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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 89 95
Rank change year-on-year +23 +6 +19
Contract jobs citing REST 774 415 426
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.87% 3.04% 2.57%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 17.05% 11.63% 9.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 500 301 294
10th Percentile £398 £360 £400
25th Percentile £439 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £671 £625
90th Percentile £725 £750 £775
England median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £47.90 - -
25th Percentile £58.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £67.00
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile £83.25 - -
England median hourly rate £61.00 £50.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +22.00% -28.57% +29.94%

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 4,539 3,568 4,504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.70% 26.12% 27.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,004 2,499 3,269
10th Percentile £390 £374 £375
25th Percentile £450 £426 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £672 £700 £725
90th Percentile £780 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £519 £550
% change year-on-year +1.16% -5.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 23 25
10th Percentile £23.98 £31.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £34.20 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.25 £45.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.11% +20.00% -44.03%
75th Percentile £61.50 £60.75 £50.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.50 £71.80
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £56.25
% change year-on-year +18.18% -2.22% -10.00%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 +2 92 £550 - 35
South London -6 17 £563 -9.57% 7
West London -21 5 £539 +2.62% 3
East London +5 4 £400 -39.92% 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 27 (3.49%) Confluence
2 26 (3.36%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.20%) Apache
4 15 (1.94%) Apache Spark
5 10 (1.29%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.16%) Anypoint
7 8 (1.03%) IIS
8 7 (0.90%) Camunda
8 7 (0.90%) Mule
9 6 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.65%) CICS
10 5 (0.65%) Ethereum
10 5 (0.65%) Hyperledger
10 5 (0.65%) WebSphere
11 4 (0.52%) Appian
11 4 (0.52%) WordPress
12 3 (0.39%) Cloud Foundry
12 3 (0.39%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.26%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 3 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.39%) MS Visio
1 3 (0.39%) Trello
2 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.13%) Maya
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (1.81%) NetSuite
2 11 (1.42%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.65%) R3 Corda
5 5 (0.65%) Shopify
6 4 (0.52%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.52%) Quorum
6 4 (0.52%) Ripple
7 3 (0.39%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.26%) Bloomberg AIM
8 2 (0.26%) Fidessa
8 2 (0.26%) Magento
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle Retail
8 2 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.26%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 274 (35.40%) Azure
2 238 (30.75%) AWS
3 122 (15.76%) GitHub
4 88 (11.37%) GCP
5 80 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
6 73 (9.43%) GitHub Actions
7 64 (8.27%) Serverless
8 52 (6.72%) Entra ID
9 44 (5.68%) Power Platform
10 42 (5.43%) SaaS
11 35 (4.52%) Amazon S3
12 32 (4.13%) Amazon SQS
12 32 (4.13%) AWS Lambda
13 29 (3.75%) Amazon EKS
14 27 (3.49%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 26 (3.36%) PaaS
16 25 (3.23%) OCI
17 24 (3.10%) Boomi
18 23 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
19 22 (2.84%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.58%) HTTP
2 7 (0.90%) HTTPS
3 6 (0.78%) FTP
4 5 (0.65%) BGP
4 5 (0.65%) Network Security
4 5 (0.65%) SSL
5 4 (0.52%) DNS
5 4 (0.52%) Firewall
5 4 (0.52%) MPLS
5 4 (0.52%) OSPF
5 4 (0.52%) WAN
6 3 (0.39%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (0.39%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.39%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.26%) Internet
7 2 (0.26%) Intranet
7 2 (0.26%) SMS
7 2 (0.26%) SNMP
7 2 (0.26%) VLAN
7 2 (0.26%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (12.79%) PostgreSQL
2 90 (11.63%) Relational Database
3 78 (10.08%) SQL Server
4 34 (4.39%) NoSQL
5 32 (4.13%) MongoDB
6 28 (3.62%) Power BI
7 26 (3.36%) Redis
8 19 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (2.45%) MySQL
9 17 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
10 15 (1.94%) Big Data
11 14 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
12 13 (1.68%) Metadata
13 11 (1.42%) BigQuery
14 10 (1.29%) DynamoDB
15 9 (1.16%) Data Lake
15 9 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 8 (1.03%) Pinecone
17 7 (0.90%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 120 (15.50%) Git
2 63 (8.14%) Jenkins
3 53 (6.85%) JIRA
4 40 (5.17%) GitLab
5 36 (4.65%) JUnit
6 22 (2.84%) Cypress.io
7 18 (2.33%) Gradle
7 18 (2.33%) Maven
8 16 (2.07%) Postman
9 15 (1.94%) Selenium
10 14 (1.81%) Cucumber
10 14 (1.81%) Mockito
11 12 (1.55%) REST Assured
12 10 (1.29%) CircleCI
12 10 (1.29%) Eclipse
13 9 (1.16%) Ant
13 9 (1.16%) JMeter
14 8 (1.03%) Storybook
14 8 (1.03%) Visual Studio Code
15 7 (0.90%) Vite
General
1 216 (27.91%) Finance
2 187 (24.16%) Social Skills
3 103 (13.31%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (8.66%) Banking
5 66 (8.53%) Public Sector
6 39 (5.04%) Retail
7 29 (3.75%) Telecoms
8 19 (2.45%) Marketing
9 17 (2.20%) Publishing
10 15 (1.94%) Investment Banking
11 12 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.29%) Financial Institution
12 10 (1.29%) Front Office
13 9 (1.16%) Billing
13 9 (1.16%) Legal
13 9 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (0.78%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.65%) Law
Job Titles
1 311 (40.18%) Developer
2 136 (17.57%) Architect
3 121 (15.63%) Senior
4 63 (8.14%) Senior Developer
5 53 (6.85%) Java Developer
6 47 (6.07%) Full-Stack Developer
7 43 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
8 39 (5.04%) Lead
8 39 (5.04%) Software Engineer
9 36 (4.65%) Python Developer
10 28 (3.62%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 26 (3.36%) React Developer
12 23 (2.97%) ServiceNow Architect
13 22 (2.84%) Consultant
13 22 (2.84%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 21 (2.71%) .NET Developer
15 20 (2.58%) ServiceNow Developer
16 19 (2.45%) C# Developer
17 18 (2.33%) Cloud Engineer
17 18 (2.33%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 219 (28.29%) SOAP
2 112 (14.47%) JSON
2 112 (14.47%) React
3 111 (14.34%) RESTful
4 110 (14.21%) .NET
5 103 (13.31%) Spring
6 92 (11.89%) Spring Boot
7 88 (11.37%) Web Services
8 87 (11.24%) Kafka
9 77 (9.95%) OAuth
10 74 (9.56%) XML
11 72 (9.30%) CSS
12 70 (9.04%) HTML
13 64 (8.27%) AngularJS
14 63 (8.14%) Node.js
15 62 (8.01%) GraphQL
15 62 (8.01%) Middleware
16 44 (5.68%) OAuth2
17 33 (4.26%) FastAPI
18 30 (3.88%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 108 (13.95%) Cloud Native
2 70 (9.04%) Distributed Systems
3 59 (7.62%) Product Ownership
4 51 (6.59%) CMDB
5 37 (4.78%) Mobile App
6 33 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
7 29 (3.75%) Management Information System
8 26 (3.36%) AI Agents
8 26 (3.36%) Legacy Systems
9 24 (3.10%) Data Structures
10 18 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
10 18 (2.33%) Onboarding
11 17 (2.20%) Low-Code
12 16 (2.07%) Virtual Team
13 15 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (1.55%) Equities
14 12 (1.55%) Security Posture
15 11 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
15 11 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
16 9 (1.16%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 35 (4.52%) Linux
2 21 (2.71%) Windows
3 19 (2.45%) Android
4 18 (2.33%) Unix
5 6 (0.78%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.65%) zOS
