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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 73 105
Rank change year-on-year +21 +32 -5
Contract jobs citing REST 899 486 396
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.44% 3.63% 2.45%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.80% 12.23% 8.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 614 319 233
10th Percentile £400 £358 £413
25th Percentile £450 £414 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £526 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.81% -4.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £655 £638
90th Percentile £725 £713 £750
England median daily rate £525 £492 £528
% change year-on-year +6.71% -6.73% -8.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £45.50 £44.48 -
25th Percentile £50.31 £45.56 -
Median hourly rate £56.00 £50.75 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% - -
75th Percentile £63.00 £55.56 -
90th Percentile £76.25 £56.43 -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £50.00 £74.00
% change year-on-year +15.00% -32.43% -2.33%

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 5,350 3,973 4,860
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.44% 29.65% 30.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,618 2,715 3,295
10th Percentile £400 £367 £385
25th Percentile £456 £430 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £700
90th Percentile £751 £788 £850
England median daily rate £537 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +3.27% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 32 24
10th Percentile £30.40 £31.77 £23.91
25th Percentile £36.25 £34.17 £36.25
Median hourly rate £49.50 £51.97 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.75% +22.28% -32.00%
75th Percentile £63.00 £61.56 £61.70
90th Percentile £81.25 £85.95 £73.80
England median hourly rate £66.83 £54.35 £65.00
% change year-on-year +22.96% -16.38% +8.33%

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 October 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 October 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 October 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 +11 105 £550 -4.35% 94
South London -8 14 £700 +12.54% 6
East London +2 3 £525 -2.78% 5
West London -20 3 £539 +47.60% 11
North London - 1 - - 3
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 32 (3.56%) Confluence
2 22 (2.45%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.56%) Apache
3 14 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.22%) IIS
5 10 (1.11%) Apache Spark
6 9 (1.00%) Anypoint
6 9 (1.00%) Camunda
7 7 (0.78%) Mule
8 6 (0.67%) CMS
8 6 (0.67%) OpenStack
8 6 (0.67%) WebSphere
9 4 (0.44%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.44%) Hyperledger
9 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.33%) Cloud Foundry
10 3 (0.33%) nginx
10 3 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.44%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.44%) Windchill
3 3 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.33%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.33%) Trello
4 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.11%) Gliffy
4 1 (0.11%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 19 (2.11%) NetSuite
2 14 (1.56%) Oracle EBS
2 14 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.67%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (0.56%) Shopify
6 4 (0.44%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.44%) Quorum
6 4 (0.44%) R3 Corda
6 4 (0.44%) Ripple
7 3 (0.33%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.33%) Workfront
8 2 (0.22%) Infor LN
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle Retail
8 2 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.22%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 380 (42.27%) Azure
2 300 (33.37%) AWS
3 172 (19.13%) GitHub
4 131 (14.57%) Azure DevOps
5 111 (12.35%) GCP
6 100 (11.12%) Serverless
7 96 (10.68%) GitHub Actions
8 74 (8.23%) Entra ID
9 59 (6.56%) Power Platform
10 52 (5.78%) Amazon S3
11 51 (5.67%) SaaS
12 46 (5.12%) AWS Lambda
13 41 (4.56%) Amazon SQS
