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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 124 96
Rank change year-on-year +59 -28 -15
Contract jobs citing REST 577 287 432
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.11% 2.06% 2.38%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.53% 8.01% 9.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 389 137 289
10th Percentile £358 £406 £400
25th Percentile £430 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £700 £638 £750
90th Percentile £805 £784 £850
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile £44.65 - £48.25
25th Percentile £46.00 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 - £57.50
75th Percentile £63.00 - £76.25
90th Percentile £67.20 - £86.75
England median hourly rate £68.00 £74.22 £76.53
% change year-on-year -8.38% -3.02% +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 3,715 3,583 4,565
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.46% 25.74% 25.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,510 2,345 3,443
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £590
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% -2.54% -3.67%
75th Percentile £670 £700 £700
90th Percentile £750 £825 £800
England median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - -4.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 19 31
10th Percentile £35.00 £34.65 £29.72
25th Percentile £42.19 £38.38 £35.94
Median hourly rate £54.50 £52.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% +5.00% -14.53%
75th Percentile £63.19 £63.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £71.40 £72.80 £75.00
England median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -8.00% +19.05% -19.23%

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 12 January 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 12 January 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 12 January 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 +13 53 £544 +1.64% 39
East London +2 5 £540 -14.29% 13
West London -16 4 £358 -31.90% 15
North London - 3 - -
South London -8 1 £500 +31.58% 21
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 21 (3.64%) Confluence
2 16 (2.77%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.91%) Apache
4 9 (1.56%) Jupyter
5 8 (1.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 7 (1.21%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.69%) Appian
8 4 (0.69%) BizTalk Server
9 3 (0.52%) Camunda
9 3 (0.52%) LiveLink
9 3 (0.52%) SAS
10 2 (0.35%) nginx
10 2 (0.35%) Oracle Service Bus
10 2 (0.35%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
11 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 (3.29%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.52%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.52%) Shopify
4 2 (0.35%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.35%) Cloudability
4 2 (0.35%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.35%) Maximo
4 2 (0.35%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.17%) Endur
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.17%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 202 (35.01%) Azure
2 152 (26.34%) AWS
3 78 (13.52%) GitHub
4 70 (12.13%) GCP
5 49 (8.49%) Azure DevOps
6 46 (7.97%) Serverless
7 45 (7.80%) GitHub Actions
8 39 (6.76%) Power Platform
9 37 (6.41%) OCI
10 35 (6.07%) IaaS
11 29 (5.03%) Entra ID
11 29 (5.03%) PaaS
12 28 (4.85%) Azure Monitor
13 27 (4.68%) Azure Logic Apps
14 26 (4.51%) Amazon S3
15 24 (4.16%) AWS Lambda
16 23 (3.99%) Azure Service Bus
17 19 (3.29%) Power Automate
18 18 (3.12%) Dynamics 365
19 16 (2.77%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.73%) SSL
2 8 (1.39%) DNS
3 7 (1.21%) HTTP
3 7 (1.21%) SMS
4 6 (1.04%) HTTPS
5 5 (0.87%) OpenLDAP
6 4 (0.69%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.52%) Firewall
8 2 (0.35%) SAN
8 2 (0.35%) VPN
9 1 (0.17%) BGP
9 1 (0.17%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.17%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (0.17%) IPFIX
9 1 (0.17%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.17%) Modbus
9 1 (0.17%) SNMP
9 1 (0.17%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (6.24%) SQL Server
2 33 (5.72%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (5.55%) NoSQL
4 29 (5.03%) Relational Database
5 17 (2.95%) MySQL
5 17 (2.95%) Power BI
6 16 (2.77%) MongoDB
7 12 (2.08%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 12 (2.08%) Oracle Database
7 12 (2.08%) Oracle Reports
7 12 (2.08%) Redis
8 11 (1.91%) RDBMS
9 10 (1.73%) Apache Cassandra
9 10 (1.73%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (1.56%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.56%) DynamoDB
11 8 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (1.21%) Amazon Aurora
12 7 (1.21%) DocumentDB
13 6 (1.04%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 93 (16.12%) Git
2 60 (10.40%) JIRA
3 38 (6.59%) Jenkins
4 32 (5.55%) Postman
5 29 (5.03%) JUnit
6 26 (4.51%) GitLab
7 19 (3.29%) Cucumber
8 18 (3.12%) Mockito
9 15 (2.60%) Selenium
10 12 (2.08%) Bitbucket
11 11 (1.91%) JMeter
12 10 (1.73%) Maven
12 10 (1.73%) REST Assured
13 9 (1.56%) SoapUI
14 7 (1.21%) Gatling
14 7 (1.21%) SonarQube
14 7 (1.21%) Subversion
15 6 (1.04%) Cypress.io
15 6 (1.04%) Gradle
15 6 (1.04%) SpecFlow
General
1 191 (33.10%) Social Skills
2 128 (22.18%) Finance
3 83 (14.38%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (10.23%) Public Sector
5 41 (7.11%) Banking
6 22 (3.81%) Front Office
7 20 (3.47%) Marketing
8 15 (2.60%) Financial Institution
9 12 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (2.08%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.21%) Billing
10 7 (1.21%) Investment Banking
10 7 (1.21%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.21%) Military
10 7 (1.21%) Retail
11 6 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (0.87%) Back Office
12 5 (0.87%) Law
13 4 (0.69%) Corporate Banking
13 4 (0.69%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 237 (41.07%) Developer
2 111 (19.24%) Architect
3 55 (9.53%) Senior
4 34 (5.89%) CyberArk Architect
4 34 (5.89%) Java Developer
5 31 (5.37%) Senior Developer
6 26 (4.51%) Python Developer
6 26 (4.51%) ServiceNow Developer
7 24 (4.16%) Full-Stack Developer
8 23 (3.99%) Consultant
8 23 (3.99%) Lead
9 22 (3.81%) Angular Developer
9 22 (3.81%) Business Analyst
10 20 (3.47%) Analyst
11 18 (3.12%) Solutions Architect
12 17 (2.95%) C# Developer
13 14 (2.43%) Integration Specialist
14 13 (2.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 13 (2.25%) Oracle Developer
15 12 (2.08%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (31.72%) SOAP
2 122 (21.14%) JSON
3 73 (12.65%) Web Services
4 69 (11.96%) HTML
5 64 (11.09%) React
6 60 (10.40%) CSS
7 59 (10.23%) AngularJS
8 57 (9.88%) OAuth
9 55 (9.53%) Kafka
9 55 (9.53%) Spring Boot
10 54 (9.36%) XML
11 53 (9.19%) Spring
12 50 (8.67%) RESTful
13 46 (7.97%) .NET
14 44 (7.63%) LDAP
15 36 (6.24%) GraphQL
16 33 (5.72%) Oracle Fusion
17 29 (5.03%) Middleware
18 28 (4.85%) Pandas
19 22 (3.81%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 44 (7.63%) Enterprise Software
2 43 (7.45%) Cloud Native
3 37 (6.41%) Security Posture
4 32 (5.55%) CMDB
5 28 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
6 27 (4.68%) PKI
7 25 (4.33%) Distributed Systems
8 23 (3.99%) Product Ownership
9 19 (3.29%) Equities
9 19 (3.29%) Onboarding
10 16 (2.77%) Public Cloud
11 15 (2.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 14 (2.43%) Fixed Income
12 14 (2.43%) Hedge funds
13 13 (2.25%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 11 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
15 10 (1.73%) Management Information System
16 9 (1.56%) Data Structures
16 9 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
16 9 (1.56%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 50 (8.67%) Linux
2 15 (2.60%) Windows
3 9 (1.56%) Unix
4 8 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.21%) Android
6 5 (0.87%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.69%) Solaris
8 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.35%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (37.26%) Agile
2 168 (29.12%) DevOps
3 162 (28.08%) CI/CD
4 154 (26.69%) Problem-Solving
5 117 (20.28%) Microservices
6 77 (13.34%) Integration Patterns
6 77 (13.34%) ITSM
7 76 (13.17%) API Integration
7 76 (13.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 73 (12.65%) Test Automation
9 66 (11.44%) Analytics
9 66 (11.44%) Scrum
10 65 (11.27%) Full-Stack Development
11 64 (11.09%) Technical Leadership
12 54 (9.36%) AI
12 54 (9.36%) Event-Driven
12 54 (9.36%) Task Automation
13 49 (8.49%) Data Modelling
13 49 (8.49%) ERP
14 47 (8.15%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 156 (27.04%) Python
2 140 (24.26%) SQL
3 122 (21.14%) Java
4 118 (20.45%) JavaScript
5 95 (16.46%) PowerShell
6 64 (11.09%) TypeScript
7 62 (10.75%) C#
8 17 (2.95%) Apex Code
9 15 (2.60%) Go
10 12 (2.08%) PL/SQL
11 11 (1.91%) Groovy
12 10 (1.73%) Bash
12 10 (1.73%) VBA
13 9 (1.56%) Bicep
14 7 (1.21%) Kusto Query Language
15 6 (1.04%) Kotlin
15 6 (1.04%) PHP
16 5 (0.87%) C++
17 4 (0.69%) COBOL
17 4 (0.69%) Perl
Qualifications
1 163 (28.25%) Security Cleared
2 152 (26.34%) SC Cleared
3 35 (6.07%) Degree
4 28 (4.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.56%) ISTQB
6 8 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.21%) 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 64 (11.09%) QA
2 29 (5.03%) GDPR
3 18 (3.12%) Data Quality
4 16 (2.77%) Accessibility
5 13 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.56%) WCAG
7 8 (1.39%) NIST
8 7 (1.21%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.35%) GRC
11 2 (0.35%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.35%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.35%) NCSC
11 2 (0.35%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.35%) SLA
12 1 (0.17%) FISMA
12 1 (0.17%) HL7
12 1 (0.17%) MiFID
12 1 (0.17%) PSD2
System Software
1 87 (15.08%) Docker
2 58 (10.05%) 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 76 (13.17%) Kubernetes
2 43 (7.45%) Terraform
3 15 (2.60%) Ansible
4 11 (1.91%) Grafana
5 9 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.39%) logstash
7 7 (1.21%) Prometheus
8 6 (1.04%) Kibana
8 6 (1.04%) QRadar
9 5 (0.87%) ITRS Geneos
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%) Istio
13 1 (0.17%) Puppet
13 1 (0.17%) vRealize
13 1 (0.17%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 67 (11.61%) Oracle
2 61 (10.57%) Microsoft
3 59 (10.23%) ServiceNow
4 45 (7.80%) CyberArk
5 36 (6.24%) BeyondTrust
6 34 (5.89%) Centrify
7 29 (5.03%) Salesforce
8 20 (3.47%) Splunk
9 17 (2.95%) OpenAI
10 16 (2.77%) SAP
11 11 (1.91%) Dynatrace
12 10 (1.73%) Adobe
12 10 (1.73%) Google
13 9 (1.56%) Guidewire
14 8 (1.39%) Atlassian
14 8 (1.39%) MuleSoft
15 7 (1.21%) Okta
15 7 (1.21%) Red Hat
15 7 (1.21%) Solace
16 6 (1.04%) Databricks