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 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 122 96
Rank change year-on-year +49 -26 +8
Contract jobs citing REST 640 293 433
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.64% 2.31% 2.42%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.21% 8.87% 9.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 193 301
10th Percentile £363 £380 £400
25th Percentile £418 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year - +3.19% -7.30%
75th Percentile £675 £655 £675
90th Percentile £763 £750 £850
England median daily rate £513 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +1.84% -4.14% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £53.50 - -
25th Percentile £62.00 - -
Median hourly rate £69.00 - £67.00
75th Percentile £90.00 - -
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £74.44
% change year-on-year +27.27% -26.11% +38.18%

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 4,208 3,304 4,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.96% 26.07% 25.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,840 2,323 3,359
10th Percentile £363 £385 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £656 £725 £700
90th Percentile £775 £838 £813
England median daily rate £525 £534 £550
% change year-on-year -1.59% -3.00% -2.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 18 24
10th Percentile £23.00 £33.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £28.00 £36.06 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.50 £52.50 £35.54
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +47.74% -44.48%
75th Percentile £61.63 £65.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.25 £69.10
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%

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 26 April 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 26 April 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 26 April 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 -2 65 £525 - 45
South London -2 14 £510 +34.21% 5
East London -2 6 £432 -33.28% 7
West London -25 6 £375 -32.31% 4
North London - 4 - - 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 21 (3.28%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.66%) Confluence
3 11 (1.72%) Apache
4 10 (1.56%) Camunda
4 10 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (1.41%) Appian
6 8 (1.25%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.94%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.94%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.63%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.63%) BizTalk Server
8 4 (0.63%) CICS
8 4 (0.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.31%) Drupal
9 2 (0.31%) Mule
9 2 (0.31%) Oracle Service Bus
9 2 (0.31%) SAS
9 2 (0.31%) WordPress
10 1 (0.16%) GeoServer
Applications
1 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.47%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.16%) InVision
3 1 (0.16%) Maya
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.16%) Sketch
3 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (2.34%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.63%) Bloomberg AIM
3 4 (0.63%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.47%) Distributed Ledger
5 2 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.31%) Magento
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%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.31%) Shopify
5 2 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.16%) R3 Corda
6 1 (0.16%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.16%) SAP LE
Cloud Services
1 214 (33.44%) Azure
2 194 (30.31%) AWS
3 90 (14.06%) GCP
4 67 (10.47%) GitHub
5 48 (7.50%) Azure DevOps
6 46 (7.19%) Serverless
7 43 (6.72%) GitHub Actions
8 39 (6.09%) Power Platform
9 36 (5.63%) OCI
10 35 (5.47%) PaaS
11 33 (5.16%) Entra ID
11 33 (5.16%) IaaS
