REST Contracts in the City of London

Representational State Transfer (REST)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring REST skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited REST over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 74 84
Rank change year-on-year -1 +10 -28
Contract jobs citing REST 44 52 99
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 2.50% 2.37% 2.72%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.17% 10.81% 9.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 39 68
10th Percentile £413 £381 £410
25th Percentile £438 £419 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £483 £600
Median % change year-on-year +13.99% -19.58% -3.23%
75th Percentile £600 £620 £750
90th Percentile £674 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £538 £500 £613
% change year-on-year +7.50% -18.37% +2.08%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
City of London

REST falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 480 481 1,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 27.32% 21.89% 28.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 312 344 669
10th Percentile £413 £400 £425
25th Percentile £463 £463 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £625
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -10.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £738
90th Percentile £775 £775 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £551 £625
% change year-on-year +4.45% -11.92% +4.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for REST in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for REST in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing REST in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for REST in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for REST in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 4 (9.09%) Confluence
2 2 (4.55%) Anypoint
2 2 (4.55%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.27%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.27%) Mule
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.27%) Fidessa
1 1 (2.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (36.36%) Azure
2 13 (29.55%) AWS
3 6 (13.64%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (13.64%) GitHub
4 4 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 4 (9.09%) GCP
4 4 (9.09%) Power Platform
5 3 (6.82%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (6.82%) Azure Service Bus
5 3 (6.82%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (6.82%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 3 (6.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 2 (4.55%) Azure AKS
6 2 (4.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (4.55%) dbt
6 2 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (4.55%) OpenShift
6 2 (4.55%) Power Automate
6 2 (4.55%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.82%) DNS
1 3 (6.82%) Firewall
1 3 (6.82%) HTTP
2 1 (2.27%) HTTPS
2 1 (2.27%) Kerberos
2 1 (2.27%) SMTP
2 1 (2.27%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.27%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.64%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.82%) Relational Database
3 2 (4.55%) Airbyte
3 2 (4.55%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.27%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (2.27%) Big Data
4 1 (2.27%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (2.27%) CockroachDB
4 1 (2.27%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (2.27%) Data Mart
4 1 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.27%) Delta Lake
4 1 (2.27%) MySQL
4 1 (2.27%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.27%) Power BI
4 1 (2.27%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (2.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (31.82%) Git
2 12 (27.27%) JIRA
3 10 (22.73%) Jenkins
4 8 (18.18%) Postman
4 8 (18.18%) Selenium
5 7 (15.91%) REST Assured
6 2 (4.55%) Bitbucket
6 2 (4.55%) TeamCity
7 1 (2.27%) Maven
7 1 (2.27%) Storybook
7 1 (2.27%) Subversion
7 1 (2.27%) Visual Studio
7 1 (2.27%) Vite
7 1 (2.27%) webpack
General
1 10 (22.73%) Finance
2 6 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (13.64%) Banking
3 4 (9.09%) Investment Banking
3 4 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.82%) Marketing
4 3 (6.82%) Publishing
4 3 (6.82%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Back Office
