Representational State Transfer (REST)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 23 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 135 78
Rank change year-on-year -10 -57 -18
Permanent jobs citing REST 1,330 1,523 6,089
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.76% 2.56% 4.33%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.28% 9.54% 12.29%
Number of salaries quoted 577 1,221 2,895
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +3.70% +8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 14,339 15,963 49,536
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.95% 26.85% 35.25%
Number of salaries quoted 8,546 12,331 25,735
10th Percentile £39,070 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,603 £50,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,351 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% +0.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,750
% change year-on-year -4.35% +3.14% +11.50%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for REST in the UK

REST
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing REST.

Salary trend for REST in the UK

REST
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing REST over the 6 months to 23 October 2024.

Salary histogram for REST in the UK

REST
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the UK over the 6 months to 23 October 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
England -18 1,248 £60,000 -14.29% 282
UK excluding London +18 849 £55,000 -8.33% 167
Work from Home +6 648 £60,000 -11.11% 781
London -49 475 £75,000 -6.25% 121
South East +39 356 £57,500 +4.55% 46
North of England +2 205 £55,000 -15.38% 45
North West +6 137 £57,500 -8.00% 27
Midlands -56 79 £52,000 -9.57% 21
South West -23 78 £74,500 +14.62% 12
East of England -24 71 £60,000 -7.69% 36
Yorkshire +15 54 £55,000 -18.52% 18
East Midlands -35 42 £53,500 +7.00% 9
West Midlands -54 37 £45,000 -25.00% 12
Scotland -35 33 £65,000 +15.42% 3
Wales +46 21 £27,500 -60.71% 5
North East -22 14 £50,000 -13.04% 1
Northern Ireland +10 12 £56,250 +42.41% 2
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 -

