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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 106 90
Rank change year-on-year +36 -16 +6
Contract jobs citing REST 638 321 448
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.90% 2.48% 2.45%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.43% 9.57% 10.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 433 185 312
10th Percentile £356 £388 £400
25th Percentile £425 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £688 £650 £740
90th Percentile £800 £765 £850
England median daily rate £520 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile £48.50 - £49.25
25th Percentile £53.50 - £53.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £62.25
75th Percentile £88.75 - £73.69
90th Percentile £95.00 - £85.73
England median hourly rate £70.00 £82.96 £75.00
% change year-on-year -15.62% +10.61% +22.45%

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 4,134 3,355 4,430
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.27% 25.93% 24.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,804 2,308 3,336
10th Percentile £363 £385 £383
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.93% - -5.27%
75th Percentile £666 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £525 £540 £540
% change year-on-year -2.78% - -6.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 17 29
10th Percentile £27.80 £34.30 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.06 £38.50 £26.88
Median hourly rate £46.50 £45.00 £42.19
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +6.66% -35.87%
75th Percentile £62.18 £65.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £69.88 £80.10 £75.75
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%

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 14 March 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 14 March 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 14 March 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 60 £531 +1.19% 63
South London -8 8 £516 +35.66% 3
West London -15 7 £375 -43.61% 1
East London +3 4 £585 -3.70% 10
North London - 4 - - 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 23 (3.61%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.19%) Confluence
3 11 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.57%) Apache
4 10 (1.57%) Camunda
5 9 (1.41%) Appian
6 8 (1.25%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.94%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.94%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.94%) Hyperledger
8 5 (0.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.63%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.63%) BizTalk Server
9 4 (0.63%) CICS
9 4 (0.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.47%) LiveLink
11 2 (0.31%) Drupal
11 2 (0.31%) Mule
11 2 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.31%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.47%) Autodesk Inventor
3 2 (0.31%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.31%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.16%) InVision
4 1 (0.16%) Maya
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 19 (2.98%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.63%) Bloomberg AIM
3 4 (0.63%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.31%) Cloudability
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%) Shopify
6 1 (0.16%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.16%) R3 Corda
6 1 (0.16%) Remedy AR System
6 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.16%) SAP LE
Cloud Services
1 226 (35.42%) Azure
2 189 (29.62%) AWS
3 91 (14.26%) GCP
4 73 (11.44%) GitHub
5 55 (8.62%) Azure DevOps
6 47 (7.37%) GitHub Actions
7 44 (6.90%) Serverless
8 40 (6.27%) Power Platform
9 38 (5.96%) IaaS
10 35 (5.49%) OCI
10 35 (5.49%) PaaS
11 30 (4.70%) Entra ID
12 23 (3.61%) Azure Service Bus
13 22 (3.45%) Amazon S3
