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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 95 97
Rank change year-on-year +22 +2 +12
Contract jobs citing REST 684 360 438
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.61% 2.90% 2.47%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.82% 10.96% 9.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 445 254 313
10th Percentile £375 £377 £400
25th Percentile £425 £416 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £537 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.05% +2.33% -11.02%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £734 £788
England median daily rate £521 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.20% -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 £68.50
% change year-on-year +40.00% -27.01% +24.55%

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 4,325 3,285 4,687
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.84% 26.44% 26.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,866 2,305 3,456
10th Percentile £375 £380 £375
25th Percentile £448 £429 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £673 £713 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 19 29
10th Percentile £23.65 £32.41 £16.25
25th Percentile £33.02 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.00 £44.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.62% +4.71% -36.57%
75th Percentile £68.38 £61.25 £61.43
90th Percentile £93.75 £87.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £49.75
% change year-on-year +4.00% +25.63% -23.46%

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 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 18 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 18 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 -2 83 £555 +5.71% 31
South London -1 14 £516 +2.89%
East London +1 6 £432 -35.04% 4
West London -26 5 £375 -32.31% 6
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 20 (2.92%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.34%) Confluence
3 12 (1.75%) Camunda
4 11 (1.61%) Apache
4 11 (1.61%) Apache Spark
5 10 (1.46%) Ethereum
5 10 (1.46%) Hyperledger
6 9 (1.32%) Appian
7 7 (1.02%) IIS
8 6 (0.88%) Anypoint
9 5 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.73%) CICS
9 5 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (0.73%) Mule
10 4 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.58%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.44%) Cloud Foundry
11 3 (0.44%) WordPress
12 2 (0.29%) Drupal
12 2 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
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 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%) NetSuite
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%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.44%) Fidessa
7 2 (0.29%) Magento
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
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 GTS
8 1 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 253 (36.99%) Azure
2 227 (33.19%) AWS
3 88 (12.87%) GCP
4 84 (12.28%) GitHub
5 66 (9.65%) Azure DevOps
6 65 (9.50%) GitHub Actions
7 60 (8.77%) Serverless
8 44 (6.43%) Power Platform
9 38 (5.56%) Amazon S3
10 36 (5.26%) Entra ID
11 31 (4.53%) AWS Lambda
12 29 (4.24%) SaaS
13 26 (3.80%) Amazon EKS
14 24 (3.51%) Amazon SQS
14 24 (3.51%) OCI
15 21 (3.07%) Microsoft 365
15 21 (3.07%) PaaS
16 20 (2.92%) Anthropic Claude
16 20 (2.92%) Power Automate
16 20 (2.92%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.92%) HTTP
2 7 (1.02%) DNS
2 7 (1.02%) HTTPS
3 6 (0.88%) FTP
3 6 (0.88%) SMS
4 5 (0.73%) BGP
4 5 (0.73%) Network Security
5 4 (0.58%) MPLS
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%) SSH
7 2 (0.29%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.29%) VLAN
8 1 (0.15%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (11.84%) PostgreSQL
2 79 (11.55%) Relational Database
3 68 (9.94%) SQL Server
4 35 (5.12%) NoSQL
5 28 (4.09%) MongoDB
6 26 (3.80%) Power BI
7 21 (3.07%) Amazon RDS
8 19 (2.78%) Redis
9 15 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (2.19%) MySQL
10 14 (2.05%) DynamoDB
11 13 (1.90%) Data Lake
12 12 (1.75%) Big Data
12 12 (1.75%) Pinecone
13 11 (1.61%) Amazon Aurora
13 11 (1.61%) Metadata
14 10 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
15 9 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 8 (1.17%) RDBMS
17 7 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 95 (13.89%) Git
2 58 (8.48%) Jenkins
3 41 (5.99%) JIRA
4 40 (5.85%) GitLab
5 34 (4.97%) JUnit
6 21 (3.07%) Postman
7 18 (2.63%) Cypress.io
8 17 (2.49%) Selenium
9 16 (2.34%) Cucumber
9 16 (2.34%) REST Assured
10 15 (2.19%) Gradle
11 14 (2.05%) Maven
11 14 (2.05%) Mockito
12 9 (1.32%) Ant
12 9 (1.32%) Eclipse
12 9 (1.32%) SonarQube
13 8 (1.17%) JMeter
13 8 (1.17%) MLflow
13 8 (1.17%) Visual Studio Code
14 7 (1.02%) CircleCI
General
1 177 (25.88%) Finance
2 174 (25.44%) Social Skills
3 75 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (8.19%) Banking
5 48 (7.02%) Public Sector
6 26 (3.80%) Retail
7 21 (3.07%) Marketing
7 21 (3.07%) Telecoms
8 15 (2.19%) Publishing
9 13 (1.90%) Front Office
9 13 (1.90%) Investment Banking
10 11 (1.61%) Financial Institution
11 10 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.32%) Billing
13 8 (1.17%) Legal
