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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 135 155
Rank change year-on-year -13 +20 -50
Permanent jobs citing REST 411 430 605
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.90% 2.61% 2.08%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.20% 10.14% 8.09%
Number of salaries quoted 225 270 533
10th Percentile £44,250 £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% -11.11%
75th Percentile £81,000 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £94,500 £96,375 £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 4,029 4,239 7,480
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.65% 25.73% 25.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,051 2,885 6,223
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £39,250
25th Percentile £49,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,206 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +7.65% -5.89%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,037 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.04% +11.73% -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 21 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 10 (2.43%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (0.97%) JBoss
4 3 (0.73%) Anypoint
4 3 (0.73%) Apache Solr
4 3 (0.73%) Camunda
5 2 (0.49%) Confluence
5 2 (0.49%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.24%) Apache
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%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.24%) Moqups
1 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.97%) Dynamics NAV
1 4 (0.97%) Magento
1 4 (0.97%) Shopify
2 3 (0.73%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.73%) Elite 3E
2 3 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.49%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 170 (41.36%) AWS
2 155 (37.71%) Azure
3 42 (10.22%) SaaS
4 38 (9.25%) GCP
5 36 (8.76%) GitHub
6 29 (7.06%) Entra ID
7 27 (6.57%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (5.60%) Google Workspace
9 20 (4.87%) Power Platform
9 20 (4.87%) Serverless
10 19 (4.62%) GitHub Actions
11 12 (2.92%) Azure Service Bus
12 10 (2.43%) Power Automate
12 10 (2.43%) PowerApps
13 9 (2.19%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (2.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 9 (2.19%) GitHub Copilot
14 8 (1.95%) Anthropic Claude
14 8 (1.95%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 8 (1.95%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 64 (15.57%) Broadband
2 34 (8.27%) HTTP
3 12 (2.92%) Firewall
4 9 (2.19%) SMTP
5 7 (1.70%) Network Security
5 7 (1.70%) SSL
6 6 (1.46%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (1.46%) Kerberos
7 5 (1.22%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.73%) Modbus
9 2 (0.49%) AMQP
9 2 (0.49%) RTP
9 2 (0.49%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.49%) VoIP
9 2 (0.49%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.24%) Intranet
10 1 (0.24%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (13.14%) PostgreSQL
2 44 (10.71%) SQL Server
3 33 (8.03%) Relational Database
4 22 (5.35%) MongoDB
5 21 (5.11%) NoSQL
6 19 (4.62%) MySQL
7 9 (2.19%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (2.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (1.95%) Power BI
9 7 (1.70%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.46%) Oracle Database
10 6 (1.46%) Redis
11 5 (1.22%) MariaDB
12 4 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.97%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.73%) Ataccama
13 3 (0.73%) DocumentDB
13 3 (0.73%) IBM InfoSphere
13 3 (0.73%) Neo4j
13 3 (0.73%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 71 (17.27%) Git
2 42 (10.22%) GitLab
3 40 (9.73%) Jenkins
4 34 (8.27%) SonarQube
5 14 (3.41%) JIRA
6 11 (2.68%) JUnit
7 10 (2.43%) Maven
7 10 (2.43%) Selenium
8 9 (2.19%) Mockito
9 7 (1.70%) Claude Code
10 5 (1.22%) SpecFlow
10 5 (1.22%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.97%) Gradle
12 3 (0.73%) Postman
12 3 (0.73%) Subversion
12 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
13 2 (0.49%) IntelliJ
13 2 (0.49%) Jasmine
13 2 (0.49%) NUnit
General
1 121 (29.44%) Social Skills
2 115 (27.98%) Finance
3 80 (19.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 55 (13.38%) Banking
5 54 (13.14%) Games
6 41 (9.98%) Public Sector
7 38 (9.25%) Marketing
8 30 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
9 27 (6.57%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (4.62%) Law
11 16 (3.89%) Back Office
12 15 (3.65%) Financial Institution
13 14 (3.41%) Manufacturing
14 13 (3.16%) Retail
15 12 (2.92%) Legal
16 11 (2.68%) Polish Language
17 9 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
18 8 (1.95%) Investment Banking