5 1 (2.27%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.27%) Front Office
5 1 (2.27%) Law
Job Titles
1 17 (38.64%) Developer
2 10 (22.73%) Senior
3 9 (20.45%) Python Engineer
4 7 (15.91%) Test Engineer
5 6 (13.64%) Senior Test Engineer
6 4 (9.09%) Data Engineer
6 4 (9.09%) Java Developer
6 4 (9.09%) Lead
7 3 (6.82%) Full-Stack Developer
7 3 (6.82%) Salesforce Developer
7 3 (6.82%) Senior Data Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) Architect
8 2 (4.55%) Azure Developer
8 2 (4.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 2 (4.55%) ServiceNow Developer
8 2 (4.55%) Software Developer
8 2 (4.55%) Software Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) Technical Leader
9 1 (2.27%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (25.00%) SOAP
2 8 (18.18%) pytest
3 5 (11.36%) .NET
3 5 (11.36%) JSON
3 5 (11.36%) Kafka
3 5 (11.36%) OAuth
3 5 (11.36%) Web Services
4 4 (9.09%) CSS
4 4 (9.09%) HTML
4 4 (9.09%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (9.09%) XML
5 3 (6.82%) Middleware
5 3 (6.82%) OAuth2
5 3 (6.82%) Pandas
5 3 (6.82%) React
5 3 (6.82%) Visualforce
6 2 (4.55%) Hibernate
6 2 (4.55%) NumPy
6 2 (4.55%) OpenID
6 2 (4.55%) ZK
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.82%) Equities
2 2 (4.55%) Blockchain
2 2 (4.55%) Data Structures
2 2 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (4.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.55%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.27%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.27%) Clustering
3 1 (2.27%) CMDB
3 1 (2.27%) Derivative
3 1 (2.27%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.27%) Fixed Income
3 1 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.27%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.27%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.27%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Linux
1 1 (2.27%) Solaris
1 1 (2.27%) Unix
1 1 (2.27%) Windows
1 1 (2.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (45.45%) CI/CD
2 16 (36.36%) DevOps
3 15 (34.09%) Agile
4 14 (31.82%) Test Automation
5 11 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (22.73%) BDD
7 9 (20.45%) Open Source
8 8 (18.18%) Test Scripting
9 7 (15.91%) API Integration
9 7 (15.91%) API Testing
9 7 (15.91%) TDD
9 7 (15.91%) Test Strategy
10 6 (13.64%) Containerisation
11 5 (11.36%) Data Modelling
11 5 (11.36%) Event-Driven
11 5 (11.36%) Full-Stack Development
11 5 (11.36%) Kanban
11 5 (11.36%) Scrum
12 4 (9.09%) Computer Science
12 4 (9.09%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 25 (56.82%) Python
2 12 (27.27%) JavaScript
3 10 (22.73%) Java
4 9 (20.45%) C#
5 8 (18.18%) SQL
6 4 (9.09%) Apex Code
7 3 (6.82%) PowerShell
8 2 (4.55%) Bash
8 2 (4.55%) DAML
8 2 (4.55%) SPARQL
9 1 (2.27%) Bicep
9 1 (2.27%) DataWeave
9 1 (2.27%) Go
9 1 (2.27%) Groovy
9 1 (2.27%) Perl
9 1 (2.27%) Ruby
9 1 (2.27%) Shell Script
9 1 (2.27%) SOQL
9 1 (2.27%) T-SQL
9 1 (2.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (11.36%) Degree
1 5 (11.36%) Security Cleared
2 4 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.55%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.27%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.27%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.82%) QA
2 2 (4.55%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.55%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.27%) EMIR
3 1 (2.27%) MiFID
3 1 (2.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (9.09%) Docker
2 3 (6.82%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.27%) NFS
3 1 (2.27%) OpenAM
3 1 (2.27%) OpenDJ
3 1 (2.27%) OpenIDM
3 1 (2.27%) Veritas File System
3 1 (2.27%) Veritas Volume Manager
3 1 (2.27%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (20.45%) Kubernetes
2 4 (9.09%) Ansible
3 3 (6.82%) Terraform
4 1 (2.27%) CloudHub
4 1 (2.27%) Control-M
4 1 (2.27%) Netcool
4 1 (2.27%) QRadar
4 1 (2.27%) Red Hat Satellite
4 1 (2.27%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 6 (13.64%) Microsoft
1 6 (13.64%) Oracle
1 6 (13.64%) Salesforce
2 3 (6.82%) MuleSoft
2 3 (6.82%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.55%) SAP
4 1 (2.27%) BMC
4 1 (2.27%) Confluent
4 1 (2.27%) CyberArk
4 1 (2.27%) Databricks
4 1 (2.27%) ForgeRock
4 1 (2.27%) IBM
4 1 (2.27%) Informatica
4 1 (2.27%) Jitterbit
4 1 (2.27%) Murex
4 1 (2.27%) OutSystems
4 1 (2.27%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.27%) Reuters
4 1 (2.27%) SaltStack
4 1 (2.27%) TIBCO