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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 96 98
Rank change year-on-year +28 +2 +7
Contract jobs citing REST 751 399 443
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.78% 2.94% 2.58%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.63% 11.30% 9.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 480 287 309
10th Percentile £400 £360 £400
25th Percentile £437 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £636 £663 £638
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
England median daily rate £520 £496 £513
% change year-on-year +4.84% -3.22% -6.82%
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 4,517 3,530 4,633
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.71% 26.03% 26.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,990 2,453 3,379
10th Percentile £392 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £430 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £671 £700 £725
90th Percentile £788 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 24 26
10th Percentile £24.30 £31.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.25 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.50 £48.22 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.86% +20.55% -40.74%
75th Percentile £73.00 £62.81 £58.76
90th Percentile £92.50 £81.88 £71.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £58.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% +3.45% -8.66%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 +10 94 £550 - 31
South London -5 15 £556 -10.57% 4
East London +4 5 £416 -37.48% 12
West London -16 5 £426 -22.50% 3
North London - 1 - - 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 25 (3.33%) Confluence
2 23 (3.06%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.00%) Apache
3 15 (2.00%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.60%) Camunda
5 10 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (1.33%) Ethereum
5 10 (1.33%) Hyperledger
6 8 (1.07%) Anypoint
6 8 (1.07%) IIS
7 7 (0.93%) Mule
8 6 (0.80%) Appian
8 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (0.67%) CICS
9 5 (0.67%) WebSphere
10 4 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.40%) Cloud Foundry
11 3 (0.40%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.40%) WordPress
12 2 (0.27%) Drupal
Applications
1 3 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.40%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.27%) Trello
3 1 (0.13%) Maya
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.33%) NetSuite
2 9 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.07%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.93%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.67%) R3 Corda
6 5 (0.67%) Shopify
7 4 (0.53%) Elite 3E
7 4 (0.53%) Quorum
7 4 (0.53%) Ripple
8 3 (0.40%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
9 2 (0.27%) Fidessa
9 2 (0.27%) Infor LN
9 2 (0.27%) Magento
9 2 (0.27%) Oracle Retail
9 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 270 (35.95%) Azure
2 226 (30.09%) AWS
3 113 (15.05%) GitHub
4 84 (11.19%) GCP
5 83 (11.05%) Azure DevOps
6 72 (9.59%) GitHub Actions
7 60 (7.99%) Serverless
8 49 (6.52%) Entra ID
9 40 (5.33%) Power Platform
10 36 (4.79%) SaaS
11 35 (4.66%) Amazon S3
12 30 (3.99%) Amazon SQS
13 29 (3.86%) AWS Lambda
14 24 (3.20%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 23 (3.06%) Amazon EKS
15 23 (3.06%) OCI
15 23 (3.06%) PaaS
16 22 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
17 21 (2.80%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 20 (2.66%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.33%) HTTP
2 7 (0.93%) HTTPS
3 6 (0.80%) FTP
4 5 (0.67%) BGP
4 5 (0.67%) Network Security
5 4 (0.53%) DNS
5 4 (0.53%) Firewall
5 4 (0.53%) MPLS
5 4 (0.53%) OSPF
5 4 (0.53%) WAN
6 3 (0.40%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (0.40%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.40%) SSL
