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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 92 94
Rank change year-on-year +26 +2 +20
Contract jobs citing REST 788 419 424
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.91% 3.07% 2.60%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 17.26% 11.79% 9.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 514 299 293
10th Percentile £385 £360 £400
25th Percentile £435 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £637 £672 £625
90th Percentile £713 £750 £775
England median daily rate £518 £500 £519
% change year-on-year +3.58% -3.61% -5.68%
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 £59.50 £50.00 £72.00
% change year-on-year +19.00% -30.56% +33.66%

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 4,566 3,555 4,443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.66% 26.07% 27.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,025 2,493 3,217
10th Percentile £390 £371 £375
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 £785 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 24 25
10th Percentile £23.69 £31.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £32.09 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.16 £51.97 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +38.59% -43.18%
75th Percentile £60.63 £62.81 £50.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £71.03 £71.80
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £56.25
% change year-on-year +18.18% -2.22% -6.25%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 +14 94 £538 -2.27% 57
South London -4 17 £563 -9.57% 7
East London +3 4 £400 -39.92% 8
West London -22 4 £539 +2.62% 7
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 29 (3.68%) Confluence
2 25 (3.17%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.16%) Apache
4 15 (1.90%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.40%) Anypoint
6 10 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (1.02%) IIS
7 8 (1.02%) Mule
8 7 (0.89%) Camunda
9 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.63%) CICS
10 5 (0.63%) WebSphere
11 4 (0.51%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.51%) Hyperledger
12 3 (0.38%) Appian
12 3 (0.38%) Cloud Foundry
12 3 (0.38%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 2 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.38%) MS Visio
1 3 (0.38%) Trello
2 2 (0.25%) 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 15 (1.90%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.52%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.63%) Shopify
6 4 (0.51%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.51%) Quorum
6 4 (0.51%) R3 Corda
6 4 (0.51%) Ripple
7 3 (0.38%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.25%) Bloomberg AIM
8 2 (0.25%) Fidessa
8 2 (0.25%) Infor LN
8 2 (0.25%) Magento
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Retail
8 2 (0.25%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 280 (35.53%) Azure
2 238 (30.20%) AWS
3 126 (15.99%) GitHub
4 88 (11.17%) GCP
5 84 (10.66%) Azure DevOps
6 75 (9.52%) GitHub Actions
7 64 (8.12%) Serverless
8 55 (6.98%) Entra ID
9 45 (5.71%) Power Platform
10 41 (5.20%) SaaS
11 36 (4.57%) Amazon S3
12 33 (4.19%) AWS Lambda
13 32 (4.06%) Amazon SQS
14 30 (3.81%) Amazon EKS
15 26 (3.30%) PaaS
15 26 (3.30%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 24 (3.05%) Boomi
17 23 (2.92%) Amazon ECS
17 23 (2.92%) OCI
17 23 (2.92%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.54%) HTTP
2 7 (0.89%) HTTPS
3 6 (0.76%) FTP
4 5 (0.63%) BGP
4 5 (0.63%) DNS
4 5 (0.63%) Firewall
4 5 (0.63%) Network Security
4 5 (0.63%) SSL
5 4 (0.51%) MPLS
5 4 (0.51%) OSPF
5 4 (0.51%) WAN
6 3 (0.38%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (0.38%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.38%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.25%) Internet
