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 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 125 93
Rank change year-on-year +59 -32 -17
Contract jobs citing REST 576 313 461
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.99% 2.09% 2.50%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.11% 8.13% 9.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 388 153 307
10th Percentile £358 £400 £406
25th Percentile £430 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £638 £750
90th Percentile £783 £793 £850
England median daily rate £500 £546 £550
% change year-on-year -8.35% -0.81% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile £44.65 - £49.25
25th Percentile £46.00 - £53.75
Median hourly rate £54.00 - £66.25
75th Percentile £63.00 - £79.69
90th Percentile £67.20 - £88.13
England median hourly rate £65.00 £74.00 £76.53
% change year-on-year -12.16% -3.31% +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 3,812 3,852 4,726
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.38% 25.73% 25.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,572 2,512 3,569
10th Percentile £361 £380 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 19 31
10th Percentile £33.43 £34.65 £29.72
25th Percentile £43.77 £38.38 £35.94
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -19.68%
75th Percentile £63.56 £63.75 £71.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £72.80 £77.50
England median hourly rate £58.00 £62.50 £51.89
% change year-on-year -7.20% +20.45% -20.17%

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 25 December 2025.

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 25 December 2025.

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 25 December 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 +6 57 £563 +3.69% 54
East London +6 6 £540 -14.29% 5
West London -14 6 £365 -22.75% 8
North London - 3 - - 1
South London -5 1 £500 +31.58% 11
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 27 (4.69%) Confluence
2 16 (2.78%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.56%) Jupyter
4 8 (1.39%) Apache
4 8 (1.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 7 (1.22%) Oracle Workflow
6 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.69%) BizTalk Server
8 3 (0.52%) Camunda
8 3 (0.52%) LiveLink
8 3 (0.52%) SAS
8 3 (0.52%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.35%) nginx
9 2 (0.35%) Oracle Service Bus
10 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.17%) Appian
10 1 (0.17%) GeoServer
Applications
1 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.69%) Autodesk Inventor
3 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.17%) InVision
4 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.17%) Sketch
4 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (3.30%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (1.39%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (1.04%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.87%) Fidessa
5 4 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.69%) thinkFolio
6 3 (0.52%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.35%) Cloudability
7 2 (0.35%) Maximo
7 2 (0.35%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.35%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 2 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.35%) Shopify
8 1 (0.17%) Bloomberg AIM
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle FAH
8 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.17%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 192 (33.33%) Azure
2 146 (25.35%) AWS
3 76 (13.19%) GitHub
4 60 (10.42%) GCP
5 48 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
6 43 (7.47%) GitHub Actions
7 40 (6.94%) Serverless
8 37 (6.42%) OCI
9 35 (6.08%) IaaS
10 33 (5.73%) Power Platform
11 30 (5.21%) Azure Logic Apps
12 29 (5.03%) Entra ID
12 29 (5.03%) PaaS
13 27 (4.69%) Azure Monitor
14 25 (4.34%) Amazon S3
15 23 (3.99%) Azure Service Bus
16 20 (3.47%) AWS Lambda
17 16 (2.78%) Power Automate
17 16 (2.78%) PowerApps
