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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 86 114
Rank change year-on-year +27 +28 -2
Contract jobs citing REST 869 451 373
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.28% 3.34% 2.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.27% 11.41% 7.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 566 308 242
10th Percentile £400 £359 £413
25th Percentile £447 £419 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £540 £543
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -0.46% -9.58%
75th Percentile £638 £668 £638
90th Percentile £734 £725 £775
England median daily rate £525 £484 £525
% change year-on-year +8.53% -7.86% -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 5,341 3,953 4,912
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.29% 29.27% 30.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,551 2,731 3,446
10th Percentile £400 £368 £385
25th Percentile £455 £430 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £657 £688 £713
90th Percentile £763 £813 £850
England median daily rate £530 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -0.09%
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% -29.69%
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% -

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 +10 99 £544 -1.14% 57
South London -2 15 £700 +12.54% 4
East London +3 6 £432 -20.00% 11
West London -25 2 £539 +22.44% 15
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 34 (3.91%) Confluence
2 25 (2.88%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.84%) Apache
4 13 (1.50%) Apache Spark
5 12 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (1.15%) Anypoint
7 9 (1.04%) 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%) Mendix
13 2 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 2 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.35%) Chatbot
1 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
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%) Sketch
3 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (1.96%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.38%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
3 7 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.58%) Shopify
5 4 (0.46%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (0.46%) Quorum
5 4 (0.46%) R3 Corda
5 4 (0.46%) Ripple
6 3 (0.35%) Distributed Ledger
6 3 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.23%) Infor LN
7 2 (0.23%) Magento
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Retail
7 2 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.23%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 341 (39.24%) Azure
2 270 (31.07%) AWS
3 146 (16.80%) GitHub
4 107 (12.31%) Azure DevOps
5 99 (11.39%) GCP
6 88 (10.13%) Serverless
7 81 (9.32%) GitHub Actions
8 64 (7.36%) Entra ID
9 56 (6.44%) Power Platform
10 49 (5.64%) SaaS
11 42 (4.83%) Amazon S3
12 37 (4.26%) AWS Lambda
13 34 (3.91%) Amazon SQS
14 30 (3.45%) Amazon EKS
15 29 (3.34%) Azure Functions
15 29 (3.34%) Boomi
16 28 (3.22%) PowerApps
17 27 (3.11%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 26 (2.99%) Amazon ECS
18 26 (2.99%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.53%) HTTP
2 10 (1.15%) BGP
2 10 (1.15%) Firewall
3 9 (1.04%) DNS
3 9 (1.04%) HTTPS
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%) SAN
8 3 (0.35%) SMS
8 3 (0.35%) VPN
8 3 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (12.54%) PostgreSQL
2 90 (10.36%) Relational Database
3 79 (9.09%) SQL Server
4 51 (5.87%) NoSQL
5 40 (4.60%) MongoDB
6 35 (4.03%) Power BI
7 28 (3.22%) Redis
8 26 (2.99%) MySQL
9 20 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
10 19 (2.19%) Metadata
11 18 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
12 15 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
12 15 (1.73%) Elasticsearch
13 14 (1.61%) Big Data
14 13 (1.50%) BigQuery
14 13 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 12 (1.38%) DynamoDB
16 11 (1.27%) Data Lake
17 9 (1.04%) Pinecone
17 9 (1.04%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 154 (17.72%) Git
2 82 (9.44%) Jenkins
3 64 (7.36%) JIRA
4 59 (6.79%) GitLab
5 40 (4.60%) JUnit
6 25 (2.88%) Cypress.io
7 22 (2.53%) Gradle
8 21 (2.42%) Selenium
9 20 (2.30%) Maven
9 20 (2.30%) Postman
10 15 (1.73%) Cucumber
11 14 (1.61%) Mockito
12 13 (1.50%) Bitbucket
12 13 (1.50%) CircleCI
12 13 (1.50%) REST Assured
12 13 (1.50%) Visual Studio
13 12 (1.38%) Visual Studio Code
14 11 (1.27%) JMeter
15 10 (1.15%) Eclipse
16 9 (1.04%) Storybook
General
1 241 (27.73%) Finance
2 229 (26.35%) Social Skills
3 117 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (9.44%) Banking
5 73 (8.40%) Public Sector
6 36 (4.14%) Retail
7 31 (3.57%) Telecoms
8 24 (2.76%) Marketing
9 18 (2.07%) Publishing
10 16 (1.84%) Investment Banking
11 11 (1.27%) Billing
11 11 (1.27%) Front Office
12 10 (1.15%) Legal
12 10 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
12 10 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (1.04%) Financial Institution
13 9 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (0.92%) Law
14 8 (0.92%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 363 (41.77%) Developer
2 154 (17.72%) Architect
3 145 (16.69%) Senior
4 73 (8.40%) Senior Developer
5 58 (6.67%) Full-Stack Developer
6 56 (6.44%) Java Developer
7 51 (5.87%) Lead
8 45 (5.18%) Python Developer
9 44 (5.06%) Solutions Architect
10 42 (4.83%) Software Engineer
11 29 (3.34%) .NET Developer
12 28 (3.22%) React Developer
13 26 (2.99%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 25 (2.88%) Consultant
15 24 (2.76%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 23 (2.65%) ServiceNow Developer
17 20 (2.30%) Java Engineer
17 20 (2.30%) Salesforce Developer
18 19 (2.19%) Data Engineer
19 18 (2.07%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 212 (24.40%) SOAP
2 135 (15.54%) .NET
3 130 (14.96%) React
4 124 (14.27%) JSON
5 113 (13.00%) RESTful
6 111 (12.77%) Kafka
7 102 (11.74%) Spring
8 95 (10.93%) Spring Boot
9 90 (10.36%) OAuth
10 87 (10.01%) Terraform
11 83 (9.55%) HTML
12 82 (9.44%) CSS
12 82 (9.44%) XML
13 70 (8.06%) GraphQL
14 62 (7.13%) Middleware
15 61 (7.02%) AngularJS
15 61 (7.02%) Node.js
15 61 (7.02%) Web Services
16 58 (6.67%) OAuth2
17 37 (4.26%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 145 (16.69%) Cloud Native
2 77 (8.86%) Distributed Systems
3 68 (7.83%) Product Ownership
4 54 (6.21%) Enterprise Software
5 46 (5.29%) CMDB
6 37 (4.26%) Onboarding
7 36 (4.14%) AI Agents
8 32 (3.68%) Mobile App
9 27 (3.11%) Management Information System
10 26 (2.99%) Data Structures
11 23 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
12 19 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
13 17 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
14 16 (1.84%) Virtual Team
15 15 (1.73%) Low-Code
16 11 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
17 10 (1.15%) Data Centre
17 10 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
17 10 (1.15%) Security Posture
18 9 (1.04%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 56 (6.44%) Linux
2 32 (3.68%) Windows
3 21 (2.42%) Android
4 20 (2.30%) 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
1 405 (46.61%) CI/CD
2 312 (35.90%) Agile
3 290 (33.37%) DevOps
4 221 (25.43%) Microservices
5 190 (21.86%) Problem-Solving
6 178 (20.48%) AI
7 159 (18.30%) Event-Driven
8 141 (16.23%) Test Automation
9 127 (14.61%) Integration Patterns
10 123 (14.15%) Scrum
11 122 (14.04%) Data Modelling
11 122 (14.04%) Software Engineering
12 115 (13.23%) Containerisation
13 113 (13.00%) Stakeholder Management
14 112 (12.89%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 112 (12.89%) Full-Stack Development
15 102 (11.74%) Observability
16 95 (10.93%) Continuous Improvement
17 92 (10.59%) Migration
18 91 (10.47%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 267 (30.72%) Python
2 239 (27.50%) SQL
3 217 (24.97%) Java
4 195 (22.44%) JavaScript
5 153 (17.61%) TypeScript
6 125 (14.38%) C#
7 53 (6.10%) PowerShell
8 28 (3.22%) Apex Code
8 28 (3.22%) Kotlin
9 22 (2.53%) Bash
10 21 (2.42%) Groovy
11 17 (1.96%) Bicep
12 16 (1.84%) PL/SQL
12 16 (1.84%) Shell Script
13 12 (1.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 12 (1.38%) Go
14 11 (1.27%) SOQL
15 10 (1.15%) SOSL
15 10 (1.15%) T-SQL
16 8 (0.92%) Swift
Qualifications
1 176 (20.25%) Security Cleared
2 147 (16.92%) SC Cleared
3 59 (6.79%) Degree
4 29 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (2.99%) DV Cleared
6 16 (1.84%) AWS Certification
6 16 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (1.61%) 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%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 6 (0.69%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.69%) PMP
12 5 (0.58%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.58%) MBA
13 4 (0.46%) CESG Certified Professional
13 4 (0.46%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (10.01%) QA
2 40 (4.60%) Data Quality
3 33 (3.80%) GDPR
4 28 (3.22%) Accessibility
5 22 (2.53%) GRC
6 20 (2.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 15 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 14 (1.61%) HIPAA
9 10 (1.15%) NIST
9 10 (1.15%) PCI DSS
10 9 (1.04%) SLA
11 8 (0.92%) ISO 20022
12 7 (0.81%) WCAG
13 5 (0.58%) HL7
14 4 (0.46%) PMO
14 4 (0.46%) SEPA
14 4 (0.46%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.35%) Basel III
16 2 (0.23%) 21 CFR Part 11
16 2 (0.23%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 153 (17.61%) Docker
2 35 (4.03%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.46%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
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%) Ceph
8 1 (0.12%) RACF
8 1 (0.12%) UAG
8 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 157 (18.07%) Kubernetes
2 32 (3.68%) Ansible
3 27 (3.11%) Grafana
4 20 (2.30%) Prometheus
5 15 (1.73%) 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
9 2 (0.23%) systemd
10 1 (0.12%) CloudHub
10 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.12%) SCOM
10 1 (0.12%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 140 (16.11%) Microsoft
2 112 (12.89%) Oracle
3 99 (11.39%) ServiceNow
4 84 (9.67%) Salesforce
5 39 (4.49%) Google
6 37 (4.26%) SAP
7 35 (4.03%) Databricks
8 26 (2.99%) MuleSoft
9 23 (2.65%) OpenAI
9 23 (2.65%) Splunk
10 20 (2.30%) CyberArk
10 20 (2.30%) Workday
11 17 (1.96%) IBM
12 14 (1.61%) Cisco
13 13 (1.50%) VMware
14 10 (1.15%) Dynatrace
14 10 (1.15%) Okta
14 10 (1.15%) OutSystems
15 9 (1.04%) New Relic
16 8 (0.92%) Foundry