REST Job Trends in London

Representational State Transfer (REST)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring REST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 109 152
Rank change year-on-year -14 +43 -61
Permanent jobs citing REST 407 384 512
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.83% 3.05% 2.20%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.85% 11.46% 8.80%
Number of salaries quoted 279 253 384
10th Percentile £57,500 £54,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £90,625
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +16.67% -14.29%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,434 3,351 5,821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 15.42% 26.65% 25.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,336 2,328 4,553
10th Percentile £51,250 £51,775 £47,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £82,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.13%
75th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £108,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £135,000 £142,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

REST job vacancy trend in London

REST
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing REST.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing REST

REST
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing REST in London over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Salary histogram for REST in London

REST
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the London region over the 6 months to 12 July 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -27 40 £80,000 +6.67% 44
South London -11 9 £70,000 -6.67% 3
West London -15 6 - - 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 15 (3.69%) Apache Spark
2 14 (3.44%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.72%) Camunda
4 4 (0.98%) JBoss
4 4 (0.98%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.74%) Apache
5 3 (0.74%) Appian
5 3 (0.74%) Cloud Foundry
5 3 (0.74%) Confluence
5 3 (0.74%) Moodle
5 3 (0.74%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.49%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.49%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.49%) IIS
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.25%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.25%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (0.98%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.49%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.25%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 6 (1.47%) Carpe Diem
1 6 (1.47%) Elite 3E
2 5 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.98%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.25%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.25%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.25%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 139 (34.15%) Azure
2 109 (26.78%) AWS
3 50 (12.29%) GitHub
4 41 (10.07%) Azure DevOps
4 41 (10.07%) Azure Logic Apps
5 38 (9.34%) Power Platform
6 33 (8.11%) SaaS
7 32 (7.86%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 32 (7.86%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 31 (7.62%) Serverless
9 26 (6.39%) Azure Service Bus
10 25 (6.14%) Entra ID
11 23 (5.65%) Power Automate
12 20 (4.91%) GCP
13 19 (4.67%) PowerApps
14 13 (3.19%) Azure Event Grid
14 13 (3.19%) Azure Functions
14 13 (3.19%) Azure Monitor
14 13 (3.19%) Microsoft Copilot
15 12 (2.95%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 35 (8.60%) HTTP
2 15 (3.69%) Network Security
3 13 (3.19%) Firewall
4 12 (2.95%) Broadband
4 12 (2.95%) Kerberos
5 5 (1.23%) SMTP
6 3 (0.74%) DNS
6 3 (0.74%) Intranet
7 2 (0.49%) AMQP
8 1 (0.25%) CTI
8 1 (0.25%) IPsec
8 1 (0.25%) SSL
8 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (7.86%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (6.88%) Relational Database
3 25 (6.14%) SQL Server
4 18 (4.42%) Power BI
5 14 (3.44%) Big Data
6 11 (2.70%) RDBMS
7 10 (2.46%) Redis
8 8 (1.97%) DynamoDB
8 8 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (1.72%) MySQL
10 6 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (1.47%) MongoDB
10 6 (1.47%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.98%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.98%) Pinecone
12 2 (0.49%) ClickHouse
12 2 (0.49%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 2 (0.49%) Sisense
Development Applications
1 67 (16.46%) Git
2 11 (2.70%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.46%) Postman
4 9 (2.21%) JUnit
4 9 (2.21%) Selenium
5 7 (1.72%) SpecFlow
6 5 (1.23%) JIRA
6 5 (1.23%) WebDriver
7 4 (0.98%) Claude Code
7 4 (0.98%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.98%) Maven
7 4 (0.98%) Mockito
7 4 (0.98%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.98%) Vite
8 3 (0.74%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.74%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (0.74%) GitLab
8 3 (0.74%) MLflow
8 3 (0.74%) Storybook
9 2 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 171 (42.01%) Finance
2 91 (22.36%) Social Skills
3 57 (14.00%) Banking
4 32 (7.86%) Marketing
5 31 (7.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (6.63%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (6.63%) Law
