Rust Job Trends in the Midlands

Rust
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Rust skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 240 263
Rank change year-on-year +8 +23 +65
Permanent jobs citing Rust 6 4 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.068% 0.067% 0.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.49% 0.25% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 10
10th Percentile - £49,250 -
25th Percentile - £50,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £57,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +39.13% -6.12% -44.32%
75th Percentile - £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £65,750 -
England median annual salary £100,000 £95,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% +15.15% -19.51%

All Programming Languages
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,233 1,612 2,548
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.02% 27.17% 30.33%
Number of salaries quoted 977 896 2,257
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,250 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,400 £73,947 £72,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

Rust
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Rust job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Rust
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Rust.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Rust

Rust
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Rust in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Rust in the Midlands

Rust
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Rust within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 February 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
East Midlands -12 5 £80,000 +39.13% 1
West Midlands - 1 £100,000 - 7
Rust
England

Rust
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
1 5 (83.33%) Rust Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Rust Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Rust Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering