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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 81 110
Rank change year-on-year +24 +29 +2
Contract jobs citing REST 860 457 376
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.27% 3.42% 2.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.28% 11.57% 7.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 570 307 239
10th Percentile £400 £359 £413
25th Percentile £450 £420 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% -2.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £665 £634
90th Percentile £738 £716 £750
England median daily rate £525 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile £46.40 - -
25th Percentile £50.63 £43.75 -
Median hourly rate £59.50 £47.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.26% - -
75th Percentile £69.38 £51.25 -
90th Percentile £80.50 - -
England median hourly rate £58.50 £50.00 £74.00
% change year-on-year +17.00% -32.43% +28.70%

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 5,282 3,951 4,963
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.23% 29.56% 30.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,543 2,726 3,433
10th Percentile £400 £367 £385
25th Percentile £453 £431 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £688 £700
90th Percentile £763 £811 £850
England median daily rate £535 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +2.85% -5.45% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 32 22
10th Percentile £26.43 £31.77 £23.84
25th Percentile £36.06 £34.17 £36.25
Median hourly rate £43.50 £51.97 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.30% +22.28% -32.27%
75th Percentile £63.00 £62.81 £59.51
90th Percentile £81.25 £85.95 £74.00
England median hourly rate £67.24 £55.00 £62.93
% change year-on-year +22.25% -12.60% +0.68%

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 21 September 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 21 September 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 21 September 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 +16 104 £550 -4.35% 109
South London 0 15 £700 +12.54% 8
East London 0 3 £525 -2.78% 8
West London -29 2 £539 +47.60% 16
North London - 1 - - 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 34 (3.95%) Confluence
2 22 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.63%) Apache
4 13 (1.51%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (1.28%) Apache Spark
6 10 (1.16%) Camunda
7 9 (1.05%) Anypoint
7 9 (1.05%) IIS
8 7 (0.81%) Mule
9 6 (0.70%) CMS
9 6 (0.70%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.70%) WebSphere
10 4 (0.47%) Ethereum
10 4 (0.47%) Hyperledger
11 3 (0.35%) Cloud Foundry
11 3 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.23%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.23%) nginx
12 2 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.47%) Chatbot
1 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.35%) Trello
3 2 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.23%) Windchill
4 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.12%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (2.09%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.51%) Oracle EBS
3 12 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
6 5 (0.58%) Shopify
7 4 (0.47%) Elite 3E
7 4 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.47%) Quorum
7 4 (0.47%) R3 Corda
7 4 (0.47%) Ripple
8 3 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 3 (0.35%) Workfront
9 2 (0.23%) Magento
9 2 (0.23%) Oracle Retail
9 2 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.23%) SAP MDG
9 2 (0.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 343 (39.88%) Azure
2 277 (32.21%) AWS
3 152 (17.67%) GitHub
4 113 (13.14%) Azure DevOps
5 102 (11.86%) GCP
6 92 (10.70%) Serverless
7 84 (9.77%) GitHub Actions
8 64 (7.44%) Entra ID
9 54 (6.28%) Power Platform
10 50 (5.81%) SaaS
11 44 (5.12%) Amazon S3
12 41 (4.77%) AWS Lambda
13 36 (4.19%) Amazon SQS
14 32 (3.72%) Boomi
15 31 (3.60%) Amazon EKS
16 28 (3.26%) Azure Functions
16 28 (3.26%) PowerApps
