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 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 119 87
Rank change year-on-year +48 -32 +9
Contract jobs citing REST 621 305 461
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.82% 2.27% 2.50%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.08% 8.65% 10.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 431 167 321
10th Percentile £356 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £688 £644 £750
90th Percentile £830 £775 £850
England median daily rate £516 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile £48.50 - £49.25
25th Percentile £53.50 - £53.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £62.25
75th Percentile £88.75 - £73.69
90th Percentile £95.00 - £85.73
England median hourly rate £70.00 £74.44 £76.53
% change year-on-year -5.96% -2.73% +24.95%

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 4,119 3,524 4,504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.33% 26.28% 24.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,799 2,385 3,387
10th Percentile £363 £383 £385
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -6.12%
75th Percentile £670 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 18 33
10th Percentile £27.00 £34.48 £16.37
25th Percentile £35.00 £38.31 £28.51
Median hourly rate £47.00 £44.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.03% +5.29% -35.01%
75th Percentile £63.00 £64.13 £63.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.83 £74.73
England median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +0.78% +32.39% -25.05%

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 7 March 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 7 March 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 7 March 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 +6 63 £531 -0.70% 56
South London -10 8 £516 +35.66% 4
West London -15 7 £375 -44.44% 10
East London +5 4 £585 -3.70% 15
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 22 (3.54%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.09%) Confluence
3 11 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.45%) Apache
4 9 (1.45%) Appian
4 9 (1.45%) Camunda
4 9 (1.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 8 (1.29%) Jupyter
6 7 (1.13%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.97%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.97%) Hyperledger
8 5 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.64%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.64%) BizTalk Server
9 4 (0.64%) CICS
10 3 (0.48%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.48%) LiveLink
11 2 (0.32%) Drupal
11 2 (0.32%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.64%) Autodesk Inventor
3 2 (0.32%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.32%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.16%) InVision
4 1 (0.16%) Maya
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 23 (3.70%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.64%) Bloomberg AIM
3 4 (0.64%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.32%) Cloudability
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%) Shopify
6 1 (0.16%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.16%) Cerner Millennium
6 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.16%) R3 Corda
6 1 (0.16%) Remedy AR System
6 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.16%) SAP LE
Cloud Services
1 213 (34.30%) Azure
2 180 (28.99%) AWS
3 86 (13.85%) GCP
4 74 (11.92%) GitHub
5 52 (8.37%) Azure DevOps
6 47 (7.57%) GitHub Actions
7 39 (6.28%) Power Platform
7 39 (6.28%) Serverless
8 38 (6.12%) OCI
9 37 (5.96%) IaaS
10 33 (5.31%) PaaS
11 29 (4.67%) Entra ID
12 23 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
13 22 (3.54%) Azure Monitor
14 21 (3.38%) Amazon EKS
14 21 (3.38%) Amazon S3
15 20 (3.22%) Microsoft 365
15 20 (3.22%) Power Automate
16 19 (3.06%) AWS Lambda
17 18 (2.90%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.09%) HTTP
