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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 136 160
Rank change year-on-year -10 +24 -61
Permanent jobs citing REST 426 426 533
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.91% 2.57% 2.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.29% 10.30% 8.24%
Number of salaries quoted 240 267 468
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £54,688 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +20.69% -13.43%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £93,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year - +20.69% -17.14%

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 4,139 4,136 6,472
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.56% 24.91% 25.72%
Number of salaries quoted 3,119 2,793 5,290
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £49,611 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -4.36%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £120,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +9.76% -8.89%

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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 3 August 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 11 (2.58%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (0.94%) Camunda
3 4 (0.94%) Confluence
4 3 (0.70%) Anypoint
4 3 (0.70%) Apache Solr
4 3 (0.70%) JBoss
5 2 (0.47%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.23%) Apache
6 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.23%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.23%) Documentum
6 1 (0.23%) IIS
6 1 (0.23%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 3 (0.70%) Moqups
2 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.17%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.70%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.70%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.47%) Magento
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.47%) Shopify
3 2 (0.47%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.23%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.23%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 195 (45.77%) AWS
2 176 (41.31%) Azure
3 51 (11.97%) SaaS
4 48 (11.27%) GCP
5 37 (8.69%) GitHub
6 32 (7.51%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (5.40%) Power Platform
8 22 (5.16%) Serverless
9 20 (4.69%) Entra ID
10 18 (4.23%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (3.52%) Azure Service Bus
12 13 (3.05%) Power Automate
12 13 (3.05%) PowerApps
13 11 (2.58%) Anthropic Claude
13 11 (2.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 11 (2.58%) Figma
13 11 (2.58%) GitHub Copilot
13 11 (2.58%) Google Workspace
14 10 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
15 9 (2.11%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 46 (10.80%) Broadband
2 35 (8.22%) HTTP
3 13 (3.05%) Firewall
4 8 (1.88%) Network Security
5 7 (1.64%) Kerberos
5 7 (1.64%) SSL
6 6 (1.41%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (1.17%) SMTP
7 5 (1.17%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.70%) Modbus
9 1 (0.23%) BGP
9 1 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.23%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (0.23%) Intranet
9 1 (0.23%) LAN
9 1 (0.23%) MQTT
9 1 (0.23%) NX-OS
9 1 (0.23%) OSPF
9 1 (0.23%) VXLAN
9 1 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (14.08%) PostgreSQL
2 49 (11.50%) SQL Server
3 37 (8.69%) Relational Database
4 20 (4.69%) MongoDB
4 20 (4.69%) NoSQL
5 17 (3.99%) MySQL
6 12 (2.82%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (2.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (1.88%) Power BI
8 8 (1.88%) Redis
9 6 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (1.41%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.94%) Ataccama
10 4 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.94%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.94%) IBM InfoSphere
10 4 (0.94%) MariaDB
10 4 (0.94%) TIBCO EBX
11 3 (0.70%) Amazon Athena
11 3 (0.70%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 85 (19.95%) Git
2 37 (8.69%) GitLab
3 34 (7.98%) Jenkins
4 26 (6.10%) SonarQube
5 15 (3.52%) JIRA
5 15 (3.52%) JUnit
6 13 (3.05%) Mockito
6 13 (3.05%) Selenium
7 12 (2.82%) Maven
8 7 (1.64%) Claude Code
8 7 (1.64%) Cypress.io
9 5 (1.17%) Postman
10 4 (0.94%) SpecFlow
10 4 (0.94%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.70%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.70%) NUnit
11 3 (0.70%) Storybook
11 3 (0.70%) Subversion
11 3 (0.70%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 126 (29.58%) Social Skills
2 123 (28.87%) Finance
3 70 (16.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 53 (12.44%) Banking
5 40 (9.39%) Games
6 36 (8.45%) Public Sector
7 33 (7.75%) Analytical Skills
8 30 (7.04%) Marketing
9 20 (4.69%) Law
10 15 (3.52%) Manufacturing
10 15 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (3.29%) Financial Institution
