REST Jobs in the UK excluding London

Representational State Transfer (REST)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for REST skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited REST over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 155 117 115
Rank change year-on-year -38 -2 -29
Permanent jobs citing REST 1,324 1,791 2,073
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.89% 2.90% 2.94%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.26% 10.42% 9.02%
Number of salaries quoted 803 915 1,274
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £43,538
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £69,447 £67,500
% change year-on-year -13.60% +2.88% +12.50%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

REST is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 14,305 17,194 22,978
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 20.40% 27.80% 32.55%
Number of salaries quoted 10,275 9,472 14,601
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,532 £33,916
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,500 £86,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024. 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
North of England +22 324 £55,173 -8.05% 66
South East -38 317 £57,500 - 45
North West +59 236 £60,000 -12.73% 41
Midlands -17 219 £52,500 -12.50% 22
Scotland -50 176 £56,318 -5.39% 14
South West -48 151 £52,500 -8.70% 22
East Midlands +2 126 £50,000 -14.89% 5
West Midlands -33 93 £52,500 -12.50% 17
East of England -22 80 £47,500 -34.03% 31
Yorkshire +2 73 £47,500 -15.56% 21
Wales -17 39 £52,500 -14.63% 5
Northern Ireland -27 19 £85,000 +88.89% 8
North East -27 15 £47,500 -24.00% 4
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 94 (7.10%) IIS
2 65 (4.91%) Apache
3 40 (3.02%) Apache Spark
4 35 (2.64%) OpenStack
5 34 (2.57%) Red Hat Fuse
6 33 (2.49%) JBoss
7 21 (1.59%) Apache Airflow
7 21 (1.59%) GemFire
8 17 (1.28%) Cloud Foundry
8 17 (1.28%) CMS
9 15 (1.13%) SharePoint
10 8 (0.60%) WordPress
11 6 (0.45%) Confluence
12 5 (0.38%) Umbraco
13 3 (0.23%) nginx
13 3 (0.23%) SharePoint 2010
13 3 (0.23%) SharePoint 2013
13 3 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
14 2 (0.15%) Liferay
14 2 (0.15%) Magnolia
Applications
1 15 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.68%) Trello
3 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 16 (1.21%) Shopify
2 14 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.83%) Maximo
4 3 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.15%) Infor M3
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.076%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.076%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 578 (43.66%) Azure
2 317 (23.94%) AWS
3 219 (16.54%) IBM Cloud
4 217 (16.39%) Serverless
5 200 (15.11%) Azure DevOps
6 120 (9.06%) Azure Service Bus
7 114 (8.61%) Azure Functions
8 112 (8.46%) Azure API Management
9 111 (8.38%) Azure Logic Apps
10 89 (6.72%) Amazon EKS
11 71 (5.36%) GCP
12 62 (4.68%) GitHub
13 53 (4.00%) Power Platform
14 50 (3.78%) Amazon ECS
15 47 (3.55%) AWS Lambda
16 45 (3.40%) SaaS
17 26 (1.96%) OpenShift
18 24 (1.81%) AWS CloudFormation
18 24 (1.81%) Power Automate
19 18 (1.36%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 59 (4.46%) Firewall
2 47 (3.55%) DNS
3 44 (3.32%) TCP/IP
4 28 (2.11%) HTTP
5 27 (2.04%) WAN
6 25 (1.89%) AMQP
7 19 (1.44%) SSL
8 17 (1.28%) Kerberos
8 17 (1.28%) MQTT
9 13 (0.98%) SNMP
9 13 (0.98%) SSH
10 12 (0.91%) 3G
10 12 (0.91%) 4G
10 12 (0.91%) RS-485
10 12 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (0.91%) Wireless
11 11 (0.83%) Internet
12 3 (0.23%) DMZ
12 3 (0.23%) HTTPS
12 3 (0.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 363 (27.42%) PostgreSQL
2 309 (23.34%) NoSQL
3 262 (19.79%) MongoDB
4 229 (17.30%) SQL Server
5 217 (16.39%) Relational Database
6 216 (16.31%) DB2
7 89 (6.72%) MySQL
8 41 (3.10%) Hadoop
9 38 (2.87%) CockroachDB
10 31 (2.34%) Big Data
11 29 (2.19%) Power BI
12 25 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
13 24 (1.81%) Cloudera CDH
14 23 (1.74%) Amazon Aurora
15 22 (1.66%) Apache Cassandra
16 21 (1.59%) Hazelcast
17 20 (1.51%) GIS
18 18 (1.36%) Redis
19 16 (1.21%) Apache Hive
19 16 (1.21%) HBase
Development Applications
1 298 (22.51%) Git
2 138 (10.42%) Jenkins
3 76 (5.74%) JIRA
4 56 (4.23%) JUnit
5 50 (3.78%) IntelliJ
6 39 (2.95%) Postman
7 38 (2.87%) GitLab
8 36 (2.72%) Selenium
9 33 (2.49%) Eclipse
10 32 (2.42%) Jasmine
10 32 (2.42%) Team Foundation Server
11 31 (2.34%) Maven
12 28 (2.11%) Karma Test Runner
12 28 (2.11%) Visual Studio
13 26 (1.96%) Cucumber
14 24 (1.81%) Octopus Deploy
15 21 (1.59%) Jaeger
16 20 (1.51%) Bitbucket
16 20 (1.51%) Mockito
16 20 (1.51%) TeamCity
General
1 290 (21.90%) Public Sector
2 279 (21.07%) Finance
3 215 (16.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 201 (15.18%) Social Skills
5 127 (9.59%) Law
6 67 (5.06%) Marketing
7 66 (4.98%) Banking
8 49 (3.70%) Retail
9 45 (3.40%) Analytical Skills
10 34 (2.57%) Investment Banking
11 29 (2.19%) Legal
12 24 (1.81%) Aerospace
12 24 (1.81%) Financial Institution
13 22 (1.66%) Games
14 14 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (0.98%) Telecoms
16 12 (0.91%) Mandarin Language
17 11 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
18 6 (0.45%) Private Banking
19 5 (0.38%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 736 (55.59%) Developer
2 242 (18.28%) Senior
3 212 (16.01%) Software Engineer
4 154 (11.63%) Full Stack Developer
5 141 (10.65%) Lead
6 138 (10.42%) Full Stack Engineer
7 128 (9.67%) Senior Developer
8 125 (9.44%) Java Developer
9 121 (9.14%) Java Engineer
10 112 (8.46%) Azure Developer
11 103 (7.78%) Azure Engineer
11 103 (7.78%) Java Software Engineer
12 91 (6.87%) .NET Developer
13 73 (5.51%) Software Developer
14 60 (4.53%) C# Developer
15 59 (4.46%) Lead Developer
16 51 (3.85%) Senior Java Engineer
16 51 (3.85%) Senior Software Engineer
17 49 (3.70%) PHP Developer
18 42 (3.17%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 511 (38.60%) .NET
2 509 (38.44%) Web Services
3 467 (35.27%) AngularJS
4 454 (34.29%) HTML
5 443 (33.46%) CSS
6 437 (33.01%) React
7 323 (24.40%) ASP.NET
8 296 (22.36%) Vue
9 282 (21.30%) jQuery
10 279 (21.07%) Spring
11 261 (19.71%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 246 (18.58%) SOAP
13 239 (18.05%) Node.js
14 236 (17.82%) JSON
15 225 (16.99%) ASP.NET Core
16 213 (16.09%) Backbone.js
16 213 (16.09%) Ember.js
17 202 (15.26%) XML
18 184 (13.90%) Spring Boot
19 116 (8.76%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 246 (18.58%) Algorithms
2 221 (16.69%) Data Structures
3 215 (16.24%) Blockchain
3 215 (16.24%) Hybrid Cloud
4 105 (7.93%) e-Learning
5 77 (5.82%) Cloud Native
6 66 (4.98%) Enterprise Software
7 58 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
8 50 (3.78%) Distributed Systems
9 46 (3.47%) Management Information System
10 37 (2.79%) Greenfield Project
11 32 (2.42%) Clustering
11 32 (2.42%) Public Cloud
12 29 (2.19%) Product Ownership
13 26 (1.96%) Replication
14 21 (1.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 21 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
15 14 (1.06%) CMDB
15 14 (1.06%) Mobile App
16 11 (0.83%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 362 (27.34%) Linux
2 286 (21.60%) Windows
3 249 (18.81%) Android
4 233 (17.60%) Apple iOS
5 33 (2.49%) Ubuntu
6 32 (2.42%) Unix
7 25 (1.89%) AIX
8 24 (1.81%) CentOS
8 24 (1.81%) Debian
8 24 (1.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 17 (1.28%) Embedded Linux
10 11 (0.83%) Windows Server
11 3 (0.23%) VMS
11 3 (0.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 697 (52.64%) Agile
2 369 (27.87%) MVC
3 366 (27.64%) Full Stack Development
4 327 (24.70%) DevOps
5 326 (24.62%) OO
6 322 (24.32%) User Experience
7 319 (24.09%) Design Patterns
8 312 (23.56%) Web Development
9 295 (22.28%) Software Engineering
10 291 (21.98%) OOP
11 276 (20.85%) Microservices
11 276 (20.85%) SOLID
12 274 (20.69%) Artificial Intelligence
13 245 (18.50%) CI/CD
14 237 (17.90%) MVVM
15 234 (17.67%) Mentoring
16 221 (16.69%) Problem-Solving
17 217 (16.39%) Responsive Web Design
18 213 (16.09%) Co-Creation
18 213 (16.09%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 690 (52.11%) SQL
2 643 (48.56%) JavaScript
3 551 (41.62%) Java
4 489 (36.93%) C#
5 287 (21.68%) Python
6 172 (12.99%) TypeScript
7 79 (5.97%) PHP
8 69 (5.21%) T-SQL
9 63 (4.76%) VB.NET
10 51 (3.85%) C++
10 51 (3.85%) VB
11 44 (3.32%) C
12 42 (3.17%) Go
13 31 (2.34%) PowerShell
14 28 (2.11%) Apex Code
14 28 (2.11%) VB6
15 27 (2.04%) Groovy
16 22 (1.66%) Kotlin
17 21 (1.59%) XAML
18 18 (1.36%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 159 (12.01%) Security Cleared
2 149 (11.25%) SC Cleared
3 85 (6.42%) Degree
4 37 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (2.42%) DV Cleared
6 22 (1.66%) Azure Certification
7 12 (0.91%) ISEB
7 12 (0.91%) ISTQB
8 11 (0.83%) PhD
9 10 (0.76%) AWS Certification
10 9 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.45%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.23%) MCPD
14 2 (0.15%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.15%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.076%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (6.80%) QA
2 33 (2.49%) Accessibility
3 16 (1.21%) GDPR
4 3 (0.23%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.23%) NIST
5 1 (0.076%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.076%) GRC
5 1 (0.076%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.076%) NCSC
System Software
1 248 (18.73%) Docker
2 27 (2.04%) Hyper-V
2 27 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (1.44%) Virtual Servers
4 16 (1.21%) HDFS
5 13 (0.98%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.38%) Firmware
7 4 (0.30%) Active Directory
7 4 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.23%) VirtualBox
9 2 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 198 (14.95%) Kubernetes
2 94 (7.10%) Terraform
3 73 (5.51%) Ansible
4 40 (3.02%) Grafana
5 28 (2.11%) Puppet
6 26 (1.96%) Kibana
7 22 (1.66%) Prometheus
8 21 (1.59%) HAProxy
8 21 (1.59%) ITRS Geneos
8 21 (1.59%) Zipkin
9 13 (0.98%) WMI
10 6 (0.45%) Rancher
11 4 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.15%) cPanel
12 2 (0.15%) Packer
13 1 (0.076%) Consul
13 1 (0.076%) Istio
13 1 (0.076%) Podman
13 1 (0.076%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 240 (18.13%) Red Hat
2 231 (17.45%) IBM
3 203 (15.33%) Microsoft
4 95 (7.18%) Google
5 85 (6.42%) Oracle
6 59 (4.46%) Splunk
7 42 (3.17%) Dynatrace
8 37 (2.79%) Salesforce
9 35 (2.64%) WSO2
10 31 (2.34%) VMware
11 24 (1.81%) SaltStack
12 19 (1.44%) Databricks
13 16 (1.21%) Cloudera
14 14 (1.06%) CheckPoint
15 9 (0.68%) ServiceNow
16 6 (0.45%) Adobe
16 6 (0.45%) Guidewire
17 4 (0.30%) Atlassian
17 4 (0.30%) Confluent
17 4 (0.30%) ForgeRock