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 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 116 93
Rank change year-on-year +44 -23 +6
Contract jobs citing REST 646 294 435
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.73% 2.32% 2.42%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.22% 8.94% 9.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 185 297
10th Percentile £363 £380 £400
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -9.68%
75th Percentile £688 £650 £688
90th Percentile £800 £759 £850
England median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.40% -0.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile £53.50 - £48.25
25th Percentile £62.00 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £69.00 - £57.50
75th Percentile £90.00 - £62.88
90th Percentile £95.00 - £65.35
England median hourly rate £70.00 £82.96 £59.75
% change year-on-year -15.62% +38.85% -4.40%

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 4,245 3,289 4,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 24.54% 25.98% 24.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,878 2,297 3,318
10th Percentile £363 £385 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £659 £713 £700
90th Percentile £775 £838 £800
England median daily rate £525 £537 £550
% change year-on-year -2.23% -2.36% -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 17 23
10th Percentile £22.79 £34.30 £16.25
25th Percentile £32.02 £39.25 £25.00
Median hourly rate £43.50 £55.50 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -21.62% +45.46% -42.19%
75th Percentile £60.12 £65.00 £60.63
90th Percentile £77.00 £78.75 £69.40
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

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 8 April 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 8 April 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 8 April 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 +3 67 £528 -0.47% 58
South London -7 12 £516 +35.66% 3
West London -22 6 £375 -32.31% 2
East London 0 5 £432 -31.43% 10
North London - 4 - -
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 24 (3.72%) SharePoint
2 20 (3.10%) Confluence
3 11 (1.70%) Apache
4 10 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (1.39%) Appian
5 9 (1.39%) Camunda
6 8 (1.24%) Jupyter
7 7 (1.08%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.93%) Ethereum
8 6 (0.93%) Hyperledger
9 4 (0.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.62%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.62%) BizTalk Server
9 4 (0.62%) CICS
10 3 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.31%) Drupal
11 2 (0.31%) Mule
11 2 (0.31%) Oracle Service Bus
11 2 (0.31%) SAS
11 2 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.46%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.15%) InVision
4 1 (0.15%) Maya
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.15%) Sketch
4 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (2.48%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.62%) Bloomberg AIM
3 4 (0.62%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.46%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.31%) Magento
5 2 (0.31%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.31%) Shopify
5 2 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.15%) R3 Corda
6 1 (0.15%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.15%) SAP LE
Cloud Services
1 217 (33.59%) Azure
2 194 (30.03%) AWS
3 89 (13.78%) GCP
4 68 (10.53%) GitHub
5 49 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
6 46 (7.12%) Serverless
7 42 (6.50%) GitHub Actions
7 42 (6.50%) Power Platform
8 38 (5.88%) IaaS
9 36 (5.57%) OCI
9 36 (5.57%) PaaS
10 31 (4.80%) Entra ID
11 24 (3.72%) Azure Service Bus
11 24 (3.72%) Power Automate
12 23 (3.56%) Microsoft 365
13 21 (3.25%) Amazon EKS
13 21 (3.25%) Amazon S3
13 21 (3.25%) SaaS
14 20 (3.10%) Azure Monitor
