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 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 95 96
Rank change year-on-year +16 +1 +12
Contract jobs citing REST 685 372 444
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.56% 2.90% 2.54%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.57% 11.05% 9.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 265 318
10th Percentile £389 £377 £400
25th Percentile £430 £413 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% +3.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £647
90th Percentile £750 £725 £788
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
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 4,399 3,366 4,690
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.84% 26.24% 26.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,911 2,346 3,452
10th Percentile £381 £376 £375
25th Percentile £450 £429 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £669 £713 £711
90th Percentile £788 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 21 28
10th Percentile £24.30 - £16.25
25th Percentile £35.00 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.00 £45.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.88% -36.80%
75th Percentile £73.00 £62.50 £61.70
90th Percentile £92.50 £87.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £58.15
% change year-on-year +8.33% +3.18% -10.54%

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 30 June 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 30 June 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 30 June 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 86 £558 +3.67% 29
South London +1 14 £516 +2.89%
East London +2 5 £416 -37.48% 4
West London -20 5 £375 -31.82% 2
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 22 (3.21%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.77%) Confluence
3 13 (1.90%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.75%) Camunda
5 11 (1.61%) Apache
6 10 (1.46%) Ethereum
6 10 (1.46%) Hyperledger
7 8 (1.17%) Appian
7 8 (1.17%) IIS
8 7 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
9 6 (0.88%) Anypoint
9 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.73%) CICS
10 5 (0.73%) Mule
10 5 (0.73%) WebSphere
11 4 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.44%) Cloud Foundry
12 3 (0.44%) WordPress
13 2 (0.29%) Drupal
13 2 (0.29%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.44%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.15%) Maya
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.46%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.88%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.88%) Shopify
4 5 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.73%) R3 Corda
5 4 (0.58%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.58%) Quorum
5 4 (0.58%) Ripple
6 3 (0.44%) Bloomberg AIM
6 3 (0.44%) Distributed Ledger
6 3 (0.44%) Fidessa
7 2 (0.29%) Magento
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle Retail
7 2 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.15%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 247 (36.06%) Azure
2 214 (31.24%) AWS
3 89 (12.99%) GitHub
4 74 (10.80%) Azure DevOps
4 74 (10.80%) GCP
5 65 (9.49%) GitHub Actions
6 62 (9.05%) Serverless
7 42 (6.13%) Entra ID
8 41 (5.99%) Power Platform
9 36 (5.26%) Amazon S3
10 32 (4.67%) SaaS
11 29 (4.23%) AWS Lambda
12 26 (3.80%) Amazon EKS
12 26 (3.80%) OCI
13 25 (3.65%) Amazon SQS
14 23 (3.36%) PaaS
15 22 (3.21%) Azure Functions
15 22 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
15 22 (3.21%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 21 (3.07%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.77%) HTTP
2 8 (1.17%) DNS
3 7 (1.02%) HTTPS
4 6 (0.88%) FTP
5 5 (0.73%) BGP
5 5 (0.73%) Network Security
6 4 (0.58%) Firewall
6 4 (0.58%) MPLS
6 4 (0.58%) OSPF
6 4 (0.58%) SMS
6 4 (0.58%) WAN
