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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 132 164
Rank change year-on-year -25 +32 -65
Permanent jobs citing REST 410 405 508
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.75% 2.48% 2.10%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.18% 10.00% 7.42%
Number of salaries quoted 247 255 398
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £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 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% +21.74% -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 4,468 4,051 6,848
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 19.12% 24.78% 28.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3,312 2,751 5,193
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,125 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -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 3 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 13 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.20%) 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
1 202 (49.27%) AWS
2 178 (43.41%) Azure
3 51 (12.44%) SaaS
4 50 (12.20%) GCP
5 38 (9.27%) GitHub
6 35 (8.54%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (7.07%) Power Platform
8 22 (5.37%) Serverless
9 19 (4.63%) Azure Service Bus
10 18 (4.39%) GitHub Actions
11 16 (3.90%) PowerApps
12 15 (3.66%) Power Automate
13 14 (3.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 14 (3.41%) Microsoft Copilot
14 13 (3.17%) Azure Monitor
14 13 (3.17%) GitHub Copilot
14 13 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
15 12 (2.93%) Azure Key Vault
15 12 (2.93%) Figma
16 10 (2.44%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 38 (9.27%) HTTP
2 24 (5.85%) Broadband
3 7 (1.71%) Firewall
4 6 (1.46%) Network Security
5 5 (1.22%) Kerberos
6 4 (0.98%) SSL
6 4 (0.98%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.49%) X.509
8 1 (0.24%) BGP
8 1 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.24%) DHCP
8 1 (0.24%) DNS
8 1 (0.24%) Intranet
8 1 (0.24%) LAN
8 1 (0.24%) LTE
8 1 (0.24%) Modbus
8 1 (0.24%) MQTT
8 1 (0.24%) OSPF
8 1 (0.24%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (15.85%) PostgreSQL
2 55 (13.41%) SQL Server
3 42 (10.24%) Relational Database
4 20 (4.88%) NoSQL
5 17 (4.15%) MongoDB
5 17 (4.15%) MySQL
6 15 (3.66%) Elasticsearch
7 11 (2.68%) Power BI
8 10 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (2.20%) Redis
10 6 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.98%) Ataccama
11 4 (0.98%) IBM InfoSphere
11 4 (0.98%) MariaDB
11 4 (0.98%) TIBCO EBX
12 3 (0.73%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (0.73%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.73%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.73%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 99 (24.15%) Git
2 23 (5.61%) GitLab
2 23 (5.61%) Jenkins
3 18 (4.39%) JUnit
4 16 (3.90%) Mockito
5 15 (3.66%) JIRA
6 14 (3.41%) Maven
6 14 (3.41%) SonarQube
7 12 (2.93%) Cypress.io
8 11 (2.68%) Selenium
9 8 (1.95%) Postman
10 6 (1.46%) Claude Code
10 6 (1.46%) Storybook
11 3 (0.73%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.73%) NUnit
11 3 (0.73%) Subversion
11 3 (0.73%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.49%) Gradle
General
1 128 (31.22%) Social Skills
2 117 (28.54%) Finance
3 53 (12.93%) Banking
4 45 (10.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (7.07%) Public Sector
7 21 (5.12%) Games
8 19 (4.63%) Law
8 19 (4.63%) Marketing
9 17 (4.15%) Legal
10 15 (3.66%) Manufacturing
11 11 (2.68%) Financial Institution
12 10 (2.44%) Back Office
12 10 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (2.20%) Investment Banking
13 9 (2.20%) Retail
14 8 (1.95%) Legal Technology
15 7 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (1.46%) Front Office
16 6 (1.46%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 139 (33.90%) Developer
2 91 (22.20%) Senior
3 82 (20.00%) Lead
4 71 (17.32%) Software Engineer
5 41 (10.00%) Architect
6 33 (8.05%) Development Engineer
