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 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 94 97
Rank change year-on-year +20 +3 +10
Contract jobs citing REST 684 362 441
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.60% 2.90% 2.48%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.83% 10.96% 9.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 445 255 316
10th Percentile £375 £377 £400
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.29% +3.71% -11.02%
75th Percentile £650 £655 £650
90th Percentile £750 £733 £788
England median daily rate £521 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.20% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £51.13 - -
25th Percentile £62.19 - -
Median hourly rate £78.75 - £67.00
75th Percentile £93.44 - -
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £68.50
% change year-on-year +40.00% -27.01% +24.55%

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 4,322 3,304 4,711
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.78% 26.48% 26.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,863 2,315 3,476
10th Percentile £375 £380 £375
25th Percentile £450 £429 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £673 £713 £700
90th Percentile £781 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 19 29
10th Percentile £23.65 £32.41 £16.25
25th Percentile £33.02 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.00 £44.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.62% +4.71% -36.57%
75th Percentile £68.38 £61.25 £61.43
90th Percentile £93.75 £87.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £61.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year +6.12% +11.36% -15.38%

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 19 June 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 19 June 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 19 June 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 -3 83 £555 +5.71% 27
South London -1 14 £516 +2.89%
East London 0 5 £416 -37.48% 3
West London -26 5 £375 -32.31% 5
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 21 (3.07%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.34%) Confluence
3 12 (1.75%) Camunda
4 11 (1.61%) Apache
4 11 (1.61%) Apache Spark
5 10 (1.46%) Ethereum
5 10 (1.46%) Hyperledger
6 8 (1.17%) Appian
7 7 (1.02%) IIS
8 6 (0.88%) Anypoint
8 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.73%) CICS
9 5 (0.73%) Mule
10 4 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.58%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.44%) Cloud Foundry
11 3 (0.44%) WordPress
12 2 (0.29%) Drupal
12 2 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.44%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.15%) Maya
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.46%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.88%) Shopify
4 5 (0.73%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.73%) R3 Corda
5 4 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.58%) Quorum
5 4 (0.58%) Ripple
6 3 (0.44%) Bloomberg AIM
6 3 (0.44%) Distributed Ledger
6 3 (0.44%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.44%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.29%) Magento
7 2 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.15%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Retail
8 1 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 251 (36.70%) Azure
2 226 (33.04%) AWS
3 86 (12.57%) GCP
4 83 (12.13%) GitHub
5 67 (9.80%) Azure DevOps
6 63 (9.21%) GitHub Actions
7 60 (8.77%) Serverless
8 42 (6.14%) Power Platform
9 38 (5.56%) Amazon S3
9 38 (5.56%) Entra ID
10 31 (4.53%) AWS Lambda
11 30 (4.39%) SaaS
12 26 (3.80%) Amazon EKS
13 24 (3.51%) Amazon SQS
13 24 (3.51%) OCI
14 22 (3.22%) Microsoft 365
14 22 (3.22%) PaaS
15 20 (2.92%) Anthropic Claude
15 20 (2.92%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 19 (2.78%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.92%) HTTP
2 8 (1.17%) DNS
3 7 (1.02%) HTTPS
4 6 (0.88%) FTP
5 5 (0.73%) BGP
5 5 (0.73%) Network Security
