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 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 123 86
Rank change year-on-year +56 -37 -13
Contract jobs citing REST 552 313 496
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.87% 2.06% 2.60%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.81% 8.05% 10.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 365 158 334
10th Percentile £360 £400 £408
25th Percentile £430 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £680 £638 £750
90th Percentile £835 £782 £850
England median daily rate £500 £549 £550
% change year-on-year -8.85% -0.26% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile £44.65 - £49.25
25th Percentile £46.00 - £53.75
Median hourly rate £54.00 - £66.25
75th Percentile £63.00 - £79.69
90th Percentile £67.20 - £88.13
England median hourly rate £65.00 £74.00 £76.53
% change year-on-year -12.16% -3.31% +27.55%

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 3,728 3,886 4,942
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.16% 25.64% 25.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,520 2,536 3,734
10th Percentile £359 £379 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £663 £705 £700
90th Percentile £775 £838 £800
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 20 30
10th Percentile £33.79 £34.83 £31.77
25th Percentile £43.13 £37.88 £36.40
Median hourly rate £55.00 £48.75 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -9.30% -13.65%
75th Percentile £63.38 £63.13 £71.50
90th Percentile £70.80 £71.90 £78.75
England median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £52.20
% change year-on-year -2.40% +19.74% -19.70%

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 15 December 2025.

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 15 December 2025.

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 15 December 2025. 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 +11 55 £575 +4.55% 13
East London +8 5 £540 -14.29% 8
West London -19 5 £365 -26.26% 6
North London - 3 - -
South London -6 1 £500 +31.58% 5
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 31 (5.62%) Confluence
2 16 (2.90%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.63%) Jupyter
4 8 (1.45%) Apache
5 7 (1.27%) Oracle Workflow
6 6 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.09%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.72%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.54%) BizTalk Server
8 3 (0.54%) Camunda
8 3 (0.54%) LiveLink
8 3 (0.54%) SAS
9 2 (0.36%) nginx
10 1 (0.18%) Alfresco
10 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.18%) Drupal
10 1 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.18%) SugarCRM
10 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.72%) Autodesk Inventor
3 2 (0.36%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.18%) InVision
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.18%) Sketch
4 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (3.26%) Oracle ERP
2 12 (2.17%) Remedy ITSM
3 7 (1.27%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.91%) Fidessa
5 4 (0.72%) thinkFolio
6 3 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.54%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.36%) Cloudability
7 2 (0.36%) Maximo
7 2 (0.36%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.18%) Bloomberg AIM
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle FAH
8 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.18%) Shopify
8 1 (0.18%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 172 (31.16%) Azure
2 129 (23.37%) AWS
3 71 (12.86%) GitHub
4 47 (8.51%) Azure DevOps
5 46 (8.33%) GCP
6 40 (7.25%) GitHub Actions
7 37 (6.70%) Serverless
8 34 (6.16%) IaaS
8 34 (6.16%) OCI
9 29 (5.25%) Azure Logic Apps
9 29 (5.25%) Entra ID
10 28 (5.07%) PaaS
10 28 (5.07%) Power Platform
11 25 (4.53%) Azure Monitor
12 23 (4.17%) Amazon S3
13 22 (3.99%) Azure Service Bus
14 18 (3.26%) AWS Lambda
15 15 (2.72%) SaaS