7 2 (0.25%) Intranet
7 2 (0.25%) SMS
7 2 (0.25%) SNMP
7 2 (0.25%) VLAN
7 2 (0.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (12.82%) PostgreSQL
2 90 (11.42%) Relational Database
3 78 (9.90%) SQL Server
4 35 (4.44%) NoSQL
5 33 (4.19%) MongoDB
6 29 (3.68%) Power BI
7 25 (3.17%) Redis
8 20 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
9 19 (2.41%) MySQL
10 18 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
11 15 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
11 15 (1.90%) Big Data
12 13 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (1.52%) Metadata
14 11 (1.40%) BigQuery
15 10 (1.27%) DynamoDB
16 9 (1.14%) Data Lake
16 9 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 7 (0.89%) Db2
17 7 (0.89%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 119 (15.10%) Git
2 66 (8.38%) Jenkins
3 56 (7.11%) JIRA
4 44 (5.58%) GitLab
5 35 (4.44%) JUnit
6 23 (2.92%) Cypress.io
7 19 (2.41%) Gradle
7 19 (2.41%) Maven
8 16 (2.03%) Cucumber
8 16 (2.03%) Selenium
9 14 (1.78%) Mockito
9 14 (1.78%) Postman
10 13 (1.65%) REST Assured
11 11 (1.40%) CircleCI
12 10 (1.27%) Eclipse
12 10 (1.27%) Visual Studio
13 9 (1.14%) Ant
13 9 (1.14%) JMeter
13 9 (1.14%) Visual Studio Code
14 8 (1.02%) Bitbucket
General
1 223 (28.30%) Finance
2 192 (24.37%) Social Skills
3 110 (13.96%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (9.14%) Banking
5 67 (8.50%) Public Sector
6 40 (5.08%) Retail
7 29 (3.68%) Telecoms
8 21 (2.66%) Marketing
9 17 (2.16%) Investment Banking
9 17 (2.16%) Publishing
10 11 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.27%) Financial Institution
11 10 (1.27%) Front Office
12 9 (1.14%) Billing
12 9 (1.14%) Legal
12 9 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (0.89%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 319 (40.48%) Developer
2 135 (17.13%) Architect
3 127 (16.12%) Senior
4 64 (8.12%) Senior Developer
5 54 (6.85%) Java Developer
6 49 (6.22%) Full-Stack Developer
7 43 (5.46%) Software Engineer
7 43 (5.46%) Solutions Architect
8 38 (4.82%) Lead
9 37 (4.70%) Python Developer
10 27 (3.43%) React Developer
11 25 (3.17%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 23 (2.92%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 22 (2.79%) .NET Developer
13 22 (2.79%) Consultant
13 22 (2.79%) ServiceNow Architect
14 20 (2.54%) ServiceNow Developer
15 19 (2.41%) C# Developer
15 19 (2.41%) Java Engineer
16 18 (2.28%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 215 (27.28%) SOAP
2 116 (14.72%) React
3 114 (14.47%) .NET
3 114 (14.47%) JSON
4 110 (13.96%) RESTful
5 100 (12.69%) Spring
6 89 (11.29%) Kafka
6 89 (11.29%) Spring Boot
7 82 (10.41%) Web Services
8 78 (9.90%) XML
9 77 (9.77%) OAuth
10 72 (9.14%) CSS
11 70 (8.88%) HTML
12 63 (7.99%) AngularJS
13 62 (7.87%) Middleware
14 61 (7.74%) Node.js
15 60 (7.61%) GraphQL
16 46 (5.84%) OAuth2
17 32 (4.06%) FastAPI
18 30 (3.81%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 115 (14.59%) Cloud Native
2 72 (9.14%) Distributed Systems
3 57 (7.23%) Product Ownership
4 51 (6.47%) CMDB
5 37 (4.70%) Enterprise Software
6 36 (4.57%) Mobile App
7 29 (3.68%) Management Information System
8 27 (3.43%) AI Agents
9 26 (3.30%) Legacy Systems
10 24 (3.05%) Data Structures
11 20 (2.54%) Onboarding
12 18 (2.28%) Data Protection Act
13 17 (2.16%) Virtual Team
14 16 (2.03%) Low-Code
15 15 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (1.52%) Equities
16 12 (1.52%) Security Posture
17 11 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
18 10 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
19 9 (1.14%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 39 (4.95%) Linux
2 23 (2.92%) Windows
3 19 (2.41%) Android
3 19 (2.41%) Unix
4 8 (1.02%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.63%) zOS
