Rust Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Rust
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Rust skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Rust 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.065% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.31% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £100,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 - -
75th Percentile £120,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median annual salary £110,000 - -

All Programming Languages
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 327 139 334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 21.33% 35.64% 24.91%
Number of salaries quoted 268 122 308
10th Percentile £33,375 £29,485 £33,500
25th Percentile £44,938 £41,468 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £83,759
North East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

Rust
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Rust job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Rust
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Rust within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 14 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 £110,000 - 11
Rust
North East

Rust
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 1 (100.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Rust Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Rust Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree