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 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 290 293 359
Rank change year-on-year +3 +66 +191
Permanent jobs citing Rust 85 139 85
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.62% 0.88% 0.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.97% 2.10% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 81 111 77
10th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £76,250
25th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £95,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% - -20.83%
75th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £107,500
90th Percentile £150,000 £145,000 £149,250
England median annual salary £100,000 £95,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -10.00%

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 4,305 6,621 7,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 31.35% 41.93% 44.23%
Number of salaries quoted 3,037 4,294 6,821
10th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £60,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.23%
75th Percentile £105,000 £106,250 £101,250
90th Percentile £132,500 £125,000 £125,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 30 December 2025.

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 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
Central London +56 19 £140,000 +64.71% 32
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 1 (1.18%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 15 (17.65%) AWS
2 13 (15.29%) Azure
3 4 (4.71%) GitHub
4 2 (2.35%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (2.35%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (2.35%) AWS Step Functions
4 2 (2.35%) GCP
4 2 (2.35%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (2.35%) Pulumi
4 2 (2.35%) Serverless
5 1 (1.18%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.35%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.59%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.18%) PostHog
Development Applications
1 3 (3.53%) GitLab
2 2 (2.35%) CircleCI
2 2 (2.35%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.18%) Vite
General
1 10 (11.76%) Finance
2 5 (5.88%) Social Skills
3 3 (3.53%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (3.53%) Front Office
4 2 (2.35%) Military
Job Titles
1 44 (51.76%) Software Engineer
2 25 (29.41%) Senior
3 20 (23.53%) Senior Software Engineer
4 18 (21.18%) Cloud Engineer
4 18 (21.18%) Cloud Native Engineer
4 18 (21.18%) Cloud Software Engineer
5 12 (14.12%) Rust Engineer
6 11 (12.94%) Lead
6 11 (12.94%) Lead Software Engineer
7 9 (10.59%) Lead Cloud Engineer
7 9 (10.59%) Principal Engineer
7 9 (10.59%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 8 (9.41%) Developer
9 7 (8.24%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 6 (7.06%) Rust Developer
11 4 (4.71%) Rust Software Engineer
12 3 (3.53%) C++ Software Engineer
12 3 (3.53%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
13 2 (2.35%) Junior Developer
13 2 (2.35%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (22.35%) React
2 16 (18.82%) GraphQL
3 11 (12.94%) .NET
3 11 (12.94%) .NET Core
3 11 (12.94%) React Native
3 11 (12.94%) Redux
3 11 (12.94%) SignalR
4 9 (10.59%) Django
4 9 (10.59%) FastAPI
5 3 (3.53%) web3js
6 2 (2.35%) AngularJS
6 2 (2.35%) AWS CDK
6 2 (2.35%) DPDK
7 1 (1.18%) CSS
7 1 (1.18%) jQuery
7 1 (1.18%) Node.js
7 1 (1.18%) pgvector
7 1 (1.18%) PyTorch
7 1 (1.18%) REST
7 1 (1.18%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 22 (25.88%) Distributed Systems
2 21 (24.71%) Cloud Native
3 18 (21.18%) Legacy Code
4 11 (12.94%) AI Agents
5 6 (7.06%) Blockchain
6 3 (3.53%) Web3
7 2 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.35%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (2.35%) FPGA
7 2 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (2.35%) Hedge funds
7 2 (2.35%) Robotics
8 1 (1.18%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.18%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 20 (23.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (62.35%) Software Engineering
2 28 (32.94%) Full-Stack Development
3 18 (21.18%) AI
4 16 (18.82%) Open Source
5 14 (16.47%) Machine Learning
5 14 (16.47%) Network Virtualisation
6 13 (15.29%) Microservices
7 12 (14.12%) OO
8 11 (12.94%) Generative AI
8 11 (12.94%) Workflow
9 10 (11.76%) Event-Driven
9 10 (11.76%) Fintech
9 10 (11.76%) Low Latency
10 8 (9.41%) Customer Experience
10 8 (9.41%) Domain Models
10 8 (9.41%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 8 (9.41%) Technical Leadership
10 8 (9.41%) Technology Strategy
11 7 (8.24%) CI/CD
11 7 (8.24%) Mobile First
Programming Languages
1 31 (36.47%) C++
2 30 (35.29%) TypeScript
3 28 (32.94%) Go
4 27 (31.76%) Python
5 20 (23.53%) C
6 17 (20.00%) Java
7 11 (12.94%) C#
8 3 (3.53%) SQL
9 2 (2.35%) JavaScript
10 1 (1.18%) PHP
10 1 (1.18%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 7 (8.24%) Degree
2 3 (3.53%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.35%) OSCP
3 2 (2.35%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 14 (16.47%) Docker
1 14 (16.47%) Virtual Machines
1 14 (16.47%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 36 (42.35%) Kubernetes
2 4 (4.71%) Terraform
3 3 (3.53%) Prometheus
4 2 (2.35%) Grafana
Vendors
1 11 (12.94%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.35%) Solarflare