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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 130 162
Rank change year-on-year -19 +32 -62
Permanent jobs citing REST 411 409 510
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.76% 2.49% 2.10%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.18% 10.02% 7.40%
Number of salaries quoted 248 256 401
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +21.74% -14.18%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £73,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,125 £90,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £68,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.45% +19.57% -17.86%

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 4,476 4,082 6,895
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 19.19% 24.83% 28.38%
Number of salaries quoted 3,319 2,771 5,246
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,733 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,037 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.04% +3.13% -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +3.85% -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 1 September 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 12 (2.92%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 5 (1.22%) Camunda
3 5 (1.22%) Confluence
4 3 (0.73%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.49%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.24%) Documentum
6 1 (0.24%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) JBoss
6 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 5 (1.22%) Moqups
2 2 (0.49%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.46%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.73%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.73%) Elite 3E
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 (0.24%) Magento
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 204 (49.64%) AWS
2 180 (43.80%) Azure
3 51 (12.41%) GCP
3 51 (12.41%) SaaS
4 38 (9.25%) GitHub
5 35 (8.52%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (6.81%) Power Platform
7 22 (5.35%) Serverless
8 19 (4.62%) Azure Service Bus
9 18 (4.38%) GitHub Actions
10 15 (3.65%) PowerApps
11 14 (3.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 14 (3.41%) Power Automate
12 13 (3.16%) Azure Monitor
12 13 (3.16%) GitHub Copilot
12 13 (3.16%) Microsoft Copilot
13 12 (2.92%) Azure Key Vault
13 12 (2.92%) Figma
13 12 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (2.43%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 38 (9.25%) HTTP
2 25 (6.08%) Broadband
3 8 (1.95%) Firewall
4 6 (1.46%) Network Security
4 6 (1.46%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.22%) Kerberos
6 4 (0.97%) SSL
7 3 (0.73%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (0.73%) Modbus
8 2 (0.49%) X.509
9 1 (0.24%) 5G
9 1 (0.24%) BGP
9 1 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.24%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (0.24%) Intranet
9 1 (0.24%) LTE
9 1 (0.24%) MQTT
9 1 (0.24%) NX-OS
9 1 (0.24%) OSPF
9 1 (0.24%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (16.06%) PostgreSQL
2 55 (13.38%) SQL Server
3 42 (10.22%) Relational Database
4 22 (5.35%) NoSQL
5 18 (4.38%) MongoDB
6 17 (4.14%) MySQL
7 15 (3.65%) Elasticsearch
8 11 (2.68%) Power BI
9 10 (2.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (2.19%) Redis
11 6 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.97%) Ataccama
12 4 (0.97%) IBM InfoSphere
12 4 (0.97%) MariaDB
12 4 (0.97%) TIBCO EBX
13 3 (0.73%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.73%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.73%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.73%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 98 (23.84%) Git
2 24 (5.84%) GitLab
3 23 (5.60%) Jenkins
4 17 (4.14%) JUnit
5 15 (3.65%) JIRA
5 15 (3.65%) Mockito
6 14 (3.41%) SonarQube
7 13 (3.16%) Maven
8 12 (2.92%) Cypress.io
9 11 (2.68%) Selenium
10 8 (1.95%) Postman
11 6 (1.46%) Claude Code
11 6 (1.46%) Storybook
12 3 (0.73%) IntelliJ
12 3 (0.73%) NUnit
12 3 (0.73%) Subversion
12 3 (0.73%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
13 2 (0.49%) Jasmine
General
1 130 (31.63%) Social Skills
2 115 (27.98%) Finance
3 53 (12.90%) Banking
4 46 (11.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 33 (8.03%) Analytical Skills
6 30 (7.30%) Public Sector
7 22 (5.35%) Games
8 19 (4.62%) Law
8 19 (4.62%) Marketing
9 17 (4.14%) Legal
9 17 (4.14%) Manufacturing
10 11 (2.68%) Financial Institution
11 10 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (2.19%) Back Office
12 9 (2.19%) Investment Banking
12 9 (2.19%) Retail
13 8 (1.95%) Legal Technology
14 6 (1.46%) Front Office
14 6 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.46%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 140 (34.06%) Developer
