REST Contracts in London

Representational State Transfer (REST)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring REST skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited REST over the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 96 108
Rank change year-on-year 0 +12 -39
Contract jobs citing REST 373 444 610
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.91% 2.54% 2.42%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.08% 9.47% 9.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 318 448
10th Percentile £378 £400 £450
25th Percentile £413 £452 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £547 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.24% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £650 £647 £713
90th Percentile £725 £788 £825
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - £43.50
25th Percentile - - £56.25
Median hourly rate - £67.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - -10.67% +14.42%
75th Percentile - - £90.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £70.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -28.57% +27.27% -21.43%

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 3,366 4,690 6,718
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.24% 26.83% 26.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,348 3,452 5,052
10th Percentile £377 £375 £413
25th Percentile £429 £461 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £713 £711 £725
90th Percentile £825 £850 £813
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 28 42
10th Percentile - £16.25 £31.18
25th Percentile £33.25 £23.80 £47.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £42.50 £67.25
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -36.80% +41.58%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.70 £75.00
90th Percentile £87.50 £75.00 £86.20
England median hourly rate £60.00 £58.15 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.18% -10.54% +23.81%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for REST in London

REST
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing REST in London.

Daily rate trend for REST in London

REST
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing REST in London over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for REST in London

REST
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing REST in London.

Hourly rate trend 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 30 June 2025. 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 £538 +7.55% 154
West London -7 9 £550 +11.11% 43
South London -3 8 £501 +4.10% 9
East London +13 3 £665 -21.76% 11
REST
England

