REST Job Trends in Stirling

Representational State Transfer (REST)
Scotland > Stirling

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Stirling requiring REST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 8 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Permanent jobs citing REST 13 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Stirling 18.06% 2.78% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 100.00% 25.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £47,500 -
Scotland median annual salary £47,500 £65,000 £56,318
% change year-on-year -26.92% +15.42% -5.39%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Stirling

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 Stirling.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 13 4 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stirling 18.06% 11.11% 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £36,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.53% +66.67%
75th Percentile - £48,750 £49,375
90th Percentile - - £49,750
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -10.57% +2.50%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in Stirling

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

REST job vacancy trend in Stirling

REST
Salary Trend in Stirling

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stirling citing REST.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stirling citing REST

REST
Job Locations in Stirling

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the Stirling region over the 6 months to 15 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
Stirlingshire +4 13 - - 5
Larbert - 1 - - 2
REST
Scotland

REST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stirling 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 9 (69.23%) Azure
1 9 (69.23%) Entra ID
2 7 (53.85%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 13 (100.00%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) GitLab
1 4 (30.77%) Jenkins
1 4 (30.77%) SonarQube
General
1 13 (100.00%) Games
2 9 (69.23%) Organisational Skills
2 9 (69.23%) Social Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (30.77%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Architect
1 4 (30.77%) Salesforce Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Developer
2 3 (23.08%) IAM Developer
3 2 (15.38%) CyberArk Specialist
3 2 (15.38%) Salesforce Solution Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Salesforce Technical Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Systems Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (100.00%) SOAP
2 9 (69.23%) GraphQL
3 7 (53.85%) LDAP
3 7 (53.85%) OAuth
3 7 (53.85%) OpenID
3 7 (53.85%) SAML
4 4 (30.77%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (30.77%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) Cyber Threat
1 9 (69.23%) Cyberattack
2 4 (30.77%) Product Ownership
3 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Roadmaps
2 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (69.23%) Mentoring
2 9 (69.23%) Programme Delivery
3 7 (53.85%) Identity Access Management
3 7 (53.85%) Regulatory Compliance
4 4 (30.77%) Agile
4 4 (30.77%) CI/CD
4 4 (30.77%) Community of Practice
4 4 (30.77%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
4 4 (30.77%) Continuous Delivery
4 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (30.77%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (30.77%) DevOps
4 4 (30.77%) Event-Driven
4 4 (30.77%) OO
4 4 (30.77%) Static Code Analysis
4 4 (30.77%) Technical Analysis
4 4 (30.77%) Technology Roadmap
4 4 (30.77%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) Bash
1 9 (69.23%) PowerShell
2 7 (53.85%) T-SQL
3 4 (30.77%) Apex Code
3 4 (30.77%) SOQL
3 4 (30.77%) SOSL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (69.23%) NCSC
1 9 (69.23%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Salesforce
1 4 (30.77%) Splunk
2 2 (15.38%) CyberArk