7 23 (5.65%) Public Sector
8 18 (4.42%) Back Office
9 16 (3.93%) Legal
10 15 (3.69%) Financial Institution
11 14 (3.44%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (2.70%) Billing
13 11 (2.70%) Polish Language
13 11 (2.70%) Retail
14 10 (2.46%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.97%) Front Office
16 6 (1.47%) Investment Banking
16 6 (1.47%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 174 (42.75%) Developer
2 117 (28.75%) Senior
3 66 (16.22%) Senior Developer
4 52 (12.78%) Lead
5 48 (11.79%) Software Engineer
6 42 (10.32%) Salesforce Developer
7 41 (10.07%) Architect
8 31 (7.62%) Java Developer
9 29 (7.13%) Development Engineer
9 29 (7.13%) Software Development Engineer
10 25 (6.14%) Cloud Developer
11 24 (5.90%) Senior Salesforce Developer
12 22 (5.41%) Consultant
13 21 (5.16%) Lead Software Engineer
13 21 (5.16%) Python Developer
14 18 (4.42%) Integration Engineer
15 16 (3.93%) Full-Stack Developer
16 15 (3.69%) Integration Developer
17 13 (3.19%) Senior Java Developer
18 12 (2.95%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (22.36%) SOAP
2 64 (15.72%) .NET
3 59 (14.50%) OAuth
4 51 (12.53%) React
5 50 (12.29%) Spring
6 45 (11.06%) GraphQL
7 44 (10.81%) Kafka
8 43 (10.57%) JSON
8 43 (10.57%) Lightning Web Components
8 43 (10.57%) Spring Boot
9 37 (9.09%) SAML
10 33 (8.11%) OpenID
11 28 (6.88%) RESTful
12 26 (6.39%) Middleware
13 25 (6.14%) OAuth2
14 24 (5.90%) LDAP
15 22 (5.41%) Web Services
16 20 (4.91%) AngularJS
16 20 (4.91%) JWT
17 19 (4.67%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 57 (14.00%) Product Ownership
2 40 (9.83%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (8.11%) Cloud Native
4 32 (7.86%) Public Cloud
5 20 (4.91%) Enterprise Software
5 20 (4.91%) Onboarding
6 14 (3.44%) Data Structures
7 11 (2.70%) AI Agents
8 10 (2.46%) Cyber Threat
8 10 (2.46%) Cyberattack
9 9 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 7 (1.72%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.47%) Low-Code
11 6 (1.47%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.98%) Algorithms
12 4 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.74%) Enterprise Cloud
13 3 (0.74%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.46%) Windows
2 9 (2.21%) Linux
3 6 (1.47%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.98%) Unix
5 2 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (39.56%) CI/CD
2 120 (29.48%) Agile
3 98 (24.08%) Microservices
4 97 (23.83%) Software Engineering
5 91 (22.36%) DevOps
6 88 (21.62%) Roadmaps
7 80 (19.66%) AI
8 65 (15.97%) Event-Driven
8 65 (15.97%) Mentoring
9 61 (14.99%) Problem-Solving
10 59 (14.50%) Continuous Improvement
11 55 (13.51%) Technical Leadership
12 50 (12.29%) Data Modelling
13 49 (12.04%) Test Automation
14 47 (11.55%) User Experience
15 46 (11.30%) Fintech
16 45 (11.06%) Product Roadmap
17 43 (10.57%) Computer Science
18 41 (10.07%) API Integration
18 41 (10.07%) OO
Programming Languages
1 116 (28.50%) Java
2 106 (26.04%) SQL
3 104 (25.55%) Python
4 76 (18.67%) JavaScript
5 63 (15.48%) C#
6 52 (12.78%) TypeScript
7 41 (10.07%) PowerShell
8 40 (9.83%) Apex Code
9 33 (8.11%) SOQL
10 14 (3.44%) Bash
11 12 (2.95%) Bicep
11 12 (2.95%) T-SQL
12 9 (2.21%) SOSL
13 6 (1.47%) Ruby
13 6 (1.47%) Swift
14 5 (1.23%) Go
14 5 (1.23%) PHP
14 5 (1.23%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.74%) C
15 3 (0.74%) C++
Qualifications
1 40 (9.83%) Degree
2 24 (5.90%) Computer Science Degree
2 24 (5.90%) Security Cleared
3 21 (5.16%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.44%) CISSP
5 8 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.72%) Azure Certification
7 4 (0.98%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.98%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (0.98%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.49%) CCSP
10 1 (0.25%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.25%) CCNP
10 1 (0.25%) FFIEC
10 1 (0.25%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.65%) QA
2 18 (4.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (3.69%) Accessibility
3 15 (3.69%) NIST
4 12 (2.95%) Data Quality
5 10 (2.46%) GDPR
5 10 (2.46%) NCSC
6 3 (0.74%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.49%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.49%) WCAG
8 1 (0.25%) GRC
8 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.25%) SLA
8 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 41 (10.07%) Docker
2 34 (8.35%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 52 (12.78%) Kubernetes
2 42 (10.32%) Terraform
3 8 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.98%) Grafana
5 3 (0.74%) Ansible
5 3 (0.74%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.49%) Argo
7 1 (0.25%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 81 (19.90%) Microsoft
2 54 (13.27%) Salesforce
3 19 (4.67%) Oracle
4 15 (3.69%) Google
5 14 (3.44%) OpenAI
6 12 (2.95%) MuleSoft
7 10 (2.46%) ServiceNow
8 8 (1.97%) Intapp
9 7 (1.72%) CyberArk
10 5 (1.23%) Splunk
11 4 (0.98%) Databricks
11 4 (0.98%) Genesys
11 4 (0.98%) Palo Alto
11 4 (0.98%) UiPath
12 3 (0.74%) Aderant
12 3 (0.74%) Automation Anywhere
12 3 (0.74%) CrowdStrike
12 3 (0.74%) HighQ
12 3 (0.74%) iManage
12 3 (0.74%) Revolut