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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 116 104
Rank change year-on-year +43 -12 +5
Contract jobs citing REST 630 302 419
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.48% 2.47% 2.40%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.13% 9.50% 9.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 203 301
10th Percentile £363 £381 £406
25th Percentile £415 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £725 £825
England median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -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 £50.00 £74.44
% change year-on-year +40.00% -32.83% +29.46%

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 4,164 3,178 4,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.01% 25.97% 25.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,768 2,221 3,353
10th Percentile £366 £385 £375
25th Percentile £437 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -1.74% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £725 £700
90th Percentile £775 £838 £838
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 16 25
10th Percentile £23.65 - £16.25
25th Percentile £28.00 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £37.50 £48.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.68% +14.12% -36.80%
75th Percentile £59.72 £65.63 £62.50
90th Percentile £91.00 £81.25 £71.80
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 22 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 22 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 22 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 0 68 £550 +4.76% 35
South London -12 14 £516 +35.66%
East London -2 6 £432 -35.04% 8
West London -26 6 £375 -32.31% 5
North London - 2 - -
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 17 (2.70%) Confluence
2 14 (2.22%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.90%) Camunda
4 10 (1.59%) Apache
5 9 (1.43%) Appian
6 8 (1.27%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.95%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.95%) Hyperledger
8 5 (0.79%) CICS
8 5 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.63%) BizTalk Server
9 4 (0.63%) IIS
9 4 (0.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.48%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.48%) Cloud Foundry
10 3 (0.48%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.48%) WordPress
11 2 (0.32%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 3 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.48%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.16%) Maya
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (2.22%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.48%) Bloomberg AIM
3 3 (0.48%) Distributed Ledger
3 3 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.48%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.48%) Shopify
4 2 (0.32%) Magento
4 2 (0.32%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.16%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.16%) R3 Corda
5 1 (0.16%) Remedy AR System
5 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.16%) SAP GTS
5 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.16%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.16%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.16%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 227 (36.03%) Azure
2 205 (32.54%) AWS
3 86 (13.65%) GCP
4 67 (10.63%) GitHub
5 54 (8.57%) Serverless
6 49 (7.78%) Azure DevOps
7 48 (7.62%) GitHub Actions
8 44 (6.98%) Power Platform
9 33 (5.24%) OCI
10 30 (4.76%) Amazon S3
11 28 (4.44%) Entra ID
12 27 (4.29%) PaaS
13 24 (3.81%) AWS Lambda
14 22 (3.49%) SaaS
15 20 (3.17%) Amazon EKS
15 20 (3.17%) Azure Functions
15 20 (3.17%) Azure Service Bus
15 20 (3.17%) Power Automate
16 19 (3.02%) Amazon EC2
16 19 (3.02%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.86%) HTTP