6 3 (0.40%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.27%) NaaS
7 2 (0.27%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.27%) SNMP
7 2 (0.27%) SSH
7 2 (0.27%) VLAN
7 2 (0.27%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (12.52%) PostgreSQL
2 88 (11.72%) Relational Database
3 78 (10.39%) SQL Server
4 38 (5.06%) NoSQL
5 32 (4.26%) MongoDB
6 26 (3.46%) Power BI
7 21 (2.80%) Redis
8 19 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
9 17 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
9 17 (2.26%) MySQL
10 15 (2.00%) Big Data
11 14 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
11 14 (1.86%) Metadata
12 12 (1.60%) Elasticsearch
13 11 (1.46%) BigQuery
14 10 (1.33%) DynamoDB
14 10 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 9 (1.20%) Data Lake
15 9 (1.20%) Pinecone
16 7 (0.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 116 (15.45%) Git
2 63 (8.39%) Jenkins
3 54 (7.19%) JIRA
4 40 (5.33%) GitLab
4 40 (5.33%) JUnit
5 24 (3.20%) Cypress.io
6 20 (2.66%) Postman
7 18 (2.40%) Selenium
8 17 (2.26%) Cucumber
8 17 (2.26%) Gradle
8 17 (2.26%) Maven
9 16 (2.13%) REST Assured
10 14 (1.86%) Mockito
11 10 (1.33%) CircleCI
11 10 (1.33%) Eclipse
11 10 (1.33%) JMeter
12 9 (1.20%) Ant
13 8 (1.07%) Visual Studio Code
14 7 (0.93%) Storybook
14 7 (0.93%) Vite
General
1 208 (27.70%) Finance
2 176 (23.44%) Social Skills
3 101 (13.45%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (9.05%) Banking
5 63 (8.39%) Public Sector
6 36 (4.79%) Retail
7 30 (3.99%) Telecoms
8 17 (2.26%) Marketing
8 17 (2.26%) Publishing
9 15 (2.00%) Investment Banking
10 11 (1.46%) Front Office
11 10 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.33%) Financial Institution
11 10 (1.33%) Legal
12 9 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (0.93%) Billing
13 7 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (0.80%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.53%) Automotive
15 4 (0.53%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 305 (40.61%) Developer
2 130 (17.31%) Architect
3 114 (15.18%) Senior
4 57 (7.59%) Senior Developer
5 54 (7.19%) Java Developer
6 48 (6.39%) Full-Stack Developer
7 42 (5.59%) Solutions Architect
8 37 (4.93%) Software Engineer
9 36 (4.79%) Lead
10 35 (4.66%) Python Developer
11 28 (3.73%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 27 (3.60%) React Developer
13 24 (3.20%) ServiceNow Architect
14 21 (2.80%) Consultant
15 20 (2.66%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 19 (2.53%) .NET Developer
17 18 (2.40%) C# Developer
17 18 (2.40%) Java Engineer
18 17 (2.26%) Cloud Engineer
18 17 (2.26%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (27.30%) SOAP
2 115 (15.31%) React
3 110 (14.65%) RESTful
4 107 (14.25%) .NET
5 105 (13.98%) Spring
6 102 (13.58%) JSON
7 96 (12.78%) Spring Boot
8 87 (11.58%) Kafka
9 86 (11.45%) Web Services
10 74 (9.85%) OAuth
11 71 (9.45%) AngularJS
12 70 (9.32%) CSS
13 68 (9.05%) HTML
13 68 (9.05%) XML
14 61 (8.12%) GraphQL
14 61 (8.12%) Node.js
15 59 (7.86%) Middleware
16 40 (5.33%) OAuth2
17 32 (4.26%) FastAPI
18 29 (3.86%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 99 (13.18%) Cloud Native
2 63 (8.39%) Distributed Systems
3 61 (8.12%) Product Ownership
4 49 (6.52%) CMDB
5 40 (5.33%) Mobile App
6 28 (3.73%) Management Information System
7 27 (3.60%) Legacy Systems
8 25 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
9 23 (3.06%) AI Agents
10 21 (2.80%) Data Structures
11 18 (2.40%) Virtual Team
12 17 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
12 17 (2.26%) Low-Code
12 17 (2.26%) Onboarding
13 15 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (1.60%) Equities
14 12 (1.60%) Security Posture
15 11 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
16 10 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
17 9 (1.20%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.39%) Linux
2 21 (2.80%) Windows
3 19 (2.53%) Android
4 16 (2.13%) Unix
