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 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 94 95
Rank change year-on-year +19 +1 +13
Contract jobs citing REST 686 374 440
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.58% 2.94% 2.50%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.64% 11.14% 9.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 263 313
10th Percentile £393 £380 £400
25th Percentile £430 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.55% +3.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £725 £788
England median daily rate £525 £500 £521
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.10% -5.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £51.13 - -
25th Percentile £62.19 - -
Median hourly rate £78.75 - £67.00
75th Percentile £93.44 - -
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +40.00% -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 4,387 3,358 4,698
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.89% 26.37% 26.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,908 2,343 3,458
10th Percentile £381 £378 £375
25th Percentile £450 £429 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £673 £713 £709
90th Percentile £788 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 21 28
10th Percentile £24.30 - £16.25
25th Percentile £35.00 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.00 £45.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.88% -36.57%
75th Percentile £73.00 £62.50 £61.70
90th Percentile £92.50 £87.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £58.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% +3.45% -10.77%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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 27 June 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 -1 85 £558 +3.67% 27
South London -1 14 £516 +2.89%
East London +2 5 £416 -37.48% 4
West London -24 5 £375 -32.31% 4
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 22 (3.21%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.62%) Confluence
3 12 (1.75%) Apache
3 12 (1.75%) Apache Spark
3 12 (1.75%) Camunda
4 10 (1.46%) Ethereum
4 10 (1.46%) Hyperledger
5 8 (1.17%) Appian
5 8 (1.17%) IIS
6 6 (0.87%) Anypoint
6 6 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.73%) CICS
7 5 (0.73%) Mule
7 5 (0.73%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.44%) Cloud Foundry
9 3 (0.44%) WordPress
10 2 (0.29%) Drupal
10 2 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.44%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.15%) Maya
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.46%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.87%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.87%) Shopify
4 5 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.73%) R3 Corda
5 4 (0.58%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.58%) Quorum
5 4 (0.58%) Ripple
6 3 (0.44%) Bloomberg AIM
6 3 (0.44%) Distributed Ledger
6 3 (0.44%) Fidessa
7 2 (0.29%) Magento
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle Retail
7 2 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.15%) Remedy AR System
Cloud Services
1 249 (36.30%) Azure
2 218 (31.78%) AWS
3 86 (12.54%) GitHub
4 78 (11.37%) GCP
5 72 (10.50%) Azure DevOps
6 64 (9.33%) GitHub Actions
7 61 (8.89%) Serverless
8 42 (6.12%) Entra ID
9 41 (5.98%) Power Platform
10 36 (5.25%) Amazon S3
11 32 (4.66%) SaaS
12 29 (4.23%) AWS Lambda
13 26 (3.79%) Amazon EKS
13 26 (3.79%) OCI
14 25 (3.64%) Amazon SQS
15 23 (3.35%) PaaS
16 22 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
16 22 (3.21%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 21 (3.06%) Azure Functions
17 21 (3.06%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.92%) HTTP
2 8 (1.17%) DNS
3 7 (1.02%) HTTPS
4 6 (0.87%) FTP
5 5 (0.73%) BGP
5 5 (0.73%) Network Security
6 4 (0.58%) Firewall