7 4 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.39%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.26%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.13%) CentOS
10 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (43.80%) CI/CD
2 272 (35.14%) Agile
3 253 (32.69%) DevOps
4 191 (24.68%) Microservices
5 163 (21.06%) Problem-Solving
6 145 (18.73%) AI
7 123 (15.89%) Event-Driven
8 115 (14.86%) Data Modelling
9 114 (14.73%) Integration Patterns
10 113 (14.60%) Containerisation
11 111 (14.34%) Test Automation
12 107 (13.82%) Observability
12 107 (13.82%) Scrum
13 103 (13.31%) Software Engineering
14 92 (11.89%) Full-Stack Development
15 88 (11.37%) Analytics
16 85 (10.98%) Roadmaps
17 84 (10.85%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 82 (10.59%) Stakeholder Management
19 80 (10.34%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 210 (27.13%) Python
2 206 (26.61%) Java
3 199 (25.71%) SQL
4 181 (23.39%) JavaScript
5 127 (16.41%) TypeScript
6 112 (14.47%) C#
7 42 (5.43%) PowerShell
8 33 (4.26%) Kotlin
9 25 (3.23%) Apex Code
10 20 (2.58%) Groovy
11 17 (2.20%) PL/SQL
12 14 (1.81%) Bicep
13 13 (1.68%) Bash
14 12 (1.55%) T-SQL
15 11 (1.42%) Shell Script
15 11 (1.42%) SOQL
16 10 (1.29%) Go
17 9 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 9 (1.16%) SOSL
18 6 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 149 (19.25%) Security Cleared
2 128 (16.54%) SC Cleared
3 52 (6.72%) Degree
4 22 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.58%) DV Cleared
6 14 (1.81%) AWS Certification
6 14 (1.81%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.16%) CISSP
8 9 (1.16%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.03%) CISM
10 6 (0.78%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.78%) PMP
11 5 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.65%) MBA
11 5 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 2 (0.26%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (8.91%) QA
2 37 (4.78%) Data Quality
3 28 (3.62%) GDPR
4 26 (3.36%) Accessibility
5 18 (2.33%) GRC
6 14 (1.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 11 (1.42%) HIPAA
7 11 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (1.29%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.90%) WCAG
10 6 (0.78%) SLA
11 4 (0.52%) HL7
11 4 (0.52%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.52%) PMO
11 4 (0.52%) SEPA
12 3 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.39%) NIST
13 2 (0.26%) IEC 62304
13 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 2 (0.26%) ITGC
System Software
1 130 (16.80%) Docker
2 20 (2.58%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.39%) Postfix
6 2 (0.26%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (0.26%) Varnish
6 2 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.13%) Ceph
7 1 (0.13%) Firmware
7 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.13%) IAG
7 1 (0.13%) RACF
7 1 (0.13%) UAG
7 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 137 (17.70%) Kubernetes
2 78 (10.08%) Terraform
3 28 (3.62%) Grafana
4 24 (3.10%) Ansible
5 16 (2.07%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.65%) Control-M
8 3 (0.39%) Bosun
8 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.26%) Amdocs OSS
9 2 (0.26%) Avamar
9 2 (0.26%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.26%) Kibana
9 2 (0.26%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.13%) Apache Ranger
10 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.13%) Istio
10 1 (0.13%) linkerd
10 1 (0.13%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 114 (14.73%) Microsoft
2 112 (14.47%) Oracle
3 94 (12.14%) ServiceNow
4 70 (9.04%) Salesforce
5 42 (5.43%) Google
6 31 (4.01%) SAP
7 26 (3.36%) MuleSoft
7 26 (3.36%) Splunk
8 21 (2.71%) Workday
9 20 (2.58%) OpenAI
10 17 (2.20%) IBM
11 12 (1.55%) Databricks
11 12 (1.55%) Dynatrace
12 10 (1.29%) New Relic
13 9 (1.16%) Atlassian
13 9 (1.16%) CyberArk
13 9 (1.16%) OutSystems
14 8 (1.03%) Cisco
15 7 (0.90%) Adobe
15 7 (0.90%) OpenText