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 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 127 92
Rank change year-on-year +62 -35 -13
Contract jobs citing REST 591 300 451
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.11% 2.08% 2.47%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.59% 8.15% 9.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 400 144 299
10th Percentile £359 £400 £400
25th Percentile £431 £472 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £700 £638 £750
90th Percentile £778 £775 £850
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile £44.65 - £48.25
25th Percentile £46.00 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 - £57.50
75th Percentile £63.00 - £76.25
90th Percentile £67.20 - £86.75
England median hourly rate £68.00 £74.22 £76.53
% change year-on-year -8.38% -3.02% +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 3,791 3,681 4,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.35% 25.58% 25.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,564 2,403 3,494
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% -2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £670 £700 £700
90th Percentile £763 £825 £800
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 19 31
10th Percentile £35.08 £34.65 £29.72
25th Percentile £43.44 £38.38 £35.94
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -19.68%
75th Percentile £63.75 £63.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £71.40 £72.80 £77.50
England median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -2.40% +19.05% -19.23%

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 3 January 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 3 January 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 3 January 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 +15 54 £525 -1.87% 70
East London +8 6 £540 -14.29% 81
West London -15 4 £358 -31.90% 54
North London - 3 - - 10
South London -9 1 £500 +31.58% 42
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 26 (4.40%) Confluence
2 16 (2.71%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.69%) Apache
4 9 (1.52%) Jupyter
5 8 (1.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 7 (1.18%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.68%) BizTalk Server
9 3 (0.51%) Appian
9 3 (0.51%) Camunda
9 3 (0.51%) LiveLink
9 3 (0.51%) SAS
10 2 (0.34%) nginx
10 2 (0.34%) Oracle Service Bus
10 2 (0.34%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.17%) GeoServer
Applications
1 6 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.68%) Autodesk Inventor
3 2 (0.34%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.17%) InVision
4 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.17%) Sketch
4 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (3.21%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (1.35%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.68%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.51%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.51%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.51%) Shopify
5 2 (0.34%) Cloudability
5 2 (0.34%) Maximo
5 2 (0.34%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.34%) thinkFolio
6 1 (0.17%) Cerner Millennium
6 1 (0.17%) Endur
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.17%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 209 (35.36%) Azure
2 157 (26.57%) AWS
3 80 (13.54%) GitHub
4 73 (12.35%) GCP
5 50 (8.46%) Azure DevOps
6 47 (7.95%) GitHub Actions
7 45 (7.61%) Serverless
8 37 (6.26%) OCI
8 37 (6.26%) Power Platform
9 35 (5.92%) IaaS
10 29 (4.91%) Entra ID
10 29 (4.91%) PaaS
11 28 (4.74%) Azure Logic Apps
11 28 (4.74%) Azure Monitor
12 26 (4.40%) Amazon S3
13 23 (3.89%) AWS Lambda
13 23 (3.89%) Azure Service Bus
14 18 (3.05%) Power Automate
15 17 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
16 16 (2.71%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.54%) SSL
2 7 (1.18%) DNS
2 7 (1.18%) HTTP
3 6 (1.02%) HTTPS
3 6 (1.02%) SMS
4 5 (0.85%) OpenLDAP
5 4 (0.68%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.51%) Firewall
7 2 (0.34%) SAN
7 2 (0.34%) VPN
8 1 (0.17%) BGP
8 1 (0.17%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.17%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (0.17%) IPFIX
8 1 (0.17%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.17%) Modbus
8 1 (0.17%) SNMP
8 1 (0.17%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (6.09%) SQL Server
2 35 (5.92%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (5.25%) NoSQL
4 29 (4.91%) Relational Database
5 16 (2.71%) MongoDB
5 16 (2.71%) MySQL
5 16 (2.71%) Power BI
6 15 (2.54%) Oracle Database
7 13 (2.20%) Redis
8 12 (2.03%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 12 (2.03%) Oracle Reports
9 11 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
9 11 (1.86%) RDBMS
10 10 (1.69%) Apache Cassandra
11 8 (1.35%) Data Lake
11 8 (1.35%) DynamoDB
12 7 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (1.02%) Amazon Aurora
13 6 (1.02%) DocumentDB
14 5 (0.85%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 97 (16.41%) Git
2 66 (11.17%) JIRA
3 43 (7.28%) Jenkins
4 37 (6.26%) Postman
5 32 (5.41%) JUnit
6 27 (4.57%) GitLab
7 20 (3.38%) Cucumber
7 20 (3.38%) Mockito
8 18 (3.05%) Selenium
9 14 (2.37%) REST Assured
10 13 (2.20%) JMeter
10 13 (2.20%) Maven
11 12 (2.03%) Bitbucket
11 12 (2.03%) SoapUI
12 9 (1.52%) SonarQube
12 9 (1.52%) Subversion
13 8 (1.35%) Cypress.io
14 7 (1.18%) Gatling
14 7 (1.18%) Gradle
15 6 (1.02%) CircleCI
General
1 189 (31.98%) Social Skills
2 131 (22.17%) Finance
3 88 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (10.49%) Public Sector
5 47 (7.95%) Banking
6 23 (3.89%) Front Office
7 19 (3.21%) Marketing
8 15 (2.54%) Financial Institution
9 12 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (2.03%) Telecoms
10 11 (1.86%) Investment Banking
11 8 (1.35%) Back Office
12 7 (1.18%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.18%) Military
12 7 (1.18%) Retail
13 6 (1.02%) Billing
13 6 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.85%) Law
14 5 (0.85%) Publishing
15 4 (0.68%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 243 (41.12%) Developer
2 114 (19.29%) Architect
3 61 (10.32%) Senior
4 35 (5.92%) Java Developer
5 33 (5.58%) CyberArk Architect
5 33 (5.58%) Senior Developer
6 26 (4.40%) Python Developer
6 26 (4.40%) ServiceNow Developer
7 24 (4.06%) Full-Stack Developer
7 24 (4.06%) Lead
8 23 (3.89%) Angular Developer
9 22 (3.72%) Business Analyst
10 20 (3.38%) Analyst
10 20 (3.38%) Consultant
11 18 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
12 17 (2.88%) C# Developer
13 14 (2.37%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 14 (2.37%) Integration Specialist
13 14 (2.37%) Oracle Developer
14 13 (2.20%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (32.15%) SOAP
2 129 (21.83%) JSON
3 81 (13.71%) Web Services
4 78 (13.20%) HTML
5 67 (11.34%) AngularJS
6 64 (10.83%) CSS
6 64 (10.83%) React
7 57 (9.64%) Kafka
7 57 (9.64%) Spring Boot
8 56 (9.48%) OAuth
8 56 (9.48%) XML
9 55 (9.31%) Spring
10 51 (8.63%) RESTful
11 50 (8.46%) .NET
12 48 (8.12%) LDAP
13 39 (6.60%) GraphQL
14 33 (5.58%) Oracle Fusion
15 29 (4.91%) Middleware
16 26 (4.40%) HTML5
16 26 (4.40%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 44 (7.45%) Cloud Native
1 44 (7.45%) Enterprise Software
2 36 (6.09%) Security Posture
3 32 (5.41%) CMDB
4 31 (5.25%) Self-Motivation
5 27 (4.57%) Distributed Systems
5 27 (4.57%) PKI
6 24 (4.06%) Product Ownership
7 20 (3.38%) Onboarding
8 19 (3.21%) Equities
8 19 (3.21%) Public Cloud
9 17 (2.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 16 (2.71%) Fixed Income
11 15 (2.54%) Hedge funds
12 13 (2.20%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 10 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (1.52%) Data Structures
14 9 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
14 9 (1.52%) Management Information System
14 9 (1.52%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 50 (8.46%) Linux
