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 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 124 144
Rank change year-on-year +16 +20 -42
Permanent jobs citing REST 421 419 733
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.24% 2.87% 2.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.56% 9.79% 8.53%
Number of salaries quoted 208 252 667
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,563 £51,188 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -11.11%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £97,500
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 3,353 4,282 8,596
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.84% 29.30% 26.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2,428 2,843 7,524
10th Percentile £41,925 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,236 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -8.19%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £79,600
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,219 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.84% +10.37% -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 22 May 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 10 (2.38%) JBoss
2 7 (1.66%) WebSphere
3 5 (1.19%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.95%) Apache Solr
5 3 (0.71%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.71%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.48%) Apache
6 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.48%) Confluence
6 2 (0.48%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.24%) Camunda
7 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.71%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (2.14%) Dynamics NAV
1 9 (2.14%) Magento
1 9 (2.14%) Shopify
2 2 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 157 (37.29%) Azure
2 138 (32.78%) AWS
3 59 (14.01%) Entra ID
4 52 (12.35%) Google Workspace
5 48 (11.40%) GitHub
6 34 (8.08%) SaaS
7 31 (7.36%) GCP
8 25 (5.94%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (5.70%) GitHub Copilot
10 23 (5.46%) Serverless
11 19 (4.51%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 19 (4.51%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 16 (3.80%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (2.38%) Power Platform
14 9 (2.14%) AWS Lambda
14 9 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
15 7 (1.66%) Amazon EKS
15 7 (1.66%) Apigee
15 7 (1.66%) Kong
15 7 (1.66%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 94 (22.33%) Broadband
2 35 (8.31%) HTTP
3 12 (2.85%) Firewall
4 9 (2.14%) SMTP
5 6 (1.43%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (1.43%) Kerberos
5 6 (1.43%) Network Security
5 6 (1.43%) SSL
6 5 (1.19%) AMQP
6 5 (1.19%) PuTTY
6 5 (1.19%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.71%) Modbus
7 3 (0.71%) RTP
7 3 (0.71%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.71%) VoIP
7 3 (0.71%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.24%) Intranet
8 1 (0.24%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (9.50%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (8.08%) SQL Server
3 22 (5.23%) NoSQL
4 20 (4.75%) MongoDB
4 20 (4.75%) Relational Database
5 13 (3.09%) MySQL
6 6 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.95%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.95%) DocumentDB
8 4 (0.95%) MariaDB
8 4 (0.95%) Neo4j
8 4 (0.95%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.48%) Big Data
10 2 (0.48%) Power BI
11 1 (0.24%) Cloud Spanner
11 1 (0.24%) Cloudera CDH
11 1 (0.24%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 55 (13.06%) Git
2 42 (9.98%) Jenkins
3 41 (9.74%) GitLab
4 34 (8.08%) SonarQube
5 19 (4.51%) JIRA
6 13 (3.09%) Maven
7 11 (2.61%) Selenium
8 10 (2.38%) JUnit
8 10 (2.38%) SpecFlow
9 9 (2.14%) WebDriver
10 7 (1.66%) Mockito
10 7 (1.66%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.95%) Gradle
11 4 (0.95%) NUnit
11 4 (0.95%) Postman
12 3 (0.71%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.71%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.71%) Sonatype Nexus
13 2 (0.48%) Jasmine
13 2 (0.48%) TeamCity
General
1 131 (31.12%) Social Skills
2 116 (27.55%) Finance
3 76 (18.05%) Games
4 72 (17.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 56 (13.30%) Organisational Skills
6 49 (11.64%) Banking
7 45 (10.69%) Marketing
8 36 (8.55%) Public Sector
9 27 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
10 20 (4.75%) Back Office
11 19 (4.51%) Law
12 14 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (3.09%) Retail
13 13 (3.09%) Telecoms
14 12 (2.85%) Financial Institution
15 11 (2.61%) Polish Language
16 10 (2.38%) Manufacturing
17 8 (1.90%) Investment Banking
18 4 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
18 4 (0.95%) Legal
Job Titles
1 131 (31.12%) Developer
2 114 (27.08%) Senior
3 68 (16.15%) Software Engineer
