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 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 96 134
Rank change year-on-year -9 +38 -38
Permanent jobs citing REST 414 432 789
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.35% 3.27% 2.42%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.08% 10.65% 9.13%
Number of salaries quoted 212 271 719
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £50,612 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £96,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +12.50% -13.60%

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 3,165 4,055 8,638
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.95% 30.66% 26.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,274 3,253 7,539
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,790 £39,000
25th Percentile £52,400 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,100 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% +10.17% -8.40%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,100 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.66% +10.17% -11.11%

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 17 April 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 (3.62%) JBoss
2 12 (2.90%) WebSphere
3 8 (1.93%) Anypoint
4 5 (1.21%) Apache Pulsar
4 5 (1.21%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.97%) Apache Solr
6 3 (0.72%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.48%) Apache
7 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.48%) Confluence
7 2 (0.48%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.24%) Camunda
8 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.24%) Mendix
Applications
1 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.72%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 14 (3.38%) Shopify
2 10 (2.42%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (2.17%) Magento
4 3 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 163 (39.37%) Azure
2 119 (28.74%) AWS
3 62 (14.98%) Entra ID
4 56 (13.53%) Google Workspace
5 52 (12.56%) GitHub
6 41 (9.90%) SaaS
7 36 (8.70%) GCP
8 35 (8.45%) GitHub Copilot
9 34 (8.21%) Azure DevOps
10 28 (6.76%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 28 (6.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 19 (4.59%) Serverless
12 12 (2.90%) Power Automate
13 11 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
14 9 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
14 9 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
15 8 (1.93%) Azure Service Bus
15 8 (1.93%) OpenShift
15 8 (1.93%) Salesforce Einstein
16 7 (1.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 99 (23.91%) Broadband
2 28 (6.76%) HTTP
3 10 (2.42%) Firewall
4 9 (2.17%) SMTP
5 7 (1.69%) SSL
6 6 (1.45%) AMQP
6 6 (1.45%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (1.21%) PuTTY
8 4 (0.97%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.97%) Network Security
9 3 (0.72%) Modbus
9 3 (0.72%) RTP
9 3 (0.72%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.72%) Unified Communications
9 3 (0.72%) VoIP
9 3 (0.72%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.24%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.24%) Intranet
10 1 (0.24%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (8.45%) SQL Server
2 26 (6.28%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (5.31%) Relational Database
4 20 (4.83%) NoSQL
5 18 (4.35%) MongoDB
6 12 (2.90%) MySQL
7 6 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (1.21%) DocumentDB
8 5 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.97%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.97%) Neo4j
9 4 (0.97%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.48%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.48%) Power BI
10 2 (0.48%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.48%) Redis
11 1 (0.24%) Cloudera CDH
11 1 (0.24%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 47 (11.35%) Git
2 41 (9.90%) GitLab
2 41 (9.90%) Jenkins
3 34 (8.21%) SonarQube
4 16 (3.86%) JIRA
5 12 (2.90%) Selenium
6 10 (2.42%) SpecFlow
7 9 (2.17%) Maven
7 9 (2.17%) WebDriver
8 7 (1.69%) Visual Studio
9 5 (1.21%) Gradle
10 4 (0.97%) NUnit
11 3 (0.72%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.72%) JMeter
11 3 (0.72%) JUnit
11 3 (0.72%) Postman
11 3 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.48%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.48%) Serenity BDD
General
1 143 (34.54%) Social Skills
2 116 (28.02%) Finance
3 86 (20.77%) Games
4 76 (18.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 61 (14.73%) Organisational Skills
6 49 (11.84%) Marketing
7 39 (9.42%) Banking
8 33 (7.97%) Public Sector
9 29 (7.00%) Law
10 24 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
11 20 (4.83%) Back Office
12 18 (4.35%) Telecoms
13 17 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (3.14%) Retail
15 12 (2.90%) Financial Institution
16 11 (2.66%) Polish Language
17 5 (1.21%) Legal
18 4 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
