Hybrid/Remote REST Job Trends

Representational State Transfer (REST)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring REST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 81 111
Rank change year-on-year -35 +30 -23
Permanent jobs citing REST 359 638 735
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.29% 3.92% 2.86%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.84% 12.51% 9.50%
Number of salaries quoted 213 248 654
10th Percentile £42,100 £42,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £88,438
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% -3.57%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options 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 2,795 5,101 7,737
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.80% 31.30% 30.06%
Number of salaries quoted 2,121 3,252 6,710
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,875 £52,000 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% +6.80% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -7.41%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing REST and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

REST job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing REST.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing REST

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing REST over the 6 months to 28 January 2026.

REST salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 15 (4.18%) JBoss
2 13 (3.62%) WebSphere
3 5 (1.39%) Anypoint
3 5 (1.39%) Apache Pulsar
3 5 (1.39%) Confluence
3 5 (1.39%) IIS
4 3 (0.84%) OpenStack
4 3 (0.84%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.56%) Mendix
5 2 (0.56%) nginx
6 1 (0.28%) Apache
6 1 (0.28%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.28%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.28%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.28%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 4 (1.11%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.84%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.28%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 15 (4.18%) Shopify
2 12 (3.34%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (2.79%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (2.23%) Workday HCM
5 7 (1.95%) Dynamics NAV
6 6 (1.67%) Magento
7 3 (0.84%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.84%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.56%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.56%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 147 (40.95%) Azure
2 83 (23.12%) AWS
3 50 (13.93%) Entra ID
4 49 (13.65%) SaaS
5 46 (12.81%) Google Workspace
6 45 (12.53%) GitHub
7 36 (10.03%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (9.19%) GitHub Copilot
9 22 (6.13%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 22 (6.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 21 (5.85%) GCP
11 18 (5.01%) Azure Logic Apps
11 18 (5.01%) Boomi
12 17 (4.74%) Power Automate
13 15 (4.18%) Dynamics 365
13 15 (4.18%) Serverless
14 12 (3.34%) Salesforce Einstein
15 11 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
15 11 (3.06%) Power Platform
16 9 (2.51%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 70 (19.50%) Broadband
2 15 (4.18%) HTTP
3 5 (1.39%) AMQP
3 5 (1.39%) PuTTY
4 4 (1.11%) SMTP
4 4 (1.11%) VoIP
5 3 (0.84%) IP Telephony
6 2 (0.56%) PSTN
6 2 (0.56%) RTP
6 2 (0.56%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.56%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.28%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (10.03%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.85%) Relational Database
3 19 (5.29%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (5.01%) MySQL
4 18 (5.01%) NoSQL
5 10 (2.79%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.39%) Redis
7 4 (1.11%) Power BI
7 4 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.84%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.56%) Big Data
9 2 (0.56%) DocumentDB
9 2 (0.56%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.56%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.28%) Cloud Spanner
10 1 (0.28%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 41 (11.42%) Git
2 38 (10.58%) Jenkins
3 25 (6.96%) GitLab
4 23 (6.41%) JIRA
5 22 (6.13%) SonarQube
6 7 (1.95%) Maven
6 7 (1.95%) Selenium
7 6 (1.67%) TeamCity
8 5 (1.39%) Cucumber
8 5 (1.39%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.39%) JMeter
8 5 (1.39%) JUnit
8 5 (1.39%) SpecFlow
8 5 (1.39%) WebDriver
9 4 (1.11%) Browser DevTools
9 4 (1.11%) Postman
9 4 (1.11%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.84%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.84%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 131 (36.49%) Social Skills
2 101 (28.13%) Finance
3 68 (18.94%) Games
4 48 (13.37%) Organisational Skills
5 46 (12.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (10.86%) Marketing
7 27 (7.52%) Analytical Skills
8 25 (6.96%) Public Sector
9 21 (5.85%) Law
10 16 (4.46%) Banking
11 14 (3.90%) Telecoms
12 12 (3.34%) Back Office
13 10 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (2.79%) Retail
14 8 (2.23%) Financial Institution
15 6 (1.67%) Polish Language
16 5 (1.39%) Legal
17 3 (0.84%) Automotive
17 3 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
18 2 (0.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 140 (39.00%) Developer
2 118 (32.87%) Senior
3 44 (12.26%) Architect
4 32 (8.91%) Software Engineer
5 27 (7.52%) Senior Developer
6 22 (6.13%) Full-Stack Developer
7 21 (5.85%) Integration Developer
8 20 (5.57%) Salesforce Architect
9 19 (5.29%) IAM Developer
10 18 (5.01%) Senior Software Engineer
11 17 (4.74%) C# Developer
11 17 (4.74%) Senior Architect
12 15 (4.18%) Java Developer
12 15 (4.18%) Lead
13 14 (3.90%) Development Engineer
13 14 (3.90%) Integration Engineer
14 13 (3.62%) Analyst
14 13 (3.62%) Salesforce Developer
15 12 (3.34%) .NET Developer
15 12 (3.34%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (54.32%) SOAP
2 79 (22.01%) GraphQL
3 71 (19.78%) SAML
4 68 (18.94%) OAuth
5 57 (15.88%) .NET
5 57 (15.88%) Lightning Web Components
6 52 (14.48%) React
7 49 (13.65%) Middleware
8 46 (12.81%) LDAP
8 46 (12.81%) OpenID
9 44 (12.26%) Web Services
10 37 (10.31%) JSON
11 36 (10.03%) Spring
12 35 (9.75%) Visualforce
13 33 (9.19%) XML
14 30 (8.36%) CSS
15 26 (7.24%) Node.js
16 23 (6.41%) AngularJS
16 23 (6.41%) HTML
17 21 (5.85%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 64 (17.83%) Product Ownership
2 48 (13.37%) Cyber Threat
2 48 (13.37%) Cyberattack
3 26 (7.24%) Cloud Native
4 23 (6.41%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (4.74%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (3.62%) DataPower
7 10 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (2.79%) Low-Code
7 10 (2.79%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.95%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.67%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (1.67%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.39%) AI Agents
10 5 (1.39%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.39%) Educational Technology
10 5 (1.39%) Mobile Games
11 4 (1.11%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.11%) IoT
11 4 (1.11%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.85%) Linux
2 14 (3.90%) Android
3 7 (1.95%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.39%) Unix
5 4 (1.11%) Windows
6 3 (0.84%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.28%) CentOS
7 1 (0.28%) Debian
7 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (39.00%) Agile
2 131 (36.49%) Roadmaps
3 115 (32.03%) CI/CD
4 103 (28.69%) DevOps
5 102 (28.41%) Mentoring
6 82 (22.84%) AI
7 65 (18.11%) Event-Driven
8 59 (16.43%) Continuous Improvement
9 54 (15.04%) Microservices
10 49 (13.65%) Software Engineering
10 49 (13.65%) Test Automation
11 48 (13.37%) Cybersecurity
11 48 (13.37%) Programme Delivery
12 47 (13.09%) Data Modelling
12 47 (13.09%) User Experience
13 46 (12.81%) Identity Access Management
13 46 (12.81%) Problem-Solving
13 46 (12.81%) Regulatory Compliance
14 42 (11.70%) Scrum
15 40 (11.14%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 113 (31.48%) SQL
2 84 (23.40%) JavaScript
3 75 (20.89%) Java
4 66 (18.38%) PowerShell
5 61 (16.99%) T-SQL
6 58 (16.16%) Apex Code
7 51 (14.21%) C#
8 49 (13.65%) Bash
8 49 (13.65%) Python
9 31 (8.64%) TypeScript
10 24 (6.69%) SOQL
10 24 (6.69%) SOSL
11 19 (5.29%) PHP
12 12 (3.34%) Go
13 9 (2.51%) C++
13 9 (2.51%) Kotlin
14 5 (1.39%) Shell Script
15 4 (1.11%) ABAP
16 3 (0.84%) Ruby
17 2 (0.56%) C
Qualifications
1 39 (10.86%) Degree
2 27 (7.52%) Security Cleared
3 25 (6.96%) SC Cleared
4 23 (6.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.84%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.84%) PhD
7 2 (0.56%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.56%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.56%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (13.37%) NCSC
1 48 (13.37%) NIST
2 23 (6.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (4.74%) GDPR
4 11 (3.06%) QA
5 8 (2.23%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.39%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.84%) HL7
8 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.56%) Software Quality Assurance
8 2 (0.56%) WCAG
9 1 (0.28%) SLA
9 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 51 (14.21%) Active Directory
2 46 (12.81%) Docker
3 2 (0.56%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 36 (10.03%) Kubernetes
2 21 (5.85%) Terraform
3 10 (2.79%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.39%) Ansible
5 2 (0.56%) Argo
6 1 (0.28%) Grafana
6 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.28%) Puppet
Vendors
1 68 (18.94%) Salesforce
2 43 (11.98%) Microsoft
3 30 (8.36%) MuleSoft
4 25 (6.96%) ServiceNow
5 23 (6.41%) Oracle
6 22 (6.13%) Splunk
7 17 (4.74%) SAP
8 16 (4.46%) IBM
9 13 (3.62%) Workday
10 6 (1.67%) ConnectWise
10 6 (1.67%) CyberArk
10 6 (1.67%) Epicor
10 6 (1.67%) SnapLogic
10 6 (1.67%) Talend
10 6 (1.67%) WooCommerce
11 5 (1.39%) Ericsson
11 5 (1.39%) Infor
11 5 (1.39%) Jitterbit
11 5 (1.39%) Nokia
11 5 (1.39%) Software AG