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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 130 148
Rank change year-on-year -33 +18 -39
Permanent jobs citing REST 404 400 493
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.62% 2.38% 2.20%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.95% 10.51% 7.34%
Number of salaries quoted 261 238 302
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,238
25th Percentile £55,750 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +21.74% -11.54%
75th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £57,750
% change year-on-year +3.57% +21.21% -17.50%

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 4,514 3,806 6,720
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.09% 22.62% 29.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,320 2,488 4,589
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -0.54%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £68,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.46% +5.38% -3.70%

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 1 October 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 17 (4.21%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 7 (1.73%) Confluence
4 4 (0.99%) Camunda
5 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.74%) nginx
6 2 (0.50%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.50%) CMS
6 2 (0.50%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.25%) Documentum
7 1 (0.25%) IIS
7 1 (0.25%) JBoss
7 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.25%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (1.73%) Moqups
2 3 (0.74%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.74%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.49%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.74%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.74%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.50%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.50%) Magento
4 2 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.50%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.50%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.25%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.25%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 188 (46.53%) AWS
2 181 (44.80%) Azure
3 55 (13.61%) SaaS
4 40 (9.90%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (9.90%) GCP
4 40 (9.90%) GitHub
5 37 (9.16%) Power Platform
6 32 (7.92%) Serverless
7 24 (5.94%) Azure Service Bus
8 22 (5.45%) GitHub Actions
8 22 (5.45%) Power Automate
9 20 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
9 20 (4.95%) PowerApps
10 18 (4.46%) Microsoft Copilot
11 17 (4.21%) Azure Monitor
11 17 (4.21%) Entra ID
12 15 (3.71%) Azure Functions
12 15 (3.71%) Azure Key Vault
13 14 (3.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 12 (2.97%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 34 (8.42%) HTTP
2 6 (1.49%) Network Security
3 5 (1.24%) Firewall
3 5 (1.24%) Kerberos
4 4 (0.99%) Broadband
5 3 (0.74%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.74%) VPN
6 2 (0.50%) OpenVPN
6 2 (0.50%) X.509
7 1 (0.25%) 5G
7 1 (0.25%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.25%) DHCP
7 1 (0.25%) DNS
7 1 (0.25%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.25%) LAN
7 1 (0.25%) MQTT
7 1 (0.25%) NX-OS
7 1 (0.25%) SSL
7 1 (0.25%) VXLAN
7 1 (0.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (14.85%) SQL Server
2 59 (14.60%) PostgreSQL
3 41 (10.15%) Relational Database
4 19 (4.70%) NoSQL
5 18 (4.46%) MySQL
6 17 (4.21%) Power BI
7 16 (3.96%) Elasticsearch
8 11 (2.72%) Redis
8 11 (2.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (2.48%) MongoDB
10 9 (2.23%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (1.24%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.99%) Ataccama
13 4 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.99%) IBM InfoSphere
13 4 (0.99%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.99%) Metadata
13 4 (0.99%) TIBCO EBX
14 3 (0.74%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 94 (23.27%) Git
2 19 (4.70%) JIRA
3 18 (4.46%) JUnit
4 16 (3.96%) Mockito
5 14 (3.47%) Cypress.io
5 14 (3.47%) Maven
6 13 (3.22%) GitLab
7 12 (2.97%) Postman
8 11 (2.72%) Jenkins
8 11 (2.72%) Selenium
9 7 (1.73%) Claude Code
10 6 (1.49%) Storybook
11 5 (1.24%) IntelliJ
12 3 (0.74%) Subversion
13 2 (0.50%) Gradle
13 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
14 1 (0.25%) MLflow
14 1 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
14 1 (0.25%) TestRail
14 1 (0.25%) Vite
General
1 135 (33.42%) Social Skills
2 108 (26.73%) Finance
3 46 (11.39%) Banking
4 33 (8.17%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (7.92%) Public Sector
6 31 (7.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (4.70%) Legal
8 18 (4.46%) Law
9 14 (3.47%) Manufacturing
10 9 (2.23%) Financial Institution
10 9 (2.23%) Investment Banking
10 9 (2.23%) Retail
11 8 (1.98%) Back Office
11 8 (1.98%) Legal Technology
12 7 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.49%) Front Office
13 6 (1.49%) Marketing
14 5 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.99%) Police
