
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 7 July 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
Corsham +6 22 £426 -25.91%
Swindon -9 3 £531 -3.41% 7
Chippenham - 1 £457 -
REST
South West

REST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) AWS
2 1 (3.57%) Azure
2 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.57%) GitHub
2 1 (3.57%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.57%) Power Automate
2 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (57.14%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle Database
1 1 (3.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (21.43%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.57%) Cucumber
2 1 (3.57%) Git
2 1 (3.57%) GitLab
2 1 (3.57%) GoCD
2 1 (3.57%) Gradle
2 1 (3.57%) JUnit
2 1 (3.57%) Maven
2 1 (3.57%) Selenium
General
1 3 (10.71%) Public Sector
2 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.57%) Banking
2 1 (3.57%) Finance
2 1 (3.57%) Police
2 1 (3.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Consultant
2 12 (42.86%) Management Consultant
3 4 (14.29%) Software Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Automation Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Developer
5 2 (7.14%) Senior
5 2 (7.14%) Senior Developer
6 1 (3.57%) Architect
6 1 (3.57%) Integration Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) IT Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) Java Developer
6 1 (3.57%) Lead
6 1 (3.57%) Lead Developer
6 1 (3.57%) Lead Java Developer
6 1 (3.57%) Power Platform Developer
6 1 (3.57%) Senior Java Developer
6 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (32.14%) SOAP
2 2 (7.14%) JSON
3 1 (3.57%) FreeMarker
3 1 (3.57%) Hibernate
3 1 (3.57%) HTML
3 1 (3.57%) HTML5
3 1 (3.57%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (3.57%) JDBC
3 1 (3.57%) JPA
3 1 (3.57%) JSF
3 1 (3.57%) JSP
3 1 (3.57%) Node.js
3 1 (3.57%) Playwright
3 1 (3.57%) React
3 1 (3.57%) Redux
3 1 (3.57%) Servlets
3 1 (3.57%) Spring
3 1 (3.57%) Spring Boot
3 1 (3.57%) Web Services
3 1 (3.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Onboarding
1 2 (7.14%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.57%) Low-Code
2 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 16 (57.14%) AIX
1 16 (57.14%) Linux
1 16 (57.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
2 7 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 7 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (17.86%) Project Delivery
3 5 (17.86%) Software Engineering
4 4 (14.29%) Service Design
5 3 (10.71%) Integration Patterns
6 2 (7.14%) Agile
6 2 (7.14%) CI/CD
6 2 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (7.14%) Data Modelling
6 2 (7.14%) Deployment Automation
6 2 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (7.14%) Test Automation
7 1 (3.57%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (3.57%) Information Security
7 1 (3.57%) ITIL
7 1 (3.57%) Scrum
7 1 (3.57%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 22 (78.57%) Python
2 20 (71.43%) PowerShell
3 16 (57.14%) Search Processing Language
3 16 (57.14%) SQL
4 6 (21.43%) Bash
5 2 (7.14%) Java
5 2 (7.14%) JavaScript
6 1 (3.57%) PHP
Qualifications
1 19 (67.86%) Security Cleared
2 13 (46.43%) SC Cleared
3 7 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
1 1 (3.57%) HL7
1 1 (3.57%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (57.14%) Nagios
1 16 (57.14%) ZABBIX
2 15 (53.57%) Netcool
3 14 (50.00%) Tivoli
4 13 (46.43%) OpenView
4 13 (46.43%) Tivoli Monitoring
5 7 (25.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 16 (57.14%) BMC
1 16 (57.14%) SolarWinds
1 16 (57.14%) Splunk
2 13 (46.43%) HP
2 13 (46.43%) IBM
3 2 (7.14%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.57%) InterSystems
4 1 (3.57%) MuleSoft
4 1 (3.57%) Oracle
4 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow