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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 85 104
Rank change year-on-year +28 +19 +9
Contract jobs citing REST 854 426 398
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.23% 3.17% 2.45%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.11% 10.89% 8.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 560 297 261
10th Percentile £400 £359 £413
25th Percentile £445 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £555 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +5.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £625
90th Percentile £716 £734 £775
England median daily rate £520 £492 £525
% change year-on-year +5.69% -6.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £45.50 - -
25th Percentile £52.06 £43.75 -
Median hourly rate £61.00 £47.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.42% - -
75th Percentile £72.19 £51.25 -
90th Percentile £81.88 - -
England median hourly rate £61.00 £50.00 £74.00
% change year-on-year +22.00% -32.43% +35.94%

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 5,302 3,911 4,913
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.29% 29.15% 30.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,557 2,724 3,510
10th Percentile £400 £368 £385
25th Percentile £455 £430 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £688 £713
90th Percentile £766 £824 £850
England median daily rate £530 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 31 19
10th Percentile £26.43 £31.61 £23.80
25th Percentile £36.00 £33.87 £24.59
Median hourly rate £42.50 £51.44 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +21.04% -36.80%
75th Percentile £63.00 £61.88 £50.38
90th Percentile £81.25 £72.00 £67.03
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year +18.18% -10.71% -3.75%

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 22 August 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 22 August 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 22 August 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 +7 96 £530 -5.36% 44
South London +5 16 £700 +12.54% 3
East London +4 6 £432 -28.30% 9
West London -29 3 £539 +2.62% 18
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 31 (3.63%) Confluence
2 25 (2.93%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.76%) Apache
4 13 (1.52%) Apache Spark
5 10 (1.17%) Anypoint
5 10 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.05%) Camunda
7 8 (0.94%) IIS
8 7 (0.82%) Mule
9 6 (0.70%) WebSphere
10 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (0.47%) CMS
11 4 (0.47%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.47%) Hyperledger
11 4 (0.47%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.35%) Cloud Foundry
13 2 (0.23%) Apache Solr
13 2 (0.23%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (0.35%) Trello
2 2 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (2.11%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.41%) Oracle EBS
3 11 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.70%) Payment Gateway
6 5 (0.59%) Shopify
7 4 (0.47%) Elite 3E
7 4 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.47%) Quorum
7 4 (0.47%) R3 Corda
7 4 (0.47%) Ripple
8 3 (0.35%) Distributed Ledger
9 2 (0.23%) Infor LN
9 2 (0.23%) Magento
9 2 (0.23%) Oracle Retail
9 2 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 2 (0.23%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 324 (37.94%) Azure
2 257 (30.09%) AWS
3 140 (16.39%) GitHub
4 103 (12.06%) Azure DevOps
5 93 (10.89%) GCP
6 81 (9.48%) GitHub Actions
7 76 (8.90%) Serverless
8 65 (7.61%) Entra ID
9 53 (6.21%) Power Platform
10 48 (5.62%) SaaS
11 38 (4.45%) Amazon S3
12 35 (4.10%) AWS Lambda
13 34 (3.98%) Amazon SQS
14 30 (3.51%) Amazon EKS
15 29 (3.40%) PowerApps
16 28 (3.28%) Azure Service Bus
16 28 (3.28%) Boomi
17 27 (3.16%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 24 (2.81%) Amazon ECS
18 24 (2.81%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.34%) HTTP
2 10 (1.17%) BGP
3 9 (1.05%) HTTPS
4 8 (0.94%) Firewall
5 7 (0.82%) Network Security
6 6 (0.70%) DNS
