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 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 135 166
Rank change year-on-year -25 +31 -66
Permanent jobs citing REST 412 382 484
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.75% 2.37% 2.06%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.20% 9.85% 7.23%
Number of salaries quoted 248 235 372
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +21.74% -14.18%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% +21.74% -17.86%

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 4,479 3,877 6,693
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 19.06% 24.04% 28.53%
Number of salaries quoted 3,325 2,593 5,024
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,500 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -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 5 September 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 14 (3.40%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 5 (1.21%) Camunda
3 5 (1.21%) Confluence
4 3 (0.73%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.49%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.24%) Documentum
6 1 (0.24%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) JBoss
6 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 5 (1.21%) Moqups
2 2 (0.49%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.46%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.73%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.73%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.49%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.49%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.24%) Magento
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 202 (49.03%) AWS
2 177 (42.96%) Azure
3 51 (12.38%) SaaS
4 49 (11.89%) GCP
5 37 (8.98%) GitHub
6 35 (8.50%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (7.28%) Power Platform
8 23 (5.58%) Serverless
9 19 (4.61%) Azure Service Bus
10 18 (4.37%) GitHub Actions
11 17 (4.13%) PowerApps
12 16 (3.88%) Power Automate
13 15 (3.64%) Microsoft Copilot
14 14 (3.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 14 (3.40%) Microsoft 365
15 13 (3.16%) Azure Monitor
15 13 (3.16%) GitHub Copilot
16 12 (2.91%) Azure Key Vault
17 11 (2.67%) Figma
18 10 (2.43%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 38 (9.22%) HTTP
2 24 (5.83%) Broadband
3 7 (1.70%) Firewall
4 6 (1.46%) Network Security
5 5 (1.21%) Kerberos
6 4 (0.97%) SSL
6 4 (0.97%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.49%) X.509
8 1 (0.24%) 5G
8 1 (0.24%) BGP
8 1 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.24%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (0.24%) Intranet
8 1 (0.24%) LTE
8 1 (0.24%) Modbus
8 1 (0.24%) MQTT
8 1 (0.24%) NX-OS
8 1 (0.24%) OSPF
8 1 (0.24%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (15.78%) PostgreSQL
2 55 (13.35%) SQL Server
3 42 (10.19%) Relational Database
4 20 (4.85%) NoSQL
5 17 (4.13%) MongoDB
5 17 (4.13%) MySQL
6 15 (3.64%) Elasticsearch
7 11 (2.67%) Power BI
8 10 (2.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (2.18%) Redis
10 6 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.97%) Ataccama
11 4 (0.97%) IBM InfoSphere
11 4 (0.97%) MariaDB
11 4 (0.97%) TIBCO EBX
12 3 (0.73%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (0.73%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.73%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.73%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 98 (23.79%) Git
2 23 (5.58%) GitLab
2 23 (5.58%) Jenkins
3 18 (4.37%) JUnit
4 16 (3.88%) Mockito
5 15 (3.64%) JIRA
6 14 (3.40%) Maven
6 14 (3.40%) SonarQube
7 12 (2.91%) Cypress.io
8 11 (2.67%) Selenium
9 8 (1.94%) Postman
10 6 (1.46%) Claude Code
10 6 (1.46%) Storybook
11 3 (0.73%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.73%) NUnit
11 3 (0.73%) Subversion
11 3 (0.73%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.49%) Jasmine
General
1 127 (30.83%) Social Skills
2 117 (28.40%) Finance
3 53 (12.86%) Banking
4 45 (10.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (7.28%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (7.04%) Public Sector
7 21 (5.10%) Games
8 19 (4.61%) Law
8 19 (4.61%) Marketing
9 17 (4.13%) Legal
10 15 (3.64%) Manufacturing
11 11 (2.67%) Financial Institution
12 10 (2.43%) Back Office
12 10 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (2.18%) Investment Banking
13 9 (2.18%) Retail
14 8 (1.94%) Legal Technology
14 8 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.46%) Front Office
15 6 (1.46%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 139 (33.74%) Developer
2 93 (22.57%) Senior
3 82 (19.90%) Lead
4 71 (17.23%) Software Engineer
5 41 (9.95%) Architect
6 33 (8.01%) Development Engineer
