REST Job Trends in the South East

Representational State Transfer (REST)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring REST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 61 151
Rank change year-on-year -88 +90 -56
Permanent jobs citing REST 137 309 250
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.11% 4.34% 1.74%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.53% 20.06% 9.20%
Number of salaries quoted 106 130 171
10th Percentile £45,625 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,813 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -1.71%
75th Percentile £75,125 £83,750 £73,125
90th Percentile £83,750 - £83,750
England median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +8.00% -10.71%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

REST falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 1,093 1,540 2,716
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.87% 21.62% 18.85%
Number of salaries quoted 888 994 2,235
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £66,274 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.92% +10.46% -11.11%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

REST job vacancy trend in the South East

REST
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing REST.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing REST

REST
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing REST in the South East over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Salary histogram for REST in the South East

REST
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 March 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
Thames Valley -49 66 £62,500 -24.24% 39
Hampshire -2 38 £60,000 +14.29% 25
Berkshire -57 33 £67,500 -18.18% 18
Buckinghamshire +20 31 £60,000 - 14
Surrey -43 21 £60,000 -4.00% 3
West Sussex -28 3 £63,750 -15.00% 1
Kent -60 3 £65,000 +13.04% 1
Oxfordshire -11 2 £103,750 +107.50% 7
East Sussex -14 2 £53,750 +7.50% 1
REST
England

REST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (4.38%) OpenStack
2 3 (2.19%) Confluence
3 2 (1.46%) Anypoint
3 2 (1.46%) IIS
3 2 (1.46%) JBoss
4 1 (0.73%) CMS
4 1 (0.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 6 (4.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.46%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.73%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.73%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 51 (37.23%) Azure
2 45 (32.85%) AWS
3 15 (10.95%) Serverless
4 14 (10.22%) GitHub
5 12 (8.76%) Amazon ECS
5 12 (8.76%) Amazon EKS
6 10 (7.30%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (7.30%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 8 (5.84%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 7 (5.11%) Amazon S3
8 7 (5.11%) Amazon SQS
8 7 (5.11%) GCP
9 6 (4.38%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (4.38%) Miro
10 5 (3.65%) Apigee
10 5 (3.65%) iPaaS
10 5 (3.65%) Kong
10 5 (3.65%) OpenShift
11 4 (2.92%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (2.92%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.49%) Firewall
2 8 (5.84%) BGP
2 8 (5.84%) LAN
2 8 (5.84%) MPLS
2 8 (5.84%) OSPF
2 8 (5.84%) SD-WAN
2 8 (5.84%) VPN
2 8 (5.84%) VXLAN
2 8 (5.84%) WAN
2 8 (5.84%) Wireless
3 5 (3.65%) Broadband
3 5 (3.65%) Cisco ASA
3 5 (3.65%) HTTP
3 5 (3.65%) Internet
4 4 (2.92%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.19%) MQTT
5 3 (2.19%) RTP
5 3 (2.19%) Unified Communications
5 3 (2.19%) VoIP
5 3 (2.19%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (13.14%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (10.95%) Relational Database
2 15 (10.95%) SQL Server
3 9 (6.57%) MySQL
4 6 (4.38%) MongoDB
4 6 (4.38%) NoSQL
4 6 (4.38%) RDBMS
5 3 (2.19%) Apache Cassandra
5 3 (2.19%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (2.19%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.46%) Metadata
7 1 (0.73%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.73%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.73%) Power BI
7 1 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 36 (26.28%) Git
2 17 (12.41%) Jenkins
3 10 (7.30%) JUnit
4 7 (5.11%) GitLab
5 6 (4.38%) Axure RP
5 6 (4.38%) JMeter
5 6 (4.38%) Mockito
6 4 (2.92%) JIRA
6 4 (2.92%) Selenium
7 3 (2.19%) Postman
7 3 (2.19%) REST Assured
7 3 (2.19%) SpecFlow
8 2 (1.46%) Appium
8 2 (1.46%) Bitbucket
8 2 (1.46%) Cucumber
8 2 (1.46%) Gradle
8 2 (1.46%) Katalon Studio
8 2 (1.46%) Maven
8 2 (1.46%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.73%) Toad
General
1 46 (33.58%) Social Skills
2 18 (13.14%) Public Sector
3 17 (12.41%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (12.41%) Finance
4 9 (6.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (6.57%) Law
5 5 (3.65%) Banking
5 5 (3.65%) Retail
5 5 (3.65%) Telecoms
6 3 (2.19%) Games
6 3 (2.19%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.46%) Digital Healthcare
7 2 (1.46%) Marketing
7 2 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.73%) Advertising
8 1 (0.73%) Back Office
8 1 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.73%) Legal
8 1 (0.73%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 88 (64.23%) Developer
2 26 (18.98%) Senior
3 25 (18.25%) Java Developer
4 19 (13.87%) Full-Stack Developer
5 18 (13.14%) Senior Developer
6 11 (8.03%) .NET Developer
6 11 (8.03%) Software Developer
7 9 (6.57%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 9 (6.57%) Salesforce Developer
7 9 (6.57%) Software Engineer
8 8 (5.84%) Architect
8 8 (5.84%) Cisco Consultant
8 8 (5.84%) Cisco Network Consultant
8 8 (5.84%) Consultant
8 8 (5.84%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
8 8 (5.84%) Mid-Level Java Developer
8 8 (5.84%) Network Consultant
8 8 (5.84%) Senior Java Developer
8 8 (5.84%) WAN Consultant
9 6 (4.38%) Integration Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (27.01%) .NET
2 34 (24.82%) SOAP
3 31 (22.63%) JSON
4 29 (21.17%) XML
5 25 (18.25%) Spring Boot
6 22 (16.06%) React
6 22 (16.06%) Web Services
7 20 (14.60%) Middleware
7 20 (14.60%) Spring
8 14 (10.22%) .NET Framework
8 14 (10.22%) ASP.NET
8 14 (10.22%) HTML
9 12 (8.76%) Node.js
10 11 (8.03%) Lightning Web Components
11 10 (7.30%) OAuth
11 10 (7.30%) Visualforce
12 9 (6.57%) Kafka
13 8 (5.84%) CSS
13 8 (5.84%) Jinja
14 7 (5.11%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.49%) Distributed Systems
1 13 (9.49%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (6.57%) Product Ownership
3 8 (5.84%) Data Centre
4 7 (5.11%) IoT
5 5 (3.65%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (3.65%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (3.65%) Low-Code
6 4 (2.92%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (2.19%) Life Science
7 3 (2.19%) LIMS
7 3 (2.19%) Operational Technology
7 3 (2.19%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.46%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.46%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.46%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.46%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.46%) Video\Live Streaming
9 1 (0.73%) CMDB
9 1 (0.73%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.22%) Linux
2 6 (4.38%) Unix
3 3 (2.19%) Ubuntu
4 2 (1.46%) Windows
5 1 (0.73%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (43.80%) Agile
2 55 (40.15%) CI/CD
3 38 (27.74%) DevOps
4 37 (27.01%) Microservices
5 29 (21.17%) Full-Stack Development
6 27 (19.71%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (18.25%) TDD
8 19 (13.87%) Software Engineering
9 17 (12.41%) Containerisation
9 17 (12.41%) Scrum
10 16 (11.68%) Data Modelling
10 16 (11.68%) Test Automation
11 15 (10.95%) AI
12 14 (10.22%) MVC
12 14 (10.22%) SDLC
13 12 (8.76%) Computer Science
13 12 (8.76%) Translating Business Requirements
13 12 (8.76%) User Experience
14 11 (8.03%) BDD
14 11 (8.03%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 51 (37.23%) JavaScript
2 48 (35.04%) Java
2 48 (35.04%) Python
3 37 (27.01%) SQL
4 31 (22.63%) C#
5 11 (8.03%) Apex Code
6 10 (7.30%) TypeScript
7 8 (5.84%) PowerShell
8 7 (5.11%) Shell Script
9 6 (4.38%) T-SQL
10 4 (2.92%) Go
11 3 (2.19%) C
11 3 (2.19%) C++
12 2 (1.46%) Bash
12 2 (1.46%) Delphi
12 2 (1.46%) PL/SQL
12 2 (1.46%) SOQL
12 2 (1.46%) VB
12 2 (1.46%) VB6
13 1 (0.73%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 26 (18.98%) Degree
2 21 (15.33%) Security Cleared
3 14 (10.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (8.03%) SC Cleared
5 8 (5.84%) CCNP
5 8 (5.84%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.19%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.19%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.46%) PhD
8 1 (0.73%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.68%) QA
2 10 (7.30%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.92%) Data Quality
5 3 (2.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 3 (2.19%) GDPR
5 3 (2.19%) GxP
5 3 (2.19%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.46%) NCSC
6 2 (1.46%) NIST
System Software
1 28 (20.44%) Docker
2 4 (2.92%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.19%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.19%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 23 (16.79%) Kubernetes
2 8 (5.84%) Ansible
2 8 (5.84%) FortiGate
3 7 (5.11%) Kibana
4 6 (4.38%) Terraform
5 3 (2.19%) Argo
6 1 (0.73%) Control-M
6 1 (0.73%) MIIS
Vendors
1 16 (11.68%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.49%) Cisco
3 11 (8.03%) Fortinet
3 11 (8.03%) Salesforce
4 10 (7.30%) MuleSoft
5 9 (6.57%) Oracle
6 8 (5.84%) Meraki
7 7 (5.11%) Dynatrace
7 7 (5.11%) Splunk
8 5 (3.65%) F5
8 5 (3.65%) Juniper
8 5 (3.65%) Palo Alto
8 5 (3.65%) Red Hat
9 4 (2.92%) Telerik
10 3 (2.19%) Agilent
10 3 (2.19%) BT
10 3 (2.19%) Mitel
10 3 (2.19%) ServiceNow
11 2 (1.46%) IFS
12 1 (0.73%) Workday