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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 115 92
Rank change year-on-year +45 -23 +4
Contract jobs citing REST 646 295 440
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.78% 2.33% 2.44%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.35% 8.94% 9.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 185 302
10th Percentile £363 £380 £400
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year - +3.77% -8.62%
75th Percentile £688 £650 £688
90th Percentile £800 £759 £850
England median daily rate £507 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -3.06% -0.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile £52.00 - £48.25
25th Percentile £61.00 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £68.00 - £57.50
75th Percentile £95.00 - £62.88
90th Percentile - - £65.35
England median hourly rate £70.00 £82.96 £59.75
% change year-on-year -15.62% +38.85% +6.22%

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 4,209 3,301 4,446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 24.61% 26.03% 24.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,858 2,307 3,340
10th Percentile £363 £385 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.39% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £662 £713 £699
90th Percentile £775 £838 £800
England median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -2.05% -2.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 17 23
10th Percentile £24.95 £34.30 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.00 £39.25 £25.00
Median hourly rate £44.50 £55.50 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -19.82% +45.46% -41.30%
75th Percentile £59.99 £65.00 £60.63
90th Percentile £80.00 £78.75 £69.40
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -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 4 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 4 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 4 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 +3 65 £525 -0.94% 58
South London -7 12 £516 +35.66% 3
West London -21 6 £375 -32.31% 2
East London +1 5 £432 -31.43% 10
North London - 4 - -
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 24 (3.72%) SharePoint
2 20 (3.10%) Confluence
3 11 (1.70%) Apache
4 10 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (1.39%) Appian
5 9 (1.39%) Camunda
6 8 (1.24%) Jupyter
7 7 (1.08%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.93%) Ethereum
8 6 (0.93%) Hyperledger
9 4 (0.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.62%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.62%) BizTalk Server
9 4 (0.62%) CICS
10 3 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.31%) Drupal
11 2 (0.31%) Mule
11 2 (0.31%) Oracle Service Bus
11 2 (0.31%) SAS
11 2 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.46%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.15%) InVision
4 1 (0.15%) Maya
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.15%) Sketch
4 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (2.48%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.62%) Bloomberg AIM
3 4 (0.62%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.46%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.46%) 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%) Shopify
5 2 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.15%) R3 Corda
6 1 (0.15%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.15%) SAP LE
Cloud Services
1 219 (33.90%) Azure
2 194 (30.03%) AWS
3 89 (13.78%) GCP
4 69 (10.68%) GitHub
5 49 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
6 47 (7.28%) Serverless
7 43 (6.66%) Power Platform
8 42 (6.50%) GitHub Actions
9 38 (5.88%) IaaS
10 36 (5.57%) OCI
10 36 (5.57%) PaaS
11 32 (4.95%) Entra ID
12 24 (3.72%) Azure Service Bus
12 24 (3.72%) Power Automate
13 23 (3.56%) Microsoft 365
14 21 (3.25%) Amazon EKS
14 21 (3.25%) Amazon S3
15 20 (3.10%) Azure Monitor
16 19 (2.94%) Azure Functions
16 19 (2.94%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.63%) HTTP
2 8 (1.24%) SMS
3 6 (0.93%) DNS
4 5 (0.77%) Firewall
5 4 (0.62%) BGP
5 4 (0.62%) SSL
6 3 (0.46%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (0.46%) MPLS
6 3 (0.46%) OSPF
6 3 (0.46%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (0.31%) FTP
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 (0.15%) DHCP
8 1 (0.15%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.15%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (8.51%) Relational Database
2 49 (7.59%) SQL Server
3 48 (7.43%) PostgreSQL
4 38 (5.88%) NoSQL
5 27 (4.18%) MongoDB
6 20 (3.10%) Power BI
7 19 (2.94%) MySQL
8 12 (1.86%) RDBMS
9 11 (1.70%) Redis
10 10 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (1.55%) Apache Cassandra
10 10 (1.55%) Data Lake
10 10 (1.55%) DynamoDB
10 10 (1.55%) Metadata
11 9 (1.39%) Amazon Aurora
11 9 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (1.39%) Pinecone
12 8 (1.24%) DocumentDB
13 7 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 90 (13.93%) Git
2 47 (7.28%) JIRA
3 37 (5.73%) Jenkins
4 35 (5.42%) Postman
5 30 (4.64%) JUnit
6 25 (3.87%) GitLab
7 24 (3.72%) Cucumber
8 22 (3.41%) Selenium
9 19 (2.94%) REST Assured
10 17 (2.63%) Cypress.io
11 16 (2.48%) Mockito
12 12 (1.86%) Maven
13 11 (1.70%) SoapUI
14 9 (1.39%) JMeter
15 8 (1.24%) Bitbucket
15 8 (1.24%) MLflow
16 7 (1.08%) SonarQube
17 5 (0.77%) Jasmine
17 5 (0.77%) SpecFlow
17 5 (0.77%) TestRail
General
1 181 (28.02%) Social Skills
2 145 (22.45%) Finance
3 94 (14.55%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (9.60%) Public Sector
5 52 (8.05%) Banking
6 27 (4.18%) Front Office