12 24 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
13 23 (3.59%) Azure Service Bus
13 23 (3.59%) SaaS
14 22 (3.44%) Amazon EKS
14 22 (3.44%) Amazon S3
14 22 (3.44%) Power Automate
15 19 (2.97%) Azure Monitor
16 17 (2.66%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.97%) HTTP
2 9 (1.41%) SMS
3 6 (0.94%) DNS
4 5 (0.78%) Firewall
4 5 (0.78%) FTP
5 4 (0.63%) BGP
6 3 (0.47%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (0.47%) MPLS
6 3 (0.47%) OSPF
6 3 (0.47%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.47%) SSL
7 2 (0.31%) Modbus
7 2 (0.31%) NaaS
7 2 (0.31%) SAN
7 2 (0.31%) SNMP
7 2 (0.31%) VPN
7 2 (0.31%) WAN
8 1 (0.16%) DHCP
8 1 (0.16%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.16%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (9.53%) Relational Database
2 54 (8.44%) PostgreSQL
3 51 (7.97%) SQL Server
4 39 (6.09%) NoSQL
5 27 (4.22%) MongoDB
6 18 (2.81%) MySQL
7 16 (2.50%) Power BI
8 12 (1.88%) Data Lake
8 12 (1.88%) DynamoDB
8 12 (1.88%) Pinecone
8 12 (1.88%) RDBMS
8 12 (1.88%) Redis
9 10 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (1.41%) Amazon Aurora
10 9 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (1.41%) Apache Cassandra
10 9 (1.41%) Metadata
11 8 (1.25%) DocumentDB
11 8 (1.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 78 (12.19%) Git
2 44 (6.88%) JIRA
3 37 (5.78%) Jenkins
4 31 (4.84%) Postman
5 30 (4.69%) JUnit
6 24 (3.75%) GitLab
7 22 (3.44%) Cucumber
8 21 (3.28%) Selenium
9 17 (2.66%) REST Assured
10 16 (2.50%) Mockito
11 14 (2.19%) Cypress.io
12 10 (1.56%) SoapUI
13 9 (1.41%) Maven
14 8 (1.25%) JMeter
14 8 (1.25%) MLflow
14 8 (1.25%) SonarQube
15 7 (1.09%) Bitbucket
16 6 (0.94%) SpecFlow
17 5 (0.78%) MSTest
17 5 (0.78%) WebDriver
General
1 178 (27.81%) Social Skills
2 141 (22.03%) Finance
3 84 (13.13%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (8.91%) Public Sector
5 43 (6.72%) Banking
6 23 (3.59%) Front Office
7 16 (2.50%) Marketing
8 14 (2.19%) Telecoms
9 12 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (1.88%) Retail
10 11 (1.72%) Publishing
11 9 (1.41%) Financial Institution
11 9 (1.41%) Legal
12 8 (1.25%) Billing
13 6 (0.94%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.63%) Military
16 3 (0.47%) Law
16 3 (0.47%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 235 (36.72%) Developer
2 135 (21.09%) Architect
3 61 (9.53%) Senior
4 39 (6.09%) Java Developer
5 34 (5.31%) CyberArk Architect
6 31 (4.84%) Python Developer
7 30 (4.69%) Lead
7 30 (4.69%) Solutions Architect
8 26 (4.06%) Software Engineer
9 25 (3.91%) Full-Stack Developer
10 23 (3.59%) Senior Developer
11 20 (3.13%) Consultant
12 17 (2.66%) C# Developer
13 15 (2.34%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 15 (2.34%) Automation Engineer
13 15 (2.34%) Business Analyst
14 14 (2.19%) Analyst
14 14 (2.19%) Cloud Specialist
14 14 (2.19%) Data Engineer
14 14 (2.19%) Integration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 191 (29.84%) SOAP
2 106 (16.56%) JSON
3 87 (13.59%) Web Services
4 80 (12.50%) RESTful
5 79 (12.34%) Spring
6 78 (12.19%) Kafka
7 76 (11.88%) React
8 74 (11.56%) Spring Boot
9 71 (11.09%) AngularJS
10 66 (10.31%) .NET
11 63 (9.84%) CSS
12 60 (9.38%) HTML
13 56 (8.75%) OAuth
14 48 (7.50%) XML
15 45 (7.03%) GraphQL
16 42 (6.56%) Middleware
17 40 (6.25%) LDAP
17 40 (6.25%) Node.js
18 33 (5.16%) Pandas
19 31 (4.84%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 47 (7.34%) Cloud Native
2 46 (7.19%) Enterprise Software
3 42 (6.56%) Security Posture
4 41 (6.41%) Product Ownership
5 32 (5.00%) Distributed Systems
5 32 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
6 27 (4.22%) CMDB
7 24 (3.75%) Equities
8 23 (3.59%) PKI
9 22 (3.44%) Management Information System
10 20 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
10 20 (3.13%) Public Cloud
11 18 (2.81%) Mobile App
12 15 (2.34%) Data Structures
12 15 (2.34%) Low-Code
13 14 (2.19%) Hedge funds
13 14 (2.19%) Onboarding
14 12 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
14 12 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
15 9 (1.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 31 (4.84%) Linux
2 19 (2.97%) Windows
3 9 (1.41%) Unix
4 6 (0.94%) zOS
5 4 (0.63%) Android
5 4 (0.63%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (32.50%) Agile
2 206 (32.19%) CI/CD
3 185 (28.91%) DevOps
4 146 (22.81%) Problem-Solving
5 130 (20.31%) Microservices
6 111 (17.34%) Integration Patterns
7 90 (14.06%) Test Automation
8 82 (12.81%) Observability
9 81 (12.66%) Technical Leadership
10 79 (12.34%) Containerisation
11 78 (12.19%) Data Modelling
12 75 (11.72%) ITSM
13 71 (11.09%) Analytics
14 70 (10.94%) AI
15 68 (10.63%) Event-Driven
16 63 (9.84%) API Integration
16 63 (9.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 62 (9.69%) Scrum
18 61 (9.53%) Validation
19 59 (9.22%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 179 (27.97%) Python
2 152 (23.75%) Java
2 152 (23.75%) SQL
3 112 (17.50%) JavaScript
4 85 (13.28%) PowerShell
5 82 (12.81%) TypeScript
6 80 (12.50%) C#
7 13 (2.03%) Kotlin
8 12 (1.88%) Apex Code
9 11 (1.72%) PL/SQL
10 10 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
11 8 (1.25%) Bicep
12 7 (1.09%) VBA
13 6 (0.94%) Go
13 6 (0.94%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.78%) Bash
14 5 (0.78%) Groovy
14 5 (0.78%) PHP
15 4 (0.63%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.63%) XPath
Qualifications
1 163 (25.47%) Security Cleared
2 151 (23.59%) SC Cleared
3 32 (5.00%) Degree
4 21 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.25%) Azure Certification
5 8 (1.25%) CISSP
5 8 (1.25%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.09%) Master's Degree
7 6 (0.94%) AWS Certification
7 6 (0.94%) CISM
8 5 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.63%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.63%) MBA
10 3 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.31%) CESG Certified Professional
11 2 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.31%) OSCP
11 2 (0.31%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.31%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (9.06%) QA
2 27 (4.22%) Data Quality
3 26 (4.06%) GDPR
4 13 (2.03%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.41%) NIST
6 9 (1.41%) WCAG
7 7 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (1.09%) SLA
8 6 (0.94%) HIPAA
8 6 (0.94%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.63%) GRC
10 3 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.47%) ISO 20022
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
12 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 94 (14.69%) Docker
2 48 (7.50%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.31%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 2 (0.31%) Job Entry Subsystem
4 2 (0.31%) Postfix
5 1 (0.16%) Firmware
5 1 (0.16%) IAG
5 1 (0.16%) UAG
5 1 (0.16%) Varnish
5 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 95 (14.84%) Kubernetes
2 52 (8.13%) Terraform
3 24 (3.75%) Grafana
4 14 (2.19%) Ansible
5 11 (1.72%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.63%) Pingdom
8 2 (0.31%) Amdocs OSS
8 2 (0.31%) Avamar
8 2 (0.31%) Control-M
8 2 (0.31%) EMC NetWorker
8 2 (0.31%) EMC VPLEX
8 2 (0.31%) Fluentd
8 2 (0.31%) Istio
8 2 (0.31%) logstash
8 2 (0.31%) Puppet
8 2 (0.31%) QRadar
8 2 (0.31%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 1 (0.16%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 81 (12.66%) Oracle
2 74 (11.56%) ServiceNow
3 68 (10.63%) Microsoft
4 38 (5.94%) CyberArk
5 34 (5.31%) BeyondTrust
5 34 (5.31%) Centrify
6 27 (4.22%) Salesforce
7 22 (3.44%) SAP
8 18 (2.81%) Google
9 17 (2.66%) Splunk
10 15 (2.34%) OpenAI
10 15 (2.34%) Workday
11 12 (1.88%) Adobe
11 12 (1.88%) MuleSoft
12 11 (1.72%) Guidewire
13 10 (1.56%) Dynatrace
13 10 (1.56%) IBM
14 9 (1.41%) UiPath
15 8 (1.25%) Atlassian
15 8 (1.25%) Automation Anywhere