Rust Engineer
UK

The median Rust Engineer salary in the UK is £100,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 881 963 1175
Rank change year-on-year +82 +212 -290
Permanent jobs requiring a Rust Engineer 24 10 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.010% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.011% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 23 6 6
10th Percentile - £66,250 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £72,500 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% +33.33%
75th Percentile £157,500 £140,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £163,500 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £75,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year -33.33% -25.00% -

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 92,813 95,219 148,250
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.52% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,625 59,878 85,347
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 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Rust Engineer in the UK

Rust Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Rust Engineer in the UK

Rust Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Rust Engineer over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Rust Engineer in the UK

Rust Engineer
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Rust Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 +124 22 £100,000 -6.98% 13
London +142 15 £140,000 - 10
Work from Home +87 8 £130,000 +100.00% 6
UK excluding London -1 8 £50,000 -33.33% 3
North of England - 7 £50,000 - 1
North West - 7 £50,000 -
Scotland - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Rust Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Rust
2 15 (62.50%) Software Engineering
3 12 (50.00%) Python
3 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 11 (45.83%) Open Source
5 8 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 8 (33.33%) Linux
6 7 (29.17%) C
6 7 (29.17%) Embedded C
6 7 (29.17%) Degree
6 7 (29.17%) Embedded Systems
6 7 (29.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (29.17%) Go
6 7 (29.17%) Code Quality
7 6 (25.00%) AWS
7 6 (25.00%) JavaScript
8 5 (20.83%) GitHub
8 5 (20.83%) Low Latency
8 5 (20.83%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (16.67%) TypeScript
9 4 (16.67%) High-Frequency Trading
9 4 (16.67%) WebAssembly
9 4 (16.67%) Discord
9 4 (16.67%) Ember.js
9 4 (16.67%) Hedge funds
9 4 (16.67%) Electronic Trading
9 4 (16.67%) Blog
9 4 (16.67%) Client/Server
9 4 (16.67%) Java

Rust Engineer 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 2 (8.33%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) AWS
2 5 (20.83%) GitHub
3 4 (16.67%) Discord
4 2 (8.33%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (8.33%) Amazon S3
5 1 (4.17%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Apache Arrow
1 2 (8.33%) MySQL
1 2 (8.33%) Parquet
1 2 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (8.33%) Relational Database
2 1 (4.17%) Big Data
2 1 (4.17%) ClickHouse
General
1 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Finance
3 2 (8.33%) Games
4 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.67%) Ember.js
1 4 (16.67%) WebAssembly
2 1 (4.17%) Smart Contracts
2 1 (4.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (20.83%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (16.67%) Blog
3 4 (16.67%) Client/Server
3 4 (16.67%) Hedge funds
4 2 (8.33%) Bitcoin
4 2 (8.33%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (4.17%) Algorithms
5 1 (4.17%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 8 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (62.50%) Software Engineering
2 11 (45.83%) Open Source
3 8 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 8 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (29.17%) Code Quality
5 5 (20.83%) Low Latency
6 4 (16.67%) Data Management
6 4 (16.67%) Electronic Trading
6 4 (16.67%) High-Frequency Trading
7 2 (8.33%) Proprietary Trading
8 1 (4.17%) Ad Operations
8 1 (4.17%) Algorithmic Trading
8 1 (4.17%) Asynchronous Programming
8 1 (4.17%) Deep Learning
8 1 (4.17%) Design Patterns
8 1 (4.17%) Game Development
8 1 (4.17%) Machine Learning
8 1 (4.17%) Neural Network
8 1 (4.17%) Performance Optimisation
8 1 (4.17%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 24 (100.00%) Rust
2 12 (50.00%) Python
3 7 (29.17%) C
3 7 (29.17%) Embedded C
3 7 (29.17%) Go
4 6 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 4 (16.67%) Java
5 4 (16.67%) TypeScript
6 2 (8.33%) C#
7 1 (4.17%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (29.17%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (4.17%) Vertica