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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 83 111
Rank change year-on-year +24 +28 +5
Contract jobs citing REST 866 444 372
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.29% 3.34% 2.32%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.33% 11.40% 7.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 563 301 242
10th Percentile £400 £359 £413
25th Percentile £450 £415 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £545 £539
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% +1.16% -10.21%
75th Percentile £638 £670 £629
90th Percentile £736 £725 £773
England median daily rate £525 £480 £525
% change year-on-year +9.38% -8.57% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile £46.40 - -
25th Percentile £50.63 £43.75 -
Median hourly rate £59.50 £47.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.26% - -
75th Percentile £69.38 £51.25 -
90th Percentile £80.50 - -
England median hourly rate £59.50 £50.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +19.00% -28.57% +28.59%

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 5,304 3,896 4,866
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.29% 29.27% 30.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,536 2,695 3,437
10th Percentile £400 £369 £385
25th Percentile £450 £430 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £658 £688 £713
90th Percentile £763 £821 £850
England median daily rate £530 £519 £550
% change year-on-year +2.12% -5.64% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 32 20
10th Percentile £26.78 £31.77 £23.80
25th Percentile £36.00 £34.17 £33.54
Median hourly rate £43.50 £51.97 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.30% +15.49% -32.84%
75th Percentile £61.50 £62.81 £61.70
90th Percentile £81.25 £85.95 £75.50
England median hourly rate £67.49 £54.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +24.97% -13.60% -0.40%

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 5 September 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 5 September 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 5 September 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 +8 98 £538 -2.27% 56
South London 0 15 £700 +12.54% 4
East London +3 6 £432 -20.00% 11
West London -25 2 £539 +22.44% 25
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 35 (4.04%) Confluence
2 23 (2.66%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.85%) Apache
4 13 (1.50%) Apache Spark
5 12 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (1.15%) Anypoint
6 10 (1.15%) Camunda
7 9 (1.04%) IIS
8 7 (0.81%) Mule
9 6 (0.69%) CMS
9 6 (0.69%) WebSphere
10 5 (0.58%) OpenStack
11 4 (0.46%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.46%) Hyperledger
12 3 (0.35%) Cloud Foundry
13 2 (0.23%) Apache Solr
13 2 (0.23%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
13 2 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 2 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.35%) Trello
2 2 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.12%) Sketch
3 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (2.08%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.39%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
4 6 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.58%) Shopify
6 4 (0.46%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.46%) Quorum
6 4 (0.46%) R3 Corda
6 4 (0.46%) Ripple
7 3 (0.35%) Distributed Ledger
8 2 (0.23%) Infor LN
8 2 (0.23%) Magento
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle Retail
8 2 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.23%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 338 (39.03%) Azure
2 265 (30.60%) AWS
3 143 (16.51%) GitHub
4 108 (12.47%) Azure DevOps
5 95 (10.97%) GCP
6 87 (10.05%) Serverless
7 79 (9.12%) GitHub Actions
8 65 (7.51%) Entra ID
9 54 (6.24%) Power Platform
10 50 (5.77%) SaaS
11 40 (4.62%) Amazon S3
12 36 (4.16%) AWS Lambda
13 34 (3.93%) Amazon SQS
14 29 (3.35%) Amazon EKS
14 29 (3.35%) Azure Functions
15 28 (3.23%) Boomi
15 28 (3.23%) PowerApps
