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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 90 97
Rank change year-on-year +26 +7 +15
Contract jobs citing REST 829 420 398
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.13% 3.12% 2.46%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 18.14% 12.02% 8.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 538 295 269
10th Percentile £400 £359 £411
25th Percentile £438 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £555 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +5.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £625
90th Percentile £714 £735 £775
England median daily rate £515 £491 £525
% change year-on-year +4.89% -6.48% -4.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £45.50 - -
25th Percentile £52.06 £43.75 -
Median hourly rate £61.00 £47.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.42% - -
75th Percentile £72.19 £51.25 -
90th Percentile £81.88 - -
England median hourly rate £61.00 £50.00 £74.00
% change year-on-year +22.00% -32.43% +35.94%

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 4,571 3,494 4,435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.75% 25.95% 27.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,028 2,428 3,162
10th Percentile £397 £363 £377
25th Percentile £450 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £725
90th Percentile £775 £825 £850
England median daily rate £526 £514 £550
% change year-on-year +2.24% -6.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 27 23
10th Percentile £26.40 £32.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.63 £33.87 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.50 £52.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +40.00% -44.03%
75th Percentile £62.25 £63.13 £49.38
90th Percentile £81.25 £78.20 £64.31
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £58.60
% change year-on-year +18.18% -6.15% -2.33%

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 18 August 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 18 August 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 18 August 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 +13 92 £536 -2.50% 49
South London -1 15 £631 +1.49% 4
East London +1 6 £432 -28.30% 10
West London -27 3 £539 +2.62% 7
North London - 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 31 (3.74%) Confluence
2 25 (3.02%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.93%) Apache
4 13 (1.57%) Apache Spark
5 10 (1.21%) Anypoint
5 10 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.09%) Camunda
7 8 (0.97%) IIS
8 7 (0.84%) Mule
9 6 (0.72%) WebSphere
10 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.48%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.48%) Hyperledger
11 4 (0.48%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.36%) Cloud Foundry
12 3 (0.36%) CMS
13 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.24%) CICS
13 2 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.36%) Trello
2 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (2.05%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.45%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.60%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (0.60%) Shopify
6 4 (0.48%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.48%) Quorum
6 4 (0.48%) R3 Corda
6 4 (0.48%) Ripple
7 3 (0.36%) Distributed Ledger
8 2 (0.24%) Infor LN
8 2 (0.24%) Magento
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle Retail
8 2 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.24%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 308 (37.15%) Azure
2 251 (30.28%) AWS
3 135 (16.28%) GitHub
4 97 (11.70%) Azure DevOps
5 92 (11.10%) GCP
6 77 (9.29%) GitHub Actions
7 65 (7.84%) Serverless
8 63 (7.60%) Entra ID
9 48 (5.79%) Power Platform
10 45 (5.43%) SaaS
11 36 (4.34%) Amazon S3
12 33 (3.98%) AWS Lambda
13 32 (3.86%) Amazon SQS
14 29 (3.50%) Amazon EKS
15 27 (3.26%) Boomi
16 26 (3.14%) PowerApps
16 26 (3.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 25 (3.02%) Azure Service Bus
18 24 (2.90%) Amazon ECS
18 24 (2.90%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.29%) HTTP
2 10 (1.21%) BGP
3 8 (0.97%) Firewall
3 8 (0.97%) HTTPS
4 7 (0.84%) Network Security
5 6 (0.72%) DNS
5 6 (0.72%) FTP
5 6 (0.72%) SSL
5 6 (0.72%) VXLAN
6 5 (0.60%) Ethernet VPN
6 5 (0.60%) NX-OS
6 5 (0.60%) TACACS
7 4 (0.48%) MPLS
7 4 (0.48%) OSPF
7 4 (0.48%) SSH
7 4 (0.48%) WAN
8 3 (0.36%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (0.36%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (0.36%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (12.06%) PostgreSQL
2 92 (11.10%) Relational Database
3 76 (9.17%) SQL Server
4 43 (5.19%) NoSQL
5 33 (3.98%) MongoDB
6 31 (3.74%) Power BI
7 26 (3.14%) Redis
8 19 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
9 18 (2.17%) MySQL
10 17 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
10 17 (2.05%) Metadata
11 15 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
11 15 (1.81%) Elasticsearch
12 14 (1.69%) Big Data
13 12 (1.45%) BigQuery
14 10 (1.21%) DynamoDB
14 10 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 9 (1.09%) Data Lake
16 8 (0.97%) Oracle BI Publisher
17 7 (0.84%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 133 (16.04%) Git
2 72 (8.69%) Jenkins
3 59 (7.12%) JIRA
4 54 (6.51%) GitLab
5 37 (4.46%) JUnit
6 23 (2.77%) Cypress.io
7 21 (2.53%) Gradle
8 18 (2.17%) Maven
9 17 (2.05%) Selenium
10 15 (1.81%) Cucumber
11 14 (1.69%) Postman
12 13 (1.57%) Mockito
13 12 (1.45%) CircleCI
13 12 (1.45%) REST Assured
13 12 (1.45%) Visual Studio
14 11 (1.33%) Bitbucket
15 10 (1.21%) Eclipse
15 10 (1.21%) Visual Studio Code
16 9 (1.09%) JMeter
16 9 (1.09%) Storybook
General
1 236 (28.47%) Finance
2 205 (24.73%) Social Skills
3 112 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (9.65%) Banking
5 70 (8.44%) Public Sector
6 38 (4.58%) Retail
7 30 (3.62%) Telecoms
8 21 (2.53%) Marketing
9 18 (2.17%) Publishing
10 16 (1.93%) Investment Banking
11 10 (1.21%) Billing
11 10 (1.21%) Financial Institution
11 10 (1.21%) Legal
11 10 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (0.97%) Front Office
14 7 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (0.84%) Law
14 7 (0.84%) Manufacturing
14 7 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 338 (40.77%) Developer
2 148 (17.85%) Architect
3 135 (16.28%) Senior
4 67 (8.08%) Senior Developer
5 57 (6.88%) Java Developer
6 52 (6.27%) Full-Stack Developer
7 45 (5.43%) Lead
7 45 (5.43%) Solutions Architect
8 41 (4.95%) Software Engineer
9 39 (4.70%) Python Developer
10 27 (3.26%) React Developer
11 26 (3.14%) .NET Developer
11 26 (3.14%) Consultant
12 25 (3.02%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 25 (3.02%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 22 (2.65%) ServiceNow Architect
13 22 (2.65%) ServiceNow Developer
14 21 (2.53%) Java Engineer
15 20 (2.41%) C# Developer
16 18 (2.17%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 213 (25.69%) SOAP
2 121 (14.60%) JSON
3 120 (14.48%) .NET
3 120 (14.48%) React
4 111 (13.39%) RESTful
5 101 (12.18%) Spring
6 98 (11.82%) Kafka
7 91 (10.98%) Spring Boot
8 80 (9.65%) XML
9 79 (9.53%) OAuth
10 73 (8.81%) CSS
11 71 (8.56%) HTML
11 71 (8.56%) Web Services
12 62 (7.48%) GraphQL
12 62 (7.48%) Middleware
13 60 (7.24%) AngularJS
14 57 (6.88%) Node.js
15 50 (6.03%) OAuth2
16 33 (3.98%) .NET Core
17 30 (3.62%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 125 (15.08%) Cloud Native
2 77 (9.29%) Distributed Systems
3 61 (7.36%) Product Ownership
4 52 (6.27%) CMDB
5 47 (5.67%) Enterprise Software
6 33 (3.98%) Mobile App
7 30 (3.62%) Management Information System
8 28 (3.38%) AI Agents
9 26 (3.14%) Data Structures
9 26 (3.14%) Onboarding
10 24 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
11 18 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
12 17 (2.05%) Virtual Team
13 15 (1.81%) Low-Code
14 14 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (1.45%) Security Posture
16 11 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
17 10 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
18 9 (1.09%) Derivative
18 9 (1.09%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.91%) Linux
