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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 212 162 125
Rank change year-on-year -50 -37 -7
Permanent jobs citing REST 554 1,318 1,627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.41% 1.77% 2.80%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.34% 9.04% 10.28%
Number of salaries quoted 304 781 777
10th Percentile £39,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,875 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £66,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £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 5,357 14,578 15,822
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.60% 19.55% 27.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3,285 10,484 8,797
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £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 £73,250 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £66,206 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +10.34% -11.11% +3.85%

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 30 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 30 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 -7 177 £67,500 +17.39% 1,008
North of England -54 176 £60,000 +8.75% 824
North West -89 126 £61,250 +2.08% 402
Midlands -31 70 £71,250 +35.71% 717
West Midlands +18 46 £75,000 +42.86% 382
East of England +14 46 £47,500 - 567
Yorkshire +31 43 £60,000 +26.32% 327
Scotland +18 40 £72,500 +28.73% 181
South West 0 31 £57,443 +7.37% 450
East Midlands -45 24 £67,500 +35.00% 287
Wales +16 8 £70,000 +33.33% 102
North East +39 7 £55,000 +15.79% 99
Northern Ireland +36 7 £55,000 -35.29% 63
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 18 (3.25%) JBoss
2 16 (2.89%) Confluence
3 14 (2.53%) Red Hat Fuse
3 14 (2.53%) Tomcat
4 12 (2.17%) CMS
5 11 (1.99%) IIS
6 8 (1.44%) Headless CMS
7 6 (1.08%) Apache Spark
7 6 (1.08%) OpenStack
7 6 (1.08%) Oracle Workflow
8 5 (0.90%) nginx
9 4 (0.72%) Apache
9 4 (0.72%) Camunda
9 4 (0.72%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.72%) SharePoint
9 4 (0.72%) WordPress
10 2 (0.36%) Oracle Service Bus
10 2 (0.36%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.36%) WebSphere Application Server
11 1 (0.18%) Mendix
Applications
1 10 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
2 2 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.18%) Elementor
3 1 (0.18%) Trello
3 1 (0.18%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 7 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.54%) Oracle Financials
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
3 2 (0.36%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 266 (48.01%) Azure
2 246 (44.40%) AWS
3 71 (12.82%) Serverless
4 61 (11.01%) Azure DevOps
5 48 (8.66%) Azure Service Bus
6 39 (7.04%) Amazon EKS
7 37 (6.68%) Amazon ECS
8 36 (6.50%) SaaS
9 33 (5.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 30 (5.42%) SonarCloud
11 29 (5.23%) GCP
12 26 (4.69%) Amazon S3
13 25 (4.51%) Amazon EC2
14 24 (4.33%) Power Platform
14 24 (4.33%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 19 (3.43%) GitHub
16 17 (3.07%) Amazon SQS
16 17 (3.07%) AWS Lambda
17 16 (2.89%) Power Automate
18 15 (2.71%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.99%) SSL
2 10 (1.81%) FTP
3 9 (1.62%) DMARC
4 7 (1.26%) HTTP
4 7 (1.26%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.72%) BGP
5 4 (0.72%) EIGRP
5 4 (0.72%) Network Security
5 4 (0.72%) OSPF
6 2 (0.36%) Broadband
6 2 (0.36%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.36%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.18%) 3GPP
7 1 (0.18%) 5G
7 1 (0.18%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 148 (26.71%) SQL Server
2 84 (15.16%) PostgreSQL
3 55 (9.93%) Relational Database
4 45 (8.12%) NoSQL
5 43 (7.76%) Elasticsearch
6 42 (7.58%) MySQL
7 34 (6.14%) MongoDB
8 22 (3.97%) RDBMS
9 14 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (2.53%) Power BI
9 14 (2.53%) Redis
10 13 (2.35%) Amazon RDS
11 12 (2.17%) Amazon Aurora
11 12 (2.17%) DynamoDB
12 7 (1.26%) Data Lake
13 6 (1.08%) Big Data
14 5 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Analysis Services
15 4 (0.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 4 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 122 (22.02%) Git
2 119 (21.48%) JIRA
3 110 (19.86%) Maven
4 106 (19.13%) GitLab
5 105 (18.95%) SonarQube
6 104 (18.77%) Selenium
7 102 (18.41%) Cucumber
8 101 (18.23%) Bitbucket
9 90 (16.25%) Sonatype Nexus
10 88 (15.88%) Jenkins
11 56 (10.11%) JUnit
12 40 (7.22%) Octopus Deploy
12 40 (7.22%) Visual Studio
13 30 (5.42%) MSBuild
13 30 (5.42%) Team Foundation Server
14 26 (4.69%) Mockito
15 16 (2.89%) JMeter
16 12 (2.17%) Postman
17 11 (1.99%) SpecFlow
18 10 (1.81%) TeamCity
General
1 172 (31.05%) Finance
2 137 (24.73%) Social Skills
3 123 (22.20%) Retail
4 120 (21.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 100 (18.05%) Banking
6 90 (16.25%) Corporate Banking
6 90 (16.25%) Investment Banking
7 56 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
8 54 (9.75%) Law
9 47 (8.48%) Public Sector
10 39 (7.04%) Marketing
11 19 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.62%) Czech Language
