REST Job Trends in the East Midlands
Representational State Transfer (REST)
England > East Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands citing REST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 137 | 118 | 124 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -19 | +6 | -52 |
| Permanent jobs citing REST | 46 | 30 | 35 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands | 0.67% | 1.30% | 1.00% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 9.64% | 11.81% | 6.57% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 22 | 14 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £36,750 | £33,250 | £40,625 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £36,250 | £46,438 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £51,250 | £47,500 | £53,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.89% | -11.21% | +7.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £63,000 | £61,750 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £65,000 | £69,875 | £87,500 |
| England median annual salary | £70,000 | £70,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +16.67% | -14.29% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
East Midlands
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 citing technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the East Midlands.
| 6 months to 26 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies citing technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 477 | 254 | 533 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands | 7.00% | 11.04% | 15.29% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 350 | 146 | 296 |
| 10th Percentile | £38,344 | £37,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £43,250 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £57,500 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.35% | +15.00% | -16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £79,688 | £62,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,000 | £82,500 | £75,000 |
| England median annual salary | £67,500 | £70,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.57% | +7.69% | -3.70% |
REST Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing REST relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.
REST Salary Trend in the East Midlands
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing REST.
REST Salary Histogram in the East Midlands
Salary distribution for jobs citing REST in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 26 October 2026.
REST Job Locations in the East Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 October 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nottinghamshire | -11 | 15 | £54,000 | +72.80% | 13 |
| Derbyshire | -6 | 11 | £45,000 | +12.50% | 2 |
| Northamptonshire | -15 | 8 | £60,000 | +3.45% | 15 |
| Lincolnshire | -9 | 7 | £46,250 | +8.82% | 2 |
| Leicestershire | -45 | 5 | - | - | |
| REST England |
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REST Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CSS | 39.1% | 18 |
| 2 | SOAP | 28.3% | 13 |
| 3 | .NET | 23.9% | 11 |
| 3 | React | 23.9% | 11 |
| 5 | OAuth | 19.6% | 9 |
| 6 | HTML | 17.4% | 8 |
| 7 | ASP.NET | 15.2% | 7 |
| 7 | ASP.NET Core | 15.2% | 7 |
| 9 | .NET Framework | 13.0% | 6 |
| 9 | Entity Framework | 13.0% | 6 |
| 9 | JWT | 13.0% | 6 |
| 9 | Middleware | 13.0% | 6 |
| 13 | RESTful | 10.9% | 5 |
| 13 | Tailwind CSS | 10.9% | 5 |
| 15 | AngularJS | 8.7% | 4 |
| 15 | Next.js | 8.7% | 4 |
| 15 | Vitest | 8.7% | 4 |
| 18 | Blazor | 6.5% | 3 |
| 18 | JDBC | 6.5% | 3 |
| 18 | Laravel | 6.5% | 3 |