7 3 (0.44%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (0.44%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.44%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.29%) Internet
8 2 (0.29%) Intranet
8 2 (0.29%) SNMP
8 2 (0.29%) SSL
8 2 (0.29%) VLAN
8 2 (0.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (12.99%) PostgreSQL
2 86 (12.55%) Relational Database
3 71 (10.36%) SQL Server
4 40 (5.84%) NoSQL
5 30 (4.38%) MongoDB
6 25 (3.65%) Power BI
7 22 (3.21%) Redis
8 21 (3.07%) Amazon RDS
9 18 (2.63%) MySQL
10 17 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
11 14 (2.04%) Big Data
12 13 (1.90%) DynamoDB
13 11 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
13 11 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (1.46%) Amazon Aurora
14 10 (1.46%) Data Lake
14 10 (1.46%) Metadata
14 10 (1.46%) Pinecone
15 9 (1.31%) BigQuery
15 9 (1.31%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 103 (15.04%) Git
2 61 (8.91%) Jenkins
3 46 (6.72%) JIRA
4 40 (5.84%) GitLab
5 38 (5.55%) JUnit
6 22 (3.21%) Postman
7 18 (2.63%) Cypress.io
7 18 (2.63%) Selenium
8 17 (2.48%) Cucumber
8 17 (2.48%) REST Assured
9 16 (2.34%) Maven
10 15 (2.19%) Gradle
10 15 (2.19%) Mockito
11 10 (1.46%) Eclipse
12 9 (1.31%) Ant
12 9 (1.31%) JMeter
13 8 (1.17%) SonarQube
13 8 (1.17%) Visual Studio Code
14 7 (1.02%) CircleCI
15 6 (0.88%) webpack
General
1 182 (26.57%) Finance
2 161 (23.50%) Social Skills
3 86 (12.55%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (8.61%) Banking
5 53 (7.74%) Public Sector
6 31 (4.53%) Retail
7 21 (3.07%) Telecoms
8 20 (2.92%) Marketing
9 15 (2.19%) Publishing
10 14 (2.04%) Investment Banking
11 12 (1.75%) Front Office
12 11 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.46%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.31%) Legal
15 7 (1.02%) Billing
16 6 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 6 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
17 4 (0.58%) Automotive
17 4 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
18 3 (0.44%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 273 (39.85%) Developer
2 116 (16.93%) Architect
3 99 (14.45%) Senior
4 48 (7.01%) Java Developer
5 47 (6.86%) Senior Developer
6 39 (5.69%) Full-Stack Developer
7 36 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
8 34 (4.96%) Software Engineer
9 32 (4.67%) Python Developer
10 30 (4.38%) Lead
11 28 (4.09%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 23 (3.36%) Consultant
13 22 (3.21%) React Developer
14 19 (2.77%) ServiceNow Architect
15 17 (2.48%) Data Engineer
16 16 (2.34%) Cloud Engineer
16 16 (2.34%) Java Engineer
17 15 (2.19%) Backend Developer
17 15 (2.19%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 14 (2.04%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (26.72%) SOAP
2 100 (14.60%) React
2 100 (14.60%) Spring
3 97 (14.16%) RESTful
4 93 (13.58%) Spring Boot
5 91 (13.28%) JSON
6 87 (12.70%) .NET
7 85 (12.41%) Kafka
8 83 (12.12%) Web Services
9 72 (10.51%) OAuth
10 66 (9.64%) AngularJS
11 59 (8.61%) CSS
11 59 (8.61%) HTML
12 58 (8.47%) XML
13 57 (8.32%) GraphQL
13 57 (8.32%) Node.js
14 54 (7.88%) Middleware
15 35 (5.11%) OAuth2
16 29 (4.23%) JWT
17 27 (3.94%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 88 (12.85%) Cloud Native
2 58 (8.47%) Product Ownership
3 55 (8.03%) Distributed Systems
4 35 (5.11%) CMDB
5 32 (4.67%) Mobile App
6 26 (3.80%) Management Information System
7 24 (3.50%) Enterprise Software
8 22 (3.21%) Legacy Systems
9 19 (2.77%) Low-Code
10 18 (2.63%) Virtual Team
11 17 (2.48%) Security Posture
12 16 (2.34%) Data Structures
13 15 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
13 15 (2.19%) Onboarding
14 14 (2.04%) AI Agents
15 13 (1.90%) Equities
15 13 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
16 10 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
16 10 (1.46%) Public Cloud
17 9 (1.31%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.09%) Linux
2 19 (2.77%) Windows
3 14 (2.04%) Unix
4 11 (1.61%) Android
5 5 (0.73%) zOS
