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 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 282 297
Rank change year-on-year -86 +15 +126
Permanent jobs citing Rust 82 96 170
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.32% 0.82% 0.91%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.49% 2.12% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 65 70 115
10th Percentile £50,000 £85,000 £75,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £92,500 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -24.00%
75th Percentile - £115,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £143,250 £150,000 £145,000
England median annual salary £90,000 £102,500 £95,000
% change year-on-year -12.20% +7.89% +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 5,499 4,527 7,851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 21.24% 38.45% 42.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3,630 3,019 5,131
10th Percentile £49,000 £48,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,375 £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 £108,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £135,000 £135,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% 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 5 October 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 5 October 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 +8 18 £100,000 -28.57% 12
South London +2 5 £65,000 +39.78% 1
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 2 (2.44%) Ethereum
Applications
1 7 (8.54%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (14.63%) AWS
2 7 (8.54%) GCP
3 5 (6.10%) Azure
4 2 (2.44%) Cloud Run
4 2 (2.44%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.88%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.10%) MongoDB
1 5 (6.10%) MySQL
1 5 (6.10%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.44%) KDB
3 1 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.22%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.22%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Git
General
1 14 (17.07%) Finance
2 6 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.88%) Social Skills
5 3 (3.66%) Banking
5 3 (3.66%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.44%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.22%) Law
7 1 (1.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (39.02%) Software Engineer
2 20 (24.39%) Rust Engineer
3 18 (21.95%) Developer
4 12 (14.63%) Rust Software Engineer
5 11 (13.41%) Lead
5 11 (13.41%) Rust Developer
5 11 (13.41%) Senior
6 8 (9.76%) Lead Software Engineer
7 6 (7.32%) Java Engineer
8 5 (6.10%) Architect
8 5 (6.10%) Full-Stack Developer
8 5 (6.10%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (4.88%) Electronic Trading Developer
9 4 (4.88%) Platform Engineer
9 4 (4.88%) Senior Developer
9 4 (4.88%) Senior Software Engineer
10 3 (3.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (3.66%) Principal Engineer
10 3 (3.66%) Principal Software Engineer
10 3 (3.66%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (23.17%) React
2 8 (9.76%) Terraform
3 7 (8.54%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (6.10%) Middleware
5 4 (4.88%) React Native
6 2 (2.44%) Next.js
6 2 (2.44%) OpenMP
6 2 (2.44%) REST
6 2 (2.44%) Smart Contracts
6 2 (2.44%) web3js
6 2 (2.44%) WebSockets
7 1 (1.22%) .NET
7 1 (1.22%) gRPC
7 1 (1.22%) Kafka
7 1 (1.22%) MobX
7 1 (1.22%) PostGIS
7 1 (1.22%) Protocol Buffers
7 1 (1.22%) Redux
7 1 (1.22%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.76%) Distributed Systems
2 7 (8.54%) Algorithms
2 7 (8.54%) Blockchain
2 7 (8.54%) Onboarding
3 5 (6.10%) Product Ownership
4 4 (4.88%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.66%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (3.66%) Operational Technology
5 3 (3.66%) Robotics
6 2 (2.44%) CUDA
6 2 (2.44%) Culture of Ownership
6 2 (2.44%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.44%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (2.44%) Hedge funds
6 2 (2.44%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.44%) Web3
7 1 (1.22%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 15 (18.29%) Linux
2 4 (4.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (75.61%) Software Engineering
2 16 (19.51%) AI
2 16 (19.51%) Full-Stack Development
3 15 (18.29%) Agile
4 14 (17.07%) Low Latency
5 12 (14.63%) DevOps
6 11 (13.41%) Computer Science
6 11 (13.41%) Decision-Making
6 11 (13.41%) Infrastructure as Code
7 9 (10.98%) Machine Learning
7 9 (10.98%) Microservices
8 8 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (8.54%) CI/CD
9 7 (8.54%) Containerisation
9 7 (8.54%) High-Frequency Trading
9 7 (8.54%) Platform Engineering
9 7 (8.54%) Process Improvement
9 7 (8.54%) SDLC
10 6 (7.32%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (7.32%) Electronic Trading
Programming Languages
1 29 (35.37%) Python
2 26 (31.71%) Go
3 24 (29.27%) C++
3 24 (29.27%) Java
3 24 (29.27%) TypeScript
4 13 (15.85%) C#
5 10 (12.20%) C
6 9 (10.98%) Bash
7 7 (8.54%) VBA
8 3 (3.66%) Clojure
8 3 (3.66%) Erlang
8 3 (3.66%) Ruby
8 3 (3.66%) Scala
9 2 (2.44%) Fortran
9 2 (2.44%) Shell Script
10 1 (1.22%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (13.41%) Computer Science Degree
1 11 (13.41%) Degree
2 9 (10.98%) Security Cleared
3 8 (9.76%) DV Cleared
4 4 (4.88%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.66%) CEH
5 3 (3.66%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.22%) NIST
1 1 (1.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (9.76%) Docker
2 6 (7.32%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (2.44%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 13 (15.85%) Kubernetes
2 7 (8.54%) Ansible
2 7 (8.54%) Grafana
2 7 (8.54%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.22%) Argo
3 1 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (12.20%) Palantir
2 7 (8.54%) Splunk
3 5 (6.10%) Oracle
4 4 (4.88%) Google
5 3 (3.66%) Okta
6 2 (2.44%) Solarflare