6 6 (0.70%) FTP
6 6 (0.70%) SSL
6 6 (0.70%) VXLAN
7 5 (0.59%) Ethernet VPN
7 5 (0.59%) NX-OS
7 5 (0.59%) TACACS
8 4 (0.47%) MPLS
8 4 (0.47%) OSPF
8 4 (0.47%) SSH
8 4 (0.47%) WAN
9 3 (0.35%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (0.35%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (0.35%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (11.83%) PostgreSQL
2 93 (10.89%) Relational Database
3 77 (9.02%) SQL Server
4 46 (5.39%) NoSQL
5 36 (4.22%) MongoDB
6 33 (3.86%) Power BI
7 28 (3.28%) Redis
8 19 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (2.22%) MySQL
9 17 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
9 17 (1.99%) Metadata
10 16 (1.87%) Azure SQL Database
11 14 (1.64%) Big Data
11 14 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
12 12 (1.41%) BigQuery
12 12 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (1.29%) DynamoDB
14 10 (1.17%) Data Lake
15 8 (0.94%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 7 (0.82%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 140 (16.39%) Git
2 76 (8.90%) Jenkins
3 60 (7.03%) JIRA
4 55 (6.44%) GitLab
5 37 (4.33%) JUnit
6 24 (2.81%) Cypress.io
7 21 (2.46%) Gradle
8 19 (2.22%) Selenium
9 18 (2.11%) Maven
10 16 (1.87%) Cucumber
10 16 (1.87%) Postman
11 13 (1.52%) Bitbucket
11 13 (1.52%) CircleCI
11 13 (1.52%) REST Assured
11 13 (1.52%) Visual Studio
12 12 (1.41%) Mockito
12 12 (1.41%) Visual Studio Code
13 11 (1.29%) JMeter
14 10 (1.17%) Eclipse
15 9 (1.05%) Storybook
General
1 243 (28.45%) Finance
2 215 (25.18%) Social Skills
3 118 (13.82%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (9.37%) Banking
5 76 (8.90%) Public Sector
6 37 (4.33%) Retail
7 31 (3.63%) Telecoms
8 23 (2.69%) Marketing
9 18 (2.11%) Publishing
10 16 (1.87%) Investment Banking
11 12 (1.41%) Billing
12 11 (1.29%) Financial Institution
13 10 (1.17%) Legal
13 10 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (0.94%) Front Office
16 7 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 7 (0.82%) Law
16 7 (0.82%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 351 (41.10%) Developer
2 156 (18.27%) Architect
3 138 (16.16%) Senior
4 69 (8.08%) Senior Developer
5 58 (6.79%) Java Developer
6 54 (6.32%) Full-Stack Developer
7 48 (5.62%) Lead
8 47 (5.50%) Solutions Architect
9 42 (4.92%) Software Engineer
10 41 (4.80%) Python Developer
11 28 (3.28%) .NET Developer
12 27 (3.16%) React Developer
13 26 (3.04%) Consultant
14 25 (2.93%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 25 (2.93%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 23 (2.69%) ServiceNow Developer
16 21 (2.46%) Java Engineer
16 21 (2.46%) ServiceNow Architect
17 20 (2.34%) C# Developer
18 19 (2.22%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 218 (25.53%) SOAP
2 128 (14.99%) .NET
3 125 (14.64%) JSON
4 123 (14.40%) React
5 113 (13.23%) RESTful
6 101 (11.83%) Kafka
6 101 (11.83%) Spring
7 92 (10.77%) Spring Boot
8 85 (9.95%) Terraform
9 84 (9.84%) OAuth
10 82 (9.60%) XML
11 75 (8.78%) CSS
12 74 (8.67%) HTML
13 72 (8.43%) Web Services
14 64 (7.49%) Middleware
15 63 (7.38%) GraphQL
16 62 (7.26%) AngularJS
17 59 (6.91%) Node.js
18 53 (6.21%) OAuth2
19 34 (3.98%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 132 (15.46%) Cloud Native
2 79 (9.25%) Distributed Systems
3 64 (7.49%) Product Ownership
4 52 (6.09%) CMDB
5 49 (5.74%) Enterprise Software
6 35 (4.10%) Mobile App
7 31 (3.63%) Onboarding
8 29 (3.40%) Management Information System
9 28 (3.28%) AI Agents
10 26 (3.04%) Data Structures
10 26 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
11 18 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
12 17 (1.99%) Virtual Team
13 15 (1.76%) Low-Code
14 14 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (1.41%) Security Posture
16 11 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
17 10 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
18 9 (1.05%) Derivative
18 9 (1.05%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 52 (6.09%) Linux
2 28 (3.28%) Windows
3 22 (2.58%) Unix
4 20 (2.34%) Android
5 11 (1.29%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.35%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.35%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.12%) CentOS
8 1 (0.12%) VMS
8 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 388 (45.43%) CI/CD
2 304 (35.60%) Agile
3 287 (33.61%) DevOps
4 214 (25.06%) Microservices
5 185 (21.66%) Problem-Solving
6 167 (19.56%) AI
7 145 (16.98%) Event-Driven
8 134 (15.69%) Test Automation
9 131 (15.34%) Integration Patterns
10 125 (14.64%) Data Modelling
11 117 (13.70%) Software Engineering
12 115 (13.47%) Containerisation
13 112 (13.11%) Scrum
14 108 (12.65%) Full-Stack Development
15 107 (12.53%) Observability
16 105 (12.30%) Stakeholder Management
17 98 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
17 98 (11.48%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 92 (10.77%) Migration
18 92 (10.77%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 249 (29.16%) Python
2 230 (26.93%) SQL
3 216 (25.29%) Java
4 188 (22.01%) JavaScript
5 142 (16.63%) TypeScript
6 123 (14.40%) C#
7 53 (6.21%) PowerShell
8 27 (3.16%) Apex Code
8 27 (3.16%) Kotlin
9 20 (2.34%) Bash
9 20 (2.34%) Groovy
10 17 (1.99%) Bicep
10 17 (1.99%) PL/SQL
11 16 (1.87%) Shell Script
12 13 (1.52%) Go
13 11 (1.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 11 (1.29%) SOQL
13 11 (1.29%) T-SQL
14 10 (1.17%) SOSL
15 8 (0.94%) Swift
Qualifications
1 173 (20.26%) Security Cleared
2 145 (16.98%) SC Cleared
3 59 (6.91%) Degree
4 27 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (2.81%) DV Cleared
6 15 (1.76%) AWS Certification
6 15 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.41%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.29%) CISSP
9 9 (1.05%) CISM
9 9 (1.05%) Master's Degree
10 8 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.70%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.70%) PMP
12 5 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.59%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.59%) MBA
13 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (9.37%) QA
2 38 (4.45%) Data Quality
3 29 (3.40%) GDPR
4 27 (3.16%) Accessibility
5 20 (2.34%) GRC
6 18 (2.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 14 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (1.41%) HIPAA
9 10 (1.17%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.94%) ISO 20022
10 8 (0.94%) NIST
10 8 (0.94%) SLA
11 7 (0.82%) WCAG
12 5 (0.59%) HL7
12 5 (0.59%) SEPA
13 4 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.47%) PMO
14 2 (0.23%) IEC 62304
14 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 17025
14 2 (0.23%) ITGC
System Software
1 146 (17.10%) Docker
2 30 (3.51%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.47%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.35%) Postfix
6 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.23%) Varnish
8 1 (0.12%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.12%) Ceph
8 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.12%) IAG
8 1 (0.12%) RACF
8 1 (0.12%) UAG
8 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 149 (17.45%) Kubernetes
2 34 (3.98%) Ansible
3 23 (2.69%) Grafana
4 17 (1.99%) Prometheus
5 13 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.82%) Control-M
7 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.35%) Bosun
9 2 (0.23%) Amdocs OSS
9 2 (0.23%) Avamar
9 2 (0.23%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.23%) Istio
9 2 (0.23%) Kibana
9 2 (0.23%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.23%) SCCM
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Ranger
10 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.12%) linkerd
10 1 (0.12%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 136 (15.93%) Microsoft
2 117 (13.70%) Oracle
3 104 (12.18%) ServiceNow
4 82 (9.60%) Salesforce
5 38 (4.45%) Google
6 36 (4.22%) SAP
7 26 (3.04%) MuleSoft
8 24 (2.81%) Databricks
9 22 (2.58%) Splunk
10 21 (2.46%) Workday
11 17 (1.99%) IBM
12 16 (1.87%) OpenAI
13 15 (1.76%) CyberArk
14 14 (1.64%) Cisco
15 11 (1.29%) Dynatrace
15 11 (1.29%) VMware
16 10 (1.17%) New Relic
16 10 (1.17%) OutSystems
17 8 (0.94%) Atlassian
17 8 (0.94%) Okta