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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 115 101
Rank change year-on-year +37 -14 +2
Contract jobs citing REST 621 305 418
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.46% 2.44% 2.39%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.96% 9.35% 9.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 406 203 303
10th Percentile £363 £381 £406
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £650 £659 £650
90th Percentile £750 £725 £825
England median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.90% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £69.00 - -
25th Percentile £75.00 - -
Median hourly rate £90.00 - £67.00
75th Percentile £95.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £74.44
% change year-on-year +40.00% -32.83% +29.46%

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 4,151 3,262 4,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.13% 26.07% 25.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,758 2,285 3,356
10th Percentile £363 £385 £375
25th Percentile £435 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £568 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.17% -1.22% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £725 £700
90th Percentile £775 £838 £825
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 16 24
10th Percentile £23.00 - £16.25
25th Percentile £28.00 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £37.50 £48.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.68% +21.25% -41.82%
75th Percentile £59.99 £65.63 £63.13
90th Percentile £95.00 £81.25 £72.60
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 0 66 £538 +2.38% 50
South London -4 13 £516 +35.66% 1
East London -4 6 £432 -35.04% 11
West London -24 6 £375 -32.31% 7
North London - 3 - -
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 17 (2.74%) Confluence
2 16 (2.58%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.93%) Camunda
4 10 (1.61%) Apache
5 9 (1.45%) Appian
6 8 (1.29%) Apache Spark
7 7 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.97%) Ethereum
8 6 (0.97%) Hyperledger
9 5 (0.81%) CICS
10 4 (0.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.64%) BizTalk Server
10 4 (0.64%) IIS
10 4 (0.64%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.48%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.48%) WordPress
12 2 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
12 2 (0.32%) Drupal
12 2 (0.32%) Mule
12 2 (0.32%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.48%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.16%) Maya
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (2.25%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.64%) Bloomberg AIM
3 4 (0.64%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.48%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.48%) Shopify
5 2 (0.32%) Magento
5 2 (0.32%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payroll
6 1 (0.16%) Remedy AR System
6 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP CS
6 1 (0.16%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.16%) SAP LE
6 1 (0.16%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.16%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 220 (35.43%) Azure
2 199 (32.05%) AWS
3 86 (13.85%) GCP
4 67 (10.79%) GitHub
5 50 (8.05%) Serverless
6 49 (7.89%) Azure DevOps
6 49 (7.89%) GitHub Actions
7 43 (6.92%) Power Platform
8 33 (5.31%) OCI
9 29 (4.67%) Entra ID
9 29 (4.67%) PaaS
10 27 (4.35%) Amazon S3
11 22 (3.54%) SaaS
12 21 (3.38%) Amazon EKS
12 21 (3.38%) AWS Lambda
12 21 (3.38%) Azure Service Bus
13 20 (3.22%) Microsoft 365
13 20 (3.22%) Power Automate
14 19 (3.06%) Azure Data Factory
14 19 (3.06%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.90%) HTTP
2 9 (1.45%) SMS
3 7 (1.13%) DNS
4 5 (0.81%) FTP
5 4 (0.64%) BGP
