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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 128 156
Rank change year-on-year -18 +28 -50
Permanent jobs citing REST 409 444 659
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.92% 2.70% 2.06%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.26% 10.29% 7.91%
Number of salaries quoted 226 281 583
10th Percentile £42,603 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,750 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,438 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £94,375 £96,250 £93,750
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 3,987 4,315 8,331
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.71% 26.20% 25.98%
Number of salaries quoted 3,035 2,935 7,007
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £49,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,219 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.84% +10.37% -7.79%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -9.77%

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 July 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 9 (2.20%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.22%) JBoss
3 4 (0.98%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.73%) Anypoint
4 3 (0.73%) Apache Solr
4 3 (0.73%) Camunda
5 2 (0.49%) Apache
5 2 (0.49%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.49%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.49%) WebSphere
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
1 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.98%) Dynamics NAV
1 4 (0.98%) Magento
1 4 (0.98%) Shopify
2 3 (0.73%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.73%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.49%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 158 (38.63%) AWS
2 149 (36.43%) Azure
3 37 (9.05%) GCP
3 37 (9.05%) SaaS
4 36 (8.80%) GitHub
5 33 (8.07%) Entra ID
6 27 (6.60%) Google Workspace
7 26 (6.36%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (4.89%) Power Platform
8 20 (4.89%) Serverless
9 19 (4.65%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (2.93%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 12 (2.93%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 11 (2.69%) Azure Service Bus
12 10 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
12 10 (2.44%) PowerApps
13 9 (2.20%) GitHub Copilot
13 9 (2.20%) Power Automate
14 8 (1.96%) Amazon S3
14 8 (1.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 68 (16.63%) Broadband
2 33 (8.07%) HTTP
3 12 (2.93%) Firewall
4 9 (2.20%) SMTP
5 7 (1.71%) Network Security
5 7 (1.71%) SSL
6 6 (1.47%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (1.47%) Kerberos
7 5 (1.22%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.73%) 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 1 (0.24%) Intranet
9 1 (0.24%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.24%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (12.47%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (9.54%) SQL Server
3 30 (7.33%) Relational Database
4 22 (5.38%) NoSQL
5 21 (5.13%) MongoDB
6 19 (4.65%) MySQL
7 8 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (1.96%) Power BI
7 8 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (1.47%) Oracle Database
9 6 (1.47%) Redis
10 5 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (1.22%) MariaDB
11 4 (0.98%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.73%) DocumentDB
12 3 (0.73%) Neo4j
13 2 (0.49%) Big Data
13 2 (0.49%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.49%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 69 (16.87%) Git
2 42 (10.27%) GitLab
3 40 (9.78%) Jenkins
4 34 (8.31%) SonarQube
5 12 (2.93%) JIRA
5 12 (2.93%) JUnit
6 11 (2.69%) Maven
7 9 (2.20%) Selenium
8 8 (1.96%) Mockito
8 8 (1.96%) SpecFlow
9 7 (1.71%) WebDriver
10 6 (1.47%) Claude Code
10 6 (1.47%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.98%) Gradle
11 4 (0.98%) NUnit
11 4 (0.98%) Postman
12 3 (0.73%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.73%) Subversion
12 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
13 2 (0.49%) REST Assured
General
1 128 (31.30%) Social Skills
2 111 (27.14%) Finance
3 79 (19.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 56 (13.69%) Games
5 53 (12.96%) Banking
6 42 (10.27%) Public Sector
7 40 (9.78%) Marketing
8 31 (7.58%) Organisational Skills
9 30 (7.33%) Analytical Skills
10 20 (4.89%) Law
11 15 (3.67%) Back Office
11 15 (3.67%) Financial Institution
12 14 (3.42%) Manufacturing
13 13 (3.18%) Retail
14 11 (2.69%) Legal
14 11 (2.69%) Polish Language
15 9 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (1.96%) Investment Banking
16 8 (1.96%) Legal Technology
17 7 (1.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 127 (31.05%) Developer
2 84 (20.54%) Senior
