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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 128 145
Rank change year-on-year -35 +17 -39
Permanent jobs citing REST 401 401 514
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.61% 2.39% 2.35%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.98% 10.67% 7.76%
Number of salaries quoted 261 235 287
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,238
25th Percentile £55,725 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +16.67% -10.45%
75th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% +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 4,466 3,759 6,622
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.91% 22.36% 30.30%
Number of salaries quoted 3,285 2,437 4,491
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £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 £118,750 £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 7 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 18 (4.49%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 7 (1.75%) Confluence
4 4 (1.00%) Camunda
4 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.75%) CMS
5 3 (0.75%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.75%) nginx
5 3 (0.75%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.25%) Documentum
6 1 (0.25%) IIS
6 1 (0.25%) JBoss
6 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 7 (1.75%) Moqups
2 3 (0.75%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.75%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.50%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (1.50%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.75%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.75%) Dynamics GP
2 3 (0.75%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.50%) Magento
3 2 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.50%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.50%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP CAR
4 1 (0.25%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 185 (46.13%) AWS
2 181 (45.14%) Azure
3 55 (13.72%) SaaS
4 42 (10.47%) Azure DevOps
5 39 (9.73%) GitHub
5 39 (9.73%) Power Platform
6 38 (9.48%) GCP
7 32 (7.98%) Serverless
8 25 (6.23%) Azure Service Bus
9 23 (5.74%) Power Automate
10 22 (5.49%) Microsoft 365
11 21 (5.24%) GitHub Actions
11 21 (5.24%) PowerApps
12 20 (4.99%) Microsoft Copilot
13 18 (4.49%) Azure Functions
14 17 (4.24%) Azure Monitor
14 17 (4.24%) Entra ID
15 16 (3.99%) Azure Key Vault
16 13 (3.24%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 13 (3.24%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 33 (8.23%) HTTP
2 5 (1.25%) Network Security
3 4 (1.00%) Broadband
3 4 (1.00%) Firewall
3 4 (1.00%) Kerberos
4 3 (0.75%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.75%) VPN
5 2 (0.50%) OpenVPN
5 2 (0.50%) X.509
6 1 (0.25%) 5G
6 1 (0.25%) BGP
6 1 (0.25%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.25%) DNS
6 1 (0.25%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.25%) LTE
6 1 (0.25%) MQTT
6 1 (0.25%) NX-OS
6 1 (0.25%) OSPF
6 1 (0.25%) SSL
6 1 (0.25%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (14.96%) SQL Server
2 57 (14.21%) PostgreSQL
3 40 (9.98%) Relational Database
4 19 (4.74%) Power BI
5 18 (4.49%) MySQL
6 17 (4.24%) NoSQL
7 15 (3.74%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (2.49%) Redis
8 10 (2.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (2.00%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (2.00%) MongoDB
10 6 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (1.25%) Oracle Database
12 4 (1.00%) Ataccama
12 4 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.00%) IBM InfoSphere
12 4 (1.00%) MariaDB
12 4 (1.00%) Metadata
12 4 (1.00%) TIBCO EBX
13 3 (0.75%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 90 (22.44%) Git
2 20 (4.99%) JIRA
2 20 (4.99%) JUnit
3 18 (4.49%) Mockito
4 14 (3.49%) Cypress.io
4 14 (3.49%) Maven
5 13 (3.24%) GitLab
6 12 (2.99%) Postman
7 11 (2.74%) Selenium
8 10 (2.49%) Jenkins
9 7 (1.75%) Claude Code
10 6 (1.50%) Storybook
11 5 (1.25%) IntelliJ
12 2 (0.50%) Gradle
12 2 (0.50%) Subversion
12 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
13 1 (0.25%) MLflow
13 1 (0.25%) NUnit
13 1 (0.25%) TeamCity
13 1 (0.25%) TestRail
General
1 136 (33.92%) Social Skills
2 108 (26.93%) Finance
3 44 (10.97%) Banking
4 35 (8.73%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (7.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 31 (7.73%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.99%) Legal
7 18 (4.49%) Law
8 13 (3.24%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.24%) Financial Institution
10 8 (2.00%) Back Office
10 8 (2.00%) Legal Technology
10 8 (2.00%) Retail
11 7 (1.75%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.50%) Front Office
12 6 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.50%) Marketing
13 5 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.25%) Police
14 4 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 140 (34.91%) Developer
2 104 (25.94%) Senior
3 83 (20.70%) Lead
4 67 (16.71%) Software Engineer
5 38 (9.48%) Senior Developer
6 31 (7.73%) .NET Developer
7 29 (7.23%) Architect
8 27 (6.73%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 27 (6.73%) Lead Software Engineer
9 26 (6.48%) Development Engineer
9 26 (6.48%) Full-Stack Developer
9 26 (6.48%) Software Development Engineer
10 20 (4.99%) Technical Leader
11 19 (4.74%) Java Developer
11 19 (4.74%) Java Engineer
12 17 (4.24%) Consultant
13 14 (3.49%) Lead Developer
13 14 (3.49%) Software Developer
14 13 (3.24%) Python Engineer
15 12 (2.99%) Lead .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (26.18%) React
2 95 (23.69%) .NET
3 54 (13.47%) Spring
4 49 (12.22%) SOAP
5 44 (10.97%) Terraform
6 37 (9.23%) Node.js
7 35 (8.73%) Spring Boot
8 30 (7.48%) .NET Core
8 30 (7.48%) AngularJS
9 29 (7.23%) CSS
10 28 (6.98%) Kafka
11 27 (6.73%) ASP.NET
12 25 (6.23%) OAuth
13 23 (5.74%) GraphQL
14 21 (5.24%) Blazor
15 20 (4.99%) RESTful
16 17 (4.24%) Playwright
17 15 (3.74%) Tailwind CSS
18 14 (3.49%) gRPC
18 14 (3.49%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (11.72%) Product Ownership
2 46 (11.47%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (9.48%) Enterprise Software
4 30 (7.48%) Cloud Native
5 29 (7.23%) Public Cloud
6 17 (4.24%) AI Agents
6 17 (4.24%) Mobile App
7 13 (3.24%) Onboarding
8 12 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (2.74%) CMDB
9 11 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (2.49%) Data Structures
11 9 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (2.24%) Management Information System
12 8 (2.00%) IoT
13 7 (1.75%) Low-Code
14 5 (1.25%) Reference Data
14 5 (1.25%) Video\Live Streaming
15 4 (1.00%) Educational Technology
15 4 (1.00%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.99%) Linux
2 12 (2.99%) Android
3 10 (2.49%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.75%) 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
1 204 (50.87%) CI/CD
2 134 (33.42%) Software Engineering
3 132 (32.92%) Agile
4 126 (31.42%) AI
5 111 (27.68%) DevOps
6 106 (26.43%) Mentoring
6 106 (26.43%) Problem-Solving
7 98 (24.44%) Continuous Improvement
8 91 (22.69%) Technical Leadership
9 90 (22.44%) Full-Stack Development
9 90 (22.44%) Microservices
10 72 (17.96%) Test Automation
11 69 (17.21%) Event-Driven
12 67 (16.71%) Roadmaps
13 57 (14.21%) TDD
14 53 (13.22%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 53 (13.22%) SDLC
15 52 (12.97%) Stakeholder Management
16 48 (11.97%) Code Quality
17 47 (11.72%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 113 (28.18%) Java
2 110 (27.43%) SQL
3 92 (22.94%) C#
4 85 (21.20%) JavaScript
5 67 (16.71%) Python
6 66 (16.46%) TypeScript
7 23 (5.74%) PowerShell
8 13 (3.24%) Apex Code
8 13 (3.24%) PL/SQL
9 12 (2.99%) Go
9 12 (2.99%) T-SQL
10 11 (2.74%) Bash
11 7 (1.75%) Bicep
12 6 (1.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (1.50%) Ruby
13 5 (1.25%) SOQL
14 4 (1.00%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.75%) C
15 3 (0.75%) PHP
16 2 (0.50%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 63 (15.71%) Security Cleared
2 41 (10.22%) SC Cleared
3 24 (5.99%) Degree
4 17 (4.24%) DV Cleared
5 15 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.25%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.00%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.00%) CISSP
8 3 (0.75%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.25%) CCIE
9 1 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.25%) CSPO
9 1 (0.25%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.25%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.25%) PhD
9 1 (0.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (13.47%) QA
2 21 (5.24%) Accessibility
3 18 (4.49%) Data Quality
3 18 (4.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.50%) NIST
5 5 (1.25%) GDPR
5 5 (1.25%) WCAG
6 4 (1.00%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.75%) NCSC
8 1 (0.25%) GRC
8 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 114 (28.43%) Docker
2 13 (3.24%) 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 58 (14.46%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.99%) Grafana
3 10 (2.49%) Ansible
4 4 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.75%) Argo
5 3 (0.75%) Kibana
5 3 (0.75%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.25%) Consul
7 1 (0.25%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.25%) logstash
7 1 (0.25%) Podman
Vendors
1 82 (20.45%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.48%) Oracle
3 18 (4.49%) Salesforce
3 18 (4.49%) ServiceNow
4 12 (2.99%) Informatica
4 12 (2.99%) OpenAI
5 10 (2.49%) Google
6 9 (2.24%) MuleSoft
7 7 (1.75%) Sage
8 6 (1.50%) Intapp
9 5 (1.25%) CyberArk
9 5 (1.25%) Dynatrace
9 5 (1.25%) Foundry
9 5 (1.25%) IBM
9 5 (1.25%) SAP
9 5 (1.25%) TIBCO
10 3 (0.75%) Aderant
10 3 (0.75%) Adobe
10 3 (0.75%) iManage
10 3 (0.75%) VMware