17 27 (3.14%) GitHub Copilot
18 26 (3.02%) Amazon ECS
18 26 (3.02%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.79%) HTTP
2 13 (1.51%) DNS
3 11 (1.28%) Firewall
4 9 (1.05%) BGP
4 9 (1.05%) HTTPS
5 8 (0.93%) Network Security
6 6 (0.70%) Ethernet VPN
6 6 (0.70%) FTP
6 6 (0.70%) SSH
6 6 (0.70%) SSL
6 6 (0.70%) VXLAN
7 5 (0.58%) Internet
7 5 (0.58%) NX-OS
7 5 (0.58%) TACACS
7 5 (0.58%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.47%) VPN
9 3 (0.35%) Kerberos
9 3 (0.35%) SAN
9 3 (0.35%) SMS
9 3 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (13.14%) PostgreSQL
2 88 (10.23%) Relational Database
3 75 (8.72%) SQL Server
4 53 (6.16%) NoSQL
5 38 (4.42%) MongoDB
6 34 (3.95%) Power BI
7 29 (3.37%) Redis
8 25 (2.91%) MySQL
9 20 (2.33%) Amazon RDS
10 19 (2.21%) Metadata
11 17 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
12 16 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
13 14 (1.63%) BigQuery
13 14 (1.63%) DynamoDB
14 13 (1.51%) Big Data
14 13 (1.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 11 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
15 11 (1.28%) Data Lake
15 11 (1.28%) Oracle Database
15 11 (1.28%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 164 (19.07%) Git
2 84 (9.77%) Jenkins
3 66 (7.67%) JIRA
4 58 (6.74%) GitLab
5 43 (5.00%) JUnit
6 28 (3.26%) Maven
7 27 (3.14%) Gradle
8 23 (2.67%) Cypress.io
9 20 (2.33%) Selenium
10 19 (2.21%) Postman
11 17 (1.98%) Cucumber
12 16 (1.86%) Mockito
13 14 (1.63%) Visual Studio
14 13 (1.51%) CircleCI
14 13 (1.51%) Visual Studio Code
15 12 (1.40%) Bitbucket
15 12 (1.40%) REST Assured
16 10 (1.16%) Eclipse
16 10 (1.16%) Storybook
17 9 (1.05%) JMeter
General
1 247 (28.72%) Finance
2 238 (27.67%) Social Skills
3 116 (13.49%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (10.12%) Banking
5 68 (7.91%) Public Sector
6 37 (4.30%) Retail
7 28 (3.26%) Telecoms
8 25 (2.91%) Marketing
9 19 (2.21%) Investment Banking
10 14 (1.63%) Publishing
11 11 (1.28%) Front Office
11 11 (1.28%) Manufacturing
11 11 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
12 10 (1.16%) Billing
12 10 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (1.05%) Financial Institution
13 9 (1.05%) Legal
13 9 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (0.93%) Law
Job Titles
1 355 (41.28%) Developer
2 150 (17.44%) Architect
3 149 (17.33%) Senior
4 76 (8.84%) Senior Developer
5 58 (6.74%) Full-Stack Developer
6 56 (6.51%) Java Developer
7 49 (5.70%) Lead
8 43 (5.00%) Python Developer
8 43 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
9 42 (4.88%) Software Engineer
10 29 (3.37%) .NET Developer
11 28 (3.26%) React Developer
12 26 (3.02%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 25 (2.91%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 24 (2.79%) Consultant
14 24 (2.79%) Java Engineer
15 21 (2.44%) ServiceNow Developer
16 19 (2.21%) Salesforce Developer
17 18 (2.09%) Backend Developer
18 17 (1.98%) Integration Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 211 (24.53%) SOAP
2 135 (15.70%) .NET
3 128 (14.88%) React
4 124 (14.42%) JSON
5 110 (12.79%) Kafka
5 110 (12.79%) RESTful
6 107 (12.44%) Spring
7 99 (11.51%) Spring Boot
8 92 (10.70%) OAuth
9 87 (10.12%) Terraform
10 83 (9.65%) XML
11 80 (9.30%) HTML
12 78 (9.07%) CSS
13 73 (8.49%) GraphQL
14 65 (7.56%) Middleware
15 64 (7.44%) Node.js
16 63 (7.33%) OAuth2
16 63 (7.33%) Web Services
17 59 (6.86%) AngularJS
18 37 (4.30%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 147 (17.09%) Cloud Native
2 78 (9.07%) Distributed Systems
3 71 (8.26%) Product Ownership
4 53 (6.16%) Enterprise Software
5 42 (4.88%) CMDB
6 41 (4.77%) AI Agents
7 37 (4.30%) Onboarding
8 31 (3.60%) Mobile App
9 23 (2.67%) Data Structures
9 23 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
9 23 (2.67%) Management Information System
10 21 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
11 19 (2.21%) Low-Code
12 15 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
12 15 (1.74%) Virtual Team
13 11 (1.28%) Security Posture
14 10 (1.16%) Data Centre
15 9 (1.05%) Derivative
