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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 85 113
Rank change year-on-year +27 +28 -3
Contract jobs citing REST 868 447 374
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.27% 3.31% 2.30%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.27% 11.34% 7.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 566 304 243
10th Percentile £400 £359 £413
25th Percentile £447 £414 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £540 £543
Median % change year-on-year -2.69% -0.46% -9.58%
75th Percentile £638 £664 £638
90th Percentile £728 £724 £775
England median daily rate £525 £484 £525
% change year-on-year +8.53% -7.86% -8.70%
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 £70.00
% change year-on-year +19.00% -28.57% +28.59%

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 5,336 3,943 4,943
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.24% 29.20% 30.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,550 2,725 3,465
10th Percentile £400 £368 £385
25th Percentile £450 £430 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £656 £688 £713
90th Percentile £763 £813 £850
England median daily rate £530 £519 £550
% change year-on-year +2.12% -5.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 32 20
10th Percentile £26.78 £31.77 £23.80
25th Percentile £36.00 £34.17 £33.54
Median hourly rate £43.50 £51.97 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.30% +15.49% -29.69%
75th Percentile £61.50 £62.81 £61.70
90th Percentile £81.25 £85.95 £75.50
England median hourly rate £67.47 £54.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +24.94% -13.60% -

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 11 September 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 +8 100 £544 -1.14% 60
South London +3 15 £700 +12.54% 4
East London +3 6 £432 -20.00% 11
West London -27 2 £539 +22.44% 14
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 34 (3.92%) Confluence
2 25 (2.88%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.73%) Apache
4 12 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.38%) Apache Spark
5 10 (1.15%) Anypoint
5 10 (1.15%) Camunda
6 9 (1.04%) IIS
7 7 (0.81%) Mule
8 6 (0.69%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.58%) CMS
9 5 (0.58%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.46%) Ethereum
10 4 (0.46%) Hyperledger
11 3 (0.35%) Cloud Foundry
11 3 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.23%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.23%) Mendix
12 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.46%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.35%) Trello
3 2 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.12%) Sketch
4 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (1.96%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.38%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (0.58%) Shopify
6 4 (0.46%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.46%) Quorum
6 4 (0.46%) R3 Corda
6 4 (0.46%) Ripple
7 3 (0.35%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.23%) Infor LN
8 2 (0.23%) Magento
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle Retail
8 2 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.23%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 343 (39.52%) Azure
2 271 (31.22%) AWS
3 147 (16.94%) GitHub
4 108 (12.44%) Azure DevOps
5 100 (11.52%) GCP
6 89 (10.25%) Serverless
7 81 (9.33%) GitHub Actions
8 63 (7.26%) Entra ID
9 57 (6.57%) Power Platform
10 49 (5.65%) SaaS
11 41 (4.72%) Amazon S3
12 37 (4.26%) AWS Lambda
13 34 (3.92%) Amazon SQS
14 30 (3.46%) Amazon EKS
15 29 (3.34%) Azure Functions
15 29 (3.34%) Boomi
15 29 (3.34%) PowerApps
16 27 (3.11%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 26 (3.00%) Amazon ECS
17 26 (3.00%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.53%) HTTP
2 10 (1.15%) BGP
2 10 (1.15%) Firewall
3 9 (1.04%) DNS
3 9 (1.04%) HTTPS
