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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 74 102
Rank change year-on-year +20 +28 +2
Contract jobs citing REST 896 482 390
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.43% 3.60% 2.42%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.83% 12.13% 8.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 611 316 232
10th Percentile £400 £358 £413
25th Percentile £450 £414 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £532 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.66% -3.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £638
90th Percentile £725 £713 £750
England median daily rate £525 £492 £532
% change year-on-year +6.71% -7.43% -7.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £45.50 £44.48 -
25th Percentile £50.31 £45.56 -
Median hourly rate £56.00 £50.75 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% - -
75th Percentile £63.00 £55.56 -
90th Percentile £76.25 £56.43 -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £50.00 £74.00
% change year-on-year +15.00% -32.43% -3.31%

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 5,325 3,973 4,865
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.35% 29.66% 30.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,599 2,710 3,307
10th Percentile £400 £364 £385
25th Percentile £456 £430 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £700
90th Percentile £753 £800 £850
England median daily rate £538 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +3.37% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 32 23
10th Percentile £29.60 £31.77 £23.88
25th Percentile £36.25 £34.17 £36.25
Median hourly rate £49.00 £51.97 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +22.28% -32.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.56 £61.97
90th Percentile £81.25 £85.95 £74.20
England median hourly rate £67.00 £54.85 £65.00
% change year-on-year +22.15% -15.62% +8.33%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 8 October 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 +19 105 £550 -4.35% 99
South London +1 15 £656 +5.51% 5
East London +1 3 £525 -2.78% 5
West London -20 3 £539 +47.60% 12
North London - 1 - - 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 30 (3.35%) Confluence
2 21 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.56%) Apache
3 14 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.23%) IIS
5 10 (1.12%) Apache Spark
6 9 (1.00%) Anypoint
6 9 (1.00%) Camunda
7 7 (0.78%) Mule
8 6 (0.67%) CMS
8 6 (0.67%) OpenStack
8 6 (0.67%) WebSphere
9 4 (0.45%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.45%) Hyperledger
9 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.33%) Cloud Foundry
10 3 (0.33%) nginx
10 3 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.22%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.45%) Chatbot
1 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.45%) Windchill
2 3 (0.33%) Trello
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.11%) Gliffy
4 1 (0.11%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 19 (2.12%) NetSuite
2 14 (1.56%) Oracle EBS
2 14 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.67%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (0.56%) Shopify
6 4 (0.45%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.45%) Quorum
6 4 (0.45%) R3 Corda
6 4 (0.45%) Ripple
7 3 (0.33%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.33%) Workfront
8 2 (0.22%) Infor LN
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle Retail
8 2 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.22%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 377 (42.08%) Azure
2 300 (33.48%) AWS
3 170 (18.97%) GitHub
4 130 (14.51%) Azure DevOps
5 111 (12.39%) GCP
6 100 (11.16%) Serverless
7 94 (10.49%) GitHub Actions
8 75 (8.37%) Entra ID
9 58 (6.47%) Power Platform
10 51 (5.69%) Amazon S3
10 51 (5.69%) SaaS
11 46 (5.13%) AWS Lambda
12 41 (4.58%) Amazon SQS
13 36 (4.02%) Amazon EKS
14 34 (3.79%) Boomi
15 33 (3.68%) Azure Functions
16 31 (3.46%) Azure API Management