5 4 (0.64%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.48%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (0.48%) MPLS
6 3 (0.48%) OSPF
6 3 (0.48%) SNMP
6 3 (0.48%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.48%) SSL
7 2 (0.32%) Firewall
7 2 (0.32%) IPFIX
7 2 (0.32%) NaaS
7 2 (0.32%) WAN
8 1 (0.16%) DHCP
8 1 (0.16%) SMTP
8 1 (0.16%) SSH
8 1 (0.16%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (11.92%) Relational Database
2 59 (9.50%) PostgreSQL
3 55 (8.86%) SQL Server
4 36 (5.80%) NoSQL
5 25 (4.03%) MongoDB
6 22 (3.54%) Power BI
7 14 (2.25%) MySQL
8 12 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
8 12 (1.93%) Pinecone
8 12 (1.93%) RDBMS
8 12 (1.93%) Redis
9 11 (1.77%) Data Lake
9 11 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (1.77%) DynamoDB
10 10 (1.61%) Amazon Aurora
10 10 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (1.45%) Metadata
12 7 (1.13%) Apache Cassandra
12 7 (1.13%) DocumentDB
13 6 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 77 (12.40%) Git
2 39 (6.28%) Jenkins
2 39 (6.28%) JIRA
3 30 (4.83%) Postman
4 29 (4.67%) GitLab
5 27 (4.35%) JUnit
6 19 (3.06%) Selenium
7 17 (2.74%) Cucumber
7 17 (2.74%) REST Assured
8 15 (2.42%) Cypress.io
9 11 (1.77%) Mockito
10 9 (1.45%) JMeter
10 9 (1.45%) Maven
10 9 (1.45%) SoapUI
11 8 (1.29%) MLflow
11 8 (1.29%) SonarQube
12 7 (1.13%) Gradle
13 5 (0.81%) MSTest
13 5 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
13 5 (0.81%) WebDriver
General
1 177 (28.50%) Social Skills
2 147 (23.67%) Finance
3 63 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (7.73%) Public Sector
5 40 (6.44%) Banking
6 18 (2.90%) Marketing
7 17 (2.74%) Front Office
8 16 (2.58%) Telecoms
9 14 (2.25%) Publishing
9 14 (2.25%) Retail
10 10 (1.61%) Billing
10 10 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (1.61%) Financial Institution
11 8 (1.29%) Investment Banking
11 8 (1.29%) Legal
12 5 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.64%) Automotive
13 4 (0.64%) Military
13 4 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 235 (37.84%) Developer
2 117 (18.84%) Architect
3 71 (11.43%) Senior
4 37 (5.96%) Java Developer
5 35 (5.64%) CyberArk Architect
6 29 (4.67%) Senior Developer
7 28 (4.51%) Full-Stack Developer
7 28 (4.51%) Lead
7 28 (4.51%) Python Developer
7 28 (4.51%) Software Engineer
7 28 (4.51%) Solutions Architect
8 20 (3.22%) Consultant
9 18 (2.90%) C# Developer
10 17 (2.74%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 15 (2.42%) React Developer
12 13 (2.09%) Automation Engineer
12 13 (2.09%) Cloud Specialist
12 13 (2.09%) Data Engineer
12 13 (2.09%) Integration Specialist
12 13 (2.09%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (30.11%) SOAP
2 85 (13.69%) Kafka
3 82 (13.20%) RESTful
3 82 (13.20%) Web Services
4 81 (13.04%) Spring
5 78 (12.56%) React
6 77 (12.40%) JSON
7 75 (12.08%) Spring Boot
8 64 (10.31%) .NET
8 64 (10.31%) AngularJS
9 62 (9.98%) HTML
10 60 (9.66%) CSS
11 56 (9.02%) OAuth
12 48 (7.73%) GraphQL
13 44 (7.09%) Middleware
13 44 (7.09%) XML
14 42 (6.76%) Node.js
15 41 (6.60%) LDAP
16 30 (4.83%) Pandas
17 27 (4.35%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.89%) Cloud Native
2 45 (7.25%) Enterprise Software
3 44 (7.09%) Product Ownership
4 42 (6.76%) Security Posture
5 34 (5.48%) Distributed Systems
6 28 (4.51%) CMDB
7 25 (4.03%) Management Information System
8 20 (3.22%) Mobile App
9 19 (3.06%) Equities
9 19 (3.06%) Public Cloud
10 17 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
11 16 (2.58%) Low-Code
12 15 (2.42%) Data Structures
13 13 (2.09%) Data Protection Act
14 12 (1.93%) Onboarding
15 11 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
15 11 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
16 10 (1.61%) Hedge funds
17 9 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
17 9 (1.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (4.67%) Linux