REST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 37 (2.78%) Confluence
2 29 (2.18%) Apache
3 27 (2.03%) SharePoint
4 25 (1.88%) Apache Spark
4 25 (1.88%) IIS
5 22 (1.65%) nginx
6 19 (1.43%) CMS
7 10 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
8 8 (0.60%) OpenStack
8 8 (0.60%) WildFly
9 7 (0.53%) Headless CMS
10 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
10 6 (0.45%) Umbraco
11 5 (0.38%) BizTalk Server
11 5 (0.38%) Cloud Foundry
12 4 (0.30%) JBoss
12 4 (0.30%) Red Hat Fuse
13 3 (0.23%) Strapi
13 3 (0.23%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 18 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.38%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.075%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.075%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.075%) InDesign
6 1 (0.075%) Notion
6 1 (0.075%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.075%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.075%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (0.75%) NEC Housing
2 9 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.30%) Magento
3 4 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.30%) Shopify
4 2 (0.15%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 2 (0.15%) TIBCO iProcess
4 2 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.075%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.075%) Endur
5 1 (0.075%) Maximo
5 1 (0.075%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.075%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.075%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.075%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.075%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.075%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 641 (48.20%) AWS
2 418 (31.43%) Azure
3 313 (23.53%) Serverless
4 266 (20.00%) GitHub
5 260 (19.55%) Amazon Kinesis
6 235 (17.67%) AWS Lambda
7 233 (17.52%) Amazon S3
8 209 (15.71%) Amazon SQS
9 141 (10.60%) GCP
10 140 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
11 100 (7.52%) SaaS
12 62 (4.66%) Azure Service Bus
13 54 (4.06%) Cloud Computing
14 46 (3.46%) Power Platform
15 39 (2.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 36 (2.71%) IBM Cloud
17 33 (2.48%) Amazon EKS
17 33 (2.48%) SonarCloud
18 24 (1.80%) Azure Functions
19 20 (1.50%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 52 (3.91%) Broadband
2 45 (3.38%) DNS
3 42 (3.16%) HTTP
4 25 (1.88%) Firewall
5 20 (1.50%) MQTT
6 10 (0.75%) HTTPS
7 9 (0.68%) Kerberos
8 8 (0.60%) VoIP
9 5 (0.38%) AMQP
9 5 (0.38%) FTP
10 4 (0.30%) iSCSI
10 4 (0.30%) SAN
10 4 (0.30%) Skype
11 3 (0.23%) DHCP
11 3 (0.23%) Internet
11 3 (0.23%) LoRaWAN
11 3 (0.23%) Reverse Proxy
12 2 (0.15%) IPv6
12 2 (0.15%) Network Security
12 2 (0.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 399 (30.00%) PostgreSQL
2 283 (21.28%) Redis
3 269 (20.23%) DynamoDB
4 147 (11.05%) NoSQL
5 132 (9.92%) SQL Server
6 117 (8.80%) MongoDB
7 90 (6.77%) Relational Database
8 88 (6.62%) MySQL
9 62 (4.66%) Amazon Aurora
9 62 (4.66%) Elasticsearch
10 36 (2.71%) DB2
11 35 (2.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 33 (2.48%) Power BI
13 29 (2.18%) Amazon RDS
14 23 (1.73%) RDBMS
15 18 (1.35%) Oracle Reports
16 17 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
16 17 (1.28%) Big Data
17 14 (1.05%) Data Lake
17 14 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 292 (21.95%) Jenkins
2 242 (18.20%) Git
3 91 (6.84%) JIRA
4 78 (5.86%) Visual Studio
5 76 (5.71%) GitLab
6 54 (4.06%) Team Foundation Server
7 48 (3.61%) Gatling
8 44 (3.31%) Octopus Deploy
9 41 (3.08%) Cucumber
9 41 (3.08%) Maven
10 40 (3.01%) JUnit
11 37 (2.78%) Selenium
12 33 (2.48%) MSBuild
12 33 (2.48%) Postman
13 24 (1.80%) Cypress.io
14 23 (1.73%) Visual Studio Code
15 22 (1.65%) SoapUI
16 21 (1.58%) Bitbucket
17 16 (1.20%) Mockito
17 16 (1.20%) SonarQube
General
1 342 (25.71%) Social Skills
2 246 (18.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 217 (16.32%) Advertising
3 217 (16.32%) Marketing
4 194 (14.59%) Finance
5 104 (7.82%) Analytical Skills
6 89 (6.69%) Public Sector
7 76 (5.71%) Law
8 54 (4.06%) Legal
9 46 (3.46%) Banking
10 41 (3.08%) Retail
11 39 (2.93%) Electronics
12 35 (2.63%) Manufacturing
13 30 (2.26%) Billing
14 29 (2.18%) Games
15 25 (1.88%) Front Office
16 19 (1.43%) Back Office
17 17 (1.28%) Agriculture
18 16 (1.20%) Publishing
19 15 (1.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 512 (38.50%) Developer
2 368 (27.67%) Software Engineer
3 229 (17.22%) Senior
4 97 (7.29%) Senior Developer
5 92 (6.92%) Architect
6 89 (6.69%) Lead
7 77 (5.79%) Java Developer
8 76 (5.71%) Senior Software Engineer
9 73 (5.49%) .NET Developer
10 68 (5.11%) Analyst
11 65 (4.89%) Full-Stack Developer
12 58 (4.36%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 55 (4.14%) Software Developer
14 54 (4.06%) C# Developer
14 54 (4.06%) Technical Architect
15 42 (3.16%) Security Analyst
16 40 (3.01%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 40 (3.01%) Development Analyst
17 38 (2.86%) Web Developer
18 32 (2.41%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 449 (33.76%) React
