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 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 108 94
Rank change year-on-year +39 -14 +1
Contract jobs citing REST 639 315 445
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.84% 2.47% 2.46%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.44% 9.45% 10.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 438 182 308
10th Percentile £356 £380 £392
25th Percentile £415 £428 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £547 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.64% +1.85% -8.86%
75th Percentile £688 £650 £738
90th Percentile £800 £750 £850
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile £48.50 - £49.25
25th Percentile £53.50 - £53.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £62.25
75th Percentile £88.75 - £73.69
90th Percentile £95.00 - £85.73
England median hourly rate £70.00 £82.96 £74.72
% change year-on-year -15.62% +11.03% +21.99%

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 4,139 3,332 4,422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 24.88% 26.15% 24.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,811 2,306 3,335
10th Percentile £363 £385 £381
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £664 £700 £689
90th Percentile £775 £829 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £540
% change year-on-year -2.33% -0.46% -6.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 18 27
10th Percentile £27.00 £34.48 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.00 £38.69 £26.76
Median hourly rate £46.00 £54.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +27.06% -34.62%
75th Percentile £59.72 £65.00 £64.63
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.83 £76.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +0.78% +32.39% -25.05%

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 21 March 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 21 March 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 21 March 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 +5 62 £525 -0.94% 63
South London -9 9 £516 +35.66% 3
West London -18 6 £375 -43.61% 1
East London 0 5 £432 -28.89% 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 (3.76%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.19%) Confluence
3 11 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.56%) Apache
4 10 (1.56%) Camunda
5 9 (1.41%) Appian
6 8 (1.25%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.94%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.94%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.94%) Hyperledger
8 5 (0.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.63%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.63%) BizTalk Server
9 4 (0.63%) CICS
10 3 (0.47%) 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 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.47%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.31%) Autodesk Inventor
3 2 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.16%) InVision
4 1 (0.16%) Maya
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.16%) Sketch
4 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (2.66%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.63%) Bloomberg AIM
3 4 (0.63%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.31%) Cloudability
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
6 1 (0.16%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.16%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.16%) R3 Corda
6 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.16%) SAP LE
Cloud Services
1 231 (36.15%) Azure
2 192 (30.05%) AWS
3 91 (14.24%) GCP
4 73 (11.42%) GitHub
5 56 (8.76%) Azure DevOps
6 46 (7.20%) Serverless
7 45 (7.04%) GitHub Actions
8 41 (6.42%) Power Platform
9 38 (5.95%) IaaS
10 34 (5.32%) OCI
11 33 (5.16%) Entra ID
11 33 (5.16%) PaaS
12 24 (3.76%) Azure Service Bus
