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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 116 100
Rank change year-on-year +43 -16 +4
Contract jobs citing REST 634 298 428
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.57% 2.39% 2.42%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.20% 9.17% 9.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 195 306
10th Percentile £363 £382 £403
25th Percentile £415 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £650 £653 £659
90th Percentile £750 £740 £838
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £62.60 - -
25th Percentile £65.00 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £67.00
75th Percentile £95.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £74.44
% change year-on-year +40.00% -32.83% +33.68%

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 4,171 3,248 4,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.46% 26.07% 25.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,776 2,277 3,362
10th Percentile £363 £385 £375
25th Percentile £433 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -0.87% -4.17%
75th Percentile £656 £725 £700
90th Percentile £775 £838 £825
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 17 26
10th Percentile £23.33 £33.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £28.00 £35.00 £23.90
Median hourly rate £42.50 £52.50 £37.83
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +38.79% -43.75%
75th Percentile £64.44 £65.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £93.00 £78.75 £71.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 8 May 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 +1 67 £525 - 43
South London -9 14 £510 +34.21% 2
East London -3 6 £432 -35.04% 8
West London -28 6 £375 -32.31% 4
North London - 4 - - 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 17 (2.68%) Confluence
2 16 (2.52%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.74%) Apache
3 11 (1.74%) Camunda
4 9 (1.42%) Appian
5 8 (1.26%) Apache Spark
6 7 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.95%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.95%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.63%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.63%) BizTalk Server
8 4 (0.63%) CICS
8 4 (0.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.47%) IIS
9 3 (0.47%) WordPress
10 2 (0.32%) Drupal
10 2 (0.32%) Mule
10 2 (0.32%) Oracle Service Bus
10 2 (0.32%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.47%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.16%) Maya
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (2.37%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.63%) Bloomberg AIM
3 4 (0.63%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.47%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.32%) Magento
5 2 (0.32%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.32%) Shopify
5 2 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.16%) R3 Corda
6 1 (0.16%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.16%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 223 (35.17%) Azure
2 200 (31.55%) AWS
3 91 (14.35%) GCP
4 67 (10.57%) GitHub
5 50 (7.89%) Azure DevOps
6 47 (7.41%) GitHub Actions
7 44 (6.94%) Serverless
8 43 (6.78%) Power Platform
9 38 (5.99%) OCI
10 33 (5.21%) PaaS
11 28 (4.42%) Entra ID
12 26 (4.10%) SaaS
13 23 (3.63%) Amazon S3
14 21 (3.31%) Amazon EKS
14 21 (3.31%) Azure Service Bus
15 20 (3.15%) Power Automate
16 19 (3.00%) Azure Data Factory
16 19 (3.00%) IaaS
16 19 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
17 18 (2.84%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.00%) HTTP
2 9 (1.42%) SMS
3 7 (1.10%) DNS
4 5 (0.79%) Firewall
4 5 (0.79%) FTP
5 4 (0.63%) BGP
6 3 (0.47%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (0.47%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.47%) MPLS
6 3 (0.47%) OSPF
6 3 (0.47%) SNMP
6 3 (0.47%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.47%) SSL
7 2 (0.32%) IPFIX
7 2 (0.32%) Modbus
7 2 (0.32%) NaaS
7 2 (0.32%) WAN
8 1 (0.16%) DHCP
8 1 (0.16%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.16%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (11.20%) Relational Database
2 60 (9.46%) PostgreSQL
3 54 (8.52%) SQL Server
4 37 (5.84%) NoSQL
5 27 (4.26%) MongoDB
6 22 (3.47%) Power BI
7 17 (2.68%) MySQL
8 13 (2.05%) RDBMS
9 12 (1.89%) Pinecone
9 12 (1.89%) Redis
10 11 (1.74%) Data Lake
10 11 (1.74%) DynamoDB
11 10 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (1.58%) Elasticsearch
12 9 (1.42%) Amazon Aurora
12 9 (1.42%) Apache Cassandra
12 9 (1.42%) Metadata
13 8 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (1.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 7 (1.10%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 80 (12.62%) Git
2 42 (6.62%) JIRA
3 39 (6.15%) Jenkins
4 32 (5.05%) Postman
5 31 (4.89%) JUnit
6 28 (4.42%) GitLab
7 20 (3.15%) Cucumber
7 20 (3.15%) Selenium
8 17 (2.68%) REST Assured
9 15 (2.37%) Cypress.io
9 15 (2.37%) Mockito
10 10 (1.58%) Maven
11 9 (1.42%) JMeter
11 9 (1.42%) SoapUI
12 8 (1.26%) MLflow
12 8 (1.26%) SonarQube
13 7 (1.10%) Gradle
14 6 (0.95%) SpecFlow
15 5 (0.79%) MSTest
15 5 (0.79%) WebDriver
General
1 183 (28.86%) Social Skills
2 146 (23.03%) Finance
3 68 (10.73%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (8.36%) Public Sector
5 43 (6.78%) Banking
6 19 (3.00%) Front Office
7 17 (2.68%) Marketing
8 16 (2.52%) Telecoms
9 14 (2.21%) Retail
10 13 (2.05%) Publishing
11 12 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.58%) Billing
13 9 (1.42%) Financial Institution
13 9 (1.42%) Legal
14 6 (0.95%) Investment Banking
15 5 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.63%) Military
17 3 (0.47%) Automotive
17 3 (0.47%) Law
Job Titles
1 234 (36.91%) Developer
2 124 (19.56%) Architect
3 68 (10.73%) Senior
4 37 (5.84%) Java Developer
5 34 (5.36%) CyberArk Architect
6 30 (4.73%) Solutions Architect
7 29 (4.57%) Python Developer
8 28 (4.42%) Full-Stack Developer
8 28 (4.42%) Lead
9 27 (4.26%) Senior Developer
10 26 (4.10%) Software Engineer
11 21 (3.31%) Consultant
12 18 (2.84%) C# Developer
13 16 (2.52%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 15 (2.37%) React Developer
15 14 (2.21%) Analyst
15 14 (2.21%) Cloud Specialist
15 14 (2.21%) Integration Specialist
15 14 (2.21%) ServiceNow Architect
16 13 (2.05%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 191 (30.13%) SOAP
2 86 (13.56%) JSON
2 86 (13.56%) Kafka
2 86 (13.56%) Web Services
3 82 (12.93%) RESTful
3 82 (12.93%) Spring
4 80 (12.62%) React
5 75 (11.83%) Spring Boot
6 69 (10.88%) AngularJS
7 66 (10.41%) .NET
8 64 (10.09%) HTML
9 62 (9.78%) CSS
10 56 (8.83%) OAuth
11 48 (7.57%) XML
12 47 (7.41%) GraphQL
13 43 (6.78%) Middleware
14 41 (6.47%) Node.js
15 40 (6.31%) LDAP
16 31 (4.89%) Oracle Fusion
16 31 (4.89%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 50 (7.89%) Cloud Native
2 45 (7.10%) Enterprise Software
3 43 (6.78%) Security Posture
4 41 (6.47%) Product Ownership
5 35 (5.52%) Distributed Systems
6 29 (4.57%) CMDB
7 25 (3.94%) Management Information System
8 21 (3.31%) Equities
8 21 (3.31%) Public Cloud
9 20 (3.15%) Mobile App
10 19 (3.00%) Legacy Systems
11 15 (2.37%) Low-Code
11 15 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
12 14 (2.21%) Data Structures
12 14 (2.21%) Onboarding
13 13 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
14 12 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
14 12 (1.89%) Hedge funds
15 9 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
