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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 88 107
Rank change year-on-year +30 +19 +5
Contract jobs citing REST 851 429 394
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.24% 3.21% 2.42%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.19% 11.00% 8.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 554 300 257
10th Percentile £400 £359 £410
25th Percentile £442 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £552 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.89% +4.15% -11.67%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £630
90th Percentile £712 £738 £775
England median daily rate £520 £492 £525
% change year-on-year +5.69% -6.29% -4.63%
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 £74.00
% change year-on-year +19.00% -32.43% +35.94%

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 5,256 3,901 4,908
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.18% 29.17% 30.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,516 2,726 3,493
10th Percentile £400 £370 £383
25th Percentile £455 £430 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £688 £713
90th Percentile £763 £825 £850
England median daily rate £530 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 31 18
10th Percentile £26.78 £31.61 £23.80
25th Percentile £36.00 £33.87 £24.48
Median hourly rate £43.50 £51.44 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.44% +21.04% -36.57%
75th Percentile £61.50 £61.88 £50.56
90th Percentile £81.25 £72.00 £68.02
England median hourly rate £67.47 £54.79 £61.80
% change year-on-year +23.15% -11.35% -4.92%

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 26 August 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 26 August 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 26 August 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 95 £528 -4.09% 41
South London -2 15 £700 +12.54% 2
East London +4 6 £432 -28.30% 7
West London -23 2 £539 +2.62% 23
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 31 (3.64%) Confluence
2 25 (2.94%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.76%) Apache
4 13 (1.53%) Apache Spark
5 10 (1.18%) Anypoint
5 10 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.06%) Camunda
6 9 (1.06%) IIS
7 7 (0.82%) Mule
8 6 (0.71%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (0.59%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.47%) CMS
10 4 (0.47%) Ethereum
10 4 (0.47%) Hyperledger
11 3 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.35%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.24%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (0.35%) Trello
2 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (2.12%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.41%) Oracle EBS
3 11 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.71%) Payment Gateway
6 5 (0.59%) Shopify
7 4 (0.47%) Elite 3E
7 4 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.47%) Quorum
7 4 (0.47%) R3 Corda
7 4 (0.47%) Ripple
8 3 (0.35%) Distributed Ledger
9 2 (0.24%) Infor LN
9 2 (0.24%) Magento
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle Retail
9 2 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 2 (0.24%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 329 (38.66%) Azure
2 256 (30.08%) AWS
3 139 (16.33%) GitHub
4 105 (12.34%) Azure DevOps
5 95 (11.16%) GCP
6 81 (9.52%) GitHub Actions
7 77 (9.05%) Serverless
8 65 (7.64%) Entra ID
9 53 (6.23%) Power Platform
10 46 (5.41%) SaaS
11 37 (4.35%) Amazon S3
12 34 (4.00%) AWS Lambda
13 32 (3.76%) Amazon SQS
14 29 (3.41%) Amazon EKS
14 29 (3.41%) PowerApps
15 28 (3.29%) Azure Service Bus
15 28 (3.29%) Boomi
16 27 (3.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 24 (2.82%) Amazon ECS
17 24 (2.82%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.47%) HTTP
2 10 (1.18%) BGP
3 9 (1.06%) HTTPS
4 8 (0.94%) Firewall
5 7 (0.82%) DNS
5 7 (0.82%) Network Security
6 6 (0.71%) FTP
