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 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 71 122
Rank change year-on-year -34 +51 -30
Permanent jobs citing REST 408 584 783
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.42% 4.35% 2.61%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.56% 13.25% 9.20%
Number of salaries quoted 216 266 714
10th Percentile £42,250 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £50,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £106,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +8.00% -9.19%

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 3,008 4,408 8,508
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.84% 32.87% 28.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,181 3,291 7,384
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £39,608
25th Percentile £52,400 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,219 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.93% +10.37% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £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 19 March 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 16 (3.92%) JBoss
2 13 (3.19%) WebSphere
3 7 (1.72%) Anypoint
4 5 (1.23%) Apache Pulsar
4 5 (1.23%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.74%) Confluence
5 3 (0.74%) NServiceBus
5 3 (0.74%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.49%) Apache
6 2 (0.49%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.49%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.49%) Mendix
7 1 (0.25%) Camunda
7 1 (0.25%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (0.98%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.74%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 16 (3.92%) Shopify
2 10 (2.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (2.45%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (2.21%) Magento
4 5 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.49%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 164 (40.20%) Azure
2 102 (25.00%) AWS
3 61 (14.95%) Entra ID
4 57 (13.97%) Google Workspace
5 50 (12.25%) GitHub
6 43 (10.54%) SaaS
7 35 (8.58%) Azure DevOps
8 31 (7.60%) GitHub Copilot
9 30 (7.35%) GCP
10 29 (7.11%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 29 (7.11%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 17 (4.17%) Serverless
12 13 (3.19%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (3.19%) Power Automate
13 10 (2.45%) Boomi
13 10 (2.45%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (2.45%) Salesforce Einstein
14 9 (2.21%) Azure Logic Apps
14 9 (2.21%) Microsoft 365
14 9 (2.21%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 106 (25.98%) Broadband
2 16 (3.92%) HTTP
3 9 (2.21%) SMTP
4 8 (1.96%) Firewall
5 6 (1.47%) AMQP
5 6 (1.47%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (1.23%) PuTTY
6 5 (1.23%) SSL
7 4 (0.98%) VoIP
8 3 (0.74%) Modbus
8 3 (0.74%) RTP
8 3 (0.74%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.74%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.74%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.49%) IP Telephony
9 2 (0.49%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.49%) Network Security
10 1 (0.25%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.25%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 24 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (4.90%) Relational Database
4 16 (3.92%) NoSQL
5 15 (3.68%) MongoDB
6 14 (3.43%) MySQL
7 5 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.98%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.98%) Power BI
8 4 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.74%) DocumentDB
9 3 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.74%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.74%) Redis
10 2 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.49%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.49%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.49%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 51 (12.50%) Jenkins
2 48 (11.76%) GitLab
3 45 (11.03%) Git
4 41 (10.05%) SonarQube
5 18 (4.41%) JIRA
6 11 (2.70%) Selenium
7 10 (2.45%) SpecFlow
8 9 (2.21%) Maven
8 9 (2.21%) WebDriver
9 6 (1.47%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.98%) Gradle
11 3 (0.74%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.74%) JMeter
11 3 (0.74%) NUnit
11 3 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.74%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.49%) CircleCI
12 2 (0.49%) git-flow
12 2 (0.49%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 141 (34.56%) Social Skills
2 104 (25.49%) Finance
3 96 (23.53%) Games
4 84 (20.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 60 (14.71%) Organisational Skills
6 58 (14.22%) Marketing
7 34 (8.33%) Public Sector
8 28 (6.86%) Law
9 25 (6.13%) Analytical Skills
10 22 (5.39%) Banking
11 19 (4.66%) Back Office
11 19 (4.66%) Telecoms
12 12 (2.94%) Retail
13 11 (2.70%) Financial Institution