13 9 (1.62%) Electronics
13 9 (1.62%) Manufacturing
14 8 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.08%) Tech for Good
16 5 (0.90%) Financial Institution
17 4 (0.72%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 215 (38.81%) Developer
2 149 (26.90%) Software Engineer
3 73 (13.18%) Senior
4 69 (12.45%) Architect
5 63 (11.37%) Java Developer
6 41 (7.40%) Lead
7 39 (7.04%) Full-Stack Developer
7 39 (7.04%) Senior Developer
8 33 (5.96%) Technical Architect
9 27 (4.87%) .NET Developer
10 25 (4.51%) Salesforce Architect
11 22 (3.97%) C# Developer
12 21 (3.79%) Enterprise Architect
13 20 (3.61%) Java Engineer
14 19 (3.43%) Analyst
14 19 (3.43%) Senior Software Engineer
15 16 (2.89%) Software Developer
16 15 (2.71%) Lead Developer
17 13 (2.35%) Applications Support
17 13 (2.35%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (35.74%) HTML
2 178 (32.13%) CSS
3 174 (31.41%) React
3 174 (31.41%) Spring
4 169 (30.51%) Spring Boot
5 142 (25.63%) RESTful
6 136 (24.55%) Kafka
7 126 (22.74%) SOAP
8 125 (22.56%) .NET
9 112 (20.22%) HTML5
10 105 (18.95%) Web Services
11 103 (18.59%) CSS3
11 103 (18.59%) JPA
12 101 (18.23%) Jest
13 96 (17.33%) Redux
14 94 (16.97%) Sass
15 91 (16.43%) JSON
16 72 (13.00%) XML
17 63 (11.37%) ASP.NET
18 50 (9.03%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 139 (25.09%) Enterprise Software
2 118 (21.30%) Product Ownership
3 53 (9.57%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (3.79%) Cloud Native
5 20 (3.61%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (3.07%) Mobile App
7 15 (2.71%) Data Structures
7 15 (2.71%) Greenfield Project
8 14 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (2.35%) Algorithms
10 10 (1.81%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.62%) CMDB
12 6 (1.08%) Life Science
13 5 (0.90%) Virtual Team
14 4 (0.72%) IoT
14 4 (0.72%) Private Cloud
15 3 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
15 3 (0.54%) Equities
15 3 (0.54%) Low-Code
15 3 (0.54%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 39 (7.04%) Linux
2 21 (3.79%) Windows
3 14 (2.53%) Unix
4 7 (1.26%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.54%) Android
6 2 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (58.30%) Agile
2 297 (53.61%) Microservices
3 254 (45.85%) CI/CD
3 254 (45.85%) DevOps
4 175 (31.59%) Software Engineering
5 161 (29.06%) Full-Stack Development
6 144 (25.99%) Test Automation
7 142 (25.63%) Mentoring
8 135 (24.37%) SDLC
9 126 (22.74%) Containerisation
10 124 (22.38%) Performance Optimisation
11 122 (22.02%) Front End Development
12 120 (21.66%) Migration
13 118 (21.30%) Problem-Solving
14 111 (20.04%) User Experience
15 101 (18.23%) TDD
16 98 (17.69%) Responsive Web Design
17 91 (16.43%) Strategic Thinking
18 90 (16.25%) Design Patterns
19 73 (13.18%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 274 (49.46%) JavaScript
2 252 (45.49%) SQL
3 238 (42.96%) Java
4 167 (30.14%) TypeScript
5 117 (21.12%) C#
6 78 (14.08%) Python
7 26 (4.69%) Apex Code
8 20 (3.61%) PHP
9 16 (2.89%) Shell Script
10 14 (2.53%) PowerShell
11 13 (2.35%) PL/SQL
12 11 (1.99%) C++
13 9 (1.62%) Groovy
13 9 (1.62%) VBA
14 6 (1.08%) C
14 6 (1.08%) Go
14 6 (1.08%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.72%) Clojure
15 4 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.72%) Scala
Qualifications
1 53 (9.57%) Degree
2 46 (8.30%) Security Cleared
3 44 (7.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 39 (7.04%) SC Cleared
5 25 (4.51%) Master's Degree
6 4 (0.72%) Azure Certification
6 4 (0.72%) DBS Check
6 4 (0.72%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.36%) A+ 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 (22.74%) QA
2 104 (18.77%) Accessibility
3 35 (6.32%) GDPR
4 28 (5.05%) Data Quality
5 16 (2.89%) SLA
6 9 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.36%) CDISC
7 2 (0.36%) NIST
7 2 (0.36%) SEPA
8 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 246 (44.40%) Docker
2 9 (1.62%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.72%) Postfix
3 4 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.72%) VMware NSX
4 3 (0.54%) Firmware
5 2 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.36%) HDFS
6 1 (0.18%) NDS
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 202 (36.46%) Kubernetes
2 42 (7.58%) Terraform
3 34 (6.14%) Ansible
4 15 (2.71%) Grafana
5 13 (2.35%) Kibana
6 12 (2.17%) Prometheus
7 11 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (1.08%) Packer
10 5 (0.90%) Kustomize
11 4 (0.72%) Graylog
12 2 (0.36%) Argo
13 1 (0.18%) CA Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.18%) Marathon
13 1 (0.18%) PingFederate
13 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.18%) Puppet
13 1 (0.18%) vRealize
Vendors
1 90 (16.25%) Solace
2 70 (12.64%) Microsoft
3 35 (6.32%) Oracle
4 31 (5.60%) Salesforce
5 25 (4.51%) Splunk
6 21 (3.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 17 (3.07%) Dynatrace
7 17 (3.07%) ServiceNow
8 13 (2.35%) Google
9 12 (2.17%) Atlassian
10 11 (1.99%) Ping Identity
11 10 (1.81%) IBM
12 9 (1.62%) Databricks
12 9 (1.62%) SAP
13 7 (1.26%) Red Hat
14 6 (1.08%) VMware
15 5 (0.90%) Cisco
15 5 (0.90%) Jaspersoft
16 4 (0.72%) Bloomberg
16 4 (0.72%) Informatica