4 8 (0.92%) Network Security
5 6 (0.69%) FTP
5 6 (0.69%) SSL
5 6 (0.69%) VXLAN
6 5 (0.58%) Ethernet VPN
6 5 (0.58%) NX-OS
6 5 (0.58%) TACACS
7 4 (0.46%) MPLS
7 4 (0.46%) OSPF
7 4 (0.46%) SSH
7 4 (0.46%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.35%) SAN
8 3 (0.35%) SMS
8 3 (0.35%) VPN
8 3 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (12.44%) PostgreSQL
2 89 (10.25%) Relational Database
3 79 (9.10%) SQL Server
4 53 (6.11%) NoSQL
5 40 (4.61%) MongoDB
6 35 (4.03%) Power BI
7 28 (3.23%) Redis
8 26 (3.00%) MySQL
9 21 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
10 19 (2.19%) Metadata
11 18 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
12 15 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
12 15 (1.73%) Elasticsearch
13 14 (1.61%) Big Data
14 13 (1.50%) BigQuery
14 13 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 12 (1.38%) Data Lake
15 12 (1.38%) DynamoDB
16 9 (1.04%) Pinecone
16 9 (1.04%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 153 (17.63%) Git
2 83 (9.56%) Jenkins
3 64 (7.37%) JIRA
4 57 (6.57%) GitLab
5 40 (4.61%) JUnit
6 25 (2.88%) Cypress.io
7 22 (2.53%) Gradle
8 21 (2.42%) Selenium
9 20 (2.30%) Maven
10 19 (2.19%) Postman
11 15 (1.73%) Cucumber
12 14 (1.61%) Mockito
13 13 (1.50%) Bitbucket
13 13 (1.50%) CircleCI
13 13 (1.50%) REST Assured
13 13 (1.50%) Visual Studio
14 12 (1.38%) Visual Studio Code
15 11 (1.27%) JMeter
16 10 (1.15%) Eclipse
17 9 (1.04%) Storybook
General
1 244 (28.11%) Finance
2 232 (26.73%) Social Skills
3 117 (13.48%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (9.68%) Banking
5 73 (8.41%) Public Sector
6 37 (4.26%) Retail
7 31 (3.57%) Telecoms
8 24 (2.76%) Marketing
9 17 (1.96%) Investment Banking
9 17 (1.96%) Publishing
10 11 (1.27%) Billing
10 11 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
11 10 (1.15%) Front Office
11 10 (1.15%) Legal
11 10 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.04%) Financial Institution
12 9 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (1.04%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (0.92%) Law
Job Titles
1 361 (41.59%) Developer
2 155 (17.86%) Architect
3 148 (17.05%) Senior
4 75 (8.64%) Senior Developer
5 59 (6.80%) Full-Stack Developer
6 56 (6.45%) Java Developer
7 50 (5.76%) Lead
8 46 (5.30%) Python Developer
9 45 (5.18%) Solutions Architect
10 42 (4.84%) Software Engineer
11 30 (3.46%) .NET Developer
12 28 (3.23%) React Developer
13 26 (3.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 25 (2.88%) Consultant
15 24 (2.76%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 23 (2.65%) ServiceNow Developer
17 20 (2.30%) Java Engineer
18 19 (2.19%) Salesforce Developer
19 18 (2.07%) Data Engineer
19 18 (2.07%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 211 (24.31%) SOAP
2 136 (15.67%) .NET
3 131 (15.09%) React
4 124 (14.29%) JSON
5 113 (13.02%) RESTful
6 112 (12.90%) Kafka
7 102 (11.75%) Spring
8 95 (10.94%) Spring Boot
9 90 (10.37%) OAuth
10 87 (10.02%) Terraform
11 83 (9.56%) HTML
12 82 (9.45%) CSS
12 82 (9.45%) XML
13 69 (7.95%) GraphQL
14 63 (7.26%) Node.js
15 62 (7.14%) AngularJS
15 62 (7.14%) Middleware
16 60 (6.91%) OAuth2
16 60 (6.91%) Web Services
17 38 (4.38%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 145 (16.71%) Cloud Native
2 77 (8.87%) Distributed Systems
3 69 (7.95%) Product Ownership
4 54 (6.22%) Enterprise Software
5 45 (5.18%) CMDB
6 38 (4.38%) Onboarding
7 36 (4.15%) AI Agents
8 32 (3.69%) Mobile App
9 27 (3.11%) Management Information System
10 26 (3.00%) Data Structures
11 23 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
12 19 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
13 17 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
13 17 (1.96%) Virtual Team
14 15 (1.73%) Low-Code
15 11 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
16 10 (1.15%) Data Centre
16 10 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
16 10 (1.15%) Security Posture