14 10 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (2.45%) Polish Language
15 5 (1.23%) Legal
16 4 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
17 3 (0.74%) Manufacturing
17 3 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 146 (35.78%) Developer
2 115 (28.19%) Senior
3 70 (17.16%) Architect
4 39 (9.56%) Salesforce Architect
5 37 (9.07%) Software Engineer
6 29 (7.11%) Senior Developer
7 26 (6.37%) Full-Stack Developer
8 22 (5.39%) IAM Developer
9 21 (5.15%) Salesforce Technical Architect
9 21 (5.15%) Senior Architect
9 21 (5.15%) Technical Architect
10 20 (4.90%) Salesforce Developer
11 18 (4.41%) Java Developer
11 18 (4.41%) Senior Software Engineer
11 18 (4.41%) Solutions Architect
12 17 (4.17%) Lead
13 16 (3.92%) Systems Engineer
14 15 (3.68%) Consultant
14 15 (3.68%) Development Engineer
15 13 (3.19%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 208 (50.98%) SOAP
2 86 (21.08%) GraphQL
3 82 (20.10%) Lightning Web Components
4 77 (18.87%) SAML
5 75 (18.38%) OAuth
6 67 (16.42%) .NET
7 62 (15.20%) LDAP
8 61 (14.95%) Visualforce
9 60 (14.71%) OpenID
10 51 (12.50%) React
11 48 (11.76%) Middleware
12 45 (11.03%) Spring
13 42 (10.29%) JSON
14 41 (10.05%) Web Services
15 35 (8.58%) XML
16 31 (7.60%) Node.js
17 29 (7.11%) CSS
18 26 (6.37%) Spring Boot
19 23 (5.64%) HTML
20 22 (5.39%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 87 (21.32%) Product Ownership
2 59 (14.46%) Cyber Threat
2 59 (14.46%) Cyberattack
3 33 (8.09%) Cloud Native
4 28 (6.86%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (3.68%) Low-Code
6 13 (3.19%) DataPower
6 13 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (2.94%) Public Cloud
8 8 (1.96%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.72%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.47%) AI Agents
10 6 (1.47%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.47%) Video\Live Streaming
11 5 (1.23%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.98%) Educational Technology
12 4 (0.98%) Mobile Games
12 4 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 27 (6.62%) Linux
2 13 (3.19%) Android
3 11 (2.70%) Unix
4 10 (2.45%) Windows
5 6 (1.47%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.98%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.25%) CentOS
7 1 (0.25%) Debian
7 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (38.24%) CI/CD
2 153 (37.50%) Roadmaps
3 149 (36.52%) Agile
4 139 (34.07%) DevOps
5 103 (25.25%) Mentoring
6 90 (22.06%) Continuous Improvement
7 89 (21.81%) Event-Driven
8 88 (21.57%) AI
9 69 (16.91%) Software Engineering
10 67 (16.42%) Microservices
11 62 (15.20%) Cybersecurity
12 59 (14.46%) Identity Access Management
12 59 (14.46%) Programme Delivery
13 58 (14.22%) Community of Practice
13 58 (14.22%) Data Modelling
13 58 (14.22%) Scrum
13 58 (14.22%) Test Automation
14 57 (13.97%) Regulatory Compliance
15 56 (13.73%) OO
16 51 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 118 (28.92%) SQL
2 94 (23.04%) Java
3 86 (21.08%) JavaScript
4 84 (20.59%) Apex Code
5 73 (17.89%) T-SQL
6 70 (17.16%) PowerShell
6 70 (17.16%) Python
7 59 (14.46%) Bash
8 50 (12.25%) C#
9 43 (10.54%) SOQL
9 43 (10.54%) SOSL
10 38 (9.31%) TypeScript
11 16 (3.92%) Go
12 12 (2.94%) PHP
13 10 (2.45%) C++
14 8 (1.96%) Kotlin
15 5 (1.23%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.74%) C
17 2 (0.49%) Ruby
17 2 (0.49%) Swift
Qualifications
1 53 (12.99%) Degree
2 40 (9.80%) Security Cleared
3 38 (9.31%) SC Cleared
4 30 (7.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (0.98%) Azure Certification
5 4 (0.98%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.74%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.74%) PhD
7 2 (0.49%) CISSP
7 2 (0.49%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (14.71%) NIST
2 59 (14.46%) NCSC
3 31 (7.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (5.64%) QA
5 11 (2.70%) GDPR
6 6 (1.47%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.47%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.74%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.49%) HL7
8 2 (0.49%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.25%) SLA
9 1 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 69 (16.91%) Active Directory
2 52 (12.75%) Docker
3 4 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.74%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 39 (9.56%) Kubernetes
2 22 (5.39%) Terraform
3 7 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.23%) Ansible
5 3 (0.74%) Argo
6 1 (0.25%) Grafana
6 1 (0.25%) Kibana
6 1 (0.25%) MIIS
6 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.25%) Puppet
Vendors
1 88 (21.57%) Salesforce
2 43 (10.54%) Splunk
3 40 (9.80%) Microsoft
4 32 (7.84%) MuleSoft
5 24 (5.88%) ServiceNow
6 19 (4.66%) Oracle
7 11 (2.70%) CyberArk
7 11 (2.70%) SAP
8 9 (2.21%) ConnectWise
8 9 (2.21%) IBM
8 9 (2.21%) WooCommerce
9 7 (1.72%) Cisco
9 7 (1.72%) Red Hat
9 7 (1.72%) Workday
10 6 (1.47%) Epicor
10 6 (1.47%) F5
10 6 (1.47%) Juniper
10 6 (1.47%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.47%) SnapLogic
10 6 (1.47%) Talend