18 4 (0.97%) Investment Banking
18 4 (0.97%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 138 (33.33%) Developer
2 123 (29.71%) Senior
3 64 (15.46%) Architect
4 52 (12.56%) Software Engineer
5 34 (8.21%) Senior Developer
6 33 (7.97%) Salesforce Architect
7 27 (6.52%) Development Engineer
7 27 (6.52%) Senior Software Engineer
8 23 (5.56%) Lead
8 23 (5.56%) Software Development Engineer
9 22 (5.31%) Salesforce Developer
10 21 (5.07%) IAM Developer
11 20 (4.83%) Senior Architect
12 18 (4.35%) Full-Stack Developer
12 18 (4.35%) Salesforce Engineer
12 18 (4.35%) Salesforce Technical Architect
12 18 (4.35%) Technical Architect
13 17 (4.11%) Java Developer
13 17 (4.11%) Senior Development Engineer
13 17 (4.11%) Senior Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 194 (46.86%) SOAP
2 81 (19.57%) OAuth
3 80 (19.32%) GraphQL
4 76 (18.36%) SAML
5 73 (17.63%) Lightning Web Components
6 65 (15.70%) .NET
7 63 (15.22%) LDAP
8 62 (14.98%) OpenID
9 56 (13.53%) Visualforce
10 50 (12.08%) React
11 48 (11.59%) Spring
12 44 (10.63%) Middleware
13 43 (10.39%) JSON
14 37 (8.94%) Web Services
15 33 (7.97%) XML
16 30 (7.25%) Spring Boot
17 28 (6.76%) Node.js
17 28 (6.76%) RESTful
18 24 (5.80%) AngularJS
18 24 (5.80%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 84 (20.29%) Product Ownership
2 58 (14.01%) Cyber Threat
2 58 (14.01%) Cyberattack
3 40 (9.66%) Cloud Native
4 30 (7.25%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (5.80%) Public Cloud
6 19 (4.59%) Low-Code
7 14 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (2.90%) DataPower
8 12 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (2.42%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.69%) Algorithms
10 7 (1.69%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.69%) Video\Live Streaming
11 6 (1.45%) AI Agents
11 6 (1.45%) CUDA
11 6 (1.45%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.21%) Educational Technology
12 5 (1.21%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (7.00%) Linux
2 15 (3.62%) Android
3 11 (2.66%) Unix
4 10 (2.42%) Windows
5 7 (1.69%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.97%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.24%) CentOS
7 1 (0.24%) Debian
7 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (36.71%) Roadmaps
2 148 (35.75%) CI/CD
3 129 (31.16%) DevOps
4 128 (30.92%) Agile
5 105 (25.36%) Mentoring
6 92 (22.22%) Software Engineering
7 90 (21.74%) AI
8 85 (20.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 83 (20.05%) Event-Driven
10 68 (16.43%) Microservices
11 67 (16.18%) Test Automation
12 63 (15.22%) Cybersecurity
13 62 (14.98%) Problem-Solving
14 61 (14.73%) OO
15 60 (14.49%) Identity Access Management
16 58 (14.01%) Programme Delivery
17 57 (13.77%) Regulatory Compliance
18 55 (13.29%) Data Modelling
19 52 (12.56%) Scrum
20 50 (12.08%) Community of Practice
Programming Languages
1 114 (27.54%) SQL
2 109 (26.33%) Java
3 77 (18.60%) Apex Code
4 74 (17.87%) JavaScript
5 72 (17.39%) Python
6 69 (16.67%) PowerShell
6 69 (16.67%) T-SQL
7 58 (14.01%) Bash
8 48 (11.59%) C#
9 36 (8.70%) SOQL
9 36 (8.70%) SOSL
10 34 (8.21%) TypeScript
11 18 (4.35%) Go
12 10 (2.42%) C++
13 8 (1.93%) PHP
14 7 (1.69%) Kotlin
15 5 (1.21%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.72%) Bicep
16 3 (0.72%) C
16 3 (0.72%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 53 (12.80%) Degree
2 40 (9.66%) Security Cleared
3 38 (9.18%) SC Cleared
4 31 (7.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (0.97%) Azure Certification
5 4 (0.97%) CISSP
5 4 (0.97%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.48%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (0.48%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.48%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (14.25%) NIST
2 58 (14.01%) NCSC
3 31 (7.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (6.04%) QA
5 9 (2.17%) GDPR
6 4 (0.97%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.72%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.72%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.72%) SLA
8 2 (0.48%) HL7
8 2 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 70 (16.91%) Active Directory
2 58 (14.01%) Docker
3 5 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.72%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 48 (11.59%) Kubernetes
2 24 (5.80%) Terraform
3 7 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.97%) Ansible
5 3 (0.72%) Argo
6 2 (0.48%) Kibana
6 2 (0.48%) MIIS
7 1 (0.24%) Grafana
7 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 80 (19.32%) Salesforce
2 42 (10.14%) Microsoft
3 38 (9.18%) Splunk
4 29 (7.00%) MuleSoft
5 23 (5.56%) ServiceNow
6 19 (4.59%) Oracle
7 11 (2.66%) CyberArk
8 9 (2.17%) ConnectWise
8 9 (2.17%) IBM
8 9 (2.17%) SAP
8 9 (2.17%) WooCommerce
9 7 (1.69%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.45%) Cisco
10 6 (1.45%) F5
10 6 (1.45%) Juniper
10 6 (1.45%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.45%) Talend
11 5 (1.21%) IFS
11 5 (1.21%) Mavenir
11 5 (1.21%) Workday