REST Jobs in the North West

Representational State Transfer (REST)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 199 98 158
Rank change year-on-year -101 +60 -44
Permanent jobs citing REST 59 236 156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.78% 2.43% 1.98%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.43% 11.70% 6.26%
Number of salaries quoted 45 114 82
10th Percentile £49,250 £43,750 £39,100
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% +27.27%
75th Percentile £67,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £100,000 £94,875
England median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +3.70%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 700 2,017 2,493
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 9.24% 20.75% 31.56%
Number of salaries quoted 569 1,560 1,194
10th Percentile £33,600 £36,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.73% -1.30% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £86,250
England median annual salary £66,253 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +10.42% -11.11% +3.85%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for REST in the North West

REST
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing REST in the North West.

Salary trend for REST in the North West

REST
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing REST in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for REST in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Manchester -23 41 £65,000 +13.04% 74
Cheshire -9 9 £65,000 -18.75% 12
Merseyside +33 6 £55,000 +33.38% 14
Lancashire -57 3 £52,500 -12.50% 30
REST
England

REST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.08%) CMS
2 2 (3.39%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.69%) Headless CMS
3 1 (1.69%) IIS
3 1 (1.69%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (45.76%) Azure
2 20 (33.90%) AWS
3 9 (15.25%) Power Platform
4 7 (11.86%) Azure Logic Apps
4 7 (11.86%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (10.17%) Serverless
6 5 (8.47%) PowerApps
6 5 (8.47%) SaaS
7 4 (6.78%) Azure Functions
7 4 (6.78%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (5.08%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (3.39%) Amazon S3
9 2 (3.39%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (3.39%) Azure API Management
9 2 (3.39%) Azure Event Grid
9 2 (3.39%) GCP
9 2 (3.39%) NuGet
9 2 (3.39%) OpenShift
9 2 (3.39%) Power Automate
10 1 (1.69%) Amazon Cognito
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.08%) HTTP
2 2 (3.39%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.86%) NoSQL
2 4 (6.78%) MongoDB
2 4 (6.78%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.08%) MySQL
4 1 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.69%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (1.69%) Oracle ODI
4 1 (1.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (13.56%) Babel
1 8 (13.56%) webpack
2 7 (11.86%) Git
3 4 (6.78%) JIRA
3 4 (6.78%) JUnit
4 3 (5.08%) TeamCity
5 2 (3.39%) Cucumber
5 2 (3.39%) Jasmine
5 2 (3.39%) Jenkins
5 2 (3.39%) Karma Test Runner
5 2 (3.39%) MSTest
5 2 (3.39%) NUnit
5 2 (3.39%) SpecFlow
5 2 (3.39%) Storybook
6 1 (1.69%) IntelliJ
6 1 (1.69%) Mockito
General
1 17 (28.81%) Finance
2 10 (16.95%) Social Skills
3 7 (11.86%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (11.86%) Retail
4 5 (8.47%) Law
5 2 (3.39%) Cantonese Language
5 2 (3.39%) Front Office
5 2 (3.39%) Mandarin Language
6 1 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Electronics
6 1 (1.69%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 25 (42.37%) Developer
2 15 (25.42%) Senior
3 14 (23.73%) Software Engineer
4 10 (16.95%) React Developer
5 9 (15.25%) Senior Software Engineer
6 7 (11.86%) Analyst
6 7 (11.86%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 7 (11.86%) Integration Analyst
7 6 (10.17%) C# Developer
8 5 (8.47%) AWS Engineer
8 5 (8.47%) AWS Software Engineer
8 5 (8.47%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 5 (8.47%) HTML CSS Developer
8 5 (8.47%) HTML Developer
8 5 (8.47%) JavaScript Developer
8 5 (8.47%) Senior Developer
9 4 (6.78%) Architect
9 4 (6.78%) Integration Architect
10 3 (5.08%) Software Analyst
10 3 (5.08%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (37.29%) React
2 19 (32.20%) .NET
3 18 (30.51%) CSS
4 17 (28.81%) HTML
5 16 (27.12%) Web Services
6 12 (20.34%) RESTful
7 11 (18.64%) AngularJS
7 11 (18.64%) HTML5
8 10 (16.95%) SOAP
9 9 (15.25%) JSON
10 7 (11.86%) Node.js
11 6 (10.17%) Kafka
11 6 (10.17%) Spring
12 5 (8.47%) GraphQL
12 5 (8.47%) Spring Boot
12 5 (8.47%) XML
13 4 (6.78%) .NET Core
13 4 (6.78%) Jest
13 4 (6.78%) RxJS
14 3 (5.08%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.17%) Product Ownership
2 3 (5.08%) Cloud Native
2 3 (5.08%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (5.08%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (5.08%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.39%) Blog
3 2 (3.39%) Credit Derivative
3 2 (3.39%) Derivative
3 2 (3.39%) Equities
3 2 (3.39%) Fixed Income
3 2 (3.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (3.39%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.69%) CMDB
4 1 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.69%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.69%) FMCG
4 1 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.69%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.69%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.39%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (50.85%) Agile
2 16 (27.12%) Front End Development
2 16 (27.12%) Software Engineering
3 12 (20.34%) CI/CD
3 12 (20.34%) Data Modelling
3 12 (20.34%) DevOps
4 11 (18.64%) Code Quality
4 11 (18.64%) Microservices
5 10 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (15.25%) API Development
6 9 (15.25%) Full-Stack Development
6 9 (15.25%) TDD
7 8 (13.56%) Cloud Security
7 8 (13.56%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (11.86%) OOP
8 7 (11.86%) User Experience
9 6 (10.17%) Containerisation
9 6 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (10.17%) Scrum
9 6 (10.17%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 35 (59.32%) JavaScript
2 26 (44.07%) TypeScript
3 16 (27.12%) SQL
4 14 (23.73%) C#
5 11 (18.64%) Python
6 8 (13.56%) Java
7 4 (6.78%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.69%) Groovy
8 1 (1.69%) PHP
8 1 (1.69%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.69%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.69%) VB
8 1 (1.69%) VB.NET
8 1 (1.69%) VB6
Qualifications
1 5 (8.47%) Degree
2 3 (5.08%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.39%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.69%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.69%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.69%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.78%) QA
2 3 (5.08%) PMO
3 2 (3.39%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.69%) SEPA
System Software
1 9 (15.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (8.47%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.08%) Grafana
2 3 (5.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (30.51%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.86%) Ping Identity
3 3 (5.08%) Bloomberg
4 1 (1.69%) Dell
4 1 (1.69%) Google
4 1 (1.69%) Informatica
4 1 (1.69%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.69%) Oracle
4 1 (1.69%) Revolut
4 1 (1.69%) ServiceNow