REST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 30 (8.04%) Confluence
2 22 (5.90%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.88%) Tomcat
4 5 (1.34%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.07%) JBoss
6 3 (0.80%) CMS
6 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.80%) Oracle Coherence
7 2 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.54%) Camunda
7 2 (0.54%) nginx
7 2 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.27%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.27%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.27%) Apache
8 1 (0.27%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.27%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.27%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.27%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
3 1 (0.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.07%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.80%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.54%) assyst
4 2 (0.54%) Magento
4 2 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.54%) Oracle Retail
4 2 (0.54%) SAP CX
4 2 (0.54%) Shopify
5 1 (0.27%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.27%) Hyperion Planning
5 1 (0.27%) Maximo
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.27%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 118 (31.64%) AWS
2 103 (27.61%) Azure
3 49 (13.14%) GitHub
4 32 (8.58%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (7.24%) GCP
6 23 (6.17%) Power Platform
7 22 (5.90%) Serverless
8 21 (5.63%) Entra ID
9 20 (5.36%) Azure Service Bus
10 19 (5.09%) Amazon S3
10 19 (5.09%) Power Automate
11 16 (4.29%) Azure AKS
11 16 (4.29%) PowerApps
12 15 (4.02%) GitHub Actions
13 14 (3.75%) AWS Lambda
14 13 (3.49%) Amazon EC2
14 13 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
15 11 (2.95%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 10 (2.68%) SaaS
17 9 (2.41%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.63%) HTTP
2 16 (4.29%) SSL
3 12 (3.22%) Firewall
4 11 (2.95%) DNS
5 10 (2.68%) HTTPS
6 7 (1.88%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.34%) VPN
8 4 (1.07%) SMTP
9 3 (0.80%) Network Security
10 2 (0.54%) Kerberos
10 2 (0.54%) SNMP
11 1 (0.27%) BGP
11 1 (0.27%) Ethernet VPN
11 1 (0.27%) Internet
11 1 (0.27%) MPLS
11 1 (0.27%) POP3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (9.92%) SQL Server
2 32 (8.58%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (6.70%) Relational Database
4 13 (3.49%) NoSQL
5 12 (3.22%) MySQL
6 11 (2.95%) Amazon RDS
6 11 (2.95%) Power BI
7 8 (2.14%) Big Data
8 7 (1.88%) RDBMS
9 6 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.61%) Redis
10 5 (1.34%) Amazon Aurora
10 5 (1.34%) DynamoDB
10 5 (1.34%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.34%) Oracle Database
10 5 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.80%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (0.80%) Neo4j
12 2 (0.54%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 70 (18.77%) Git
2 63 (16.89%) JIRA
3 51 (13.67%) Jenkins
4 28 (7.51%) JUnit
5 21 (5.63%) Postman
6 19 (5.09%) Selenium
7 16 (4.29%) REST Assured
8 15 (4.02%) Cypress.io
8 15 (4.02%) SonarQube
8 15 (4.02%) Subversion
9 14 (3.75%) Bitbucket
10 13 (3.49%) GitLab
10 13 (3.49%) Maven
10 13 (3.49%) Mockito
11 9 (2.41%) Cucumber
11 9 (2.41%) Mocha
12 7 (1.88%) TeamCity
13 6 (1.61%) Protractor
13 6 (1.61%) SoapUI
13 6 (1.61%) Visual Studio
General
1 105 (28.15%) Finance
2 84 (22.52%) Social Skills
3 48 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (9.12%) Banking
5 27 (7.24%) Public Sector
6 11 (2.95%) Front Office
7 10 (2.68%) Investment Banking
8 9 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.14%) Marketing
10 5 (1.34%) Automotive
11 4 (1.07%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.07%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.80%) Back Office
12 3 (0.80%) Legal
12 3 (0.80%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.80%) Retail
13 2 (0.54%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 164 (43.97%) Developer
2 55 (14.75%) Architect
3 45 (12.06%) Senior
4 38 (10.19%) Lead
5 35 (9.38%) Java Developer
6 28 (7.51%) Software Engineer
7 21 (5.63%) Python Engineer
8 17 (4.56%) Angular Developer
8 17 (4.56%) Java Engineer
8 17 (4.56%) Solutions Architect
9 16 (4.29%) Test Engineer
10 15 (4.02%) Python Developer
11 14 (3.75%) Full-Stack Developer
11 14 (3.75%) Lead Developer
11 14 (3.75%) Senior Developer
12 12 (3.22%) React Developer
12 12 (3.22%) ServiceNow Developer
13 11 (2.95%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 11 (2.95%) Senior Test Engineer
13 11 (2.95%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (25.74%) SOAP
2 70 (18.77%) Web Services
3 60 (16.09%) React
4 59 (15.82%) AngularJS
4 59 (15.82%) HTML
5 51 (13.67%) .NET
6 48 (12.87%) CSS
7 40 (10.72%) JSON
8 39 (10.46%) Kafka
8 39 (10.46%) Spring
9 35 (9.38%) XML