6 4 (0.58%) MPLS
6 4 (0.58%) OSPF
6 4 (0.58%) SMS
6 4 (0.58%) WAN
7 3 (0.44%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (0.44%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.44%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.29%) Internet
8 2 (0.29%) Intranet
8 2 (0.29%) NaaS
8 2 (0.29%) SSH
8 2 (0.29%) VLAN
8 2 (0.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (12.54%) PostgreSQL
1 86 (12.54%) Relational Database
2 71 (10.35%) SQL Server
3 38 (5.54%) NoSQL
4 29 (4.23%) MongoDB
5 25 (3.64%) Power BI
6 21 (3.06%) Amazon RDS
6 21 (3.06%) Redis
7 16 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (2.33%) MySQL
8 13 (1.90%) Big Data
8 13 (1.90%) DynamoDB
9 11 (1.60%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (1.46%) Amazon Aurora
10 10 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (1.46%) Data Lake
10 10 (1.46%) Metadata
10 10 (1.46%) Pinecone
11 9 (1.31%) RDBMS
11 9 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 102 (14.87%) Git
2 60 (8.75%) Jenkins
3 45 (6.56%) JIRA
4 40 (5.83%) GitLab
5 36 (5.25%) JUnit
6 21 (3.06%) Postman
7 18 (2.62%) Cypress.io
8 17 (2.48%) Selenium
9 16 (2.33%) Cucumber
9 16 (2.33%) REST Assured
10 15 (2.19%) Gradle
10 15 (2.19%) Maven
10 15 (2.19%) Mockito
11 10 (1.46%) Eclipse
12 9 (1.31%) Ant
12 9 (1.31%) JMeter
13 8 (1.17%) SonarQube
13 8 (1.17%) Visual Studio Code
14 7 (1.02%) CircleCI
15 6 (0.87%) MLflow
General
1 182 (26.53%) Finance
2 166 (24.20%) Social Skills
3 83 (12.10%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (8.60%) Banking
5 51 (7.43%) Public Sector
6 31 (4.52%) Retail
7 21 (3.06%) Telecoms
8 20 (2.92%) Marketing
9 15 (2.19%) Publishing
10 14 (2.04%) Investment Banking
11 12 (1.75%) Front Office
12 10 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.31%) Billing
13 9 (1.31%) Financial Institution
14 8 (1.17%) Legal
15 6 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 4 (0.58%) Automotive
17 4 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
18 3 (0.44%) Games
Job Titles
1 274 (39.94%) Developer
2 120 (17.49%) Architect
3 97 (14.14%) Senior
4 47 (6.85%) Java Developer
5 46 (6.71%) Senior Developer
6 38 (5.54%) Full-Stack Developer
7 36 (5.25%) Solutions Architect
8 34 (4.96%) Software Engineer
9 32 (4.66%) Python Developer
10 29 (4.23%) Lead
11 28 (4.08%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 23 (3.35%) Consultant
13 22 (3.21%) React Developer
14 19 (2.77%) ServiceNow Architect
15 16 (2.33%) Cloud Engineer
15 16 (2.33%) Data Engineer
15 16 (2.33%) Java Engineer
16 15 (2.19%) Backend Developer
16 15 (2.19%) C# Developer
17 14 (2.04%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 189 (27.55%) SOAP
2 99 (14.43%) React
2 99 (14.43%) Spring
3 94 (13.70%) RESTful
4 92 (13.41%) Spring Boot
5 89 (12.97%) JSON
6 87 (12.68%) .NET
7 84 (12.24%) Kafka
8 83 (12.10%) Web Services
9 73 (10.64%) OAuth
10 65 (9.48%) AngularJS
11 58 (8.45%) CSS
11 58 (8.45%) HTML
11 58 (8.45%) XML
12 56 (8.16%) Node.js
13 55 (8.02%) GraphQL
13 55 (8.02%) Middleware
14 35 (5.10%) OAuth2
15 29 (4.23%) JWT
16 27 (3.94%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 86 (12.54%) Cloud Native
2 58 (8.45%) Product Ownership
3 54 (7.87%) Distributed Systems
4 35 (5.10%) CMDB
5 31 (4.52%) Mobile App
6 28 (4.08%) Enterprise Software
6 28 (4.08%) Management Information System
7 22 (3.21%) Legacy Systems
8 21 (3.06%) Security Posture
9 19 (2.77%) Low-Code
9 19 (2.77%) Virtual Team
10 15 (2.19%) Data Structures
10 15 (2.19%) Onboarding
11 14 (2.04%) AI Agents
11 14 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
12 13 (1.90%) Equities
12 13 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
13 10 (1.46%) Public Cloud
14 9 (1.31%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 29 (4.23%) Linux
2 19 (2.77%) Windows
3 14 (2.04%) Unix
4 10 (1.46%) Android
5 5 (0.73%) zOS
6 4 (0.58%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.44%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.15%) CentOS
8 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.15%) VMS
8 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (42.86%) CI/CD
2 231 (33.67%) Agile
3 223 (32.51%) DevOps
4 171 (24.93%) Microservices
5 143 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
6 108 (15.74%) Integration Patterns
7 106 (15.45%) AI
8 103 (15.01%) Event-Driven
9 101 (14.72%) Data Modelling
9 101 (14.72%) Test Automation
10 97 (14.14%) Containerisation
11 94 (13.70%) Scrum
12 93 (13.56%) Observability
13 87 (12.68%) Software Engineering
14 76 (11.08%) Analytics
15 72 (10.50%) Workflow
16 71 (10.35%) Full-Stack Development
17 68 (9.91%) Roadmaps
18 65 (9.48%) Stakeholder Management
19 64 (9.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 203 (29.59%) Python
2 196 (28.57%) Java
3 177 (25.80%) SQL
4 141 (20.55%) JavaScript
5 115 (16.76%) TypeScript
6 91 (13.27%) C#
7 48 (7.00%) PowerShell
8 21 (3.06%) Apex Code
9 19 (2.77%) Kotlin
10 14 (2.04%) Bicep
11 13 (1.90%) PL/SQL
12 12 (1.75%) T-SQL
13 10 (1.46%) Bash
13 10 (1.46%) Groovy
13 10 (1.46%) SOQL
14 8 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 8 (1.17%) SOSL
15 7 (1.02%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
17 5 (0.73%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 116 (16.91%) Security Cleared
2 100 (14.58%) SC Cleared
3 48 (7.00%) Degree
4 18 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.19%) DV Cleared
6 14 (2.04%) AWS Certification
6 14 (2.04%) Azure Certification
7 9 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.31%) CISSP
8 8 (1.17%) CISM
8 8 (1.17%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.02%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.02%) PMP
10 5 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (0.73%) MBA
11 4 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.29%) CCIE
13 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (9.04%) QA
2 35 (5.10%) Data Quality
3 28 (4.08%) GDPR
4 24 (3.50%) Accessibility
5 14 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.04%) PCI DSS
6 13 (1.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 12 (1.75%) GRC
8 11 (1.60%) HIPAA
9 9 (1.31%) WCAG
10 7 (1.02%) NIST
11 6 (0.87%) SLA
12 3 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.44%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.44%) SEPA
13 2 (0.29%) Basel III
13 2 (0.29%) ISO 8583
13 2 (0.29%) PMO
14 1 (0.15%) ITGC
14 1 (0.15%) Solvency II
System Software
1 115 (16.76%) Docker
2 27 (3.94%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.44%) Postfix
6 2 (0.29%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (0.15%) Firmware
7 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.15%) IAG
7 1 (0.15%) RACF
7 1 (0.15%) UAG
7 1 (0.15%) Varnish
7 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 122 (17.78%) Kubernetes
2 63 (9.18%) Terraform
3 25 (3.64%) Grafana
4 24 (3.50%) Ansible
5 11 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.31%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.29%) Amdocs OSS
7 2 (0.29%) Avamar
7 2 (0.29%) EMC VPLEX
7 2 (0.29%) Kibana
7 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.29%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.15%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.15%) Istio
8 1 (0.15%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.15%) TrustSec
8 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.15%) vRealize
Vendors
1 97 (14.14%) Oracle
2 92 (13.41%) Microsoft
3 80 (11.66%) ServiceNow
4 54 (7.87%) Salesforce
5 25 (3.64%) Google
5 25 (3.64%) SAP
6 21 (3.06%) MuleSoft
7 19 (2.77%) Workday
8 18 (2.62%) CyberArk
9 17 (2.48%) OpenAI
9 17 (2.48%) Splunk
10 15 (2.19%) IBM
11 13 (1.90%) Databricks
11 13 (1.90%) Dynatrace
12 11 (1.60%) Guidewire
13 10 (1.46%) BeyondTrust
13 10 (1.46%) Centrify
14 9 (1.31%) Atlassian
15 8 (1.17%) Cisco
15 8 (1.17%) OutSystems