Representational State Transfer (REST)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridge requiring REST skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited REST over the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 40 | 45 | 38 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +5 | -7 | +65 |
| Permanent jobs citing REST | 10 | 14 | 22 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge | 2.90% | 2.23% | 3.97% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 11.36% | 12.17% | 14.97% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £33,125 | £51,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £26,250 | £33,250 | £60,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £27,500 | £47,500 | £75,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -42.11% | -36.67% | +3.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £62,500 | £58,750 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £83,875 | £77,500 | £95,000 |
| Cambridgeshire median annual salary | £45,000 | £47,500 | £75,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.26% | -36.67% | +42.86% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Cambridge
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 Cambridge.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 88 | 115 | 147 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge | 25.51% | 18.28% | 26.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 65 | 81 | 84 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,250 | £40,750 | £40,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,000 | £48,750 | £49,688 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £68,500 | £66,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.71% | +3.40% | +10.42% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £78,750 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,500 | £93,750 | £92,500 |
| Cambridgeshire median annual salary | £55,000 | £65,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.38% | +8.33% | +4.35% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge
Job postings citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.
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Salary Trend in Cambridge
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing REST in Cambridge.
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Salary Histogram in Cambridge
Salary distribution for jobs citing REST in Cambridge over the 6 months to 8 August 2025.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: