REST Contracts in London

Representational State Transfer (REST)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for REST skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited REST over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 106 70
Rank change year-on-year +8 -36 -5
Contract jobs citing REST 427 685 1,395
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.41% 2.53% 3.58%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.65% 9.23% 11.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 519 1,031
10th Percentile £400 £429 £425
25th Percentile £450 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.30% -4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £673 £700 £688
90th Percentile £850 £788 £750
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +13.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - £41.38 £30.75
25th Percentile - £50.94 £39.38
Median hourly rate £67.00 £73.75 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.15% +28.26% -
75th Percentile - £90.00 £68.55
90th Percentile - - £72.92
England median hourly rate £74.44 £53.87 £49.75
% change year-on-year +38.18% +8.28% +111.97%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

REST is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,425 7,424 12,130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 24.99% 27.42% 31.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,324 5,530 9,406
10th Percentile £375 £413 £425
25th Percentile £457 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £700 £730 £700
90th Percentile £821 £813 £788
England median daily rate £550 £563 £563
% change year-on-year -2.22% - +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 40 68
10th Percentile £16.25 £30.68 £29.75
25th Percentile £23.80 £37.84 £35.00
Median hourly rate £36.84 £66.00 £48.58
Median % change year-on-year -44.18% +35.86% -0.35%
75th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £68.80 £76.63 £79.65
England median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for REST in London

REST
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing REST in London.

Daily rate trend for REST in London

REST
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing REST in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for REST in London

REST
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing REST in London.

Hourly rate trend for REST in London

REST
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the London region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London 0 58 £500 -18.37% 13
South London +7 16 £513 +12.64% 1
West London +16 11 £450 - 9
East London -10 2 £695 +17.40% 3
REST
England

REST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 27 (6.32%) Confluence
2 12 (2.81%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.34%) Anypoint
3 10 (2.34%) Apache
3 10 (2.34%) Site Server
4 8 (1.87%) CMS
4 8 (1.87%) OpenStack
5 6 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (1.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (1.17%) Mule
6 5 (1.17%) Mule ESB
6 5 (1.17%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.70%) nginx
8 2 (0.47%) EPiServer
8 2 (0.47%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.47%) IIS
8 2 (0.47%) JBoss
8 2 (0.47%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.47%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 5 (1.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.70%) Shopify
3 2 (0.47%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.23%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.23%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 121 (28.34%) AWS
2 117 (27.40%) Azure
3 42 (9.84%) Azure DevOps
4 41 (9.60%) GitHub
5 33 (7.73%) Serverless
6 28 (6.56%) Amazon S3
7 26 (6.09%) GCP
8 23 (5.39%) npm
9 22 (5.15%) SaaS
10 21 (4.92%) IaaS
11 20 (4.68%) Amazon SQS
12 18 (4.22%) PaaS
13 17 (3.98%) Amazon EKS
14 16 (3.75%) Entra ID
14 16 (3.75%) Power Platform
15 15 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
16 14 (3.28%) Azure Service Bus
16 14 (3.28%) Power Automate
17 13 (3.04%) Amazon ECS
17 13 (3.04%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.28%) HTTP
2 5 (1.17%) SSH
3 3 (0.70%) DNS
3 3 (0.70%) Internet
3 3 (0.70%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.47%) BGP
4 2 (0.47%) Ethernet VPN
4 2 (0.47%) Firewall
4 2 (0.47%) Intranet
4 2 (0.47%) MPLS
4 2 (0.47%) SMS
4 2 (0.47%) VPN
5 1 (0.23%) DHCP
5 1 (0.23%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.23%) FTP
5 1 (0.23%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.23%) MQTT
5 1 (0.23%) NAS
5 1 (0.23%) SAN
5 1 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (12.41%) PostgreSQL
2 41 (9.60%) SQL Server
3 37 (8.67%) NoSQL
4 33 (7.73%) Relational Database
5 18 (4.22%) MySQL
6 15 (3.51%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (2.81%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (2.58%) GIS
9 10 (2.34%) MongoDB
9 10 (2.34%) Power BI
10 9 (2.11%) DynamoDB
11 8 (1.87%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (1.64%) Amazon Aurora
13 6 (1.41%) Redis
14 5 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.94%) Big Data
15 4 (0.94%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.94%) RDBMS
16 3 (0.70%) Oracle Database
16 3 (0.70%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 107 (25.06%) Git
2 60 (14.05%) Jenkins
2 60 (14.05%) JIRA
3 44 (10.30%) JUnit
4 27 (6.32%) Selenium
5 26 (6.09%) Cucumber
6 25 (5.85%) Maven
7 24 (5.62%) webpack
8 20 (4.68%) TeamCity
9 18 (4.22%) Gradle
10 17 (3.98%) Postman
11 15 (3.51%) GitLab
11 15 (3.51%) Visual Studio
12 14 (3.28%) JMeter
13 13 (3.04%) SpecFlow
14 10 (2.34%) CircleCI
14 10 (2.34%) Cypress.io
15 9 (2.11%) Bitbucket
15 9 (2.11%) TestNG
16 7 (1.64%) Mockito
General
1 93 (21.78%) Social Skills
2 83 (19.44%) Finance
3 48 (11.24%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (10.07%) Public Sector
5 38 (8.90%) Front Office
6 31 (7.26%) Banking
7 10 (2.34%) Retail
8 8 (1.87%) Financial Institution
9 7 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.41%) Law
10 6 (1.41%) Marketing
10 6 (1.41%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.17%) Back Office
11 5 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.94%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.70%) Electronics
13 3 (0.70%) German Language
13 3 (0.70%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.70%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 243 (56.91%) Developer
2 65 (15.22%) Senior
3 62 (14.52%) Java Developer
4 49 (11.48%) Architect
5 40 (9.37%) Full Stack Developer
6 27 (6.32%) Angular Developer
6 27 (6.32%) Senior Developer
6 27 (6.32%) Software Engineer
7 22 (5.15%) Applications Developer
7 22 (5.15%) C# Developer
8 21 (4.92%) .NET Developer
8 21 (4.92%) Python Developer
9 19 (4.45%) Lead
10 18 (4.22%) React Developer
10 18 (4.22%) UI Developer
11 17 (3.98%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 17 (3.98%) Real Time Developer
11 17 (3.98%) Web Applications Developer
12 14 (3.28%) Java Engineer
12 14 (3.28%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (20.37%) Spring
2 76 (17.80%) React
3 73 (17.10%) .NET
3 73 (17.10%) Web Services
4 68 (15.93%) AngularJS
4 68 (15.93%) Spring Boot
5 67 (15.69%) CSS
6 62 (14.52%) HTML
7 61 (14.29%) SOAP
8 59 (13.82%) JSON
9 48 (11.24%) Node.js
10 47 (11.01%) XML
11 41 (9.60%) GraphQL
12 30 (7.03%) Hibernate
12 30 (7.03%) JPA
13 29 (6.79%) Kafka
14 28 (6.56%) WebSockets
15 25 (5.85%) Swagger
16 23 (5.39%) .NET Core
17 22 (5.15%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.03%) Distributed Systems
2 19 (4.45%) Mobile App
3 15 (3.51%) Product Ownership
4 12 (2.81%) Data Structures
4 12 (2.81%) Fixed Income
5 11 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (2.58%) Greenfield Project
5 11 (2.58%) Public Cloud
6 10 (2.34%) Cloud Native
6 10 (2.34%) Linux Command Line
7 9 (2.11%) Algorithms
8 8 (1.87%) Legacy Code
8 8 (1.87%) Virtual Team
8 8 (1.87%) Wiki
9 7 (1.64%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.41%) Derivative
10 6 (1.41%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.41%) IoT
10 6 (1.41%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 25 (5.85%) Linux
2 20 (4.68%) Apple iOS
3 17 (3.98%) Android
4 16 (3.75%) Windows
5 14 (3.28%) Unix
6 1 (0.23%) AIX
6 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (41.45%) Agile
2 109 (25.53%) CI/CD
3 96 (22.48%) DevOps
3 96 (22.48%) Microservices
4 86 (20.14%) Software Engineering
5 69 (16.16%) Scrum
6 67 (15.69%) TDD
7 66 (15.46%) Test Automation
8 59 (13.82%) Design Patterns
9 53 (12.41%) Front End Development
10 52 (12.18%) Full Stack Development
11 49 (11.48%) Problem-Solving
12 43 (10.07%) Unit Testing
13 38 (8.90%) Continuous Integration
13 38 (8.90%) OO
14 37 (8.67%) BDD
15 31 (7.26%) Mentoring
16 29 (6.79%) API Management
16 29 (6.79%) SDLC
17 28 (6.56%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 151 (35.36%) Java
2 130 (30.44%) JavaScript
3 90 (21.08%) Python
4 89 (20.84%) C#
5 86 (20.14%) SQL
6 68 (15.93%) TypeScript
7 29 (6.79%) PowerShell
8 18 (4.22%) Kotlin
9 11 (2.58%) Go
10 10 (2.34%) Korn
10 10 (2.34%) PHP
10 10 (2.34%) T-SQL
11 9 (2.11%) C++
11 9 (2.11%) Swift
12 8 (1.87%) Perl
13 7 (1.64%) Ruby
13 7 (1.64%) Rust
14 6 (1.41%) Apex Code
14 6 (1.41%) Bicep
15 5 (1.17%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 67 (15.69%) Security Cleared
2 61 (14.29%) Degree
3 60 (14.05%) SC Cleared
4 22 (5.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.34%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.64%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.94%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.47%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.47%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.47%) CISSP
9 2 (0.47%) PMP
10 1 (0.23%) ISEB
10 1 (0.23%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (9.13%) QA
2 13 (3.04%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.81%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.11%) WCAG
5 6 (1.41%) GDPR
6 5 (1.17%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.17%) SLA
7 4 (0.94%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.70%) GRC
9 2 (0.47%) HL7
9 2 (0.47%) MiFID
10 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.23%) NIST
System Software
1 74 (17.33%) Docker
2 16 (3.75%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.23%) IAG
4 1 (0.23%) OpenAM
4 1 (0.23%) OpenDJ
Systems Management
1 67 (15.69%) Kubernetes
2 38 (8.90%) Terraform
3 17 (3.98%) Ansible
4 14 (3.28%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (2.81%) Grafana
6 6 (1.41%) Kibana
7 5 (1.17%) CloudHub
8 4 (0.94%) Argo
8 4 (0.94%) Packer
9 3 (0.70%) Kustomize
9 3 (0.70%) Podman
9 3 (0.70%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.47%) Istio
10 2 (0.47%) logstash
10 2 (0.47%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.47%) Puppet
11 1 (0.23%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.23%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 1 (0.23%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.23%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 56 (13.11%) Microsoft
2 34 (7.96%) Oracle
3 26 (6.09%) Salesforce
4 25 (5.85%) Google
5 21 (4.92%) MuleSoft
6 18 (4.22%) SAP
7 13 (3.04%) Splunk
8 11 (2.58%) ESRI
9 9 (2.11%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.41%) IBM
10 6 (1.41%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.41%) WSO2
11 5 (1.17%) Adobe
11 5 (1.17%) Optimizely
12 4 (0.94%) Atlassian
12 4 (0.94%) Dell
13 3 (0.70%) CyberArk
13 3 (0.70%) Intel
13 3 (0.70%) New Relic
13 3 (0.70%) Sitecore