16 27 (3.12%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 26 (3.00%) Amazon ECS
17 26 (3.00%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.54%) HTTP
2 10 (1.15%) BGP
3 9 (1.04%) Firewall
3 9 (1.04%) HTTPS
4 8 (0.92%) DNS
4 8 (0.92%) Network Security
5 6 (0.69%) FTP
5 6 (0.69%) SSL
5 6 (0.69%) VXLAN
6 5 (0.58%) Ethernet VPN
6 5 (0.58%) NX-OS
6 5 (0.58%) TACACS
7 4 (0.46%) MPLS
7 4 (0.46%) OSPF
7 4 (0.46%) SSH
7 4 (0.46%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.35%) SMS
8 3 (0.35%) VPN
8 3 (0.35%) WAN
8 3 (0.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (12.36%) PostgreSQL
2 91 (10.51%) Relational Database
3 77 (8.89%) SQL Server
4 51 (5.89%) NoSQL
5 40 (4.62%) MongoDB
6 33 (3.81%) Power BI
7 28 (3.23%) Redis
8 24 (2.77%) MySQL
9 20 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
10 18 (2.08%) Metadata
11 17 (1.96%) Amazon RDS
12 15 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
13 14 (1.62%) Big Data
13 14 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
14 13 (1.50%) BigQuery
15 12 (1.39%) DynamoDB
15 12 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 11 (1.27%) Data Lake
17 8 (0.92%) Delta Lake
17 8 (0.92%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 151 (17.44%) Git
2 80 (9.24%) Jenkins
3 64 (7.39%) JIRA
4 57 (6.58%) GitLab
5 39 (4.50%) JUnit
6 23 (2.66%) Cypress.io
7 21 (2.42%) Gradle
8 20 (2.31%) Selenium
9 19 (2.19%) Maven
10 17 (1.96%) Postman
11 15 (1.73%) Cucumber
12 13 (1.50%) Bitbucket
12 13 (1.50%) CircleCI
12 13 (1.50%) Mockito
12 13 (1.50%) Visual Studio
13 12 (1.39%) REST Assured
13 12 (1.39%) Visual Studio Code
14 11 (1.27%) JMeter
15 10 (1.15%) Eclipse
16 9 (1.04%) Storybook
General
1 240 (27.71%) Finance
2 226 (26.10%) Social Skills
3 118 (13.63%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (9.47%) Banking
5 75 (8.66%) Public Sector
6 35 (4.04%) Retail
7 31 (3.58%) Telecoms
8 24 (2.77%) Marketing
9 18 (2.08%) Publishing
10 16 (1.85%) Investment Banking
11 11 (1.27%) Billing
11 11 (1.27%) Front Office
12 10 (1.15%) Legal
13 9 (1.04%) Financial Institution
13 9 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (0.92%) Law
Job Titles
1 361 (41.69%) Developer
2 156 (18.01%) Architect
3 145 (16.74%) Senior
4 73 (8.43%) Senior Developer
5 58 (6.70%) Full-Stack Developer
6 56 (6.47%) Java Developer
7 50 (5.77%) Lead
8 45 (5.20%) Python Developer
8 45 (5.20%) Solutions Architect
9 43 (4.97%) Software Engineer
10 29 (3.35%) .NET Developer
11 28 (3.23%) React Developer
12 26 (3.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 25 (2.89%) Consultant
14 24 (2.77%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 23 (2.66%) ServiceNow Developer
16 20 (2.31%) Java Engineer
16 20 (2.31%) Salesforce Developer
16 20 (2.31%) ServiceNow Architect
17 19 (2.19%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 214 (24.71%) SOAP
2 132 (15.24%) .NET
3 129 (14.90%) React
4 123 (14.20%) JSON
5 112 (12.93%) RESTful
6 108 (12.47%) Kafka
7 101 (11.66%) Spring
8 94 (10.85%) Spring Boot
9 91 (10.51%) OAuth
10 86 (9.93%) Terraform
11 81 (9.35%) HTML
12 80 (9.24%) CSS
12 80 (9.24%) XML
13 67 (7.74%) GraphQL
14 65 (7.51%) Web Services
15 61 (7.04%) AngularJS
15 61 (7.04%) Middleware
15 61 (7.04%) Node.js
16 58 (6.70%) OAuth2
17 37 (4.27%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 144 (16.63%) Cloud Native
2 78 (9.01%) Distributed Systems
3 71 (8.20%) Product Ownership
4 55 (6.35%) Enterprise Software
5 50 (5.77%) CMDB
6 34 (3.93%) Onboarding
7 33 (3.81%) AI Agents
8 32 (3.70%) Mobile App
9 27 (3.12%) Management Information System
10 26 (3.00%) Data Structures
11 24 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
12 17 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
12 17 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
13 16 (1.85%) Virtual Team
14 15 (1.73%) Low-Code
15 11 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
15 11 (1.27%) Security Posture
16 10 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
17 9 (1.04%) Data Centre
17 9 (1.04%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 53 (6.12%) Linux
2 30 (3.46%) Windows
3 21 (2.42%) Android
4 20 (2.31%) Unix
