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

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 120 80
Rank change year-on-year +51 -40 +11
Contract jobs citing REST 616 291 452
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.96% 2.17% 2.46%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.44% 8.23% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 153 315
10th Percentile £358 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £688 £625 £750
90th Percentile £838 £720 £850
England median daily rate £521 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -0.86% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile £48.50 - £49.25
25th Percentile £53.50 - £53.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £62.25
75th Percentile £88.75 - £73.69
90th Percentile £95.00 - £85.73
England median hourly rate £70.00 £74.44 £76.53
% change year-on-year -5.96% -2.73% +27.55%

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 3,989 3,537 4,521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.68% 26.38% 24.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,694 2,355 3,404
10th Percentile £363 £382 £385
25th Percentile £425 £455 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -6.12%
75th Percentile £653 £700 £689
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 21 35
10th Percentile £27.80 £35.00 £20.12
25th Percentile £35.06 £38.50 £30.86
Median hourly rate £50.50 £52.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +23.53% -34.62%
75th Percentile £63.56 £65.00 £66.88
90th Percentile £92.50 £80.00 £74.46
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

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 23 February 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 23 February 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 23 February 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 +11 60 £525 -1.87% 43
South London -10 7 £516 +35.66% 4
West London -13 7 £375 - 2
East London +8 5 £540 -11.11% 4
North London - 4 - - 2
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 17 (2.76%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.44%) Confluence
3 9 (1.46%) Apache
3 9 (1.46%) Appian
3 9 (1.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 8 (1.30%) Camunda
4 8 (1.30%) Jupyter
5 7 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.14%) Oracle Workflow
6 6 (0.97%) Ethereum
6 6 (0.97%) Hyperledger
7 4 (0.65%) BizTalk Server
7 4 (0.65%) CICS
8 3 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.49%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.49%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.49%) LiveLink
9 2 (0.32%) Drupal
9 2 (0.32%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.65%) Autodesk Inventor
3 2 (0.32%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.32%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.16%) InVision
4 1 (0.16%) Maya
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.16%) Sketch
4 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 25 (4.06%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.65%) Bloomberg AIM
3 4 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.65%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.49%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.32%) Cloudability
5 2 (0.32%) Maximo
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.32%) Shopify
6 1 (0.16%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.16%) R3 Corda
6 1 (0.16%) Siebel CRM
6 1 (0.16%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 210 (34.09%) Azure
2 170 (27.60%) AWS
3 83 (13.47%) GCP
4 71 (11.53%) GitHub
5 49 (7.95%) Azure DevOps
6 43 (6.98%) OCI
7 42 (6.82%) Power Platform
7 42 (6.82%) Serverless
8 41 (6.66%) GitHub Actions
9 38 (6.17%) IaaS
10 35 (5.68%) PaaS
11 28 (4.55%) Azure Logic Apps
12 26 (4.22%) Entra ID
13 25 (4.06%) Azure Monitor
13 25 (4.06%) Azure Service Bus
14 23 (3.73%) Power Automate
15 22 (3.57%) Amazon S3
16 20 (3.25%) Dynamics 365
17 19 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