15 4 (0.99%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 143 (35.40%) Developer
2 104 (25.74%) Senior
3 81 (20.05%) Lead
4 67 (16.58%) Software Engineer
5 39 (9.65%) Senior Developer
6 31 (7.67%) .NET Developer
7 30 (7.43%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 29 (7.18%) Architect
9 27 (6.68%) Development Engineer
9 27 (6.68%) Lead Software Engineer
9 27 (6.68%) Software Development Engineer
10 25 (6.19%) Full-Stack Developer
11 20 (4.95%) Java Developer
12 19 (4.70%) Java Engineer
12 19 (4.70%) Technical Leader
13 16 (3.96%) Consultant
13 16 (3.96%) Software Developer
14 15 (3.71%) Python Engineer
15 14 (3.47%) Lead Developer
16 12 (2.97%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (26.98%) React
2 94 (23.27%) .NET
3 55 (13.61%) Spring
4 50 (12.38%) SOAP
5 46 (11.39%) Terraform
6 37 (9.16%) Node.js
7 36 (8.91%) Spring Boot
8 35 (8.66%) AngularJS
9 30 (7.43%) .NET Core
9 30 (7.43%) CSS
10 28 (6.93%) ASP.NET
11 27 (6.68%) Kafka
12 25 (6.19%) OAuth
13 23 (5.69%) GraphQL
14 22 (5.45%) Blazor
14 22 (5.45%) RESTful
15 17 (4.21%) Playwright
16 15 (3.71%) HTML
16 15 (3.71%) RabbitMQ
16 15 (3.71%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 48 (11.88%) Product Ownership
2 45 (11.14%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (9.16%) Enterprise Software
4 32 (7.92%) Cloud Native
5 30 (7.43%) Public Cloud
6 18 (4.46%) Mobile App
7 17 (4.21%) AI Agents
8 11 (2.72%) CMDB
8 11 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (2.72%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (2.48%) Data Structures
10 9 (2.23%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.98%) IoT
11 8 (1.98%) Low-Code
11 8 (1.98%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.24%) Reference Data
12 5 (1.24%) Video\Live Streaming
13 4 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (0.99%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.95%) Linux
2 13 (3.22%) Android
3 11 (2.72%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.73%) Windows
5 1 (0.25%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.25%) OpenWrt
5 1 (0.25%) Unix
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 137 (33.91%) Software Engineering
3 129 (31.93%) Agile
4 126 (31.19%) AI
5 110 (27.23%) DevOps
6 108 (26.73%) Mentoring
6 108 (26.73%) Problem-Solving
7 96 (23.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 93 (23.02%) Full-Stack Development
9 92 (22.77%) Technical Leadership
10 90 (22.28%) Microservices
11 71 (17.57%) Test Automation
12 69 (17.08%) Event-Driven
13 68 (16.83%) Roadmaps
14 57 (14.11%) TDD
15 53 (13.12%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 53 (13.12%) SDLC
16 49 (12.13%) Containerisation
16 49 (12.13%) Stakeholder Management
17 47 (11.63%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 115 (28.47%) Java
2 113 (27.97%) SQL
3 92 (22.77%) C#
4 87 (21.53%) JavaScript
5 69 (17.08%) TypeScript
6 68 (16.83%) Python
7 23 (5.69%) PowerShell
8 14 (3.47%) PL/SQL
9 13 (3.22%) Apex Code
10 11 (2.72%) Bash
10 11 (2.72%) Go
10 11 (2.72%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.49%) Bicep
11 6 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (1.49%) Ruby
12 5 (1.24%) SOQL
13 4 (0.99%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.74%) C
14 3 (0.74%) PHP
15 2 (0.50%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 61 (15.10%) Security Cleared
2 39 (9.65%) SC Cleared
3 22 (5.45%) Degree
4 17 (4.21%) DV Cleared
5 14 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.24%) CISSP
7 4 (0.99%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.99%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.50%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.25%) CCIE
9 1 (0.25%) CCNP
9 1 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.25%) CSPO
9 1 (0.25%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (13.37%) QA
2 21 (5.20%) Accessibility
3 18 (4.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (4.21%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.49%) NIST
6 5 (1.24%) GDPR
6 5 (1.24%) WCAG
7 4 (0.99%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.74%) NCSC
9 1 (0.25%) GRC
9 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 116 (28.71%) Docker
2 14 (3.47%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.25%) Firmware
4 1 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 61 (15.10%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.72%) Grafana
3 10 (2.48%) Ansible
4 5 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.99%) Kibana
6 3 (0.74%) Argo
6 3 (0.74%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.25%) Consul
8 1 (0.25%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.25%) logstash
8 1 (0.25%) Podman
Vendors
1 81 (20.05%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.93%) Oracle
3 18 (4.46%) Salesforce
3 18 (4.46%) ServiceNow
4 12 (2.97%) Informatica
4 12 (2.97%) OpenAI
5 10 (2.48%) Google
6 9 (2.23%) MuleSoft
7 7 (1.73%) Sage
8 6 (1.49%) IBM
9 5 (1.24%) CyberArk
9 5 (1.24%) Intapp
9 5 (1.24%) SAP
9 5 (1.24%) TIBCO
10 4 (0.99%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.99%) Foundry
11 3 (0.74%) Aderant
11 3 (0.74%) Adobe
11 3 (0.74%) iManage
11 3 (0.74%) VMware