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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 109 106
Rank change year-on-year +29 -3 -37
Contract jobs citing REST 451 372 509
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.35% 2.28% 2.34%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.82% 8.23% 9.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 236 340
10th Percentile £359 £413 £431
25th Percentile £416 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £541 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.23% -9.79% -
75th Percentile £670 £626 £741
90th Percentile £725 £738 £850
England median daily rate £478 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -8.95% -8.70% -0.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £41.38
25th Percentile £43.75 - £50.94
Median hourly rate £47.50 - £66.25
75th Percentile £51.25 - £78.75
90th Percentile - - £85.50
England median hourly rate £50.00 £74.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -32.43% +28.70% -17.86%

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 3,517 4,521 5,644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.15% 27.75% 25.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,410 3,097 4,207
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £688 £725 £713
90th Percentile £825 £850 £810
England median daily rate £512 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.91% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 22 41
10th Percentile £31.94 £23.84 £35.00
25th Percentile £34.48 £36.25 £41.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 £42.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -34.62% +12.07%
75th Percentile £62.50 £59.51 £75.00
90th Percentile £84.40 £74.00 £86.56
England median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £61.25
% change year-on-year -12.00% +2.04% -3.16%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for REST 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 18 September 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
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 18 September 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 +19 61 £575 +11.11% 40
West London -14 8 £365 -26.26% 10
East London +14 7 £540 -36.47% 5
South London -6 7 £622 +29.25%
REST
England

REST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 36 (7.98%) Confluence
2 16 (3.55%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (1.33%) Apache
4 6 (1.33%) Oracle Workflow
4 6 (1.33%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.89%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.89%) nginx
6 2 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.44%) Camunda
6 2 (0.44%) CMS
6 2 (0.44%) LiveLink
6 2 (0.44%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.22%) CICS
7 1 (0.22%) Drupal
7 1 (0.22%) JBoss
7 1 (0.22%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.22%) SAS
7 1 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.44%) Autodesk Inventor
2 2 (0.44%) Oracle Smart View
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (2.66%) Remedy ITSM
2 9 (2.00%) Aladdin
2 9 (2.00%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.89%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.89%) thinkFolio
5 3 (0.67%) Maximo
5 3 (0.67%) Shopify
6 2 (0.44%) Magento
6 2 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.44%) Oracle Retail
6 2 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.44%) SAP CX
7 1 (0.22%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle FAH
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.22%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 139 (30.82%) Azure
2 109 (24.17%) AWS
3 60 (13.30%) GitHub
4 42 (9.31%) Azure DevOps
5 38 (8.43%) Serverless
6 30 (6.65%) GitHub Actions
7 29 (6.43%) Amazon S3
8 26 (5.76%) GCP
9 24 (5.32%) Azure Service Bus
9 24 (5.32%) Entra ID
10 23 (5.10%) Power Platform
11 21 (4.66%) Azure Logic Apps
12 19 (4.21%) Amazon EC2
13 18 (3.99%) AWS Lambda
13 18 (3.99%) PowerApps
14 17 (3.77%) Power Automate
15 15 (3.33%) Azure Monitor
16 14 (3.10%) OCI
16 14 (3.10%) PaaS
16 14 (3.10%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.66%) SSL
2 17 (3.77%) HTTP
3 10 (2.22%) HTTPS
4 9 (2.00%) Firewall
5 6 (1.33%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.11%) OpenLDAP
7 4 (0.89%) DNS
8 1 (0.22%) BGP
8 1 (0.22%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (0.22%) Internet
8 1 (0.22%) MPLS
8 1 (0.22%) POP3
8 1 (0.22%) SMTP
8 1 (0.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (8.65%) PostgreSQL
1 39 (8.65%) SQL Server
2 22 (4.88%) Relational Database
3 20 (4.43%) NoSQL
4 13 (2.88%) Oracle Database
5 10 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (2.22%) Elasticsearch
5 10 (2.22%) Redis
6 9 (2.00%) MySQL
6 9 (2.00%) Power BI
6 9 (2.00%) RDBMS
7 8 (1.77%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.77%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 7 (1.55%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (1.33%) Big Data
9 6 (1.33%) DynamoDB
10 5 (1.11%) Amazon Aurora
10 5 (1.11%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 89 (19.73%) Git
2 74 (16.41%) JIRA
3 40 (8.87%) Jenkins
4 34 (7.54%) JUnit
5 30 (6.65%) Postman
6 22 (4.88%) Mockito
7 16 (3.55%) Cypress.io
8 15 (3.33%) GitLab
8 15 (3.33%) REST Assured
8 15 (3.33%) SonarQube
9 14 (3.10%) Bitbucket
9 14 (3.10%) Subversion
10 12 (2.66%) Maven
10 12 (2.66%) Selenium
11 10 (2.22%) Eclipse
12 9 (2.00%) Cucumber
12 9 (2.00%) Mocha
12 9 (2.00%) SoapUI
13 8 (1.77%) JMeter
14 7 (1.55%) Xcode
General
1 128 (28.38%) Finance
2 111 (24.61%) Social Skills
3 61 (13.53%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (9.76%) Public Sector
5 40 (8.87%) Banking
6 15 (3.33%) Front Office
6 15 (3.33%) Investment Banking
7 11 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.00%) Marketing
9 9 (2.00%) Telecoms
10 8 (1.77%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.33%) Automotive
11 6 (1.33%) Back Office
11 6 (1.33%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.33%) Retail
12 5 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.67%) Billing
13 3 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 207 (45.90%) Developer
2 59 (13.08%) Architect
3 50 (11.09%) Senior
4 41 (9.09%) Java Developer
5 31 (6.87%) Lead
6 28 (6.21%) Angular Developer
7 27 (5.99%) Software Engineer
8 22 (4.88%) Full-Stack Developer
8 22 (4.88%) Senior Developer
9 20 (4.43%) ServiceNow Developer
10 18 (3.99%) Consultant
11 17 (3.77%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 17 (3.77%) Python Developer
12 16 (3.55%) Java Engineer
12 16 (3.55%) Python Engineer
13 15 (3.33%) ServiceNow Architect
14 14 (3.10%) React Developer
14 14 (3.10%) Solutions Architect
15 11 (2.44%) Senior Architect
16 10 (2.22%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (28.38%) SOAP
2 82 (18.18%) HTML
2 82 (18.18%) Web Services
3 80 (17.74%) AngularJS
4 71 (15.74%) React
5 67 (14.86%) JSON
6 63 (13.97%) CSS
7 60 (13.30%) .NET
8 51 (11.31%) Spring
9 49 (10.86%) GraphQL
10 48 (10.64%) Spring Boot
11 43 (9.53%) OAuth
12 41 (9.09%) Kafka
13 38 (8.43%) XML
14 35 (7.76%) HTML5
15 32 (7.10%) RESTful
16 30 (6.65%) Node.js
17 29 (6.43%) .NET Framework
17 29 (6.43%) jQuery
18 28 (6.21%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 37 (8.20%) Cloud Native
2 31 (6.87%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (5.99%) Product Ownership
4 17 (3.77%) CMDB
4 17 (3.77%) Data Structures
5 16 (3.55%) Algorithms
6 14 (3.10%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (3.10%) Mobile App
7 13 (2.88%) Onboarding
7 13 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (2.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 10 (2.22%) Fixed Income
10 9 (2.00%) Blockchain
10 9 (2.00%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.55%) Replication
13 6 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
14 5 (1.11%) Clustering
14 5 (1.11%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 30 (6.65%) Linux
