REST Contracts in London

Representational State Transfer (REST)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring REST skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited REST over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 102 105
Rank change year-on-year -12 +3 -33
Contract jobs citing REST 298 425 643
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.39% 2.40% 2.45%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.18% 9.45% 8.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 305 490
10th Percentile £383 £406 £430
25th Percentile £425 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £700
90th Percentile £735 £840 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £41.38
25th Percentile - - £50.94
Median hourly rate - £67.00 £73.75
Median % change year-on-year - -9.15% +12.51%
75th Percentile - - £90.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £74.44 £57.50
% change year-on-year -32.83% +29.46% +4.55%

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 3,245 4,499 7,153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.02% 25.44% 27.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,283 3,363 5,352
10th Percentile £385 £375 £413
25th Percentile £450 £456 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £572 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £725 £700 £725
90th Percentile £838 £825 £810
England median daily rate £525 £550 £560
% change year-on-year -4.55% -1.79% -0.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 24 40
10th Percentile £33.25 £16.25 £30.68
25th Percentile £35.00 £23.80 £41.97
Median hourly rate £52.50 £40.00 £67.25
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -40.52% +38.43%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.13 £75.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £72.60 £82.33
England median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +36.84% -26.92% +30.65%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for REST in London

REST
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing REST in London.

Daily rate trend for REST in London

REST
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing REST in London over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for REST in London

REST
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing REST in London.

Hourly rate trend 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 9 May 2025. 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 51 £525 +5.00% 57
West London +8 7 £554 +23.11% 13
South London -4 6 £380 -25.85% 3
East London +17 3 £665 -21.76% 9
REST
England

REST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (6.04%) Confluence
2 15 (5.03%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.68%) Tomcat
4 4 (1.34%) JBoss
5 3 (1.01%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (1.01%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.01%) CMS
5 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.01%) Oracle Coherence
6 2 (0.67%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.67%) nginx
7 1 (0.34%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.34%) Apache
7 1 (0.34%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.34%) IIS
7 1 (0.34%) Mule
7 1 (0.34%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.34%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.34%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.34%) Oracle Smart View
2 1 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (3.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.01%) Shopify
4 2 (0.67%) assyst
4 2 (0.67%) Magento
4 2 (0.67%) Oracle Retail
4 2 (0.67%) SAP CX
5 1 (0.34%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.34%) Hyperion Planning
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 90 (30.20%) AWS
2 88 (29.53%) Azure
3 51 (17.11%) GitHub
4 28 (9.40%) Power Platform
5 22 (7.38%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (7.38%) GCP
6 19 (6.38%) Power Automate
6 19 (6.38%) Serverless
7 18 (6.04%) Azure Service Bus
7 18 (6.04%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (6.04%) Entra ID
8 17 (5.70%) GitHub Actions
9 15 (5.03%) PowerApps
10 14 (4.70%) Azure AKS
11 12 (4.03%) AWS Lambda
12 10 (3.36%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 10 (3.36%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (2.68%) SaaS
13 8 (2.68%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 7 (2.35%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 23 (7.72%) HTTP
2 14 (4.70%) DNS
3 7 (2.35%) HTTPS
3 7 (2.35%) SSL
3 7 (2.35%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.01%) VPN
5 4 (1.34%) Firewall
5 4 (1.34%) SMTP
6 3 (1.01%) Kerberos
6 3 (1.01%) Network Security
7 2 (0.67%) BGP
7 2 (0.67%) Ethernet VPN
7 2 (0.67%) MPLS
7 2 (0.67%) SMS
7 2 (0.67%) SNMP
8 1 (0.34%) Internet
8 1 (0.34%) IPsec
8 1 (0.34%) POP3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (12.75%) SQL Server
2 22 (7.38%) Relational Database
3 20 (6.71%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (5.03%) NoSQL
5 13 (4.36%) Power BI
6 10 (3.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (3.02%) MySQL
7 9 (3.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (2.68%) Big Data
9 7 (2.35%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (2.35%) MongoDB
10 6 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (2.01%) Redis
11 5 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (1.34%) Geospatial Data
12 4 (1.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (1.34%) Tableau
13 3 (1.01%) Apache Cassandra
13 3 (1.01%) DynamoDB
13 3 (1.01%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 56 (18.79%) JIRA
2 55 (18.46%) Git
3 50 (16.78%) Jenkins
4 25 (8.39%) Postman
4 25 (8.39%) Selenium
5 23 (7.72%) REST Assured
6 18 (6.04%) JUnit
7 15 (5.03%) GitLab
8 14 (4.70%) Cypress.io
8 14 (4.70%) Subversion
9 12 (4.03%) Bitbucket
10 10 (3.36%) Cucumber
10 10 (3.36%) Maven
11 9 (3.02%) TeamCity
12 6 (2.01%) SoapUI
13 5 (1.68%) Mockito
13 5 (1.68%) SonarQube
13 5 (1.68%) Visual Studio
14 4 (1.34%) CircleCI
14 4 (1.34%) JMeter
General
1 71 (23.83%) Finance
2 68 (22.82%) Social Skills
3 28 (9.40%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (8.72%) Banking
5 17 (5.70%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.36%) Marketing
7 9 (3.02%) Investment Banking
8 7 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.68%) Financial Institution
9 5 (1.68%) Publishing
10 4 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.01%) Retail
12 2 (0.67%) Automotive
12 2 (0.67%) Aviation
12 2 (0.67%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.34%) Front Office
13 1 (0.34%) Law
13 1 (0.34%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 126 (42.28%) Developer
2 39 (13.09%) Senior
3 34 (11.41%) Architect
4 28 (9.40%) Lead
5 25 (8.39%) Python Engineer
5 25 (8.39%) Test Engineer
6 20 (6.71%) Software Engineer
7 19 (6.38%) Java Developer
8 17 (5.70%) Senior Test Engineer
9 14 (4.70%) Python Developer
10 13 (4.36%) ServiceNow Developer
11 12 (4.03%) Lead Developer
11 12 (4.03%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (3.69%) Data Engineer
13 10 (3.36%) Administrator
13 10 (3.36%) Salesforce Developer
14 9 (3.02%) Dynamics 365 Developer
14 9 (3.02%) React Developer
15 8 (2.68%) Power Platform Developer
15 8 (2.68%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (31.21%) SOAP
2 55 (18.46%) Web Services
3 36 (12.08%) HTML
3 36 (12.08%) JSON
4 33 (11.07%) React
4 33 (11.07%) XML
5 30 (10.07%) CSS
5 30 (10.07%) Kafka
6 27 (9.06%) AngularJS
6 27 (9.06%) Node.js
6 27 (9.06%) OAuth
7 24 (8.05%) Spring
8 23 (7.72%) .NET
9 19 (6.38%) Spring Boot
10 17 (5.70%) OAuth2
11 16 (5.37%) LDAP
11 16 (5.37%) Swagger
12 15 (5.03%) Middleware
12 15 (5.03%) pytest
13 13 (4.36%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.71%) Distributed Systems
2 14 (4.70%) Data Structures
3 12 (4.03%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (3.69%) Product Ownership
5 10 (3.36%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.02%) CMDB
7 8 (2.68%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.35%) Algorithms
8 7 (2.35%) Clustering
9 6 (2.01%) Cloud Native
9 6 (2.01%) Mobile App
9 6 (2.01%) Replication
9 6 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.68%) Equities
10 5 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.68%) N-Tier
11 4 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.34%) Derivative
11 4 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (1.34%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.70%) Linux
2 10 (3.36%) Windows
3 8 (2.68%) Unix
4 7 (2.35%) Solaris
5 6 (2.01%) Android
5 6 (2.01%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.67%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.67%) CentOS
6 2 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (34.90%) CI/CD
2 103 (34.56%) Agile
3 71 (23.83%) DevOps
4 65 (21.81%) Test Automation
5 61 (20.47%) Problem-Solving
6 46 (15.44%) Software Engineering
7 39 (13.09%) Scrum
8 35 (11.74%) Microservices
9 34 (11.41%) TDD
10 31 (10.40%) SDLC
11 29 (9.73%) API Integration
12 23 (7.72%) Full-Stack Development
12 23 (7.72%) Unit Testing
13 22 (7.38%) BDD
14 21 (7.05%) Roadmaps
15 20 (6.71%) Continuous Integration
15 20 (6.71%) Event-Driven
16 19 (6.38%) Data Modelling
17 18 (6.04%) Artificial Intelligence
17 18 (6.04%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 98 (32.89%) Python
2 93 (31.21%) JavaScript
3 82 (27.52%) Java
4 68 (22.82%) SQL
5 52 (17.45%) C#
6 19 (6.38%) TypeScript
7 14 (4.70%) Groovy
8 13 (4.36%) PowerShell
9 12 (4.03%) Apex Code
10 11 (3.69%) Scala
11 10 (3.36%) Bash
11 10 (3.36%) T-SQL
12 8 (2.68%) Rust
13 7 (2.35%) Perl
14 6 (2.01%) Clojure
14 6 (2.01%) Elixir
14 6 (2.01%) Go
15 5 (1.68%) Shell Script
16 4 (1.34%) ABAP
17 3 (1.01%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (14.09%) Security Cleared
2 37 (12.42%) SC Cleared
3 34 (11.41%) Degree
4 13 (4.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.68%) AWS Certification
5 5 (1.68%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.68%) MCPD
5 5 (1.68%) MCSD
5 5 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.67%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.67%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.67%) OCP
7 2 (0.67%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.34%) CEH
8 1 (0.34%) CISSP
8 1 (0.34%) PhD
8 1 (0.34%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.04%) QA
2 17 (5.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 13 (4.36%) GDPR
4 11 (3.69%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.68%) Data Quality
6 6 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.67%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.67%) SLA
8 1 (0.34%) EMIR
8 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.34%) IFRS
8 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.34%) MiFID
8 1 (0.34%) NIST
8 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 41 (13.76%) Docker
2 18 (6.04%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.35%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (2.01%) OpenAM
4 6 (2.01%) OpenDJ
4 6 (2.01%) OpenIDM
5 3 (1.01%) NFS
5 3 (1.01%) Veritas File System
5 3 (1.01%) Veritas Volume Manager
5 3 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.34%) RACF
Systems Management
1 49 (16.44%) Kubernetes
2 23 (7.72%) Terraform
3 19 (6.38%) Ansible
4 11 (3.69%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (2.35%) QRadar
5 7 (2.35%) Red Hat Satellite
6 5 (1.68%) Grafana
6 5 (1.68%) Tivoli
7 4 (1.34%) EMC NetWorker
7 4 (1.34%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 3 (1.01%) Kibana
9 2 (0.67%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.34%) Apache Ranger
10 1 (0.34%) CloudHub
10 1 (0.34%) Control-M
10 1 (0.34%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.34%) Netcool
10 1 (0.34%) Packer
10 1 (0.34%) Plesk
10 1 (0.34%) Puppet
Vendors
1 44 (14.77%) Microsoft
2 35 (11.74%) ServiceNow
3 24 (8.05%) Oracle
4 22 (7.38%) Salesforce
5 17 (5.70%) SAP
6 14 (4.70%) Google
7 12 (4.03%) MuleSoft
7 12 (4.03%) Splunk
8 8 (2.68%) Adobe
9 7 (2.35%) CyberArk
9 7 (2.35%) Qualys
9 7 (2.35%) Red Hat
9 7 (2.35%) SaltStack
9 7 (2.35%) VMware
10 6 (2.01%) Databricks
10 6 (2.01%) ForgeRock
10 6 (2.01%) IBM
11 5 (1.68%) Dynatrace
11 5 (1.68%) Qualtrics
12 4 (1.34%) CA Agile Central