15 18 (2.79%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.63%) HTTP
2 9 (1.39%) SMS
3 6 (0.93%) DNS
4 5 (0.77%) Firewall
5 4 (0.62%) BGP
5 4 (0.62%) SSL
6 3 (0.46%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (0.46%) MPLS
6 3 (0.46%) OSPF
6 3 (0.46%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (0.31%) FTP
7 2 (0.31%) Modbus
7 2 (0.31%) NaaS
7 2 (0.31%) SAN
7 2 (0.31%) SNMP
7 2 (0.31%) VPN
7 2 (0.31%) WAN
8 1 (0.15%) DHCP
8 1 (0.15%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.15%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (8.98%) Relational Database
2 51 (7.89%) PostgreSQL
3 49 (7.59%) SQL Server
4 38 (5.88%) NoSQL
5 27 (4.18%) MongoDB
6 20 (3.10%) Power BI
7 19 (2.94%) MySQL
8 13 (2.01%) RDBMS
9 11 (1.70%) Pinecone
9 11 (1.70%) Redis
10 10 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (1.55%) Apache Cassandra
10 10 (1.55%) Data Lake
10 10 (1.55%) DynamoDB
11 9 (1.39%) Amazon Aurora
11 9 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (1.39%) Metadata
12 8 (1.24%) DocumentDB
13 7 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 89 (13.78%) Git
2 47 (7.28%) JIRA
3 37 (5.73%) Jenkins
4 35 (5.42%) Postman
5 30 (4.64%) JUnit
6 24 (3.72%) Cucumber
6 24 (3.72%) GitLab
7 22 (3.41%) Selenium
8 19 (2.94%) REST Assured
9 17 (2.63%) Cypress.io
10 16 (2.48%) Mockito
11 12 (1.86%) Maven
12 11 (1.70%) SoapUI
13 8 (1.24%) Bitbucket
13 8 (1.24%) JMeter
13 8 (1.24%) MLflow
14 7 (1.08%) SonarQube
15 5 (0.77%) Jasmine
15 5 (0.77%) SpecFlow
15 5 (0.77%) TestRail
General
1 180 (27.86%) Social Skills
2 144 (22.29%) Finance
3 93 (14.40%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (9.13%) Public Sector
5 52 (8.05%) Banking
6 28 (4.33%) Front Office
7 16 (2.48%) Marketing
8 13 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (2.01%) Telecoms
9 11 (1.70%) Retail
10 9 (1.39%) Financial Institution
10 9 (1.39%) Publishing
11 8 (1.24%) Billing
12 7 (1.08%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.08%) Legal
13 5 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.62%) Military
15 3 (0.46%) Law
15 3 (0.46%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 231 (35.76%) Developer
2 139 (21.52%) Architect
3 65 (10.06%) Senior
4 40 (6.19%) Java Developer
5 36 (5.57%) Python Developer
6 34 (5.26%) CyberArk Architect
7 32 (4.95%) Solutions Architect
8 30 (4.64%) Senior Developer
9 29 (4.49%) Lead
10 26 (4.02%) Software Engineer
11 25 (3.87%) Full-Stack Developer
12 19 (2.94%) Consultant
13 18 (2.79%) C# Developer
14 17 (2.63%) Analyst
14 17 (2.63%) Business Analyst
15 16 (2.48%) Integration Specialist
16 15 (2.32%) Automation Engineer
16 15 (2.32%) Cloud Specialist
17 14 (2.17%) Data Engineer
18 13 (2.01%) Oracle Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (27.86%) SOAP
2 110 (17.03%) JSON
3 95 (14.71%) Web Services
4 80 (12.38%) RESTful
4 80 (12.38%) Spring
5 78 (12.07%) React
6 75 (11.61%) Spring Boot
7 73 (11.30%) Kafka
8 70 (10.84%) AngularJS
9 69 (10.68%) .NET
10 60 (9.29%) HTML
11 59 (9.13%) CSS
12 50 (7.74%) OAuth
13 49 (7.59%) XML
14 44 (6.81%) Middleware
15 42 (6.50%) GraphQL
16 38 (5.88%) Node.js
17 37 (5.73%) LDAP
18 36 (5.57%) Pandas
19 31 (4.80%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 45 (6.97%) Cloud Native
2 44 (6.81%) Enterprise Software
3 41 (6.35%) Product Ownership
3 41 (6.35%) Security Posture
4 35 (5.42%) Self-Motivation
5 29 (4.49%) CMDB
6 27 (4.18%) Distributed Systems
6 27 (4.18%) PKI
7 25 (3.87%) Equities
8 21 (3.25%) Public Cloud
9 20 (3.10%) Management Information System
10 19 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
11 18 (2.79%) Mobile App
12 16 (2.48%) Hedge funds
13 15 (2.32%) Data Structures
13 15 (2.32%) Onboarding
14 12 (1.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 10 (1.55%) Algorithms
15 10 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
15 10 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 40 (6.19%) Linux
2 22 (3.41%) Windows
3 11 (1.70%) Unix
