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 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 84 113
Rank change year-on-year +25 +29 +3
Contract jobs citing REST 874 447 371
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.30% 3.33% 2.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.34% 11.39% 7.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 568 306 241
10th Percentile £400 £359 £413
25th Percentile £449 £416 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £540 £543
Median % change year-on-year -1.39% -0.46% -9.58%
75th Percentile £638 £668 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £775
England median daily rate £525 £489 £525
% change year-on-year +7.42% -6.90% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile £46.40 - -
25th Percentile £50.63 £43.75 -
Median hourly rate £59.50 £47.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.26% - -
75th Percentile £69.38 £51.25 -
90th Percentile £80.50 - -
England median hourly rate £59.50 £50.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +19.00% -28.57% +28.59%

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 5,350 3,926 4,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.31% 29.29% 30.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,558 2,714 3,432
10th Percentile £400 £368 £385
25th Percentile £450 £430 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £656 £688 £713
90th Percentile £763 £813 £850
England median daily rate £530 £519 £550
% change year-on-year +2.12% -5.64% -0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 32 20
10th Percentile £26.78 £31.77 £23.80
25th Percentile £36.00 £34.17 £33.54
Median hourly rate £43.50 £51.97 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.30% +15.49% -29.69%
75th Percentile £61.50 £62.81 £61.70
90th Percentile £81.25 £85.95 £75.50
England median hourly rate £67.50 £54.35 £62.50
% change year-on-year +24.20% -13.04% -

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 9 September 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 9 September 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 9 September 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 +6 98 £538 -2.27% 55
South London 0 15 £700 +12.54% 6
East London +4 6 £432 -20.00% 13
West London -26 2 £539 +22.44% 19
North London - 1 - -
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 35 (4.00%) Confluence
2 25 (2.86%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.83%) Apache
4 13 (1.49%) Apache Spark
5 12 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (1.14%) Anypoint
6 10 (1.14%) Camunda
7 9 (1.03%) IIS
8 7 (0.80%) Mule
9 6 (0.69%) CMS
9 6 (0.69%) WebSphere
10 5 (0.57%) OpenStack
11 4 (0.46%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.46%) Hyperledger
12 3 (0.34%) Cloud Foundry
13 2 (0.23%) Apache Solr
13 2 (0.23%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
13 2 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 2 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
1 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.34%) Trello
2 2 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.11%) Sketch
3 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (2.06%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.37%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.80%) Payment Gateway
4 6 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.57%) Shopify
6 4 (0.46%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.46%) Quorum
6 4 (0.46%) R3 Corda
6 4 (0.46%) Ripple
7 3 (0.34%) Distributed Ledger
8 2 (0.23%) Infor LN
8 2 (0.23%) Magento
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle Retail
8 2 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.23%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 344 (39.36%) Azure
2 270 (30.89%) AWS
3 144 (16.48%) GitHub
4 108 (12.36%) Azure DevOps
5 97 (11.10%) GCP
6 89 (10.18%) Serverless
7 80 (9.15%) GitHub Actions
8 65 (7.44%) Entra ID
9 56 (6.41%) Power Platform
10 50 (5.72%) SaaS
11 42 (4.81%) Amazon S3
12 37 (4.23%) AWS Lambda
13 34 (3.89%) Amazon SQS
14 30 (3.43%) Amazon EKS
