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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 97 98
Rank change year-on-year +26 +1 +6
Contract jobs citing REST 685 344 444
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.68% 2.81% 2.51%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.00% 10.59% 9.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 453 241 317
10th Percentile £375 £380 £400
25th Percentile £425 £413 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% - -11.76%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £725 £793
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £48.20 - -
25th Percentile £59.00 - -
Median hourly rate £80.00 - £67.00
75th Percentile £95.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £52.50 £72.00
% change year-on-year +33.33% -27.08% +30.91%

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 4,281 3,248 4,668
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.98% 26.53% 26.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,839 2,280 3,455
10th Percentile £375 £385 £375
25th Percentile £447 £435 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £556 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.08% -3.30% -4.17%
75th Percentile £672 £713 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £838
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 18 29
10th Percentile £22.82 £32.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £30.27 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £39.75 £43.66 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.95% +2.72% -35.61%
75th Percentile £63.44 £64.38 £62.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £87.88 £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.97
% change year-on-year +4.00% +27.64% -24.67%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 +1 77 £553 +5.24% 42
South London -5 14 £516 +2.89%
East London +1 6 £432 -35.04% 6
West London -24 6 £375 -32.31% 3
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 18 (2.63%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.34%) Confluence
3 12 (1.75%) Camunda
4 10 (1.46%) Apache
4 10 (1.46%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.46%) Ethereum
4 10 (1.46%) Hyperledger
5 9 (1.31%) Appian
6 6 (0.88%) IIS
7 5 (0.73%) CICS
7 5 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.58%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.58%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.58%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.44%) Cloud Foundry
9 3 (0.44%) Mule
9 3 (0.44%) WordPress
10 2 (0.29%) Drupal
Applications
1 3 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.44%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.15%) Maya
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (2.19%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.88%) Shopify
4 5 (0.73%) R3 Corda
5 4 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
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
6 3 (0.44%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.29%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.29%) Magento
7 2 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.15%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle FAH
8 1 (0.15%) SAP GTS
8 1 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 255 (37.23%) Azure
2 230 (33.58%) AWS
3 93 (13.58%) GCP
4 82 (11.97%) GitHub
5 62 (9.05%) Azure DevOps
5 62 (9.05%) GitHub Actions
6 58 (8.47%) Serverless
7 46 (6.72%) Power Platform
8 35 (5.11%) Amazon S3
9 34 (4.96%) Entra ID
10 32 (4.67%) OCI
11 28 (4.09%) AWS Lambda
12 27 (3.94%) PaaS
13 25 (3.65%) SaaS
14 24 (3.50%) Amazon EKS
15 22 (3.21%) Amazon SQS
16 20 (2.92%) Azure Functions
16 20 (2.92%) Azure Service Bus
16 20 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
16 20 (2.92%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.63%) HTTP
2 9 (1.31%) SMS
3 7 (1.02%) DNS
4 5 (0.73%) BGP
4 5 (0.73%) FTP
4 5 (0.73%) HTTPS
5 4 (0.58%) MPLS
5 4 (0.58%) Network Security
5 4 (0.58%) OSPF
5 4 (0.58%) WAN
6 3 (0.44%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (0.44%) Firewall
6 3 (0.44%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (0.29%) NaaS
7 2 (0.29%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.29%) SNMP
7 2 (0.29%) SSL
7 2 (0.29%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.29%) VLAN
8 1 (0.15%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (11.82%) Relational Database
2 73 (10.66%) PostgreSQL
3 66 (9.64%) SQL Server
4 36 (5.26%) NoSQL
5 26 (3.80%) MongoDB
6 25 (3.65%) Power BI
7 20 (2.92%) Amazon RDS
8 15 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (2.19%) MySQL
8 15 (2.19%) Redis
9 14 (2.04%) DynamoDB
10 13 (1.90%) Data Lake
11 12 (1.75%) Pinecone
11 12 (1.75%) RDBMS
12 11 (1.61%) Big Data
12 11 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (1.46%) Amazon Aurora
14 9 (1.31%) Metadata
14 9 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 7 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 92 (13.43%) Git
2 54 (7.88%) Jenkins
3 39 (5.69%) JIRA
4 37 (5.40%) GitLab
5 32 (4.67%) JUnit
6 28 (4.09%) Postman
7 18 (2.63%) Cypress.io
8 17 (2.48%) Cucumber
8 17 (2.48%) Selenium
9 16 (2.34%) REST Assured
10 13 (1.90%) Gradle
10 13 (1.90%) Maven
10 13 (1.90%) Mockito
11 9 (1.31%) SoapUI
11 9 (1.31%) SonarQube
12 8 (1.17%) JMeter
12 8 (1.17%) MLflow
13 7 (1.02%) Ant
13 7 (1.02%) CircleCI
13 7 (1.02%) Eclipse
General
1 186 (27.15%) Social Skills
2 166 (24.23%) Finance
3 76 (11.09%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (7.45%) Banking
5 45 (6.57%) Public Sector
6 24 (3.50%) Marketing
7 22 (3.21%) Telecoms
8 21 (3.07%) Retail