2 15 (2.54%) Windows
3 11 (1.86%) Unix
4 8 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.18%) Android
6 5 (0.85%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.68%) Solaris
8 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.34%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (38.58%) Agile
2 178 (30.12%) DevOps
3 166 (28.09%) CI/CD
4 158 (26.73%) Problem-Solving
5 127 (21.49%) Microservices
6 82 (13.87%) Integration Patterns
7 79 (13.37%) ITSM
8 77 (13.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 75 (12.69%) Test Automation
10 74 (12.52%) API Integration
11 72 (12.18%) Scrum
12 66 (11.17%) Full-Stack Development
13 65 (11.00%) Analytics
14 62 (10.49%) Technical Leadership
15 55 (9.31%) AI
16 54 (9.14%) Task Automation
17 52 (8.80%) Event-Driven
17 52 (8.80%) SDLC
18 49 (8.29%) Containerisation
19 48 (8.12%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 160 (27.07%) Python
2 142 (24.03%) SQL
3 131 (22.17%) Java
4 129 (21.83%) JavaScript
5 93 (15.74%) PowerShell
6 64 (10.83%) TypeScript
7 63 (10.66%) C#
8 18 (3.05%) Apex Code
9 17 (2.88%) Go
10 14 (2.37%) Groovy
10 14 (2.37%) PL/SQL
11 10 (1.69%) Bash
11 10 (1.69%) VBA
12 8 (1.35%) Bicep
13 7 (1.18%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (1.02%) Kotlin
14 6 (1.02%) PHP
14 6 (1.02%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.85%) C++
16 4 (0.68%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 168 (28.43%) Security Cleared
2 157 (26.57%) SC Cleared
3 37 (6.26%) Degree
4 30 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.52%) ISTQB
6 8 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.18%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.02%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 6 (1.02%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.68%) CISSP
10 2 (0.34%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.34%) CESG Certified Professional
10 2 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.17%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.17%) OSCP
11 1 (0.17%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (10.66%) QA
2 28 (4.74%) GDPR
3 17 (2.88%) Accessibility
4 16 (2.71%) Data Quality
5 12 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.52%) WCAG
7 7 (1.18%) NIST
8 6 (1.02%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.34%) GRC
10 2 (0.34%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.34%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.34%) MiFID
10 2 (0.34%) NCSC
10 2 (0.34%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.34%) SLA
11 1 (0.17%) FISMA
11 1 (0.17%) HL7
11 1 (0.17%) PSD2
System Software
1 91 (15.40%) Docker
2 57 (9.64%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.68%) NFS
3 4 (0.68%) Veritas File System
3 4 (0.68%) Veritas Volume Manager
3 4 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.34%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 1 (0.17%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 79 (13.37%) Kubernetes
2 43 (7.28%) Terraform
3 14 (2.37%) Ansible
3 14 (2.37%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (1.86%) Grafana
5 9 (1.52%) logstash
6 7 (1.18%) Kibana
6 7 (1.18%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.02%) QRadar
8 5 (0.85%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (0.68%) Pingdom
9 4 (0.68%) Red Hat Satellite
10 3 (0.51%) Control-M
11 2 (0.34%) EMC NetWorker
11 2 (0.34%) Fluentd
11 2 (0.34%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 1 (0.17%) CloudHub
12 1 (0.17%) Istio
12 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.17%) Puppet
Vendors
1 70 (11.84%) Oracle
2 62 (10.49%) Microsoft
3 61 (10.32%) ServiceNow
4 44 (7.45%) CyberArk
5 35 (5.92%) BeyondTrust
6 33 (5.58%) Centrify
7 29 (4.91%) Salesforce
8 22 (3.72%) Splunk
9 17 (2.88%) SAP
10 16 (2.71%) OpenAI
11 13 (2.20%) Dynatrace
12 11 (1.86%) HP
13 10 (1.69%) Adobe
13 10 (1.69%) BMC
13 10 (1.69%) Google
14 8 (1.35%) Atlassian
14 8 (1.35%) Guidewire
14 8 (1.35%) Ivanti
14 8 (1.35%) MuleSoft
14 8 (1.35%) Remedy