10 34 (9.12%) Spring Boot
11 32 (8.58%) Node.js
12 28 (7.51%) GraphQL
13 25 (6.70%) OAuth
14 21 (5.63%) .NET Framework
14 21 (5.63%) HTML5
14 21 (5.63%) LDAP
14 21 (5.63%) RESTful
15 18 (4.83%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.63%) Distributed Systems
2 20 (5.36%) Product Ownership
3 17 (4.56%) Data Structures
4 16 (4.29%) Cloud Native
4 16 (4.29%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (3.75%) Mobile App
6 13 (3.49%) Algorithms
7 10 (2.68%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (2.41%) CMDB
9 8 (2.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 7 (1.88%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.88%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.34%) Blockchain
12 5 (1.34%) Clustering
12 5 (1.34%) Equities
12 5 (1.34%) Fixed Income
12 5 (1.34%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.36%) Linux
2 11 (2.95%) Windows
3 8 (2.14%) Android
4 7 (1.88%) Unix
4 7 (1.88%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.61%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.34%) Solaris
7 3 (0.80%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.27%) CentOS
8 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (38.87%) Agile
2 118 (31.64%) CI/CD
3 105 (28.15%) DevOps
4 72 (19.30%) Problem-Solving
5 70 (18.77%) Microservices
6 60 (16.09%) Scrum
6 60 (16.09%) Software Engineering
7 56 (15.01%) Test Automation
8 44 (11.80%) Full-Stack Development
8 44 (11.80%) SDLC
9 42 (11.26%) TDD
10 34 (9.12%) API Integration
11 31 (8.31%) Front End Development
11 31 (8.31%) Roadmaps
12 27 (7.24%) API Development
12 27 (7.24%) Computer Science
13 24 (6.43%) Design Patterns
14 23 (6.17%) Code Quality
14 23 (6.17%) Data Modelling
14 23 (6.17%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 123 (32.98%) JavaScript
2 120 (32.17%) Python
3 116 (31.10%) Java
4 66 (17.69%) SQL
5 64 (17.16%) C#
6 52 (13.94%) TypeScript
7 25 (6.70%) PowerShell
8 14 (3.75%) Apex Code
9 13 (3.49%) Groovy
10 11 (2.95%) Bash
11 10 (2.68%) Scala
12 9 (2.41%) PHP
13 8 (2.14%) T-SQL
14 7 (1.88%) Go
14 7 (1.88%) Ruby
14 7 (1.88%) Rust
15 6 (1.61%) Shell Script
16 5 (1.34%) C++
16 5 (1.34%) Clojure
16 5 (1.34%) Perl
Qualifications
1 56 (15.01%) Security Cleared
2 43 (11.53%) SC Cleared
3 34 (9.12%) Degree
4 14 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.61%) Master's Degree
5 6 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 5 (1.34%) MCPD
6 5 (1.34%) MCSD
7 4 (1.07%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.07%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.07%) CCNP
7 4 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.07%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.80%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.80%) PhD
9 2 (0.54%) CCNA
9 2 (0.54%) OCP
9 2 (0.54%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.31%) QA
2 14 (3.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 9 (2.41%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.14%) GDPR
5 6 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.07%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.80%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.54%) HL7
8 2 (0.54%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.54%) WCAG
9 1 (0.27%) EMIR
9 1 (0.27%) GRC
9 1 (0.27%) IFRS
9 1 (0.27%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.27%) MiFID
9 1 (0.27%) NIST
9 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 44 (11.80%) Docker
2 22 (5.90%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.88%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.07%) OpenAM
4 4 (1.07%) OpenDJ
4 4 (1.07%) OpenIDM
5 3 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.27%) NFS
6 1 (0.27%) Postfix
6 1 (0.27%) Veritas File System
6 1 (0.27%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 49 (13.14%) Kubernetes
2 30 (8.04%) Terraform
3 25 (6.70%) Ansible
4 19 (5.09%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.88%) Grafana
6 5 (1.34%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.34%) QRadar
6 5 (1.34%) Red Hat Satellite
6 5 (1.34%) Tivoli
7 4 (1.07%) EMC NetWorker
7 4 (1.07%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 3 (0.80%) Kibana
8 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.54%) Kubeflow
9 2 (0.54%) Puppet
9 2 (0.54%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.27%) Control-M
10 1 (0.27%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.27%) Netcool
10 1 (0.27%) Podman
Vendors
1 48 (12.87%) Microsoft
2 45 (12.06%) ServiceNow
3 29 (7.77%) Oracle
4 21 (5.63%) Salesforce
5 18 (4.83%) SAP
6 15 (4.02%) Google
6 15 (4.02%) MuleSoft
7 12 (3.22%) Splunk
8 10 (2.68%) Dynatrace
9 8 (2.14%) ForgeRock
10 7 (1.88%) Adobe
10 7 (1.88%) VMware
11 6 (1.61%) IBM
11 6 (1.61%) Qualys
12 5 (1.34%) BMC
12 5 (1.34%) CyberArk
12 5 (1.34%) Databricks
12 5 (1.34%) Guidewire
12 5 (1.34%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.34%) SaltStack