2 374 (28.12%) HTML
3 347 (26.09%) .NET
4 342 (25.71%) AngularJS
5 331 (24.89%) Web Services
6 329 (24.74%) CSS
7 321 (24.14%) Node.js
8 234 (17.59%) SOAP
9 227 (17.07%) GraphQL
10 217 (16.32%) Tailwind CSS
11 209 (15.71%) XML
12 193 (14.51%) JSON
13 170 (12.78%) ASP.NET
14 108 (8.12%) Spring
15 91 (6.84%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 90 (6.77%) Spring Boot
17 88 (6.62%) jQuery
18 84 (6.32%) Vue
19 73 (5.49%) RESTful
20 68 (5.11%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 264 (19.85%) Blog
2 196 (14.74%) Digital Media
3 77 (5.79%) Distributed Systems
4 69 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
5 63 (4.74%) Media Streaming
6 59 (4.44%) Greenfield Project
7 52 (3.91%) Algorithms
8 48 (3.61%) Data Structures
8 48 (3.61%) Product Ownership
9 47 (3.53%) Onboarding
10 46 (3.46%) Hybrid Cloud
11 45 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
12 41 (3.08%) Blockchain
13 40 (3.01%) Cloud Native
13 40 (3.01%) Cyber Threat
14 39 (2.93%) Mobile App
15 30 (2.26%) Management Information System
16 27 (2.03%) e-Learning
17 24 (1.80%) IoT
18 20 (1.50%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 162 (12.18%) Linux
2 92 (6.92%) Windows
3 85 (6.39%) Android
4 66 (4.96%) Apple iOS
5 24 (1.80%) Unix
6 13 (0.98%) Windows Server
7 9 (0.68%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.45%) CentOS
8 6 (0.45%) VMS
9 5 (0.38%) Debian
9 5 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.075%) AIX
10 1 (0.075%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.075%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 676 (50.83%) Agile
2 469 (35.26%) Software Engineering
3 374 (28.12%) Full-Stack Development
4 332 (24.96%) Scrum
5 319 (23.98%) DevOps
6 303 (22.78%) User Experience
7 288 (21.65%) Microservices
8 264 (19.85%) Problem-Solving
9 239 (17.97%) CI/CD
10 236 (17.74%) E-Commerce
11 218 (16.39%) Continuous Delivery
12 198 (14.89%) Epics
13 175 (13.16%) Continuous Integration
14 174 (13.08%) Mentoring
15 169 (12.71%) MVC
16 151 (11.35%) Test Automation
17 137 (10.30%) TDD
18 136 (10.23%) Unit Testing
19 134 (10.08%) Design Patterns
20 117 (8.80%) OO
Programming Languages
1 445 (33.46%) JavaScript
2 409 (30.75%) SQL
3 369 (27.74%) TypeScript
4 357 (26.84%) Java
5 346 (26.02%) C#
6 248 (18.65%) Python
7 91 (6.84%) Scala
8 65 (4.89%) PowerShell
9 58 (4.36%) PHP
10 55 (4.14%) Bash
11 51 (3.83%) T-SQL
12 33 (2.48%) Kotlin
13 28 (2.11%) Go
13 28 (2.11%) Shell Script
14 27 (2.03%) C
15 25 (1.88%) C++
16 20 (1.50%) Groovy
16 20 (1.50%) Ruby
17 19 (1.43%) PL/SQL
18 15 (1.13%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 156 (11.73%) Degree
2 86 (6.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 67 (5.04%) Security Cleared
4 50 (3.76%) SC Cleared
5 33 (2.48%) DBS Check
6 21 (1.58%) Azure Certification
7 15 (1.13%) Master's Degree
8 8 (0.60%) DV Cleared
8 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.38%) CIPD
9 5 (0.38%) Numerate Degree
10 4 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.23%) ISEB
11 3 (0.23%) PhD
12 2 (0.15%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.15%) CISSP
12 2 (0.15%) MCSA
13 1 (0.075%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.075%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (7.07%) QA
2 38 (2.86%) GDPR
3 28 (2.11%) Accessibility
4 7 (0.53%) MiFID
4 7 (0.53%) SLA
5 6 (0.45%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.38%) Software Quality Assurance
7 4 (0.30%) EMIR
7 4 (0.30%) HL7
7 4 (0.30%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.15%) GRC
9 2 (0.15%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.075%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.075%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.075%) NIST
System Software
1 417 (31.35%) Docker
2 31 (2.33%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.28%) Virtual Servers
4 16 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (0.68%) NDS
7 9 (0.68%) NetIQ eDirectory
8 8 (0.60%) vSphere
9 4 (0.30%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.23%) Ceph
11 2 (0.15%) Firmware
12 1 (0.075%) OpenAM
12 1 (0.075%) OpenDJ
12 1 (0.075%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 351 (26.39%) Kubernetes
2 89 (6.69%) Terraform
3 38 (2.86%) Ansible
4 24 (1.80%) Packer
5 20 (1.50%) Kibana
6 18 (1.35%) Consul
7 14 (1.05%) Grafana
8 13 (0.98%) Istio
9 10 (0.75%) Failover Clustering
10 9 (0.68%) Nagios
10 9 (0.68%) NetIQ Identity Manager
11 8 (0.60%) Puppet
12 6 (0.45%) Prometheus
13 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
13 4 (0.30%) Proxmox
14 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.23%) N-central
15 2 (0.15%) Kustomize
15 2 (0.15%) logstash
15 2 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 138 (10.38%) Microsoft
2 107 (8.05%) Google
3 66 (4.96%) Oracle
4 46 (3.46%) Splunk
5 45 (3.38%) Red Hat
6 43 (3.23%) IBM
7 35 (2.63%) ServiceNow
8 21 (1.58%) Salesforce
9 18 (1.35%) VMware
10 14 (1.05%) Atlassian
11 13 (0.98%) SAP
12 12 (0.90%) Adobe
13 10 (0.75%) ForgeRock
13 10 (0.75%) Murex
13 10 (0.75%) NEC
13 10 (0.75%) Sybase
14 9 (0.68%) CyberArk
14 9 (0.68%) NetIQ
14 9 (0.68%) Novell
15 7 (0.53%) Informatica