14 21 (3.29%) Amazon EKS
14 21 (3.29%) Azure Monitor
15 20 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
15 20 (3.13%) Power Automate
16 19 (2.98%) AWS Lambda
16 19 (2.98%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.19%) HTTP
2 8 (1.25%) SMS
3 6 (0.94%) SSL
4 5 (0.78%) DNS
5 4 (0.63%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.47%) Firewall
7 2 (0.31%) BGP
7 2 (0.31%) Modbus
7 2 (0.31%) NaaS
7 2 (0.31%) SAN
7 2 (0.31%) SNMP
7 2 (0.31%) VPN
7 2 (0.31%) WAN
8 1 (0.16%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.16%) IPFIX
8 1 (0.16%) MPLS
8 1 (0.16%) OSPF
8 1 (0.16%) PCoIP
8 1 (0.16%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.16%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (7.52%) SQL Server
2 45 (7.05%) PostgreSQL
3 40 (6.27%) Relational Database
4 38 (5.96%) NoSQL
5 27 (4.23%) MongoDB
6 20 (3.13%) MySQL
7 19 (2.98%) Power BI
8 13 (2.04%) Apache Cassandra
9 12 (1.88%) Data Lake
9 12 (1.88%) RDBMS
9 12 (1.88%) Redis
10 11 (1.72%) Pinecone
11 10 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (1.57%) DynamoDB
11 10 (1.57%) Elasticsearch
12 9 (1.41%) Amazon Aurora
13 8 (1.25%) DocumentDB
13 8 (1.25%) Metadata
13 8 (1.25%) Oracle Database
14 7 (1.10%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 95 (14.89%) Git
2 47 (7.37%) JIRA
3 44 (6.90%) Jenkins
4 35 (5.49%) JUnit
4 35 (5.49%) Postman
5 30 (4.70%) GitLab
6 26 (4.08%) Cucumber
7 22 (3.45%) Selenium
8 19 (2.98%) REST Assured
9 18 (2.82%) Mockito
10 16 (2.51%) Cypress.io
11 14 (2.19%) Maven
12 12 (1.88%) SoapUI
13 11 (1.72%) JMeter
14 10 (1.57%) MLflow
15 9 (1.41%) Bitbucket
16 8 (1.25%) SonarQube
17 7 (1.10%) Gatling
18 6 (0.94%) SpecFlow
19 5 (0.78%) Jasmine
General
1 197 (30.88%) Social Skills
2 141 (22.10%) Finance
3 99 (15.52%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (9.25%) Public Sector
5 56 (8.78%) Banking
6 27 (4.23%) Front Office
7 16 (2.51%) Telecoms
8 15 (2.35%) Marketing
9 13 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (2.04%) Financial Institution
10 12 (1.88%) Retail
11 9 (1.41%) Investment Banking
12 8 (1.25%) Billing
13 7 (1.10%) Military
14 6 (0.94%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.94%) Publishing
15 4 (0.63%) Back Office
15 4 (0.63%) Law
15 4 (0.63%) Legal
15 4 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 243 (38.09%) Developer
2 130 (20.38%) Architect
3 67 (10.50%) Senior
4 38 (5.96%) Java Developer
5 34 (5.33%) CyberArk Architect
6 33 (5.17%) Senior Developer
7 31 (4.86%) Lead
8 30 (4.70%) Python Developer
9 26 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
10 24 (3.76%) Analyst
10 24 (3.76%) Business Analyst
10 24 (3.76%) Full-Stack Developer
11 21 (3.29%) Consultant
12 20 (3.13%) C# Developer
13 19 (2.98%) Software Engineer
14 15 (2.35%) Cloud Specialist
14 15 (2.35%) Integration Specialist
15 14 (2.19%) Data Engineer
15 14 (2.19%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 13 (2.04%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 189 (29.62%) SOAP
2 119 (18.65%) JSON
3 97 (15.20%) Web Services
4 77 (12.07%) RESTful
5 76 (11.91%) Kafka
5 76 (11.91%) React
6 75 (11.76%) Spring
7 71 (11.13%) AngularJS
7 71 (11.13%) Spring Boot
8 63 (9.87%) HTML
9 62 (9.72%) CSS
10 60 (9.40%) .NET
11 57 (8.93%) XML
12 54 (8.46%) OAuth
13 40 (6.27%) Middleware
14 38 (5.96%) GraphQL
15 36 (5.64%) LDAP
16 34 (5.33%) Oracle Fusion
17 33 (5.17%) Node.js
17 33 (5.17%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.68%) Cloud Native
2 44 (6.90%) Enterprise Software
3 39 (6.11%) Product Ownership
4 38 (5.96%) Security Posture
5 35 (5.49%) CMDB
6 31 (4.86%) Self-Motivation
7 27 (4.23%) PKI
8 24 (3.76%) Distributed Systems
8 24 (3.76%) Equities
9 21 (3.29%) Public Cloud
10 20 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
11 18 (2.82%) Mobile App
12 14 (2.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 14 (2.19%) Hedge funds
12 14 (2.19%) Onboarding