15 9 (1.42%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 30 (4.73%) Linux
2 21 (3.31%) Windows
3 9 (1.42%) Unix
4 8 (1.26%) Android
5 6 (0.95%) zOS
6 4 (0.63%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.47%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (33.91%) CI/CD
2 195 (30.76%) Agile
3 190 (29.97%) DevOps
4 143 (22.56%) Problem-Solving
5 130 (20.50%) Microservices
6 112 (17.67%) Integration Patterns
7 94 (14.83%) Test Automation
8 88 (13.88%) Data Modelling
9 86 (13.56%) Observability
10 80 (12.62%) Containerisation
11 78 (12.30%) Technical Leadership
12 76 (11.99%) ITSM
13 73 (11.51%) Event-Driven
14 72 (11.36%) AI
15 66 (10.41%) Analytics
16 62 (9.78%) Scrum
16 62 (9.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 61 (9.62%) Software Engineering
17 61 (9.62%) Validation
18 59 (9.31%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 181 (28.55%) Python
2 155 (24.45%) SQL
3 152 (23.97%) Java
4 121 (19.09%) JavaScript
5 85 (13.41%) C#
5 85 (13.41%) TypeScript
6 65 (10.25%) PowerShell
7 15 (2.37%) Kotlin
8 14 (2.21%) Apex Code
9 11 (1.74%) PL/SQL
10 9 (1.42%) Bicep
11 8 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 7 (1.10%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (1.10%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.79%) Bash
13 5 (0.79%) Go
13 5 (0.79%) Groovy
13 5 (0.79%) PHP
13 5 (0.79%) SOQL
14 4 (0.63%) XPath
Qualifications
1 143 (22.56%) Security Cleared
2 130 (20.50%) SC Cleared
3 34 (5.36%) Degree
4 20 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.26%) Azure Certification
5 8 (1.26%) CISSP
5 8 (1.26%) DV Cleared
5 8 (1.26%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.10%) AWS Certification
7 6 (0.95%) CISM
8 5 (0.79%) MBA
9 4 (0.63%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.63%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.63%) PMP
10 3 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.32%) OSCP
11 2 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (8.99%) QA
2 29 (4.57%) Data Quality
3 27 (4.26%) GDPR
4 14 (2.21%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 10 (1.58%) WCAG
7 9 (1.42%) NIST
7 9 (1.42%) PCI DSS
8 8 (1.26%) HIPAA
9 7 (1.10%) SLA
10 6 (0.95%) GRC
11 3 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.47%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.32%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.32%) NCSC
12 2 (0.32%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.32%) PMO
12 2 (0.32%) SEPA
13 1 (0.16%) ITGC
System Software
1 96 (15.14%) Docker
2 44 (6.94%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.32%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 2 (0.32%) Job Entry Subsystem
4 2 (0.32%) Postfix
5 1 (0.16%) Firmware
5 1 (0.16%) IAG
5 1 (0.16%) UAG
5 1 (0.16%) Varnish
5 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 98 (15.46%) Kubernetes
2 51 (8.04%) Terraform
3 25 (3.94%) Grafana
4 15 (2.37%) Ansible
5 11 (1.74%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.63%) Pingdom
8 2 (0.32%) Amdocs OSS
8 2 (0.32%) Avamar
8 2 (0.32%) Control-M
8 2 (0.32%) EMC VPLEX
8 2 (0.32%) Fluentd
8 2 (0.32%) Istio
8 2 (0.32%) logstash
8 2 (0.32%) Puppet
8 2 (0.32%) QRadar
9 1 (0.16%) CA Endevor
9 1 (0.16%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.16%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 85 (13.41%) Oracle
2 76 (11.99%) ServiceNow
3 66 (10.41%) Microsoft
4 38 (5.99%) CyberArk
5 34 (5.36%) BeyondTrust
5 34 (5.36%) Centrify
6 30 (4.73%) Salesforce
7 20 (3.15%) SAP
8 17 (2.68%) Google
9 16 (2.52%) Splunk
9 16 (2.52%) Workday
10 14 (2.21%) OpenAI
11 13 (2.05%) Guidewire
12 12 (1.89%) Adobe
12 12 (1.89%) MuleSoft
13 10 (1.58%) Databricks
13 10 (1.58%) Dynatrace
14 9 (1.42%) UiPath
15 8 (1.26%) Atlassian
15 8 (1.26%) Automation Anywhere