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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 95 95
Rank change year-on-year +25 0 +13
Contract jobs citing REST 732 395 450
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.71% 2.92% 2.59%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.34% 11.25% 9.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 282 317
10th Percentile £397 £363 £400
25th Percentile £437 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £638
90th Percentile £734 £750 £775
England median daily rate £520 £500 £514
% change year-on-year +4.00% -2.68% -6.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £51.13 - -
25th Percentile £62.19 - -
Median hourly rate £78.75 - £67.00
75th Percentile £93.44 - -
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +40.00% -28.57% +27.27%

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 4,481 3,512 4,701
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.69% 25.96% 27.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,966 2,443 3,438
10th Percentile £391 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £430 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £706 £719
90th Percentile £776 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 24 26
10th Percentile £24.63 £31.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.06 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.25 £48.22 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.38% +20.55% -40.74%
75th Percentile £70.69 £62.81 £58.76
90th Percentile £91.88 £81.88 £71.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +4.00% +7.20% -8.19%

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 July 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 15 July 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 15 July 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 +14 92 £550 +4.66% 35
South London -6 14 £556 +11.03% 3
East London +4 5 £416 -33.48% 13
West London -19 4 £375 -31.82% 3
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 24 (3.28%) Confluence
2 23 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.91%) Apache
3 14 (1.91%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.64%) Camunda
5 10 (1.37%) Ethereum
5 10 (1.37%) Hyperledger
6 9 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (1.09%) Anypoint
7 8 (1.09%) IIS
8 7 (0.96%) Mule
9 6 (0.82%) Appian
9 6 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.68%) CICS
10 5 (0.68%) WebSphere
11 4 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.41%) Cloud Foundry
12 3 (0.41%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.41%) WordPress
13 2 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 3 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.41%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) Maya
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.37%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.09%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.82%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.68%) R3 Corda
5 5 (0.68%) Shopify
6 4 (0.55%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.55%) Quorum
6 4 (0.55%) Ripple
7 3 (0.41%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.27%) Bloomberg AIM
8 2 (0.27%) Fidessa
8 2 (0.27%) Magento
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Retail
8 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 260 (35.52%) Azure
2 220 (30.05%) AWS
3 111 (15.16%) GitHub
4 83 (11.34%) Azure DevOps
5 77 (10.52%) GCP
6 71 (9.70%) GitHub Actions
7 58 (7.92%) Serverless
8 49 (6.69%) Entra ID
9 41 (5.60%) Power Platform
10 35 (4.78%) Amazon S3
10 35 (4.78%) SaaS
11 28 (3.83%) Amazon SQS
12 27 (3.69%) AWS Lambda
13 26 (3.55%) OCI
14 25 (3.42%) PaaS
15 24 (3.28%) Amazon EKS
15 24 (3.28%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 22 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
17 21 (2.87%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 19 (2.60%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.01%) HTTP
2 7 (0.96%) HTTPS
3 6 (0.82%) FTP
4 5 (0.68%) BGP
4 5 (0.68%) Network Security
5 4 (0.55%) DNS
5 4 (0.55%) Firewall
5 4 (0.55%) MPLS
5 4 (0.55%) OSPF
5 4 (0.55%) WAN
6 3 (0.41%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.41%) SSL
6 3 (0.41%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.27%) Intranet
7 2 (0.27%) NaaS
7 2 (0.27%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.27%) SMS
7 2 (0.27%) SNMP
7 2 (0.27%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (12.70%) PostgreSQL
2 87 (11.89%) Relational Database
3 75 (10.25%) SQL Server
4 38 (5.19%) NoSQL
5 31 (4.23%) MongoDB
6 26 (3.55%) Power BI
7 20 (2.73%) Redis
8 18 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
9 17 (2.32%) Amazon RDS
10 15 (2.05%) Big Data
10 15 (2.05%) MySQL
11 14 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (1.78%) Metadata
13 11 (1.50%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (1.37%) BigQuery
14 10 (1.37%) DynamoDB
14 10 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 9 (1.23%) Data Lake
15 9 (1.23%) Pinecone
16 8 (1.09%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 114 (15.57%) Git
2 63 (8.61%) Jenkins
3 52 (7.10%) JIRA
4 40 (5.46%) JUnit
5 39 (5.33%) GitLab
6 23 (3.14%) Cypress.io
6 23 (3.14%) Postman
7 19 (2.60%) Selenium
8 18 (2.46%) Cucumber
9 17 (2.32%) Gradle
9 17 (2.32%) Maven
9 17 (2.32%) REST Assured
10 15 (2.05%) Mockito
11 10 (1.37%) CircleCI
11 10 (1.37%) Eclipse
11 10 (1.37%) JMeter
12 9 (1.23%) Ant
13 8 (1.09%) Visual Studio Code
14 6 (0.82%) SoapUI
14 6 (0.82%) Storybook
General
1 199 (27.19%) Finance
2 169 (23.09%) Social Skills
3 99 (13.52%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (8.88%) Banking
5 64 (8.74%) Public Sector
6 35 (4.78%) Retail
7 28 (3.83%) Telecoms
8 18 (2.46%) Marketing
9 17 (2.32%) Publishing
10 14 (1.91%) Investment Banking
11 11 (1.50%) Front Office
12 10 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.37%) Financial Institution
12 10 (1.37%) Legal
13 9 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (0.96%) Billing
14 7 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (0.68%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.55%) Automotive
16 4 (0.55%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 296 (40.44%) Developer
2 123 (16.80%) Architect
3 107 (14.62%) Senior
4 53 (7.24%) Java Developer
5 51 (6.97%) Senior Developer
6 45 (6.15%) Full-Stack Developer
7 39 (5.33%) Solutions Architect
8 36 (4.92%) Software Engineer
9 35 (4.78%) Lead
9 35 (4.78%) Python Developer
10 28 (3.83%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 26 (3.55%) React Developer
12 23 (3.14%) ServiceNow Architect
13 22 (3.01%) Consultant
14 17 (2.32%) Cloud Engineer
14 17 (2.32%) Data Engineer
14 17 (2.32%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 17 (2.32%) Java Engineer
15 16 (2.19%) .NET Developer
15 16 (2.19%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 199 (27.19%) SOAP
2 111 (15.16%) React
3 104 (14.21%) Spring
4 103 (14.07%) RESTful
5 101 (13.80%) JSON
6 100 (13.66%) .NET
7 96 (13.11%) Spring Boot
8 84 (11.48%) Kafka
8 84 (11.48%) Web Services
9 72 (9.84%) OAuth
10 69 (9.43%) AngularJS
11 65 (8.88%) CSS
12 64 (8.74%) HTML
12 64 (8.74%) XML
13 61 (8.33%) GraphQL
13 61 (8.33%) Node.js
14 56 (7.65%) Middleware
15 36 (4.92%) OAuth2
16 31 (4.23%) FastAPI
17 29 (3.96%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 96 (13.11%) Cloud Native
2 61 (8.33%) Product Ownership
3 60 (8.20%) Distributed Systems
4 45 (6.15%) CMDB
5 39 (5.33%) Mobile App
6 27 (3.69%) Management Information System
7 25 (3.42%) Legacy Systems
8 23 (3.14%) Enterprise Software
9 19 (2.60%) AI Agents
10 18 (2.46%) Data Structures
10 18 (2.46%) Virtual Team
11 17 (2.32%) Data Protection Act
11 17 (2.32%) Low-Code
11 17 (2.32%) Onboarding
12 14 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.64%) Equities
13 12 (1.64%) Security Posture
14 11 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
15 9 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
15 9 (1.23%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 31 (4.23%) Linux
2 21 (2.87%) Windows