4 67 (15.91%) Architect
5 36 (8.55%) Lead
5 36 (8.55%) Senior Developer
6 34 (8.08%) Salesforce Architect
7 29 (6.89%) Development Engineer
7 29 (6.89%) Software Development Engineer
8 25 (5.94%) Senior Software Engineer
9 22 (5.23%) Consultant
9 22 (5.23%) Technical Architect
10 21 (4.99%) Java Developer
11 19 (4.51%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 18 (4.28%) IAM Developer
12 18 (4.28%) Salesforce Developer
12 18 (4.28%) Salesforce Technical Architect
13 17 (4.04%) Full-Stack Developer
14 16 (3.80%) Java Engineer
14 16 (3.80%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (40.38%) SOAP
2 75 (17.81%) React
3 74 (17.58%) OAuth
4 73 (17.34%) SAML
5 71 (16.86%) GraphQL
6 64 (15.20%) .NET
7 62 (14.73%) Lightning Web Components
8 61 (14.49%) LDAP
8 61 (14.49%) OpenID
9 52 (12.35%) Visualforce
10 51 (12.11%) Spring
11 38 (9.03%) Middleware
12 35 (8.31%) Node.js
13 34 (8.08%) JSON
13 34 (8.08%) Spring Boot
14 31 (7.36%) AngularJS
15 26 (6.18%) Web Services
15 26 (6.18%) XML
16 25 (5.94%) CSS
17 22 (5.23%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 84 (19.95%) Product Ownership
2 53 (12.59%) Cyber Threat
2 53 (12.59%) Cyberattack
3 34 (8.08%) Cloud Native
4 30 (7.13%) Public Cloud
5 28 (6.65%) Distributed Systems
6 18 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (3.33%) Low-Code
8 13 (3.09%) Onboarding
9 11 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (2.38%) CMDB
10 10 (2.38%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.90%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.90%) Video\Live Streaming
12 7 (1.66%) DataPower
13 6 (1.43%) CUDA
13 6 (1.43%) Management Information System
14 5 (1.19%) AI Agents
14 5 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.18%) Linux
2 14 (3.33%) Android
3 10 (2.38%) Windows
4 7 (1.66%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.43%) Unix
6 4 (0.95%) 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
1 156 (37.05%) CI/CD
2 148 (35.15%) Roadmaps
3 122 (28.98%) Agile
4 120 (28.50%) DevOps
5 107 (25.42%) Mentoring
5 107 (25.42%) Software Engineering
6 91 (21.62%) AI
7 89 (21.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 78 (18.53%) Event-Driven
9 68 (16.15%) Microservices
9 68 (16.15%) OO
9 68 (16.15%) Test Automation
10 67 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
11 63 (14.96%) Scrum
12 61 (14.49%) Full-Stack Development
13 60 (14.25%) Cybersecurity
14 57 (13.54%) Technical Leadership
15 56 (13.30%) Identity Access Management
16 54 (12.83%) Design Patterns
17 53 (12.59%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 109 (25.89%) SQL
2 108 (25.65%) Java
3 77 (18.29%) JavaScript
4 66 (15.68%) Apex Code
4 66 (15.68%) Python
5 65 (15.44%) PowerShell
6 64 (15.20%) T-SQL
7 55 (13.06%) Bash
8 46 (10.93%) C#
9 43 (10.21%) TypeScript
10 37 (8.79%) SOQL
10 37 (8.79%) SOSL
11 13 (3.09%) Go
12 7 (1.66%) C++
13 6 (1.43%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.95%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.95%) PHP
14 4 (0.95%) Ruby
15 3 (0.71%) Bicep
15 3 (0.71%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 52 (12.35%) Security Cleared
2 47 (11.16%) Degree
3 42 (9.98%) SC Cleared
4 30 (7.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.85%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.43%) CISSP
7 4 (0.95%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.71%) ISTQB
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%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.24%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (12.83%) NIST
2 53 (12.59%) NCSC
3 37 (8.79%) QA
4 32 (7.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.66%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.71%) GDPR
6 3 (0.71%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.71%) SLA
7 2 (0.48%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.24%) HL7
System Software
1 68 (16.15%) Active Directory
2 61 (14.49%) Docker
3 6 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.71%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 46 (10.93%) Kubernetes
2 25 (5.94%) Terraform
3 9 (2.14%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.43%) Ansible
5 4 (0.95%) Argo
6 2 (0.48%) Grafana
6 2 (0.48%) Kibana
6 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.48%) MIIS
6 2 (0.48%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 69 (16.39%) Salesforce
2 42 (9.98%) Microsoft
3 38 (9.03%) Splunk
4 30 (7.13%) ServiceNow
5 19 (4.51%) MuleSoft
6 17 (4.04%) Oracle
7 10 (2.38%) CyberArk
8 9 (2.14%) ConnectWise
8 9 (2.14%) WooCommerce
9 7 (1.66%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.43%) Cisco
10 6 (1.43%) F5
10 6 (1.43%) Juniper
10 6 (1.43%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.19%) Google
11 5 (1.19%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.71%) Fortinet
12 3 (0.71%) IBM
12 3 (0.71%) Mitel
12 3 (0.71%) SAP