15 9 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
15 9 (1.05%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 62 (7.21%) Linux
2 34 (3.95%) Windows
3 24 (2.79%) Unix
4 20 (2.33%) Android
5 11 (1.28%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.47%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.35%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.12%) CentOS
9 1 (0.12%) VMS
9 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (47.67%) CI/CD
2 316 (36.74%) Agile
3 288 (33.49%) DevOps
4 223 (25.93%) Microservices
5 189 (21.98%) Problem-Solving
6 180 (20.93%) AI
7 164 (19.07%) Event-Driven
8 147 (17.09%) Test Automation
9 128 (14.88%) Software Engineering
10 124 (14.42%) Integration Patterns
10 124 (14.42%) Scrum
11 119 (13.84%) Event-Driven Architecture
12 117 (13.60%) Data Modelling
13 116 (13.49%) Stakeholder Management
14 114 (13.26%) Full-Stack Development
15 112 (13.02%) Containerisation
16 102 (11.86%) Observability
17 98 (11.40%) Continuous Improvement
18 93 (10.81%) Technical Leadership
19 90 (10.47%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 272 (31.63%) Python
2 237 (27.56%) SQL
3 223 (25.93%) Java
4 197 (22.91%) JavaScript
5 162 (18.84%) TypeScript
6 127 (14.77%) C#
7 50 (5.81%) PowerShell
8 27 (3.14%) Kotlin
9 26 (3.02%) Apex Code
10 25 (2.91%) Bash
11 23 (2.67%) Groovy
12 19 (2.21%) Shell Script
13 17 (1.98%) Bicep
14 14 (1.63%) Go
14 14 (1.63%) PL/SQL
15 13 (1.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 10 (1.16%) SOQL
16 10 (1.16%) SOSL
17 9 (1.05%) T-SQL
18 8 (0.93%) Swift
Qualifications
1 184 (21.40%) Security Cleared
2 151 (17.56%) SC Cleared
3 63 (7.33%) Degree
4 31 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.02%) DV Cleared
6 18 (2.09%) AWS Certification
6 18 (2.09%) Azure Certification
6 18 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.28%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.05%) CISSP
9 8 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (0.70%) CISM
10 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 6 (0.70%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.70%) PMP
11 5 (0.58%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.58%) MBA
11 5 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (10.81%) QA
2 40 (4.65%) Data Quality
3 31 (3.60%) GDPR
4 26 (3.02%) Accessibility
5 21 (2.44%) GRC
6 17 (1.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 14 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (1.28%) HIPAA
9 10 (1.16%) NIST
9 10 (1.16%) PCI DSS
10 9 (1.05%) SLA
11 8 (0.93%) ISO 20022
12 7 (0.81%) WCAG
13 5 (0.58%) HL7
13 5 (0.58%) SEPA
14 4 (0.47%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.35%) Basel III
16 2 (0.23%) 21 CFR Part 11
16 2 (0.23%) ISO 13485
16 2 (0.23%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 155 (18.02%) Docker
2 33 (3.84%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.47%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.23%) Postfix
7 2 (0.23%) Varnish
8 1 (0.12%) Ceph
8 1 (0.12%) RACF
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 153 (17.79%) Kubernetes
2 31 (3.60%) Ansible
3 28 (3.26%) Grafana
4 21 (2.44%) Prometheus
5 17 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.81%) Control-M
7 5 (0.58%) Kibana
8 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.35%) Bosun
10 2 (0.23%) Avamar
10 2 (0.23%) EMC VPLEX
10 2 (0.23%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.23%) Istio
10 2 (0.23%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.23%) SCCM
10 2 (0.23%) systemd
11 1 (0.12%) Apache Ranger
11 1 (0.12%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.12%) SCOM
11 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 141 (16.40%) Microsoft
2 114 (13.26%) Oracle
3 94 (10.93%) ServiceNow
4 81 (9.42%) Salesforce
5 44 (5.12%) Google
6 40 (4.65%) Databricks
7 39 (4.53%) SAP
8 29 (3.37%) OpenAI
9 27 (3.14%) MuleSoft
10 25 (2.91%) Splunk
11 22 (2.56%) IBM
12 21 (2.44%) CyberArk
13 16 (1.86%) Workday
14 15 (1.74%) Cisco
15 12 (1.40%) VMware
16 10 (1.16%) Dynatrace
16 10 (1.16%) Foundry
16 10 (1.16%) Okta
16 10 (1.16%) OutSystems
17 9 (1.05%) New Relic