2 8 (1.29%) SMS
3 6 (0.97%) DNS
3 6 (0.97%) SSL
4 4 (0.64%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.48%) Firewall
6 2 (0.32%) SAN
6 2 (0.32%) SNMP
6 2 (0.32%) VPN
7 1 (0.16%) BGP
7 1 (0.16%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.16%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.16%) Modbus
7 1 (0.16%) NaaS
7 1 (0.16%) SMTP
7 1 (0.16%) SSH
7 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.16%) VLAN
7 1 (0.16%) VXLAN
7 1 (0.16%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (7.25%) SQL Server
2 41 (6.60%) PostgreSQL
3 38 (6.12%) NoSQL
4 36 (5.80%) Relational Database
5 25 (4.03%) MongoDB
6 20 (3.22%) MySQL
7 19 (3.06%) Power BI
8 13 (2.09%) Apache Cassandra
9 12 (1.93%) Redis
10 11 (1.77%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 11 (1.77%) Oracle Reports
10 11 (1.77%) Pinecone
10 11 (1.77%) RDBMS
11 10 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (1.61%) Data Lake
11 10 (1.61%) DynamoDB
12 9 (1.45%) Amazon Aurora
12 9 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
13 8 (1.29%) DocumentDB
13 8 (1.29%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 92 (14.81%) Git
2 47 (7.57%) JIRA
3 44 (7.09%) Jenkins
4 36 (5.80%) JUnit
5 32 (5.15%) Postman
6 28 (4.51%) GitLab
7 26 (4.19%) Cucumber
8 20 (3.22%) Selenium
9 19 (3.06%) Mockito
10 17 (2.74%) REST Assured
11 14 (2.25%) Cypress.io
11 14 (2.25%) Maven
12 11 (1.77%) SoapUI
13 10 (1.61%) MLflow
14 9 (1.45%) Bitbucket
14 9 (1.45%) JMeter
15 8 (1.29%) SonarQube
16 7 (1.13%) Gatling
17 6 (0.97%) Gradle
18 5 (0.81%) SpecFlow
General
1 203 (32.69%) Social Skills
2 143 (23.03%) Finance
3 95 (15.30%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (9.18%) Public Sector
5 55 (8.86%) Banking
6 25 (4.03%) Front Office
7 17 (2.74%) Marketing
8 14 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (2.25%) Financial Institution
8 14 (2.25%) Telecoms
9 13 (2.09%) Retail
10 10 (1.61%) Billing
10 10 (1.61%) Investment Banking
11 7 (1.13%) Military
12 6 (0.97%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.81%) Law
14 4 (0.64%) Back Office
14 4 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.64%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 237 (38.16%) Developer
2 124 (19.97%) Architect
3 65 (10.47%) Senior
4 37 (5.96%) Java Developer
5 34 (5.48%) CyberArk Architect
6 33 (5.31%) Senior Developer
7 28 (4.51%) Lead
7 28 (4.51%) Python Developer
8 25 (4.03%) Analyst
8 25 (4.03%) Business Analyst
9 23 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
10 22 (3.54%) Consultant
11 20 (3.22%) Full-Stack Developer
12 18 (2.90%) C# Developer
13 17 (2.74%) Software Engineer
14 16 (2.58%) Cloud Specialist
14 16 (2.58%) Integration Specialist
15 15 (2.42%) ServiceNow Developer
16 14 (2.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 14 (2.25%) Oracle Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 189 (30.43%) SOAP
2 119 (19.16%) JSON
3 93 (14.98%) Web Services
4 75 (12.08%) Spring
5 74 (11.92%) React
6 73 (11.76%) RESTful
7 72 (11.59%) Kafka
8 71 (11.43%) Spring Boot
9 67 (10.79%) AngularJS
10 64 (10.31%) HTML
11 63 (10.14%) CSS
12 58 (9.34%) XML
13 54 (8.70%) .NET
14 52 (8.37%) OAuth
15 42 (6.76%) Middleware
16 37 (5.96%) GraphQL
16 37 (5.96%) Oracle Fusion
17 36 (5.80%) LDAP
18 32 (5.15%) Node.js
18 32 (5.15%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 43 (6.92%) Cloud Native
1 43 (6.92%) Enterprise Software
2 36 (5.80%) Security Posture
3 35 (5.64%) Product Ownership
4 31 (4.99%) Self-Motivation
5 29 (4.67%) CMDB
6 27 (4.35%) PKI
7 23 (3.70%) Equities
8 22 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
9 20 (3.22%) Public Cloud
10 19 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
11 18 (2.90%) Mobile App
12 14 (2.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 14 (2.25%) Onboarding
13 13 (2.09%) Fixed Income
13 13 (2.09%) Hedge funds
13 13 (2.09%) Management Information System
14 12 (1.93%) Algorithms
15 11 (1.77%) Low-Code
15 11 (1.77%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 48 (7.73%) Linux
