REST Job Trends in East Sussex

Representational State Transfer (REST)
South East > East Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in East Sussex requiring REST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 44 39
Rank change year-on-year +2 -5 +19
Permanent jobs citing REST 3 10 24
As % of all permanent jobs in East Sussex 0.74% 2.45% 4.64%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.37% 6.76% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 18
10th Percentile - - £55,000
25th Percentile - - £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile - - £64,375
90th Percentile - - £70,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
East Sussex

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 East Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 89 148 180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Sussex 21.81% 36.27% 34.82%
Number of salaries quoted 77 105 160
10th Percentile £45,000 £27,500 £33,625
25th Percentile £55,000 £31,250 £50,729
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £72,500 £55,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £78,458 £80,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing REST relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in East Sussex.

REST job vacancy trend in East Sussex

REST
Salary Trend in East Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing REST.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing REST

REST
Job Locations in East Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Brighton -3 3 £80,000 +60.00% 15
REST
South East

REST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) ChatGPT
1 3 (100.00%) GitHub
1 3 (100.00%) GitHub Copilot
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Senior
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 3 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 3 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript