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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 115 93
Rank change year-on-year +42 -22 +3
Contract jobs citing REST 639 289 443
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.77% 2.29% 2.45%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.29% 8.83% 9.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 436 181 305
10th Percentile £363 £380 £400
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -9.48%
75th Percentile £691 £650 £688
90th Percentile £800 £766 £850
England median daily rate £506 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -2.69% -0.95% -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 4,180 3,274 4,453
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 24.63% 26.00% 24.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,841 2,287 3,350
10th Percentile £363 £385 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £570 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.39% -0.87% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £713 £699
90th Percentile £775 £835 £800
England median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 18 23
10th Percentile £24.95 £34.48 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.00 £38.69 £25.00
Median hourly rate £44.50 £54.00 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -17.59% +41.53% -41.30%
75th Percentile £59.99 £65.00 £60.63
90th Percentile £80.00 £76.25 £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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -1 64 £525 -0.94% 58
South London -5 12 £516 +35.66% 3
West London -22 6 £375 -43.61% 2
East London +2 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 23 (3.60%) SharePoint
2 20 (3.13%) Confluence
3 11 (1.72%) Apache
4 10 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (1.41%) Appian
5 9 (1.41%) Camunda
6 8 (1.25%) Jupyter
7 7 (1.10%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.94%) Ethereum
8 6 (0.94%) Hyperledger
9 4 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.63%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.63%) BizTalk Server
9 4 (0.63%) CICS
10 3 (0.47%) 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 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.47%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.16%) InVision
4 1 (0.16%) Maya
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.16%) Sketch
4 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (2.50%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.63%) Bloomberg AIM
3 4 (0.63%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.47%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.47%) 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 (0.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.16%) R3 Corda
6 1 (0.16%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.16%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 218 (34.12%) Azure
2 194 (30.36%) AWS
3 89 (13.93%) GCP
4 68 (10.64%) GitHub
5 49 (7.67%) Azure DevOps
6 45 (7.04%) Serverless
7 42 (6.57%) GitHub Actions
7 42 (6.57%) Power Platform
8 38 (5.95%) IaaS
9 34 (5.32%) OCI
9 34 (5.32%) PaaS
10 31 (4.85%) Entra ID
11 24 (3.76%) Azure Service Bus
12 23 (3.60%) Power Automate
13 22 (3.44%) Microsoft 365
14 21 (3.29%) Amazon EKS
14 21 (3.29%) Amazon S3
15 20 (3.13%) Azure Monitor
16 19 (2.97%) Azure Functions
16 19 (2.97%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.66%) HTTP
2 8 (1.25%) SMS
3 6 (0.94%) DNS
4 5 (0.78%) Firewall
5 4 (0.63%) BGP
5 4 (0.63%) SSL
6 3 (0.47%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (0.47%) MPLS
6 3 (0.47%) OSPF
6 3 (0.47%) Software-Defined Networking
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%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.16%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.16%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (8.61%) Relational Database
2 49 (7.67%) SQL Server
3 47 (7.36%) PostgreSQL
4 38 (5.95%) NoSQL
5 27 (4.23%) MongoDB
6 19 (2.97%) MySQL
6 19 (2.97%) Power BI
7 12 (1.88%) RDBMS
8 11 (1.72%) Redis
9 10 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (1.56%) Apache Cassandra
9 10 (1.56%) Data Lake
9 10 (1.56%) DynamoDB
9 10 (1.56%) Metadata
10 9 (1.41%) Amazon Aurora
10 9 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (1.41%) Pinecone
11 8 (1.25%) DocumentDB
12 7 (1.10%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 88 (13.77%) Git
2 47 (7.36%) JIRA
3 37 (5.79%) Jenkins
4 35 (5.48%) Postman
5 30 (4.69%) JUnit
6 25 (3.91%) GitLab
7 24 (3.76%) Cucumber
8 22 (3.44%) Selenium
9 19 (2.97%) REST Assured
10 17 (2.66%) Cypress.io
11 16 (2.50%) Mockito
12 12 (1.88%) Maven
13 11 (1.72%) SoapUI
14 9 (1.41%) JMeter
15 8 (1.25%) Bitbucket
15 8 (1.25%) MLflow
16 7 (1.10%) SonarQube
17 5 (0.78%) Jasmine
17 5 (0.78%) SpecFlow
17 5 (0.78%) TestRail
General
1 180 (28.17%) Social Skills
2 141 (22.07%) Finance
3 94 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (9.70%) Public Sector
5 52 (8.14%) Banking
6 27 (4.23%) Front Office
7 17 (2.66%) Marketing
8 14 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (2.19%) Telecoms
9 11 (1.72%) Retail
10 10 (1.56%) Publishing
11 9 (1.41%) Financial Institution
12 8 (1.25%) Billing
13 7 (1.10%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.78%) Legal
14 5 (0.78%) Military
15 4 (0.63%) Back Office
15 4 (0.63%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 232 (36.31%) Developer
2 137 (21.44%) Architect
