REST Jobs in the UK excluding London

Representational State Transfer (REST)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring REST skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited REST over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 204 157 123
Rank change year-on-year -47 -34 -7
Permanent jobs citing REST 557 1,314 1,704
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.43% 1.85% 2.83%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.35% 9.21% 10.35%
Number of salaries quoted 321 789 846
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £37,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £81,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +3.70%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 5,382 14,272 16,459
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.80% 20.15% 27.38%
Number of salaries quoted 3,500 10,278 9,115
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +5.88%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for REST in the UK excluding London

REST
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing REST in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for REST in the UK excluding London

REST
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing REST in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for REST in the UK excluding London

REST
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 May 2025. 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
South East +9 191 £65,000 +13.04% 251
North of England -34 181 £60,000 +8.75% 196
North West -81 130 £60,000 - 131
Midlands -61 63 £68,750 +30.95% 88
East of England +18 50 £47,500 - 61
Yorkshire +48 45 £60,000 +26.32% 54
West Midlands +9 41 £73,750 +40.48% 52
Scotland +1 31 £65,000 +15.42% 44
South West -5 27 £57,443 +9.41% 59
East Midlands -57 22 £60,000 +20.00% 34
Wales +10 9 £70,000 +33.33% 15
North East +36 6 £55,000 +15.79% 11
Northern Ireland +34 6 £55,000 -35.29% 22
REST
UK

REST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (3.05%) JBoss
2 16 (2.87%) Confluence
3 14 (2.51%) Tomcat
4 13 (2.33%) Red Hat Fuse
5 11 (1.97%) CMS
6 10 (1.80%) IIS
7 8 (1.44%) Headless CMS
8 6 (1.08%) Apache Spark
8 6 (1.08%) OpenStack
8 6 (1.08%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.90%) nginx
9 5 (0.90%) SharePoint
10 4 (0.72%) Apache
11 3 (0.54%) WordPress
12 2 (0.36%) Oracle Service Bus
12 2 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.36%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.36%) WebSphere Application Server
13 1 (0.18%) Mendix
13 1 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 10 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
2 2 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.18%) Trello
3 1 (0.18%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 4 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.54%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.36%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 272 (48.83%) Azure
2 242 (43.45%) AWS
3 70 (12.57%) Serverless
4 60 (10.77%) Azure DevOps
5 52 (9.34%) Azure Service Bus
6 39 (7.00%) Amazon EKS
7 37 (6.64%) Amazon ECS
8 36 (6.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 34 (6.10%) SaaS
10 32 (5.75%) SonarCloud
11 30 (5.39%) Power Platform
12 29 (5.21%) GCP
13 25 (4.49%) Amazon EC2
14 24 (4.31%) Amazon S3
15 23 (4.13%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 19 (3.41%) Azure Logic Apps
16 19 (3.41%) GitHub
17 17 (3.05%) Amazon SQS
18 15 (2.69%) AWS Lambda
19 14 (2.51%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.80%) FTP
2 9 (1.62%) SSL
3 7 (1.26%) DMARC
3 7 (1.26%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.08%) HTTP
5 4 (0.72%) BGP
5 4 (0.72%) EIGRP
5 4 (0.72%) Network Security
5 4 (0.72%) OSPF
6 3 (0.54%) Broadband
7 2 (0.36%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.36%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.18%) 3GPP
8 1 (0.18%) 5G
8 1 (0.18%) Internet
8 1 (0.18%) MQTT
8 1 (0.18%) SAN
8 1 (0.18%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (27.65%) SQL Server
2 87 (15.62%) PostgreSQL
3 53 (9.52%) Relational Database
4 50 (8.98%) NoSQL
5 45 (8.08%) MySQL
6 41 (7.36%) Elasticsearch
7 35 (6.28%) MongoDB
8 21 (3.77%) RDBMS
9 18 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
9 18 (3.23%) Redis
10 14 (2.51%) Power BI
11 12 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
12 11 (1.97%) Amazon Aurora
13 10 (1.80%) DynamoDB
14 9 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 8 (1.44%) Data Lake
16 7 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
16 7 (1.26%) Big Data
16 7 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 6 (1.08%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 120 (21.54%) Git
2 117 (21.01%) JIRA
3 108 (19.39%) Maven
4 107 (19.21%) GitLab
5 105 (18.85%) SonarQube
6 102 (18.31%) Selenium
7 101 (18.13%) Bitbucket
7 101 (18.13%) Cucumber
8 90 (16.16%) Sonatype Nexus
9 87 (15.62%) Jenkins
10 51 (9.16%) JUnit
11 46 (8.26%) Octopus Deploy
12 43 (7.72%) Visual Studio
13 32 (5.75%) MSBuild
13 32 (5.75%) Team Foundation Server
14 28 (5.03%) Mockito
15 16 (2.87%) JMeter
16 13 (2.33%) webpack
17 12 (2.15%) Postman
18 11 (1.97%) SpecFlow
General
1 152 (27.29%) Finance
2 134 (24.06%) Social Skills
3 127 (22.80%) Retail
4 104 (18.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 96 (17.24%) Banking
6 90 (16.16%) Corporate Banking
6 90 (16.16%) Investment Banking
7 53 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
8 46 (8.26%) Public Sector
9 45 (8.08%) Law
10 25 (4.49%) Marketing
11 17 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (1.97%) Manufacturing
14 8 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.44%) Electronics
15 7 (1.26%) Czech Language
16 6 (1.08%) Tech for Good
17 4 (0.72%) Automotive
17 4 (0.72%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 218 (39.14%) Developer
2 142 (25.49%) Software Engineer
3 73 (13.11%) Senior
4 70 (12.57%) Architect
5 61 (10.95%) Java Developer
6 39 (7.00%) Senior Developer
7 36 (6.46%) Full-Stack Developer
7 36 (6.46%) Lead
8 35 (6.28%) Technical Architect
9 29 (5.21%) .NET Developer
10 24 (4.31%) C# Developer
11 23 (4.13%) Analyst
11 23 (4.13%) Salesforce Architect
12 21 (3.77%) Enterprise Architect
13 19 (3.41%) Senior Software Engineer
14 15 (2.69%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 15 (2.69%) Lead Developer
14 15 (2.69%) React Developer
15 13 (2.33%) Junior
16 12 (2.15%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 204 (36.62%) HTML
2 185 (33.21%) CSS
3 181 (32.50%) React
4 164 (29.44%) Spring
5 160 (28.73%) Spring Boot
6 145 (26.03%) RESTful
7 137 (24.60%) .NET
8 130 (23.34%) Kafka
9 127 (22.80%) SOAP
10 114 (20.47%) HTML5
11 113 (20.29%) Web Services
12 103 (18.49%) CSS3
12 103 (18.49%) Jest
13 101 (18.13%) JPA
14 98 (17.59%) JSON
15 97 (17.41%) Redux
16 94 (16.88%) Sass
17 80 (14.36%) XML
18 68 (12.21%) ASP.NET
19 52 (9.34%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 132 (23.70%) Enterprise Software
2 113 (20.29%) Product Ownership
3 53 (9.52%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (3.59%) Greenfield Project
4 20 (3.59%) Mobile App
5 18 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (3.05%) Cloud Native
6 17 (3.05%) Data Structures
7 11 (1.97%) CMDB
7 11 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (1.80%) Public Cloud
9 9 (1.62%) Algorithms
10 5 (0.90%) Life Science
10 5 (0.90%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.72%) Driving Licence
11 4 (0.72%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.54%) Derivative
12 3 (0.54%) Distributed Architecture
12 3 (0.54%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 36 (6.46%) Linux
2 16 (2.87%) Windows
3 10 (1.80%) Apple iOS
3 10 (1.80%) Unix
4 6 (1.08%) Android
5 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (57.99%) Agile
2 297 (53.32%) Microservices
3 249 (44.70%) DevOps
4 242 (43.45%) CI/CD
5 167 (29.98%) Software Engineering
6 162 (29.08%) Full-Stack Development
7 140 (25.13%) Test Automation
8 138 (24.78%) Mentoring
9 129 (23.16%) Front End Development
9 129 (23.16%) SDLC
10 126 (22.62%) Containerisation
10 126 (22.62%) Performance Optimisation
11 117 (21.01%) Problem-Solving
12 116 (20.83%) Migration
12 116 (20.83%) User Experience
13 98 (17.59%) TDD
14 97 (17.41%) Responsive Web Design
15 91 (16.34%) Design Patterns
15 91 (16.34%) Strategic Thinking
16 80 (14.36%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 284 (50.99%) JavaScript
2 262 (47.04%) SQL
3 220 (39.50%) Java
4 174 (31.24%) TypeScript
5 129 (23.16%) C#
6 76 (13.64%) Python
7 24 (4.31%) Apex Code
8 17 (3.05%) PHP
8 17 (3.05%) Shell Script
9 15 (2.69%) PL/SQL
9 15 (2.69%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.80%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.62%) C++
12 7 (1.26%) Groovy
12 7 (1.26%) Rust
12 7 (1.26%) VBA
13 6 (1.08%) Clojure
13 6 (1.08%) Elixir
13 6 (1.08%) Go
13 6 (1.08%) Scala
Qualifications
1 54 (9.69%) Degree
2 44 (7.90%) Security Cleared
3 42 (7.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 37 (6.64%) SC Cleared
5 25 (4.49%) Master's Degree
6 5 (0.90%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.54%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.36%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.36%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.36%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.18%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.18%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (22.62%) QA
2 104 (18.67%) Accessibility
3 36 (6.46%) GDPR
4 30 (5.39%) Data Quality
5 15 (2.69%) SLA
6 7 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.54%) PMO
8 2 (0.36%) CDISC
8 2 (0.36%) NIST
8 2 (0.36%) SEPA
9 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 251 (45.06%) Docker
2 8 (1.44%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.72%) Postfix
3 4 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.72%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.36%) Firmware
5 1 (0.18%) NDS
Systems Management
1 202 (36.27%) Kubernetes
2 36 (6.46%) Terraform
3 33 (5.92%) Ansible
4 14 (2.51%) Kibana
5 12 (2.15%) Grafana
6 9 (1.62%) Prometheus
6 9 (1.62%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (1.08%) Packer
9 5 (0.90%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.72%) Graylog
11 2 (0.36%) Argo
12 1 (0.18%) CA Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.18%) Marathon
12 1 (0.18%) PingFederate
12 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.18%) Puppet
12 1 (0.18%) vRealize
Vendors
1 90 (16.16%) Solace
2 77 (13.82%) Microsoft
3 35 (6.28%) Oracle
4 27 (4.85%) Salesforce
5 21 (3.77%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 20 (3.59%) Splunk
7 17 (3.05%) ServiceNow
8 14 (2.51%) Dynatrace
9 12 (2.15%) Google
10 11 (1.97%) Atlassian
10 11 (1.97%) Ping Identity
11 7 (1.26%) Databricks
12 6 (1.08%) IBM
12 6 (1.08%) Informatica
12 6 (1.08%) VMware
13 5 (0.90%) Cisco
13 5 (0.90%) Red Hat
14 4 (0.72%) Jaspersoft
14 4 (0.72%) SAP
15 3 (0.54%) Bloomberg