REST Job Trends in Hampshire

Representational State Transfer (REST)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring REST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 111 81
Rank change year-on-year +26 -30 +15
Permanent jobs citing REST 38 53 41
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 1.51% 1.94% 2.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 17.12% 10.08% 12.54%
Number of salaries quoted 35 38 35
10th Percentile £52,500 £21,000 -
25th Percentile £56,250 £34,375 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -15.89% -2.73%
75th Percentile £68,750 £47,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £57,500 £61,250
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 222 526 327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 8.84% 19.22% 18.39%
Number of salaries quoted 189 322 285
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,855 £32,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

REST job vacancy trend in Hampshire

REST
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing REST.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing REST

REST
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing REST in Hampshire over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for REST in Hampshire

REST
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 30 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Southampton +10 27 £60,000 +33.33% 42
Portsmouth +2 4 £62,500 +21.18% 34
Fleet - 2 £55,000 -
Basingstoke +6 1 £82,500 - 30
Farnborough +1 1 £51,500 -39.41% 4
Winchester - 1 £57,500 -
REST
South East

REST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 1 (2.63%) JBoss
Applications
1 1 (2.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (5.26%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 22 (57.89%) Azure
2 4 (10.53%) GitHub
2 4 (10.53%) SaaS
3 2 (5.26%) AWS
4 1 (2.63%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (2.63%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.63%) GCP
4 1 (2.63%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.16%) BGP
1 5 (13.16%) Firewall
1 5 (13.16%) LAN
1 5 (13.16%) MPLS
1 5 (13.16%) OSPF
1 5 (13.16%) SD-WAN
1 5 (13.16%) VPN
1 5 (13.16%) VXLAN
1 5 (13.16%) WAN
1 5 (13.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.63%) MySQL
1 1 (2.63%) Oracle Database
1 1 (2.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Storybook
2 1 (2.63%) Axure RP
2 1 (2.63%) Git
2 1 (2.63%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (18.42%) Finance
3 5 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.53%) Automotive
5 1 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (57.89%) Senior
2 17 (44.74%) Applications Engineer
2 17 (44.74%) Applications Support
2 17 (44.74%) Applications Support Engineer
2 17 (44.74%) Senior Applications Engineer
2 17 (44.74%) Senior Applications Support
2 17 (44.74%) Senior Support Engineer
2 17 (44.74%) Support Engineer
3 9 (23.68%) Developer
4 5 (13.16%) Cisco Consultant
4 5 (13.16%) Cisco Network Consultant
4 5 (13.16%) Cloud Engineer
4 5 (13.16%) Consultant
4 5 (13.16%) Network Consultant
4 5 (13.16%) Senior Cloud Engineer
4 5 (13.16%) WAN Consultant
5 4 (10.53%) Product Manager
6 3 (7.89%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 2 (5.26%) Senior Developer
7 2 (5.26%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (63.16%) SOAP
2 5 (13.16%) JSON
2 5 (13.16%) XML
3 4 (10.53%) .NET
3 4 (10.53%) OAuth
3 4 (10.53%) SAML
4 3 (7.89%) Jest
4 3 (7.89%) Next.js
4 3 (7.89%) React
4 3 (7.89%) YAML
5 1 (2.63%) ASP.NET
5 1 (2.63%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (2.63%) CSS
5 1 (2.63%) Entity Framework
5 1 (2.63%) HTML
5 1 (2.63%) jQuery
5 1 (2.63%) Node.js
5 1 (2.63%) React Native
5 1 (2.63%) Spring Boot
5 1 (2.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.89%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (5.26%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.63%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.63%) Android
1 1 (2.63%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (60.53%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (44.74%) Cloud Operations
2 17 (44.74%) Data Analysis
2 17 (44.74%) Root Cause Analysis
2 17 (44.74%) SOA
2 17 (44.74%) Task Automation
3 7 (18.42%) Agile
4 6 (15.79%) Mentoring
5 5 (13.16%) B2B
5 5 (13.16%) Network Management
5 5 (13.16%) Network Segmentation
5 5 (13.16%) Roadmaps
6 4 (10.53%) CI/CD
6 4 (10.53%) Clean Code
6 4 (10.53%) Decision-Making
6 4 (10.53%) ETL
6 4 (10.53%) GTM Strategy
6 4 (10.53%) Product Operations
6 4 (10.53%) Product Strategy
6 4 (10.53%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 24 (63.16%) SQL
2 18 (47.37%) C#
2 18 (47.37%) PowerShell
3 6 (15.79%) Python
4 3 (7.89%) JavaScript
4 3 (7.89%) TypeScript
5 2 (5.26%) Java
Qualifications
1 17 (44.74%) Security Cleared
2 5 (13.16%) CCNP
2 5 (13.16%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.63%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 5 (13.16%) Ansible
1 5 (13.16%) FortiGate
2 4 (10.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (52.63%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.16%) Cisco
2 5 (13.16%) Fortinet
2 5 (13.16%) Meraki
3 3 (7.89%) Oracle
4 1 (2.63%) Infragistics
4 1 (2.63%) Perforce