6 6 (0.71%) SSL
6 6 (0.71%) VXLAN
7 5 (0.59%) Ethernet VPN
7 5 (0.59%) NX-OS
7 5 (0.59%) TACACS
8 4 (0.47%) MPLS
8 4 (0.47%) OSPF
8 4 (0.47%) SSH
8 4 (0.47%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.47%) WAN
9 3 (0.35%) SMS
9 3 (0.35%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (0.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (11.87%) PostgreSQL
2 91 (10.69%) Relational Database
3 78 (9.17%) SQL Server
4 48 (5.64%) NoSQL
5 38 (4.47%) MongoDB
6 33 (3.88%) Power BI
7 28 (3.29%) Redis
8 22 (2.59%) MySQL
9 19 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
10 17 (2.00%) Metadata
11 16 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
12 14 (1.65%) Big Data
12 14 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (1.41%) BigQuery
13 12 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 11 (1.29%) DynamoDB
15 10 (1.18%) Data Lake
16 8 (0.94%) Oracle BI Publisher
17 7 (0.82%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 139 (16.33%) Git
2 78 (9.17%) Jenkins
3 61 (7.17%) JIRA
4 56 (6.58%) GitLab
5 37 (4.35%) JUnit
6 24 (2.82%) Cypress.io
7 20 (2.35%) Gradle
7 20 (2.35%) Selenium
8 17 (2.00%) Maven
9 16 (1.88%) Postman
10 15 (1.76%) Cucumber
11 13 (1.53%) Bitbucket
11 13 (1.53%) CircleCI
11 13 (1.53%) Visual Studio
12 12 (1.41%) REST Assured
12 12 (1.41%) Visual Studio Code
13 11 (1.29%) JMeter
13 11 (1.29%) Mockito
14 10 (1.18%) Eclipse
15 9 (1.06%) Storybook
General
1 241 (28.32%) Finance
2 220 (25.85%) Social Skills
3 117 (13.75%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (9.40%) Banking
5 76 (8.93%) Public Sector
6 36 (4.23%) Retail
7 32 (3.76%) Telecoms
8 24 (2.82%) Marketing
9 18 (2.12%) Publishing
10 16 (1.88%) Investment Banking
11 12 (1.41%) Billing
12 10 (1.18%) Financial Institution
12 10 (1.18%) Legal
12 10 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.06%) Front Office
14 7 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (0.82%) Manufacturing
14 7 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 350 (41.13%) Developer
2 156 (18.33%) Architect
3 137 (16.10%) Senior
4 70 (8.23%) Senior Developer
5 55 (6.46%) Full-Stack Developer
5 55 (6.46%) Java Developer
6 50 (5.88%) Lead
7 46 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
8 43 (5.05%) Software Engineer
9 42 (4.94%) Python Developer
10 28 (3.29%) .NET Developer
11 27 (3.17%) React Developer
12 25 (2.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 25 (2.94%) Consultant
13 24 (2.82%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 23 (2.70%) ServiceNow Developer
15 21 (2.47%) C# Developer
15 21 (2.47%) Java Engineer
15 21 (2.47%) ServiceNow Architect
16 19 (2.23%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 218 (25.62%) SOAP
2 131 (15.39%) .NET
3 123 (14.45%) JSON
4 122 (14.34%) React
5 111 (13.04%) RESTful
6 101 (11.87%) Kafka
7 98 (11.52%) Spring
8 89 (10.46%) Spring Boot
9 86 (10.11%) OAuth
10 84 (9.87%) Terraform
11 80 (9.40%) XML
12 78 (9.17%) CSS
13 77 (9.05%) HTML
14 72 (8.46%) Web Services
15 63 (7.40%) GraphQL
16 62 (7.29%) AngularJS
16 62 (7.29%) Middleware
17 60 (7.05%) Node.js
18 55 (6.46%) OAuth2
19 35 (4.11%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 132 (15.51%) Cloud Native
2 78 (9.17%) Distributed Systems
3 66 (7.76%) Product Ownership
4 52 (6.11%) CMDB
5 51 (5.99%) Enterprise Software
6 34 (4.00%) Mobile App
7 32 (3.76%) Onboarding
8 29 (3.41%) AI Agents
9 28 (3.29%) Management Information System
10 26 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
11 24 (2.82%) Data Structures
12 18 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
13 17 (2.00%) Virtual Team
14 15 (1.76%) Low-Code
15 14 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (1.41%) Security Posture
17 11 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
18 10 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
19 9 (1.06%) Equities
19 9 (1.06%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 52 (6.11%) Linux
2 28 (3.29%) Windows
3 22 (2.59%) Unix
4 20 (2.35%) Android