3 67 (16.38%) Architect
4 66 (16.14%) Software Engineer
5 57 (13.94%) Lead
6 35 (8.56%) Salesforce Architect
7 28 (6.85%) Development Engineer
7 28 (6.85%) Software Development Engineer
8 26 (6.36%) Consultant
8 26 (6.36%) Senior Developer
9 25 (6.11%) Technical Architect
10 24 (5.87%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 23 (5.62%) Lead Software Engineer
12 21 (5.13%) Java Developer
13 18 (4.40%) Salesforce Technical Architect
14 16 (3.91%) Full-Stack Developer
14 16 (3.91%) Java Engineer
14 16 (3.91%) Salesforce Developer
14 16 (3.91%) Solutions Architect
15 15 (3.67%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (29.34%) SOAP
2 75 (18.34%) React
3 72 (17.60%) .NET
4 53 (12.96%) OAuth
5 52 (12.71%) Spring
6 51 (12.47%) Lightning Web Components
7 50 (12.22%) Visualforce
8 46 (11.25%) SAML
9 43 (10.51%) GraphQL
10 39 (9.54%) Spring Boot
11 38 (9.29%) OpenID
12 36 (8.80%) LDAP
12 36 (8.80%) Node.js
13 32 (7.82%) AngularJS
14 28 (6.85%) JSON
15 26 (6.36%) Middleware
16 25 (6.11%) Kafka
17 23 (5.62%) CSS
18 22 (5.38%) ASP.NET
19 21 (5.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 85 (20.78%) Product Ownership
2 33 (8.07%) Cloud Native
3 31 (7.58%) Public Cloud
4 30 (7.33%) Distributed Systems
5 27 (6.60%) Cyber Threat
5 27 (6.60%) Cyberattack
6 19 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (3.67%) Low-Code
8 14 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (3.42%) Onboarding
9 13 (3.18%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (2.69%) CMDB
10 11 (2.69%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.96%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.96%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.96%) Video\Live Streaming
12 7 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (1.47%) CUDA
14 5 (1.22%) Data Structures
14 5 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.87%) Linux
2 12 (2.93%) Windows
3 8 (1.96%) Android
4 7 (1.71%) Unix
5 6 (1.47%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.98%) 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
1 176 (43.03%) CI/CD
2 129 (31.54%) Agile
3 126 (30.81%) Roadmaps
4 124 (30.32%) DevOps
5 118 (28.85%) Software Engineering
6 105 (25.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 86 (21.03%) Event-Driven
8 83 (20.29%) Problem-Solving
9 81 (19.80%) AI
10 80 (19.56%) Mentoring
11 77 (18.83%) Microservices
12 72 (17.60%) Full-Stack Development
13 70 (17.11%) OO
14 65 (15.89%) Technical Leadership
15 63 (15.40%) Scrum
16 58 (14.18%) Test Automation
17 54 (13.20%) Design Patterns
18 50 (12.22%) Infrastructure as Code
19 49 (11.98%) Containerisation
20 47 (11.49%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 111 (27.14%) Java
2 102 (24.94%) SQL
3 80 (19.56%) JavaScript
4 76 (18.58%) Python
5 57 (13.94%) C#
6 54 (13.20%) Apex Code
7 46 (11.25%) TypeScript
8 40 (9.78%) PowerShell
9 37 (9.05%) SOQL
9 37 (9.05%) SOSL
10 34 (8.31%) T-SQL
11 29 (7.09%) Bash
12 12 (2.93%) Go
13 9 (2.20%) PL/SQL
14 6 (1.47%) Ruby
15 5 (1.22%) Bicep
15 5 (1.22%) PHP
16 3 (0.73%) C
16 3 (0.73%) C++
16 3 (0.73%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 55 (13.45%) Security Cleared
2 40 (9.78%) Degree
2 40 (9.78%) SC Cleared
3 26 (6.36%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (3.91%) DV Cleared
5 6 (1.47%) CISSP
6 4 (0.98%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.73%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.49%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.49%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (10.02%) QA
2 28 (6.85%) NIST
3 27 (6.60%) NCSC
4 25 (6.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (2.20%) Accessibility
5 9 (2.20%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.22%) GDPR
7 3 (0.73%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.73%) SLA
8 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 81 (19.80%) Docker
2 43 (10.51%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.73%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 51 (12.47%) Kubernetes
2 33 (8.07%) Terraform
3 9 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.47%) Ansible
5 5 (1.22%) Argo
6 4 (0.98%) Grafana
6 4 (0.98%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.49%) Kibana
7 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.49%) MIIS
8 1 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 60 (14.67%) Salesforce
2 54 (13.20%) Microsoft
3 38 (9.29%) Splunk
4 27 (6.60%) ServiceNow
5 19 (4.65%) Oracle
6 17 (4.16%) MuleSoft
7 9 (2.20%) CyberArk
8 8 (1.96%) Google
8 8 (1.96%) OpenAI
9 7 (1.71%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.47%) Cisco
10 6 (1.47%) F5
10 6 (1.47%) Juniper
10 6 (1.47%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.22%) Informatica
12 4 (0.98%) ConnectWise
12 4 (0.98%) WooCommerce
13 3 (0.73%) Aderant
13 3 (0.73%) iManage
13 3 (0.73%) Intapp