7 17 (2.63%) Marketing
8 14 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (2.17%) Telecoms
9 11 (1.70%) Retail
10 10 (1.55%) Publishing
11 9 (1.39%) Financial Institution
12 8 (1.24%) Billing
13 7 (1.08%) Investment Banking
13 7 (1.08%) Legal
14 5 (0.77%) Military
14 5 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.62%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 233 (36.07%) Developer
2 139 (21.52%) Architect
3 63 (9.75%) Senior
4 40 (6.19%) Java Developer
5 36 (5.57%) Python Developer
6 34 (5.26%) CyberArk Architect
7 32 (4.95%) Solutions Architect
8 30 (4.64%) Lead
8 30 (4.64%) Senior Developer
9 26 (4.02%) Full-Stack Developer
10 25 (3.87%) Software Engineer
11 19 (2.94%) Consultant
12 18 (2.79%) Analyst
12 18 (2.79%) Business Analyst
12 18 (2.79%) C# Developer
13 16 (2.48%) Integration Specialist
14 15 (2.32%) Automation Engineer
14 15 (2.32%) Cloud Specialist
15 14 (2.17%) Data Engineer
16 13 (2.01%) Oracle Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (28.02%) SOAP
2 111 (17.18%) JSON
3 95 (14.71%) Web Services
4 80 (12.38%) RESTful
5 79 (12.23%) Spring
6 77 (11.92%) React
7 74 (11.46%) Kafka
7 74 (11.46%) Spring Boot
8 70 (10.84%) .NET
8 70 (10.84%) AngularJS
9 61 (9.44%) CSS
9 61 (9.44%) HTML
10 51 (7.89%) OAuth
11 50 (7.74%) XML
12 44 (6.81%) Middleware
13 38 (5.88%) GraphQL
13 38 (5.88%) Node.js
14 37 (5.73%) LDAP
15 36 (5.57%) Pandas
16 31 (4.80%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 47 (7.28%) Cloud Native
2 44 (6.81%) Enterprise Software
3 41 (6.35%) Security Posture
4 40 (6.19%) Product Ownership
5 35 (5.42%) Self-Motivation
6 28 (4.33%) CMDB
7 27 (4.18%) Distributed Systems
7 27 (4.18%) PKI
8 26 (4.02%) Equities
9 21 (3.25%) Public Cloud
10 20 (3.10%) Management Information System
11 19 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
12 18 (2.79%) Mobile App
13 16 (2.48%) Hedge funds
13 16 (2.48%) Onboarding
14 15 (2.32%) Data Structures
15 12 (1.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 10 (1.55%) Algorithms
16 10 (1.55%) Fixed Income
16 10 (1.55%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 41 (6.35%) Linux
2 22 (3.41%) Windows
3 11 (1.70%) Unix
4 6 (0.93%) zOS
5 5 (0.77%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.46%) Android
7 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (32.66%) Agile
2 204 (31.58%) CI/CD
3 187 (28.95%) DevOps
4 154 (23.84%) Problem-Solving
5 134 (20.74%) Microservices
6 109 (16.87%) Integration Patterns
7 93 (14.40%) Test Automation
8 80 (12.38%) Technical Leadership
9 78 (12.07%) Data Modelling
9 78 (12.07%) Observability
10 76 (11.76%) Analytics
10 76 (11.76%) ITSM
11 72 (11.15%) Containerisation
12 70 (10.84%) Event-Driven
13 65 (10.06%) AI
13 65 (10.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 59 (9.13%) API Integration
15 58 (8.98%) ERP
15 58 (8.98%) Software Engineering
16 57 (8.82%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 180 (27.86%) Python
2 153 (23.68%) SQL
3 149 (23.07%) Java
4 108 (16.72%) JavaScript
5 91 (14.09%) PowerShell
6 82 (12.69%) C#
6 82 (12.69%) TypeScript
7 15 (2.32%) Apex Code
8 12 (1.86%) Kotlin
9 11 (1.70%) VBA
10 10 (1.55%) Kusto Query Language
11 8 (1.24%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.08%) Bicep
13 6 (0.93%) Bash
13 6 (0.93%) Go
14 5 (0.77%) PHP
14 5 (0.77%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.62%) Groovy
15 4 (0.62%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.62%) XPath
Qualifications
1 169 (26.16%) Security Cleared
2 156 (24.15%) SC Cleared
3 33 (5.11%) Degree
4 22 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.39%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.08%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.08%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (0.93%) CISSP
8 5 (0.77%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.77%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.62%) CISM
9 4 (0.62%) MBA
10 3 (0.46%) 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 63 (9.75%) QA
2 27 (4.18%) Data Quality
3 24 (3.72%) GDPR
4 17 (2.63%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.70%) WCAG
6 10 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.39%) NIST
8 7 (1.08%) PCI DSS
8 7 (1.08%) SLA
9 5 (0.77%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.46%) GRC
11 3 (0.46%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.31%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.31%) NCSC
12 2 (0.31%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.31%) PMO
12 2 (0.31%) SEPA
System Software
1 93 (14.40%) Docker
2 52 (8.05%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.31%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 2 (0.31%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 1 (0.15%) Firmware
5 1 (0.15%) IAG
5 1 (0.15%) Postfix
5 1 (0.15%) UAG
5 1 (0.15%) Varnish
5 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 92 (14.24%) Kubernetes
2 49 (7.59%) Terraform
3 24 (3.72%) Grafana
4 16 (2.48%) Ansible
5 11 (1.70%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.62%) 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 (0.15%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.15%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 70 (10.84%) Oracle
2 69 (10.68%) ServiceNow
3 68 (10.53%) Microsoft
4 39 (6.04%) CyberArk
5 34 (5.26%) BeyondTrust
5 34 (5.26%) Centrify
6 29 (4.49%) Salesforce
7 18 (2.79%) Google
7 18 (2.79%) Splunk
8 17 (2.63%) OpenAI
8 17 (2.63%) SAP
9 12 (1.86%) Adobe
9 12 (1.86%) MuleSoft
10 11 (1.70%) Guidewire
11 10 (1.55%) IBM
12 9 (1.39%) Atlassian
12 9 (1.39%) Dynatrace
12 9 (1.39%) Workday
13 8 (1.24%) Automation Anywhere
13 8 (1.24%) UiPath