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 28 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 110 106
Rank change year-on-year +35 -4 +2
Contract jobs citing REST 654 310 421
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.56% 2.57% 2.41%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.49% 9.83% 9.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 436 209 305
10th Percentile £363 £380 £403
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.56% +3.71% -8.70%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £730 £811
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £69.00 - -
25th Percentile £75.00 - -
Median hourly rate £90.00 - £67.00
75th Percentile £95.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £52.50 £72.22
% change year-on-year +33.33% -27.31% +28.39%

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 4,222 3,154 4,516
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.01% 26.10% 25.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,808 2,206 3,380
10th Percentile £375 £385 £375
25th Percentile £440 £447 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -2.17% -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £725 £700
90th Percentile £775 £832 £838
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 15 26
10th Percentile £23.98 £30.74 £16.25
25th Percentile £28.76 £33.25 £23.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -17.65% -38.18%
75th Percentile £60.12 £53.75 £64.40
90th Percentile £90.88 £68.25 £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%

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 28 May 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 28 May 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 28 May 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 71 £550 +2.33% 52
South London -8 14 £516 +35.66% 2
East London -3 6 £432 -35.04% 11
West London -25 6 £375 -32.31% 3
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 16 (2.45%) Confluence
2 15 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.83%) Camunda
4 10 (1.53%) Apache
5 9 (1.38%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.38%) Appian
5 9 (1.38%) Ethereum
5 9 (1.38%) Hyperledger
6 5 (0.76%) CICS
6 5 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.61%) BizTalk Server
7 4 (0.61%) IIS
7 4 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.46%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.46%) Cloud Foundry
8 3 (0.46%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.46%) WordPress
9 2 (0.31%) Drupal
Applications
1 3 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.46%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.15%) Maya
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (2.14%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.61%) R3 Corda
3 4 (0.61%) Shopify
4 3 (0.46%) Bloomberg AIM
4 3 (0.46%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.46%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.46%) Quorum
4 3 (0.46%) Ripple
5 2 (0.31%) Magento
5 2 (0.31%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.15%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.15%) Cloudability
6 1 (0.15%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.15%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.15%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 242 (37.00%) Azure
2 214 (32.72%) AWS
3 92 (14.07%) GCP
4 70 (10.70%) GitHub
5 56 (8.56%) Azure DevOps
6 54 (8.26%) Serverless
7 52 (7.95%) GitHub Actions
8 44 (6.73%) Power Platform
9 35 (5.35%) OCI
10 31 (4.74%) Entra ID
11 29 (4.43%) Amazon S3
12 28 (4.28%) PaaS
13 24 (3.67%) AWS Lambda
14 22 (3.36%) SaaS
15 20 (3.06%) Azure Functions
15 20 (3.06%) Azure Service Bus
15 20 (3.06%) Power Automate
16 19 (2.91%) Azure Data Factory
16 19 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
17 18 (2.75%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.75%) HTTP