17 19 (3.08%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.11%) HTTP
2 8 (1.30%) SMS
3 7 (1.14%) DNS
3 7 (1.14%) SSL
4 5 (0.81%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.49%) Firewall
6 2 (0.32%) SAN
6 2 (0.32%) SNMP
6 2 (0.32%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.32%) VPN
7 1 (0.16%) BGP
7 1 (0.16%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.16%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.16%) IPFIX
7 1 (0.16%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.16%) Modbus
7 1 (0.16%) SMTP
7 1 (0.16%) VLAN
7 1 (0.16%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 33 (5.36%) NoSQL
3 32 (5.19%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (5.19%) Relational Database
4 24 (3.90%) MongoDB
5 18 (2.92%) MySQL
5 18 (2.92%) Power BI
6 12 (1.95%) Oracle Reports
7 11 (1.79%) Apache Cassandra
7 11 (1.79%) Pinecone
7 11 (1.79%) RDBMS
8 10 (1.62%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 10 (1.62%) Redis
9 9 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (1.46%) Data Lake
9 9 (1.46%) DynamoDB
9 9 (1.46%) Oracle Database
10 8 (1.30%) Amazon Aurora
10 8 (1.30%) DocumentDB
10 8 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 89 (14.45%) Git
2 50 (8.12%) JIRA
3 39 (6.33%) Jenkins
3 39 (6.33%) Postman
4 35 (5.68%) JUnit
5 25 (4.06%) GitLab
6 24 (3.90%) Cucumber
7 22 (3.57%) Selenium
8 17 (2.76%) Mockito
8 17 (2.76%) REST Assured
9 13 (2.11%) Cypress.io
10 12 (1.95%) JMeter
10 12 (1.95%) Maven
11 11 (1.79%) SoapUI
12 10 (1.62%) Bitbucket
12 10 (1.62%) MLflow
13 8 (1.30%) Gatling
14 7 (1.14%) SonarQube
15 6 (0.97%) Gradle
15 6 (0.97%) SpecFlow
General
1 203 (32.95%) Social Skills
2 135 (21.92%) Finance
3 89 (14.45%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (9.58%) Public Sector
5 51 (8.28%) Banking
6 25 (4.06%) Front Office
7 18 (2.92%) Marketing
8 15 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (2.11%) Financial Institution
9 13 (2.11%) Telecoms
10 11 (1.79%) Retail
11 10 (1.62%) Investment Banking
12 8 (1.30%) Billing
12 8 (1.30%) Military
13 6 (0.97%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.81%) Law
15 4 (0.65%) Back Office
15 4 (0.65%) Publishing
16 3 (0.49%) Legal
Job Titles
1 243 (39.45%) Developer
2 118 (19.16%) Architect
3 63 (10.23%) Senior
4 36 (5.84%) Senior Developer
5 34 (5.52%) CyberArk Architect
5 34 (5.52%) Java Developer
6 28 (4.55%) Python Developer
7 27 (4.38%) Lead
8 25 (4.06%) Consultant
9 24 (3.90%) Full-Stack Developer
10 23 (3.73%) Analyst
10 23 (3.73%) Business Analyst
11 22 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
12 19 (3.08%) C# Developer
12 19 (3.08%) Cloud Specialist
12 19 (3.08%) Integration Specialist
13 18 (2.92%) Angular Developer
14 17 (2.76%) Oracle Specialist
15 16 (2.60%) ServiceNow Developer
15 16 (2.60%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 191 (31.01%) SOAP
2 122 (19.81%) JSON
3 88 (14.29%) Web Services
4 71 (11.53%) React
5 70 (11.36%) Spring
5 70 (11.36%) Spring Boot
6 68 (11.04%) Kafka
7 66 (10.71%) RESTful
8 65 (10.55%) AngularJS
9 63 (10.23%) HTML
10 61 (9.90%) XML
11 60 (9.74%) CSS
11 60 (9.74%) OAuth
12 49 (7.95%) .NET
13 43 (6.98%) Middleware
14 39 (6.33%) Oracle Fusion
15 36 (5.84%) LDAP
16 34 (5.52%) GraphQL
17 32 (5.19%) Pandas
18 31 (5.03%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 47 (7.63%) Enterprise Software
2 39 (6.33%) Cloud Native
3 36 (5.84%) Security Posture
4 33 (5.36%) Product Ownership
5 31 (5.03%) Self-Motivation
6 27 (4.38%) CMDB
6 27 (4.38%) PKI
7 23 (3.73%) Equities
8 22 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
9 21 (3.41%) Public Cloud
10 19 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
11 15 (2.44%) Mobile App
12 14 (2.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 13 (2.11%) Fixed Income
13 13 (2.11%) Hedge funds
14 12 (1.95%) Low-Code
14 12 (1.95%) Onboarding
15 11 (1.79%) Management Information System
15 11 (1.79%) SWIFT Messaging Network
16 10 (1.62%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 46 (7.47%) Linux
2 18 (2.92%) Windows
3 12 (1.95%) Unix
4 6 (0.97%) Android
