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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 118 95
Rank change year-on-year +43 -23 +5
Contract jobs citing REST 639 293 437
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.60% 2.33% 2.45%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.21% 8.93% 9.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 425 194 308
10th Percentile £363 £380 £400
25th Percentile £415 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £537 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.37% +2.33% -8.70%
75th Percentile £663 £661 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £850
England median daily rate £513 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.40% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £53.50 - -
25th Percentile £62.00 - -
Median hourly rate £69.00 - £67.00
75th Percentile £90.00 - -
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £52.50 £74.44
% change year-on-year +33.33% -29.47% +38.18%

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 4,200 3,280 4,465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.68% 26.07% 25.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,814 2,300 3,348
10th Percentile £363 £385 £375
25th Percentile £430 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £656 £725 £700
90th Percentile £775 £838 £825
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 18 26
10th Percentile £23.33 £33.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £28.00 £36.06 £23.90
Median hourly rate £42.50 £52.50 £37.17
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +41.24% -43.68%
75th Percentile £60.94 £65.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £74.80 £76.25 £68.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 +2 68 £525 -2.33% 57
South London -8 14 £510 +34.21% 2
East London -1 6 £432 -33.28% 8
West London -26 6 £375 -32.31% 6
North London - 4 - - 2
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 19 (2.97%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.66%) Confluence
3 13 (2.03%) Apache
4 11 (1.72%) Camunda
5 9 (1.41%) Appian
5 9 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (1.25%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.94%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.94%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.63%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.63%) BizTalk Server
8 4 (0.63%) CICS
8 4 (0.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.47%) IIS
9 3 (0.47%) WordPress
10 2 (0.31%) Drupal
10 2 (0.31%) Mule
10 2 (0.31%) Oracle Service Bus
10 2 (0.31%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.47%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.16%) Maya
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (2.35%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.63%) Bloomberg AIM
3 4 (0.63%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.47%) Distributed Ledger
5 2 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.31%) Magento
5 2 (0.31%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.31%) Shopify
5 2 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.16%) Remedy AR System
6 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.16%) SAP LE
6 1 (0.16%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 218 (34.12%) Azure
2 194 (30.36%) AWS
3 88 (13.77%) GCP
4 65 (10.17%) GitHub
5 49 (7.67%) Azure DevOps
6 45 (7.04%) Serverless
7 44 (6.89%) GitHub Actions
8 40 (6.26%) Power Platform
9 36 (5.63%) OCI
10 34 (5.32%) PaaS
11 30 (4.69%) Entra ID
12 27 (4.23%) IaaS
13 25 (3.91%) SaaS
14 22 (3.44%) Amazon EKS
14 22 (3.44%) Microsoft 365
15 21 (3.29%) Amazon S3
15 21 (3.29%) Azure Service Bus
15 21 (3.29%) Power Automate
16 17 (2.66%) Azure Data Factory
16 17 (2.66%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.97%) HTTP
