Representational State Transfer (REST)
South Wales > Cardiff
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring REST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 34 | 48 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +14 | -12 |
| Permanent jobs citing REST | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff | - | 4.50% | 0.29% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | - | 13.28% | 1.08% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £23,750 | £56,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £27,500 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -56.00% | +4.90% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £31,250 | £68,750 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £45,216 | - |
| South Wales median annual salary | £41,500 | £27,500 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +50.91% | -56.00% | +5.63% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Cardiff
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 Cardiff.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 26 | 128 | 93 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff | 7.26% | 33.86% | 27.27% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 22 | 97 | 74 |
| 10th Percentile | £50,125 | £23,750 | £38,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £58,750 | £31,250 | £43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £73,801 | £44,344 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +66.43% | -15.54% | -2.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £64,875 | £69,800 |
| 90th Percentile | £87,500 | £74,487 | £77,300 |
| South Wales median annual salary | £55,000 | £47,307 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.26% | -9.89% | - |
REST
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing REST relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.
REST
Salary Trend in Cardiff
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing REST.
