Rust Developer Job Trends in England

Rust Developer
UK > England

The median Rust Developer salary in England is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 591 654 663
Rank change year-on-year +63 +9 +319
Permanent jobs requiring a Rust Developer 11 7 5
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.021% 0.014% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.015% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 11 3 4
10th Percentile - £114,000 £47,125
25th Percentile £80,000 £135,000 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £170,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +112.50% +23.08%
75th Percentile £100,000 - £127,188
90th Percentile £155,000 - £144,625
UK median annual salary £90,000 £170,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -47.06% +112.50% +23.08%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 47,259 45,849 43,468
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.69% 92.93% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 29,657 24,316 34,123
10th Percentile £28,528 £33,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.78%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Rust Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Rust Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Rust Developer job vacancy trend in England

Rust Developer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Rust Developer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Rust Developer job vacancies in England

Rust Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Rust Developer in England over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Rust Developer in England

Rust Developer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Rust Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 2 January 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
London +46 6 £100,000 -41.18% 5
East Midlands - 5 £80,000 -
Midlands - 5 £80,000 - 1
Rust Developer
UK

Rust Developer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 January 2026, Rust Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Rust Developer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Rust
2 4 (36.36%) High-Frequency Trading
3 2 (18.18%) Low Latency
3 2 (18.18%) Software Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Backtesting
4 1 (9.09%) C++
4 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (9.09%) Component Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (9.09%) DeFi
4 1 (9.09%) gRPC
4 1 (9.09%) Mathematics
4 1 (9.09%) Model Validation
4 1 (9.09%) Node.js
4 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) SQL
4 1 (9.09%) Systematic Trading
4 1 (9.09%) Ultra-Low Latency

Rust Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

General
1 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (9.09%) Front Office
1 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) gRPC
1 1 (9.09%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Hedge funds
2 1 (9.09%) Algorithms
2 1 (9.09%) FPGA
2 1 (9.09%) State Machine
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) High-Frequency Trading
2 2 (18.18%) Low Latency
2 2 (18.18%) Software Engineering
3 1 (9.09%) Backtesting
3 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (9.09%) Component Testing
3 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (9.09%) DeFi
3 1 (9.09%) Mathematics
3 1 (9.09%) Model Validation
3 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) Systematic Trading
3 1 (9.09%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) Rust
2 1 (9.09%) C++
2 1 (9.09%) SQL