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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 129 126
Rank change year-on-year -31 -3 -19
Permanent jobs citing REST 406 404 565
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.63% 2.43% 2.62%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.12% 10.72% 8.53%
Number of salaries quoted 260 229 287
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,238
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +16.67% -11.11%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £95,000 £88,500
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 4,451 3,767 6,625
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.89% 22.67% 30.68%
Number of salaries quoted 3,250 2,440 4,474
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 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% - +3.29%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £120,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £69,192 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.45% +6.45% -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 11 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 19 (4.68%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 7 (1.72%) Confluence
4 6 (1.48%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.99%) Camunda
5 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.74%) CMS
6 3 (0.74%) Headless CMS
6 3 (0.74%) nginx
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.25%) Documentum
7 1 (0.25%) IIS
7 1 (0.25%) JBoss
7 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 7 (1.72%) Moqups
2 3 (0.74%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.74%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (1.48%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.74%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.74%) Dynamics GP
2 3 (0.74%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.49%) Magento
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 (0.25%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP CAR
4 1 (0.25%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 190 (46.80%) AWS
2 184 (45.32%) Azure
3 58 (14.29%) SaaS
4 43 (10.59%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (10.10%) GitHub
6 40 (9.85%) GCP
7 39 (9.61%) Power Platform
8 31 (7.64%) Serverless
9 25 (6.16%) Azure Service Bus
10 24 (5.91%) Microsoft 365
11 23 (5.67%) GitHub Actions
11 23 (5.67%) Power Automate
12 21 (5.17%) PowerApps
13 20 (4.93%) Microsoft Copilot
14 18 (4.43%) Azure Functions
15 17 (4.19%) Azure Monitor
15 17 (4.19%) Entra ID
16 16 (3.94%) Azure Key Vault
17 13 (3.20%) Anthropic Claude
17 13 (3.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 32 (7.88%) HTTP
2 5 (1.23%) Network Security
3 4 (0.99%) Broadband
3 4 (0.99%) Firewall
3 4 (0.99%) Kerberos
4 3 (0.74%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.74%) VPN
5 2 (0.49%) OpenVPN
5 2 (0.49%) X.509
6 1 (0.25%) 5G
6 1 (0.25%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.25%) DHCP
6 1 (0.25%) DNS
6 1 (0.25%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.25%) LAN
6 1 (0.25%) LTE
6 1 (0.25%) MQTT
6 1 (0.25%) NX-OS
6 1 (0.25%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (15.02%) SQL Server
2 59 (14.53%) PostgreSQL
3 40 (9.85%) Relational Database
4 19 (4.68%) Power BI
5 18 (4.43%) MySQL
6 15 (3.69%) Elasticsearch
6 15 (3.69%) NoSQL
7 11 (2.71%) Redis
8 10 (2.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (1.97%) MongoDB
10 6 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (1.23%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.99%) Ataccama
12 4 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.99%) IBM InfoSphere
12 4 (0.99%) MariaDB
12 4 (0.99%) Metadata
12 4 (0.99%) TIBCO EBX
13 3 (0.74%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 89 (21.92%) Git
2 22 (5.42%) JUnit
3 20 (4.93%) JIRA
3 20 (4.93%) Mockito
4 15 (3.69%) GitLab
5 14 (3.45%) Cypress.io
5 14 (3.45%) Maven
6 11 (2.71%) Postman
6 11 (2.71%) Selenium
7 10 (2.46%) Jenkins
8 9 (2.22%) Claude Code
9 6 (1.48%) Storybook
10 5 (1.23%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.49%) Subversion
11 2 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.25%) Gradle
12 1 (0.25%) Karma Test Runner
12 1 (0.25%) MLflow
12 1 (0.25%) Mocha
12 1 (0.25%) TestRail
General
1 136 (33.50%) Social Skills
2 109 (26.85%) Finance
3 42 (10.34%) Banking
4 35 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (8.13%) Public Sector
6 32 (7.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (4.93%) Legal
8 18 (4.43%) Law
9 14 (3.45%) Manufacturing
10 9 (2.22%) Financial Institution
10 9 (2.22%) Retail
11 8 (1.97%) Back Office
11 8 (1.97%) Legal Technology
12 6 (1.48%) Front Office
12 6 (1.48%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.48%) Marketing
13 5 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.23%) Police
14 4 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 140 (34.48%) Developer