2 9 (1.41%) SMS
3 6 (0.94%) DNS
4 5 (0.78%) Firewall
4 5 (0.78%) FTP
5 4 (0.63%) BGP
6 3 (0.47%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (0.47%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.47%) MPLS
6 3 (0.47%) OSPF
6 3 (0.47%) SNMP
6 3 (0.47%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.47%) SSL
7 2 (0.31%) IPFIX
7 2 (0.31%) Modbus
7 2 (0.31%) NaaS
7 2 (0.31%) SAN
7 2 (0.31%) VPN
7 2 (0.31%) WAN
8 1 (0.16%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (10.02%) Relational Database
2 54 (8.45%) PostgreSQL
3 52 (8.14%) SQL Server
4 37 (5.79%) NoSQL
5 27 (4.23%) MongoDB
6 19 (2.97%) Power BI
7 17 (2.66%) MySQL
8 12 (1.88%) Data Lake
8 12 (1.88%) Pinecone
8 12 (1.88%) Redis
9 11 (1.72%) DynamoDB
9 11 (1.72%) RDBMS
10 10 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (1.41%) Amazon Aurora
11 9 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (1.41%) Apache Cassandra
11 9 (1.41%) Metadata
12 8 (1.25%) DocumentDB
12 8 (1.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 78 (12.21%) Git
2 42 (6.57%) JIRA
3 38 (5.95%) Jenkins
4 32 (5.01%) Postman
5 31 (4.85%) JUnit
6 26 (4.07%) GitLab
7 21 (3.29%) Cucumber
8 20 (3.13%) Selenium
9 17 (2.66%) REST Assured
10 16 (2.50%) Mockito
11 13 (2.03%) Cypress.io
12 10 (1.56%) SoapUI
13 9 (1.41%) Maven
14 8 (1.25%) JMeter
14 8 (1.25%) MLflow
14 8 (1.25%) SonarQube
15 6 (0.94%) SpecFlow
16 5 (0.78%) Bitbucket
16 5 (0.78%) Gradle
16 5 (0.78%) WebDriver
General
1 184 (28.79%) Social Skills
2 146 (22.85%) Finance
3 78 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (8.76%) Public Sector
5 43 (6.73%) Banking
6 19 (2.97%) Front Office
7 16 (2.50%) Marketing
8 14 (2.19%) Telecoms
9 12 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (1.88%) Publishing
9 12 (1.88%) Retail
10 10 (1.56%) Billing
11 9 (1.41%) Financial Institution
11 9 (1.41%) Legal
12 5 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (0.78%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.63%) Military
14 3 (0.47%) Games
14 3 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 233 (36.46%) Developer
2 131 (20.50%) Architect
3 66 (10.33%) Senior
4 38 (5.95%) Java Developer
5 34 (5.32%) CyberArk Architect
6 31 (4.85%) Lead
6 31 (4.85%) Solutions Architect
7 29 (4.54%) Python Developer
8 27 (4.23%) Full-Stack Developer
8 27 (4.23%) Senior Developer
9 26 (4.07%) Software Engineer
10 21 (3.29%) Consultant
11 18 (2.82%) C# Developer
12 15 (2.35%) Analyst
12 15 (2.35%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 14 (2.19%) Business Analyst
13 14 (2.19%) Cloud Specialist
13 14 (2.19%) Data Engineer
13 14 (2.19%) Integration Specialist
14 13 (2.03%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 193 (30.20%) SOAP
2 99 (15.49%) JSON
3 87 (13.62%) Web Services
4 82 (12.83%) RESTful
5 81 (12.68%) Kafka
6 79 (12.36%) Spring
7 76 (11.89%) React
8 73 (11.42%) Spring Boot
9 69 (10.80%) AngularJS
10 66 (10.33%) .NET
11 62 (9.70%) CSS
11 62 (9.70%) HTML
12 54 (8.45%) OAuth
13 48 (7.51%) XML
14 44 (6.89%) GraphQL
15 43 (6.73%) Middleware
16 40 (6.26%) LDAP
16 40 (6.26%) Node.js
17 32 (5.01%) Pandas
18 31 (4.85%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 50 (7.82%) Cloud Native
2 46 (7.20%) Enterprise Software
3 42 (6.57%) Security Posture
4 41 (6.42%) Product Ownership
5 35 (5.48%) Distributed Systems
6 27 (4.23%) CMDB
7 25 (3.91%) Management Information System
7 25 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
8 22 (3.44%) Equities
9 20 (3.13%) Public Cloud
10 19 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
11 18 (2.82%) Mobile App
12 16 (2.50%) PKI
13 15 (2.35%) Data Structures
14 14 (2.19%) Low-Code
15 13 (2.03%) Hedge funds
15 13 (2.03%) Onboarding
16 12 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
16 12 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
17 9 (1.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 30 (4.69%) Linux
