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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 128 149
Rank change year-on-year +5 +21 -47
Permanent jobs citing REST 413 432 710
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.09% 2.83% 2.06%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.64% 10.17% 7.81%
Number of salaries quoted 207 265 634
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,363 £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 £77,500 £83,750 £78,438
90th Percentile £91,500 £93,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £68,750 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.79% +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 3,548 4,247 9,095
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.97% 27.87% 26.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,600 2,848 7,758
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -8.19%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,253 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% -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 13 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%) JBoss
2 5 (1.21%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.97%) WebSphere
4 3 (0.73%) Anypoint
4 3 (0.73%) Apache Solr
4 3 (0.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.48%) Apache
5 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.48%) Camunda
5 2 (0.48%) Confluence
5 2 (0.48%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (1.45%) Dynamics NAV
1 6 (1.45%) Magento
1 6 (1.45%) Shopify
2 2 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.24%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 148 (35.84%) Azure
2 145 (35.11%) AWS
3 55 (13.32%) Entra ID
4 49 (11.86%) Google Workspace
5 40 (9.69%) GitHub
6 34 (8.23%) SaaS
7 29 (7.02%) GCP
8 20 (4.84%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (4.84%) Serverless
9 18 (4.36%) GitHub Actions
10 15 (3.63%) Power Platform
11 14 (3.39%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 14 (3.39%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 13 (3.15%) GitHub Copilot
13 9 (2.18%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (1.69%) Apigee
14 7 (1.69%) Kong
14 7 (1.69%) OpenShift
15 6 (1.45%) Amazon S3
15 6 (1.45%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 90 (21.79%) Broadband
2 34 (8.23%) HTTP
3 12 (2.91%) Firewall
4 9 (2.18%) SMTP
5 6 (1.45%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (1.45%) Kerberos
5 6 (1.45%) Network Security
5 6 (1.45%) SSL
6 5 (1.21%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.97%) AMQP
8 3 (0.73%) Modbus
8 3 (0.73%) RTP
8 3 (0.73%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.73%) VoIP
8 3 (0.73%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.48%) PuTTY
10 1 (0.24%) Intranet
10 1 (0.24%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.24%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (10.41%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (7.26%) SQL Server
3 24 (5.81%) Relational Database
4 22 (5.33%) NoSQL
5 21 (5.08%) MongoDB
6 14 (3.39%) MySQL
7 6 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (1.21%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.97%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.97%) MariaDB
9 4 (0.97%) Power BI
10 3 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.73%) DocumentDB
10 3 (0.73%) Neo4j
10 3 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.48%) Big Data
11 2 (0.48%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.48%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.48%) Redis
Development Applications
1 56 (13.56%) Git
2 41 (9.93%) GitLab
3 37 (8.96%) Jenkins
4 34 (8.23%) SonarQube
5 17 (4.12%) JIRA
6 12 (2.91%) JUnit
7 11 (2.66%) Maven
8 9 (2.18%) Selenium
9 8 (1.94%) Mockito
9 8 (1.94%) SpecFlow
10 7 (1.69%) WebDriver
11 6 (1.45%) Visual Studio
12 5 (1.21%) Claude Code
13 4 (0.97%) Gradle
13 4 (0.97%) NUnit
13 4 (0.97%) Postman
14 3 (0.73%) Cucumber
14 3 (0.73%) Subversion
14 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
15 2 (0.48%) REST Assured
General
1 129 (31.23%) Social Skills
2 111 (26.88%) Finance
3 76 (18.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 69 (16.71%) Games
5 55 (13.32%) Banking
6 52 (12.59%) Organisational Skills
7 40 (9.69%) Marketing
7 40 (9.69%) Public Sector
8 27 (6.54%) Analytical Skills
9 18 (4.36%) Law
10 17 (4.12%) Back Office
11 15 (3.63%) Financial Institution
12 13 (3.15%) Manufacturing
12 13 (3.15%) Retail
13 11 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (2.66%) Polish Language
14 9 (2.18%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.94%) Investment Banking
16 7 (1.69%) Legal
16 7 (1.69%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 128 (30.99%) Developer
2 96 (23.24%) Senior
3 71 (17.19%) Software Engineer
4 67 (16.22%) Architect
5 44 (10.65%) Lead
6 34 (8.23%) Salesforce Architect
7 30 (7.26%) Development Engineer
7 30 (7.26%) Senior Developer
7 30 (7.26%) Software Development Engineer
8 25 (6.05%) Technical Architect
9 24 (5.81%) Consultant
9 24 (5.81%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 21 (5.08%) Senior Software Engineer
11 20 (4.84%) Java Developer
11 20 (4.84%) Lead Software Engineer
12 18 (4.36%) Salesforce Technical Architect
13 17 (4.12%) IAM Developer
13 17 (4.12%) Salesforce Developer
14 16 (3.87%) Java Engineer
14 16 (3.87%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (35.84%) SOAP
2 74 (17.92%) React
3 73 (17.68%) OAuth
4 70 (16.95%) SAML
5 65 (15.74%) GraphQL
6 62 (15.01%) .NET
7 59 (14.29%) OpenID
8 58 (14.04%) LDAP
9 53 (12.83%) Lightning Web Components
9 53 (12.83%) Spring
10 51 (12.35%) Visualforce
11 36 (8.72%) Spring Boot
12 33 (7.99%) JSON
12 33 (7.99%) Middleware
12 33 (7.99%) Node.js
13 31 (7.51%) AngularJS
14 24 (5.81%) CSS
15 21 (5.08%) Kafka
15 21 (5.08%) XML
16 18 (4.36%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 80 (19.37%) Product Ownership
2 49 (11.86%) Cyber Threat
2 49 (11.86%) Cyberattack
3 33 (7.99%) Cloud Native
4 32 (7.75%) Public Cloud
5 23 (5.57%) Distributed Systems
6 18 (4.36%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (3.63%) Low-Code
7 15 (3.63%) Onboarding
8 13 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (2.42%) CMDB
9 10 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (2.18%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.94%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.94%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.94%) Video\Live Streaming
12 6 (1.45%) CUDA
13 5 (1.21%) Video Conferencing
14 4 (0.97%) DataPower
14 4 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.05%) Linux
2 10 (2.42%) Windows
3 9 (2.18%) Android
4 6 (1.45%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.45%) Unix
5 4 (0.97%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.24%) CentOS
6 1 (0.24%) Debian
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (38.01%) CI/CD
2 149 (36.08%) Roadmaps
3 118 (28.57%) Agile
4 114 (27.60%) Software Engineering
5 108 (26.15%) DevOps
6 97 (23.49%) Mentoring
7 92 (22.28%) Continuous Improvement
8 83 (20.10%) Event-Driven
9 81 (19.61%) AI
10 71 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
11 70 (16.95%) OO
12 69 (16.71%) Microservices
13 67 (16.22%) Full-Stack Development
14 62 (15.01%) Scrum
15 61 (14.77%) Technical Leadership
16 59 (14.29%) Test Automation
17 57 (13.80%) Cybersecurity
18 54 (13.08%) Design Patterns
19 53 (12.83%) Identity Access Management
20 50 (12.11%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 108 (26.15%) Java
2 104 (25.18%) SQL
3 80 (19.37%) JavaScript
4 73 (17.68%) Python
5 62 (15.01%) PowerShell
6 58 (14.04%) T-SQL
7 57 (13.80%) Apex Code
8 51 (12.35%) Bash
9 47 (11.38%) C#
10 44 (10.65%) TypeScript
11 37 (8.96%) SOQL
11 37 (8.96%) SOSL
12 11 (2.66%) Go
13 8 (1.94%) PL/SQL
14 6 (1.45%) Ruby
15 4 (0.97%) Bicep
16 3 (0.73%) C
16 3 (0.73%) C++
16 3 (0.73%) DataWeave
16 3 (0.73%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 52 (12.59%) Security Cleared
2 40 (9.69%) Degree
2 40 (9.69%) SC Cleared
3 25 (6.05%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (3.63%) DV Cleared
5 6 (1.45%) CISSP
6 5 (1.21%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.73%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.48%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.48%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (12.11%) NIST
2 49 (11.86%) NCSC
3 37 (8.96%) QA
4 32 (7.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.94%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.97%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.73%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.73%) SLA
8 2 (0.48%) GDPR
8 2 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.24%) HL7
System Software
1 67 (16.22%) Docker
2 65 (15.74%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.73%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 49 (11.86%) Kubernetes
2 28 (6.78%) Terraform
3 9 (2.18%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.97%) Ansible
4 4 (0.97%) Argo
5 3 (0.73%) Grafana
5 3 (0.73%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.48%) Kibana
6 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.48%) MIIS
7 1 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 60 (14.53%) Salesforce
2 41 (9.93%) Microsoft
3 38 (9.20%) Splunk
4 28 (6.78%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.87%) Oracle
6 15 (3.63%) MuleSoft
7 9 (2.18%) CyberArk
8 7 (1.69%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.45%) Cisco
9 6 (1.45%) ConnectWise
9 6 (1.45%) F5
9 6 (1.45%) Google
9 6 (1.45%) Juniper
9 6 (1.45%) OpenAI
9 6 (1.45%) Palo Alto
9 6 (1.45%) WooCommerce
10 3 (0.73%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.73%) IBM
10 3 (0.73%) Mitel
10 3 (0.73%) Revolut