14 36 (4.00%) Amazon EKS
15 33 (3.67%) Azure Functions
16 32 (3.56%) Boomi
17 31 (3.45%) Azure API Management
18 30 (3.34%) Azure Service Bus
19 28 (3.11%) Amazon ECS
19 28 (3.11%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.56%) HTTP
2 15 (1.67%) DNS
3 9 (1.00%) Firewall
3 9 (1.00%) HTTPS
3 9 (1.00%) Network Security
4 8 (0.89%) BGP
4 8 (0.89%) SSH
5 7 (0.78%) SAN
6 6 (0.67%) Ethernet VPN
6 6 (0.67%) SSL
6 6 (0.67%) VPN
6 6 (0.67%) VXLAN
7 5 (0.56%) Internet
7 5 (0.56%) NX-OS
7 5 (0.56%) TACACS
7 5 (0.56%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.44%) FTP
8 4 (0.44%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.44%) NAS
8 4 (0.44%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (13.57%) PostgreSQL
2 94 (10.46%) SQL Server
3 80 (8.90%) Relational Database
4 54 (6.01%) NoSQL
5 42 (4.67%) MongoDB
6 36 (4.00%) Power BI
7 32 (3.56%) Redis
8 27 (3.00%) MySQL
9 26 (2.89%) Metadata
10 24 (2.67%) Amazon RDS
11 18 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
12 16 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
12 16 (1.78%) Oracle Database
12 16 (1.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 15 (1.67%) DynamoDB
14 13 (1.45%) BigQuery
14 13 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
15 12 (1.33%) Big Data
16 11 (1.22%) Data Lake
17 10 (1.11%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 180 (20.02%) Git
2 100 (11.12%) Jenkins
3 70 (7.79%) JIRA
4 69 (7.68%) GitLab
5 50 (5.56%) JUnit
6 36 (4.00%) Gradle
7 31 (3.45%) Maven
8 27 (3.00%) Selenium
9 26 (2.89%) Cypress.io
10 25 (2.78%) Postman
11 19 (2.11%) Cucumber
12 17 (1.89%) Mockito
13 16 (1.78%) Bitbucket
13 16 (1.78%) REST Assured
14 15 (1.67%) CircleCI
14 15 (1.67%) Visual Studio
15 13 (1.45%) Visual Studio Code
16 10 (1.11%) Eclipse
16 10 (1.11%) Storybook
17 9 (1.00%) JMeter
General
1 271 (30.14%) Finance
2 258 (28.70%) Social Skills
3 127 (14.13%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (12.35%) Banking
5 81 (9.01%) Public Sector
6 37 (4.12%) Retail
7 28 (3.11%) Investment Banking
8 25 (2.78%) Marketing
8 25 (2.78%) Telecoms
9 19 (2.11%) Financial Institution
10 14 (1.56%) Manufacturing
11 13 (1.45%) Front Office
12 12 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
13 11 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (1.22%) Publishing
14 10 (1.11%) Billing
14 10 (1.11%) Law
14 10 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 368 (40.93%) Developer
2 166 (18.46%) Senior
3 153 (17.02%) Architect
4 82 (9.12%) Senior Developer
5 60 (6.67%) Full-Stack Developer
6 58 (6.45%) Lead
7 55 (6.12%) Java Developer
8 47 (5.23%) Python Developer
9 44 (4.89%) Software Engineer
10 39 (4.34%) Solutions Architect
11 35 (3.89%) .NET Developer
12 29 (3.23%) Java Engineer
13 28 (3.11%) React Developer
14 25 (2.78%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 24 (2.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 22 (2.45%) Consultant
17 21 (2.34%) C# Developer
17 21 (2.34%) Technical Architect
18 19 (2.11%) Salesforce Developer
19 18 (2.00%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (22.80%) SOAP
2 142 (15.80%) .NET
3 130 (14.46%) React
4 126 (14.02%) JSON
5 116 (12.90%) Kafka
6 114 (12.68%) RESTful
7 111 (12.35%) Terraform
8 108 (12.01%) Spring
9 102 (11.35%) OAuth
10 100 (11.12%) Spring Boot
11 84 (9.34%) XML
12 82 (9.12%) HTML
13 80 (8.90%) CSS
14 71 (7.90%) GraphQL
15 68 (7.56%) OAuth2
16 65 (7.23%) Middleware
17 63 (7.01%) Web Services
18 61 (6.79%) Node.js
19 56 (6.23%) AngularJS
20 41 (4.56%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 159 (17.69%) Cloud Native
2 86 (9.57%) Distributed Systems
3 73 (8.12%) Product Ownership
4 72 (8.01%) Enterprise Software
5 41 (4.56%) AI Agents
6 40 (4.45%) Onboarding
7 37 (4.12%) CMDB
8 34 (3.78%) Mobile App
9 26 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
10 23 (2.56%) Management Information System
11 22 (2.45%) Data Structures
12 20 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
13 19 (2.11%) Low-Code
14 15 (1.67%) Virtual Team
15 12 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
16 11 (1.22%) Security Posture
17 10 (1.11%) Data Centre
17 10 (1.11%) Derivative