18 8 (1.95%) Legal Technology
19 7 (1.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 127 (30.90%) Developer
2 81 (19.71%) Senior
3 64 (15.57%) Architect
3 64 (15.57%) Lead
3 64 (15.57%) Software Engineer
4 35 (8.52%) Salesforce Architect
5 30 (7.30%) Development Engineer
5 30 (7.30%) Software Development Engineer
6 26 (6.33%) Consultant
6 26 (6.33%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 25 (6.08%) Lead Software Engineer
7 25 (6.08%) Senior Developer
7 25 (6.08%) Technical Architect
8 21 (5.11%) Full-Stack Developer
9 19 (4.62%) Java Developer
10 18 (4.38%) Salesforce Technical Architect
11 16 (3.89%) .NET Developer
11 16 (3.89%) Java Engineer
11 16 (3.89%) Solutions Architect
12 14 (3.41%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (26.52%) SOAP
2 80 (19.46%) React
3 75 (18.25%) .NET
4 48 (11.68%) OAuth
5 47 (11.44%) Lightning Web Components
6 46 (11.19%) Spring
7 45 (10.95%) Visualforce
8 42 (10.22%) SAML
9 38 (9.25%) GraphQL
10 36 (8.76%) Node.js
11 35 (8.52%) Spring Boot
12 34 (8.27%) OpenID
13 32 (7.79%) LDAP
14 31 (7.54%) AngularJS
15 26 (6.33%) JSON
16 24 (5.84%) Kafka
16 24 (5.84%) RESTful
17 23 (5.60%) ASP.NET
18 21 (5.11%) CSS
18 21 (5.11%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 86 (20.92%) Product Ownership
2 34 (8.27%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (8.03%) Public Cloud
4 32 (7.79%) Cloud Native
5 23 (5.60%) Cyber Threat
5 23 (5.60%) Cyberattack
6 18 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (4.14%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (3.65%) Low-Code
9 13 (3.16%) Onboarding
10 11 (2.68%) CMDB
10 11 (2.68%) Mobile App
11 10 (2.43%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.95%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.95%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.95%) Video\Live Streaming
13 6 (1.46%) CUDA
14 5 (1.22%) Data Structures
14 5 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.84%) Linux
2 12 (2.92%) Windows
3 7 (1.70%) Android
3 7 (1.70%) Unix
4 5 (1.22%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.49%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (43.55%) CI/CD
2 127 (30.90%) Agile
3 124 (30.17%) DevOps
4 123 (29.93%) Roadmaps
5 119 (28.95%) Software Engineering
6 106 (25.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 88 (21.41%) Event-Driven
8 85 (20.68%) AI
9 84 (20.44%) Problem-Solving
10 80 (19.46%) Mentoring
11 78 (18.98%) Full-Stack Development
12 76 (18.49%) Microservices
13 72 (17.52%) OO
14 66 (16.06%) Technical Leadership
15 64 (15.57%) Scrum
16 58 (14.11%) Test Automation
17 54 (13.14%) Design Patterns
18 49 (11.92%) Containerisation
18 49 (11.92%) Infrastructure as Code
19 47 (11.44%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 108 (26.28%) Java
2 101 (24.57%) SQL
3 80 (19.46%) JavaScript
4 74 (18.00%) Python
5 63 (15.33%) C#
6 51 (12.41%) TypeScript
7 50 (12.17%) Apex Code
8 36 (8.76%) PowerShell
8 36 (8.76%) SOQL
9 35 (8.52%) SOSL
10 30 (7.30%) T-SQL
11 26 (6.33%) Bash
12 12 (2.92%) Go
13 10 (2.43%) PL/SQL
14 6 (1.46%) Ruby
15 5 (1.22%) Bicep
15 5 (1.22%) PHP
16 3 (0.73%) DataWeave
17 2 (0.49%) Kotlin
17 2 (0.49%) Scala
Qualifications
1 51 (12.41%) Security Cleared
2 36 (8.76%) SC Cleared
3 34 (8.27%) Degree
4 24 (5.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.41%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.46%) CISSP
7 4 (0.97%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.49%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.49%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (10.71%) QA
2 24 (5.84%) NIST
3 23 (5.60%) NCSC
4 22 (5.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.43%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.95%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.22%) GDPR
8 3 (0.73%) SLA
9 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.49%) WCAG
System Software
1 88 (21.41%) Docker
2 39 (9.49%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.49%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 55 (13.38%) Kubernetes
2 34 (8.27%) Terraform
3 9 (2.19%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.22%) Ansible
5 4 (0.97%) Argo
5 4 (0.97%) Grafana
5 4 (0.97%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.49%) Kibana
6 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.49%) MIIS
Vendors
1 56 (13.63%) Microsoft
1 56 (13.63%) Salesforce
2 38 (9.25%) Splunk
3 27 (6.57%) ServiceNow
4 22 (5.35%) Oracle
5 15 (3.65%) MuleSoft
6 9 (2.19%) CyberArk
7 8 (1.95%) Informatica
7 8 (1.95%) OpenAI
8 7 (1.70%) Google
9 6 (1.46%) Cisco
9 6 (1.46%) F5
9 6 (1.46%) Juniper
9 6 (1.46%) Palo Alto
9 6 (1.46%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.97%) ConnectWise
10 4 (0.97%) IBM
10 4 (0.97%) WooCommerce
11 3 (0.73%) HighQ
11 3 (0.73%) iManage