2 28 (3.38%) Windows
3 21 (2.53%) Unix
4 19 (2.29%) Android
5 9 (1.09%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.36%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.36%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.24%) zOS
9 1 (0.12%) CentOS
9 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (44.99%) CI/CD
2 293 (35.34%) Agile
3 278 (33.53%) DevOps
4 209 (25.21%) Microservices
5 179 (21.59%) Problem-Solving
6 159 (19.18%) AI
7 138 (16.65%) Event-Driven
8 133 (16.04%) Test Automation
9 125 (15.08%) Integration Patterns
10 120 (14.48%) Data Modelling
11 114 (13.75%) Software Engineering
12 113 (13.63%) Containerisation
13 109 (13.15%) Scrum
14 105 (12.67%) Full-Stack Development
14 105 (12.67%) Observability
15 101 (12.18%) Stakeholder Management
16 93 (11.22%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 91 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
18 90 (10.86%) ITSM
18 90 (10.86%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 231 (27.86%) Python
2 219 (26.42%) SQL
3 215 (25.93%) Java
4 184 (22.20%) JavaScript
5 137 (16.53%) TypeScript
6 116 (13.99%) C#
7 51 (6.15%) PowerShell
8 27 (3.26%) Kotlin
9 26 (3.14%) Apex Code
10 20 (2.41%) Groovy
11 17 (2.05%) Bash
11 17 (2.05%) PL/SQL
12 16 (1.93%) Bicep
13 13 (1.57%) Go
13 13 (1.57%) Shell Script
14 11 (1.33%) SOQL
15 10 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 10 (1.21%) SOSL
15 10 (1.21%) T-SQL
16 7 (0.84%) Swift
Qualifications
1 165 (19.90%) Security Cleared
2 140 (16.89%) SC Cleared
3 56 (6.76%) Degree
4 26 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.65%) DV Cleared
6 14 (1.69%) AWS Certification
6 14 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.33%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.33%) CISSP
8 9 (1.09%) CISM
9 8 (0.97%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.72%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.72%) PMP
11 5 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.60%) MBA
12 4 (0.48%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (9.05%) QA
2 33 (3.98%) Data Quality
3 28 (3.38%) GDPR
4 25 (3.02%) Accessibility
5 18 (2.17%) GRC
5 18 (2.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 13 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.45%) HIPAA
8 10 (1.21%) PCI DSS
9 9 (1.09%) ISO 20022
10 8 (0.97%) NIST
11 6 (0.72%) SLA
11 6 (0.72%) WCAG
12 5 (0.60%) HL7
12 5 (0.60%) SEPA
13 4 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.48%) PMO
14 2 (0.24%) IEC 62304
14 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 17025
14 2 (0.24%) ITGC
System Software
1 142 (17.13%) Docker
2 27 (3.26%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.48%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.36%) Postfix
6 3 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.24%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.24%) Varnish
8 1 (0.12%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.12%) Ceph
8 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.12%) IAG
8 1 (0.12%) RACF
8 1 (0.12%) UAG
8 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 146 (17.61%) Kubernetes
2 80 (9.65%) Terraform
3 33 (3.98%) Ansible
4 22 (2.65%) Grafana
5 17 (2.05%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.84%) Control-M
8 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.36%) Bosun
10 2 (0.24%) Amdocs OSS
10 2 (0.24%) Avamar
10 2 (0.24%) EMC VPLEX
10 2 (0.24%) Istio
10 2 (0.24%) Kibana
10 2 (0.24%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.24%) SCCM
11 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.12%) linkerd
11 1 (0.12%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 130 (15.68%) Microsoft
2 115 (13.87%) Oracle
3 104 (12.55%) ServiceNow
4 79 (9.53%) Salesforce
5 38 (4.58%) Google
6 35 (4.22%) SAP
7 26 (3.14%) MuleSoft
8 22 (2.65%) Splunk
9 21 (2.53%) Workday
10 17 (2.05%) Databricks
10 17 (2.05%) IBM
11 15 (1.81%) OpenAI
12 14 (1.69%) Cisco
12 14 (1.69%) CyberArk
13 11 (1.33%) Dynatrace
13 11 (1.33%) VMware
14 10 (1.21%) New Relic
14 10 (1.21%) OutSystems
15 8 (0.97%) Atlassian
15 8 (0.97%) Okta