17 10 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
18 9 (1.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 77 (8.57%) Linux
2 42 (4.67%) Windows
3 31 (3.45%) Unix
4 24 (2.67%) Android
5 13 (1.45%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (0.78%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.33%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.11%) CentOS
9 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 457 (50.83%) CI/CD
2 329 (36.60%) Agile
3 323 (35.93%) DevOps
4 234 (26.03%) Microservices
5 190 (21.13%) AI
5 190 (21.13%) Problem-Solving
6 180 (20.02%) Event-Driven
7 170 (18.91%) Test Automation
8 137 (15.24%) Stakeholder Management
9 136 (15.13%) Software Engineering
10 132 (14.68%) Event-Driven Architecture
11 126 (14.02%) Scrum
12 121 (13.46%) Integration Patterns
13 119 (13.24%) Continuous Improvement
14 116 (12.90%) Data Modelling
15 115 (12.79%) Full-Stack Development
16 112 (12.46%) Containerisation
17 107 (11.90%) Infrastructure as Code
18 102 (11.35%) Observability
19 100 (11.12%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 295 (32.81%) Python
2 261 (29.03%) SQL
3 225 (25.03%) Java
4 209 (23.25%) JavaScript
5 159 (17.69%) TypeScript
6 138 (15.35%) C#
7 65 (7.23%) PowerShell
8 31 (3.45%) Bash
8 31 (3.45%) Kotlin
9 27 (3.00%) Apex Code
10 25 (2.78%) Shell Script
11 23 (2.56%) Bicep
11 23 (2.56%) Groovy
12 17 (1.89%) Go
13 13 (1.45%) PL/SQL
14 12 (1.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 10 (1.11%) SOQL
15 10 (1.11%) SOSL
15 10 (1.11%) Swift
16 9 (1.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 208 (23.14%) Security Cleared
2 173 (19.24%) SC Cleared
3 62 (6.90%) Degree
4 28 (3.11%) DV Cleared
5 27 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
7 20 (2.22%) AWS Certification
7 20 (2.22%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.00%) CISSP
8 9 (1.00%) Master's Degree
9 8 (0.89%) ISTQB
9 8 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (0.67%) CISM
11 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 6 (0.67%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.67%) PMP
12 4 (0.44%) CESG Certified Professional
12 4 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (12.24%) QA
2 43 (4.78%) Data Quality
3 31 (3.45%) Accessibility
4 30 (3.34%) GDPR
5 20 (2.22%) GRC
6 17 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 14 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (1.22%) HIPAA
8 11 (1.22%) NIST
9 10 (1.11%) PCI DSS
9 10 (1.11%) SLA
10 9 (1.00%) WCAG
11 8 (0.89%) ISO 20022
12 5 (0.56%) SEPA
13 4 (0.44%) HL7
13 4 (0.44%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.33%) Basel III
14 3 (0.33%) NCSC
15 2 (0.22%) ISO 13485
15 2 (0.22%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 164 (18.24%) Docker
2 40 (4.45%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.44%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.22%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.22%) Postfix
7 1 (0.11%) Ceph
7 1 (0.11%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (0.11%) RACF
7 1 (0.11%) Varnish
7 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 168 (18.69%) Kubernetes
2 34 (3.78%) Ansible
2 34 (3.78%) Grafana
3 21 (2.34%) Prometheus
4 15 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (1.11%) Kibana
6 7 (0.78%) Control-M
7 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.33%) Bosun
8 3 (0.33%) Istio
9 2 (0.22%) Netcool
9 2 (0.22%) Netcool/OMNIbus
9 2 (0.22%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.22%) SCCM
9 2 (0.22%) systemd
9 2 (0.22%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.22%) Tivoli Monitoring
10 1 (0.11%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.11%) SCOM
10 1 (0.11%) WMI
Vendors
1 161 (17.91%) Microsoft
2 122 (13.57%) Oracle
3 83 (9.23%) ServiceNow
4 82 (9.12%) Salesforce
5 47 (5.23%) Databricks
6 44 (4.89%) Google
7 42 (4.67%) SAP
8 30 (3.34%) OpenAI
9 28 (3.11%) Splunk
10 26 (2.89%) CyberArk
10 26 (2.89%) MuleSoft
11 22 (2.45%) IBM
12 16 (1.78%) Dynatrace
13 15 (1.67%) Cisco
14 14 (1.56%) VMware
15 13 (1.45%) Workday
16 12 (1.33%) Foundry
17 11 (1.22%) UiPath
18 10 (1.11%) Okta
18 10 (1.11%) OutSystems