Rust Job Trends in London

Rust
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Rust skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 289 300
Rank change year-on-year -80 +11 +135
Permanent jobs citing Rust 86 95 172
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.34% 0.80% 0.90%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.56% 2.05% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 71 69 114
10th Percentile £50,000 £85,000 £75,000
25th Percentile £71,250 £92,500 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -20.83%
75th Percentile - £115,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £143,250 £138,000 £140,000
England median annual salary £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +26.67%

All Programming Languages
London

Rust falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,516 4,643 7,978
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 21.80% 39.20% 41.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3,704 3,131 5,307
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -3.03% +3.13%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £135,000 £136,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%

Rust
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Rust job vacancy trend in London

Rust
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Rust.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Rust

Rust
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Rust in London over the 6 months to 21 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Rust in London

Rust
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Rust within the London region over the 6 months to 21 September 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 +10 21 £100,000 -28.57% 15
South London +2 4 £65,000 +39.78% 4
Rust
England

Rust
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 4 (4.65%) Ethereum
2 1 (1.16%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (8.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 18 (20.93%) AWS
2 10 (11.63%) Azure
3 9 (10.47%) GCP
4 2 (2.33%) Cloud Run
4 2 (2.33%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.33%) Network Security
1 2 (2.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.81%) MongoDB
1 5 (5.81%) MySQL
1 5 (5.81%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.16%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.16%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 1 (1.16%) Cucumber
1 1 (1.16%) Git
1 1 (1.16%) GitLab
1 1 (1.16%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.16%) SonarQube
General
1 17 (19.77%) Finance
2 7 (8.14%) Banking
3 6 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (4.65%) Investment Banking
4 4 (4.65%) Social Skills
5 3 (3.49%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.16%) Front Office
6 1 (1.16%) Games
6 1 (1.16%) Law
6 1 (1.16%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (39.53%) Software Engineer
2 21 (24.42%) Rust Engineer
3 18 (20.93%) Developer
4 16 (18.60%) Rust Developer
5 13 (15.12%) Rust Software Engineer
6 11 (12.79%) Lead
7 8 (9.30%) Lead Software Engineer
8 7 (8.14%) Senior
9 6 (6.98%) Java Engineer
10 5 (5.81%) Architect
10 5 (5.81%) Junior
10 5 (5.81%) Junior Developer
10 5 (5.81%) Solutions Architect
11 4 (4.65%) Electronic Trading Developer
11 4 (4.65%) Platform Engineer
11 4 (4.65%) Senior Software Engineer
12 3 (3.49%) C++ Software Engineer
12 3 (3.49%) Principal Engineer
12 3 (3.49%) Principal Software Engineer
12 3 (3.49%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (19.77%) React
2 9 (10.47%) Terraform
3 8 (9.30%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (5.81%) Middleware
5 4 (4.65%) React Native
5 4 (4.65%) Smart Contracts
5 4 (4.65%) web3js
6 2 (2.33%) Kafka
6 2 (2.33%) Next.js
6 2 (2.33%) OpenMP
6 2 (2.33%) REST
6 2 (2.33%) WebSockets
7 1 (1.16%) .NET
7 1 (1.16%) Apache NiFi
7 1 (1.16%) FIX Protocol
7 1 (1.16%) MobX
7 1 (1.16%) OpenTelemetry
7 1 (1.16%) PostGIS
7 1 (1.16%) Protocol Buffers
7 1 (1.16%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.63%) Blockchain
2 8 (9.30%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (8.14%) Algorithms
3 7 (8.14%) Onboarding
4 5 (5.81%) Product Ownership
5 4 (4.65%) Cloud Native
5 4 (4.65%) Hedge funds
5 4 (4.65%) Web3
6 3 (3.49%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (3.49%) Data Structures
6 3 (3.49%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (3.49%) Operational Technology
6 3 (3.49%) Robotics
7 2 (2.33%) CUDA
7 2 (2.33%) Culture of Ownership
7 2 (2.33%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (2.33%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.33%) Mobile App
7 2 (2.33%) Public Cloud
7 2 (2.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (17.44%) Linux
2 4 (4.65%) Unix
3 2 (2.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (77.91%) Software Engineering
2 18 (20.93%) Low Latency
3 16 (18.60%) AI
4 15 (17.44%) Agile
5 13 (15.12%) Computer Science
5 13 (15.12%) DevOps
6 12 (13.95%) High-Frequency Trading
7 11 (12.79%) CI/CD
7 11 (12.79%) Decision-Making
7 11 (12.79%) Infrastructure as Code
7 11 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (11.63%) Full-Stack Development
9 9 (10.47%) Machine Learning
9 9 (10.47%) Microservices
9 9 (10.47%) Process Improvement
10 8 (9.30%) Mentoring
11 7 (8.14%) Containerisation
11 7 (8.14%) Platform Engineering
11 7 (8.14%) Roadmaps
11 7 (8.14%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 30 (34.88%) Go
2 29 (33.72%) Python
3 27 (31.40%) C++
4 25 (29.07%) Java
5 24 (27.91%) TypeScript
6 15 (17.44%) C#
7 12 (13.95%) Bash
7 12 (13.95%) C
8 7 (8.14%) VBA
9 3 (3.49%) Clojure
9 3 (3.49%) Erlang
9 3 (3.49%) Scala
10 2 (2.33%) Fortran
10 2 (2.33%) JavaScript
10 2 (2.33%) Objective-C
10 2 (2.33%) Perl
10 2 (2.33%) PowerShell
10 2 (2.33%) Ruby
10 2 (2.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (17.44%) Degree
2 13 (15.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (11.63%) Security Cleared
4 8 (9.30%) DV Cleared
5 5 (5.81%) OSCP
6 4 (4.65%) SC Cleared
7 3 (3.49%) CEH
8 2 (2.33%) CCSAM
8 2 (2.33%) CREST Certified
8 2 (2.33%) GPEN
8 2 (2.33%) GXPN
8 2 (2.33%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.16%) NIST
2 1 (1.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (9.30%) Docker
2 6 (6.98%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (2.33%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 13 (15.12%) Kubernetes
2 8 (9.30%) Ansible
2 8 (9.30%) Grafana
2 8 (9.30%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.16%) Argo
3 1 (1.16%) Kibana
3 1 (1.16%) logstash
3 1 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (11.63%) Palantir
2 7 (8.14%) Splunk
3 5 (5.81%) Oracle
4 4 (4.65%) Google
5 3 (3.49%) Okta