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 2 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 82 106
Rank change year-on-year +23 +24 +4
Contract jobs citing REST 858 443 389
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.28% 3.34% 2.39%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.31% 11.39% 7.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 558 305 256
10th Percentile £400 £359 £413
25th Percentile £450 £420 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £536
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +2.56% -10.63%
75th Percentile £638 £671 £632
90th Percentile £727 £725 £775
England median daily rate £525 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile £46.40 - -
25th Percentile £50.63 £43.75 -
Median hourly rate £59.50 £47.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.26% - -
75th Percentile £69.38 £51.25 -
90th Percentile £80.50 - -
England median hourly rate £59.50 £50.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +19.00% -28.57% +28.59%

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 5,260 3,890 4,922
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.25% 29.30% 30.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,510 2,703 3,483
10th Percentile £400 £369 £383
25th Percentile £455 £428 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £660 £688 £713
90th Percentile £763 £815 £850
England median daily rate £530 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 32 20
10th Percentile £26.78 £31.77 £23.80
25th Percentile £36.00 £34.17 £33.54
Median hourly rate £43.50 £51.97 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.30% +15.49% -32.84%
75th Percentile £61.50 £62.81 £61.70
90th Percentile £81.25 £85.95 £75.50
England median hourly rate £67.47 £54.79 £62.50
% change year-on-year +23.15% -12.34% -0.79%

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 2 September 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 2 September 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 2 September 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 +13 98 £533 -3.18% 57
South London -6 15 £700 +12.54% 9
East London +5 6 £432 -28.30% 12
West London -23 2 £539 +22.44% 24
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 34 (3.96%) Confluence
2 22 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.75%) Apache
4 12 (1.40%) Apache Spark
5 10 (1.17%) Anypoint
5 10 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.05%) Camunda
6 9 (1.05%) IIS
7 7 (0.82%) Mule
8 6 (0.70%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.58%) CMS
9 5 (0.58%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.47%) Ethereum
10 4 (0.47%) Hyperledger
11 3 (0.35%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.23%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.23%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (0.35%) Trello
2 2 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (2.10%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.40%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.82%) Payment Gateway
4 6 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.58%) Shopify
6 4 (0.47%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.47%) Quorum
6 4 (0.47%) R3 Corda
6 4 (0.47%) Ripple
7 3 (0.35%) Distributed Ledger
8 2 (0.23%) Infor LN
8 2 (0.23%) Magento
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle Retail
8 2 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.23%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 332 (38.69%) Azure
2 261 (30.42%) AWS
3 137 (15.97%) GitHub
4 106 (12.35%) Azure DevOps
5 92 (10.72%) GCP
6 85 (9.91%) Serverless
7 78 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
8 63 (7.34%) Entra ID
9 53 (6.18%) Power Platform
10 48 (5.59%) SaaS
11 40 (4.66%) Amazon S3
12 36 (4.20%) AWS Lambda
13 34 (3.96%) Amazon SQS
14 29 (3.38%) Amazon EKS
15 28 (3.26%) Boomi
15 28 (3.26%) PowerApps
16 27 (3.15%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 26 (3.03%) Amazon ECS
17 26 (3.03%) Azure Functions
18 25 (2.91%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.56%) HTTP
2 10 (1.17%) BGP
3 9 (1.05%) HTTPS
4 8 (0.93%) Firewall
5 7 (0.82%) DNS
5 7 (0.82%) Network Security
6 6 (0.70%) FTP
6 6 (0.70%) SSL
6 6 (0.70%) VXLAN
7 5 (0.58%) Ethernet VPN
7 5 (0.58%) NX-OS
7 5 (0.58%) TACACS
8 4 (0.47%) MPLS
8 4 (0.47%) OSPF
8 4 (0.47%) SSH
8 4 (0.47%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.35%) SMS
9 3 (0.35%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (0.35%) WAN
9 3 (0.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (12.47%) PostgreSQL
2 92 (10.72%) Relational Database
3 77 (8.97%) SQL Server
4 49 (5.71%) NoSQL
5 38 (4.43%) MongoDB
6 33 (3.85%) Power BI
7 29 (3.38%) Redis
8 23 (2.68%) MySQL
9 20 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
10 17 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
10 17 (1.98%) Metadata
11 16 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
12 14 (1.63%) Big Data
12 14 (1.63%) Elasticsearch
13 13 (1.52%) BigQuery
13 13 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (1.40%) DynamoDB
15 10 (1.17%) Data Lake
16 8 (0.93%) Delta Lake
16 8 (0.93%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 144 (16.78%) Git
2 82 (9.56%) Jenkins
3 63 (7.34%) JIRA
4 56 (6.53%) GitLab
5 39 (4.55%) JUnit
6 23 (2.68%) Cypress.io
7 20 (2.33%) Gradle
7 20 (2.33%) Maven
7 20 (2.33%) Selenium
8 17 (1.98%) Postman
9 16 (1.86%) Cucumber
10 13 (1.52%) Bitbucket
10 13 (1.52%) CircleCI
10 13 (1.52%) Mockito
10 13 (1.52%) Visual Studio
11 12 (1.40%) REST Assured
11 12 (1.40%) Visual Studio Code
12 11 (1.28%) JMeter
13 10 (1.17%) Eclipse
14 9 (1.05%) Storybook
General
1 239 (27.86%) Finance
2 222 (25.87%) Social Skills
3 118 (13.75%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (9.09%) Banking
5 75 (8.74%) Public Sector
6 35 (4.08%) Retail
7 31 (3.61%) Telecoms
8 25 (2.91%) Marketing
9 18 (2.10%) Publishing
10 16 (1.86%) Investment Banking
11 11 (1.28%) Billing
11 11 (1.28%) Front Office
12 10 (1.17%) Financial Institution
12 10 (1.17%) Legal
13 9 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (0.93%) Law
Job Titles
1 354 (41.26%) Developer
2 154 (17.95%) Architect
3 142 (16.55%) Senior
4 72 (8.39%) Senior Developer
5 57 (6.64%) Java Developer
6 56 (6.53%) Full-Stack Developer
7 51 (5.94%) Lead
8 45 (5.24%) Solutions Architect
9 43 (5.01%) Python Developer
9 43 (5.01%) Software Engineer
10 29 (3.38%) .NET Developer
11 27 (3.15%) React Developer
12 26 (3.03%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 26 (3.03%) Consultant
13 24 (2.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 23 (2.68%) ServiceNow Developer
15 20 (2.33%) C# Developer
15 20 (2.33%) Java Engineer
15 20 (2.33%) ServiceNow Architect
16 19 (2.21%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 214 (24.94%) SOAP
2 132 (15.38%) .NET
3 124 (14.45%) React
4 121 (14.10%) JSON
5 113 (13.17%) RESTful
6 104 (12.12%) Kafka
7 101 (11.77%) Spring
8 93 (10.84%) Spring Boot
9 90 (10.49%) OAuth
10 83 (9.67%) Terraform
11 80 (9.32%) XML
12 79 (9.21%) CSS
12 79 (9.21%) HTML
13 67 (7.81%) Web Services
14 66 (7.69%) GraphQL
15 62 (7.23%) AngularJS
15 62 (7.23%) Node.js
16 61 (7.11%) Middleware
17 58 (6.76%) OAuth2
18 37 (4.31%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 141 (16.43%) Cloud Native
2 78 (9.09%) Distributed Systems
3 68 (7.93%) Product Ownership
4 55 (6.41%) Enterprise Software
5 50 (5.83%) CMDB
6 33 (3.85%) Onboarding
7 32 (3.73%) AI Agents
7 32 (3.73%) Mobile App
8 28 (3.26%) Management Information System
9 25 (2.91%) Data Structures
10 24 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
11 17 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
11 17 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (1.98%) Virtual Team
12 15 (1.75%) Low-Code
13 11 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
13 11 (1.28%) Security Posture
14 10 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
15 9 (1.05%) Data Centre
15 9 (1.05%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 54 (6.29%) Linux
2 30 (3.50%) Windows
3 21 (2.45%) Unix