2 107 (26.35%) Senior
3 86 (21.18%) Lead
4 67 (16.50%) Software Engineer
5 39 (9.61%) Senior Developer
6 33 (8.13%) .NET Developer
7 30 (7.39%) Architect
8 28 (6.90%) Full-Stack Developer
8 28 (6.90%) Lead Software Engineer
9 27 (6.65%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 25 (6.16%) Development Engineer
10 25 (6.16%) Software Development Engineer
11 23 (5.67%) Java Engineer
12 22 (5.42%) Technical Leader
13 19 (4.68%) Java Developer
14 17 (4.19%) Consultant
15 14 (3.45%) Lead Developer
15 14 (3.45%) Software Developer
16 13 (3.20%) Python Engineer
17 12 (2.96%) Lead .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (25.62%) React
2 99 (24.38%) .NET
3 57 (14.04%) Spring
4 47 (11.58%) SOAP
5 44 (10.84%) Terraform
6 38 (9.36%) Spring Boot
7 36 (8.87%) Node.js
8 31 (7.64%) Kafka
9 30 (7.39%) .NET Core
9 30 (7.39%) AngularJS
10 29 (7.14%) CSS
11 28 (6.90%) ASP.NET
12 24 (5.91%) GraphQL
13 23 (5.67%) OAuth
14 21 (5.17%) Blazor
15 19 (4.68%) RESTful
16 17 (4.19%) Playwright
17 15 (3.69%) HTML
17 15 (3.69%) Tailwind CSS
18 13 (3.20%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 51 (12.56%) Distributed Systems
2 47 (11.58%) Product Ownership
3 38 (9.36%) Enterprise Software
4 36 (8.87%) Cloud Native
5 28 (6.90%) Public Cloud
6 18 (4.43%) AI Agents
7 15 (3.69%) Mobile App
7 15 (3.69%) Onboarding
8 12 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (2.71%) CMDB
10 10 (2.46%) Data Structures
11 9 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (2.22%) Management Information System
12 8 (1.97%) IoT
13 6 (1.48%) Low-Code
14 5 (1.23%) Reference Data
14 5 (1.23%) Video\Live Streaming
15 4 (0.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 4 (0.99%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.17%) Linux
2 10 (2.46%) Android
3 9 (2.22%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.72%) 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
1 209 (51.48%) CI/CD
2 137 (33.74%) Agile
2 137 (33.74%) Software Engineering
3 129 (31.77%) AI
4 117 (28.82%) DevOps
5 110 (27.09%) Mentoring
6 103 (25.37%) Problem-Solving
7 97 (23.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 95 (23.40%) Microservices
9 94 (23.15%) Full-Stack Development
9 94 (23.15%) Technical Leadership
10 76 (18.72%) Test Automation
11 72 (17.73%) Event-Driven
12 66 (16.26%) Roadmaps
13 61 (15.02%) TDD
14 56 (13.79%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 54 (13.30%) SDLC
16 53 (13.05%) Stakeholder Management
17 50 (12.32%) Code Quality
17 50 (12.32%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 117 (28.82%) Java
2 110 (27.09%) SQL
3 96 (23.65%) C#
4 85 (20.94%) JavaScript
5 71 (17.49%) Python
6 68 (16.75%) TypeScript
7 23 (5.67%) PowerShell
8 14 (3.45%) Go
9 13 (3.20%) PL/SQL
10 12 (2.96%) T-SQL
11 11 (2.71%) Bash
12 10 (2.46%) Apex Code
13 7 (1.72%) Bicep
14 6 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (1.48%) Ruby
15 5 (1.23%) SOQL
16 4 (0.99%) PHP
17 3 (0.74%) C
17 3 (0.74%) Kotlin
17 3 (0.74%) Rust
Qualifications
1 67 (16.50%) Security Cleared
2 45 (11.08%) SC Cleared
3 25 (6.16%) Degree
4 17 (4.19%) DV Cleared
5 15 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.23%) Azure Certification
7 4 (0.99%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.99%) CISSP
8 3 (0.74%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.49%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.49%) PhD
10 1 (0.25%) CCIE
10 1 (0.25%) CCNP
10 1 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.25%) CSPO
10 1 (0.25%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (13.05%) QA
2 22 (5.42%) Accessibility
3 18 (4.43%) Data Quality
3 18 (4.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.48%) GDPR
4 6 (1.48%) NIST
5 5 (1.23%) WCAG
6 4 (0.99%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.74%) NCSC
8 1 (0.25%) GRC
8 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 120 (29.56%) Docker
2 13 (3.20%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.49%) 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 62 (15.27%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.45%) Grafana
3 11 (2.71%) Ansible
4 4 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.74%) Argo
5 3 (0.74%) Kibana
5 3 (0.74%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.25%) Consul
6 1 (0.25%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.25%) logstash
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.25%) Podman
Vendors
1 83 (20.44%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.13%) Oracle
3 17 (4.19%) ServiceNow
4 15 (3.69%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.96%) Google
5 12 (2.96%) Informatica
5 12 (2.96%) OpenAI
6 9 (2.22%) MuleSoft
7 7 (1.72%) Sage
8 6 (1.48%) Intapp
9 5 (1.23%) CyberArk
9 5 (1.23%) Dynatrace
9 5 (1.23%) Foundry
9 5 (1.23%) IBM
9 5 (1.23%) SAP
9 5 (1.23%) TIBCO
10 3 (0.74%) Aderant
10 3 (0.74%) Adobe
10 3 (0.74%) HighQ
10 3 (0.74%) iManage