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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 85 103
Rank change year-on-year +21 +18 +13
Contract jobs citing REST 820 421 412
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.07% 3.10% 2.54%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 17.92% 12.03% 9.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 532 298 280
10th Percentile £400 £362 £413
25th Percentile £448 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £558 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +6.19% -12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £679 £625
90th Percentile £716 £747 £776
England median daily rate £519 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.80% -4.76% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £45.50 - -
25th Percentile £52.06 £43.75 -
Median hourly rate £61.00 £47.50 £67.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.42% -29.10% +1.13%
75th Percentile £72.19 £51.25 -
90th Percentile £81.88 - -
England median hourly rate £59.50 £50.00 £72.00
% change year-on-year +19.00% -30.56% +32.27%

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 4,577 3,499 4,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.74% 25.81% 27.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,033 2,438 3,174
10th Percentile £393 £364 £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 £700 £725
90th Percentile £775 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 27 25
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% -43.18%
75th Percentile £62.25 £63.13 £50.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £78.20 £71.80
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £56.75
% change year-on-year +18.18% -3.08% -5.42%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 +5 95 £538 -4.02% 56
South London +1 17 £563 -9.57% 8
East London +3 6 £432 -28.30% 12
West London -23 3 £539 +2.62% 8
North London - 1 - - 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 32 (3.90%) Confluence
2 25 (3.05%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.95%) Apache
4 13 (1.59%) Apache Spark
5 10 (1.22%) Anypoint
5 10 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.10%) Camunda
7 8 (0.98%) IIS
8 7 (0.85%) Mule
9 6 (0.73%) WebSphere
10 5 (0.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (0.49%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.49%) Hyperledger
12 3 (0.37%) Cloud Foundry
12 3 (0.37%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.24%) Apache Solr
13 2 (0.24%) CICS
13 2 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 2 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.37%) MS Visio
1 3 (0.37%) Trello
2 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (1.83%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.46%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.61%) Shopify
6 4 (0.49%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.49%) Quorum
6 4 (0.49%) R3 Corda
6 4 (0.49%) Ripple
7 3 (0.37%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
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
1 301 (36.71%) Azure
2 246 (30.00%) AWS
3 133 (16.22%) GitHub
4 93 (11.34%) Azure DevOps
5 89 (10.85%) GCP
6 78 (9.51%) GitHub Actions
7 65 (7.93%) Serverless
8 61 (7.44%) Entra ID
9 48 (5.85%) Power Platform
10 44 (5.37%) SaaS
11 36 (4.39%) Amazon S3
12 34 (4.15%) AWS Lambda
13 32 (3.90%) Amazon SQS
14 31 (3.78%) Amazon EKS
15 26 (3.17%) Boomi
15 26 (3.17%) PowerApps
15 26 (3.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 25 (3.05%) Amazon ECS
16 25 (3.05%) PaaS
17 24 (2.93%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.44%) HTTP
2 8 (0.98%) BGP
2 8 (0.98%) Firewall
3 7 (0.85%) HTTPS
3 7 (0.85%) Network Security
4 6 (0.73%) DNS
4 6 (0.73%) FTP
4 6 (0.73%) SSL
5 4 (0.49%) MPLS
5 4 (0.49%) OSPF
5 4 (0.49%) TACACS
5 4 (0.49%) VXLAN
5 4 (0.49%) WAN