6 33 (8.05%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 33 (8.05%) Software Development Engineer
7 32 (7.80%) Senior Developer
8 29 (7.07%) Full-Stack Developer
9 28 (6.83%) Lead Software Engineer
10 27 (6.59%) .NET Developer
11 20 (4.88%) Java Engineer
11 20 (4.88%) Python Engineer
11 20 (4.88%) Technical Leader
12 19 (4.63%) Java Developer
13 18 (4.39%) Software Developer
14 17 (4.15%) Salesforce Architect
15 15 (3.66%) Lead Developer
15 15 (3.66%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (25.61%) React
2 80 (19.51%) .NET
3 66 (16.10%) SOAP
4 54 (13.17%) Spring
5 49 (11.95%) Terraform
6 38 (9.27%) Node.js
7 34 (8.29%) Spring Boot
8 31 (7.56%) AngularJS
9 29 (7.07%) ASP.NET
9 29 (7.07%) CSS
10 27 (6.59%) Kafka
11 25 (6.10%) .NET Core
12 24 (5.85%) OAuth
13 23 (5.61%) Lightning Web Components
14 22 (5.37%) Blazor
14 22 (5.37%) RESTful
15 19 (4.63%) GraphQL
15 19 (4.63%) Visualforce
16 18 (4.39%) Django
17 17 (4.15%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 73 (17.80%) Product Ownership
2 39 (9.51%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (8.54%) Public Cloud
4 34 (8.29%) Cloud Native
5 29 (7.07%) Enterprise Software
6 17 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (3.90%) Low-Code
7 16 (3.90%) Mobile App
8 14 (3.41%) AI Agents
9 12 (2.93%) Onboarding
10 11 (2.68%) CMDB
11 10 (2.44%) Video\Live Streaming
12 9 (2.20%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.95%) IoT
14 7 (1.71%) Algorithms
15 6 (1.46%) CUDA
16 5 (1.22%) Data Structures
17 4 (0.98%) Reference Data
17 4 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.37%) Linux
2 11 (2.68%) Android
3 9 (2.20%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.98%) Windows
5 3 (0.73%) Unix
6 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.24%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (49.27%) CI/CD
2 141 (34.39%) Software Engineering
3 130 (31.71%) Agile
4 112 (27.32%) AI
4 112 (27.32%) DevOps
5 104 (25.37%) Continuous Improvement
6 102 (24.88%) Full-Stack Development
7 99 (24.15%) Problem-Solving
8 96 (23.41%) Mentoring
9 89 (21.71%) Microservices
10 86 (20.98%) Technical Leadership
11 82 (20.00%) Roadmaps
12 79 (19.27%) Event-Driven
13 73 (17.80%) Test Automation
14 62 (15.12%) OO
15 60 (14.63%) TDD
16 52 (12.68%) Scrum
17 51 (12.44%) Containerisation
18 48 (11.71%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 48 (11.71%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 113 (27.56%) Java
2 101 (24.63%) SQL
3 83 (20.24%) JavaScript
4 77 (18.78%) C#
5 72 (17.56%) Python
6 69 (16.83%) TypeScript
7 25 (6.10%) Apex Code
8 20 (4.88%) PowerShell
9 17 (4.15%) SOQL
10 15 (3.66%) Go
10 15 (3.66%) SOSL
11 14 (3.41%) PL/SQL
12 10 (2.44%) Bash
13 7 (1.71%) T-SQL
14 6 (1.46%) Ruby
15 4 (0.98%) Bicep
15 4 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.98%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.98%) PHP
16 3 (0.73%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 52 (12.68%) Security Cleared
2 31 (7.56%) SC Cleared
3 25 (6.10%) Degree
4 21 (5.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (4.15%) 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 61 (14.88%) QA
2 19 (4.63%) Accessibility
3 17 (4.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.93%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.22%) GDPR
5 5 (1.22%) NIST
5 5 (1.22%) WCAG
6 4 (0.98%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.73%) NCSC
7 3 (0.73%) SLA
8 1 (0.24%) GRC
System Software
1 112 (27.32%) Docker
2 11 (2.68%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 65 (15.85%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.20%) 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 64 (15.61%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.32%) Salesforce
3 25 (6.10%) Oracle
4 17 (4.15%) Splunk
5 16 (3.90%) ServiceNow
6 12 (2.93%) Informatica
7 11 (2.68%) MuleSoft
8 9 (2.20%) OpenAI
9 8 (1.95%) Google
10 6 (1.46%) IBM
11 5 (1.22%) CyberArk
11 5 (1.22%) Sage
11 5 (1.22%) TIBCO
12 3 (0.73%) Aderant
12 3 (0.73%) Cisco
12 3 (0.73%) HighQ
12 3 (0.73%) iManage
12 3 (0.73%) Intapp
12 3 (0.73%) SAP
13 2 (0.49%) OneLogin