4 6 (0.97%) zOS
5 5 (0.81%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.32%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.32%) Solaris
8 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (34.74%) Agile
2 186 (30.19%) CI/CD
3 168 (27.27%) DevOps
4 158 (25.65%) Problem-Solving
5 127 (20.62%) Microservices
6 84 (13.64%) Test Automation
7 81 (13.15%) Integration Patterns
8 73 (11.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 72 (11.69%) ITSM
10 70 (11.36%) Technical Leadership
11 66 (10.71%) Analytics
12 63 (10.23%) Data Modelling
13 62 (10.06%) Event-Driven
14 61 (9.90%) API Integration
14 61 (9.90%) ERP
14 61 (9.90%) Full-Stack Development
14 61 (9.90%) Scrum
15 60 (9.74%) Observability
16 57 (9.25%) AI
17 53 (8.60%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 158 (25.65%) Python
2 143 (23.21%) SQL
3 139 (22.56%) Java
4 112 (18.18%) JavaScript
5 92 (14.94%) PowerShell
6 76 (12.34%) TypeScript
7 73 (11.85%) C#
8 18 (2.92%) Apex Code
9 11 (1.79%) Kotlin
9 11 (1.79%) PL/SQL
10 10 (1.62%) VBA
11 9 (1.46%) Bicep
12 8 (1.30%) Groovy
13 7 (1.14%) Kusto Query Language
13 7 (1.14%) PHP
14 6 (0.97%) Bash
14 6 (0.97%) Go
15 5 (0.81%) Korn
16 4 (0.65%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.65%) XPath
Qualifications
1 166 (26.95%) Security Cleared
2 154 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 28 (4.55%) Degree
4 18 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.62%) Azure Certification
5 10 (1.62%) ISTQB
6 9 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (0.97%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 6 (0.97%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.49%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.49%) CISSP
9 2 (0.32%) CESG Certified Professional
9 2 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.32%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.32%) PMP
10 1 (0.16%) CISM
10 1 (0.16%) GIAC
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.16%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (11.36%) QA
2 28 (4.55%) GDPR
3 24 (3.90%) Data Quality
4 20 (3.25%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.95%) WCAG
6 11 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.30%) NIST
8 7 (1.14%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.97%) SLA
10 3 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.32%) GRC
11 2 (0.32%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.32%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.32%) NCSC
11 2 (0.32%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.16%) FISMA
12 1 (0.16%) HL7
12 1 (0.16%) ISO 8583
12 1 (0.16%) SEPA
System Software
1 88 (14.29%) Docker
2 50 (8.12%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.32%) Job Entry Subsystem
3 2 (0.32%) NFS
3 2 (0.32%) Veritas File System
3 2 (0.32%) Veritas Volume Manager
3 2 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.16%) Firmware
4 1 (0.16%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 80 (12.99%) Kubernetes
2 43 (6.98%) Terraform
3 21 (3.41%) Grafana
4 12 (1.95%) Ansible
5 8 (1.30%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.81%) logstash
8 4 (0.65%) Pingdom
8 4 (0.65%) QRadar
9 3 (0.49%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (0.49%) Kibana
10 2 (0.32%) Control-M
10 2 (0.32%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.32%) Fluentd
10 2 (0.32%) Puppet
10 2 (0.32%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (0.32%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 1 (0.16%) Argo
11 1 (0.16%) Istio
11 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 76 (12.34%) Oracle
2 62 (10.06%) Microsoft
3 55 (8.93%) ServiceNow
4 43 (6.98%) CyberArk
5 35 (5.68%) BeyondTrust
6 34 (5.52%) Centrify
7 31 (5.03%) Salesforce
8 25 (4.06%) Splunk
9 23 (3.73%) OpenAI
10 16 (2.60%) Google
11 15 (2.44%) SAP
12 13 (2.11%) Guidewire
13 11 (1.79%) MuleSoft
14 10 (1.62%) Adobe
14 10 (1.62%) Dynatrace
15 9 (1.46%) IBM
16 8 (1.30%) Automation Anywhere
16 8 (1.30%) UiPath
17 7 (1.14%) Bloomberg
17 7 (1.14%) Okta