11 14 (3.29%) Legal
12 12 (2.82%) Back Office
12 12 (2.82%) Retail
13 9 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.88%) Investment Banking
14 8 (1.88%) Legal Technology
14 8 (1.88%) Polish Language
15 7 (1.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 137 (32.16%) Developer
2 86 (20.19%) Senior
3 71 (16.67%) Lead
4 68 (15.96%) Software Engineer
5 56 (13.15%) Architect
6 31 (7.28%) Development Engineer
6 31 (7.28%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 31 (7.28%) Software Development Engineer
7 29 (6.81%) Salesforce Architect
7 29 (6.81%) Senior Developer
8 27 (6.34%) Full-Stack Developer
9 26 (6.10%) Lead Software Engineer
10 22 (5.16%) .NET Developer
10 22 (5.16%) Consultant
11 21 (4.93%) Technical Architect
12 20 (4.69%) Python Engineer
13 17 (3.99%) Java Developer
14 16 (3.76%) Technical Leader
15 15 (3.52%) Senior Software Engineer
15 15 (3.52%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (23.00%) React
2 92 (21.60%) SOAP
3 81 (19.01%) .NET
4 45 (10.56%) Spring
5 40 (9.39%) Lightning Web Components
6 37 (8.69%) Node.js
7 36 (8.45%) Visualforce
8 35 (8.22%) OAuth
9 31 (7.28%) AngularJS
10 30 (7.04%) GraphQL
10 30 (7.04%) Spring Boot
11 27 (6.34%) SAML
12 26 (6.10%) ASP.NET
13 24 (5.63%) CSS
13 24 (5.63%) JSON
13 24 (5.63%) Kafka
14 23 (5.40%) .NET Core
14 23 (5.40%) OpenID
15 22 (5.16%) LDAP
16 21 (4.93%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 84 (19.72%) Product Ownership
2 35 (8.22%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (7.98%) Cloud Native
3 34 (7.98%) Public Cloud
4 29 (6.81%) Enterprise Software
5 21 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (3.99%) Low-Code
7 14 (3.29%) Mobile App
8 13 (3.05%) Onboarding
9 11 (2.58%) AI Agents
9 11 (2.58%) CMDB
9 11 (2.58%) Cyber Threat
9 11 (2.58%) Cyberattack
9 11 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (2.35%) Video\Live Streaming
11 8 (1.88%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.88%) IoT
12 6 (1.41%) CUDA
13 5 (1.17%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.10%) Linux
2 10 (2.35%) Android
2 10 (2.35%) Windows
3 8 (1.88%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.64%) Unix
5 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (47.18%) CI/CD
2 140 (32.86%) Agile
3 130 (30.52%) Software Engineering
4 127 (29.81%) DevOps
5 113 (26.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 108 (25.35%) AI
7 102 (23.94%) Roadmaps
8 96 (22.54%) Problem-Solving
9 93 (21.83%) Full-Stack Development
10 89 (20.89%) Mentoring
11 86 (20.19%) Microservices
12 85 (19.95%) Event-Driven
13 76 (17.84%) Technical Leadership
14 68 (15.96%) OO
14 68 (15.96%) Test Automation
15 63 (14.79%) Scrum
16 54 (12.68%) Infrastructure as Code
17 53 (12.44%) Containerisation
17 53 (12.44%) TDD
18 46 (10.80%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 111 (26.06%) Java
2 101 (23.71%) SQL
3 91 (21.36%) JavaScript
4 84 (19.72%) Python
5 74 (17.37%) C#
6 66 (15.49%) TypeScript
7 43 (10.09%) Apex Code
8 29 (6.81%) SOQL
9 28 (6.57%) PowerShell
10 27 (6.34%) SOSL
11 19 (4.46%) Bash
12 18 (4.23%) T-SQL
13 13 (3.05%) Go
13 13 (3.05%) PL/SQL
14 6 (1.41%) Ruby
15 5 (1.17%) Bicep
16 4 (0.94%) PHP
17 3 (0.70%) DataWeave
18 2 (0.47%) Kotlin
18 2 (0.47%) Scala
Qualifications
1 57 (13.38%) Security Cleared
2 39 (9.15%) SC Cleared
3 33 (7.75%) Degree
4 24 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (3.76%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.64%) CISSP
7 4 (0.94%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.70%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.23%) CCIE
9 1 (0.23%) CCNP
9 1 (0.23%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.23%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.23%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (13.15%) QA
2 17 (3.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (3.52%) Accessibility
4 14 (3.29%) NIST
5 13 (3.05%) NCSC
6 11 (2.58%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.94%) GDPR
8 3 (0.70%) SLA
8 3 (0.70%) WCAG
9 2 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 100 (23.47%) Docker
2 27 (6.34%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 61 (14.32%) Kubernetes
2 42 (9.86%) Terraform
3 10 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.64%) Ansible
5 4 (0.94%) Grafana
5 4 (0.94%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.47%) Argo
6 2 (0.47%) Kibana
6 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.47%) MIIS
7 1 (0.23%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 57 (13.38%) Microsoft
2 48 (11.27%) Salesforce
3 30 (7.04%) Splunk
4 25 (5.87%) ServiceNow
5 24 (5.63%) Oracle
6 15 (3.52%) MuleSoft
7 10 (2.35%) Informatica
8 9 (2.11%) CyberArk
8 9 (2.11%) OpenAI
9 7 (1.64%) Cisco
9 7 (1.64%) Google
10 6 (1.41%) F5
10 6 (1.41%) Juniper
10 6 (1.41%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.41%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.17%) IBM
11 5 (1.17%) TIBCO
12 4 (0.94%) Sage
13 3 (0.70%) iManage
13 3 (0.70%) SAP