Rust Developer
UK

The median Rust Developer salary in the UK is £110,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 879 948 1220
Rank change year-on-year +69 +272 -329
Permanent jobs requiring a Rust Developer 17 22 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.021% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.023% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 15 22 3
10th Percentile £50,350 £63,250 £64,500
25th Percentile £98,750 £70,625 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% - -
75th Percentile £165,000 £91,563 £82,500
90th Percentile - £105,000 £85,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £75,000 -
% change year-on-year -24.67% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Rust Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Rust Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Rust Developer in the UK

Rust Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Rust Developer.

Salary trend for Rust Developer in the UK

Rust Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Rust Developer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Rust Developer in the UK

Rust Developer
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Rust Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +109 17 £110,000 +46.67% 4
London +137 13 £160,000 +72.97% 3
Work from Home +89 6 £56,500 -24.67% 2
UK excluding London +3 1 £56,500 -24.67% 2
South West - 1 £56,500 - 2

Rust Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Rust Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Rust Developer in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) Rust
2 12 (70.59%) Low Latency
3 8 (47.06%) Java
3 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
4 7 (41.18%) High-Frequency Trading
4 7 (41.18%) Client/Server
4 7 (41.18%) Data Management
4 7 (41.18%) Hedge funds
4 7 (41.18%) Electronic Trading
5 5 (29.41%) DeFi
6 4 (23.53%) Ethereum
6 4 (23.53%) Cryptocurrency
6 4 (23.53%) C++
6 4 (23.53%) Python
6 4 (23.53%) Google
7 2 (11.76%) Degree
7 2 (11.76%) Agile
7 2 (11.76%) Software Engineering
7 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
7 2 (11.76%) Blockchain
7 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (5.88%) Smart Contracts
8 1 (5.88%) Clean Code
8 1 (5.88%) CI/CD
8 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
8 1 (5.88%) SonarQube
8 1 (5.88%) Terraform
8 1 (5.88%) Customer Requirements
8 1 (5.88%) Greenfield Project

Rust Developer Skill Set
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 4 (23.53%) Ethereum
2 1 (5.88%) Confluence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Bitbucket
1 1 (5.88%) Git
1 1 (5.88%) Jenkins
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
1 1 (5.88%) SonarQube
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Advertising
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Finance
2 1 (5.88%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Client/Server
1 7 (41.18%) Hedge funds
2 2 (11.76%) Blockchain
3 1 (5.88%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Low Latency
2 7 (41.18%) Data Management
2 7 (41.18%) Electronic Trading
2 7 (41.18%) High-Frequency Trading
3 5 (29.41%) DeFi
4 4 (23.53%) Cryptocurrency
5 2 (11.76%) Agile
5 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
5 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.76%) Software Engineering
6 1 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence
6 1 (5.88%) Clean Code
6 1 (5.88%) Component Testing
6 1 (5.88%) Customer Requirements
6 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (5.88%) Machine Learning
6 1 (5.88%) Project Management
6 1 (5.88%) Scrum
6 1 (5.88%) Test Automation
6 1 (5.88%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 17 (100.00%) Rust
2 8 (47.06%) Java
3 4 (23.53%) C++
3 4 (23.53%) Python
4 1 (5.88%) C
4 1 (5.88%) C#
4 1 (5.88%) Go
4 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Google
2 1 (5.88%) Atlassian
2 1 (5.88%) Coverity