REST Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Representational State Transfer (REST)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring REST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 107 126
Rank change year-on-year -25 +19 -23
Permanent jobs citing REST 61 91 73
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.88% 2.35% 1.47%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.53% 21.31% 8.42%
Number of salaries quoted 39 28 27
10th Percentile £42,500 £48,000 £45,755
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,938 £60,397
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £82,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.24% +17.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £72,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £83,750 - £93,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 715 427 867
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 10.33% 11.04% 17.49%
Number of salaries quoted 558 256 620
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £38,625
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.17% -9.23%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

REST job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

REST
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing REST.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing REST

REST
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing REST in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 September 2026.

Salary histogram for REST in the Thames Valley

REST
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 September 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
Berkshire -21 32 £62,500 -24.24% 34
Buckinghamshire +15 20 £65,000 +28.71% 4
Oxfordshire -28 9 £48,250 -18.57% 7
REST
South East

REST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (3.28%) IIS
1 2 (3.28%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.64%) Apache
2 1 (1.64%) CMS
2 1 (1.64%) JBoss
2 1 (1.64%) Red Hat Fuse
2 1 (1.64%) Tomcat
2 1 (1.64%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (1.64%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 32 (52.46%) AWS
1 32 (52.46%) Azure
2 19 (31.15%) Serverless
3 16 (26.23%) Amazon EKS
4 11 (18.03%) Amazon ECS
5 10 (16.39%) Amazon EC2
5 10 (16.39%) AWS Lambda
6 9 (14.75%) GitHub
7 6 (9.84%) Amazon S3
8 5 (8.20%) SaaS
9 4 (6.56%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (4.92%) Figma
10 3 (4.92%) GCP
11 2 (3.28%) Apigee
11 2 (3.28%) Kong
11 2 (3.28%) OpenShift
12 1 (1.64%) iPaaS
12 1 (1.64%) Salesforce Einstein
12 1 (1.64%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 1 (1.64%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.28%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (3.28%) Firewall
2 1 (1.64%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (18.03%) Relational Database
2 10 (16.39%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (13.11%) SQL Server
4 5 (8.20%) RDBMS
5 2 (3.28%) NoSQL
5 2 (3.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.64%) GIS
6 1 (1.64%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.64%) MySQL
6 1 (1.64%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 26 (42.62%) Git
2 16 (26.23%) Jenkins
3 8 (13.11%) GitLab
3 8 (13.11%) JIRA
4 6 (9.84%) JUnit
5 5 (8.20%) Cucumber
5 5 (8.20%) JMeter
5 5 (8.20%) Mockito
5 5 (8.20%) SonarQube
6 4 (6.56%) Artifactory
6 4 (6.56%) Postman
7 3 (4.92%) SpecFlow
8 2 (3.28%) IntelliJ
9 1 (1.64%) Bitbucket
9 1 (1.64%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (1.64%) Eclipse
9 1 (1.64%) Eclipse RCP
9 1 (1.64%) SoapUI
General
1 14 (22.95%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (19.67%) Social Skills
3 11 (18.03%) Public Sector
4 5 (8.20%) Finance
4 5 (8.20%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.64%) Games
5 1 (1.64%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 28 (45.90%) Developer
2 12 (19.67%) Java Developer
3 11 (18.03%) Architect
4 7 (11.48%) Java Engineer
4 7 (11.48%) Software Engineer
5 6 (9.84%) .NET Developer
5 6 (9.84%) C# .NET Developer
5 6 (9.84%) C# Developer
5 6 (9.84%) Full-Stack Developer
5 6 (9.84%) Integration Architect
5 6 (9.84%) Support Engineer
6 5 (8.20%) Applications Architect
6 5 (8.20%) ASP.NET Developer
6 5 (8.20%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 5 (8.20%) DevOps Engineer
6 5 (8.20%) Senior
6 5 (8.20%) Software Developer
7 4 (6.56%) Backend Developer
7 4 (6.56%) Lead
7 4 (6.56%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (37.70%) JSON
2 17 (27.87%) React
2 17 (27.87%) SOAP
3 16 (26.23%) XML
4 15 (24.59%) HTML
5 14 (22.95%) .NET
5 14 (22.95%) Spring
5 14 (22.95%) Web Services
6 13 (21.31%) AngularJS
6 13 (21.31%) RabbitMQ
7 12 (19.67%) Middleware
7 12 (19.67%) Spring Boot
8 11 (18.03%) jQuery
9 10 (16.39%) CSS
9 10 (16.39%) Elastic Stack
10 9 (14.75%) .NET Framework
10 9 (14.75%) OAuth
10 9 (14.75%) Terraform
11 8 (13.11%) Lightning Web Components
12 7 (11.48%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 22 (36.07%) Distributed Systems
2 13 (21.31%) Product Ownership
3 10 (16.39%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (11.48%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (6.56%) Cloud Native
5 4 (6.56%) Onboarding
6 3 (4.92%) CMDB
6 3 (4.92%) TM Forum
6 3 (4.92%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (3.28%) AS400
7 2 (3.28%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.64%) AI Agents
8 1 (1.64%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.64%) Life Science
8 1 (1.64%) Low-Code
8 1 (1.64%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (1.64%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 10 (16.39%) Linux
2 2 (3.28%) Unix
2 2 (3.28%) Windows
2 2 (3.28%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (65.57%) Agile
2 31 (50.82%) CI/CD
2 31 (50.82%) Microservices
3 25 (40.98%) Test Automation
4 23 (37.70%) DevOps
5 20 (32.79%) TDD
6 16 (26.23%) Containerisation
6 16 (26.23%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (26.23%) Software Engineering
7 15 (24.59%) Data Modelling
7 15 (24.59%) Full-Stack Development
8 13 (21.31%) BDD
8 13 (21.31%) Event-Driven
8 13 (21.31%) Scrum
8 13 (21.31%) Workflow
9 12 (19.67%) AI
9 12 (19.67%) Integration Patterns
10 11 (18.03%) Clean Code
11 10 (16.39%) Code Quality
11 10 (16.39%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 30 (49.18%) Java
2 29 (47.54%) JavaScript
3 23 (37.70%) Python
3 23 (37.70%) SQL
4 21 (34.43%) C#
5 12 (19.67%) TypeScript
6 8 (13.11%) Apex Code
7 6 (9.84%) Shell Script
8 5 (8.20%) Groovy
9 4 (6.56%) PL/SQL
10 3 (4.92%) Perl
10 3 (4.92%) SOQL
11 1 (1.64%) C++
11 1 (1.64%) Go
11 1 (1.64%) PHP
11 1 (1.64%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 10 (16.39%) Security Cleared
2 9 (14.75%) SC Cleared
3 8 (13.11%) Degree
4 7 (11.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.28%) AWS Certification
5 2 (3.28%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (29.51%) QA
2 3 (4.92%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (42.62%) Docker
2 3 (4.92%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (39.34%) Kubernetes
2 10 (16.39%) Ansible
3 9 (14.75%) Kibana
4 4 (6.56%) Packer
5 3 (4.92%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (13.11%) AppDynamics
1 8 (13.11%) IBM
1 8 (13.11%) Salesforce
2 6 (9.84%) Oracle
3 5 (8.20%) Dynatrace
3 5 (8.20%) Microsoft
3 5 (8.20%) Splunk
4 3 (4.92%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.28%) Cisco
5 2 (3.28%) F5
5 2 (3.28%) Juniper
5 2 (3.28%) Palo Alto
5 2 (3.28%) Red Hat
5 2 (3.28%) Sage
6 1 (1.64%) Atlassian