6 3 (0.37%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (0.37%) Ethernet VPN
6 3 (0.37%) NX-OS
6 3 (0.37%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.37%) SSH
6 3 (0.37%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (12.20%) PostgreSQL
2 90 (10.98%) Relational Database
3 73 (8.90%) SQL Server
4 41 (5.00%) NoSQL
5 32 (3.90%) MongoDB
6 30 (3.66%) Power BI
7 25 (3.05%) Redis
8 20 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
9 19 (2.32%) MySQL
10 18 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (1.95%) Metadata
12 15 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
12 15 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
13 14 (1.71%) Big Data
14 12 (1.46%) BigQuery
15 10 (1.22%) DynamoDB
16 9 (1.10%) Data Lake
16 9 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 8 (0.98%) Oracle BI Publisher
18 7 (0.85%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 125 (15.24%) Git
2 69 (8.41%) Jenkins
3 60 (7.32%) JIRA
4 49 (5.98%) GitLab
5 37 (4.51%) JUnit
6 25 (3.05%) Cypress.io
7 21 (2.56%) Gradle
8 20 (2.44%) Maven
9 16 (1.95%) Cucumber
9 16 (1.95%) Selenium
10 15 (1.83%) Postman
11 14 (1.71%) Mockito
12 12 (1.46%) Visual Studio
13 11 (1.34%) CircleCI
13 11 (1.34%) REST Assured
14 10 (1.22%) Eclipse
14 10 (1.22%) Visual Studio Code
15 9 (1.10%) Storybook
16 8 (0.98%) Ant
16 8 (0.98%) JMeter
General
1 229 (27.93%) Finance
2 201 (24.51%) Social Skills
3 111 (13.54%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (9.27%) Banking
5 70 (8.54%) Public Sector
6 39 (4.76%) Retail
7 30 (3.66%) Telecoms
8 21 (2.56%) Marketing
9 18 (2.20%) Publishing
10 16 (1.95%) Investment Banking
11 10 (1.22%) Billing
11 10 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.22%) Legal
11 10 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (1.10%) Financial Institution
12 9 (1.10%) Front Office
13 7 (0.85%) Law
13 7 (0.85%) Manufacturing
13 7 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 332 (40.49%) Developer
2 148 (18.05%) Architect
3 133 (16.22%) Senior
4 67 (8.17%) Senior Developer
5 58 (7.07%) Java Developer
6 50 (6.10%) Full-Stack Developer
7 46 (5.61%) Solutions Architect
8 42 (5.12%) Lead
9 40 (4.88%) Software Engineer
10 37 (4.51%) Python Developer
11 27 (3.29%) React Developer
12 25 (3.05%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 25 (3.05%) Consultant
13 24 (2.93%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 23 (2.80%) .NET Developer
15 22 (2.68%) ServiceNow Architect
15 22 (2.68%) ServiceNow Developer
16 20 (2.44%) C# Developer
17 19 (2.32%) Java Engineer
18 18 (2.20%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 214 (26.10%) SOAP
2 121 (14.76%) JSON
3 119 (14.51%) React
4 118 (14.39%) .NET
5 109 (13.29%) RESTful
6 102 (12.44%) Spring
7 98 (11.95%) Kafka
8 91 (11.10%) Spring Boot
9 82 (10.00%) XML
10 81 (9.88%) OAuth
11 74 (9.02%) CSS
12 73 (8.90%) Web Services
13 72 (8.78%) HTML
14 64 (7.80%) GraphQL
15 63 (7.68%) Middleware
16 61 (7.44%) AngularJS
17 58 (7.07%) Node.js
18 51 (6.22%) OAuth2
19 30 (3.66%) .NET Core
19 30 (3.66%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 122 (14.88%) Cloud Native
2 76 (9.27%) Distributed Systems
3 58 (7.07%) Product Ownership
4 52 (6.34%) CMDB
5 44 (5.37%) Enterprise Software
6 33 (4.02%) Mobile App
7 29 (3.54%) Management Information System
8 27 (3.29%) AI Agents
9 26 (3.17%) Data Structures
10 25 (3.05%) Onboarding
11 24 (2.93%) Legacy Systems
12 18 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
13 17 (2.07%) Virtual Team
14 15 (1.83%) Low-Code
14 15 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
15 12 (1.46%) Security Posture
16 10 (1.22%) Equities
16 10 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
17 9 (1.10%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 48 (5.85%) Linux
2 27 (3.29%) Windows
3 20 (2.44%) Unix
4 19 (2.32%) Android
