Representational State Transfer (REST)
London > South London
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South 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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 31 | 35 | 30 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +4 | -5 | +8 |
| Contract jobs citing REST | 8 | 8 | 17 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in South London | 4.52% | 3.42% | 4.52% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 16.00% | 15.09% | 19.54% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £445 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £475 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £380 | £525 | £455 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -27.62% | +15.38% | -27.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £507 | £636 | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | £582 | £703 | £523 |
| London median daily rate | £550 | £525 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -8.70% | -4.17% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South 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 South London.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 50 | 53 | 87 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London | 28.25% | 22.65% | 23.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 29 | 36 | 65 |
| 10th Percentile | £416 | £425 | £428 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £459 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £516 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.24% | +3.25% | -16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £582 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £686 | £695 |
| London median daily rate | £568 | £575 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.22% | -4.17% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £52.97 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +7.48% |
| London median hourly rate | £48.50 | £40.00 | £68.75 |
| % change year-on-year | +21.25% | -41.82% | +43.11% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in South London
Job postings citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South London.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing REST in South London.
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Daily Rate Histogram in South London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing REST in South London over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.
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Contract Job Locations in South 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 South London region over the 6 months to 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croydon | +5 | 7 | £380 | -27.62% | 3 |
| Bromley | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South 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:
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