2 20 (3.22%) Windows
3 15 (2.42%) Unix
4 6 (0.97%) zOS
5 5 (0.81%) Android
5 5 (0.81%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.32%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.16%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (34.14%) Agile
2 185 (29.79%) CI/CD
3 170 (27.38%) DevOps
4 157 (25.28%) Problem-Solving
5 134 (21.58%) Microservices
6 92 (14.81%) Integration Patterns
7 83 (13.37%) Test Automation
8 76 (12.24%) ITSM
9 74 (11.92%) Technical Leadership
10 73 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 69 (11.11%) Observability
12 66 (10.63%) Analytics
13 65 (10.47%) Data Modelling
13 65 (10.47%) Event-Driven
14 64 (10.31%) API Integration
15 62 (9.98%) Scrum
16 58 (9.34%) AI
16 58 (9.34%) ERP
17 57 (9.18%) Containerisation
17 57 (9.18%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 166 (26.73%) Python
2 151 (24.32%) SQL
3 149 (23.99%) Java
4 111 (17.87%) JavaScript
5 91 (14.65%) PowerShell
6 80 (12.88%) TypeScript
7 72 (11.59%) C#
8 16 (2.58%) Apex Code
9 13 (2.09%) Kotlin
10 11 (1.77%) Kusto Query Language
11 10 (1.61%) VBA
12 9 (1.45%) PL/SQL
13 8 (1.29%) Groovy
14 7 (1.13%) Bicep
14 7 (1.13%) Go
14 7 (1.13%) PHP
15 5 (0.81%) Korn
15 5 (0.81%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.64%) Bash
16 4 (0.64%) XPath
Qualifications
1 161 (25.93%) Security Cleared
2 147 (23.67%) SC Cleared
3 29 (4.67%) Degree
4 19 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.61%) Azure Certification
6 8 (1.29%) ISTQB
6 8 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (0.81%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.48%) CISSP
10 2 (0.32%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.32%) CESG Certified Professional
10 2 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.32%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.32%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.32%) PMP
11 1 (0.16%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.16%) OSCP
11 1 (0.16%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (12.08%) QA
2 24 (3.86%) GDPR
3 23 (3.70%) Data Quality
4 20 (3.22%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.93%) WCAG
6 11 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.29%) NIST
8 7 (1.13%) PCI DSS
8 7 (1.13%) SLA
9 3 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.48%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.32%) GRC
10 2 (0.32%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.32%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.32%) NCSC
10 2 (0.32%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.32%) SEPA
11 1 (0.16%) FISMA
System Software
1 91 (14.65%) Docker
2 51 (8.21%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.32%) Job Entry Subsystem
4 1 (0.16%) Firmware
4 1 (0.16%) HDFS
4 1 (0.16%) IAG
4 1 (0.16%) NFS
4 1 (0.16%) Postfix
4 1 (0.16%) Veritas File System
4 1 (0.16%) Veritas Volume Manager
4 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 86 (13.85%) Kubernetes
2 42 (6.76%) Terraform
3 22 (3.54%) Grafana
4 13 (2.09%) Ansible
5 9 (1.45%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.81%) logstash
8 4 (0.64%) Pingdom
9 3 (0.48%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (0.48%) Kibana
9 3 (0.48%) QRadar
10 2 (0.32%) Control-M
10 2 (0.32%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.32%) Fluentd
10 2 (0.32%) Istio
10 2 (0.32%) Puppet
10 2 (0.32%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 1 (0.16%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.16%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 74 (11.92%) Oracle
2 61 (9.82%) Microsoft
2 61 (9.82%) ServiceNow
3 42 (6.76%) CyberArk
4 35 (5.64%) BeyondTrust
5 34 (5.48%) Centrify
6 25 (4.03%) Salesforce
7 22 (3.54%) OpenAI
8 21 (3.38%) Splunk
9 16 (2.58%) Google
10 13 (2.09%) SAP
11 12 (1.93%) Guidewire
12 11 (1.77%) MuleSoft
13 10 (1.61%) Adobe
14 9 (1.45%) Dynatrace
15 8 (1.29%) Automation Anywhere
15 8 (1.29%) IBM
15 8 (1.29%) UiPath
16 7 (1.13%) Bloomberg
17 6 (0.97%) AppDynamics