13 23 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
14 22 (3.44%) Amazon S3
14 22 (3.44%) Power Automate
15 21 (3.29%) Amazon EKS
16 20 (3.13%) Azure Logic Apps
16 20 (3.13%) Azure Monitor
17 19 (2.97%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.35%) HTTP
2 8 (1.25%) SMS
3 5 (0.78%) DNS
3 5 (0.78%) SSL
4 3 (0.47%) BGP
4 3 (0.47%) Firewall
4 3 (0.47%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.31%) Modbus
5 2 (0.31%) MPLS
5 2 (0.31%) NaaS
5 2 (0.31%) OSPF
5 2 (0.31%) SAN
5 2 (0.31%) SNMP
5 2 (0.31%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.31%) VPN
5 2 (0.31%) WAN
6 1 (0.16%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.16%) IPFIX
6 1 (0.16%) PCoIP
6 1 (0.16%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (7.98%) SQL Server
2 47 (7.36%) PostgreSQL
3 44 (6.89%) Relational Database
4 39 (6.10%) NoSQL
5 28 (4.38%) MongoDB
6 21 (3.29%) MySQL
7 18 (2.82%) Power BI
8 12 (1.88%) Apache Cassandra
8 12 (1.88%) RDBMS
9 11 (1.72%) Data Lake
9 11 (1.72%) Redis
10 10 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (1.56%) DynamoDB
11 9 (1.41%) Amazon Aurora
11 9 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (1.41%) Metadata
11 9 (1.41%) Pinecone
12 8 (1.25%) DocumentDB
13 7 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 94 (14.71%) Git
2 49 (7.67%) JIRA
3 44 (6.89%) Jenkins
4 35 (5.48%) JUnit
4 35 (5.48%) Postman
5 31 (4.85%) GitLab
6 27 (4.23%) Cucumber
7 22 (3.44%) Selenium
8 19 (2.97%) REST Assured
9 18 (2.82%) Mockito
10 16 (2.50%) Cypress.io
11 14 (2.19%) Maven
12 12 (1.88%) SoapUI
13 11 (1.72%) JMeter
14 9 (1.41%) Bitbucket
15 8 (1.25%) MLflow
15 8 (1.25%) SonarQube
16 7 (1.10%) Gatling
17 6 (0.94%) SpecFlow
18 5 (0.78%) Jasmine
General
1 190 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 143 (22.38%) Finance
3 97 (15.18%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (9.39%) Public Sector
5 56 (8.76%) Banking
6 27 (4.23%) Front Office
7 16 (2.50%) Marketing
8 14 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (2.19%) Telecoms
9 13 (2.03%) Financial Institution
10 11 (1.72%) Retail
11 8 (1.25%) Billing
11 8 (1.25%) Investment Banking
11 8 (1.25%) Publishing
12 7 (1.10%) Military
13 5 (0.78%) Legal
13 5 (0.78%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.63%) Back Office
14 4 (0.63%) Law
14 4 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 244 (38.18%) Developer
2 130 (20.34%) Architect
3 67 (10.49%) Senior
4 40 (6.26%) Java Developer
5 34 (5.32%) CyberArk Architect
6 33 (5.16%) Python Developer
6 33 (5.16%) Senior Developer
7 29 (4.54%) Lead
8 25 (3.91%) Solutions Architect
9 24 (3.76%) Full-Stack Developer
10 23 (3.60%) Analyst
11 21 (3.29%) Software Engineer
12 20 (3.13%) Business Analyst
12 20 (3.13%) C# Developer
12 20 (3.13%) Consultant
13 15 (2.35%) Automation Engineer
13 15 (2.35%) Cloud Specialist
13 15 (2.35%) Integration Specialist
13 15 (2.35%) ServiceNow Developer
14 13 (2.03%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (28.95%) SOAP
2 116 (18.15%) JSON
3 95 (14.87%) Web Services
4 79 (12.36%) Kafka
4 79 (12.36%) React
5 78 (12.21%) RESTful
6 76 (11.89%) Spring
7 72 (11.27%) Spring Boot
8 71 (11.11%) AngularJS
9 64 (10.02%) CSS
9 64 (10.02%) HTML
10 63 (9.86%) .NET
11 57 (8.92%) XML
12 54 (8.45%) OAuth
13 41 (6.42%) Middleware
14 39 (6.10%) GraphQL
15 38 (5.95%) LDAP
16 35 (5.48%) Node.js
17 32 (5.01%) Oracle Fusion
17 32 (5.01%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 50 (7.82%) Cloud Native
2 47 (7.36%) Enterprise Software
3 40 (6.26%) Product Ownership
4 38 (5.95%) Security Posture
5 35 (5.48%) CMDB
6 32 (5.01%) Self-Motivation
7 28 (4.38%) Distributed Systems
8 27 (4.23%) PKI
9 24 (3.76%) Equities
10 21 (3.29%) Public Cloud
11 20 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
12 19 (2.97%) Mobile App
13 16 (2.50%) Management Information System
14 15 (2.35%) Hedge funds
14 15 (2.35%) Onboarding
15 14 (2.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 13 (2.03%) Data Structures