5 6 (0.80%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.67%) zOS
7 4 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.40%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.13%) CentOS
9 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.13%) VMS
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (43.81%) CI/CD
2 264 (35.15%) Agile
3 239 (31.82%) DevOps
4 192 (25.57%) Microservices
5 159 (21.17%) Problem-Solving
6 128 (17.04%) AI
7 112 (14.91%) Event-Driven
8 111 (14.78%) Data Modelling
8 111 (14.78%) Test Automation
9 110 (14.65%) Scrum
10 107 (14.25%) Containerisation
11 103 (13.72%) Integration Patterns
12 101 (13.45%) Observability
13 95 (12.65%) Software Engineering
14 91 (12.12%) Full-Stack Development
15 83 (11.05%) Analytics
16 79 (10.52%) Roadmaps
16 79 (10.52%) Workflow
17 75 (9.99%) ITSM
17 75 (9.99%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 209 (27.83%) Java
2 203 (27.03%) Python
3 192 (25.57%) SQL
4 167 (22.24%) JavaScript
5 132 (17.58%) TypeScript
6 108 (14.38%) C#
7 40 (5.33%) PowerShell
8 32 (4.26%) Kotlin
9 23 (3.06%) Apex Code
10 16 (2.13%) Groovy
11 14 (1.86%) PL/SQL
12 13 (1.73%) Bicep
13 12 (1.60%) Bash
13 12 (1.60%) T-SQL
14 10 (1.33%) Go
14 10 (1.33%) Shell Script
14 10 (1.33%) SOQL
15 9 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 8 (1.07%) SOSL
17 6 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 140 (18.64%) Security Cleared
2 122 (16.25%) SC Cleared
3 50 (6.66%) Degree
4 20 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.13%) DV Cleared
6 14 (1.86%) AWS Certification
6 14 (1.86%) Azure Certification
6 14 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.20%) CISSP
7 9 (1.20%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.07%) CISM
9 5 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (0.67%) MBA
9 5 (0.67%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.67%) PMP
10 4 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.27%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (8.92%) QA
2 35 (4.66%) Data Quality
3 28 (3.73%) Accessibility
4 26 (3.46%) GDPR
5 18 (2.40%) GRC
6 13 (1.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 11 (1.46%) HIPAA
8 10 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (1.33%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.93%) WCAG
10 6 (0.80%) SLA
11 4 (0.53%) HL7
11 4 (0.53%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.53%) PMO
11 4 (0.53%) SEPA
12 3 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.40%) NIST
13 2 (0.27%) IEC 62304
13 2 (0.27%) ISO 13485
13 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 123 (16.38%) Docker
2 19 (2.53%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.40%) Postfix
6 2 (0.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.13%) Ceph
7 1 (0.13%) Firmware
7 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.13%) IAG
7 1 (0.13%) RACF
7 1 (0.13%) UAG
7 1 (0.13%) Varnish
7 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 131 (17.44%) Kubernetes
2 67 (8.92%) Terraform
3 27 (3.60%) Grafana
4 24 (3.20%) Ansible
5 14 (1.86%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.53%) Control-M
8 2 (0.27%) Amdocs OSS
8 2 (0.27%) Avamar
8 2 (0.27%) EMC VPLEX
8 2 (0.27%) Kibana
8 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.27%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.13%) Apache Ranger
9 1 (0.13%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.13%) linkerd
9 1 (0.13%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.13%) TrustSec
9 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 108 (14.38%) Oracle
2 107 (14.25%) Microsoft
3 89 (11.85%) ServiceNow
4 61 (8.12%) Salesforce
5 37 (4.93%) Google
6 30 (3.99%) SAP
7 24 (3.20%) Splunk
8 23 (3.06%) MuleSoft
9 19 (2.53%) OpenAI
9 19 (2.53%) Workday
10 17 (2.26%) IBM
11 12 (1.60%) Databricks
11 12 (1.60%) Dynatrace
12 9 (1.20%) Atlassian
12 9 (1.20%) CyberArk
13 8 (1.07%) Cisco
13 8 (1.07%) OutSystems
14 7 (0.93%) Foundry
14 7 (0.93%) OpenText
14 7 (0.93%) TikTok