4 20 (2.33%) Android
5 11 (1.28%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.35%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.35%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.12%) CentOS
8 1 (0.12%) VMS
8 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 399 (46.50%) CI/CD
2 308 (35.90%) Agile
3 284 (33.10%) DevOps
4 215 (25.06%) Microservices
5 189 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
6 171 (19.93%) AI
7 152 (17.72%) Event-Driven
8 139 (16.20%) Test Automation
9 125 (14.57%) Integration Patterns
10 123 (14.34%) Data Modelling
11 120 (13.99%) Scrum
12 118 (13.75%) Software Engineering
13 113 (13.17%) Containerisation
14 110 (12.82%) Full-Stack Development
15 109 (12.70%) Stakeholder Management
16 106 (12.35%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 99 (11.54%) Observability
18 96 (11.19%) Continuous Improvement
19 92 (10.72%) Migration
20 90 (10.49%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 261 (30.42%) Python
2 236 (27.51%) SQL
3 219 (25.52%) Java
4 192 (22.38%) JavaScript
5 146 (17.02%) TypeScript
6 124 (14.45%) C#
7 53 (6.18%) PowerShell
8 27 (3.15%) Apex Code
9 26 (3.03%) Kotlin
10 21 (2.45%) Bash
11 20 (2.33%) Groovy
12 17 (1.98%) Bicep
12 17 (1.98%) PL/SQL
12 17 (1.98%) Shell Script
13 13 (1.52%) Go
14 12 (1.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 11 (1.28%) SOQL
16 10 (1.17%) SOSL
16 10 (1.17%) T-SQL
17 8 (0.93%) Swift
Qualifications
1 173 (20.16%) Security Cleared
2 146 (17.02%) SC Cleared
3 57 (6.64%) Degree
4 27 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.03%) DV Cleared
6 15 (1.75%) AWS Certification
6 15 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.40%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.28%) CISSP
9 9 (1.05%) CISM
9 9 (1.05%) Master's Degree
10 8 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.70%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.70%) PMP
12 5 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.58%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.58%) MBA
12 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (9.32%) QA
2 39 (4.55%) Data Quality
3 30 (3.50%) GDPR
4 26 (3.03%) Accessibility
5 20 (2.33%) GRC
6 19 (2.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 15 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (1.40%) HIPAA
9 10 (1.17%) NIST
9 10 (1.17%) PCI DSS
10 9 (1.05%) SLA
11 7 (0.82%) ISO 20022
12 6 (0.70%) WCAG
13 5 (0.58%) HL7
14 4 (0.47%) PMO
14 4 (0.47%) SEPA
15 3 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
15 3 (0.35%) Basel III
16 2 (0.23%) ISO 13485
16 2 (0.23%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 149 (17.37%) Docker
2 34 (3.96%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.47%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.23%) Postfix
7 2 (0.23%) Varnish
8 1 (0.12%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.12%) Ceph
8 1 (0.12%) RACF
8 1 (0.12%) UAG
8 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 152 (17.72%) Kubernetes
2 33 (3.85%) Ansible
3 25 (2.91%) Grafana
4 18 (2.10%) Prometheus
5 13 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.82%) Control-M
7 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.35%) Bosun
8 3 (0.35%) Istio
8 3 (0.35%) Kibana
8 3 (0.35%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.23%) Avamar
9 2 (0.23%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.23%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.23%) SCCM
10 1 (0.12%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.12%) CloudHub
10 1 (0.12%) SCOM
10 1 (0.12%) TrustSec
10 1 (0.12%) WMI
Vendors
1 138 (16.08%) Microsoft
2 114 (13.29%) Oracle
3 101 (11.77%) ServiceNow
4 84 (9.79%) Salesforce
5 38 (4.43%) Google
6 37 (4.31%) SAP
7 31 (3.61%) Databricks
8 26 (3.03%) MuleSoft
9 22 (2.56%) Splunk
10 21 (2.45%) Workday
11 19 (2.21%) OpenAI
12 18 (2.10%) CyberArk
13 17 (1.98%) IBM
14 13 (1.52%) Cisco
14 13 (1.52%) VMware
15 10 (1.17%) Dynatrace
15 10 (1.17%) Okta
15 10 (1.17%) OutSystems
16 9 (1.05%) New Relic
17 8 (0.93%) Foundry