17 9 (1.04%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 56 (6.45%) Linux
2 32 (3.69%) Windows
3 21 (2.42%) Android
4 20 (2.30%) Unix
5 11 (1.27%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.69%) 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
1 407 (46.89%) CI/CD
2 314 (36.18%) Agile
3 292 (33.64%) DevOps
4 225 (25.92%) Microservices
5 192 (22.12%) Problem-Solving
6 178 (20.51%) AI
7 162 (18.66%) Event-Driven
8 141 (16.24%) Test Automation
9 129 (14.86%) Integration Patterns
10 124 (14.29%) Scrum
10 124 (14.29%) Software Engineering
11 121 (13.94%) Data Modelling
12 115 (13.25%) Event-Driven Architecture
12 115 (13.25%) Stakeholder Management
13 114 (13.13%) Containerisation
14 113 (13.02%) Full-Stack Development
15 102 (11.75%) Observability
16 95 (10.94%) Continuous Improvement
17 94 (10.83%) Technical Leadership
18 92 (10.60%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 268 (30.88%) Python
2 240 (27.65%) SQL
3 219 (25.23%) Java
4 197 (22.70%) JavaScript
5 155 (17.86%) TypeScript
6 125 (14.40%) C#
7 52 (5.99%) PowerShell
8 28 (3.23%) Kotlin
9 27 (3.11%) Apex Code
10 22 (2.53%) Bash
11 21 (2.42%) Groovy
12 17 (1.96%) Bicep
13 16 (1.84%) PL/SQL
13 16 (1.84%) Shell Script
14 12 (1.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 12 (1.38%) Go
15 11 (1.27%) SOQL
16 10 (1.15%) SOSL
16 10 (1.15%) T-SQL
17 8 (0.92%) Swift
Qualifications
1 178 (20.51%) Security Cleared
2 148 (17.05%) SC Cleared
3 60 (6.91%) Degree
4 30 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (3.11%) DV Cleared
6 16 (1.84%) AWS Certification
6 16 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (1.73%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.27%) CISSP
9 10 (1.15%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.04%) CISM
11 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.69%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.69%) PMP
13 5 (0.58%) ISTQB
13 5 (0.58%) MBA
13 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 5 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (0.46%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (10.02%) QA
2 40 (4.61%) Data Quality
3 33 (3.80%) GDPR
4 28 (3.23%) Accessibility
5 22 (2.53%) GRC
6 20 (2.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 14 (1.61%) HIPAA
7 14 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (1.15%) PCI DSS
9 9 (1.04%) NIST
9 9 (1.04%) SLA
10 8 (0.92%) ISO 20022
11 7 (0.81%) WCAG
12 5 (0.58%) HL7
12 5 (0.58%) SEPA
13 4 (0.46%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.35%) Basel III
14 3 (0.35%) PMO
15 2 (0.23%) ISO 13485
15 2 (0.23%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 153 (17.63%) Docker
2 35 (4.03%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.46%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.23%) Postfix
7 2 (0.23%) Varnish
8 1 (0.12%) Ceph
8 1 (0.12%) RACF
8 1 (0.12%) UAG
8 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 157 (18.09%) Kubernetes
2 32 (3.69%) Ansible
3 27 (3.11%) Grafana
4 20 (2.30%) Prometheus
5 15 (1.73%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.81%) Control-M
7 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.35%) Bosun
8 3 (0.35%) Kibana
8 3 (0.35%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.23%) Avamar
9 2 (0.23%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.23%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.23%) Istio
9 2 (0.23%) SCCM
9 2 (0.23%) systemd
10 1 (0.12%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.12%) SCOM
10 1 (0.12%) TrustSec
10 1 (0.12%) WMI
Vendors
1 139 (16.01%) Microsoft
2 113 (13.02%) Oracle
3 98 (11.29%) ServiceNow
4 83 (9.56%) Salesforce
5 39 (4.49%) Google
6 38 (4.38%) SAP
7 35 (4.03%) Databricks
8 27 (3.11%) MuleSoft
9 24 (2.76%) OpenAI
10 23 (2.65%) Splunk
11 20 (2.30%) CyberArk
11 20 (2.30%) Workday
12 17 (1.96%) IBM
13 14 (1.61%) Cisco
14 13 (1.50%) VMware
15 10 (1.15%) Dynatrace
15 10 (1.15%) Okta
15 10 (1.15%) OutSystems
16 9 (1.04%) New Relic
17 8 (0.92%) Adobe