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 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 129 156
Rank change year-on-year -4 +27 -50
Permanent jobs citing REST 415 438 686
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.02% 2.78% 2.04%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.98% 10.29% 7.72%
Number of salaries quoted 221 272 609
10th Percentile £42,706 £43,800 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,725 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -10.45%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £94,625 £95,000
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 3,779 4,256 8,886
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.39% 27.03% 26.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,854 2,881 7,558
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,212 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% +10.35% -8.19%
75th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.26% +10.83% -10.45%

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 28 June 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 7 (1.69%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.45%) JBoss
3 4 (0.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.72%) Anypoint
4 3 (0.72%) Apache Solr
4 3 (0.72%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.48%) Apache
5 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.48%) Camunda
5 2 (0.48%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.24%) Confluence
6 1 (0.24%) Documentum
6 1 (0.24%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.96%) Dynamics NAV
1 4 (0.96%) Magento
1 4 (0.96%) Shopify
2 2 (0.48%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (0.48%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.48%) Visualfiles
3 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 153 (36.87%) AWS
2 149 (35.90%) Azure
3 45 (10.84%) Entra ID
4 39 (9.40%) Google Workspace
5 37 (8.92%) SaaS
6 35 (8.43%) GitHub
7 31 (7.47%) GCP
8 23 (5.54%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (4.82%) Serverless
10 18 (4.34%) Power Platform
11 17 (4.10%) GitHub Actions
12 13 (3.13%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 13 (3.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 10 (2.41%) AWS Lambda
13 10 (2.41%) GitHub Copilot
14 9 (2.17%) Azure Service Bus
14 9 (2.17%) PowerApps
15 8 (1.93%) Amazon S3
15 8 (1.93%) Power Automate
16 7 (1.69%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 80 (19.28%) Broadband
2 34 (8.19%) HTTP
3 12 (2.89%) Firewall
4 9 (2.17%) SMTP
5 7 (1.69%) Network Security
5 7 (1.69%) SSL
6 6 (1.45%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (1.45%) Kerberos
7 5 (1.20%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.96%) AMQP
9 3 (0.72%) Modbus
9 3 (0.72%) RTP
9 3 (0.72%) Unified Communications
9 3 (0.72%) VoIP
9 3 (0.72%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.24%) Intranet
10 1 (0.24%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.24%) MQTT
10 1 (0.24%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (10.60%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (8.67%) SQL Server
3 25 (6.02%) Relational Database
4 23 (5.54%) NoSQL
5 21 (5.06%) MongoDB
6 17 (4.10%) MySQL
7 8 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (1.69%) Power BI
9 6 (1.45%) Oracle Database
10 5 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (1.20%) MariaDB
10 5 (1.20%) Redis
10 5 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.96%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.72%) DocumentDB
12 3 (0.72%) Neo4j
13 2 (0.48%) Big Data
13 2 (0.48%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.48%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 63 (15.18%) Git
2 42 (10.12%) GitLab
3 40 (9.64%) Jenkins
4 34 (8.19%) SonarQube
5 13 (3.13%) JIRA
6 12 (2.89%) JUnit
7 11 (2.65%) Maven
8 9 (2.17%) Selenium
9 8 (1.93%) Mockito
9 8 (1.93%) SpecFlow
10 7 (1.69%) WebDriver
11 6 (1.45%) Claude Code
11 6 (1.45%) Visual Studio
12 4 (0.96%) Gradle
12 4 (0.96%) NUnit
12 4 (0.96%) Postman
13 3 (0.72%) Cucumber
13 3 (0.72%) Subversion
13 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
14 2 (0.48%) REST Assured
General
1 131 (31.57%) Social Skills
2 111 (26.75%) Finance
3 79 (19.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 64 (15.42%) Games
5 54 (13.01%) Banking
6 43 (10.36%) Organisational Skills
6 43 (10.36%) Public Sector
7 40 (9.64%) Marketing
8 30 (7.23%) Analytical Skills
9 20 (4.82%) Law
10 15 (3.61%) Back Office
10 15 (3.61%) Financial Institution
11 14 (3.37%) Manufacturing
12 13 (3.13%) Retail
13 11 (2.65%) Polish Language
14 10 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (2.41%) Legal
15 8 (1.93%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.93%) Legal Technology
15 8 (1.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 132 (31.81%) Developer
