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 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 127 88
Rank change year-on-year +61 -39 -2
Contract jobs citing REST 616 293 454
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.04% 2.15% 2.47%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.53% 8.15% 10.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 146 317
10th Percentile £358 £400 £391
25th Percentile £425 £428 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -3.08% -5.42%
75th Percentile £688 £625 £750
90th Percentile £838 £700 £850
England median daily rate £513 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -4.21% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile £48.50 - £48.25
25th Percentile £53.50 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £57.50
75th Percentile £88.75 - £76.25
90th Percentile £95.00 - £86.75
England median hourly rate £72.50 £74.44 £76.53
% change year-on-year -2.61% -2.73% +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 3,967 3,595 4,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.02% 26.44% 24.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,672 2,368 3,428
10th Percentile £363 £381 £385
25th Percentile £425 £457 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -5.74%
75th Percentile £654 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £521 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.36% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 20 29
10th Percentile £28.39 £36.58 £28.18
25th Percentile £35.06 £39.06 £35.63
Median hourly rate £46.50 £54.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% +13.68% -26.92%
75th Percentile £62.18 £65.00 £66.75
90th Percentile £82.50 £81.38 £73.92
England median hourly rate £64.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +3.20% +13.64% -15.38%

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 13 February 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 13 February 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 13 February 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 +9 60 £525 -1.87% 37
West London -14 7 £375 - 2
East London +7 5 £540 -11.11% 6
North London - 4 - - 2
South London -10 3 £510 +34.21% 5
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 17 (2.76%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.27%) Confluence
3 9 (1.46%) Apache
3 9 (1.46%) Appian
3 9 (1.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 8 (1.30%) Camunda
4 8 (1.30%) Jupyter
5 7 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.14%) Oracle Workflow
6 6 (0.97%) Ethereum
6 6 (0.97%) Hyperledger
7 4 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.65%) BizTalk Server
8 3 (0.49%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.49%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.49%) CICS
8 3 (0.49%) Drupal
8 3 (0.49%) LiveLink
8 3 (0.49%) SAS
8 3 (0.49%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.65%) Autodesk Inventor
3 2 (0.32%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.16%) InVision
4 1 (0.16%) Maya
4 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.16%) Sketch
4 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (3.90%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.65%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.49%) Bloomberg AIM
4 3 (0.49%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.32%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.32%) Cloudability
5 2 (0.32%) Maximo
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.32%) Shopify
6 1 (0.16%) Endur
6 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.16%) Remedy AR System
6 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.16%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 209 (33.93%) Azure
2 165 (26.79%) AWS
3 80 (12.99%) GCP
4 69 (11.20%) GitHub
5 48 (7.79%) Azure DevOps
6 42 (6.82%) OCI
6 42 (6.82%) Serverless
7 41 (6.66%) Power Platform
8 39 (6.33%) GitHub Actions
9 37 (6.01%) IaaS
10 34 (5.52%) PaaS
11 29 (4.71%) Azure Logic Apps
11 29 (4.71%) Entra ID
12 28 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
13 25 (4.06%) Azure Service Bus
14 23 (3.73%) Power Automate