13 13 (2.04%) Fixed Income
13 13 (2.04%) Management Information System
14 11 (1.72%) Algorithms
14 11 (1.72%) Data Structures
14 11 (1.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 47 (7.37%) Linux
2 20 (3.13%) Windows
3 15 (2.35%) Unix
4 6 (0.94%) zOS
5 5 (0.78%) Android
5 5 (0.78%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (33.39%) Agile
2 195 (30.56%) CI/CD
3 183 (28.68%) DevOps
4 160 (25.08%) Problem-Solving
5 134 (21.00%) Microservices
6 97 (15.20%) Integration Patterns
7 88 (13.79%) Test Automation
8 80 (12.54%) ITSM
9 78 (12.23%) Technical Leadership
10 72 (11.29%) Observability
10 72 (11.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 71 (11.13%) Analytics
12 70 (10.97%) Data Modelling
13 67 (10.50%) Event-Driven
14 63 (9.87%) API Integration
14 63 (9.87%) Containerisation
15 62 (9.72%) AI
16 61 (9.56%) Scrum
17 59 (9.25%) ERP
17 59 (9.25%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 171 (26.80%) Python
2 156 (24.45%) SQL
3 151 (23.67%) Java
4 113 (17.71%) JavaScript
5 93 (14.58%) PowerShell
6 81 (12.70%) TypeScript
7 78 (12.23%) C#
8 16 (2.51%) Apex Code
9 13 (2.04%) Kotlin
10 11 (1.72%) Kusto Query Language
11 10 (1.57%) VBA
12 7 (1.10%) Bicep
12 7 (1.10%) Go
13 6 (0.94%) PHP
13 6 (0.94%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.78%) Korn
14 5 (0.78%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.63%) C++
15 4 (0.63%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.63%) XPath
Qualifications
1 168 (26.33%) Security Cleared
2 154 (24.14%) SC Cleared
3 28 (4.39%) Degree
4 19 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.57%) Azure Certification
6 8 (1.25%) ISTQB
6 8 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (0.78%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (0.63%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.47%) CISSP
10 2 (0.31%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.31%) CESG Certified Professional
10 2 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.31%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.31%) PMP
11 1 (0.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.16%) OSCP
11 1 (0.16%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (11.44%) QA
2 26 (4.08%) Data Quality
3 21 (3.29%) Accessibility
4 20 (3.13%) GDPR
5 12 (1.88%) WCAG
6 11 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.41%) NIST
8 7 (1.10%) PCI DSS
8 7 (1.10%) SLA
9 3 (0.47%) GRC
9 3 (0.47%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.31%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.31%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.31%) NCSC
10 2 (0.31%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.31%) SEPA
11 1 (0.16%) HL7
System Software
1 97 (15.20%) Docker
2 52 (8.15%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.31%) Job Entry Subsystem
4 1 (0.16%) Firmware
4 1 (0.16%) IAG
4 1 (0.16%) Postfix
4 1 (0.16%) UAG
Systems Management
1 92 (14.42%) Kubernetes
2 47 (7.37%) Terraform
3 24 (3.76%) Grafana
4 13 (2.04%) Ansible
5 11 (1.72%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.63%) logstash
7 4 (0.63%) Pingdom
8 2 (0.31%) Amdocs OSS
8 2 (0.31%) Control-M
8 2 (0.31%) EMC NetWorker
8 2 (0.31%) Fluentd
8 2 (0.31%) Istio
8 2 (0.31%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (0.31%) Kibana
8 2 (0.31%) Puppet
8 2 (0.31%) QRadar
8 2 (0.31%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 1 (0.16%) linkerd
9 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 71 (11.13%) Oracle
2 67 (10.50%) Microsoft
3 65 (10.19%) ServiceNow
4 41 (6.43%) CyberArk
5 35 (5.49%) BeyondTrust
6 34 (5.33%) Centrify
7 27 (4.23%) Salesforce
8 21 (3.29%) Splunk
9 20 (3.13%) OpenAI
10 16 (2.51%) Google
11 15 (2.35%) SAP
12 12 (1.88%) Guidewire
12 12 (1.88%) MuleSoft
13 10 (1.57%) Adobe
14 9 (1.41%) Dynatrace
15 8 (1.25%) Automation Anywhere
15 8 (1.25%) IBM
15 8 (1.25%) UiPath
16 7 (1.10%) Bloomberg
17 6 (0.94%) Atlassian