3 63 (9.86%) Senior
4 39 (6.10%) Java Developer
5 36 (5.63%) Python Developer
6 34 (5.32%) CyberArk Architect
7 30 (4.69%) Lead
7 30 (4.69%) Senior Developer
7 30 (4.69%) Solutions Architect
8 26 (4.07%) Full-Stack Developer
9 25 (3.91%) Software Engineer
10 19 (2.97%) Consultant
11 18 (2.82%) Analyst
11 18 (2.82%) Business Analyst
11 18 (2.82%) C# Developer
12 16 (2.50%) Integration Specialist
13 15 (2.35%) Automation Engineer
13 15 (2.35%) Cloud Specialist
14 14 (2.19%) Data Engineer
15 13 (2.03%) Oracle Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (28.01%) SOAP
2 109 (17.06%) JSON
3 95 (14.87%) Web Services
4 80 (12.52%) RESTful
5 78 (12.21%) Spring
6 77 (12.05%) React
7 74 (11.58%) Kafka
8 73 (11.42%) Spring Boot
9 70 (10.95%) .NET
9 70 (10.95%) AngularJS
10 61 (9.55%) CSS
10 61 (9.55%) HTML
11 51 (7.98%) OAuth
12 50 (7.82%) XML
13 44 (6.89%) Middleware
14 38 (5.95%) GraphQL
15 37 (5.79%) LDAP
15 37 (5.79%) Node.js
16 35 (5.48%) Pandas
17 31 (4.85%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 47 (7.36%) Cloud Native
2 44 (6.89%) Enterprise Software
3 41 (6.42%) Security Posture
4 40 (6.26%) Product Ownership
5 35 (5.48%) Self-Motivation
6 28 (4.38%) CMDB
7 27 (4.23%) Distributed Systems
7 27 (4.23%) PKI
8 26 (4.07%) Equities
9 21 (3.29%) Public Cloud
10 20 (3.13%) Management Information System
11 19 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
12 18 (2.82%) Mobile App
13 16 (2.50%) Hedge funds
13 16 (2.50%) Onboarding
14 15 (2.35%) Data Structures
15 12 (1.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 10 (1.56%) Algorithms
16 10 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
16 10 (1.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 41 (6.42%) Linux
2 22 (3.44%) Windows
3 11 (1.72%) Unix
4 6 (0.94%) zOS
5 5 (0.78%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.47%) Android
7 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (32.55%) Agile
2 199 (31.14%) CI/CD
3 185 (28.95%) DevOps
4 154 (24.10%) Problem-Solving
5 133 (20.81%) Microservices
6 107 (16.74%) Integration Patterns
7 89 (13.93%) Test Automation
8 80 (12.52%) Technical Leadership
9 76 (11.89%) Data Modelling
9 76 (11.89%) ITSM
9 76 (11.89%) Observability
10 74 (11.58%) Analytics
11 72 (11.27%) Containerisation
12 70 (10.95%) Event-Driven
13 65 (10.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 64 (10.02%) AI
15 57 (8.92%) Software Engineering
16 56 (8.76%) API Integration
16 56 (8.76%) ERP
16 56 (8.76%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 177 (27.70%) Python
2 152 (23.79%) SQL
3 148 (23.16%) Java
4 108 (16.90%) JavaScript
5 89 (13.93%) PowerShell
6 82 (12.83%) C#
6 82 (12.83%) TypeScript
7 15 (2.35%) Apex Code
8 12 (1.88%) Kotlin
9 10 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
9 10 (1.56%) VBA
10 8 (1.25%) PL/SQL
11 7 (1.10%) Bicep
12 6 (0.94%) Go
13 5 (0.78%) PHP
13 5 (0.78%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.63%) Bash
14 4 (0.63%) Groovy
14 4 (0.63%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.63%) XPath
Qualifications
1 169 (26.45%) Security Cleared
2 156 (24.41%) SC Cleared
3 32 (5.01%) Degree
4 22 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.41%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.10%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.10%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (0.94%) CISSP
8 5 (0.78%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.78%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.63%) CISM
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 63 (9.86%) QA
2 27 (4.23%) Data Quality
3 22 (3.44%) GDPR
4 17 (2.66%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.72%) WCAG
6 10 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.41%) NIST
8 7 (1.10%) PCI DSS
8 7 (1.10%) SLA
9 5 (0.78%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.47%) GRC
11 3 (0.47%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.31%) HL7
12 2 (0.31%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.31%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.31%) PMO
12 2 (0.31%) SEPA
System Software
1 92 (14.40%) Docker
2 51 (7.98%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.31%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 2 (0.31%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 1 (0.16%) Firmware
5 1 (0.16%) IAG
5 1 (0.16%) Postfix
5 1 (0.16%) UAG
5 1 (0.16%) Varnish
5 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 92 (14.40%) Kubernetes
2 49 (7.67%) Terraform
3 23 (3.60%) Grafana
4 16 (2.50%) Ansible
5 11 (1.72%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.63%) Pingdom
6 4 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.31%) Amdocs OSS
7 2 (0.31%) Avamar
7 2 (0.31%) Control-M
7 2 (0.31%) EMC NetWorker
7 2 (0.31%) EMC VPLEX
7 2 (0.31%) Fluentd
7 2 (0.31%) Istio
7 2 (0.31%) logstash
7 2 (0.31%) Puppet
7 2 (0.31%) QRadar
7 2 (0.31%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.16%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.16%) vRealize
Vendors
1 69 (10.80%) ServiceNow
2 68 (10.64%) Oracle
3 67 (10.49%) Microsoft
4 39 (6.10%) CyberArk
5 34 (5.32%) BeyondTrust
5 34 (5.32%) Centrify
6 29 (4.54%) Salesforce
7 18 (2.82%) Google
7 18 (2.82%) Splunk
8 17 (2.66%) SAP
9 16 (2.50%) OpenAI
10 12 (1.88%) Adobe
10 12 (1.88%) MuleSoft
11 11 (1.72%) Guidewire
12 10 (1.56%) IBM
13 9 (1.41%) Atlassian
13 9 (1.41%) Dynatrace
13 9 (1.41%) Workday
14 8 (1.25%) Automation Anywhere
14 8 (1.25%) UiPath