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 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 347 291 301
Rank change year-on-year -56 +10 +145
Permanent jobs citing Rust 93 102 166
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.39% 0.85% 0.86%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.69% 2.10% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 76 74 111
10th Percentile £50,000 £85,000 £75,000
25th Percentile £83,750 £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 £105,000 £115,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £150,000 £121,750 £140,000
England median annual salary £90,000 £97,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +20.00%

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 5,508 4,856 7,960
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 22.83% 40.25% 41.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3,770 3,304 5,543
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £84,000 £80,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.03% +3.13%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £108,750
90th Percentile £117,500 £135,000 £137,500
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 31 August 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 31 August 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 +7 22 £100,000 -27.27%
South London -1 1 £65,000 +39.78% 3
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 5 (5.38%) Ethereum
2 1 (1.08%) Apache
2 1 (1.08%) Solana
Applications
1 7 (7.53%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 22 (23.66%) AWS
2 11 (11.83%) Azure
3 9 (9.68%) GCP
4 2 (2.15%) Cloud Run
4 2 (2.15%) Vercel
5 1 (1.08%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.08%) AWS Step Functions
5 1 (1.08%) GitHub
5 1 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.08%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.23%) Network Security
2 2 (2.15%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.08%) DSL
3 1 (1.08%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.38%) MongoDB
1 5 (5.38%) MySQL
1 5 (5.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (1.08%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.08%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (2.15%) GitLab
1 2 (2.15%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.08%) Cucumber
2 1 (1.08%) SonarQube
General
1 25 (26.88%) Finance
2 9 (9.68%) Banking
3 6 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (5.38%) Investment Banking
4 5 (5.38%) Social Skills
5 3 (3.23%) Front Office
5 3 (3.23%) Games
5 3 (3.23%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.08%) Law
6 1 (1.08%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (36.56%) Software Engineer
2 22 (23.66%) Developer
2 22 (23.66%) Rust Engineer
3 19 (20.43%) Rust Developer
4 13 (13.98%) Rust Software Engineer
5 11 (11.83%) Lead
6 8 (8.60%) Lead Software Engineer
7 7 (7.53%) Junior
7 7 (7.53%) Junior Developer
7 7 (7.53%) Senior
8 6 (6.45%) Architect
8 6 (6.45%) Java Engineer
9 5 (5.38%) C++ Software Engineer
9 5 (5.38%) Senior Software Engineer
9 5 (5.38%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (4.30%) Electronic Trading Developer
10 4 (4.30%) Junior Software Developer
10 4 (4.30%) Platform Engineer
10 4 (4.30%) Software Developer
11 3 (3.23%) Testing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (17.20%) React
2 10 (10.75%) Terraform
3 8 (8.60%) Elastic Stack
4 6 (6.45%) Smart Contracts
4 6 (6.45%) web3js
5 5 (5.38%) Middleware
6 4 (4.30%) React Native
7 3 (3.23%) Kafka
8 2 (2.15%) DPDK
8 2 (2.15%) eBPF
8 2 (2.15%) FIX Protocol
8 2 (2.15%) Next.js
8 2 (2.15%) OpenMP
8 2 (2.15%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (2.15%) REST
8 2 (2.15%) WebSockets
9 1 (1.08%) Apache NiFi
9 1 (1.08%) MobX
9 1 (1.08%) Pulumi
9 1 (1.08%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.05%) Distributed Systems
2 12 (12.90%) Blockchain
3 9 (9.68%) Algorithms
4 7 (7.53%) Onboarding
5 6 (6.45%) Data Structures
5 6 (6.45%) Web3
6 5 (5.38%) Cloud Native
6 5 (5.38%) Product Ownership
7 4 (4.30%) Hedge funds
8 3 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (3.23%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (3.23%) Management Information System
8 3 (3.23%) Operational Technology
8 3 (3.23%) Public Cloud
8 3 (3.23%) Robotics
8 3 (3.23%) Security Posture
9 2 (2.15%) Culture of Ownership
9 2 (2.15%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (2.15%) Mobile App
9 2 (2.15%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 18 (19.35%) Linux
2 5 (5.38%) Unix
3 3 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (75.27%) Software Engineering
2 21 (22.58%) Low Latency
3 18 (19.35%) Computer Science
4 16 (17.20%) Agile
4 16 (17.20%) DevOps
5 15 (16.13%) CI/CD
6 14 (15.05%) AI
6 14 (15.05%) High-Frequency Trading
7 12 (12.90%) Infrastructure as Code
8 11 (11.83%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (10.75%) Decision-Making
9 10 (10.75%) Process Improvement
10 9 (9.68%) Full-Stack Development
10 9 (9.68%) Machine Learning
10 9 (9.68%) Microservices
11 8 (8.60%) Multithreading
11 8 (8.60%) Observability
11 8 (8.60%) Roadmaps
11 8 (8.60%) SDLC
12 7 (7.53%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 34 (36.56%) C++
1 34 (36.56%) Go
2 31 (33.33%) Python
3 29 (31.18%) Java
4 23 (24.73%) TypeScript
5 19 (20.43%) C#
6 13 (13.98%) Bash
6 13 (13.98%) C
7 7 (7.53%) VBA
8 5 (5.38%) Erlang
9 3 (3.23%) Clojure
9 3 (3.23%) Objective-C
9 3 (3.23%) Perl
9 3 (3.23%) PowerShell
9 3 (3.23%) Ruby
9 3 (3.23%) Scala
10 2 (2.15%) Fortran
10 2 (2.15%) OCaml
10 2 (2.15%) Shell Script
11 1 (1.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (20.43%) Degree
2 13 (13.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (10.75%) Security Cleared
4 8 (8.60%) DV Cleared
5 7 (7.53%) OSCP
6 4 (4.30%) SC Cleared
7 3 (3.23%) CCSAM
7 3 (3.23%) CEH
7 3 (3.23%) CREST Certified
7 3 (3.23%) GPEN
7 3 (3.23%) GXPN
7 3 (3.23%) OSCE
8 2 (2.15%) Master's Degree
8 2 (2.15%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.23%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.08%) NIST
2 1 (1.08%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (7.53%) Docker
2 6 (6.45%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (2.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 13 (13.98%) Kubernetes
2 9 (9.68%) Prometheus
3 8 (8.60%) Ansible
3 8 (8.60%) Grafana
4 1 (1.08%) Argo
4 1 (1.08%) Kibana
4 1 (1.08%) logstash
4 1 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (10.75%) Palantir
2 7 (7.53%) Splunk
3 5 (5.38%) Oracle
4 4 (4.30%) Google
5 3 (3.23%) Okta
6 1 (1.08%) Databricks