9 15 (2.19%) Publishing
10 13 (1.90%) Front Office
11 11 (1.61%) Financial Institution
11 11 (1.61%) Investment Banking
12 10 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.31%) Billing
14 8 (1.17%) Legal
15 5 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (0.73%) Military
15 5 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.58%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 262 (38.25%) Developer
2 128 (18.69%) Architect
3 90 (13.14%) Senior
4 42 (6.13%) Java Developer
5 41 (5.99%) Senior Developer
6 35 (5.11%) CyberArk Architect
7 33 (4.82%) Full-Stack Developer
8 32 (4.67%) Solutions Architect
9 31 (4.53%) Lead
10 30 (4.38%) Python Developer
10 30 (4.38%) Software Engineer
11 26 (3.80%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 25 (3.65%) Consultant
13 21 (3.07%) React Developer
14 19 (2.77%) ServiceNow Architect
15 17 (2.48%) C# Developer
15 17 (2.48%) Data Engineer
15 17 (2.48%) Java Engineer
16 16 (2.34%) Automation Engineer
17 14 (2.04%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 199 (29.05%) SOAP
2 95 (13.87%) RESTful
2 95 (13.87%) Spring
3 90 (13.14%) JSON
4 89 (12.99%) React
5 88 (12.85%) Spring Boot
6 87 (12.70%) Kafka
6 87 (12.70%) Web Services
7 78 (11.39%) .NET
8 69 (10.07%) OAuth
9 66 (9.64%) AngularJS
10 62 (9.05%) CSS
11 61 (8.91%) HTML
12 54 (7.88%) XML
13 52 (7.59%) Node.js
14 50 (7.30%) GraphQL
14 50 (7.30%) Middleware
15 41 (5.99%) LDAP
16 31 (4.53%) JWT
17 30 (4.38%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 65 (9.49%) Cloud Native
2 53 (7.74%) Product Ownership
3 49 (7.15%) Enterprise Software
4 48 (7.01%) Distributed Systems
5 41 (5.99%) Security Posture
6 34 (4.96%) CMDB
7 29 (4.23%) Mobile App
8 25 (3.65%) Management Information System
9 20 (2.92%) Low-Code
10 19 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
11 16 (2.34%) Data Structures
12 15 (2.19%) Public Cloud
13 14 (2.04%) Equities
13 14 (2.04%) Virtual Team
14 13 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
14 13 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (1.75%) Onboarding
16 9 (1.31%) AI Agents
16 9 (1.31%) Hedge funds
16 9 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.80%) Linux
2 15 (2.19%) Windows
3 12 (1.75%) Unix
4 10 (1.46%) Android
5 5 (0.73%) zOS
6 4 (0.58%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 261 (38.10%) CI/CD
2 210 (30.66%) Agile
3 207 (30.22%) DevOps
4 153 (22.34%) Problem-Solving
5 152 (22.19%) Microservices
6 125 (18.25%) Integration Patterns
7 101 (14.74%) Data Modelling
8 97 (14.16%) Event-Driven
8 97 (14.16%) Test Automation
9 96 (14.01%) AI
10 91 (13.28%) Observability
11 88 (12.85%) Containerisation
12 86 (12.55%) ITSM
13 82 (11.97%) Scrum
14 81 (11.82%) Technical Leadership
15 78 (11.39%) Software Engineering
16 73 (10.66%) Analytics
17 67 (9.78%) Validation
17 67 (9.78%) Workflow
18 64 (9.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 211 (30.80%) Python
2 185 (27.01%) Java
3 177 (25.84%) SQL
4 139 (20.29%) JavaScript
5 103 (15.04%) TypeScript
6 87 (12.70%) C#
7 66 (9.64%) PowerShell
8 18 (2.63%) Kotlin
9 15 (2.19%) Apex Code
10 12 (1.75%) Bicep
10 12 (1.75%) PL/SQL
11 10 (1.46%) T-SQL
12 8 (1.17%) Bash
12 8 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (1.17%) SOQL
13 7 (1.02%) Groovy
14 6 (0.88%) SOSL
15 5 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.73%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.73%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 134 (19.56%) Security Cleared
2 117 (17.08%) SC Cleared
3 44 (6.42%) Degree
4 18 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (1.90%) Azure Certification
6 12 (1.75%) AWS Certification
6 12 (1.75%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.17%) CISSP
9 7 (1.02%) CISM
9 7 (1.02%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.88%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.88%) PMP
11 5 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.73%) MBA
12 4 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.44%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.29%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (8.91%) QA
2 35 (5.11%) Data Quality
3 28 (4.09%) GDPR
4 17 (2.48%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 11 (1.61%) PCI DSS
7 10 (1.46%) HIPAA
8 9 (1.31%) GRC
8 9 (1.31%) WCAG
9 6 (0.88%) NIST
9 6 (0.88%) SLA
10 3 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.29%) Basel III
11 2 (0.29%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.29%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.29%) PMO
11 2 (0.29%) SEPA
12 1 (0.15%) ITGC
12 1 (0.15%) NCSC
System Software
1 105 (15.33%) Docker
2 47 (6.86%) 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
1 112 (16.35%) Kubernetes
2 54 (7.88%) Terraform
3 25 (3.65%) Grafana
4 20 (2.92%) Ansible
5 11 (1.61%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.29%) Amdocs OSS
7 2 (0.29%) Avamar
7 2 (0.29%) EMC VPLEX
7 2 (0.29%) Istio
7 2 (0.29%) Kibana
7 2 (0.29%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.15%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.15%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.15%) Pingdom
8 1 (0.15%) Puppet
8 1 (0.15%) TrustSec
8 1 (0.15%) vRealize
Vendors
1 95 (13.87%) Oracle
2 79 (11.53%) Microsoft
3 78 (11.39%) ServiceNow
4 40 (5.84%) Salesforce
5 38 (5.55%) CyberArk
6 33 (4.82%) BeyondTrust
6 33 (4.82%) Centrify
7 25 (3.65%) SAP
8 20 (2.92%) Google
9 19 (2.77%) Workday
10 18 (2.63%) OpenAI
11 15 (2.19%) Databricks
11 15 (2.19%) Dynatrace
12 14 (2.04%) MuleSoft
12 14 (2.04%) Splunk
13 13 (1.90%) Guidewire
14 12 (1.75%) IBM
15 11 (1.61%) Adobe
16 9 (1.31%) Atlassian
16 9 (1.31%) UiPath