16 14 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
16 14 (2.54%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.26%) SSL
2 6 (1.09%) HTTP
2 6 (1.09%) HTTPS
2 6 (1.09%) TCP/IP
3 5 (0.91%) Firewall
3 5 (0.91%) OpenLDAP
4 4 (0.72%) DNS
5 2 (0.36%) SAN
5 2 (0.36%) SMS
5 2 (0.36%) VPN
6 1 (0.18%) BGP
6 1 (0.18%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.18%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.18%) IPFIX
6 1 (0.18%) Modbus
6 1 (0.18%) SNMP
6 1 (0.18%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (6.16%) PostgreSQL
1 34 (6.16%) SQL Server
2 28 (5.07%) Relational Database
3 26 (4.71%) NoSQL
4 16 (2.90%) Oracle Database
5 15 (2.72%) MongoDB
6 14 (2.54%) MySQL
7 12 (2.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 12 (2.17%) Oracle Reports
7 12 (2.17%) Power BI
8 10 (1.81%) Apache Cassandra
8 10 (1.81%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (1.81%) RDBMS
9 9 (1.63%) Redis
10 4 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.72%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.72%) EDRMS
11 3 (0.54%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.54%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 95 (17.21%) Git
2 70 (12.68%) JIRA
3 38 (6.88%) Jenkins
4 37 (6.70%) JUnit
5 36 (6.52%) Postman
6 25 (4.53%) Mockito
7 21 (3.80%) GitLab
8 18 (3.26%) Cucumber
9 17 (3.08%) Selenium
10 13 (2.36%) JMeter
10 13 (2.36%) Maven
10 13 (2.36%) REST Assured
11 12 (2.17%) Bitbucket
12 11 (1.99%) SoapUI
12 11 (1.99%) Subversion
13 8 (1.45%) Cypress.io
14 7 (1.27%) CircleCI
14 7 (1.27%) Eclipse
14 7 (1.27%) Gatling
14 7 (1.27%) SonarQube
General
1 158 (28.62%) Social Skills
2 137 (24.82%) Finance
3 92 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (11.41%) Public Sector
5 53 (9.60%) Banking
6 26 (4.71%) Front Office
7 17 (3.08%) Marketing
8 14 (2.54%) Financial Institution
8 14 (2.54%) Investment Banking
9 13 (2.36%) Telecoms
10 12 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.63%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (1.45%) Retail
13 7 (1.27%) Back Office
13 7 (1.27%) Military
14 5 (0.91%) Electronics
14 5 (0.91%) Law
14 5 (0.91%) Publishing
15 4 (0.72%) Billing
Job Titles
1 244 (44.20%) Developer
2 90 (16.30%) Architect
3 57 (10.33%) Senior
4 44 (7.97%) Java Developer
5 33 (5.98%) Senior Developer
6 27 (4.89%) Full-Stack Developer
6 27 (4.89%) Python Developer
7 26 (4.71%) Angular Developer
7 26 (4.71%) Lead
8 25 (4.53%) ServiceNow Developer
9 19 (3.44%) Consultant
10 18 (3.26%) Analyst
10 18 (3.26%) Business Analyst
10 18 (3.26%) Solutions Architect
11 17 (3.08%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 14 (2.54%) Oracle Developer
12 14 (2.54%) ServiceNow Architect
13 13 (2.36%) Integration Specialist
13 13 (2.36%) Salesforce Developer
14 12 (2.17%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (29.71%) SOAP
2 129 (23.37%) JSON
3 77 (13.95%) HTML
3 77 (13.95%) Web Services
4 74 (13.41%) AngularJS
5 67 (12.14%) React
6 62 (11.23%) CSS
7 56 (10.14%) Spring Boot
8 54 (9.78%) Spring
9 53 (9.60%) .NET
9 53 (9.60%) XML
10 48 (8.70%) Kafka
11 47 (8.51%) OAuth
12 39 (7.07%) GraphQL
13 38 (6.88%) RESTful
14 31 (5.62%) Oracle Fusion
15 30 (5.43%) HTML5
16 27 (4.89%) .NET Framework
16 27 (4.89%) LDAP
17 26 (4.71%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 45 (8.15%) Cloud Native
2 32 (5.80%) Self-Motivation
3 31 (5.62%) CMDB
4 29 (5.25%) Product Ownership
5 27 (4.89%) PKI
6 25 (4.53%) Distributed Systems
7 21 (3.80%) Onboarding
8 20 (3.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 19 (3.44%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (3.26%) Equities
10 18 (3.26%) Fixed Income
11 17 (3.08%) Public Cloud
12 16 (2.90%) Hedge funds
13 12 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
14 11 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (1.99%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 9 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
15 9 (1.63%) Replication
15 9 (1.63%) Security Posture
16 8 (1.45%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 50 (9.06%) Linux
2 15 (2.72%) Windows
3 11 (1.99%) Unix
4 9 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.45%) Android
6 5 (0.91%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.72%) Solaris
8 3 (0.54%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.54%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (43.84%) Agile
2 172 (31.16%) CI/CD
3 169 (30.62%) DevOps
4 137 (24.82%) Microservices
5 130 (23.55%) Problem-Solving
6 81 (14.67%) Scrum
7 70 (12.68%) API Integration
7 70 (12.68%) Full-Stack Development
8 63 (11.41%) Test Automation
9 58 (10.51%) Analytics
10 53 (9.60%) ITSM
10 53 (9.60%) SDLC
11 51 (9.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 48 (8.70%) Integration Patterns
13 46 (8.33%) AI
14 45 (8.15%) Software Engineering
15 44 (7.97%) Configuration Management
15 44 (7.97%) Containerisation
16 42 (7.61%) TDD
17 41 (7.43%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 134 (24.28%) Java
2 129 (23.37%) Python
3 128 (23.19%) JavaScript
4 126 (22.83%) SQL
5 68 (12.32%) PowerShell
6 65 (11.78%) TypeScript
7 63 (11.41%) C#
8 20 (3.62%) Apex Code
9 18 (3.26%) Go
10 14 (2.54%) Groovy
10 14 (2.54%) PL/SQL
11 10 (1.81%) VBA
12 9 (1.63%) Bash
12 9 (1.63%) PHP
13 8 (1.45%) C++
14 7 (1.27%) Kotlin
14 7 (1.27%) Kusto Query Language
15 6 (1.09%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.91%) Bicep
17 4 (0.72%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 143 (25.91%) Security Cleared
2 133 (24.09%) SC Cleared
3 35 (6.34%) Degree
4 28 (5.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.45%) ISTQB
6 7 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.09%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 6 (1.09%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.72%) CISSP
9 3 (0.54%) CCNP
10 2 (0.36%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.36%) CCNA
10 2 (0.36%) CESG Certified Professional
10 2 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.18%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (10.33%) QA
2 24 (4.35%) GDPR
3 16 (2.90%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.63%) WCAG
5 8 (1.45%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.72%) MiFID
7 4 (0.72%) NIST
8 3 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.54%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.36%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.36%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.36%) NCSC
9 2 (0.36%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.36%) SLA
10 1 (0.18%) FISMA
10 1 (0.18%) GRC
10 1 (0.18%) HL7
10 1 (0.18%) PSD2
System Software
1 82 (14.86%) Docker
2 33 (5.98%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.72%) NFS
4 4 (0.72%) Veritas File System
4 4 (0.72%) Veritas Volume Manager
5 2 (0.36%) Job Entry Subsystem
6 1 (0.18%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 69 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 34 (6.16%) Terraform
3 19 (3.44%) Single Sign-On
4 17 (3.08%) Ansible
5 9 (1.63%) Grafana
5 9 (1.63%) logstash
6 7 (1.27%) Kibana
7 6 (1.09%) QRadar
8 5 (0.91%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (0.72%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.72%) Red Hat Satellite
10 3 (0.54%) Control-M
10 3 (0.54%) Pingdom
10 3 (0.54%) Puppet
11 2 (0.36%) EMC NetWorker
11 2 (0.36%) Fluentd
11 2 (0.36%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 2 (0.36%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.18%) CloudHub
12 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 68 (12.32%) Oracle
2 64 (11.59%) ServiceNow
3 59 (10.69%) Microsoft
4 31 (5.62%) Salesforce
5 23 (4.17%) Splunk
6 18 (3.26%) SAP
7 17 (3.08%) CyberArk
8 14 (2.54%) BMC
8 14 (2.54%) HP
8 14 (2.54%) OpenAI
9 12 (2.17%) Ivanti
9 12 (2.17%) Remedy
10 11 (1.99%) MuleSoft
11 9 (1.63%) Dynatrace
11 9 (1.63%) Google
12 8 (1.45%) Atlassian
12 8 (1.45%) BeyondTrust
13 7 (1.27%) Adobe
13 7 (1.27%) Solace
14 6 (1.09%) Red Hat