4 6 (0.93%) zOS
5 5 (0.77%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.46%) Android
7 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (32.66%) Agile
2 199 (30.80%) CI/CD
3 186 (28.79%) DevOps
4 154 (23.84%) Problem-Solving
5 133 (20.59%) Microservices
6 108 (16.72%) Integration Patterns
7 91 (14.09%) Test Automation
8 80 (12.38%) Data Modelling
9 79 (12.23%) Observability
9 79 (12.23%) Technical Leadership
10 76 (11.76%) Analytics
10 76 (11.76%) ITSM
11 72 (11.15%) Containerisation
12 69 (10.68%) Event-Driven
13 66 (10.22%) AI
14 63 (9.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 61 (9.44%) API Integration
16 59 (9.13%) ERP
16 59 (9.13%) Software Engineering
17 58 (8.98%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 182 (28.17%) Python
2 151 (23.37%) SQL
3 150 (23.22%) Java
4 107 (16.56%) JavaScript
5 90 (13.93%) PowerShell
6 84 (13.00%) TypeScript
7 82 (12.69%) C#
8 15 (2.32%) Apex Code
9 12 (1.86%) Kotlin
10 11 (1.70%) VBA
11 10 (1.55%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (1.24%) PL/SQL
13 7 (1.08%) Bicep
14 6 (0.93%) Bash
14 6 (0.93%) Go
15 5 (0.77%) PHP
15 5 (0.77%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.62%) Groovy
16 4 (0.62%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.62%) XPath
Qualifications
1 167 (25.85%) Security Cleared
2 154 (23.84%) SC Cleared
3 33 (5.11%) Degree
4 22 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.39%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.08%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.08%) Master's Degree
7 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.77%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.77%) CISSP
8 5 (0.77%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.62%) MBA
10 3 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.46%) CISM
11 2 (0.31%) CESG Certified Professional
11 2 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.31%) OSCP
11 2 (0.31%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.31%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (9.44%) QA
2 26 (4.02%) Data Quality
3 23 (3.56%) GDPR
4 16 (2.48%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.70%) WCAG
6 10 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.39%) NIST
8 7 (1.08%) SLA
9 6 (0.93%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.62%) GRC
10 4 (0.62%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.46%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.31%) HL7
12 2 (0.31%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.31%) NCSC
12 2 (0.31%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.31%) PMO
12 2 (0.31%) SEPA
System Software
1 92 (14.24%) Docker
2 51 (7.89%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.31%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 2 (0.31%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 1 (0.15%) Firmware
5 1 (0.15%) IAG
5 1 (0.15%) Postfix
5 1 (0.15%) UAG
5 1 (0.15%) Varnish
5 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 92 (14.24%) Kubernetes
2 49 (7.59%) Terraform
3 24 (3.72%) Grafana
4 16 (2.48%) Ansible
5 11 (1.70%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.62%) Pingdom
8 2 (0.31%) Amdocs OSS
8 2 (0.31%) Avamar
8 2 (0.31%) Control-M
8 2 (0.31%) EMC NetWorker
8 2 (0.31%) EMC VPLEX
8 2 (0.31%) Fluentd
8 2 (0.31%) Istio
8 2 (0.31%) logstash
8 2 (0.31%) Puppet
8 2 (0.31%) QRadar
8 2 (0.31%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.15%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 70 (10.84%) Oracle
2 69 (10.68%) ServiceNow
3 66 (10.22%) Microsoft
4 39 (6.04%) CyberArk
5 34 (5.26%) BeyondTrust
5 34 (5.26%) Centrify
6 29 (4.49%) Salesforce
7 18 (2.79%) Google
7 18 (2.79%) Splunk
8 17 (2.63%) OpenAI
9 16 (2.48%) SAP
10 13 (2.01%) MuleSoft
11 12 (1.86%) Adobe
12 11 (1.70%) Guidewire
13 10 (1.55%) IBM
14 9 (1.39%) Dynatrace
14 9 (1.39%) Workday
15 8 (1.24%) Atlassian
15 8 (1.24%) Automation Anywhere
15 8 (1.24%) UiPath