15 29 (3.32%) Azure Functions
15 29 (3.32%) Boomi
16 28 (3.20%) PowerApps
17 27 (3.09%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 26 (2.97%) Amazon ECS
18 26 (2.97%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.52%) HTTP
2 10 (1.14%) BGP
3 9 (1.03%) DNS
3 9 (1.03%) Firewall
3 9 (1.03%) HTTPS
4 8 (0.92%) Network Security
5 6 (0.69%) FTP
5 6 (0.69%) SSL
5 6 (0.69%) VXLAN
6 5 (0.57%) Ethernet VPN
6 5 (0.57%) NX-OS
6 5 (0.57%) TACACS
7 4 (0.46%) MPLS
7 4 (0.46%) OSPF
7 4 (0.46%) SSH
7 4 (0.46%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.34%) SAN
8 3 (0.34%) SMS
8 3 (0.34%) VPN
8 3 (0.34%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (12.59%) PostgreSQL
2 91 (10.41%) Relational Database
3 79 (9.04%) SQL Server
4 51 (5.84%) NoSQL
5 41 (4.69%) MongoDB
6 35 (4.00%) Power BI
7 28 (3.20%) Redis
8 25 (2.86%) MySQL
9 20 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
10 19 (2.17%) Metadata
11 18 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
12 16 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
13 15 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
14 14 (1.60%) Big Data
15 13 (1.49%) BigQuery
15 13 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 12 (1.37%) DynamoDB
17 11 (1.26%) Data Lake
18 9 (1.03%) Pinecone
18 9 (1.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 155 (17.73%) Git
2 81 (9.27%) Jenkins
3 64 (7.32%) JIRA
4 58 (6.64%) GitLab
5 40 (4.58%) JUnit
6 24 (2.75%) Cypress.io
7 22 (2.52%) Gradle
8 20 (2.29%) Maven
8 20 (2.29%) Postman
8 20 (2.29%) Selenium
9 16 (1.83%) Cucumber
10 14 (1.60%) Mockito
11 13 (1.49%) Bitbucket
11 13 (1.49%) CircleCI
11 13 (1.49%) Visual Studio
12 12 (1.37%) REST Assured
12 12 (1.37%) Visual Studio Code
13 11 (1.26%) JMeter
14 10 (1.14%) Eclipse
15 9 (1.03%) Storybook
General
1 241 (27.57%) Finance
2 229 (26.20%) Social Skills
3 118 (13.50%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (9.38%) Banking
5 75 (8.58%) Public Sector
6 35 (4.00%) Retail
7 31 (3.55%) Telecoms
8 24 (2.75%) Marketing
9 18 (2.06%) Publishing
10 16 (1.83%) Investment Banking
11 11 (1.26%) Billing
11 11 (1.26%) Front Office
11 11 (1.26%) Legal
12 10 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (1.03%) Financial Institution
13 9 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (0.92%) Law
Job Titles
1 366 (41.88%) Developer
2 156 (17.85%) Architect
3 145 (16.59%) Senior
4 73 (8.35%) Senior Developer
5 59 (6.75%) Full-Stack Developer
6 57 (6.52%) Java Developer
7 51 (5.84%) Lead
8 45 (5.15%) Python Developer
8 45 (5.15%) Solutions Architect
9 43 (4.92%) Software Engineer
10 30 (3.43%) .NET Developer
11 28 (3.20%) React Developer
12 26 (2.97%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 25 (2.86%) Consultant
14 24 (2.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 23 (2.63%) ServiceNow Developer
16 20 (2.29%) Java Engineer
16 20 (2.29%) Salesforce Developer
16 20 (2.29%) ServiceNow Architect
17 19 (2.17%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 216 (24.71%) SOAP
2 136 (15.56%) .NET
3 130 (14.87%) React
4 125 (14.30%) JSON
5 112 (12.81%) RESTful
6 110 (12.59%) Kafka
7 102 (11.67%) Spring
8 95 (10.87%) Spring Boot
9 92 (10.53%) OAuth
10 87 (9.95%) Terraform
11 83 (9.50%) HTML
12 82 (9.38%) CSS
12 82 (9.38%) XML
13 70 (8.01%) GraphQL
14 65 (7.44%) Web Services
15 63 (7.21%) AngularJS
16 62 (7.09%) Middleware
17 61 (6.98%) Node.js
18 59 (6.75%) OAuth2
19 37 (4.23%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 144 (16.48%) Cloud Native
2 78 (8.92%) Distributed Systems
3 71 (8.12%) Product Ownership
4 55 (6.29%) Enterprise Software
5 50 (5.72%) CMDB
6 36 (4.12%) AI Agents
7 34 (3.89%) Onboarding
8 32 (3.66%) Mobile App
9 27 (3.09%) Management Information System
10 26 (2.97%) Data Structures
11 24 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
12 18 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
13 17 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
14 16 (1.83%) Virtual Team
15 15 (1.72%) Low-Code
16 11 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
16 11 (1.26%) Security Posture
17 10 (1.14%) Data Centre