15 21 (3.41%) Amazon S3
16 20 (3.25%) Dynamics 365
17 19 (3.08%) Azure Functions
18 18 (2.92%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.95%) HTTP
2 8 (1.30%) SMS
2 8 (1.30%) SSL
3 7 (1.14%) DNS
4 6 (0.97%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.49%) Firewall
6 2 (0.32%) SAN
6 2 (0.32%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.32%) VPN
7 1 (0.16%) BGP
7 1 (0.16%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.16%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.16%) IPFIX
7 1 (0.16%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.16%) Modbus
7 1 (0.16%) SMTP
7 1 (0.16%) SNMP
7 1 (0.16%) VLAN
7 1 (0.16%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (7.31%) SQL Server
2 36 (5.84%) NoSQL
3 35 (5.68%) Relational Database
4 33 (5.36%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (3.73%) MongoDB
6 18 (2.92%) Power BI
7 16 (2.60%) MySQL
8 12 (1.95%) Oracle Reports
9 11 (1.79%) Pinecone
9 11 (1.79%) RDBMS
9 11 (1.79%) Redis
10 10 (1.62%) Apache Cassandra
10 10 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (1.62%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 10 (1.62%) Oracle Database
11 9 (1.46%) Data Lake
12 8 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (1.30%) DocumentDB
12 8 (1.30%) DynamoDB
13 7 (1.14%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 92 (14.94%) Git
2 50 (8.12%) JIRA
3 39 (6.33%) Jenkins
3 39 (6.33%) Postman
4 36 (5.84%) JUnit
5 24 (3.90%) GitLab
6 23 (3.73%) Cucumber
7 21 (3.41%) Selenium
8 17 (2.76%) REST Assured
9 16 (2.60%) Mockito
10 12 (1.95%) JMeter
11 11 (1.79%) Cypress.io
11 11 (1.79%) SoapUI
12 10 (1.62%) Bitbucket
12 10 (1.62%) Maven
12 10 (1.62%) MLflow
13 8 (1.30%) Gatling
14 7 (1.14%) SonarQube
15 6 (0.97%) Gradle
15 6 (0.97%) SpecFlow
General
1 204 (33.12%) Social Skills
2 138 (22.40%) Finance
3 87 (14.12%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (9.42%) Public Sector
5 50 (8.12%) Banking
6 25 (4.06%) Front Office
7 18 (2.92%) Marketing
8 15 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.27%) Telecoms
10 13 (2.11%) Financial Institution
11 11 (1.79%) Investment Banking
12 9 (1.46%) Retail
13 8 (1.30%) Military
14 7 (1.14%) Billing
14 7 (1.14%) Manufacturing
15 6 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 5 (0.81%) Back Office
16 5 (0.81%) Law
17 4 (0.65%) Publishing
18 3 (0.49%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 242 (39.29%) Developer
2 115 (18.67%) Architect
3 62 (10.06%) Senior
4 35 (5.68%) Senior Developer
5 34 (5.52%) CyberArk Architect
6 33 (5.36%) Java Developer
7 28 (4.55%) Consultant
7 28 (4.55%) Python Developer
8 27 (4.38%) Lead
9 26 (4.22%) Full-Stack Developer
10 22 (3.57%) Business Analyst
11 21 (3.41%) Analyst
11 21 (3.41%) Solutions Architect
12 19 (3.08%) C# Developer
12 19 (3.08%) Integration Specialist
13 18 (2.92%) Angular Developer
13 18 (2.92%) Cloud Specialist
14 16 (2.60%) Oracle Specialist
14 16 (2.60%) ServiceNow Developer
15 15 (2.44%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (30.84%) SOAP
2 123 (19.97%) JSON
3 88 (14.29%) Web Services
4 71 (11.53%) Spring
4 71 (11.53%) Spring Boot
5 69 (11.20%) React
6 68 (11.04%) Kafka
7 65 (10.55%) HTML
8 63 (10.23%) AngularJS
8 63 (10.23%) RESTful
9 62 (10.06%) OAuth
10 61 (9.90%) CSS
10 61 (9.90%) XML
11 48 (7.79%) .NET
12 40 (6.49%) Middleware
13 38 (6.17%) Oracle Fusion
14 36 (5.84%) GraphQL
14 36 (5.84%) LDAP
15 32 (5.19%) Pandas
16 29 (4.71%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 47 (7.63%) Enterprise Software
2 41 (6.66%) Cloud Native
3 37 (6.01%) Security Posture
4 34 (5.52%) Product Ownership
5 30 (4.87%) Self-Motivation
6 27 (4.38%) CMDB
6 27 (4.38%) PKI
7 25 (4.06%) Distributed Systems
8 22 (3.57%) Equities
9 20 (3.25%) Public Cloud
10 17 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
11 15 (2.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 15 (2.44%) Mobile App
12 14 (2.27%) Fixed Income
12 14 (2.27%) Hedge funds
13 12 (1.95%) Low-Code
13 12 (1.95%) Onboarding
13 12 (1.95%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 11 (1.79%) Algorithms
15 10 (1.62%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 49 (7.95%) Linux