2 9 (1.38%) SMS
3 7 (1.07%) DNS
4 5 (0.76%) FTP
5 4 (0.61%) BGP
5 4 (0.61%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.46%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (0.46%) MPLS
6 3 (0.46%) OSPF
6 3 (0.46%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.46%) WAN
7 2 (0.31%) Firewall
7 2 (0.31%) NaaS
7 2 (0.31%) Network Security
7 2 (0.31%) SNMP
7 2 (0.31%) SSL
7 2 (0.31%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.31%) VLAN
8 1 (0.15%) IPFIX
8 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (11.77%) Relational Database
2 67 (10.24%) PostgreSQL
3 62 (9.48%) SQL Server
4 36 (5.50%) NoSQL
5 25 (3.82%) MongoDB
6 23 (3.52%) Power BI
7 17 (2.60%) Amazon RDS
8 15 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (2.29%) MySQL
9 14 (2.14%) DynamoDB
9 14 (2.14%) Redis
10 13 (1.99%) Data Lake
11 12 (1.83%) Pinecone
12 11 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
12 11 (1.68%) RDBMS
13 10 (1.53%) Amazon Aurora
14 9 (1.38%) Metadata
14 9 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 7 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
15 7 (1.07%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 87 (13.30%) Git
2 45 (6.88%) Jenkins
3 39 (5.96%) JIRA
4 32 (4.89%) GitLab
5 31 (4.74%) Postman
6 28 (4.28%) JUnit
7 19 (2.91%) Selenium
8 17 (2.60%) Cucumber
8 17 (2.60%) REST Assured
9 15 (2.29%) Cypress.io
10 13 (1.99%) Mockito
11 11 (1.68%) Maven
12 9 (1.38%) JMeter
12 9 (1.38%) SoapUI
12 9 (1.38%) SonarQube
13 8 (1.22%) Gradle
13 8 (1.22%) MLflow
14 5 (0.76%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 5 (0.76%) MSTest
14 5 (0.76%) WebDriver
General
1 179 (27.37%) Social Skills
2 155 (23.70%) Finance
3 67 (10.24%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (7.19%) Banking
5 45 (6.88%) Public Sector
6 22 (3.36%) Telecoms
7 21 (3.21%) Marketing
8 16 (2.45%) Retail
9 15 (2.29%) Front Office
9 15 (2.29%) Publishing
10 12 (1.83%) Financial Institution
11 10 (1.53%) Billing
11 10 (1.53%) Investment Banking
12 9 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.22%) Legal
14 5 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.61%) Automotive
15 4 (0.61%) Military
15 4 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 249 (38.07%) Developer
2 122 (18.65%) Architect
3 79 (12.08%) Senior
4 39 (5.96%) Java Developer
5 36 (5.50%) CyberArk Architect
6 34 (5.20%) Senior Developer
7 31 (4.74%) Lead
8 30 (4.59%) Full-Stack Developer
9 29 (4.43%) Python Developer
9 29 (4.43%) Software Engineer
9 29 (4.43%) Solutions Architect
10 23 (3.52%) Consultant
11 21 (3.21%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 19 (2.91%) ServiceNow Architect
13 17 (2.60%) C# Developer
13 17 (2.60%) React Developer
14 16 (2.45%) Automation Engineer
14 16 (2.45%) Java Engineer
15 13 (1.99%) Cloud Specialist
15 13 (1.99%) Integration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 194 (29.66%) SOAP
2 89 (13.61%) Spring
3 88 (13.46%) RESTful
4 86 (13.15%) JSON
5 85 (13.00%) Web Services
6 84 (12.84%) Kafka
7 82 (12.54%) Spring Boot
8 80 (12.23%) React
9 70 (10.70%) .NET
10 69 (10.55%) AngularJS
11 65 (9.94%) OAuth
12 62 (9.48%) CSS
13 60 (9.17%) HTML
14 48 (7.34%) GraphQL
14 48 (7.34%) Node.js
15 47 (7.19%) XML
16 45 (6.88%) Middleware
17 42 (6.42%) LDAP
18 30 (4.59%) Pandas
19 28 (4.28%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 55 (8.41%) Cloud Native
2 51 (7.80%) Product Ownership
3 47 (7.19%) Enterprise Software
4 42 (6.42%) Security Posture
5 41 (6.27%) Distributed Systems
6 33 (5.05%) CMDB
7 25 (3.82%) Management Information System
8 21 (3.21%) Mobile App
9 19 (2.91%) Low-Code
10 17 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
10 17 (2.60%) Public Cloud
11 16 (2.45%) Equities
12 15 (2.29%) Data Structures
13 13 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
13 13 (1.99%) Onboarding
13 13 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
15 10 (1.53%) Hedge funds
16 9 (1.38%) Virtual Team