2 88 (21.20%) Senior
3 70 (16.87%) Software Engineer
4 68 (16.39%) Architect
5 50 (12.05%) Lead
6 35 (8.43%) Salesforce Architect
7 29 (6.99%) Development Engineer
7 29 (6.99%) Software Development Engineer
8 28 (6.75%) Senior Developer
9 26 (6.27%) Consultant
10 25 (6.02%) Technical Architect
11 24 (5.78%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 23 (5.54%) Lead Software Engineer
13 21 (5.06%) Java Developer
14 18 (4.34%) Salesforce Technical Architect
14 18 (4.34%) Senior Software Engineer
15 17 (4.10%) Salesforce Developer
16 16 (3.86%) Full-Stack Developer
16 16 (3.86%) Java Engineer
17 15 (3.61%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (32.77%) SOAP
2 76 (18.31%) React
3 73 (17.59%) .NET
4 64 (15.42%) OAuth
5 59 (14.22%) SAML
6 55 (13.25%) GraphQL
7 53 (12.77%) Spring
8 52 (12.53%) Lightning Web Components
9 51 (12.29%) Visualforce
10 49 (11.81%) OpenID
11 48 (11.57%) LDAP
12 38 (9.16%) Spring Boot
13 34 (8.19%) Node.js
14 32 (7.71%) AngularJS
15 30 (7.23%) JSON
16 29 (6.99%) Middleware
17 24 (5.78%) CSS
18 23 (5.54%) Kafka
19 21 (5.06%) ASP.NET
20 20 (4.82%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 82 (19.76%) Product Ownership
2 39 (9.40%) Cyber Threat
2 39 (9.40%) Cyberattack
3 34 (8.19%) Cloud Native
4 32 (7.71%) Public Cloud
5 29 (6.99%) Distributed Systems
6 19 (4.58%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (3.61%) Low-Code
8 14 (3.37%) Onboarding
9 12 (2.89%) CMDB
9 12 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (2.65%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.93%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.93%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.93%) Video\Live Streaming
12 6 (1.45%) CUDA
12 6 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
14 4 (0.96%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.02%) Linux
2 12 (2.89%) Windows
3 9 (2.17%) Android
4 7 (1.69%) Unix
5 6 (1.45%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.96%) 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
1 167 (40.24%) CI/CD
2 139 (33.49%) Roadmaps
3 125 (30.12%) Agile
4 119 (28.67%) DevOps
4 119 (28.67%) Software Engineering
5 99 (23.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 89 (21.45%) Mentoring
7 85 (20.48%) Event-Driven
8 80 (19.28%) AI
9 79 (19.04%) Problem-Solving
10 74 (17.83%) Microservices
11 73 (17.59%) Full-Stack Development
12 70 (16.87%) OO
13 64 (15.42%) Technical Leadership
14 61 (14.70%) Scrum
15 57 (13.73%) Test Automation
16 54 (13.01%) Design Patterns
17 49 (11.81%) Containerisation
18 48 (11.57%) Cybersecurity
18 48 (11.57%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 111 (26.75%) Java
2 103 (24.82%) SQL
3 82 (19.76%) JavaScript
4 76 (18.31%) Python
5 57 (13.73%) C#
6 55 (13.25%) Apex Code
7 52 (12.53%) PowerShell
8 46 (11.08%) T-SQL
9 45 (10.84%) TypeScript
10 41 (9.88%) Bash
11 37 (8.92%) SOQL
11 37 (8.92%) SOSL
12 12 (2.89%) Go
13 9 (2.17%) PL/SQL
14 6 (1.45%) Ruby
15 5 (1.20%) Bicep
16 4 (0.96%) PHP
17 3 (0.72%) C
17 3 (0.72%) C++
17 3 (0.72%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 54 (13.01%) Security Cleared
2 41 (9.88%) Degree
3 40 (9.64%) SC Cleared
4 26 (6.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (3.86%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.45%) CISSP
7 4 (0.96%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.72%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.48%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.48%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (9.88%) QA
2 40 (9.64%) NIST
3 39 (9.40%) NCSC
4 30 (7.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (2.17%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.45%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.96%) GDPR
8 3 (0.72%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.72%) SLA
9 1 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 72 (17.35%) Docker
2 55 (13.25%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.72%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 51 (12.29%) Kubernetes
2 28 (6.75%) Terraform
3 9 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.45%) Ansible
5 5 (1.20%) Argo
6 4 (0.96%) Grafana
6 4 (0.96%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.48%) Kibana
7 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.48%) MIIS
8 1 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 59 (14.22%) Salesforce
2 50 (12.05%) Microsoft
3 38 (9.16%) Splunk
4 28 (6.75%) ServiceNow
5 19 (4.58%) Oracle
6 16 (3.86%) MuleSoft
7 9 (2.17%) CyberArk
8 7 (1.69%) Google
8 7 (1.69%) OpenAI
8 7 (1.69%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.45%) Cisco
9 6 (1.45%) F5
9 6 (1.45%) Juniper
9 6 (1.45%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.96%) ConnectWise
10 4 (0.96%) WooCommerce
11 3 (0.72%) BT
11 3 (0.72%) Fortinet
11 3 (0.72%) Mitel
11 3 (0.72%) Revolut