17 30 (3.35%) Azure Service Bus
18 28 (3.13%) Amazon ECS
18 28 (3.13%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.57%) HTTP
2 14 (1.56%) DNS
3 9 (1.00%) Firewall
3 9 (1.00%) HTTPS
3 9 (1.00%) Network Security
4 8 (0.89%) BGP
4 8 (0.89%) SSH
5 6 (0.67%) Ethernet VPN
5 6 (0.67%) SSL
5 6 (0.67%) VPN
5 6 (0.67%) VXLAN
6 5 (0.56%) Internet
6 5 (0.56%) NX-OS
6 5 (0.56%) SAN
6 5 (0.56%) TACACS
6 5 (0.56%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.45%) FTP
7 4 (0.45%) Kerberos
7 4 (0.45%) X.509
8 3 (0.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (13.62%) PostgreSQL
2 90 (10.04%) SQL Server
3 81 (9.04%) Relational Database
4 55 (6.14%) NoSQL
5 43 (4.80%) MongoDB
6 36 (4.02%) Power BI
7 33 (3.68%) Redis
8 26 (2.90%) Metadata
8 26 (2.90%) MySQL
9 24 (2.68%) Amazon RDS
10 18 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
11 15 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
11 15 (1.67%) DynamoDB
11 15 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 14 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
12 14 (1.56%) Oracle Database
13 13 (1.45%) BigQuery
14 12 (1.34%) Big Data
15 11 (1.23%) Data Lake
16 10 (1.12%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 179 (19.98%) Git
2 99 (11.05%) Jenkins
3 69 (7.70%) GitLab
4 66 (7.37%) JIRA
5 48 (5.36%) JUnit
6 34 (3.79%) Gradle
7 31 (3.46%) Maven
8 25 (2.79%) Cypress.io
8 25 (2.79%) Selenium
9 24 (2.68%) Postman
10 18 (2.01%) Cucumber
11 17 (1.90%) Mockito
12 16 (1.79%) REST Assured
13 15 (1.67%) Bitbucket
13 15 (1.67%) Visual Studio
14 13 (1.45%) CircleCI
14 13 (1.45%) Visual Studio Code
15 10 (1.12%) Eclipse
15 10 (1.12%) Storybook
16 9 (1.00%) JMeter
General
1 267 (29.80%) Finance
2 255 (28.46%) Social Skills
3 125 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (12.05%) Banking
5 80 (8.93%) Public Sector
6 37 (4.13%) Retail
7 28 (3.13%) Investment Banking
8 25 (2.79%) Marketing
8 25 (2.79%) Telecoms
9 17 (1.90%) Financial Institution
10 14 (1.56%) Manufacturing
11 13 (1.45%) Front Office
12 12 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
13 11 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (1.23%) Publishing
14 10 (1.12%) Billing
14 10 (1.12%) Law
14 10 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 367 (40.96%) Developer
2 164 (18.30%) Senior
3 153 (17.08%) Architect
4 81 (9.04%) Senior Developer
5 61 (6.81%) Full-Stack Developer
6 57 (6.36%) Lead
7 56 (6.25%) Java Developer
8 47 (5.25%) Python Developer
9 44 (4.91%) Software Engineer
10 39 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
11 34 (3.79%) .NET Developer
12 29 (3.24%) Java Engineer
13 28 (3.13%) React Developer
14 25 (2.79%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 24 (2.68%) Consultant
15 24 (2.68%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 21 (2.34%) Technical Architect
17 20 (2.23%) C# Developer
18 19 (2.12%) Salesforce Developer
19 18 (2.01%) Integration Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 209 (23.33%) SOAP
2 139 (15.51%) .NET
3 132 (14.73%) React
4 128 (14.29%) JSON
5 119 (13.28%) Kafka
6 114 (12.72%) RESTful
7 110 (12.28%) Terraform
8 109 (12.17%) Spring
9 102 (11.38%) OAuth
10 101 (11.27%) Spring Boot
11 88 (9.82%) XML
12 84 (9.38%) HTML
13 82 (9.15%) CSS
14 71 (7.92%) GraphQL
15 68 (7.59%) OAuth2
16 66 (7.37%) Middleware
17 61 (6.81%) Node.js
17 61 (6.81%) Web Services
18 58 (6.47%) AngularJS
19 41 (4.58%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 159 (17.75%) Cloud Native
2 86 (9.60%) Distributed Systems
3 72 (8.04%) Enterprise Software
3 72 (8.04%) Product Ownership
4 41 (4.58%) AI Agents
5 40 (4.46%) Onboarding
6 37 (4.13%) CMDB
7 32 (3.57%) Mobile App
8 26 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
9 24 (2.68%) Management Information System
10 23 (2.57%) Data Structures
11 19 (2.12%) Low-Code
11 19 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
12 15 (1.67%) Virtual Team
13 12 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
14 11 (1.23%) Derivative
14 11 (1.23%) Security Posture
15 10 (1.12%) Data Centre
15 10 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
