REST Contract Job Trends in London

Representational State Transfer (REST)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring REST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 92 99
Rank change year-on-year +20 +7 +5
Contract jobs citing REST 722 397 453
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.66% 2.94% 2.57%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.09% 11.21% 9.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 452 286 323
10th Percentile £394 £363 £400
25th Percentile £436 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £662 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £785
England median daily rate £525 £500 £524
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.53% -4.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £51.13 - -
25th Percentile £62.19 - -
Median hourly rate £78.75 - £67.00
75th Percentile £93.44 - -
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +40.00% -28.57% +27.27%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,487 3,542 4,787
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.78% 26.24% 27.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,972 2,463 3,511
10th Percentile £383 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £430 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £711 £713
90th Percentile £788 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 24 27
10th Percentile £24.63 £31.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.06 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.25 £48.22 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.38% +13.46% -37.04%
75th Percentile £70.69 £62.81 £61.97
90th Percentile £91.88 £81.88 £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +4.00% +7.20% -10.31%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

REST job vacancy trend in London

REST
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing REST.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing REST

REST
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing REST in London over the 6 months to 9 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for REST in London

REST
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing REST.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing REST

REST
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing REST in London over the 6 months to 9 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 9 July 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +16 93 £550 - 39
South London -2 14 £516 +2.89% 3
East London +1 5 £416 -33.48% 10
West London -22 5 £375 -31.82% 2
North London - 1 - -
REST
England

REST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 23 (3.19%) Confluence
1 23 (3.19%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.80%) Apache Spark
3 12 (1.66%) Camunda
4 11 (1.52%) Apache
5 10 (1.39%) Ethereum
5 10 (1.39%) Hyperledger
6 8 (1.11%) Anypoint
6 8 (1.11%) IIS
7 7 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.97%) Mule
8 6 (0.83%) Appian
8 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (0.69%) CICS
9 5 (0.69%) WebSphere
10 4 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.42%) Cloud Foundry
11 3 (0.42%) WordPress
12 2 (0.28%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.28%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.42%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) Maya
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.39%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.11%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.83%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.69%) R3 Corda
5 5 (0.69%) Shopify
6 4 (0.55%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.55%) Quorum
6 4 (0.55%) Ripple
7 3 (0.42%) Bloomberg AIM
7 3 (0.42%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.42%) Fidessa
7 3 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.28%) Magento
8 2 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.28%) Oracle Retail
8 2 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 254 (35.18%) Azure
2 216 (29.92%) AWS
3 104 (14.40%) GitHub
4 82 (11.36%) Azure DevOps
5 72 (9.97%) GCP
6 68 (9.42%) GitHub Actions
7 58 (8.03%) Serverless
8 48 (6.65%) Entra ID
9 40 (5.54%) Power Platform
10 35 (4.85%) Amazon S3
11 34 (4.71%) SaaS
12 26 (3.60%) Amazon SQS
12 26 (3.60%) AWS Lambda
12 26 (3.60%) OCI
13 24 (3.32%) Amazon EKS
13 24 (3.32%) PaaS
13 24 (3.32%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 22 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
15 21 (2.91%) Azure Functions
15 21 (2.91%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.77%) HTTP
2 7 (0.97%) HTTPS
3 6 (0.83%) FTP
4 5 (0.69%) BGP
4 5 (0.69%) DNS
4 5 (0.69%) Network Security
5 4 (0.55%) Firewall
5 4 (0.55%) MPLS
5 4 (0.55%) OSPF
5 4 (0.55%) WAN
6 3 (0.42%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (0.42%) SMS
6 3 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.42%) SSL
6 3 (0.42%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.28%) Internet
7 2 (0.28%) Intranet
7 2 (0.28%) SSH
7 2 (0.28%) VLAN
7 2 (0.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (12.47%) PostgreSQL
2 87 (12.05%) Relational Database
3 72 (9.97%) SQL Server
4 37 (5.12%) NoSQL
5 30 (4.16%) MongoDB
6 24 (3.32%) Power BI
7 19 (2.63%) Redis
8 18 (2.49%) Amazon RDS
9 17 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
10 15 (2.08%) MySQL
11 14 (1.94%) Big Data
12 13 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
13 11 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
13 11 (1.52%) Metadata
14 10 (1.39%) DynamoDB
15 9 (1.25%) BigQuery
15 9 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 8 (1.11%) Data Lake
16 8 (1.11%) Pinecone
16 8 (1.11%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 109 (15.10%) Git
2 63 (8.73%) Jenkins
3 51 (7.06%) JIRA
4 39 (5.40%) JUnit
5 37 (5.12%) GitLab
6 24 (3.32%) Cypress.io
7 23 (3.19%) Postman
8 20 (2.77%) Selenium
9 18 (2.49%) Cucumber
9 18 (2.49%) REST Assured
10 16 (2.22%) Maven
11 15 (2.08%) Gradle
11 15 (2.08%) Mockito
12 10 (1.39%) Eclipse
12 10 (1.39%) JMeter
13 9 (1.25%) Ant
14 8 (1.11%) CircleCI
14 8 (1.11%) Visual Studio Code
15 6 (0.83%) SonarQube
15 6 (0.83%) webpack
General
1 196 (27.15%) Finance
2 165 (22.85%) Social Skills
3 97 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (8.86%) Banking
5 60 (8.31%) Public Sector
6 35 (4.85%) Retail
7 23 (3.19%) Telecoms
8 19 (2.63%) Marketing
9 17 (2.35%) Publishing
10 15 (2.08%) Investment Banking
11 12 (1.66%) Front Office
12 11 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.39%) Financial Institution
13 10 (1.39%) Legal
14 8 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (0.97%) Billing
16 5 (0.69%) Manufacturing
17 4 (0.55%) Automotive
17 4 (0.55%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 290 (40.17%) Developer
2 119 (16.48%) Architect
3 106 (14.68%) Senior
4 51 (7.06%) Senior Developer
5 50 (6.93%) Java Developer
6 43 (5.96%) Full-Stack Developer
7 39 (5.40%) Solutions Architect
8 35 (4.85%) Python Developer
9 34 (4.71%) Lead
9 34 (4.71%) Software Engineer
10 27 (3.74%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 26 (3.60%) Consultant
12 25 (3.46%) React Developer
13 21 (2.91%) ServiceNow Architect
14 17 (2.35%) ServiceNow Developer
15 16 (2.22%) Cloud Engineer
15 16 (2.22%) Data Engineer
15 16 (2.22%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 16 (2.22%) Java Engineer
16 15 (2.08%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 197 (27.29%) SOAP
2 111 (15.37%) React
3 101 (13.99%) JSON
3 101 (13.99%) RESTful
4 100 (13.85%) Spring
5 94 (13.02%) .NET
6 93 (12.88%) Spring Boot
7 86 (11.91%) Kafka
8 83 (11.50%) Web Services
9 74 (10.25%) OAuth
10 68 (9.42%) AngularJS
11 63 (8.73%) CSS
11 63 (8.73%) HTML
11 63 (8.73%) XML
12 61 (8.45%) GraphQL
12 61 (8.45%) Node.js
13 56 (7.76%) Middleware
14 38 (5.26%) OAuth2
15 29 (4.02%) FastAPI
15 29 (4.02%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 91 (12.60%) Cloud Native
2 61 (8.45%) Product Ownership
3 56 (7.76%) Distributed Systems
4 42 (5.82%) CMDB
5 37 (5.12%) Mobile App
6 26 (3.60%) Management Information System
7 25 (3.46%) Legacy Systems
8 22 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
9 19 (2.63%) Virtual Team
10 18 (2.49%) Data Structures
11 17 (2.35%) AI Agents
11 17 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
11 17 (2.35%) Low-Code
11 17 (2.35%) Onboarding
12 15 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (1.80%) Equities
14 12 (1.66%) Security Posture
15 10 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
15 10 (1.39%) Public Cloud
16 9 (1.25%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 31 (4.29%) Linux
2 21 (2.91%) Windows
3 16 (2.22%) Android
4 15 (2.08%) Unix
5 5 (0.69%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.69%) zOS
6 3 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.42%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.14%) CentOS
7 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.14%) VMS
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 312 (43.21%) CI/CD
2 252 (34.90%) Agile
3 236 (32.69%) DevOps
4 182 (25.21%) Microservices
5 151 (20.91%) Problem-Solving
6 116 (16.07%) AI
7 108 (14.96%) Event-Driven
8 105 (14.54%) Scrum
8 105 (14.54%) Test Automation
9 104 (14.40%) Containerisation
9 104 (14.40%) Data Modelling
10 102 (14.13%) Integration Patterns
11 95 (13.16%) Observability
12 88 (12.19%) Software Engineering
13 81 (11.22%) Full-Stack Development
14 80 (11.08%) Analytics
15 74 (10.25%) Roadmaps
15 74 (10.25%) Workflow
16 71 (9.83%) Migration
17 69 (9.56%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 201 (27.84%) Java
2 199 (27.56%) Python
3 182 (25.21%) SQL
4 154 (21.33%) JavaScript
5 131 (18.14%) TypeScript
6 98 (13.57%) C#
7 41 (5.68%) PowerShell
8 27 (3.74%) Kotlin
9 23 (3.19%) Apex Code
10 14 (1.94%) PL/SQL
11 13 (1.80%) Bicep
11 13 (1.80%) Groovy
12 12 (1.66%) T-SQL
13 11 (1.52%) Bash
14 10 (1.39%) SOQL
15 9 (1.25%) Go
16 8 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 8 (1.11%) Shell Script
16 8 (1.11%) SOSL
17 6 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 132 (18.28%) Security Cleared
2 115 (15.93%) SC Cleared
3 50 (6.93%) Degree
4 20 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.08%) DV Cleared
6 14 (1.94%) AWS Certification
6 14 (1.94%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.25%) CISSP
8 9 (1.25%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.11%) CISM
10 6 (0.83%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.83%) PMP
11 5 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.69%) MBA
12 4 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.28%) CCIE
14 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (9.00%) QA
2 33 (4.57%) Data Quality
3 28 (3.88%) Accessibility
4 27 (3.74%) GDPR
5 14 (1.94%) GRC
6 13 (1.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 11 (1.52%) HIPAA
7 11 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.52%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.25%) WCAG
9 7 (0.97%) SLA
10 4 (0.55%) NIST
11 3 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.42%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.42%) PMO
11 3 (0.42%) SEPA
12 2 (0.28%) Basel III
12 2 (0.28%) HL7
12 2 (0.28%) ISO 8583
13 1 (0.14%) 21 CFR Part 11
System Software
1 116 (16.07%) Docker
2 18 (2.49%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.42%) Postfix
6 2 (0.28%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (0.14%) Firmware
7 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.14%) IAG
7 1 (0.14%) RACF
7 1 (0.14%) UAG
7 1 (0.14%) Varnish
7 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 124 (17.17%) Kubernetes
2 65 (9.00%) Terraform
3 27 (3.74%) Grafana
4 25 (3.46%) Ansible
5 11 (1.52%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.42%) Control-M
7 2 (0.28%) Amdocs OSS
7 2 (0.28%) Avamar
7 2 (0.28%) EMC VPLEX
7 2 (0.28%) Kibana
7 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.28%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.14%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.14%) Istio
8 1 (0.14%) linkerd
8 1 (0.14%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.14%) vRealize
8 1 (0.14%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 105 (14.54%) Oracle
2 100 (13.85%) Microsoft
3 84 (11.63%) ServiceNow
4 60 (8.31%) Salesforce
5 30 (4.16%) Google
6 29 (4.02%) SAP
7 23 (3.19%) MuleSoft
7 23 (3.19%) Splunk
8 19 (2.63%) Workday
9 16 (2.22%) OpenAI
10 15 (2.08%) IBM
11 12 (1.66%) Databricks
11 12 (1.66%) Dynatrace
12 9 (1.25%) Atlassian
12 9 (1.25%) CyberArk
13 8 (1.11%) Cisco
13 8 (1.11%) OutSystems
14 7 (0.97%) Foundry
14 7 (0.97%) OpenText
15 6 (0.83%) Guidewire