3 18 (2.46%) Android
4 14 (1.91%) Unix
5 6 (0.82%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.68%) zOS
7 4 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.41%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.14%) CentOS
9 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.14%) VMS
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 320 (43.72%) CI/CD
2 258 (35.25%) Agile
3 238 (32.51%) DevOps
4 185 (25.27%) Microservices
5 153 (20.90%) Problem-Solving
6 120 (16.39%) AI
7 110 (15.03%) Event-Driven
8 106 (14.48%) Data Modelling
8 106 (14.48%) Scrum
8 106 (14.48%) Test Automation
9 105 (14.34%) Containerisation
10 102 (13.93%) Integration Patterns
11 97 (13.25%) Observability
12 92 (12.57%) Software Engineering
13 84 (11.48%) Full-Stack Development
14 81 (11.07%) Analytics
15 77 (10.52%) Roadmaps
15 77 (10.52%) Workflow
16 74 (10.11%) Migration
17 72 (9.84%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 207 (28.28%) Java
2 201 (27.46%) Python
3 186 (25.41%) SQL
4 157 (21.45%) JavaScript
5 128 (17.49%) TypeScript
6 102 (13.93%) C#
7 40 (5.46%) PowerShell
8 30 (4.10%) Kotlin
9 23 (3.14%) Apex Code
10 14 (1.91%) PL/SQL
11 13 (1.78%) Bicep
11 13 (1.78%) Groovy
12 12 (1.64%) T-SQL
13 11 (1.50%) Bash
14 10 (1.37%) SOQL
15 9 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 9 (1.23%) Go
16 8 (1.09%) SOSL
17 7 (0.96%) Shell Script
18 6 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 137 (18.72%) Security Cleared
2 120 (16.39%) SC Cleared
3 50 (6.83%) Degree
4 20 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.19%) DV Cleared
6 14 (1.91%) AWS Certification
6 14 (1.91%) Azure Certification
6 14 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.23%) CISSP
7 9 (1.23%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.09%) CISM
9 5 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (0.68%) MBA
9 5 (0.68%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.68%) PMP
10 4 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.27%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (9.02%) QA
2 34 (4.64%) Data Quality
3 26 (3.55%) Accessibility
4 25 (3.42%) GDPR
5 17 (2.32%) GRC
6 13 (1.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 11 (1.50%) HIPAA
8 10 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (1.37%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.96%) WCAG
10 6 (0.82%) SLA
11 4 (0.55%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.55%) SEPA
12 3 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.41%) NIST
12 3 (0.41%) PMO
13 2 (0.27%) Basel III
13 2 (0.27%) HL7
13 2 (0.27%) ISO 8583
13 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 118 (16.12%) Docker
2 19 (2.60%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.41%) Postfix
6 2 (0.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.14%) Ceph
7 1 (0.14%) Firmware
7 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.14%) IAG
7 1 (0.14%) RACF
7 1 (0.14%) UAG
7 1 (0.14%) Varnish
7 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 129 (17.62%) Kubernetes
2 65 (8.88%) Terraform
3 26 (3.55%) Grafana
4 24 (3.28%) Ansible
5 12 (1.64%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.55%) Control-M
8 2 (0.27%) Amdocs OSS
8 2 (0.27%) Avamar
8 2 (0.27%) EMC VPLEX
8 2 (0.27%) Kibana
8 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.27%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Ranger
9 1 (0.14%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.14%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.14%) Istio
9 1 (0.14%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.14%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 106 (14.48%) Oracle
2 104 (14.21%) Microsoft
3 85 (11.61%) ServiceNow
4 59 (8.06%) Salesforce
5 35 (4.78%) Google
6 28 (3.83%) SAP
7 24 (3.28%) Splunk
8 23 (3.14%) MuleSoft
9 18 (2.46%) OpenAI
9 18 (2.46%) Workday
10 16 (2.19%) IBM
11 12 (1.64%) Databricks
11 12 (1.64%) Dynatrace
12 9 (1.23%) Atlassian
12 9 (1.23%) CyberArk
13 8 (1.09%) Cisco
13 8 (1.09%) OutSystems
14 7 (0.96%) Foundry
14 7 (0.96%) New Relic
14 7 (0.96%) TikTok