2 9 (1.43%) SMS
3 7 (1.11%) DNS
4 5 (0.79%) FTP
5 4 (0.63%) BGP
5 4 (0.63%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.48%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (0.48%) MPLS
6 3 (0.48%) OSPF
6 3 (0.48%) SNMP
6 3 (0.48%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.48%) SSL
7 2 (0.32%) Firewall
7 2 (0.32%) IPFIX
7 2 (0.32%) NaaS
7 2 (0.32%) WAN
8 1 (0.16%) Network Security
8 1 (0.16%) SMTP
8 1 (0.16%) SSH
8 1 (0.16%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (12.06%) Relational Database
2 62 (9.84%) PostgreSQL
3 57 (9.05%) SQL Server
4 37 (5.87%) NoSQL
5 26 (4.13%) MongoDB
6 23 (3.65%) Power BI
7 17 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
8 15 (2.38%) MySQL
9 14 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (2.22%) DynamoDB
10 12 (1.90%) Pinecone
10 12 (1.90%) Redis
11 11 (1.75%) Amazon Aurora
11 11 (1.75%) Data Lake
11 11 (1.75%) RDBMS
12 10 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
13 9 (1.43%) Metadata
14 8 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 7 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
15 7 (1.11%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 85 (13.49%) Git
2 41 (6.51%) Jenkins
3 39 (6.19%) JIRA
4 31 (4.92%) Postman
5 29 (4.60%) GitLab
6 27 (4.29%) JUnit
7 19 (3.02%) Selenium
8 17 (2.70%) Cucumber
8 17 (2.70%) REST Assured
9 15 (2.38%) Cypress.io
10 11 (1.75%) Mockito
11 10 (1.59%) Maven
12 9 (1.43%) JMeter
12 9 (1.43%) SoapUI
12 9 (1.43%) SonarQube
13 8 (1.27%) MLflow
14 7 (1.11%) Gradle
15 5 (0.79%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 5 (0.79%) MSTest
15 5 (0.79%) WebDriver
General
1 177 (28.10%) Social Skills
2 146 (23.17%) Finance
3 66 (10.48%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (7.78%) Public Sector
5 40 (6.35%) Banking
6 19 (3.02%) Marketing
7 18 (2.86%) Telecoms
8 15 (2.38%) Front Office
8 15 (2.38%) Publishing
8 15 (2.38%) Retail
9 11 (1.75%) Financial Institution
10 10 (1.59%) Billing
11 9 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.43%) Investment Banking
12 8 (1.27%) Legal
13 5 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.63%) Automotive
14 4 (0.63%) Military
14 4 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 236 (37.46%) Developer
2 119 (18.89%) Architect
3 71 (11.27%) Senior
4 37 (5.87%) Java Developer
5 36 (5.71%) CyberArk Architect
6 30 (4.76%) Lead
7 29 (4.60%) Python Developer
7 29 (4.60%) Senior Developer
7 29 (4.60%) Software Engineer
7 29 (4.60%) Solutions Architect
8 28 (4.44%) Full-Stack Developer
9 21 (3.33%) Consultant
10 18 (2.86%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 18 (2.86%) C# Developer
11 15 (2.38%) React Developer
11 15 (2.38%) ServiceNow Architect
12 14 (2.22%) Java Engineer
13 13 (2.06%) Automation Engineer
13 13 (2.06%) Cloud Specialist
13 13 (2.06%) Integration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (29.37%) SOAP
2 86 (13.65%) RESTful
3 84 (13.33%) JSON
3 84 (13.33%) Kafka
3 84 (13.33%) Spring
4 81 (12.86%) Web Services
5 78 (12.38%) React
5 78 (12.38%) Spring Boot
6 69 (10.95%) AngularJS
7 63 (10.00%) .NET
8 62 (9.84%) HTML
9 61 (9.68%) CSS
10 60 (9.52%) OAuth
11 48 (7.62%) GraphQL
12 44 (6.98%) XML
13 43 (6.83%) Node.js
14 42 (6.67%) LDAP
14 42 (6.67%) Middleware
15 30 (4.76%) Pandas
16 27 (4.29%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 50 (7.94%) Cloud Native
2 47 (7.46%) Product Ownership
3 46 (7.30%) Enterprise Software
4 42 (6.67%) Security Posture
5 37 (5.87%) Distributed Systems
6 30 (4.76%) CMDB
7 25 (3.97%) Management Information System
8 21 (3.33%) Mobile App
9 18 (2.86%) Low-Code
9 18 (2.86%) Public Cloud
10 17 (2.70%) Equities
10 17 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
11 15 (2.38%) Data Structures
12 13 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
12 13 (2.06%) Onboarding
13 12 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
15 10 (1.59%) Hedge funds
16 9 (1.43%) Virtual Team
17 8 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.29%) Linux
2 17 (2.70%) Windows
3 10 (1.59%) Unix
4 8 (1.27%) Android
5 6 (0.95%) zOS
6 3 (0.48%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.32%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (35.87%) CI/CD
2 191 (30.32%) Agile
2 191 (30.32%) DevOps
3 143 (22.70%) Problem-Solving
4 134 (21.27%) Microservices
5 111 (17.62%) Integration Patterns
6 94 (14.92%) Test Automation
7 90 (14.29%) Data Modelling
8 85 (13.49%) Event-Driven
9 84 (13.33%) Observability
10 83 (13.17%) Containerisation
11 79 (12.54%) ITSM
12 78 (12.38%) Technical Leadership
13 76 (12.06%) AI
14 70 (11.11%) Scrum
15 65 (10.32%) Software Engineering
16 60 (9.52%) Analytics
16 60 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 60 (9.52%) Validation
16 60 (9.52%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 185 (29.37%) Python
2 164 (26.03%) Java
3 162 (25.71%) SQL
4 129 (20.48%) JavaScript
5 87 (13.81%) TypeScript
6 81 (12.86%) C#
7 61 (9.68%) PowerShell
8 15 (2.38%) Kotlin
9 13 (2.06%) Apex Code
10 10 (1.59%) Bicep
10 10 (1.59%) PL/SQL
11 8 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 7 (1.11%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.95%) Bash
13 6 (0.95%) Groovy
14 5 (0.79%) Go
14 5 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.79%) PHP
14 5 (0.79%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.79%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 134 (21.27%) Security Cleared
2 120 (19.05%) SC Cleared
3 40 (6.35%) Degree
4 18 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.59%) Azure Certification
6 9 (1.43%) AWS Certification
7 8 (1.27%) CISSP
7 8 (1.27%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.11%) CISM
8 7 (1.11%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.79%) MBA
10 5 (0.79%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.79%) PMP
11 4 (0.63%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.16%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (8.73%) QA
2 32 (5.08%) Data Quality
3 27 (4.29%) GDPR
4 14 (2.22%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (1.43%) HIPAA
7 9 (1.43%) PCI DSS
8 8 (1.27%) WCAG
9 7 (1.11%) SLA
10 6 (0.95%) GRC
10 6 (0.95%) NIST
11 3 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.32%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.32%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.32%) PMO
12 2 (0.32%) SEPA
13 1 (0.16%) ITGC
13 1 (0.16%) NCSC
13 1 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 100 (15.87%) Docker
2 46 (7.30%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.48%) Postfix
5 2 (0.32%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 1 (0.16%) Firmware
6 1 (0.16%) IAG
6 1 (0.16%) Job Entry Subsystem
6 1 (0.16%) RACF
6 1 (0.16%) UAG
6 1 (0.16%) Varnish
6 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 102 (16.19%) Kubernetes
2 50 (7.94%) Terraform
3 24 (3.81%) Grafana
4 15 (2.38%) Ansible
5 10 (1.59%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.63%) Pingdom
8 2 (0.32%) Amdocs OSS
8 2 (0.32%) Avamar
8 2 (0.32%) EMC VPLEX
8 2 (0.32%) Istio
8 2 (0.32%) Kibana
8 2 (0.32%) Puppet
9 1 (0.16%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.16%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.16%) linkerd
9 1 (0.16%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.16%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.16%) vRealize
9 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 85 (13.49%) Oracle
2 77 (12.22%) ServiceNow
3 65 (10.32%) Microsoft
4 39 (6.19%) CyberArk
5 34 (5.40%) BeyondTrust
5 34 (5.40%) Centrify
6 31 (4.92%) Salesforce
7 21 (3.33%) SAP
8 17 (2.70%) Workday
9 15 (2.38%) OpenAI
10 14 (2.22%) Splunk
11 13 (2.06%) Databricks
11 13 (2.06%) Dynatrace
11 13 (2.06%) Google
11 13 (2.06%) Guidewire
12 11 (1.75%) Adobe
12 11 (1.75%) MuleSoft
13 10 (1.59%) IBM
14 9 (1.43%) Atlassian
14 9 (1.43%) UiPath