Rust Job Trends in the North East

Rust
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Rust skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 68 -
Rank change year-on-year -34 - -
Permanent jobs citing Rust 3 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.14% 0.17% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.75% 0.63% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - -
75th Percentile £110,000 - -
90th Percentile £116,000 - -
England median annual salary £95,000 £97,500 £78,750
% change year-on-year -2.56% +23.81% -1.56%

All Programming Languages
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 400 158 489
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 19.32% 26.07% 25.98%
Number of salaries quoted 296 140 435
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,364 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £71,027 £70,313 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £78,760
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

Rust
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Rust job vacancy trend in the North East

Rust
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Rust.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Rust

Rust
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Rust within the North East region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Tyne and Wear -32 3 £100,000 - 13
Rust
England

Rust
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Principal Software Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Rust Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Rust Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Physics
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Management
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Debt
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree