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 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 80 107
Rank change year-on-year +22 +27 +4
Contract jobs citing REST 849 445 389
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.22% 3.30% 2.40%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.13% 11.32% 7.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 554 307 256
10th Percentile £400 £359 £413
25th Percentile £450 £423 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £550 £536
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% +2.56% -10.63%
75th Percentile £638 £672 £632
90th Percentile £716 £725 £775
England median daily rate £520 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +6.12% -6.67% -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 5,263 3,931 4,920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.16% 29.19% 30.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,514 2,734 3,485
10th Percentile £400 £369 £384
25th Percentile £455 £425 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £658 £688 £713
90th Percentile £756 £813 £850
England median daily rate £530 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -1.79%
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% -32.84%
75th Percentile £61.50 £62.81 £61.70
90th Percentile £81.25 £85.95 £75.50
England median hourly rate £67.24 £54.79 £62.50
% change year-on-year +22.72% -12.34% -3.10%

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 31 August 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 31 August 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 31 August 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 +10 96 £533 -3.18% 49
South London -5 15 £700 +12.54% 6
East London +5 6 £432 -28.30% 13
West London -27 2 £539 +22.44% 24
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 31 (3.65%) Confluence
2 24 (2.83%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.77%) Apache
4 12 (1.41%) Apache Spark
5 10 (1.18%) Anypoint
5 10 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.06%) Camunda
6 9 (1.06%) IIS
7 7 (0.82%) Mule
8 6 (0.71%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.59%) CMS
9 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (0.59%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.47%) Ethereum
10 4 (0.47%) Hyperledger
11 3 (0.35%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.24%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.35%) Trello
2 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (2.12%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.41%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.82%) Payment Gateway
4 6 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.59%) Shopify
6 4 (0.47%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.47%) Quorum
6 4 (0.47%) R3 Corda
6 4 (0.47%) Ripple
7 3 (0.35%) Distributed Ledger
8 2 (0.24%) Infor LN
8 2 (0.24%) Magento
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle Retail
8 2 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.24%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 327 (38.52%) Azure
2 254 (29.92%) AWS
3 137 (16.14%) GitHub
4 106 (12.49%) Azure DevOps
5 90 (10.60%) GCP
6 80 (9.42%) Serverless
7 77 (9.07%) GitHub Actions
8 65 (7.66%) Entra ID
9 53 (6.24%) Power Platform
10 46 (5.42%) SaaS
11 38 (4.48%) Amazon S3
12 34 (4.00%) Amazon SQS
12 34 (4.00%) AWS Lambda
13 28 (3.30%) Amazon EKS
13 28 (3.30%) Azure Service Bus
13 28 (3.30%) Boomi
13 28 (3.30%) PowerApps
14 27 (3.18%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 26 (3.06%) Azure Functions
16 25 (2.94%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.59%) HTTP
2 10 (1.18%) BGP
3 9 (1.06%) HTTPS
4 8 (0.94%) Firewall
5 7 (0.82%) DNS
5 7 (0.82%) Network Security
6 6 (0.71%) FTP
6 6 (0.71%) SSL
6 6 (0.71%) VXLAN
7 5 (0.59%) Ethernet VPN
7 5 (0.59%) NX-OS
7 5 (0.59%) TACACS
8 4 (0.47%) MPLS
8 4 (0.47%) OSPF
8 4 (0.47%) SSH
8 4 (0.47%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.35%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (0.35%) SMS
9 3 (0.35%) WAN
9 3 (0.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (11.90%) PostgreSQL
2 90 (10.60%) Relational Database
3 75 (8.83%) SQL Server
4 47 (5.54%) NoSQL
5 35 (4.12%) MongoDB
6 33 (3.89%) Power BI
7 29 (3.42%) Redis
8 21 (2.47%) MySQL
9 19 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
10 16 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
10 16 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
10 16 (1.88%) Metadata
11 14 (1.65%) Big Data
12 13 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
12 13 (1.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 12 (1.41%) BigQuery
14 11 (1.30%) DynamoDB
15 10 (1.18%) Data Lake
16 8 (0.94%) Oracle BI Publisher
17 7 (0.82%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 140 (16.49%) Git
2 78 (9.19%) Jenkins
3 60 (7.07%) JIRA
4 55 (6.48%) GitLab
5 36 (4.24%) JUnit
6 24 (2.83%) Cypress.io
7 20 (2.36%) Selenium
8 19 (2.24%) Gradle
9 17 (2.00%) Maven
9 17 (2.00%) Postman
10 15 (1.77%) Cucumber
11 13 (1.53%) Bitbucket
11 13 (1.53%) CircleCI
11 13 (1.53%) Visual Studio
12 12 (1.41%) REST Assured
12 12 (1.41%) Visual Studio Code
13 11 (1.30%) JMeter
14 10 (1.18%) Eclipse
14 10 (1.18%) Mockito
15 9 (1.06%) Storybook
General
1 237 (27.92%) Finance
2 218 (25.68%) Social Skills
3 115 (13.55%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (9.07%) Banking
5 74 (8.72%) Public Sector
6 35 (4.12%) Retail
7 31 (3.65%) Telecoms
8 24 (2.83%) Marketing
9 18 (2.12%) Publishing
10 16 (1.88%) Investment Banking
11 10 (1.18%) Billing
11 10 (1.18%) Financial Institution
11 10 (1.18%) Front Office
11 10 (1.18%) Legal
12 9 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (0.82%) Manufacturing
14 7 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 351 (41.34%) Developer
2 154 (18.14%) Architect
3 137 (16.14%) Senior
4 69 (8.13%) Senior Developer
5 55 (6.48%) Full-Stack Developer
6 54 (6.36%) Java Developer
7 49 (5.77%) Lead
8 45 (5.30%) Solutions Architect
9 42 (4.95%) Python Developer
10 41 (4.83%) Software Engineer
11 28 (3.30%) .NET Developer
12 27 (3.18%) React Developer
13 26 (3.06%) Consultant
14 25 (2.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 23 (2.71%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 23 (2.71%) ServiceNow Developer
16 21 (2.47%) ServiceNow Architect
17 20 (2.36%) C# Developer
18 19 (2.24%) Java Engineer
18 19 (2.24%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 216 (25.44%) SOAP
2 132 (15.55%) .NET
3 122 (14.37%) JSON
3 122 (14.37%) React
4 112 (13.19%) RESTful
5 102 (12.01%) Kafka
6 98 (11.54%) Spring
7 90 (10.60%) Spring Boot
8 88 (10.37%) OAuth
9 83 (9.78%) Terraform
10 80 (9.42%) XML
11 77 (9.07%) CSS
11 77 (9.07%) HTML
12 70 (8.24%) Web Services
13 61 (7.18%) GraphQL
13 61 (7.18%) Middleware
14 60 (7.07%) Node.js
15 58 (6.83%) AngularJS
16 56 (6.60%) OAuth2
17 36 (4.24%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 133 (15.67%) Cloud Native
2 78 (9.19%) Distributed Systems
3 66 (7.77%) Product Ownership
4 52 (6.12%) CMDB
5 51 (6.01%) Enterprise Software
6 32 (3.77%) Mobile App
7 31 (3.65%) Onboarding
8 30 (3.53%) AI Agents
9 28 (3.30%) Management Information System
10 24 (2.83%) Data Structures
10 24 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
11 17 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
11 17 (2.00%) Virtual Team
12 15 (1.77%) Low-Code
12 15 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.41%) Security Posture
14 11 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
15 10 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
16 9 (1.06%) Data Centre
16 9 (1.06%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 54 (6.36%) Linux
2 30 (3.53%) Windows
3 21 (2.47%) Unix
4 20 (2.36%) Android
5 11 (1.30%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.35%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.35%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.12%) CentOS
8 1 (0.12%) VMS
8 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (45.82%) CI/CD
2 302 (35.57%) Agile
3 282 (33.22%) DevOps
4 210 (24.73%) Microservices
5 186 (21.91%) Problem-Solving
6 165 (19.43%) AI
7 147 (17.31%) Event-Driven
8 134 (15.78%) Test Automation
9 127 (14.96%) Integration Patterns
10 121 (14.25%) Data Modelling
11 114 (13.43%) Scrum
12 113 (13.31%) Software Engineering
13 111 (13.07%) Containerisation
14 107 (12.60%) Full-Stack Development
14 107 (12.60%) Stakeholder Management
15 103 (12.13%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 100 (11.78%) Observability
17 93 (10.95%) Continuous Improvement
18 91 (10.72%) Migration
19 90 (10.60%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 252 (29.68%) Python
2 233 (27.44%) SQL
3 212 (24.97%) Java
4 188 (22.14%) JavaScript
5 140 (16.49%) TypeScript
6 126 (14.84%) C#
7 55 (6.48%) PowerShell
8 27 (3.18%) Apex Code
9 24 (2.83%) Kotlin
10 21 (2.47%) Bash
11 20 (2.36%) Groovy
12 17 (2.00%) Bicep
12 17 (2.00%) PL/SQL
12 17 (2.00%) Shell Script
13 13 (1.53%) Go
14 12 (1.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 11 (1.30%) SOQL
16 10 (1.18%) SOSL
16 10 (1.18%) T-SQL
17 8 (0.94%) Swift
Qualifications
1 173 (20.38%) Security Cleared
2 147 (17.31%) SC Cleared
3 56 (6.60%) Degree
4 26 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
4 26 (3.06%) DV Cleared
5 15 (1.77%) AWS Certification
5 15 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.41%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.30%) CISSP
8 9 (1.06%) CISM
8 9 (1.06%) Master's Degree
9 8 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.71%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.71%) PMP
11 5 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.59%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.59%) MBA
12 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (9.19%) QA
2 38 (4.48%) Data Quality
3 29 (3.42%) GDPR
4 27 (3.18%) Accessibility
5 20 (2.36%) GRC
6 18 (2.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 14 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (1.41%) HIPAA
9 10 (1.18%) PCI DSS
10 9 (1.06%) NIST
11 8 (0.94%) SLA
12 7 (0.82%) ISO 20022
12 7 (0.82%) WCAG
13 5 (0.59%) HL7
14 4 (0.47%) PMO
14 4 (0.47%) SEPA
15 3 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
15 3 (0.35%) Basel III
16 2 (0.24%) ISO 13485
16 2 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 145 (17.08%) Docker
2 33 (3.89%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.47%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.24%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.24%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.24%) Postfix
7 2 (0.24%) Varnish
8 1 (0.12%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.12%) Ceph
8 1 (0.12%) RACF
8 1 (0.12%) UAG
8 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 148 (17.43%) Kubernetes
2 33 (3.89%) Ansible
3 22 (2.59%) Grafana
4 15 (1.77%) Prometheus
5 13 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.82%) Control-M
7 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.35%) Bosun
8 3 (0.35%) Istio
8 3 (0.35%) Kibana
8 3 (0.35%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.24%) Avamar
9 2 (0.24%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.24%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.24%) SCCM
10 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.12%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.12%) SCOM
10 1 (0.12%) SCOrch
10 1 (0.12%) WMI
Vendors
1 139 (16.37%) Microsoft
2 113 (13.31%) Oracle
3 102 (12.01%) ServiceNow
4 83 (9.78%) Salesforce
5 37 (4.36%) Google
6 36 (4.24%) SAP
7 28 (3.30%) Databricks
8 26 (3.06%) MuleSoft
9 22 (2.59%) Splunk
10 21 (2.47%) Workday
11 17 (2.00%) CyberArk
11 17 (2.00%) IBM
11 17 (2.00%) OpenAI
12 13 (1.53%) Cisco
13 12 (1.41%) VMware
14 10 (1.18%) Dynatrace
14 10 (1.18%) OutSystems
15 9 (1.06%) New Relic
15 9 (1.06%) Okta
16 7 (0.82%) Foundry