5 5 (0.73%) SMS
6 4 (0.58%) Firewall
6 4 (0.58%) MPLS
6 4 (0.58%) OSPF
6 4 (0.58%) WAN
7 3 (0.44%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (0.44%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.44%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.29%) NaaS
8 2 (0.29%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.29%) SNMP
8 2 (0.29%) SSH
8 2 (0.29%) VLAN
8 2 (0.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (11.84%) PostgreSQL
1 81 (11.84%) Relational Database
2 68 (9.94%) SQL Server
3 35 (5.12%) NoSQL
4 28 (4.09%) MongoDB
5 25 (3.65%) Power BI
6 21 (3.07%) Amazon RDS
7 19 (2.78%) Redis
8 15 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (2.19%) MySQL
9 14 (2.05%) DynamoDB
10 12 (1.75%) Big Data
10 12 (1.75%) Data Lake
11 11 (1.61%) Amazon Aurora
11 11 (1.61%) Metadata
11 11 (1.61%) Pinecone
12 10 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
13 9 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 8 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
14 8 (1.17%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 96 (14.04%) Git
2 57 (8.33%) Jenkins
3 42 (6.14%) JIRA
4 40 (5.85%) GitLab
5 34 (4.97%) JUnit
6 21 (3.07%) Postman
7 18 (2.63%) Cypress.io
8 17 (2.49%) Selenium
9 16 (2.34%) Cucumber
9 16 (2.34%) REST Assured
10 15 (2.19%) Gradle
11 14 (2.05%) Maven
11 14 (2.05%) Mockito
12 9 (1.32%) Ant
12 9 (1.32%) Eclipse
12 9 (1.32%) SonarQube
13 8 (1.17%) JMeter
13 8 (1.17%) Visual Studio Code
14 7 (1.02%) CircleCI
14 7 (1.02%) MLflow
General
1 176 (25.73%) Finance
2 174 (25.44%) Social Skills
3 75 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (8.04%) Banking
5 50 (7.31%) Public Sector
6 26 (3.80%) Retail
7 21 (3.07%) Telecoms
8 20 (2.92%) Marketing
9 15 (2.19%) Publishing
10 13 (1.90%) Front Office
10 13 (1.90%) Investment Banking
11 10 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.46%) Financial Institution
12 9 (1.32%) Billing
13 8 (1.17%) Legal
14 6 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.58%) Automotive
16 4 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 4 (0.58%) Military
Job Titles
1 274 (40.06%) Developer
2 121 (17.69%) Architect
3 100 (14.62%) Senior
4 48 (7.02%) Senior Developer
5 46 (6.73%) Java Developer
6 35 (5.12%) Full-Stack Developer
7 33 (4.82%) Solutions Architect
8 32 (4.68%) Python Developer
8 32 (4.68%) Software Engineer
9 28 (4.09%) Lead
10 27 (3.95%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 23 (3.36%) Consultant
11 23 (3.36%) CyberArk Architect
12 22 (3.22%) React Developer
13 19 (2.78%) ServiceNow Architect
14 18 (2.63%) Data Engineer
15 17 (2.49%) Java Engineer
16 16 (2.34%) C# Developer
17 15 (2.19%) Cloud Engineer
17 15 (2.19%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 191 (27.92%) SOAP
2 96 (14.04%) Spring
3 95 (13.89%) React
3 95 (13.89%) RESTful
4 89 (13.01%) Spring Boot
5 88 (12.87%) JSON
6 85 (12.43%) Kafka
6 85 (12.43%) Web Services
7 81 (11.84%) .NET
8 66 (9.65%) OAuth
9 64 (9.36%) AngularJS
10 60 (8.77%) HTML
11 59 (8.63%) CSS
12 55 (8.04%) Node.js
13 54 (7.89%) XML
14 53 (7.75%) Middleware
15 50 (7.31%) GraphQL
16 31 (4.53%) OAuth2
17 30 (4.39%) LDAP
18 29 (4.24%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 75 (10.96%) Cloud Native
2 53 (7.75%) Product Ownership
3 52 (7.60%) Distributed Systems
4 38 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
5 34 (4.97%) CMDB
6 31 (4.53%) Security Posture
7 30 (4.39%) Mobile App
8 27 (3.95%) Management Information System
9 20 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
10 19 (2.78%) Low-Code
11 17 (2.49%) Virtual Team
12 16 (2.34%) Data Structures
13 14 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
14 13 (1.90%) AI Agents
14 13 (1.90%) Equities
14 13 (1.90%) Onboarding
14 13 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
15 10 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
15 10 (1.46%) Public Cloud
16 9 (1.32%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.80%) Linux
2 18 (2.63%) Windows
3 13 (1.90%) Unix
4 10 (1.46%) Android
5 5 (0.73%) zOS
