REST Job Trends in Essex

Representational State Transfer (REST)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Essex requiring REST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 22 26
Rank change year-on-year -18 +4 +46
Permanent jobs citing REST 16 31 30
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 2.32% 6.84% 6.52%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 32.65% 41.89% 29.41%
Number of salaries quoted 15 13 21
10th Percentile £42,500 - £31,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £56,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -17.86% -12.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £75,000
90th Percentile - £69,000 £78,750
East of England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -17.86% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 49 74 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 7.10% 16.34% 22.17%
Number of salaries quoted 45 19 85
10th Percentile £25,000 £37,700 £31,550
25th Percentile £27,500 £56,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,875 £78,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £83,750
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

REST job vacancy trend in Essex

REST
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing REST.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing REST

REST
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing REST in Essex over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for REST in Essex

REST
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the Essex region over the 6 months to 13 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
Basildon - 6 £48,750 - 1
Chelmsford -13 1 £65,000 - 3
Braintree - 1 - -
REST
East of England

REST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) Mendix
2 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) AWS
1 1 (6.25%) Azure
1 1 (6.25%) GitHub
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (6.25%) Power Automate
1 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
1 1 (6.25%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (43.75%) FTP
2 1 (6.25%) HTTP
2 1 (6.25%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (50.00%) MySQL
2 7 (43.75%) SQL Server
3 3 (18.75%) Relational Database
4 1 (6.25%) InfluxDB
4 1 (6.25%) Power BI
General
1 1 (6.25%) Billing
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Developer
2 6 (37.50%) Analyst
2 6 (37.50%) Applications Support
2 6 (37.50%) Applications Support Analyst
3 5 (31.25%) Business Support Analyst
3 5 (31.25%) Business Systems Analyst
3 5 (31.25%) Systems Analyst
3 5 (31.25%) Systems Support
3 5 (31.25%) Systems Support Analyst
4 4 (25.00%) .NET Developer
4 4 (25.00%) Applications Developer
4 4 (25.00%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
4 4 (25.00%) Full-Stack Developer
4 4 (25.00%) React Developer
5 3 (18.75%) Low-Code Developer
6 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365 Developer
6 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Developer
6 1 (6.25%) Mid-Level Software Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Power Platform Developer
6 1 (6.25%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (62.50%) HTML
1 10 (62.50%) SOAP
1 10 (62.50%) Web Services
2 7 (43.75%) CSS
2 7 (43.75%) JSON
2 7 (43.75%) XML
3 5 (31.25%) React
4 4 (25.00%) .NET
4 4 (25.00%) .NET Core
4 4 (25.00%) ASP.NET
4 4 (25.00%) ASP.NET Core
5 3 (18.75%) jQuery
5 3 (18.75%) Vue
6 1 (6.25%) Django
6 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (6.25%) Next.js
6 1 (6.25%) Node.js
6 1 (6.25%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Data Structures
1 3 (18.75%) Low-Code
1 3 (18.75%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
2 1 (6.25%) IoT
2 1 (6.25%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Data Modelling
1 5 (31.25%) Full-Stack Development
2 4 (25.00%) Code Quality
2 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (25.00%) MVC
2 4 (25.00%) OWASP
2 4 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (25.00%) User Experience
3 3 (18.75%) Agile
3 3 (18.75%) AI
3 3 (18.75%) API Integration
3 3 (18.75%) Conversational UI
3 3 (18.75%) Use Case
4 1 (6.25%) CI/CD
4 1 (6.25%) Containerisation
4 1 (6.25%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (6.25%) Event-Driven
4 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (6.25%) Observability
4 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 9 (56.25%) JavaScript
2 8 (50.00%) SQL
3 5 (31.25%) C#
4 4 (25.00%) Python
5 2 (12.50%) TypeScript
6 1 (6.25%) Bash
6 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Docker
1 1 (6.25%) Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) OutSystems