17 10 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
18 9 (1.03%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 54 (6.18%) Linux
2 30 (3.43%) Windows
3 21 (2.40%) Android
4 20 (2.29%) Unix
5 11 (1.26%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.34%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.34%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.11%) CentOS
8 1 (0.11%) VMS
8 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 405 (46.34%) CI/CD
2 313 (35.81%) Agile
3 291 (33.30%) DevOps
4 219 (25.06%) Microservices
5 191 (21.85%) Problem-Solving
6 178 (20.37%) AI
7 159 (18.19%) Event-Driven
8 141 (16.13%) Test Automation
9 130 (14.87%) Integration Patterns
10 124 (14.19%) Data Modelling
11 123 (14.07%) Software Engineering
12 122 (13.96%) Scrum
13 115 (13.16%) Containerisation
14 112 (12.81%) Full-Stack Development
15 111 (12.70%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 111 (12.70%) Stakeholder Management
16 102 (11.67%) Observability
17 95 (10.87%) Continuous Improvement
18 91 (10.41%) Migration
18 91 (10.41%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 270 (30.89%) Python
2 243 (27.80%) SQL
3 219 (25.06%) Java
4 197 (22.54%) JavaScript
5 152 (17.39%) TypeScript
6 127 (14.53%) C#
7 54 (6.18%) PowerShell
8 28 (3.20%) Apex Code
8 28 (3.20%) Kotlin
9 22 (2.52%) Bash
10 21 (2.40%) Groovy
11 17 (1.95%) Bicep
11 17 (1.95%) PL/SQL
12 16 (1.83%) Shell Script
13 12 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 12 (1.37%) Go
14 11 (1.26%) SOQL
15 10 (1.14%) SOSL
15 10 (1.14%) T-SQL
16 8 (0.92%) Swift
Qualifications
1 181 (20.71%) Security Cleared
2 152 (17.39%) SC Cleared
3 58 (6.64%) Degree
4 28 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
4 28 (3.20%) DV Cleared
5 16 (1.83%) AWS Certification
5 16 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (1.60%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.26%) CISSP
8 9 (1.03%) CISM
8 9 (1.03%) Master's Degree
9 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 6 (0.69%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.69%) PMP
11 5 (0.57%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.57%) MBA
12 4 (0.46%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (9.73%) QA
2 42 (4.81%) Data Quality
3 33 (3.78%) GDPR
4 27 (3.09%) Accessibility
5 20 (2.29%) GRC
5 20 (2.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 15 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (1.60%) HIPAA
8 10 (1.14%) NIST
8 10 (1.14%) PCI DSS
9 9 (1.03%) SLA
10 8 (0.92%) ISO 20022
11 7 (0.80%) WCAG
12 5 (0.57%) HL7
13 4 (0.46%) PMO
13 4 (0.46%) SEPA
13 4 (0.46%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.34%) Basel III
15 2 (0.23%) ISO 13485
15 2 (0.23%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 153 (17.51%) Docker
2 34 (3.89%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.46%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.23%) Postfix
7 2 (0.23%) Varnish
8 1 (0.11%) Ceph
8 1 (0.11%) RACF
8 1 (0.11%) UAG
8 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 156 (17.85%) Kubernetes
2 33 (3.78%) Ansible
3 27 (3.09%) Grafana
4 20 (2.29%) Prometheus
5 15 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.80%) Control-M
7 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.34%) Bosun
8 3 (0.34%) Kibana
8 3 (0.34%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.23%) Avamar
9 2 (0.23%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.23%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.23%) Istio
9 2 (0.23%) SCCM
9 2 (0.23%) systemd
10 1 (0.11%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.11%) SCOM
10 1 (0.11%) TrustSec
10 1 (0.11%) WMI
Vendors
1 143 (16.36%) Microsoft
2 112 (12.81%) Oracle
3 101 (11.56%) ServiceNow
4 85 (9.73%) Salesforce
5 39 (4.46%) Google
6 37 (4.23%) SAP
7 35 (4.00%) Databricks
8 26 (2.97%) MuleSoft
9 23 (2.63%) OpenAI
9 23 (2.63%) Splunk
10 21 (2.40%) Workday
11 18 (2.06%) CyberArk
12 17 (1.95%) IBM
13 14 (1.60%) Cisco
14 13 (1.49%) VMware
15 10 (1.14%) Dynatrace
15 10 (1.14%) Okta
15 10 (1.14%) OutSystems
16 9 (1.03%) New Relic
17 8 (0.92%) Foundry