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

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 121 87
Rank change year-on-year +57 -34 -11
Contract jobs citing REST 563 309 478
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.93% 2.07% 2.56%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.96% 8.04% 9.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 380 151 321
10th Percentile £359 £400 £406
25th Percentile £431 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £644 £750
90th Percentile £778 £797 £850
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -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 3,764 3,844 4,814
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.29% 25.75% 25.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,548 2,507 3,634
10th Percentile £361 £380 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% -2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £664 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 19 31
10th Percentile £33.43 £34.65 £29.72
25th Percentile £43.77 £38.38 £35.94
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £63.56 £63.75 £71.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £72.80 £77.50
England median hourly rate £58.00 £62.50 £51.89
% change year-on-year -7.20% +20.45% -20.17%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +12 55 £569 +3.41% 63
East London +9 6 £540 -14.29% 9
West London -15 6 £365 -22.75% 8
North London - 3 - - 1
South London -8 1 £500 +31.58% 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 27 (4.80%) Confluence
2 16 (2.84%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.60%) Jupyter
4 8 (1.42%) Apache
4 8 (1.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 7 (1.24%) Oracle Workflow
6 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.71%) BizTalk Server
8 3 (0.53%) Camunda
8 3 (0.53%) LiveLink
8 3 (0.53%) SAS
8 3 (0.53%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.36%) nginx
9 2 (0.36%) Oracle Service Bus
10 1 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.18%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.18%) GeoServer
Applications
1 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.71%) 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 19 (3.37%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (1.42%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (1.07%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.89%) Fidessa
5 4 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.71%) thinkFolio
6 3 (0.53%) 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
7 2 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.18%) Bloomberg AIM
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle FAH
8 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.18%) Shopify
8 1 (0.18%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 187 (33.21%) Azure
2 141 (25.04%) AWS
3 74 (13.14%) GitHub
4 57 (10.12%) GCP
5 47 (8.35%) Azure DevOps
6 42 (7.46%) GitHub Actions
7 38 (6.75%) Serverless
8 37 (6.57%) OCI
9 35 (6.22%) IaaS
10 33 (5.86%) Power Platform
11 30 (5.33%) Azure Logic Apps
12 29 (5.15%) Entra ID
12 29 (5.15%) PaaS
13 26 (4.62%) Azure Monitor
14 23 (4.09%) Amazon S3
14 23 (4.09%) Azure Service Bus
15 18 (3.20%) AWS Lambda
16 16 (2.84%) Power Automate
16 16 (2.84%) PowerApps
17 15 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.66%) SSL
2 6 (1.07%) HTTP
2 6 (1.07%) HTTPS
3 5 (0.89%) OpenLDAP
4 4 (0.71%) DNS
4 4 (0.71%) SMS
4 4 (0.71%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.53%) Firewall
6 2 (0.36%) SAN
6 2 (0.36%) VPN
7 1 (0.18%) BGP
7 1 (0.18%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.18%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.18%) IPFIX
7 1 (0.18%) Modbus
7 1 (0.18%) SNMP
7 1 (0.18%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.22%) SQL Server
2 34 (6.04%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (5.15%) Relational Database
4 27 (4.80%) NoSQL
5 16 (2.84%) MongoDB
6 15 (2.66%) Oracle Database
7 14 (2.49%) MySQL
7 14 (2.49%) Power BI
8 12 (2.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 12 (2.13%) Oracle Reports
9 11 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
9 11 (1.95%) RDBMS
10 10 (1.78%) Apache Cassandra
11 9 (1.60%) Redis
12 5 (0.89%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (0.71%) EDRMS
14 3 (0.53%) Amazon Aurora
14 3 (0.53%) BigQuery
14 3 (0.53%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 95 (16.87%) Git
2 65 (11.55%) JIRA
3 38 (6.75%) Jenkins
4 37 (6.57%) Postman
5 35 (6.22%) JUnit
6 23 (4.09%) Mockito
7 22 (3.91%) GitLab
8 19 (3.37%) Cucumber
9 17 (3.02%) Selenium
10 13 (2.31%) JMeter
10 13 (2.31%) Maven
10 13 (2.31%) REST Assured
11 12 (2.13%) Bitbucket
11 12 (2.13%) SoapUI
12 9 (1.60%) Subversion
13 7 (1.24%) CircleCI
13 7 (1.24%) Cypress.io
13 7 (1.24%) Gatling
14 6 (1.07%) SonarQube
14 6 (1.07%) SpecFlow
General
1 171 (30.37%) Social Skills
2 136 (24.16%) Finance
3 91 (16.16%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (10.83%) Public Sector
5 52 (9.24%) Banking
6 25 (4.44%) Front Office
7 17 (3.02%) Marketing
8 16 (2.84%) Financial Institution
9 14 (2.49%) Investment Banking
10 12 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (2.13%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.42%) Back Office
12 7 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.24%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.24%) Retail
13 6 (1.07%) Military
14 5 (0.89%) Law
14 5 (0.89%) Publishing
15 4 (0.71%) Billing
15 4 (0.71%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 238 (42.27%) Developer
2 99 (17.58%) Architect
3 55 (9.77%) Senior
4 38 (6.75%) Java Developer
5 33 (5.86%) Senior Developer
6 28 (4.97%) Full-Stack Developer
7 27 (4.80%) Python Developer
8 26 (4.62%) Lead
9 25 (4.44%) Angular Developer
9 25 (4.44%) ServiceNow Developer
10 20 (3.55%) Business Analyst
11 19 (3.37%) Consultant
11 19 (3.37%) Solutions Architect
12 18 (3.20%) Analyst
12 18 (3.20%) CyberArk Architect
13 16 (2.84%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 14 (2.49%) Integration Specialist
14 14 (2.49%) Oracle Developer
15 13 (2.31%) C# Developer
15 13 (2.31%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (30.91%) SOAP
2 129 (22.91%) JSON
3 76 (13.50%) HTML
4 74 (13.14%) Web Services
5 71 (12.61%) AngularJS
6 67 (11.90%) React
7 64 (11.37%) CSS
8 58 (10.30%) Spring Boot
9 56 (9.95%) Spring
10 53 (9.41%) XML
11 51 (9.06%) .NET
11 51 (9.06%) Kafka
12 50 (8.88%) OAuth
13 41 (7.28%) RESTful
14 38 (6.75%) GraphQL
15 33 (5.86%) LDAP
15 33 (5.86%) Oracle Fusion
16 26 (4.62%) HTML5
16 26 (4.62%) Middleware
17 25 (4.44%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 44 (7.82%) Cloud Native
2 32 (5.68%) Self-Motivation
3 31 (5.51%) CMDB
3 31 (5.51%) Enterprise Software
4 29 (5.15%) Product Ownership
5 27 (4.80%) PKI
6 26 (4.62%) Distributed Systems
7 21 (3.73%) Onboarding
7 21 (3.73%) Security Posture
8 19 (3.37%) Equities
8 19 (3.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 19 (3.37%) Public Cloud
9 18 (3.20%) Fixed Income
10 16 (2.84%) Hedge funds
11 13 (2.31%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 9 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (1.60%) Replication
13 8 (1.42%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 49 (8.70%) Linux
2 15 (2.66%) Windows
3 11 (1.95%) Unix
4 8 (1.42%) Android
4 8 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.89%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.71%) Solaris
7 3 (0.53%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.53%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (41.03%) Agile
2 170 (30.20%) DevOps
3 163 (28.95%) CI/CD
4 141 (25.04%) Problem-Solving
5 129 (22.91%) Microservices
6 76 (13.50%) Scrum
7 72 (12.79%) API Integration
8 71 (12.61%) Full-Stack Development
9 65 (11.55%) Test Automation
10 61 (10.83%) Analytics
10 61 (10.83%) Integration Patterns
10 61 (10.83%) ITSM
10 61 (10.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 51 (9.06%) SDLC
12 48 (8.53%) AI
13 47 (8.35%) Containerisation
14 46 (8.17%) Software Engineering
15 45 (7.99%) ERP
15 45 (7.99%) Technical Leadership
16 44 (7.82%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 139 (24.69%) Python
2 131 (23.27%) SQL
3 128 (22.74%) Java
4 126 (22.38%) JavaScript
5 80 (14.21%) PowerShell
6 64 (11.37%) TypeScript
7 61 (10.83%) C#
8 20 (3.55%) Apex Code
9 17 (3.02%) Go
10 14 (2.49%) Groovy
10 14 (2.49%) PL/SQL
11 10 (1.78%) Bash
11 10 (1.78%) VBA
12 7 (1.24%) Bicep
12 7 (1.24%) Kotlin
12 7 (1.24%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (1.07%) C++
13 6 (1.07%) PHP
13 6 (1.07%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.71%) Perl
Qualifications
1 153 (27.18%) Security Cleared
2 143 (25.40%) SC Cleared
3 35 (6.22%) Degree
4 28 (4.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.42%) ISTQB
5 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.24%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.07%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 6 (1.07%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.71%) CISSP
9 2 (0.36%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.36%) CESG Certified Professional
9 2 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.18%) OSCP
10 1 (0.18%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (10.48%) QA
2 25 (4.44%) GDPR
3 16 (2.84%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.78%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.42%) WCAG
7 6 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.71%) MiFID
8 4 (0.71%) NIST
9 3 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.53%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.36%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.36%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.36%) NCSC
10 2 (0.36%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.36%) SLA
11 1 (0.18%) FISMA
11 1 (0.18%) GRC
11 1 (0.18%) HL7
11 1 (0.18%) PSD2
System Software
1 86 (15.28%) Docker
2 43 (7.64%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.71%) NFS
3 4 (0.71%) Veritas File System
3 4 (0.71%) Veritas Volume Manager
3 4 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.36%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 1 (0.18%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 73 (12.97%) Kubernetes
2 35 (6.22%) Terraform
3 14 (2.49%) Ansible
3 14 (2.49%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (1.78%) Grafana
5 9 (1.60%) logstash
6 7 (1.24%) Kibana
7 6 (1.07%) QRadar
8 5 (0.89%) ITRS Geneos
8 5 (0.89%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.71%) Pingdom
9 4 (0.71%) Red Hat Satellite
10 3 (0.53%) Control-M
11 2 (0.36%) EMC NetWorker
11 2 (0.36%) Fluentd
11 2 (0.36%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 1 (0.18%) CloudHub
12 1 (0.18%) Istio
12 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.18%) Puppet
Vendors
1 69 (12.26%) Oracle
2 62 (11.01%) Microsoft
3 60 (10.66%) ServiceNow
4 31 (5.51%) Salesforce
5 29 (5.15%) CyberArk
6 23 (4.09%) Splunk
7 20 (3.55%) BeyondTrust
8 18 (3.20%) Centrify
9 16 (2.84%) SAP
10 15 (2.66%) OpenAI
11 11 (1.95%) Dynatrace
12 10 (1.78%) BMC
12 10 (1.78%) HP
13 9 (1.60%) Google
13 9 (1.60%) MuleSoft
14 8 (1.42%) Adobe
14 8 (1.42%) Atlassian
14 8 (1.42%) Ivanti
14 8 (1.42%) Remedy
15 7 (1.24%) Red Hat