2 21 (3.29%) Windows
3 9 (1.41%) Unix
4 6 (0.94%) Android
4 6 (0.94%) zOS
5 4 (0.63%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (32.71%) CI/CD
2 205 (32.08%) Agile
3 189 (29.58%) DevOps
4 146 (22.85%) Problem-Solving
5 130 (20.34%) Microservices
6 111 (17.37%) Integration Patterns
7 94 (14.71%) Test Automation
8 86 (13.46%) Data Modelling
8 86 (13.46%) Observability
9 81 (12.68%) Technical Leadership
10 79 (12.36%) Containerisation
11 75 (11.74%) ITSM
12 72 (11.27%) Event-Driven
13 69 (10.80%) AI
13 69 (10.80%) Analytics
14 63 (9.86%) Scrum
14 63 (9.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 62 (9.70%) Validation
16 60 (9.39%) Software Engineering
17 59 (9.23%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 179 (28.01%) Python
2 152 (23.79%) Java
3 150 (23.47%) SQL
4 115 (18.00%) JavaScript
5 83 (12.99%) C#
6 81 (12.68%) TypeScript
7 77 (12.05%) PowerShell
8 14 (2.19%) Apex Code
8 14 (2.19%) Kotlin
9 11 (1.72%) PL/SQL
10 9 (1.41%) Kusto Query Language
11 7 (1.10%) Bicep
12 6 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (0.94%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.78%) Bash
13 5 (0.78%) Go
13 5 (0.78%) Groovy
13 5 (0.78%) PHP
13 5 (0.78%) SOQL
13 5 (0.78%) VBA
Qualifications
1 156 (24.41%) Security Cleared
2 143 (22.38%) SC Cleared
3 33 (5.16%) Degree
4 20 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.25%) CISSP
5 8 (1.25%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.10%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.10%) Master's Degree
7 6 (0.94%) CISM
8 5 (0.78%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.63%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.63%) MBA
9 4 (0.63%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.63%) PMP
10 3 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.31%) CESG Certified Professional
11 2 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.31%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (8.76%) QA
2 29 (4.54%) Data Quality
3 27 (4.23%) GDPR
4 13 (2.03%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.41%) NIST
6 9 (1.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (1.41%) WCAG
7 8 (1.25%) HIPAA
7 8 (1.25%) PCI DSS
8 7 (1.10%) SLA
9 6 (0.94%) GRC
10 3 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.47%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.31%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.31%) NCSC
11 2 (0.31%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.31%) PMO
11 2 (0.31%) SEPA
12 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 95 (14.87%) Docker
2 46 (7.20%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.31%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 2 (0.31%) Job Entry Subsystem
4 2 (0.31%) Postfix
5 1 (0.16%) Firmware
5 1 (0.16%) IAG
5 1 (0.16%) UAG
5 1 (0.16%) Varnish
5 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 96 (15.02%) Kubernetes
2 51 (7.98%) Terraform
3 25 (3.91%) Grafana
4 15 (2.35%) Ansible
5 11 (1.72%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.63%) Pingdom
8 2 (0.31%) Amdocs OSS
8 2 (0.31%) Avamar
8 2 (0.31%) Control-M
8 2 (0.31%) EMC NetWorker
8 2 (0.31%) EMC VPLEX
8 2 (0.31%) Fluentd
8 2 (0.31%) Istio
8 2 (0.31%) logstash
8 2 (0.31%) Puppet
8 2 (0.31%) QRadar
8 2 (0.31%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 1 (0.16%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 82 (12.83%) Oracle
2 76 (11.89%) ServiceNow
3 67 (10.49%) Microsoft
4 38 (5.95%) CyberArk
5 34 (5.32%) BeyondTrust
5 34 (5.32%) Centrify
6 29 (4.54%) Salesforce
7 22 (3.44%) SAP
8 17 (2.66%) Google
9 16 (2.50%) Splunk
10 15 (2.35%) Workday
11 14 (2.19%) OpenAI
12 13 (2.03%) Guidewire
13 12 (1.88%) MuleSoft
14 11 (1.72%) Adobe
15 10 (1.56%) Dynatrace
16 9 (1.41%) IBM
16 9 (1.41%) UiPath
17 8 (1.25%) Atlassian
17 8 (1.25%) Automation Anywhere