6 4 (0.58%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.29%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.15%) CentOS
8 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.15%) VMS
8 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (40.79%) CI/CD
2 222 (32.46%) Agile
3 214 (31.29%) DevOps
4 161 (23.54%) Microservices
5 149 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
6 115 (16.81%) Integration Patterns
7 104 (15.20%) AI
8 103 (15.06%) Data Modelling
8 103 (15.06%) Test Automation
9 101 (14.77%) Event-Driven
10 94 (13.74%) Observability
11 92 (13.45%) Containerisation
12 86 (12.57%) Scrum
13 83 (12.13%) Software Engineering
14 75 (10.96%) ITSM
15 72 (10.53%) Analytics
15 72 (10.53%) Workflow
16 70 (10.23%) Technical Leadership
17 69 (10.09%) Validation
18 66 (9.65%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 211 (30.85%) Python
2 192 (28.07%) Java
3 174 (25.44%) SQL
4 139 (20.32%) JavaScript
5 110 (16.08%) TypeScript
6 87 (12.72%) C#
7 57 (8.33%) PowerShell
8 19 (2.78%) Apex Code
9 18 (2.63%) Kotlin
10 12 (1.75%) PL/SQL
11 11 (1.61%) Bicep
11 11 (1.61%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.46%) SOQL
13 9 (1.32%) Groovy
14 8 (1.17%) Bash
14 8 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 8 (1.17%) SOSL
15 6 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
15 6 (0.88%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.73%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 124 (18.13%) Security Cleared
2 108 (15.79%) SC Cleared
3 45 (6.58%) Degree
4 17 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (2.05%) AWS Certification
5 14 (2.05%) DV Cleared
6 13 (1.90%) Azure Certification
7 9 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.32%) CISSP
8 8 (1.17%) CISM
9 7 (1.02%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.02%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.02%) PMP
10 5 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (0.73%) MBA
11 4 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.44%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.29%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (8.77%) QA
2 38 (5.56%) Data Quality
3 27 (3.95%) GDPR
4 23 (3.36%) Accessibility
5 14 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.05%) PCI DSS
6 13 (1.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 11 (1.61%) HIPAA
8 10 (1.46%) GRC
8 10 (1.46%) WCAG
9 7 (1.02%) NIST
10 6 (0.88%) SLA
11 3 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.29%) Basel III
12 2 (0.29%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.29%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.29%) PMO
12 2 (0.29%) SEPA
13 1 (0.15%) ITGC
13 1 (0.15%) NCSC
System Software
1 110 (16.08%) Docker
2 37 (5.41%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.44%) Postfix
6 2 (0.29%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (0.15%) Firmware
7 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.15%) IAG
7 1 (0.15%) RACF
7 1 (0.15%) UAG
7 1 (0.15%) Varnish
7 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 115 (16.81%) Kubernetes
2 57 (8.33%) Terraform
3 25 (3.65%) Grafana
4 23 (3.36%) Ansible
5 10 (1.46%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.29%) Amdocs OSS
7 2 (0.29%) Avamar
7 2 (0.29%) EMC VPLEX
7 2 (0.29%) Kibana
7 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.29%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.15%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.15%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.15%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.15%) Puppet
8 1 (0.15%) TrustSec
8 1 (0.15%) vRealize
Vendors
1 92 (13.45%) Oracle
2 82 (11.99%) Microsoft
3 79 (11.55%) ServiceNow
4 49 (7.16%) Salesforce
5 27 (3.95%) CyberArk
6 26 (3.80%) SAP
7 24 (3.51%) Google
8 21 (3.07%) BeyondTrust
8 21 (3.07%) Centrify
9 19 (2.78%) Workday
10 18 (2.63%) MuleSoft
11 17 (2.49%) OpenAI
12 16 (2.34%) Splunk
13 14 (2.05%) Databricks
14 13 (1.90%) Dynatrace
14 13 (1.90%) Guidewire
14 13 (1.90%) IBM
15 9 (1.32%) Atlassian
16 8 (1.17%) Cisco
16 8 (1.17%) UiPath