17 12 (1.88%) Fixed Income
18 11 (1.72%) Algorithms
19 10 (1.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 46 (7.20%) Linux
2 20 (3.13%) Windows
3 14 (2.19%) Unix
4 6 (0.94%) zOS
5 5 (0.78%) Android
5 5 (0.78%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (33.18%) Agile
2 201 (31.46%) CI/CD
3 189 (29.58%) DevOps
4 156 (24.41%) Problem-Solving
5 135 (21.13%) Microservices
6 98 (15.34%) Integration Patterns
7 90 (14.08%) Test Automation
8 79 (12.36%) ITSM
9 77 (12.05%) Technical Leadership
10 76 (11.89%) Analytics
11 73 (11.42%) Data Modelling
12 72 (11.27%) Event-Driven
12 72 (11.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 71 (11.11%) Observability
14 68 (10.64%) Containerisation
15 64 (10.02%) API Integration
16 63 (9.86%) AI
17 60 (9.39%) Scrum
18 57 (8.92%) Full-Stack Development
19 56 (8.76%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 174 (27.23%) Python
2 155 (24.26%) SQL
3 150 (23.47%) Java
4 114 (17.84%) JavaScript
5 94 (14.71%) PowerShell
6 82 (12.83%) TypeScript
7 80 (12.52%) C#
8 16 (2.50%) Apex Code
9 14 (2.19%) Kotlin
10 10 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
10 10 (1.56%) VBA
11 7 (1.10%) Bicep
12 6 (0.94%) Go
12 6 (0.94%) PHP
12 6 (0.94%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.78%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.78%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.63%) Korn
14 4 (0.63%) XPath
15 3 (0.47%) C++
Qualifications
1 169 (26.45%) Security Cleared
2 155 (24.26%) SC Cleared
3 29 (4.54%) Degree
4 19 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.56%) Azure Certification
6 8 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.10%) CISSP
7 7 (1.10%) ISTQB
8 5 (0.78%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.63%) CISM
9 4 (0.63%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.31%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.31%) CESG Certified Professional
11 2 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.31%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.31%) OSCP
11 2 (0.31%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.31%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (11.11%) QA
2 25 (3.91%) Data Quality
3 24 (3.76%) GDPR
4 20 (3.13%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.88%) WCAG
6 11 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.41%) NIST
8 7 (1.10%) PCI DSS
8 7 (1.10%) SLA
9 5 (0.78%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.47%) GRC
10 3 (0.47%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.31%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.31%) NCSC
11 2 (0.31%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.31%) PMO
11 2 (0.31%) SEPA
System Software
1 97 (15.18%) Docker
2 54 (8.45%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.31%) Job Entry Subsystem
4 1 (0.16%) Firmware
4 1 (0.16%) IAG
4 1 (0.16%) Postfix
4 1 (0.16%) UAG
Systems Management
1 97 (15.18%) Kubernetes
2 49 (7.67%) Terraform
3 24 (3.76%) Grafana
4 13 (2.03%) Ansible
5 10 (1.56%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.63%) logstash
7 4 (0.63%) Pingdom
8 2 (0.31%) Amdocs OSS
8 2 (0.31%) Control-M
8 2 (0.31%) EMC NetWorker
8 2 (0.31%) Fluentd
8 2 (0.31%) Istio
8 2 (0.31%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (0.31%) Kibana
8 2 (0.31%) Puppet
8 2 (0.31%) QRadar
8 2 (0.31%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 1 (0.16%) linkerd
9 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 68 (10.64%) Microsoft
1 68 (10.64%) Oracle
1 68 (10.64%) ServiceNow
2 41 (6.42%) CyberArk
3 35 (5.48%) BeyondTrust
4 34 (5.32%) Centrify
5 28 (4.38%) Salesforce
6 19 (2.97%) SAP
6 19 (2.97%) Splunk
7 17 (2.66%) Google
7 17 (2.66%) OpenAI
8 11 (1.72%) Adobe
8 11 (1.72%) Guidewire
8 11 (1.72%) MuleSoft
9 10 (1.56%) Workday
10 9 (1.41%) Dynatrace
11 8 (1.25%) Automation Anywhere
11 8 (1.25%) UiPath
12 7 (1.10%) Bloomberg
12 7 (1.10%) IBM