REST Contracts in London

Representational State Transfer (REST)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for REST skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited REST over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 106 70
Rank change year-on-year +10 -36 -6
Contract jobs citing REST 440 589 1,398
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.51% 2.34% 3.61%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.49% 8.80% 11.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 437 1,019
10th Percentile £400 £450 £425
25th Percentile £450 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £595 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -0.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £650 £706 £700
90th Percentile £798 £800 £788
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 5
10th Percentile - £41.38 £36.50
25th Percentile - £50.94 £53.75
Median hourly rate £67.00 £73.75 £73.60
Median % change year-on-year -9.15% +0.21% +188.61%
75th Percentile - £90.00 £75.39
90th Percentile - - £75.66
England median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +27.27% -21.43% +85.43%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

REST is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,636 6,690 11,939
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.41% 26.60% 30.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,428 5,028 9,274
10th Percentile £375 £413 £425
25th Percentile £463 £488 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £713
90th Percentile £838 £813 £800
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 40 60
10th Percentile £16.25 £30.68 £30.75
25th Percentile £23.80 £43.94 £35.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £66.00 £44.88
Median % change year-on-year -35.61% +47.08% -14.62%
75th Percentile £62.50 £75.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.70 £75.39
England median hourly rate £48.43 £65.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year -25.49% +22.64% +15.22%

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 June 2024.

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 June 2024. 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 58 £500 -23.08% 13
West London +35 21 £450 - 2
South London +5 12 £500 +9.89% 2
East London -13 3 £850 +30.77% 2
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 26 (5.91%) Confluence
2 13 (2.95%) Apache
3 11 (2.50%) Anypoint
3 11 (2.50%) SharePoint
4 9 (2.05%) CMS
5 8 (1.82%) Site Server
6 6 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (1.14%) Mule
7 5 (1.14%) Mule ESB
7 5 (1.14%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.68%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.68%) JBoss
8 3 (0.68%) SAS
8 3 (0.68%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.45%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.45%) IIS
9 2 (0.45%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.45%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.45%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (1.14%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.68%) Shopify
3 2 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.23%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.23%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.23%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 123 (27.95%) Azure
2 113 (25.68%) AWS
3 45 (10.23%) GitHub
4 39 (8.86%) Azure DevOps
5 34 (7.73%) GCP
6 28 (6.36%) Serverless
7 23 (5.23%) Amazon S3
8 21 (4.77%) IaaS
9 20 (4.55%) Entra ID
10 19 (4.32%) SaaS
11 17 (3.86%) PaaS
12 16 (3.64%) GitHub Actions
13 15 (3.41%) Amazon EKS
13 15 (3.41%) npm
13 15 (3.41%) OpenShift
14 13 (2.95%) Azure Logic Apps
15 12 (2.73%) Azure API Management
15 12 (2.73%) Azure Service Bus
16 11 (2.50%) Amazon SQS
16 11 (2.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.73%) HTTP
2 9 (2.05%) SSH
3 6 (1.36%) Internet
4 4 (0.91%) VoIP
5 3 (0.68%) DNS
6 2 (0.45%) BGP
6 2 (0.45%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (0.45%) MPLS
6 2 (0.45%) SMS
6 2 (0.45%) VPN
7 1 (0.23%) AMQP
7 1 (0.23%) DHCP
7 1 (0.23%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.23%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.23%) MQTT
7 1 (0.23%) NAS
7 1 (0.23%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.23%) SAN
7 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (11.14%) PostgreSQL
2 42 (9.55%) NoSQL
3 40 (9.09%) SQL Server
4 33 (7.50%) Relational Database
5 14 (3.18%) MySQL
6 12 (2.73%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (2.50%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (2.50%) MongoDB
8 10 (2.27%) DynamoDB
9 9 (2.05%) GIS
10 8 (1.82%) Power BI
11 5 (1.14%) Amazon Aurora
11 5 (1.14%) Big Data
11 5 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (1.14%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.68%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.68%) Snowflake Schema
13 2 (0.45%) Metadata
13 2 (0.45%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 113 (25.68%) Git
2 63 (14.32%) JIRA
3 52 (11.82%) Jenkins
4 37 (8.41%) JUnit
5 27 (6.14%) Maven
6 24 (5.45%) Selenium
7 21 (4.77%) Cucumber
8 19 (4.32%) Gradle
9 18 (4.09%) Postman
10 17 (3.86%) TeamCity
11 15 (3.41%) JMeter
11 15 (3.41%) Visual Studio
11 15 (3.41%) webpack
12 13 (2.95%) GitLab
13 11 (2.50%) SpecFlow
14 10 (2.27%) CircleCI
15 9 (2.05%) Cypress.io
16 7 (1.59%) Visual Studio Code
17 6 (1.36%) Bitbucket
17 6 (1.36%) Jasmine
General
1 93 (21.14%) Finance
2 90 (20.45%) Social Skills
3 43 (9.77%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 39 (8.86%) Banking
6 33 (7.50%) Front Office
7 13 (2.95%) Investment Banking
8 12 (2.73%) Retail
9 11 (2.50%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.36%) Back Office
11 6 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.36%) Marketing
12 5 (1.14%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.91%) Law
14 3 (0.68%) Aviation
14 3 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.68%) Military
15 2 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.45%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 243 (55.23%) Developer
2 71 (16.14%) Senior
3 63 (14.32%) Java Developer
4 56 (12.73%) Architect
5 34 (7.73%) Full Stack Developer
6 31 (7.05%) Software Engineer
7 25 (5.68%) Senior Developer
8 21 (4.77%) Angular Developer
9 20 (4.55%) C# Developer
9 20 (4.55%) Java Engineer
10 19 (4.32%) Python Developer
10 19 (4.32%) Senior Software Engineer
11 17 (3.86%) .NET Developer
11 17 (3.86%) Lead
12 16 (3.64%) React Developer
13 15 (3.41%) UI Developer
14 14 (3.18%) Applications Developer
15 13 (2.95%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 13 (2.95%) Senior Java Engineer
16 12 (2.73%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (20.91%) Spring
2 78 (17.73%) React
3 76 (17.27%) CSS
4 72 (16.36%) Web Services
5 70 (15.91%) .NET
6 68 (15.45%) JSON
7 67 (15.23%) HTML
7 67 (15.23%) Spring Boot
8 65 (14.77%) AngularJS
9 59 (13.41%) SOAP
10 58 (13.18%) XML
11 43 (9.77%) GraphQL
12 42 (9.55%) Node.js
13 32 (7.27%) JPA
13 32 (7.27%) Swagger
14 30 (6.82%) Hibernate
15 23 (5.23%) .NET Core
16 22 (5.00%) Kafka
17 20 (4.55%) ASP.NET
18 19 (4.32%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.91%) Distributed Systems
2 25 (5.68%) Data Structures
3 19 (4.32%) Algorithms
4 18 (4.09%) Enterprise Software
4 18 (4.09%) Linux Command Line
5 16 (3.64%) Product Ownership
6 15 (3.41%) Mobile App
7 13 (2.95%) Public Cloud
8 12 (2.73%) Fixed Income
9 11 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (2.05%) Legacy Code
10 9 (2.05%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.59%) Data Centre
11 7 (1.59%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.59%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.36%) Client/Server
12 6 (1.36%) Cloud Native
12 6 (1.36%) Enterprise Cloud
13 5 (1.14%) IoT
13 5 (1.14%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 42 (9.55%) Linux
2 21 (4.77%) Unix
3 19 (4.32%) Windows
4 17 (3.86%) Apple iOS
5 16 (3.64%) Android
6 4 (0.91%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.23%) AIX
7 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (39.77%) Agile
2 110 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 89 (20.23%) Microservices
4 85 (19.32%) DevOps
5 82 (18.64%) Software Engineering
6 81 (18.41%) TDD
7 68 (15.45%) Test Automation
8 66 (15.00%) Scrum
9 53 (12.05%) Unit Testing
10 52 (11.82%) Problem-Solving
11 50 (11.36%) Design Patterns
12 48 (10.91%) Full Stack Development
13 45 (10.23%) OO
14 42 (9.55%) Continuous Integration
14 42 (9.55%) Front End Development
15 38 (8.64%) BDD
16 35 (7.95%) Web Development
17 32 (7.27%) Computer Science
18 31 (7.05%) API Management
18 31 (7.05%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 156 (35.45%) Java
2 131 (29.77%) JavaScript
3 97 (22.05%) SQL
4 89 (20.23%) Python
5 80 (18.18%) C#
6 69 (15.68%) TypeScript
7 34 (7.73%) PowerShell
8 26 (5.91%) Kotlin
9 19 (4.32%) C++
10 15 (3.41%) Go
11 9 (2.05%) C
11 9 (2.05%) Perl
12 8 (1.82%) Groovy
12 8 (1.82%) Korn
12 8 (1.82%) Rust
13 7 (1.59%) Apex Code
13 7 (1.59%) Swift
13 7 (1.59%) T-SQL
14 6 (1.36%) Shell Script
15 5 (1.14%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 66 (15.00%) Degree
2 63 (14.32%) Security Cleared
3 54 (12.27%) SC Cleared
4 23 (5.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.27%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.59%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.91%) CISSP
7 4 (0.91%) ISTQB
7 4 (0.91%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.45%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.45%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.45%) PMP
9 1 (0.23%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.95%) QA
2 14 (3.18%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.95%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.27%) WCAG
5 6 (1.36%) GDPR
5 6 (1.36%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.14%) ISO 20022
6 5 (1.14%) SLA
7 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.68%) GRC
8 2 (0.45%) HL7
8 2 (0.45%) MiFID
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.23%) NIST
9 1 (0.23%) SEPA
System Software
1 73 (16.59%) Docker
2 20 (4.55%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.23%) IAG
4 1 (0.23%) Job Entry Subsystem
4 1 (0.23%) OpenAM
4 1 (0.23%) OpenDJ
4 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 67 (15.23%) Kubernetes
2 32 (7.27%) Terraform
3 19 (4.32%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (2.95%) Ansible
4 13 (2.95%) Grafana
5 7 (1.59%) Kibana
6 5 (1.14%) CloudHub
6 5 (1.14%) Podman
7 4 (0.91%) Argo
7 4 (0.91%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.68%) PingFederate
8 3 (0.68%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.45%) Istio
9 2 (0.45%) logstash
9 2 (0.45%) Puppet
10 1 (0.23%) Control-M
10 1 (0.23%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.23%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.23%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.23%) Packer
Vendors
1 51 (11.59%) Microsoft
2 35 (7.95%) Oracle
3 29 (6.59%) Google
4 27 (6.14%) Salesforce
5 24 (5.45%) MuleSoft
6 17 (3.86%) SAP
7 15 (3.41%) Splunk
8 12 (2.73%) ServiceNow
9 9 (2.05%) Atlassian
9 9 (2.05%) ESRI
10 7 (1.59%) CyberArk
10 7 (1.59%) WSO2
11 5 (1.14%) ForgeRock
11 5 (1.14%) IBM
11 5 (1.14%) New Relic
12 4 (0.91%) Dell
12 4 (0.91%) Okta
12 4 (0.91%) Red Hat
13 3 (0.68%) Intel
13 3 (0.68%) Optimizely