6 4 (0.58%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.44%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.15%) CentOS
8 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.15%) VMS
8 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (42.92%) CI/CD
2 234 (34.16%) Agile
3 226 (32.99%) DevOps
4 173 (25.26%) Microservices
5 143 (20.88%) Problem-Solving
6 107 (15.62%) AI
7 104 (15.18%) Integration Patterns
8 103 (15.04%) Event-Driven
9 101 (14.74%) Test Automation
10 100 (14.60%) Data Modelling
11 99 (14.45%) Containerisation
12 98 (14.31%) Scrum
13 93 (13.58%) Observability
14 87 (12.70%) Software Engineering
15 76 (11.09%) Analytics
16 73 (10.66%) Full-Stack Development
16 73 (10.66%) Workflow
17 69 (10.07%) Roadmaps
18 64 (9.34%) Infrastructure as Code
18 64 (9.34%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 200 (29.20%) Python
2 197 (28.76%) Java
3 177 (25.84%) SQL
4 141 (20.58%) JavaScript
5 119 (17.37%) TypeScript
6 91 (13.28%) C#
7 44 (6.42%) PowerShell
8 21 (3.07%) Apex Code
8 21 (3.07%) Kotlin
9 14 (2.04%) Bicep
10 13 (1.90%) PL/SQL
11 12 (1.75%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.46%) Bash
12 10 (1.46%) Groovy
12 10 (1.46%) SOQL
13 8 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 8 (1.17%) SOSL
14 7 (1.02%) Go
14 7 (1.02%) Shell Script
15 6 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 115 (16.79%) Security Cleared
2 99 (14.45%) SC Cleared
3 49 (7.15%) Degree
4 19 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.19%) DV Cleared
6 14 (2.04%) AWS Certification
6 14 (2.04%) Azure Certification
7 9 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.31%) CISSP
8 8 (1.17%) CISM
8 8 (1.17%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.88%) PMI Certification
9 6 (0.88%) PMP
10 5 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (0.73%) MBA
11 4 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.29%) CCIE
13 2 (0.29%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (9.34%) QA
2 36 (5.26%) Data Quality
3 28 (4.09%) GDPR
4 24 (3.50%) Accessibility
5 14 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.04%) PCI DSS
6 13 (1.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 12 (1.75%) GRC
8 11 (1.61%) HIPAA
9 9 (1.31%) WCAG
10 7 (1.02%) NIST
11 6 (0.88%) SLA
12 3 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.44%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.44%) SEPA
13 2 (0.29%) Basel III
13 2 (0.29%) ISO 8583
13 2 (0.29%) PMO
14 1 (0.15%) ITGC
14 1 (0.15%) NCSC
System Software
1 115 (16.79%) Docker
2 23 (3.36%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.44%) Postfix
6 2 (0.29%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (0.15%) Firmware
7 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.15%) IAG
7 1 (0.15%) RACF
7 1 (0.15%) UAG
7 1 (0.15%) Varnish
7 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 122 (17.81%) Kubernetes
2 65 (9.49%) Terraform
3 25 (3.65%) Grafana
4 24 (3.50%) Ansible
5 11 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.31%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.29%) Amdocs OSS
7 2 (0.29%) Avamar
7 2 (0.29%) EMC VPLEX
7 2 (0.29%) Kibana
7 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.29%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.15%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.15%) Control-M
8 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.15%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.15%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.15%) Puppet
8 1 (0.15%) TrustSec
8 1 (0.15%) vRealize
Vendors
1 97 (14.16%) Oracle
2 93 (13.58%) Microsoft
3 78 (11.39%) ServiceNow
4 54 (7.88%) Salesforce
5 26 (3.80%) Google
6 25 (3.65%) SAP
7 21 (3.07%) MuleSoft
8 18 (2.63%) Splunk
8 18 (2.63%) Workday
9 17 (2.48%) OpenAI
10 15 (2.19%) IBM
11 14 (2.04%) CyberArk
12 13 (1.90%) Databricks
12 13 (1.90%) Dynatrace
13 9 (1.31%) Atlassian
13 9 (1.31%) Guidewire
14 8 (1.17%) Cisco
14 8 (1.17%) OutSystems
15 7 (1.02%) OpenText
15 7 (1.02%) UiPath