2 18 (2.90%) Windows
3 10 (1.61%) Unix
4 8 (1.29%) Android
5 6 (0.97%) zOS
6 3 (0.48%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.32%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (34.78%) CI/CD
2 186 (29.95%) DevOps
3 184 (29.63%) Agile
4 142 (22.87%) Problem-Solving
5 126 (20.29%) Microservices
6 113 (18.20%) Integration Patterns
7 94 (15.14%) Test Automation
8 90 (14.49%) Data Modelling
9 86 (13.85%) Observability
10 81 (13.04%) Containerisation
11 79 (12.72%) Event-Driven
12 78 (12.56%) Technical Leadership
13 76 (12.24%) ITSM
14 72 (11.59%) AI
15 63 (10.14%) Scrum
15 63 (10.14%) Software Engineering
16 62 (9.98%) Analytics
17 60 (9.66%) Validation
18 59 (9.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 58 (9.34%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 181 (29.15%) Python
2 157 (25.28%) SQL
3 155 (24.96%) Java
4 121 (19.48%) JavaScript
5 88 (14.17%) TypeScript
6 82 (13.20%) C#
7 60 (9.66%) PowerShell
8 15 (2.42%) Kotlin
9 14 (2.25%) Apex Code
10 10 (1.61%) PL/SQL
11 9 (1.45%) Bicep
12 8 (1.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (1.13%) Kusto Query Language
13 7 (1.13%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.97%) Bash
14 6 (0.97%) SOQL
15 5 (0.81%) Go
15 5 (0.81%) Groovy
15 5 (0.81%) PHP
15 5 (0.81%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 133 (21.42%) Security Cleared
2 120 (19.32%) SC Cleared
3 37 (5.96%) Degree
4 19 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.29%) AWS Certification
5 8 (1.29%) Azure Certification
5 8 (1.29%) DV Cleared
5 8 (1.29%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.13%) CISSP
7 6 (0.97%) CISM
8 5 (0.81%) MBA
8 5 (0.81%) PMI Certification
8 5 (0.81%) PMP
9 4 (0.64%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.16%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (9.02%) QA
2 31 (4.99%) Data Quality
3 27 (4.35%) GDPR
4 14 (2.25%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 10 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.45%) HIPAA
7 9 (1.45%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.45%) WCAG
8 7 (1.13%) SLA
9 6 (0.97%) GRC
9 6 (0.97%) NIST
10 3 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.32%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.32%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.32%) PMO
11 2 (0.32%) SEPA
12 1 (0.16%) Basel III
12 1 (0.16%) HL7
12 1 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 95 (15.30%) Docker
2 45 (7.25%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.32%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 2 (0.32%) Postfix
5 1 (0.16%) Firmware
5 1 (0.16%) IAG
5 1 (0.16%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 1 (0.16%) RACF
5 1 (0.16%) UAG
5 1 (0.16%) Varnish
5 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 98 (15.78%) Kubernetes
2 49 (7.89%) Terraform
3 24 (3.86%) Grafana
4 15 (2.42%) Ansible
5 10 (1.61%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.64%) Pingdom
8 2 (0.32%) Amdocs OSS
8 2 (0.32%) Avamar
8 2 (0.32%) EMC VPLEX
8 2 (0.32%) Istio
8 2 (0.32%) Puppet
9 1 (0.16%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.16%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.16%) Kibana
9 1 (0.16%) linkerd
9 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.16%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.16%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 80 (12.88%) Oracle
2 74 (11.92%) ServiceNow
3 64 (10.31%) Microsoft
4 38 (6.12%) CyberArk
5 34 (5.48%) BeyondTrust
5 34 (5.48%) Centrify
6 32 (5.15%) Salesforce
7 20 (3.22%) SAP
8 17 (2.74%) Workday
9 14 (2.25%) OpenAI
9 14 (2.25%) Splunk
10 13 (2.09%) Google
10 13 (2.09%) Guidewire
11 12 (1.93%) Databricks
12 11 (1.77%) Adobe
12 11 (1.77%) Dynatrace
12 11 (1.77%) MuleSoft
13 9 (1.45%) IBM
13 9 (1.45%) UiPath
14 8 (1.29%) Automation Anywhere