18 15 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.60%) SSL
2 6 (1.04%) HTTP
2 6 (1.04%) HTTPS
3 5 (0.87%) OpenLDAP
4 4 (0.69%) DNS
4 4 (0.69%) SMS
4 4 (0.69%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.52%) Firewall
6 2 (0.35%) SAN
6 2 (0.35%) VPN
7 1 (0.17%) BGP
7 1 (0.17%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.17%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.17%) IPFIX
7 1 (0.17%) Modbus
7 1 (0.17%) SNMP
7 1 (0.17%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.08%) PostgreSQL
1 35 (6.08%) SQL Server
2 30 (5.21%) Relational Database
3 28 (4.86%) NoSQL
4 17 (2.95%) MongoDB
5 15 (2.60%) MySQL
5 15 (2.60%) Oracle Database
6 14 (2.43%) Power BI
7 12 (2.08%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 12 (2.08%) Oracle Reports
7 12 (2.08%) RDBMS
8 11 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (1.74%) Apache Cassandra
10 9 (1.56%) Redis
11 6 (1.04%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.87%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.69%) EDRMS
13 4 (0.69%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 96 (16.67%) Git
2 65 (11.28%) JIRA
3 40 (6.94%) Jenkins
4 38 (6.60%) Postman
5 34 (5.90%) JUnit
6 23 (3.99%) GitLab
7 22 (3.82%) Mockito
8 20 (3.47%) Cucumber
9 18 (3.13%) Selenium
10 14 (2.43%) REST Assured
11 13 (2.26%) JMeter
11 13 (2.26%) Maven
12 12 (2.08%) Bitbucket
12 12 (2.08%) SoapUI
13 9 (1.56%) Subversion
14 8 (1.39%) Cypress.io
14 8 (1.39%) SonarQube
15 7 (1.22%) CircleCI
15 7 (1.22%) Gatling
16 6 (1.04%) Gradle
General
1 175 (30.38%) Social Skills
2 136 (23.61%) Finance
3 91 (15.80%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (10.76%) Public Sector
5 52 (9.03%) Banking
6 26 (4.51%) Front Office
7 17 (2.95%) Marketing
8 16 (2.78%) Financial Institution
9 14 (2.43%) Investment Banking
10 12 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (2.08%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.39%) Back Office
12 7 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.22%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.22%) Military
12 7 (1.22%) Retail
13 5 (0.87%) Law
13 5 (0.87%) Publishing
14 4 (0.69%) Billing
14 4 (0.69%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 244 (42.36%) Developer
2 102 (17.71%) Architect
3 56 (9.72%) Senior
4 39 (6.77%) Java Developer
5 33 (5.73%) Senior Developer
6 28 (4.86%) Full-Stack Developer
6 28 (4.86%) Python Developer
7 26 (4.51%) Angular Developer
7 26 (4.51%) ServiceNow Developer
8 25 (4.34%) Lead
9 21 (3.65%) Business Analyst
9 21 (3.65%) CyberArk Architect
10 19 (3.30%) Analyst
10 19 (3.30%) Consultant
10 19 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
11 16 (2.78%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 14 (2.43%) C# Developer
12 14 (2.43%) Integration Specialist
12 14 (2.43%) Oracle Developer
13 13 (2.26%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (30.73%) SOAP
2 130 (22.57%) JSON
3 79 (13.72%) HTML
4 78 (13.54%) Web Services
5 73 (12.67%) AngularJS
6 67 (11.63%) React
7 66 (11.46%) CSS
8 58 (10.07%) Spring Boot
9 56 (9.72%) Spring
10 53 (9.20%) XML
11 52 (9.03%) .NET
12 51 (8.85%) Kafka
13 50 (8.68%) OAuth
14 43 (7.47%) RESTful
15 39 (6.77%) GraphQL
16 36 (6.25%) LDAP
17 33 (5.73%) Oracle Fusion
18 27 (4.69%) Middleware
19 26 (4.51%) HTML5
20 25 (4.34%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 44 (7.64%) Cloud Native
2 34 (5.90%) Enterprise Software
3 32 (5.56%) CMDB
3 32 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (4.86%) Product Ownership
5 27 (4.69%) PKI
6 26 (4.51%) Distributed Systems
7 24 (4.17%) Security Posture
8 21 (3.65%) Onboarding
9 19 (3.30%) Equities
9 19 (3.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 19 (3.30%) Public Cloud
10 18 (3.13%) Fixed Income
11 16 (2.78%) Hedge funds
12 13 (2.26%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 10 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
14 9 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (1.56%) Data Structures