2 16 (2.60%) Windows
3 11 (1.79%) Unix
4 7 (1.14%) Android
5 5 (0.81%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.81%) zOS
6 4 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.32%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.32%) Solaris
8 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (34.42%) Agile
2 182 (29.55%) CI/CD
3 168 (27.27%) DevOps
4 157 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
5 123 (19.97%) Microservices
6 83 (13.47%) Test Automation
7 79 (12.82%) Integration Patterns
8 73 (11.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 72 (11.69%) ITSM
10 69 (11.20%) Technical Leadership
11 66 (10.71%) Analytics
12 63 (10.23%) Data Modelling
13 62 (10.06%) Full-Stack Development
14 61 (9.90%) API Integration
15 60 (9.74%) ERP
15 60 (9.74%) Event-Driven
15 60 (9.74%) Observability
16 59 (9.58%) Scrum
17 57 (9.25%) AI
18 50 (8.12%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 160 (25.97%) Python
2 147 (23.86%) SQL
3 141 (22.89%) Java
4 114 (18.51%) JavaScript
5 95 (15.42%) PowerShell
6 77 (12.50%) TypeScript
7 73 (11.85%) C#
8 17 (2.76%) Apex Code
9 13 (2.11%) PL/SQL
10 11 (1.79%) Groovy
10 11 (1.79%) Kotlin
11 10 (1.62%) VBA
12 9 (1.46%) Bicep
13 8 (1.30%) PHP
14 7 (1.14%) Kusto Query Language
15 6 (0.97%) Bash
15 6 (0.97%) Go
16 5 (0.81%) Korn
16 5 (0.81%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.65%) XPath
Qualifications
1 167 (27.11%) Security Cleared
2 154 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 30 (4.87%) Degree
4 21 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.62%) ISTQB
6 9 (1.46%) Azure Certification
6 9 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (0.97%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 6 (0.97%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.49%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.49%) CISSP
9 2 (0.32%) CESG Certified Professional
9 2 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.32%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.32%) PMP
10 1 (0.16%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.16%) OSCP
10 1 (0.16%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (11.20%) QA
2 31 (5.03%) GDPR
3 23 (3.73%) Data Quality
4 19 (3.08%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.79%) WCAG
7 8 (1.30%) NIST
8 7 (1.14%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.65%) SLA
10 3 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.32%) GRC
11 2 (0.32%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.32%) NCSC
11 2 (0.32%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.16%) FISMA
12 1 (0.16%) HL7
12 1 (0.16%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.16%) MiFID
12 1 (0.16%) PSD2
System Software
1 90 (14.61%) Docker
2 50 (8.12%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.32%) Job Entry Subsystem
3 2 (0.32%) NFS
3 2 (0.32%) Veritas File System
3 2 (0.32%) Veritas Volume Manager
3 2 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.16%) Firmware
4 1 (0.16%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 81 (13.15%) Kubernetes
2 43 (6.98%) Terraform
3 18 (2.92%) Grafana
4 12 (1.95%) Ansible
5 8 (1.30%) logstash
5 8 (1.30%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.97%) Kibana
8 5 (0.81%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (0.65%) Pingdom
9 4 (0.65%) QRadar
10 2 (0.32%) Control-M
10 2 (0.32%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.32%) Fluentd
10 2 (0.32%) Puppet
10 2 (0.32%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (0.32%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 1 (0.16%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.16%) CloudHub
11 1 (0.16%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 78 (12.66%) Oracle
2 64 (10.39%) Microsoft
3 55 (8.93%) ServiceNow
4 43 (6.98%) CyberArk
5 35 (5.68%) BeyondTrust
6 34 (5.52%) Centrify
7 30 (4.87%) Salesforce
8 24 (3.90%) OpenAI
9 23 (3.73%) Splunk
10 17 (2.76%) SAP
11 15 (2.44%) Google
12 12 (1.95%) Guidewire
13 11 (1.79%) Dynatrace
14 10 (1.62%) Adobe
14 10 (1.62%) MuleSoft
15 9 (1.46%) IBM
16 8 (1.30%) Automation Anywhere
16 8 (1.30%) UiPath
17 7 (1.14%) Okta
17 7 (1.14%) Solace