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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 74 111
Rank change year-on-year +20 +37 -4
Contract jobs citing REST 889 485 392
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.39% 3.59% 2.42%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.68% 12.09% 8.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 600 317 237
10th Percentile £400 £358 £413
25th Percentile £450 £415 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% -2.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £638
90th Percentile £738 £705 £750
England median daily rate £525 £490 £532
% change year-on-year +7.14% -7.81% -7.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile £46.40 £44.48 -
25th Percentile £50.63 £45.56 -
Median hourly rate £59.50 £50.75 -
Median % change year-on-year +17.24% - -
75th Percentile £69.38 £55.56 -
90th Percentile £80.50 £56.43 -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £50.00 £74.00
% change year-on-year +15.00% -32.43% -3.31%

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 5,329 4,012 4,884
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.30% 29.72% 30.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,593 2,741 3,331
10th Percentile £400 £366 £385
25th Percentile £455 £431 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £664 £675 £700
90th Percentile £763 £800 £850
England median daily rate £538 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +3.37% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 32 22
10th Percentile £28.00 £31.77 £23.84
25th Percentile £36.25 £34.17 £36.25
Median hourly rate £47.00 £51.97 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.56% +22.28% -32.54%
75th Percentile £66.06 £61.56 £62.23
90th Percentile £81.25 £85.95 £74.60
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +8.33%

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 October 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 October 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 October 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 +20 107 £561 -2.43% 106
South London +1 14 £700 +12.54% 8
East London +1 3 £525 -2.78% 6
West London -27 3 £539 +47.60% 18
North London - 1 - - 5
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 30 (3.37%) Confluence
2 22 (2.47%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.57%) Apache
3 14 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.12%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.12%) IIS
5 9 (1.01%) Anypoint
5 9 (1.01%) Camunda
6 7 (0.79%) Mule
7 6 (0.67%) CMS
7 6 (0.67%) OpenStack
7 6 (0.67%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.45%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.45%) Hyperledger
9 3 (0.34%) Cloud Foundry
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.22%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.45%) Chatbot
1 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.45%) Windchill
2 3 (0.34%) Trello
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.11%) Gliffy
4 1 (0.11%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 19 (2.14%) NetSuite
2 14 (1.57%) Oracle EBS
2 14 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.67%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (0.56%) Shopify
6 4 (0.45%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.45%) Quorum
6 4 (0.45%) R3 Corda
6 4 (0.45%) Ripple
7 3 (0.34%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.34%) Workfront
8 2 (0.22%) Infor LN
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle Retail
8 2 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.22%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 372 (41.84%) Azure
2 297 (33.41%) AWS
3 164 (18.45%) GitHub
4 123 (13.84%) Azure DevOps
5 112 (12.60%) GCP
6 97 (10.91%) Serverless
7 93 (10.46%) GitHub Actions
8 70 (7.87%) Entra ID
9 56 (6.30%) Power Platform
10 52 (5.85%) Amazon S3
11 49 (5.51%) SaaS
12 45 (5.06%) AWS Lambda
13 39 (4.39%) Amazon SQS
14 36 (4.05%) Amazon EKS
15 35 (3.94%) Boomi
16 29 (3.26%) Azure Functions
17 28 (3.15%) Amazon ECS
17 28 (3.15%) GitHub Copilot
18 27 (3.04%) Azure API Management
18 27 (3.04%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.59%) HTTP
2 14 (1.57%) DNS
3 9 (1.01%) Firewall
3 9 (1.01%) HTTPS
3 9 (1.01%) Network Security
4 8 (0.90%) BGP
4 8 (0.90%) SSH
5 6 (0.67%) Ethernet VPN
5 6 (0.67%) FTP
5 6 (0.67%) SSL
5 6 (0.67%) VXLAN
6 5 (0.56%) Internet
6 5 (0.56%) NX-OS
6 5 (0.56%) SAN
6 5 (0.56%) TACACS
6 5 (0.56%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.45%) Kerberos
7 4 (0.45%) VPN
8 3 (0.34%) SMS
8 3 (0.34%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (13.61%) PostgreSQL
2 84 (9.45%) SQL Server
3 80 (9.00%) Relational Database
4 55 (6.19%) NoSQL
5 43 (4.84%) MongoDB
6 36 (4.05%) Power BI
7 30 (3.37%) Redis
8 26 (2.92%) MySQL
9 22 (2.47%) Amazon RDS
10 21 (2.36%) Metadata
11 17 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
12 14 (1.57%) DynamoDB
12 14 (1.57%) Elasticsearch
13 13 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
13 13 (1.46%) BigQuery
13 13 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (1.35%) Big Data
14 12 (1.35%) Oracle Database
15 11 (1.24%) Data Lake
15 11 (1.24%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 176 (19.80%) Git
2 96 (10.80%) Jenkins
3 66 (7.42%) GitLab
3 66 (7.42%) JIRA
4 47 (5.29%) JUnit
5 33 (3.71%) Gradle
6 30 (3.37%) Maven
7 23 (2.59%) Cypress.io
7 23 (2.59%) Postman
7 23 (2.59%) Selenium
8 18 (2.02%) Cucumber
9 16 (1.80%) Mockito
9 16 (1.80%) REST Assured
10 15 (1.69%) Bitbucket
11 14 (1.57%) Visual Studio
12 13 (1.46%) CircleCI
12 13 (1.46%) Visual Studio Code
13 10 (1.12%) Eclipse
13 10 (1.12%) Storybook
14 9 (1.01%) JMeter
General
1 265 (29.81%) Finance
2 246 (27.67%) Social Skills
3 119 (13.39%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (11.59%) Banking
5 73 (8.21%) Public Sector
6 37 (4.16%) Retail
7 25 (2.81%) Investment Banking
7 25 (2.81%) Marketing
7 25 (2.81%) Telecoms
8 16 (1.80%) Financial Institution
9 14 (1.57%) Manufacturing
10 13 (1.46%) Front Office
11 12 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
12 11 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.12%) Billing
13 10 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (1.12%) Publishing
14 9 (1.01%) Legal
15 8 (0.90%) Law
15 8 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 362 (40.72%) Developer
2 161 (18.11%) Senior
3 151 (16.99%) Architect
4 80 (9.00%) Senior Developer
5 58 (6.52%) Full-Stack Developer
6 55 (6.19%) Java Developer
6 55 (6.19%) Lead
7 44 (4.95%) Python Developer
8 43 (4.84%) Software Engineer
9 40 (4.50%) Solutions Architect
10 34 (3.82%) .NET Developer
11 28 (3.15%) Java Engineer
11 28 (3.15%) React Developer
12 27 (3.04%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 25 (2.81%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 23 (2.59%) Consultant
15 20 (2.25%) C# Developer
16 19 (2.14%) Integration Architect
16 19 (2.14%) Salesforce Developer
16 19 (2.14%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 209 (23.51%) SOAP
2 135 (15.19%) .NET
3 128 (14.40%) JSON
3 128 (14.40%) React
4 117 (13.16%) Kafka
5 112 (12.60%) RESTful
6 106 (11.92%) Spring
7 101 (11.36%) Terraform
8 99 (11.14%) OAuth
9 98 (11.02%) Spring Boot
10 88 (9.90%) XML
11 82 (9.22%) HTML
12 80 (9.00%) CSS
13 75 (8.44%) GraphQL
14 67 (7.54%) OAuth2
15 63 (7.09%) Middleware
16 60 (6.75%) Node.js
16 60 (6.75%) Web Services
17 56 (6.30%) AngularJS
18 39 (4.39%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 158 (17.77%) Cloud Native
2 82 (9.22%) Distributed Systems
3 72 (8.10%) Product Ownership
4 63 (7.09%) Enterprise Software
5 41 (4.61%) AI Agents
6 40 (4.50%) Onboarding
7 38 (4.27%) CMDB
8 32 (3.60%) Mobile App
9 24 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
10 21 (2.36%) Data Structures
11 20 (2.25%) Management Information System
12 19 (2.14%) Low-Code
12 19 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
13 15 (1.69%) Virtual Team
14 14 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
15 10 (1.12%) Data Centre
15 10 (1.12%) Derivative
16 9 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
16 9 (1.01%) Life Science
16 9 (1.01%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 72 (8.10%) Linux
2 38 (4.27%) Windows
3 30 (3.37%) Unix
4 22 (2.47%) Android
5 13 (1.46%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.67%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.34%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.11%) CentOS
9 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 443 (49.83%) CI/CD
2 322 (36.22%) Agile
3 307 (34.53%) DevOps
4 230 (25.87%) Microservices
5 188 (21.15%) AI
6 187 (21.03%) Problem-Solving
7 174 (19.57%) Event-Driven
8 159 (17.89%) Test Automation
9 128 (14.40%) Software Engineering
10 127 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
11 126 (14.17%) Event-Driven Architecture
12 125 (14.06%) Scrum
13 122 (13.72%) Integration Patterns
14 118 (13.27%) Data Modelling
15 116 (13.05%) Full-Stack Development
16 112 (12.60%) Containerisation
17 107 (12.04%) Continuous Improvement
18 100 (11.25%) Observability
18 100 (11.25%) Technical Leadership
19 95 (10.69%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 292 (32.85%) Python
2 254 (28.57%) SQL
3 225 (25.31%) Java
4 205 (23.06%) JavaScript
5 161 (18.11%) TypeScript
6 130 (14.62%) C#
7 62 (6.97%) PowerShell
8 31 (3.49%) Bash
9 29 (3.26%) Kotlin
10 26 (2.92%) Apex Code
11 23 (2.59%) Shell Script
12 21 (2.36%) Groovy
13 19 (2.14%) Bicep
14 17 (1.91%) Go
15 13 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 12 (1.35%) PL/SQL
17 10 (1.12%) SOQL
17 10 (1.12%) SOSL
17 10 (1.12%) Swift
18 9 (1.01%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 196 (22.05%) Security Cleared
2 161 (18.11%) SC Cleared
3 59 (6.64%) Degree
4 28 (3.15%) DV Cleared
5 27 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 19 (2.14%) AWS Certification
8 18 (2.02%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.01%) CISSP
9 9 (1.01%) Master's Degree
10 8 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.67%) CISM
11 6 (0.67%) ISTQB
11 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 6 (0.67%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.67%) PMP
12 5 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.45%) CESG Certified Professional
13 4 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.34%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (11.59%) QA
2 39 (4.39%) Data Quality
3 32 (3.60%) GDPR
4 30 (3.37%) Accessibility
5 21 (2.36%) GRC
6 17 (1.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 14 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (1.24%) HIPAA
8 11 (1.24%) NIST
9 10 (1.12%) PCI DSS
9 10 (1.12%) SLA
10 9 (1.01%) WCAG
11 8 (0.90%) ISO 20022
12 5 (0.56%) SEPA
13 4 (0.45%) HL7
13 4 (0.45%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.34%) Basel III
14 3 (0.34%) NCSC
15 2 (0.22%) ISO 13485
15 2 (0.22%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 163 (18.34%) Docker
2 39 (4.39%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.45%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.22%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.22%) Postfix
7 1 (0.11%) Ceph
7 1 (0.11%) RACF
7 1 (0.11%) Varnish
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 166 (18.67%) Kubernetes
2 34 (3.82%) Ansible
3 31 (3.49%) Grafana
4 21 (2.36%) Prometheus
5 17 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.90%) Kibana
7 7 (0.79%) Control-M
8 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.34%) Bosun
9 3 (0.34%) Istio
10 2 (0.22%) Netcool
10 2 (0.22%) Netcool/OMNIbus
10 2 (0.22%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.22%) SCCM
10 2 (0.22%) systemd
10 2 (0.22%) Tivoli
10 2 (0.22%) Tivoli Monitoring
11 1 (0.11%) Cisco Prime
11 1 (0.11%) SCOM
11 1 (0.11%) WMI
Vendors
1 154 (17.32%) Microsoft
2 115 (12.94%) Oracle
3 83 (9.34%) ServiceNow
4 80 (9.00%) Salesforce
5 45 (5.06%) Databricks
6 44 (4.95%) Google
6 44 (4.95%) SAP
7 30 (3.37%) OpenAI
8 28 (3.15%) Splunk
9 26 (2.92%) MuleSoft
10 25 (2.81%) CyberArk
11 22 (2.47%) IBM
12 15 (1.69%) Workday
13 13 (1.46%) Cisco
13 13 (1.46%) VMware
14 12 (1.35%) Dynatrace
15 11 (1.24%) Foundry
16 10 (1.12%) Okta
16 10 (1.12%) OutSystems
17 9 (1.01%) New Relic