14 9 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (1.56%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 49 (8.51%) Linux
2 15 (2.60%) Windows
3 11 (1.91%) Unix
4 8 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.22%) Android
6 5 (0.87%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.69%) Solaris
8 3 (0.52%) zOS
9 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (40.63%) Agile
2 172 (29.86%) DevOps
3 163 (28.30%) CI/CD
4 146 (25.35%) Problem-Solving
5 128 (22.22%) Microservices
6 77 (13.37%) Scrum
7 73 (12.67%) API Integration
7 73 (12.67%) Full-Stack Development
8 68 (11.81%) Test Automation
9 66 (11.46%) Integration Patterns
9 66 (11.46%) ITSM
10 64 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 62 (10.76%) Analytics
12 51 (8.85%) AI
12 51 (8.85%) SDLC
13 48 (8.33%) Containerisation
13 48 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
14 47 (8.16%) Software Engineering
15 46 (7.99%) ERP
16 44 (7.64%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 146 (25.35%) Python
2 136 (23.61%) SQL
3 130 (22.57%) Java
4 128 (22.22%) JavaScript
5 83 (14.41%) PowerShell
6 65 (11.28%) TypeScript
7 62 (10.76%) C#
8 19 (3.30%) Apex Code
9 17 (2.95%) Go
10 14 (2.43%) Groovy
10 14 (2.43%) PL/SQL
11 10 (1.74%) Bash
11 10 (1.74%) VBA
12 7 (1.22%) Bicep
12 7 (1.22%) C++
12 7 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (1.04%) Kotlin
13 6 (1.04%) PHP
13 6 (1.04%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.69%) Perl
Qualifications
1 157 (27.26%) Security Cleared
2 146 (25.35%) SC Cleared
3 36 (6.25%) Degree
4 29 (5.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.56%) ISTQB
6 8 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.22%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 6 (1.04%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.69%) CISSP
10 2 (0.35%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.35%) CESG Certified Professional
10 2 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.17%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.17%) OSCP
11 1 (0.17%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (10.59%) QA
2 25 (4.34%) GDPR
3 17 (2.95%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.08%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.56%) WCAG
6 6 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.69%) MiFID
7 4 (0.69%) NIST
8 3 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.52%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.35%) GRC
9 2 (0.35%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.35%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.35%) NCSC
9 2 (0.35%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.35%) SLA
10 1 (0.17%) FISMA
10 1 (0.17%) HL7
10 1 (0.17%) PSD2
System Software
1 87 (15.10%) Docker
2 46 (7.99%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.69%) NFS
3 4 (0.69%) Veritas File System
3 4 (0.69%) Veritas Volume Manager
3 4 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.35%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 1 (0.17%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 74 (12.85%) Kubernetes
2 36 (6.25%) Terraform
3 15 (2.60%) Ansible
4 14 (2.43%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (1.74%) Grafana
6 9 (1.56%) logstash
7 7 (1.22%) Kibana
8 6 (1.04%) QRadar
9 5 (0.87%) ITRS Geneos
9 5 (0.87%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.69%) Pingdom
10 4 (0.69%) Red Hat Satellite
11 3 (0.52%) Control-M
12 2 (0.35%) EMC NetWorker
12 2 (0.35%) Fluentd
12 2 (0.35%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 1 (0.17%) CloudHub
13 1 (0.17%) Istio
13 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.17%) Puppet
Vendors
1 70 (12.15%) Oracle
2 62 (10.76%) Microsoft
3 61 (10.59%) ServiceNow
4 32 (5.56%) CyberArk
5 30 (5.21%) Salesforce
6 23 (3.99%) BeyondTrust
7 22 (3.82%) Splunk
8 21 (3.65%) Centrify
9 18 (3.13%) SAP
10 15 (2.60%) OpenAI
11 12 (2.08%) Dynatrace
12 11 (1.91%) HP
13 10 (1.74%) BMC
14 9 (1.56%) Adobe
14 9 (1.56%) MuleSoft
15 8 (1.39%) Atlassian
15 8 (1.39%) Google
15 8 (1.39%) Ivanti
15 8 (1.39%) Remedy
16 7 (1.22%) Red Hat