Rust Engineer Job Trends in England

Rust Engineer
UK > England

The median Rust Engineer salary in England is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 588 668 677
Rank change year-on-year +80 +9 +281
Permanent jobs requiring a Rust Engineer 17 8 7
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.032% 0.017% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.018% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 15 8 7
10th Percentile £65,000 £80,250 £90,000
25th Percentile £90,000 £106,875 £91,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £130,000 £140,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -7.14% -
75th Percentile - £145,000 £157,500
90th Percentile £113,500 - £160,500
UK median annual salary £100,000 £130,000 £122,500
% change year-on-year -23.08% +6.12% -12.50%

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 47,747 44,477 47,148
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 92.70% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 30,178 23,217 36,932
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,670
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Rust Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Rust Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Rust Engineer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Rust Engineer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Rust Engineer job vacancies in England

Rust Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Rust Engineer in England over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Rust Engineer in England

Rust Engineer
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 Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 13 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 +62 13 £100,000 -23.08% 3
North West - 3 £65,000 -
North of England - 3 £65,000 -
South West - 1 £80,000 -
Rust Engineer
UK

Rust Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Rust Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) Rust
2 7 (41.18%) C++
3 6 (35.29%) Low Latency
3 6 (35.29%) Software Engineering
4 3 (17.65%) High-Frequency Trading
4 3 (17.65%) Memory Management
5 2 (11.76%) AI
5 2 (11.76%) C
5 2 (11.76%) Clean Code
5 2 (11.76%) Fraud Detection
5 2 (11.76%) Go
5 2 (11.76%) Machine Learning
5 2 (11.76%) Open Source
5 2 (11.76%) Open Source Development
5 2 (11.76%) web3js
6 1 (5.88%) AWS
6 1 (5.88%) CI/CD
6 1 (5.88%) CircleCI
6 1 (5.88%) Concurrent Programming
6 1 (5.88%) Docker
6 1 (5.88%) DPDK
6 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
6 1 (5.88%) Event-Driven
6 1 (5.88%) Fintech
6 1 (5.88%) GitHub
6 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (5.88%) Linux
6 1 (5.88%) Microservices
6 1 (5.88%) Multithreading
6 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared

Rust Engineer 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) AWS
1 1 (5.88%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) CircleCI
General
1 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) web3js
2 1 (5.88%) DPDK
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Blockchain
2 2 (11.76%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (11.76%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Low Latency
1 6 (35.29%) Software Engineering
2 3 (17.65%) High-Frequency Trading
2 3 (17.65%) Memory Management
3 2 (11.76%) AI
3 2 (11.76%) Clean Code
3 2 (11.76%) Fraud Detection
3 2 (11.76%) Machine Learning
3 2 (11.76%) Open Source
3 2 (11.76%) Open Source Development
4 1 (5.88%) CI/CD
4 1 (5.88%) Concurrent Programming
4 1 (5.88%) Event-Driven
4 1 (5.88%) Fintech
4 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (5.88%) Microservices
4 1 (5.88%) Multithreading
4 1 (5.88%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 17 (100.00%) Rust
2 7 (41.18%) C++
3 2 (11.76%) C
3 2 (11.76%) Go
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
1 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Solarflare