2 91 (22.14%) Senior
3 81 (19.71%) Lead
4 71 (17.27%) Software Engineer
5 42 (10.22%) Architect
6 33 (8.03%) Development Engineer
6 33 (8.03%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 33 (8.03%) Senior Developer
6 33 (8.03%) Software Development Engineer
7 29 (7.06%) Full-Stack Developer
8 28 (6.81%) Lead Software Engineer
9 27 (6.57%) .NET Developer
10 20 (4.87%) Python Engineer
10 20 (4.87%) Technical Leader
11 19 (4.62%) Java Engineer
12 18 (4.38%) Java Developer
12 18 (4.38%) Software Developer
13 17 (4.14%) Salesforce Architect
14 15 (3.65%) Lead Developer
14 15 (3.65%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (25.55%) React
2 83 (20.19%) .NET
3 67 (16.30%) SOAP
4 52 (12.65%) Spring
5 48 (11.68%) Terraform
6 38 (9.25%) Node.js
7 33 (8.03%) Spring Boot
8 31 (7.54%) AngularJS
9 29 (7.06%) ASP.NET
9 29 (7.06%) CSS
10 27 (6.57%) .NET Core
11 26 (6.33%) Kafka
12 24 (5.84%) Lightning Web Components
12 24 (5.84%) OAuth
13 22 (5.35%) Blazor
13 22 (5.35%) RESTful
14 20 (4.87%) Visualforce
15 19 (4.62%) GraphQL
16 18 (4.38%) Django
16 18 (4.38%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 74 (18.00%) Product Ownership
2 37 (9.00%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (8.52%) Cloud Native
3 35 (8.52%) Public Cloud
4 28 (6.81%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (4.14%) Low-Code
7 16 (3.89%) Mobile App
8 14 (3.41%) AI Agents
9 11 (2.68%) CMDB
9 11 (2.68%) Onboarding
9 11 (2.68%) Video\Live Streaming
10 9 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.95%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.95%) IoT
12 6 (1.46%) CUDA
13 5 (1.22%) Data Structures
14 4 (0.97%) Reference Data
14 4 (0.97%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (5.60%) Linux
2 11 (2.68%) Android
3 9 (2.19%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.97%) Unix
4 4 (0.97%) Windows
5 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.24%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (49.64%) CI/CD
2 143 (34.79%) Software Engineering
3 129 (31.39%) Agile
4 116 (28.22%) DevOps
5 114 (27.74%) AI
6 104 (25.30%) Continuous Improvement
7 103 (25.06%) Full-Stack Development
8 99 (24.09%) Problem-Solving
9 94 (22.87%) Mentoring
10 90 (21.90%) Microservices
11 88 (21.41%) Technical Leadership
12 82 (19.95%) Roadmaps
13 79 (19.22%) Event-Driven
14 74 (18.00%) Test Automation
15 62 (15.09%) OO
16 58 (14.11%) TDD
17 54 (13.14%) Containerisation
18 52 (12.65%) Infrastructure as Code
18 52 (12.65%) Scrum
19 48 (11.68%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 112 (27.25%) Java
2 103 (25.06%) SQL
3 85 (20.68%) JavaScript
4 79 (19.22%) C#
5 74 (18.00%) Python
6 69 (16.79%) TypeScript
7 26 (6.33%) Apex Code
8 19 (4.62%) PowerShell
9 17 (4.14%) SOQL
10 16 (3.89%) Go
11 15 (3.65%) SOSL
12 14 (3.41%) PL/SQL
13 10 (2.43%) Bash
14 7 (1.70%) T-SQL
15 6 (1.46%) Ruby
16 4 (0.97%) Bicep
16 4 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (0.97%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.97%) PHP
17 3 (0.73%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 53 (12.90%) Security Cleared
2 32 (7.79%) SC Cleared
3 26 (6.33%) Degree
4 21 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (4.14%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.22%) CISSP
7 3 (0.73%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.49%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.24%) CCIE
9 1 (0.24%) CCNP
9 1 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.24%) CSPO
9 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.24%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (15.09%) QA
2 19 (4.62%) Accessibility
3 17 (4.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.92%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.22%) GDPR
5 5 (1.22%) NIST
5 5 (1.22%) WCAG
6 4 (0.97%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.73%) NCSC
7 3 (0.73%) SLA
8 1 (0.24%) GRC
System Software
1 112 (27.25%) Docker
2 11 (2.68%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 65 (15.82%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.19%) Ansible
3 5 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.73%) Grafana
4 3 (0.73%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.49%) Argo
5 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.49%) MIIS
6 1 (0.24%) Consul
6 1 (0.24%) Kibana
6 1 (0.24%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 63 (15.33%) Microsoft
2 31 (7.54%) Salesforce
3 25 (6.08%) Oracle
4 17 (4.14%) Splunk
5 16 (3.89%) ServiceNow
6 12 (2.92%) Informatica
6 12 (2.92%) MuleSoft
7 9 (2.19%) OpenAI
8 8 (1.95%) Google
9 6 (1.46%) IBM
10 5 (1.22%) CyberArk
10 5 (1.22%) Sage
10 5 (1.22%) TIBCO
11 4 (0.97%) Cisco
12 3 (0.73%) F5
12 3 (0.73%) iManage
12 3 (0.73%) Juniper
12 3 (0.73%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.73%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.73%) SAP