16 9 (1.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 77 (8.59%) Linux
2 42 (4.69%) Windows
3 31 (3.46%) Unix
4 22 (2.46%) Android
5 13 (1.45%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (0.78%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.33%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.11%) CentOS
9 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 452 (50.45%) CI/CD
2 329 (36.72%) Agile
3 319 (35.60%) DevOps
4 236 (26.34%) Microservices
5 191 (21.32%) AI
5 191 (21.32%) Problem-Solving
6 180 (20.09%) Event-Driven
7 164 (18.30%) Test Automation
8 135 (15.07%) Software Engineering
9 134 (14.96%) Stakeholder Management
10 132 (14.73%) Event-Driven Architecture
11 124 (13.84%) Integration Patterns
11 124 (13.84%) Scrum
12 119 (13.28%) Continuous Improvement
13 117 (13.06%) Data Modelling
13 117 (13.06%) Full-Stack Development
14 114 (12.72%) Containerisation
15 106 (11.83%) Infrastructure as Code
16 103 (11.50%) Observability
17 102 (11.38%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 294 (32.81%) Python
2 262 (29.24%) SQL
3 227 (25.33%) Java
4 211 (23.55%) JavaScript
5 160 (17.86%) TypeScript
6 135 (15.07%) C#
7 63 (7.03%) PowerShell
8 31 (3.46%) Bash
9 29 (3.24%) Kotlin
10 27 (3.01%) Apex Code
11 25 (2.79%) Shell Script
12 23 (2.57%) Groovy
13 22 (2.46%) Bicep
14 17 (1.90%) Go
15 13 (1.45%) PL/SQL
16 12 (1.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 10 (1.12%) SOQL
17 10 (1.12%) SOSL
17 10 (1.12%) Swift
18 9 (1.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 207 (23.10%) Security Cleared
2 172 (19.20%) SC Cleared
3 61 (6.81%) Degree
4 28 (3.13%) DV Cleared
5 27 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
7 20 (2.23%) AWS Certification
7 20 (2.23%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.00%) CISSP
8 9 (1.00%) Master's Degree
9 8 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (0.78%) ISTQB
10 7 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (0.67%) CISM
11 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 6 (0.67%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.67%) PMP
12 4 (0.45%) CESG Certified Professional
12 4 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (11.72%) QA
2 43 (4.80%) Data Quality
3 31 (3.46%) Accessibility
4 30 (3.35%) GDPR
5 20 (2.23%) GRC
6 17 (1.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 14 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (1.23%) HIPAA
8 11 (1.23%) NIST
9 10 (1.12%) PCI DSS
9 10 (1.12%) SLA
10 9 (1.00%) WCAG
11 8 (0.89%) ISO 20022
12 5 (0.56%) SEPA
13 4 (0.45%) HL7
13 4 (0.45%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.33%) Basel III
14 3 (0.33%) NCSC
15 2 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
15 2 (0.22%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 167 (18.64%) Docker
2 40 (4.46%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.45%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.22%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.22%) Postfix
7 1 (0.11%) Ceph
7 1 (0.11%) RACF
7 1 (0.11%) Varnish
7 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 170 (18.97%) Kubernetes
2 35 (3.91%) Ansible
3 34 (3.79%) Grafana
4 21 (2.34%) Prometheus
5 15 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (1.12%) Kibana
7 7 (0.78%) Control-M
8 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.33%) Bosun
9 3 (0.33%) Istio
10 2 (0.22%) Netcool
10 2 (0.22%) Netcool/OMNIbus
10 2 (0.22%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.22%) SCCM
10 2 (0.22%) systemd
10 2 (0.22%) Tivoli
10 2 (0.22%) Tivoli Monitoring
11 1 (0.11%) Cisco Prime
11 1 (0.11%) SCOM
11 1 (0.11%) WMI
Vendors
1 160 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 119 (13.28%) Oracle
3 85 (9.49%) ServiceNow
4 81 (9.04%) Salesforce
5 47 (5.25%) Databricks
6 44 (4.91%) Google
6 44 (4.91%) SAP
7 29 (3.24%) OpenAI
8 28 (3.13%) Splunk
9 26 (2.90%) CyberArk
9 26 (2.90%) MuleSoft
10 22 (2.46%) IBM
11 16 (1.79%) Dynatrace
12 15 (1.67%) Workday
13 14 (1.56%) Cisco
14 13 (1.45%) VMware
15 11 (1.23%) Foundry
16 10 (1.12%) Okta
16 10 (1.12%) OutSystems
17 9 (1.00%) UiPath