17 8 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.82%) Linux
2 15 (2.29%) Windows
3 10 (1.53%) Unix
4 8 (1.22%) Android
5 5 (0.76%) zOS
6 3 (0.46%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.15%) VMS
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (36.70%) CI/CD
2 200 (30.58%) DevOps
3 197 (30.12%) Agile
4 147 (22.48%) Problem-Solving
5 138 (21.10%) Microservices
6 113 (17.28%) Integration Patterns
7 95 (14.53%) Test Automation
8 94 (14.37%) Data Modelling
9 88 (13.46%) Event-Driven
10 86 (13.15%) Observability
11 84 (12.84%) ITSM
12 82 (12.54%) Containerisation
13 81 (12.39%) AI
14 78 (11.93%) Technical Leadership
15 74 (11.31%) Scrum
16 73 (11.16%) Software Engineering
17 64 (9.79%) Analytics
17 64 (9.79%) Validation
18 62 (9.48%) Workflow
19 61 (9.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 194 (29.66%) Python
2 177 (27.06%) Java
3 172 (26.30%) SQL
4 131 (20.03%) JavaScript
5 96 (14.68%) TypeScript
6 83 (12.69%) C#
7 66 (10.09%) PowerShell
8 15 (2.29%) Kotlin
9 14 (2.14%) Apex Code
10 12 (1.83%) Bicep
11 10 (1.53%) PL/SQL
12 8 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (1.22%) T-SQL
13 7 (1.07%) Bash
14 6 (0.92%) Groovy
14 6 (0.92%) SOQL
15 5 (0.76%) Go
15 5 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.76%) PHP
15 5 (0.76%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 131 (20.03%) Security Cleared
2 116 (17.74%) SC Cleared
3 43 (6.57%) Degree
4 19 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (1.83%) Azure Certification
6 9 (1.38%) AWS Certification
7 8 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.22%) CISSP
7 8 (1.22%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.07%) CISM
8 7 (1.07%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.76%) MBA
9 5 (0.76%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.76%) PMP
10 4 (0.61%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.46%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (8.56%) QA
2 33 (5.05%) Data Quality
3 27 (4.13%) GDPR
4 14 (2.14%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 10 (1.53%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.38%) HIPAA
9 8 (1.22%) WCAG
10 7 (1.07%) NIST
10 7 (1.07%) SLA
11 6 (0.92%) GRC
12 3 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.31%) Basel III
13 2 (0.31%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.31%) ISO 8583
13 2 (0.31%) PMO
13 2 (0.31%) SEPA
14 1 (0.15%) HL7
14 1 (0.15%) Solvency II
System Software
1 99 (15.14%) Docker
2 47 (7.19%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.46%) Postfix
4 3 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.31%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 1 (0.15%) Firmware
6 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.15%) IAG
6 1 (0.15%) RACF
6 1 (0.15%) UAG
6 1 (0.15%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 106 (16.21%) Kubernetes
2 53 (8.10%) Terraform
3 25 (3.82%) Grafana
4 16 (2.45%) Ansible
5 11 (1.68%) Prometheus
6 9 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.61%) Pingdom
8 2 (0.31%) Amdocs OSS
8 2 (0.31%) Avamar
8 2 (0.31%) EMC VPLEX
8 2 (0.31%) Istio
8 2 (0.31%) Kibana
8 2 (0.31%) Puppet
9 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.15%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.15%) linkerd
9 1 (0.15%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.15%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.15%) vRealize
9 1 (0.15%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 91 (13.91%) Oracle
2 79 (12.08%) ServiceNow
3 69 (10.55%) Microsoft
4 39 (5.96%) CyberArk
5 34 (5.20%) BeyondTrust
5 34 (5.20%) Centrify
6 33 (5.05%) Salesforce
7 22 (3.36%) SAP
8 17 (2.60%) Google
8 17 (2.60%) OpenAI
8 17 (2.60%) Workday
9 13 (1.99%) Databricks
9 13 (1.99%) Dynatrace
9 13 (1.99%) Guidewire
10 12 (1.83%) MuleSoft
10 12 (1.83%) Splunk
11 11 (1.68%) Adobe
11 11 (1.68%) IBM
12 9 (1.38%) Atlassian
12 9 (1.38%) UiPath