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 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 93 90
Rank change year-on-year +21 -3 +11
Contract jobs citing REST 727 397 453
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.66% 2.94% 2.58%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.08% 11.26% 9.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 457 285 319
10th Percentile £397 £363 £400
25th Percentile £435 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £778
England median daily rate £525 £500 £522
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.20% -5.10%
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 4,522 3,527 4,751
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.77% 26.08% 27.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,998 2,452 3,469
10th Percentile £384 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £430 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £713 £718
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 26
10th Percentile £24.63 £31.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.06 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.25 £48.22 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.38% +20.55% -40.74%
75th Percentile £70.69 £62.81 £58.76
90th Percentile £91.88 £81.88 £71.00
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 11 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 11 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 11 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 +7 92 £550 +2.28% 44
South London -2 15 £521 +3.99% 3
East London +2 5 £416 -33.48% 10
West London -20 5 £375 -31.82% 1
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 24 (3.30%) Confluence
2 23 (3.16%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.79%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.65%) Camunda
5 11 (1.51%) Apache
6 10 (1.38%) Ethereum
6 10 (1.38%) Hyperledger
7 8 (1.10%) Anypoint
7 8 (1.10%) IIS
8 7 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
8 7 (0.96%) Mule
9 6 (0.83%) Appian
9 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.69%) CICS
10 5 (0.69%) WebSphere
11 4 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.41%) Cloud Foundry
12 3 (0.41%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.41%) WordPress
13 2 (0.28%) Drupal
Applications
1 3 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.41%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) Maya
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.38%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.10%) 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 (0.41%) Bloomberg AIM
7 3 (0.41%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.41%) Fidessa
7 3 (0.41%) 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
1 256 (35.21%) Azure
2 217 (29.85%) AWS
3 107 (14.72%) GitHub
4 83 (11.42%) Azure DevOps
5 74 (10.18%) GCP
6 69 (9.49%) GitHub Actions
7 56 (7.70%) Serverless
8 49 (6.74%) Entra ID
9 39 (5.36%) Power Platform
10 35 (4.81%) SaaS
11 34 (4.68%) Amazon S3
12 26 (3.58%) OCI
13 25 (3.44%) Amazon SQS
13 25 (3.44%) AWS Lambda
13 25 (3.44%) PaaS
14 24 (3.30%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 23 (3.16%) Amazon EKS
16 22 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
17 21 (2.89%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 20 (2.75%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.89%) HTTP
2 7 (0.96%) HTTPS
3 6 (0.83%) FTP
4 5 (0.69%) BGP
4 5 (0.69%) Network Security
5 4 (0.55%) DNS
5 4 (0.55%) Firewall
5 4 (0.55%) MPLS
5 4 (0.55%) OSPF
5 4 (0.55%) WAN
6 3 (0.41%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.41%) SSL
6 3 (0.41%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.28%) Internet
7 2 (0.28%) Intranet
7 2 (0.28%) SMS
7 2 (0.28%) SNMP
7 2 (0.28%) VLAN
7 2 (0.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (12.65%) PostgreSQL
2 89 (12.24%) Relational Database
3 73 (10.04%) SQL Server
4 36 (4.95%) NoSQL
5 31 (4.26%) MongoDB
6 24 (3.30%) Power BI
7 19 (2.61%) Redis
8 17 (2.34%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (2.06%) MySQL
10 14 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
10 14 (1.93%) Big Data
11 12 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
12 11 (1.51%) Metadata
13 9 (1.24%) BigQuery
13 9 (1.24%) DynamoDB
13 9 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 8 (1.10%) Data Lake
14 8 (1.10%) Pinecone
14 8 (1.10%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 112 (15.41%) Git
2 62 (8.53%) Jenkins
3 53 (7.29%) JIRA
4 40 (5.50%) JUnit
5 37 (5.09%) GitLab
6 24 (3.30%) Cypress.io
7 23 (3.16%) Postman
8 20 (2.75%) Selenium
9 18 (2.48%) Cucumber
9 18 (2.48%) REST Assured
10 17 (2.34%) Gradle
10 17 (2.34%) Maven
11 15 (2.06%) Mockito
12 10 (1.38%) Eclipse
12 10 (1.38%) JMeter
13 9 (1.24%) Ant
13 9 (1.24%) CircleCI
14 8 (1.10%) Visual Studio Code
15 6 (0.83%) SonarQube
15 6 (0.83%) webpack
General
1 198 (27.24%) Finance
2 166 (22.83%) Social Skills
3 100 (13.76%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (8.94%) Banking
5 61 (8.39%) Public Sector
6 35 (4.81%) Retail
7 25 (3.44%) Telecoms
8 18 (2.48%) Marketing
9 17 (2.34%) Publishing
10 15 (2.06%) Investment Banking
11 12 (1.65%) Front Office
12 11 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.38%) Financial Institution
13 10 (1.38%) Legal
14 8 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (0.96%) Billing
15 7 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 5 (0.69%) Manufacturing
17 4 (0.55%) Automotive
17 4 (0.55%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 295 (40.58%) Developer
2 117 (16.09%) Architect
3 107 (14.72%) Senior
4 52 (7.15%) Java Developer
4 52 (7.15%) Senior Developer
5 45 (6.19%) Full-Stack Developer
6 39 (5.36%) Solutions Architect
7 35 (4.81%) Lead
7 35 (4.81%) Python Developer
7 35 (4.81%) Software Engineer
8 27 (3.71%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 26 (3.58%) React Developer
10 24 (3.30%) Consultant
11 20 (2.75%) ServiceNow Architect
12 17 (2.34%) Cloud Engineer
12 17 (2.34%) Java Engineer
12 17 (2.34%) ServiceNow Developer
13 16 (2.20%) Data Engineer
13 16 (2.20%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 15 (2.06%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 197 (27.10%) SOAP
2 112 (15.41%) React
3 102 (14.03%) RESTful
3 102 (14.03%) Spring
4 101 (13.89%) JSON
5 95 (13.07%) .NET
6 94 (12.93%) Spring Boot
7 84 (11.55%) Kafka
7 84 (11.55%) Web Services
8 73 (10.04%) OAuth
9 68 (9.35%) AngularJS
10 65 (8.94%) CSS
10 65 (8.94%) HTML
11 64 (8.80%) XML
12 61 (8.39%) GraphQL
12 61 (8.39%) Node.js
13 57 (7.84%) Middleware
14 37 (5.09%) OAuth2
15 29 (3.99%) FastAPI
15 29 (3.99%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 91 (12.52%) Cloud Native
2 63 (8.67%) Product Ownership
3 56 (7.70%) Distributed Systems
4 42 (5.78%) CMDB
5 38 (5.23%) Mobile App
6 26 (3.58%) Management Information System
7 25 (3.44%) Legacy Systems
8 22 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
9 19 (2.61%) Data Structures
9 19 (2.61%) Virtual Team
10 17 (2.34%) AI Agents
10 17 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
10 17 (2.34%) Low-Code
10 17 (2.34%) Onboarding
11 15 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (1.79%) Equities
13 12 (1.65%) Security Posture
14 11 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
15 10 (1.38%) Public Cloud
16 9 (1.24%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 32 (4.40%) Linux
2 22 (3.03%) Windows
3 17 (2.34%) Android
4 15 (2.06%) Unix
5 5 (0.69%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.69%) zOS
6 4 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.41%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.14%) CentOS
8 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.14%) VMS
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 316 (43.47%) CI/CD
2 257 (35.35%) Agile
3 235 (32.32%) DevOps
4 183 (25.17%) Microservices
5 155 (21.32%) Problem-Solving
6 117 (16.09%) AI
7 107 (14.72%) Scrum
7 107 (14.72%) Test Automation
8 106 (14.58%) Event-Driven
9 104 (14.31%) Containerisation
9 104 (14.31%) Data Modelling
10 101 (13.89%) Integration Patterns
11 95 (13.07%) Observability
12 90 (12.38%) Software Engineering
13 83 (11.42%) Full-Stack Development
14 80 (11.00%) Analytics
15 76 (10.45%) Workflow
16 73 (10.04%) Roadmaps
17 72 (9.90%) Migration
18 71 (9.77%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 204 (28.06%) Java
2 199 (27.37%) Python
3 184 (25.31%) SQL
4 155 (21.32%) JavaScript
5 132 (18.16%) TypeScript
6 98 (13.48%) C#
7 40 (5.50%) PowerShell
8 29 (3.99%) Kotlin
9 23 (3.16%) Apex Code
10 14 (1.93%) PL/SQL
11 13 (1.79%) Bicep
11 13 (1.79%) Groovy
12 12 (1.65%) T-SQL
13 11 (1.51%) Bash
14 10 (1.38%) SOQL
15 9 (1.24%) Go
16 8 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 8 (1.10%) Shell Script
16 8 (1.10%) SOSL
17 6 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 134 (18.43%) Security Cleared
2 117 (16.09%) SC Cleared
3 50 (6.88%) Degree
4 20 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.06%) DV Cleared
6 14 (1.93%) AWS Certification
6 14 (1.93%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.24%) CISSP
8 9 (1.24%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.10%) 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 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.28%) CCIE
14 2 (0.28%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (8.80%) QA
2 33 (4.54%) Data Quality
3 28 (3.85%) Accessibility
4 26 (3.58%) GDPR
5 14 (1.93%) GRC
6 13 (1.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 11 (1.51%) HIPAA
8 10 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (1.38%) PCI DSS
9 9 (1.24%) WCAG
10 7 (0.96%) SLA
11 4 (0.55%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.55%) SEPA
12 3 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.41%) NIST
12 3 (0.41%) PMO
13 2 (0.28%) Basel III
13 2 (0.28%) HL7
13 2 (0.28%) ISO 8583
14 1 (0.14%) 21 CFR Part 11
System Software
1 117 (16.09%) Docker
2 19 (2.61%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.41%) Postfix
6 2 (0.28%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.14%) Ceph
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 NSX
7 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 126 (17.33%) Kubernetes
2 65 (8.94%) Terraform
3 27 (3.71%) Grafana
4 24 (3.30%) Ansible
5 12 (1.65%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.55%) Control-M
8 2 (0.28%) Amdocs OSS
8 2 (0.28%) Avamar
8 2 (0.28%) EMC VPLEX
8 2 (0.28%) Kibana
8 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.28%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.14%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.14%) Istio
9 1 (0.14%) linkerd
9 1 (0.14%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.14%) Puppet
9 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 105 (14.44%) Oracle
2 100 (13.76%) Microsoft
3 84 (11.55%) ServiceNow
4 59 (8.12%) Salesforce
5 31 (4.26%) Google
6 28 (3.85%) SAP
7 24 (3.30%) Splunk
8 23 (3.16%) MuleSoft
9 19 (2.61%) Workday
10 16 (2.20%) OpenAI
11 15 (2.06%) IBM
12 12 (1.65%) Databricks
12 12 (1.65%) Dynatrace
13 9 (1.24%) Atlassian
13 9 (1.24%) CyberArk
14 8 (1.10%) Cisco
14 8 (1.10%) OutSystems
15 7 (0.96%) Foundry
15 7 (0.96%) OpenText
16 6 (0.83%) Pega