6 4 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.38%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.25%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.13%) CentOS
9 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (44.42%) CI/CD
2 277 (35.15%) Agile
3 262 (33.25%) DevOps
4 194 (24.62%) Microservices
5 169 (21.45%) Problem-Solving
6 146 (18.53%) AI
7 128 (16.24%) Event-Driven
8 118 (14.97%) Integration Patterns
8 118 (14.97%) Test Automation
9 115 (14.59%) Data Modelling
10 114 (14.47%) Containerisation
11 107 (13.58%) Observability
11 107 (13.58%) Scrum
11 107 (13.58%) Software Engineering
12 98 (12.44%) Full-Stack Development
13 89 (11.29%) Analytics
14 88 (11.17%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 86 (10.91%) Stakeholder Management
16 85 (10.79%) Roadmaps
17 81 (10.28%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 213 (27.03%) Python
2 212 (26.90%) Java
3 206 (26.14%) SQL
4 183 (23.22%) JavaScript
5 132 (16.75%) TypeScript
6 110 (13.96%) C#
7 43 (5.46%) PowerShell
8 33 (4.19%) Kotlin
9 24 (3.05%) Apex Code
10 21 (2.66%) Groovy
11 16 (2.03%) Bicep
11 16 (2.03%) PL/SQL
12 13 (1.65%) Bash
13 12 (1.52%) Go
13 12 (1.52%) Shell Script
13 12 (1.52%) T-SQL
14 11 (1.40%) SOQL
15 9 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 9 (1.14%) SOSL
16 6 (0.76%) Swift
Qualifications
1 157 (19.92%) Security Cleared
2 135 (17.13%) SC Cleared
3 52 (6.60%) Degree
4 23 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.54%) DV Cleared
6 13 (1.65%) AWS Certification
6 13 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.40%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.14%) CISSP
9 8 (1.02%) CISM
10 7 (0.89%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.76%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.76%) PMP
12 5 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.63%) MBA
13 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 4 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
15 2 (0.25%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (9.26%) QA
2 35 (4.44%) Data Quality
3 26 (3.30%) Accessibility
3 26 (3.30%) GDPR
4 18 (2.28%) GRC
5 14 (1.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 11 (1.40%) HIPAA
6 11 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.27%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.89%) WCAG
9 6 (0.76%) SLA
10 5 (0.63%) HL7
10 5 (0.63%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.51%) NIST
11 4 (0.51%) PMO
11 4 (0.51%) SEPA
12 3 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.25%) IEC 62304
13 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 2 (0.25%) ITGC
System Software
1 132 (16.75%) Docker
2 21 (2.66%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.38%) Postfix
6 2 (0.25%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (0.25%) Varnish
6 2 (0.25%) 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 (17.39%) Kubernetes
2 77 (9.77%) Terraform
3 28 (3.55%) Grafana
4 24 (3.05%) Ansible
5 16 (2.03%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.89%) Control-M
8 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.38%) Bosun
10 2 (0.25%) Amdocs OSS
10 2 (0.25%) Avamar
10 2 (0.25%) EMC VPLEX
10 2 (0.25%) Istio
10 2 (0.25%) Kibana
10 2 (0.25%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.13%) Apache Ranger
11 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.13%) linkerd
11 1 (0.13%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 119 (15.10%) Microsoft
2 110 (13.96%) Oracle
3 95 (12.06%) ServiceNow
4 72 (9.14%) Salesforce
5 42 (5.33%) Google
6 31 (3.93%) SAP
7 27 (3.43%) MuleSoft
7 27 (3.43%) Splunk
8 21 (2.66%) Workday
9 17 (2.16%) IBM
10 16 (2.03%) OpenAI
11 15 (1.90%) Databricks
12 12 (1.52%) Dynatrace
13 10 (1.27%) New Relic
14 9 (1.14%) Atlassian
14 9 (1.14%) CyberArk
14 9 (1.14%) OutSystems
15 8 (1.02%) Cisco
16 7 (0.89%) Adobe
16 7 (0.89%) OpenText