2 9 (2.00%) Android
3 8 (1.77%) Unix
4 7 (1.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.33%) Windows
6 5 (1.11%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.89%) Solaris
8 3 (0.67%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.44%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.22%) CentOS
10 1 (0.22%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (44.57%) Agile
2 151 (33.48%) DevOps
3 136 (30.16%) CI/CD
4 112 (24.83%) Microservices
5 98 (21.73%) Problem-Solving
6 89 (19.73%) Scrum
7 66 (14.63%) Full-Stack Development
8 61 (13.53%) Software Engineering
9 55 (12.20%) SDLC
9 55 (12.20%) Test Automation
10 53 (11.75%) API Integration
11 48 (10.64%) Front End Development
11 48 (10.64%) TDD
12 37 (8.20%) Computer Science
13 35 (7.76%) ITSM
14 33 (7.32%) Artificial Intelligence
15 32 (7.10%) Code Quality
15 32 (7.10%) Integration Patterns
16 31 (6.87%) Containerisation
17 30 (6.65%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 155 (34.37%) JavaScript
2 138 (30.60%) Java
3 132 (29.27%) Python
4 89 (19.73%) SQL
5 70 (15.52%) C#
6 68 (15.08%) TypeScript
7 30 (6.65%) PowerShell
8 20 (4.43%) Go
8 20 (4.43%) Groovy
9 17 (3.77%) Apex Code
10 14 (3.10%) PL/SQL
11 13 (2.88%) Bash
12 10 (2.22%) PHP
13 9 (2.00%) C++
14 8 (1.77%) DAML
14 8 (1.77%) Shell Script
15 7 (1.55%) Ruby
15 7 (1.55%) Scala
15 7 (1.55%) T-SQL
16 6 (1.33%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 82 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 67 (14.86%) SC Cleared
3 43 (9.53%) Degree
4 24 (5.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (1.77%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.33%) ISTQB
6 6 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.11%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.89%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.89%) CCNP
8 4 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.67%) MCPD
9 3 (0.67%) MCSD
9 3 (0.67%) PhD
10 2 (0.44%) CCNA
10 2 (0.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.22%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.22%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (7.98%) QA
2 18 (3.99%) GDPR
3 9 (2.00%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.89%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.89%) MiFID
6 3 (0.67%) WCAG
7 2 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.44%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.44%) HL7
7 2 (0.44%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.22%) GRC
8 1 (0.22%) IFRS
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 63 (13.97%) Docker
2 22 (4.88%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.89%) NFS
4 4 (0.89%) Veritas File System
4 4 (0.89%) Veritas Volume Manager
5 2 (0.44%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.44%) OpenDJ
5 2 (0.44%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.22%) HDFS
6 1 (0.22%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 56 (12.42%) Kubernetes
2 34 (7.54%) Terraform
3 22 (4.88%) Single Sign-On
4 21 (4.66%) Ansible
5 8 (1.77%) Grafana
6 7 (1.55%) Kibana
7 6 (1.33%) Prometheus
8 5 (1.11%) logstash
9 4 (0.89%) QRadar
9 4 (0.89%) Red Hat Satellite
10 3 (0.67%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.44%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.44%) Puppet
11 2 (0.44%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.22%) Argo
12 1 (0.22%) Control-M
12 1 (0.22%) HP Operations Orchestration
12 1 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
12 1 (0.22%) Podman
Vendors
1 57 (12.64%) Microsoft
2 54 (11.97%) ServiceNow
3 50 (11.09%) Oracle
4 25 (5.54%) Salesforce
5 19 (4.21%) SAP
6 17 (3.77%) Splunk
7 16 (3.55%) Dynatrace
8 14 (3.10%) HP
9 13 (2.88%) MuleSoft
10 12 (2.66%) BMC
10 12 (2.66%) Ivanti
10 12 (2.66%) Remedy
11 9 (2.00%) Google
12 8 (1.77%) CA Agile Central
13 7 (1.55%) ForgeRock
13 7 (1.55%) OpenAI
14 6 (1.33%) Atlassian
14 6 (1.33%) Red Hat
14 6 (1.33%) VMware
15 5 (1.11%) Adobe