REST Contract Job Trends in West London

Representational State Transfer (REST)
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West London requiring REST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 26 41
Rank change year-on-year -15 +15 -5
Contract jobs citing REST 6 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in West London 1.91% 2.79% 0.75%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.98% 13.04% 3.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 2
10th Percentile £350 £424 £98
25th Percentile £352 £441 £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £473 £268
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +76.64% -51.36%
75th Percentile £378 £508 £374
90th Percentile £528 £526 £438
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
London median hourly rate £54.00 - £66.25

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
West 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 West London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 86 46 84
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 27.39% 21.40% 20.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 37 62
10th Percentile £350 £388 £250
25th Percentile £409 £409 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £538 £585
90th Percentile £715 £615 £612
London median daily rate £525 £575 £590
% change year-on-year -8.70% -2.46% -1.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £47.42
25th Percentile - - £61.50
Median hourly rate - - £72.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.86%
75th Percentile - - £74.25
90th Percentile - - £82.50
London median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £53.75
% change year-on-year +4.76% -2.33% -17.31%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing REST relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West London.

REST job vacancy trend in West London

REST
Daily Rate Trend in West London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing REST.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing REST

REST
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing REST in West London over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for REST in West London

REST
Hourly Rate Trend in West London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing REST.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing REST

REST
Contract Job Locations in West 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 West London region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
Hounslow +4 5 £365 -18.89%
REST
London

REST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West 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:

Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Git
General
1 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) C++ Developer
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) Angular Developer
2 3 (50.00%) C++ Software Developer
2 3 (50.00%) Full-Stack Developer
2 3 (50.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) Angular 2
1 5 (83.33%) AngularJS
1 5 (83.33%) CSS
1 5 (83.33%) HTML
1 5 (83.33%) JSON
2 2 (33.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Product Ownership
2 2 (33.33%) Legacy Code
3 1 (16.67%) TM Forum
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
2 5 (83.33%) DevOps
2 5 (83.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 5 (83.33%) Kanban
2 5 (83.33%) Memory Management
2 5 (83.33%) OOP
2 5 (83.33%) Scrum
2 5 (83.33%) Technical Debt
3 3 (50.00%) Clean Code
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (33.33%) OO
4 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (33.33%) Secure Coding
5 1 (16.67%) Event-Driven
5 1 (16.67%) Integration Patterns
5 1 (16.67%) Order Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) C++
1 5 (83.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) QA