5 11 (1.29%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.71%) 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
1 388 (45.59%) CI/CD
2 305 (35.84%) Agile
3 285 (33.49%) DevOps
4 212 (24.91%) Microservices
5 187 (21.97%) Problem-Solving
6 167 (19.62%) AI
7 145 (17.04%) Event-Driven
8 135 (15.86%) Test Automation
9 129 (15.16%) Integration Patterns
10 124 (14.57%) Data Modelling
11 116 (13.63%) Software Engineering
12 114 (13.40%) Scrum
13 113 (13.28%) Containerisation
14 108 (12.69%) Full-Stack Development
15 106 (12.46%) Stakeholder Management
16 105 (12.34%) Observability
17 100 (11.75%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 96 (11.28%) Continuous Improvement
19 91 (10.69%) ITSM
19 91 (10.69%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 251 (29.49%) Python
2 235 (27.61%) SQL
3 216 (25.38%) Java
4 189 (22.21%) JavaScript
5 141 (16.57%) TypeScript
6 124 (14.57%) C#
7 54 (6.35%) PowerShell
8 27 (3.17%) Apex Code
9 25 (2.94%) Kotlin
10 21 (2.47%) Bash
11 20 (2.35%) Groovy
12 17 (2.00%) Bicep
12 17 (2.00%) PL/SQL
12 17 (2.00%) Shell Script
13 13 (1.53%) Go
14 11 (1.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 11 (1.29%) SOQL
15 10 (1.18%) SOSL
15 10 (1.18%) T-SQL
16 8 (0.94%) Swift
Qualifications
1 173 (20.33%) Security Cleared
2 146 (17.16%) SC Cleared
3 56 (6.58%) Degree
4 26 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (2.82%) DV Cleared
6 15 (1.76%) AWS Certification
6 15 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.41%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.29%) CISSP
9 9 (1.06%) CISM
9 9 (1.06%) Master's Degree
10 8 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.71%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.71%) PMP
12 5 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.59%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.59%) MBA
13 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (9.28%) QA
2 38 (4.47%) Data Quality
3 29 (3.41%) GDPR
4 27 (3.17%) Accessibility
5 20 (2.35%) GRC
6 19 (2.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 14 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (1.41%) HIPAA
9 10 (1.18%) PCI DSS
10 9 (1.06%) NIST
11 8 (0.94%) ISO 20022
11 8 (0.94%) SLA
12 7 (0.82%) WCAG
13 5 (0.59%) HL7
13 5 (0.59%) SEPA
14 4 (0.47%) PMO
15 3 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
15 3 (0.35%) Basel III
16 2 (0.24%) ISO 13485
16 2 (0.24%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 145 (17.04%) Docker
2 31 (3.64%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.47%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.24%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.24%) Postfix
7 2 (0.24%) Varnish
8 1 (0.12%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.12%) Ceph
8 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.12%) RACF
8 1 (0.12%) UAG
8 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 149 (17.51%) Kubernetes
2 33 (3.88%) Ansible
3 22 (2.59%) Grafana
4 16 (1.88%) Prometheus
5 13 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.82%) Control-M
7 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.35%) Bosun
9 2 (0.24%) Amdocs OSS
9 2 (0.24%) Avamar
9 2 (0.24%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.24%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.24%) Istio
9 2 (0.24%) Kibana
9 2 (0.24%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.24%) SCCM
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Ranger
10 1 (0.12%) linkerd
10 1 (0.12%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 137 (16.10%) Microsoft
2 115 (13.51%) Oracle
3 104 (12.22%) ServiceNow
4 84 (9.87%) Salesforce
5 37 (4.35%) Google
5 37 (4.35%) SAP
6 27 (3.17%) Databricks
7 26 (3.06%) MuleSoft
8 22 (2.59%) Splunk
9 21 (2.47%) Workday
10 17 (2.00%) IBM
11 16 (1.88%) CyberArk
11 16 (1.88%) OpenAI
12 13 (1.53%) Cisco
13 11 (1.29%) Dynatrace
13 11 (1.29%) VMware
14 10 (1.18%) New Relic
14 10 (1.18%) OutSystems
15 9 (1.06%) Okta
16 7 (0.82%) TikTok