5 11 (1.27%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.35%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.35%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.12%) CentOS
8 1 (0.12%) VMS
8 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 404 (46.65%) CI/CD
2 311 (35.91%) Agile
3 289 (33.37%) DevOps
4 218 (25.17%) Microservices
5 191 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
6 174 (20.09%) AI
7 156 (18.01%) Event-Driven
8 139 (16.05%) Test Automation
9 127 (14.67%) Integration Patterns
10 123 (14.20%) Data Modelling
11 122 (14.09%) Software Engineering
12 121 (13.97%) Scrum
13 114 (13.16%) Containerisation
14 111 (12.82%) Full-Stack Development
14 111 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
15 108 (12.47%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 102 (11.78%) Observability
17 94 (10.85%) Continuous Improvement
18 92 (10.62%) Technical Leadership
19 91 (10.51%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 267 (30.83%) Python
2 238 (27.48%) SQL
3 217 (25.06%) Java
4 193 (22.29%) JavaScript
5 151 (17.44%) TypeScript
6 125 (14.43%) C#
7 54 (6.24%) PowerShell
8 28 (3.23%) Apex Code
9 27 (3.12%) Kotlin
10 22 (2.54%) Bash
11 20 (2.31%) Groovy
12 17 (1.96%) PL/SQL
13 16 (1.85%) Bicep
13 16 (1.85%) Shell Script
14 12 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 12 (1.39%) Go
15 11 (1.27%) SOQL
16 10 (1.15%) SOSL
16 10 (1.15%) T-SQL
17 8 (0.92%) Swift
Qualifications
1 178 (20.55%) Security Cleared
2 149 (17.21%) SC Cleared
3 57 (6.58%) Degree
4 28 (3.23%) DV Cleared
5 27 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (1.85%) AWS Certification
6 16 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (1.50%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.27%) CISSP
9 9 (1.04%) CISM
9 9 (1.04%) Master's Degree
10 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (0.69%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.69%) PMP
12 5 (0.58%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.58%) MBA
12 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 4 (0.46%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (9.58%) QA
2 42 (4.85%) Data Quality
3 30 (3.46%) GDPR
4 27 (3.12%) Accessibility
5 20 (2.31%) GRC
6 19 (2.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 15 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (1.39%) HIPAA
9 10 (1.15%) NIST
9 10 (1.15%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.92%) ISO 20022
10 8 (0.92%) SLA
11 7 (0.81%) WCAG
12 5 (0.58%) HL7
13 4 (0.46%) PMO
13 4 (0.46%) SEPA
14 3 (0.35%) Basel III
15 2 (0.23%) 21 CFR Part 11
15 2 (0.23%) ISO 13485
15 2 (0.23%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 152 (17.55%) Docker
2 34 (3.93%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.46%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.23%) Postfix
7 2 (0.23%) Varnish
8 1 (0.12%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.12%) Ceph
8 1 (0.12%) RACF
8 1 (0.12%) UAG
8 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 155 (17.90%) Kubernetes
2 33 (3.81%) Ansible
3 25 (2.89%) Grafana
4 18 (2.08%) Prometheus
5 13 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.81%) Control-M
7 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.35%) Bosun
8 3 (0.35%) Kibana
8 3 (0.35%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.23%) Avamar
9 2 (0.23%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.23%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.23%) Istio
9 2 (0.23%) SCCM
10 1 (0.12%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.12%) CloudHub
10 1 (0.12%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.12%) SCOM
10 1 (0.12%) WMI
Vendors
1 140 (16.17%) Microsoft
2 111 (12.82%) Oracle
3 101 (11.66%) ServiceNow
4 85 (9.82%) Salesforce
5 39 (4.50%) Google
6 37 (4.27%) SAP
7 34 (3.93%) Databricks
8 26 (3.00%) MuleSoft
9 23 (2.66%) Splunk
10 21 (2.42%) Workday
11 20 (2.31%) OpenAI
12 18 (2.08%) CyberArk
13 17 (1.96%) IBM
14 14 (1.62%) Cisco
15 13 (1.50%) VMware
16 10 (1.15%) Dynatrace
16 10 (1.15%) Okta
16 10 (1.15%) OutSystems
17 9 (1.04%) New Relic
18 8 (0.92%) Foundry