Representational State Transfer (REST)
West Midlands > Birmingham
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring REST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 73 | 114 | 79 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +41 | -35 | -7 |
| Permanent jobs citing REST | 26 | 15 | 21 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham | 1.52% | 0.79% | 1.73% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 11.45% | 4.19% | 7.92% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 19 | 5 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | £54,250 | - | £33,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £62,500 | £56,250 | £49,375 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £72,500 | £57,500 | £60,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +26.09% | -4.96% | +0.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £87,500 | £64,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £98,000 | £69,000 |
| West Midlands median annual salary | £58,750 | £45,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +30.56% | -14.29% | -8.70% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Birmingham
REST falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Birmingham.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 227 | 358 | 265 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham | 13.25% | 18.97% | 21.77% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 207 | 183 | 233 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,250 | £38,750 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,497 | £46,250 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £57,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.17% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,375 | £72,500 | £72,433 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £82,000 | £85,000 |
| West Midlands median annual salary | £55,000 | £57,500 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.35% | +7.48% | -2.73% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing REST relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
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Salary Trend in Birmingham
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing REST.
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Salary Histogram in Birmingham
Salary distribution for jobs citing REST in Birmingham over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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: