REST Job Trends in Surrey

Representational State Transfer (REST)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring REST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 42 108
Rank change year-on-year -39 +66 +3
Permanent jobs citing REST 21 50 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 1.10% 4.99% 1.32%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.66% 16.72% 7.02%
Number of salaries quoted 18 28 24
10th Percentile - £47,500 £41,625
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +2.08% -12.09%
75th Percentile £78,438 £82,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £71,125
South East median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 197 299 356
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 10.31% 29.81% 18.73%
Number of salaries quoted 166 198 280
10th Percentile £40,500 £42,500 £39,875
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £63,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% +15.91% -13.73%
75th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

REST job vacancy trend in Surrey

REST
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing REST.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing REST

REST
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing REST in Surrey over the 6 months to 9 March 2026.

Salary histogram for REST in Surrey

REST
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 9 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
Guildford -9 10 £68,750 -14.06% 1
Staines +4 5 £55,000 -8.33%
Epsom +8 2 £60,000 +100.00% 1
Woking -8 1 £57,500 -30.30% 1
Leatherhead - 1 - -
REST
South East

REST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 (4.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 5 (23.81%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (38.10%) Azure
1 8 (38.10%) GitHub
2 5 (23.81%) Miro
3 3 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (9.52%) Entra ID
4 2 (9.52%) Google Workspace
5 1 (4.76%) AWS
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) HTTP
1 3 (14.29%) RTP
1 3 (14.29%) Unified Communications
1 3 (14.29%) VoIP
1 3 (14.29%) Wireshark
2 2 (9.52%) Broadband
3 1 (4.76%) HTTPS
3 1 (4.76%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) MongoDB
1 3 (14.29%) MySQL
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle Database
2 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (52.38%) Git
2 5 (23.81%) Axure RP
3 2 (9.52%) Gradle
3 2 (9.52%) Maven
4 1 (4.76%) GitLab
4 1 (4.76%) Jenkins
4 1 (4.76%) JUnit
4 1 (4.76%) Selenium
General
1 6 (28.57%) Finance
2 5 (23.81%) Retail
3 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Banking
5 2 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (76.19%) Developer
2 5 (23.81%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 4 (19.05%) Java Developer
4 3 (14.29%) Python Developer
5 2 (9.52%) .NET Developer
5 2 (9.52%) Blazor Developer
5 2 (9.52%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (9.52%) C# Developer
5 2 (9.52%) Mid-Level Java Developer
5 2 (9.52%) Software Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) IAM Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Lead
6 1 (4.76%) Lead Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Lead Java Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Senior
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Systems Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (33.33%) JSON
2 6 (28.57%) OAuth
2 6 (28.57%) XML
3 5 (23.81%) .NET
3 5 (23.81%) Blazor
3 5 (23.81%) CSS
3 5 (23.81%) HTML
3 5 (23.81%) WinForms
3 5 (23.81%) WPF
4 4 (19.05%) React
4 4 (19.05%) SOAP
4 4 (19.05%) Spring
4 4 (19.05%) Spring Boot
5 3 (14.29%) AngularJS
5 3 (14.29%) Django
5 3 (14.29%) FreeSWITCH
5 3 (14.29%) OAuth2
5 3 (14.29%) Spring MVC
5 3 (14.29%) SQLAlchemy
5 3 (14.29%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (9.52%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (9.52%) Cyberattack
3 1 (4.76%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Linux
1 3 (14.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) CI/CD
2 9 (42.86%) AI
3 8 (38.10%) Agile
3 8 (38.10%) MVC
4 7 (33.33%) DevOps
4 7 (33.33%) Front End Development
5 6 (28.57%) Decision-Making
5 6 (28.57%) Machine Learning
5 6 (28.57%) Software Engineering
6 5 (23.81%) Computer Science
6 5 (23.81%) Logistics
6 5 (23.81%) Mathematics
6 5 (23.81%) Microservices
6 5 (23.81%) Prototyping
6 5 (23.81%) User Experience
6 5 (23.81%) UX Research
6 5 (23.81%) Wireframes
7 3 (14.29%) OO
7 3 (14.29%) OOP
7 3 (14.29%) Speech Recognition
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) Java
1 5 (23.81%) JavaScript
2 4 (19.05%) C#
2 4 (19.05%) SQL
3 3 (14.29%) C
3 3 (14.29%) C++
3 3 (14.29%) Python
4 2 (9.52%) Bash
4 2 (9.52%) PowerShell
4 2 (9.52%) T-SQL
5 1 (4.76%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Degree
2 5 (23.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) Accessibility
1 5 (23.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (14.29%) PCI DSS
3 2 (9.52%) NCSC
3 2 (9.52%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (38.10%) Docker
2 3 (14.29%) Kamailio
3 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (23.81%) Terraform
2 3 (14.29%) Argo
2 3 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) BT
2 3 (14.29%) Fortinet
2 3 (14.29%) Mitel
3 2 (9.52%) Oracle