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 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 138 162
Rank change year-on-year -12 +24 -63
Permanent jobs citing REST 420 427 550
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.90% 2.59% 2.07%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.18% 10.36% 8.05%
Number of salaries quoted 239 269 487
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +16.67% -11.11%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +16.67% -14.29%

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 4,126 4,122 6,832
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.63% 25.01% 25.68%
Number of salaries quoted 3,122 2,780 5,630
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £49,611 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% +4.80% -4.36%
75th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -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 31 July 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 11 (2.62%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (0.95%) Camunda
4 3 (0.71%) Anypoint
4 3 (0.71%) Apache Solr
4 3 (0.71%) Confluence
4 3 (0.71%) JBoss
5 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.24%) Apache
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.24%) Documentum
6 1 (0.24%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Moqups
2 1 (0.24%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.71%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.71%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.48%) Magento
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.48%) Shopify
3 2 (0.48%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.24%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.24%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 188 (44.76%) AWS
2 172 (40.95%) Azure
3 49 (11.67%) SaaS
4 46 (10.95%) GCP
5 38 (9.05%) GitHub
6 32 (7.62%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (5.48%) Power Platform
8 22 (5.24%) Serverless
9 21 (5.00%) Entra ID
10 19 (4.52%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (3.57%) Azure Service Bus
12 13 (3.10%) Power Automate
12 13 (3.10%) PowerApps
13 12 (2.86%) Google Workspace
14 11 (2.62%) Anthropic Claude
14 11 (2.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 11 (2.62%) GitHub Copilot
15 10 (2.38%) Figma
15 10 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
16 9 (2.14%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 47 (11.19%) Broadband
2 35 (8.33%) HTTP
3 13 (3.10%) Firewall
4 8 (1.90%) Network Security
5 7 (1.67%) Kerberos
5 7 (1.67%) SSL
6 6 (1.43%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (1.19%) SMTP
7 5 (1.19%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.71%) Modbus
9 1 (0.24%) BGP
9 1 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.24%) Intranet
9 1 (0.24%) LAN
9 1 (0.24%) MQTT
9 1 (0.24%) OSPF
9 1 (0.24%) RTP
9 1 (0.24%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.24%) VoIP
9 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (14.76%) PostgreSQL
2 49 (11.67%) SQL Server
3 37 (8.81%) Relational Database
4 21 (5.00%) MongoDB
5 20 (4.76%) NoSQL
6 18 (4.29%) MySQL
7 12 (2.86%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (1.90%) Power BI
9 8 (1.90%) Redis
10 6 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.43%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.95%) Ataccama
11 4 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.95%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.95%) IBM InfoSphere
11 4 (0.95%) MariaDB
11 4 (0.95%) TIBCO EBX
12 3 (0.71%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (0.71%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 85 (20.24%) Git
2 37 (8.81%) GitLab
3 34 (8.10%) Jenkins
4 26 (6.19%) SonarQube
5 14 (3.33%) JUnit
6 13 (3.10%) JIRA
7 12 (2.86%) Mockito
7 12 (2.86%) Selenium
8 11 (2.62%) Maven
9 7 (1.67%) Claude Code
10 6 (1.43%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.95%) Postman
11 4 (0.95%) SpecFlow
11 4 (0.95%) WebDriver
12 3 (0.71%) NUnit
12 3 (0.71%) Storybook
12 3 (0.71%) Subversion
12 3 (0.71%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.71%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 125 (29.76%) Social Skills
2 120 (28.57%) Finance
3 69 (16.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 52 (12.38%) Banking
5 40 (9.52%) Games
6 35 (8.33%) Public Sector
7 33 (7.86%) Analytical Skills
8 30 (7.14%) Marketing
9 19 (4.52%) Law
10 16 (3.81%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (3.57%) Manufacturing
12 14 (3.33%) Financial Institution
12 14 (3.33%) Legal
13 12 (2.86%) Back Office
13 12 (2.86%) Retail
14 9 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.90%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.90%) Legal Technology
15 8 (1.90%) Polish Language
16 7 (1.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 136 (32.38%) Developer
2 82 (19.52%) Senior
3 70 (16.67%) Lead
4 67 (15.95%) Software Engineer
5 56 (13.33%) Architect
6 30 (7.14%) Development Engineer
6 30 (7.14%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 30 (7.14%) Software Development Engineer
7 29 (6.90%) Salesforce Architect
8 27 (6.43%) Senior Developer
9 26 (6.19%) Full-Stack Developer
10 25 (5.95%) Lead Software Engineer
11 22 (5.24%) .NET Developer
11 22 (5.24%) Consultant
12 21 (5.00%) Technical Architect
13 19 (4.52%) Python Engineer
14 18 (4.29%) Java Developer
15 15 (3.57%) Senior Software Engineer
15 15 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
15 15 (3.57%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (22.38%) React
2 91 (21.67%) SOAP
3 79 (18.81%) .NET
4 45 (10.71%) Spring
5 38 (9.05%) Lightning Web Components
6 37 (8.81%) Node.js
6 37 (8.81%) OAuth
7 35 (8.33%) Visualforce
8 31 (7.38%) GraphQL
8 31 (7.38%) Spring Boot
9 30 (7.14%) AngularJS
10 28 (6.67%) SAML
11 26 (6.19%) ASP.NET
12 24 (5.71%) CSS
12 24 (5.71%) JSON
12 24 (5.71%) Kafka
12 24 (5.71%) OpenID
13 23 (5.48%) .NET Core
13 23 (5.48%) LDAP
14 21 (5.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 83 (19.76%) Product Ownership
2 34 (8.10%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (7.86%) Cloud Native
3 33 (7.86%) Public Cloud
4 28 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
5 20 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (4.05%) Low-Code
7 14 (3.33%) Mobile App
8 13 (3.10%) Onboarding
9 12 (2.86%) Cyber Threat
9 12 (2.86%) Cyberattack
10 11 (2.62%) AI Agents
10 11 (2.62%) CMDB
10 11 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (2.38%) Video\Live Streaming
12 8 (1.90%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.90%) IoT
13 6 (1.43%) CUDA
14 5 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.19%) Linux
2 10 (2.38%) Android
2 10 (2.38%) Windows
3 8 (1.90%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.67%) Unix
5 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (46.19%) CI/CD
2 135 (32.14%) Agile
3 128 (30.48%) Software Engineering
4 125 (29.76%) DevOps
5 110 (26.19%) Continuous Improvement
6 103 (24.52%) AI
7 101 (24.05%) Roadmaps
8 93 (22.14%) Problem-Solving
9 91 (21.67%) Full-Stack Development
10 87 (20.71%) Mentoring
11 86 (20.48%) Microservices
12 84 (20.00%) Event-Driven
13 74 (17.62%) Technical Leadership
14 67 (15.95%) OO
15 66 (15.71%) Test Automation
16 59 (14.05%) Scrum
17 54 (12.86%) Infrastructure as Code
18 53 (12.62%) Containerisation
19 51 (12.14%) TDD
20 46 (10.95%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 107 (25.48%) Java
2 100 (23.81%) SQL
3 85 (20.24%) JavaScript
4 83 (19.76%) Python
5 72 (17.14%) C#
6 63 (15.00%) TypeScript
7 41 (9.76%) Apex Code
8 29 (6.90%) PowerShell
9 28 (6.67%) SOQL
10 27 (6.43%) SOSL
11 19 (4.52%) Bash
11 19 (4.52%) T-SQL
12 13 (3.10%) Go
13 12 (2.86%) PL/SQL
14 6 (1.43%) Ruby
15 5 (1.19%) Bicep
16 4 (0.95%) PHP
17 3 (0.71%) DataWeave
18 2 (0.48%) C
18 2 (0.48%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 52 (12.38%) Security Cleared
2 35 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 32 (7.62%) Degree
4 24 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (3.81%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.67%) CISSP
7 4 (0.95%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.71%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.24%) CCIE
9 1 (0.24%) CCNP
9 1 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.24%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (12.62%) QA
2 19 (4.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (3.57%) NIST
4 14 (3.33%) NCSC
5 13 (3.10%) Accessibility
6 11 (2.62%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.95%) GDPR
8 3 (0.71%) SLA
8 3 (0.71%) WCAG
9 2 (0.48%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 99 (23.57%) Docker
2 28 (6.67%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.24%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 61 (14.52%) Kubernetes
2 41 (9.76%) Terraform
3 10 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.67%) Ansible
5 4 (0.95%) Grafana
5 4 (0.95%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.71%) Argo
7 2 (0.48%) Kibana
7 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.48%) MIIS
8 1 (0.24%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 58 (13.81%) Microsoft
2 46 (10.95%) Salesforce
3 30 (7.14%) Splunk
4 25 (5.95%) ServiceNow
5 22 (5.24%) Oracle
6 14 (3.33%) MuleSoft
7 11 (2.62%) OpenAI
8 9 (2.14%) CyberArk
8 9 (2.14%) Informatica
9 7 (1.67%) Cisco
9 7 (1.67%) Google
10 6 (1.43%) F5
10 6 (1.43%) Juniper
10 6 (1.43%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.43%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.19%) IBM
11 5 (1.19%) TIBCO
12 3 (0.71%) iManage
12 3 (0.71%) Sage
12 3 (0.71%) SAP