5 8 (0.98%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.37%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.37%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.24%) zOS
9 1 (0.12%) CentOS
9 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 362 (44.15%) CI/CD
2 286 (34.88%) Agile
3 274 (33.41%) DevOps
4 206 (25.12%) Microservices
5 178 (21.71%) Problem-Solving
6 156 (19.02%) AI
7 135 (16.46%) Event-Driven
8 129 (15.73%) Test Automation
9 125 (15.24%) Integration Patterns
10 118 (14.39%) Data Modelling
11 113 (13.78%) Containerisation
12 111 (13.54%) Software Engineering
13 108 (13.17%) Scrum
14 105 (12.80%) Observability
15 102 (12.44%) Full-Stack Development
16 96 (11.71%) Stakeholder Management
17 91 (11.10%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 88 (10.73%) ITSM
18 88 (10.73%) Roadmaps
19 87 (10.61%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 221 (26.95%) Python
2 214 (26.10%) Java
2 214 (26.10%) SQL
3 184 (22.44%) JavaScript
4 136 (16.59%) TypeScript
5 113 (13.78%) C#
6 48 (5.85%) PowerShell
7 28 (3.41%) Kotlin
8 27 (3.29%) Apex Code
9 20 (2.44%) Groovy
10 17 (2.07%) PL/SQL
11 16 (1.95%) Bash
11 16 (1.95%) Bicep
12 14 (1.71%) Go
13 13 (1.59%) Shell Script
14 12 (1.46%) SOQL
15 10 (1.22%) SOSL
15 10 (1.22%) T-SQL
16 9 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 6 (0.73%) Swift
Qualifications
1 164 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 139 (16.95%) SC Cleared
3 55 (6.71%) Degree
4 25 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.68%) DV Cleared
6 14 (1.71%) AWS Certification
6 14 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.46%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.34%) CISSP
9 9 (1.10%) CISM
10 8 (0.98%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.73%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.73%) PMP
12 5 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.61%) MBA
13 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 4 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.37%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (8.90%) QA
2 33 (4.02%) Data Quality
3 27 (3.29%) GDPR
4 26 (3.17%) Accessibility
5 18 (2.20%) GRC
6 17 (2.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 12 (1.46%) HIPAA
7 12 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (1.22%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.85%) ISO 20022
9 7 (0.85%) NIST
9 7 (0.85%) SLA
9 7 (0.85%) WCAG
10 5 (0.61%) HL7
11 4 (0.49%) PMO
11 4 (0.49%) SEPA
12 3 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.24%) IEC 62304
13 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 2 (0.24%) ITGC
System Software
1 140 (17.07%) Docker
2 25 (3.05%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.37%) Postfix
5 3 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.37%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.24%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (0.24%) Varnish
7 1 (0.12%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.12%) Ceph
7 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.12%) IAG
7 1 (0.12%) RACF
7 1 (0.12%) UAG
7 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 144 (17.56%) Kubernetes
2 79 (9.63%) Terraform
3 29 (3.54%) Ansible
4 24 (2.93%) Grafana
5 17 (2.07%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.85%) Control-M
8 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.37%) 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
1 126 (15.37%) Microsoft
2 113 (13.78%) Oracle
3 101 (12.32%) ServiceNow
4 78 (9.51%) Salesforce
5 38 (4.63%) Google
6 33 (4.02%) SAP
7 27 (3.29%) MuleSoft
8 23 (2.80%) Splunk
9 20 (2.44%) Workday
10 17 (2.07%) IBM
11 16 (1.95%) Databricks
12 14 (1.71%) OpenAI
13 12 (1.46%) Cisco
13 12 (1.46%) CyberArk
14 11 (1.34%) Dynatrace
15 10 (1.22%) New Relic
15 10 (1.22%) OutSystems
16 9 (1.10%) Atlassian
16 9 (1.10%) VMware
17 7 (0.85%) OpenText