14 6 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.58%) Automotive
16 4 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 4 (0.58%) Military
Job Titles
1 270 (39.47%) Developer
2 122 (17.84%) Architect
3 99 (14.47%) Senior
4 46 (6.73%) Java Developer
4 46 (6.73%) Senior Developer
5 34 (4.97%) Full-Stack Developer
6 33 (4.82%) Solutions Architect
7 31 (4.53%) Python Developer
7 31 (4.53%) Software Engineer
8 29 (4.24%) Lead
9 28 (4.09%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 24 (3.51%) Consultant
10 24 (3.51%) CyberArk Architect
11 21 (3.07%) React Developer
12 19 (2.78%) Data Engineer
12 19 (2.78%) ServiceNow Architect
13 17 (2.49%) Java Engineer
14 16 (2.34%) Automation Engineer
14 16 (2.34%) C# Developer
15 15 (2.19%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 191 (27.92%) SOAP
2 96 (14.04%) Spring
3 95 (13.89%) RESTful
4 93 (13.60%) React
5 89 (13.01%) Spring Boot
6 87 (12.72%) JSON
7 86 (12.57%) Kafka
7 86 (12.57%) Web Services
8 78 (11.40%) .NET
9 67 (9.80%) OAuth
10 64 (9.36%) AngularJS
11 60 (8.77%) HTML
12 59 (8.63%) CSS
13 56 (8.19%) Node.js
14 53 (7.75%) XML
15 52 (7.60%) Middleware
16 50 (7.31%) GraphQL
17 31 (4.53%) LDAP
17 31 (4.53%) OAuth2
18 30 (4.39%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 73 (10.67%) Cloud Native
2 52 (7.60%) Distributed Systems
2 52 (7.60%) Product Ownership
3 39 (5.70%) Enterprise Software
4 34 (4.97%) CMDB
5 31 (4.53%) Security Posture
6 30 (4.39%) Mobile App
7 27 (3.95%) Management Information System
8 21 (3.07%) Legacy Systems
9 20 (2.92%) Low-Code
10 17 (2.49%) Virtual Team
11 16 (2.34%) Data Structures
12 14 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
13 13 (1.90%) AI Agents
13 13 (1.90%) Equities
13 13 (1.90%) Onboarding
13 13 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
14 10 (1.46%) Public Cloud
15 9 (1.32%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.80%) Linux
2 17 (2.49%) Windows
3 13 (1.90%) Unix
4 10 (1.46%) Android
5 5 (0.73%) zOS
6 4 (0.58%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.29%) 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
1 279 (40.79%) CI/CD
2 220 (32.16%) Agile
3 215 (31.43%) DevOps
4 160 (23.39%) Microservices
5 148 (21.64%) Problem-Solving
6 117 (17.11%) Integration Patterns
7 106 (15.50%) AI
8 105 (15.35%) Data Modelling
9 103 (15.06%) Test Automation
10 102 (14.91%) Event-Driven
11 94 (13.74%) Observability
12 92 (13.45%) Containerisation
13 86 (12.57%) Scrum
14 82 (11.99%) Software Engineering
15 75 (10.96%) ITSM
16 73 (10.67%) Analytics
16 73 (10.67%) Workflow
17 72 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
18 70 (10.23%) Validation
19 66 (9.65%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 212 (30.99%) Python
2 192 (28.07%) Java
3 174 (25.44%) SQL
4 137 (20.03%) JavaScript
5 107 (15.64%) TypeScript
6 85 (12.43%) C#
7 58 (8.48%) PowerShell
8 19 (2.78%) Apex Code
9 18 (2.63%) Kotlin
10 13 (1.90%) Bicep
11 12 (1.75%) PL/SQL
12 11 (1.61%) T-SQL
13 10 (1.46%) SOQL
14 9 (1.32%) Bash
15 8 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 8 (1.17%) Groovy
15 8 (1.17%) SOSL
16 6 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
16 6 (0.88%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.73%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 124 (18.13%) Security Cleared
2 108 (15.79%) SC Cleared
3 44 (6.43%) Degree
4 17 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (2.05%) AWS Certification
5 14 (2.05%) Azure Certification
5 14 (2.05%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (1.32%) CISSP
7 8 (1.17%) CISM
8 7 (1.02%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.02%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.02%) PMP
9 5 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (0.73%) MBA
10 4 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.44%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.29%) CCIE
12 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (8.63%) QA
2 40 (5.85%) Data Quality
3 28 (4.09%) GDPR
4 23 (3.36%) Accessibility
5 14 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.05%) PCI DSS
6 13 (1.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 11 (1.61%) HIPAA
8 10 (1.46%) GRC
8 10 (1.46%) WCAG
9 7 (1.02%) NIST
10 6 (0.88%) SLA
11 3 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.29%) Basel III
12 2 (0.29%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.29%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.29%) PMO
12 2 (0.29%) SEPA
13 1 (0.15%) ITGC
13 1 (0.15%) NCSC
System Software
1 110 (16.08%) Docker
2 37 (5.41%) 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
1 115 (16.81%) Kubernetes
2 59 (8.63%) Terraform
3 25 (3.65%) Grafana
4 23 (3.36%) Ansible
5 10 (1.46%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.02%) 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%) CA Endevor
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%) Puppet
8 1 (0.15%) TrustSec
8 1 (0.15%) vRealize
Vendors
1 91 (13.30%) Oracle
2 81 (11.84%) Microsoft
3 79 (11.55%) ServiceNow
4 48 (7.02%) Salesforce
5 28 (4.09%) CyberArk
6 26 (3.80%) SAP
7 24 (3.51%) Google
8 22 (3.22%) BeyondTrust
8 22 (3.22%) Centrify
9 19 (2.78%) Workday
10 18 (2.63%) MuleSoft
10 18 (2.63%) OpenAI
11 16 (2.34%) Splunk
12 15 (2.19%) Databricks
13 14 (2.05%) Dynatrace
14 13 (1.90%) Guidewire
14 13 (1.90%) IBM
15 9 (1.32%) Atlassian
15 9 (1.32%) UiPath
16 8 (1.17%) Automation Anywhere