6 33 (8.01%) Software Development Engineer
7 32 (7.77%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 32 (7.77%) Senior Developer
8 29 (7.04%) Full-Stack Developer
9 28 (6.80%) Lead Software Engineer
10 27 (6.55%) .NET Developer
11 21 (5.10%) Java Engineer
12 20 (4.85%) Python Engineer
12 20 (4.85%) Technical Leader
13 19 (4.61%) Java Developer
14 18 (4.37%) Software Developer
15 17 (4.13%) Salesforce Architect
16 15 (3.64%) Lead Developer
16 15 (3.64%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (25.24%) React
2 80 (19.42%) .NET
3 66 (16.02%) SOAP
4 55 (13.35%) Spring
5 49 (11.89%) Terraform
6 38 (9.22%) Node.js
7 35 (8.50%) Spring Boot
8 31 (7.52%) AngularJS
9 29 (7.04%) ASP.NET
9 29 (7.04%) CSS
10 28 (6.80%) Kafka
11 25 (6.07%) .NET Core
11 25 (6.07%) OAuth
12 23 (5.58%) Lightning Web Components
13 22 (5.34%) Blazor
13 22 (5.34%) RESTful
14 19 (4.61%) GraphQL
14 19 (4.61%) Visualforce
15 17 (4.13%) Django
15 17 (4.13%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 72 (17.48%) Product Ownership
2 39 (9.47%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (8.50%) Public Cloud
4 34 (8.25%) Cloud Native
5 29 (7.04%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (3.88%) Low-Code
6 16 (3.88%) Mobile App
6 16 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (3.40%) AI Agents
8 12 (2.91%) Onboarding
9 11 (2.67%) CMDB
10 10 (2.43%) Video\Live Streaming
11 9 (2.18%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.94%) IoT
13 7 (1.70%) Algorithms
14 6 (1.46%) CUDA
15 5 (1.21%) Data Structures
16 4 (0.97%) Reference Data
16 4 (0.97%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.34%) Linux
2 11 (2.67%) Android
3 9 (2.18%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.97%) Windows
5 3 (0.73%) Unix
6 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.24%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (49.27%) CI/CD
2 142 (34.47%) Software Engineering
3 131 (31.80%) Agile
4 113 (27.43%) AI
5 112 (27.18%) DevOps
6 104 (25.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 101 (24.51%) Full-Stack Development
8 100 (24.27%) Problem-Solving
9 97 (23.54%) Mentoring
10 89 (21.60%) Microservices
11 86 (20.87%) Technical Leadership
12 82 (19.90%) Roadmaps
13 80 (19.42%) Event-Driven
14 72 (17.48%) Test Automation
15 62 (15.05%) OO
16 61 (14.81%) TDD
17 52 (12.62%) Scrum
18 51 (12.38%) Containerisation
19 50 (12.14%) Infrastructure as Code
20 48 (11.65%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 114 (27.67%) Java
2 101 (24.51%) SQL
3 82 (19.90%) JavaScript
4 77 (18.69%) C#
5 72 (17.48%) Python
6 68 (16.50%) TypeScript
7 25 (6.07%) Apex Code
8 21 (5.10%) PowerShell
9 17 (4.13%) SOQL
10 15 (3.64%) Go
10 15 (3.64%) SOSL
11 14 (3.40%) PL/SQL
12 10 (2.43%) Bash
13 7 (1.70%) T-SQL
14 6 (1.46%) Ruby
15 4 (0.97%) Bicep
15 4 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.97%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.97%) PHP
16 3 (0.73%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 52 (12.62%) Security Cleared
2 31 (7.52%) SC Cleared
3 25 (6.07%) Degree
4 21 (5.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (4.13%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.21%) CISSP
7 3 (0.73%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.49%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.24%) CCIE
9 1 (0.24%) CCNP
9 1 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.24%) CSPO
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 60 (14.56%) QA
2 19 (4.61%) Accessibility
3 17 (4.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.91%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.21%) GDPR
5 5 (1.21%) NIST
5 5 (1.21%) WCAG
6 4 (0.97%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.73%) NCSC
7 3 (0.73%) SLA
8 1 (0.24%) GRC
System Software
1 111 (26.94%) Docker
2 11 (2.67%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.24%) Firmware
4 1 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 65 (15.78%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.43%) Ansible
3 5 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.73%) Grafana
4 3 (0.73%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.49%) Argo
5 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.49%) MIIS
6 1 (0.24%) Consul
6 1 (0.24%) Kibana
6 1 (0.24%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.24%) Podman
Vendors
1 65 (15.78%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.28%) Salesforce
3 25 (6.07%) Oracle
4 17 (4.13%) Splunk
5 16 (3.88%) ServiceNow
6 12 (2.91%) Informatica
7 11 (2.67%) MuleSoft
8 9 (2.18%) OpenAI
9 8 (1.94%) Google
10 6 (1.46%) IBM
11 5 (1.21%) CyberArk
11 5 (1.21%) Sage
11 5 (1.21%) TIBCO
12 3 (0.73%) Aderant
12 3 (0.73%) Cisco
12 3 (0.73%) HighQ
12 3 (0.73%) iManage
12 3 (0.73%) Intapp
12 3 (0.73%) SAP
13 2 (0.49%) OneLogin