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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 90 103
Rank change year-on-year +30 +13 +12
Contract jobs citing REST 832 419 400
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.14% 3.12% 2.47%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 18.19% 12.02% 8.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 542 294 269
10th Percentile £400 £359 £411
25th Percentile £442 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £555 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.32% +5.62% -12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £625
90th Percentile £716 £736 £775
England median daily rate £520 £492 £525
% change year-on-year +5.69% -6.29% -4.63%
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 4,573 3,487 4,449
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.78% 25.94% 27.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,032 2,426 3,163
10th Percentile £400 £363 £377
25th Percentile £452 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £725
90th Percentile £775 £825 £850
England median daily rate £530 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +3.41% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 27 23
10th Percentile £26.40 £32.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.63 £33.87 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.50 £52.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +40.00% -44.03%
75th Percentile £62.25 £63.13 £49.38
90th Percentile £81.25 £78.20 £64.31
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £58.91
% change year-on-year +18.18% -6.63% -1.83%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +10 92 £536 -2.50% 37
South London +2 15 £700 +12.54% 4
East London +1 6 £432 -28.30% 9
West London -31 3 £539 +2.62% 7
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 (3.73%) Confluence
2 25 (3.00%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.80%) Apache
4 13 (1.56%) Apache Spark
5 10 (1.20%) Anypoint
5 10 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.08%) Camunda
7 8 (0.96%) IIS
8 7 (0.84%) Mule
9 6 (0.72%) WebSphere
10 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.48%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.48%) Hyperledger
11 4 (0.48%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.36%) Cloud Foundry
12 3 (0.36%) CMS
13 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 2 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.36%) Trello
2 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (2.04%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.44%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.60%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (0.60%) Shopify
6 4 (0.48%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.48%) Quorum
6 4 (0.48%) R3 Corda
6 4 (0.48%) Ripple
7 3 (0.36%) Distributed Ledger
8 2 (0.24%) Infor LN
8 2 (0.24%) Magento
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle Retail
8 2 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.24%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 312 (37.50%) Azure
2 256 (30.77%) AWS
3 136 (16.35%) GitHub
4 98 (11.78%) Azure DevOps
5 94 (11.30%) GCP
6 78 (9.38%) GitHub Actions
7 68 (8.17%) Serverless
8 63 (7.57%) Entra ID
9 49 (5.89%) Power Platform
10 45 (5.41%) SaaS
11 37 (4.45%) Amazon S3
12 34 (4.09%) AWS Lambda
13 33 (3.97%) Amazon SQS
14 30 (3.61%) Amazon EKS
15 27 (3.25%) Boomi
16 26 (3.13%) PowerApps
16 26 (3.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 25 (3.00%) Azure Service Bus
18 24 (2.88%) Amazon ECS
18 24 (2.88%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.28%) HTTP
2 10 (1.20%) BGP
3 8 (0.96%) Firewall
3 8 (0.96%) HTTPS
4 7 (0.84%) Network Security
5 6 (0.72%) DNS
5 6 (0.72%) FTP
5 6 (0.72%) SSL
5 6 (0.72%) VXLAN
6 5 (0.60%) Ethernet VPN
6 5 (0.60%) NX-OS
6 5 (0.60%) TACACS
7 4 (0.48%) MPLS
7 4 (0.48%) OSPF
7 4 (0.48%) SSH
7 4 (0.48%) WAN
8 3 (0.36%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (0.36%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (0.36%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (11.78%) PostgreSQL
2 92 (11.06%) Relational Database
3 76 (9.13%) SQL Server
4 44 (5.29%) NoSQL
5 33 (3.97%) MongoDB
6 32 (3.85%) Power BI
7 27 (3.25%) Redis
8 19 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
9 18 (2.16%) MySQL
10 17 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
10 17 (2.04%) Metadata
11 15 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
12 14 (1.68%) Big Data
12 14 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (1.44%) BigQuery
14 11 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 10 (1.20%) DynamoDB
16 9 (1.08%) Data Lake
17 8 (0.96%) Oracle BI Publisher
18 7 (0.84%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 136 (16.35%) Git
2 73 (8.77%) Jenkins
3 59 (7.09%) JIRA
4 54 (6.49%) GitLab
5 37 (4.45%) JUnit
6 24 (2.88%) Cypress.io
7 21 (2.52%) Gradle
8 18 (2.16%) Maven
8 18 (2.16%) Selenium
9 16 (1.92%) Cucumber
10 15 (1.80%) Postman
11 13 (1.56%) Bitbucket
11 13 (1.56%) REST Assured
12 12 (1.44%) CircleCI
12 12 (1.44%) Mockito
12 12 (1.44%) Visual Studio
13 10 (1.20%) Eclipse
13 10 (1.20%) JMeter
13 10 (1.20%) Visual Studio Code
14 9 (1.08%) Storybook
General
1 238 (28.61%) Finance
2 209 (25.12%) Social Skills
3 113 (13.58%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (9.38%) Banking
5 71 (8.53%) Public Sector
6 38 (4.57%) Retail
7 30 (3.61%) Telecoms
8 21 (2.52%) Marketing
9 18 (2.16%) Publishing
10 16 (1.92%) Investment Banking
11 10 (1.20%) Financial Institution
11 10 (1.20%) Legal
11 10 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (1.08%) Billing
12 9 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (0.96%) Front Office
14 7 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (0.84%) Law
14 7 (0.84%) Manufacturing
14 7 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 338 (40.63%) Developer
2 151 (18.15%) Architect
3 135 (16.23%) Senior
4 67 (8.05%) Senior Developer
5 57 (6.85%) Java Developer
6 53 (6.37%) Full-Stack Developer
7 45 (5.41%) Lead
7 45 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
8 41 (4.93%) Software Engineer
9 40 (4.81%) Python Developer
10 27 (3.25%) .NET Developer
10 27 (3.25%) React Developer
11 26 (3.13%) Consultant
12 25 (3.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 25 (3.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 22 (2.64%) ServiceNow Architect
13 22 (2.64%) ServiceNow Developer
14 21 (2.52%) Java Engineer
15 20 (2.40%) C# Developer
16 18 (2.16%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 213 (25.60%) SOAP
2 121 (14.54%) .NET
2 121 (14.54%) JSON
2 121 (14.54%) React
3 111 (13.34%) RESTful
4 100 (12.02%) Spring
5 99 (11.90%) Kafka
6 90 (10.82%) Spring Boot
7 80 (9.62%) XML
8 79 (9.50%) OAuth
9 73 (8.77%) CSS
10 71 (8.53%) HTML
10 71 (8.53%) Web Services
11 62 (7.45%) GraphQL
11 62 (7.45%) Middleware
12 61 (7.33%) AngularJS
13 56 (6.73%) Node.js
14 50 (6.01%) OAuth2
15 34 (4.09%) .NET Core
16 31 (3.73%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 126 (15.14%) Cloud Native
2 79 (9.50%) Distributed Systems
3 61 (7.33%) Product Ownership
4 52 (6.25%) CMDB
5 48 (5.77%) Enterprise Software
6 33 (3.97%) Mobile App
7 29 (3.49%) Management Information System
8 28 (3.37%) AI Agents
9 26 (3.13%) Data Structures
9 26 (3.13%) Onboarding
10 23 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
11 18 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
12 17 (2.04%) Virtual Team
13 15 (1.80%) Low-Code
14 14 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (1.44%) Security Posture
16 11 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
17 10 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
18 9 (1.08%) Derivative
18 9 (1.08%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 51 (6.13%) Linux
2 28 (3.37%) Windows
3 23 (2.76%) Unix
4 19 (2.28%) Android
5 9 (1.08%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.36%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.36%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.12%) CentOS
8 1 (0.12%) VMS
8 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 375 (45.07%) CI/CD
2 292 (35.10%) Agile
3 280 (33.65%) DevOps
4 209 (25.12%) Microservices
5 180 (21.63%) Problem-Solving
6 162 (19.47%) AI
7 142 (17.07%) Event-Driven
8 133 (15.99%) Test Automation
9 125 (15.02%) Integration Patterns
10 122 (14.66%) Data Modelling
11 115 (13.82%) Software Engineering
12 114 (13.70%) Containerisation
13 109 (13.10%) Scrum
14 107 (12.86%) Observability
15 106 (12.74%) Full-Stack Development
16 103 (12.38%) Stakeholder Management
17 95 (11.42%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 94 (11.30%) Continuous Improvement
19 91 (10.94%) Roadmaps
20 90 (10.82%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 236 (28.37%) Python
2 220 (26.44%) SQL
3 213 (25.60%) Java
4 185 (22.24%) JavaScript
5 137 (16.47%) TypeScript
6 117 (14.06%) C#
7 51 (6.13%) PowerShell
8 27 (3.25%) Kotlin
9 26 (3.13%) Apex Code
10 20 (2.40%) Groovy
11 18 (2.16%) Bash
12 17 (2.04%) PL/SQL
13 16 (1.92%) Bicep
14 15 (1.80%) Shell Script
15 13 (1.56%) Go
16 11 (1.32%) SOQL
16 11 (1.32%) T-SQL
17 10 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 10 (1.20%) SOSL
18 7 (0.84%) Swift
Qualifications
1 167 (20.07%) Security Cleared
2 140 (16.83%) SC Cleared
3 56 (6.73%) Degree
4 26 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (2.88%) DV Cleared
6 15 (1.80%) AWS Certification
7 14 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.32%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.32%) CISSP
9 9 (1.08%) CISM
10 8 (0.96%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.72%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.72%) PMP
12 5 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.60%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.60%) MBA
13 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (9.13%) QA
2 35 (4.21%) Data Quality
3 28 (3.37%) GDPR
4 26 (3.13%) Accessibility
5 18 (2.16%) GRC
5 18 (2.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 13 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.44%) HIPAA
8 10 (1.20%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.96%) ISO 20022
9 8 (0.96%) NIST
10 6 (0.72%) SLA
10 6 (0.72%) WCAG
11 5 (0.60%) HL7
12 4 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.48%) PMO
12 4 (0.48%) SEPA
13 2 (0.24%) IEC 62304
13 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 2 (0.24%) ITGC
System Software
1 143 (17.19%) Docker
2 27 (3.25%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.48%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.36%) Postfix
6 3 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.24%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.24%) 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
1 147 (17.67%) Kubernetes
2 83 (9.98%) Terraform
3 34 (4.09%) Ansible
4 23 (2.76%) Grafana
5 17 (2.04%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.84%) Control-M
8 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.36%) Bosun
10 2 (0.24%) Amdocs OSS
10 2 (0.24%) Avamar
10 2 (0.24%) EMC VPLEX
10 2 (0.24%) Istio
10 2 (0.24%) Kibana
10 2 (0.24%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.24%) SCCM
11 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.12%) linkerd
11 1 (0.12%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 130 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 116 (13.94%) Oracle
3 103 (12.38%) ServiceNow
4 79 (9.50%) Salesforce
5 38 (4.57%) Google
6 36 (4.33%) SAP
7 26 (3.13%) MuleSoft
8 23 (2.76%) Splunk
9 21 (2.52%) Workday
10 19 (2.28%) Databricks
11 17 (2.04%) IBM
12 15 (1.80%) OpenAI
13 14 (1.68%) Cisco
13 14 (1.68%) CyberArk
14 11 (1.32%) Dynatrace
14 11 (1.32%) VMware
15 10 (1.20%) New Relic
15 10 (1.20%) OutSystems
16 8 (0.96%) Atlassian
16 8 (0.96%) Okta