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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 125 159
Rank change year-on-year -14 +34 -52
Permanent jobs citing REST 409 437 651
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.92% 2.65% 2.05%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.21% 10.19% 7.91%
Number of salaries quoted 225 275 575
10th Percentile £43,000 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -10.45%
75th Percentile £81,000 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £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 4,005 4,290 8,229
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.75% 25.99% 25.87%
Number of salaries quoted 3,032 2,929 6,911
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £49,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,212 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% +10.35% -7.79%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,037 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.04% +11.73% -10.45%

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 16 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 (2.44%) 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%) Confluence
5 2 (0.49%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.49%) WebSphere
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
Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.24%) Moqups
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
Cloud Services
1 162 (39.61%) AWS
2 153 (37.41%) Azure
3 40 (9.78%) SaaS
4 37 (9.05%) GCP
5 36 (8.80%) GitHub
6 32 (7.82%) Entra ID
7 27 (6.60%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (6.36%) Google Workspace
9 21 (5.13%) Power Platform
10 20 (4.89%) Serverless
11 19 (4.65%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (2.93%) Azure Service Bus
13 11 (2.69%) PowerApps
14 10 (2.44%) Power Automate
14 10 (2.44%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 10 (2.44%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 9 (2.20%) AWS Lambda
15 9 (2.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 9 (2.20%) GitHub Copilot
16 8 (1.96%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 67 (16.38%) Broadband
2 34 (8.31%) 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%) Modbus
8 3 (0.73%) RTP
8 3 (0.73%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.73%) VoIP
8 3 (0.73%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.49%) AMQP
10 1 (0.24%) Intranet
10 1 (0.24%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (12.96%) PostgreSQL
2 44 (10.76%) SQL Server
3 31 (7.58%) Relational Database
4 22 (5.38%) MongoDB
4 22 (5.38%) NoSQL
5 20 (4.89%) MySQL
6 10 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (2.20%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (1.96%) Power BI
9 7 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.47%) Oracle Database
10 6 (1.47%) Redis
11 5 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (1.22%) MariaDB
12 4 (0.98%) 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 67 (16.38%) Git
2 42 (10.27%) GitLab
3 40 (9.78%) Jenkins
4 34 (8.31%) SonarQube
5 13 (3.18%) JIRA
6 11 (2.69%) JUnit
7 10 (2.44%) Maven
8 8 (1.96%) Mockito
8 8 (1.96%) Selenium
9 7 (1.71%) Claude Code
10 6 (1.47%) SpecFlow
11 5 (1.22%) WebDriver
12 4 (0.98%) Gradle
12 4 (0.98%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.73%) Postman
13 3 (0.73%) Subversion
13 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
14 2 (0.49%) Jasmine
14 2 (0.49%) NUnit
14 2 (0.49%) TeamCity
General
1 126 (30.81%) Social Skills
2 112 (27.38%) Finance
3 81 (19.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 55 (13.45%) Games
5 54 (13.20%) Banking
6 41 (10.02%) Public Sector
7 39 (9.54%) Marketing
8 30 (7.33%) Analytical Skills
8 30 (7.33%) Organisational Skills
9 21 (5.13%) Law
10 16 (3.91%) Back Office
11 15 (3.67%) Financial Institution
12 14 (3.42%) Manufacturing
13 13 (3.18%) Retail
14 12 (2.93%) Legal
15 11 (2.69%) Polish Language
16 9 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (1.96%) Investment Banking
17 8 (1.96%) Legal Technology
18 7 (1.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 127 (31.05%) Developer
2 82 (20.05%) Senior
3 67 (16.38%) Architect
4 63 (15.40%) Software Engineer
5 61 (14.91%) Lead
6 35 (8.56%) Salesforce Architect
7 29 (7.09%) Development Engineer
7 29 (7.09%) Software Development Engineer
8 26 (6.36%) Consultant
9 25 (6.11%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 25 (6.11%) Senior Developer
9 25 (6.11%) Technical Architect
10 24 (5.87%) Lead Software Engineer
11 20 (4.89%) Java Developer
12 18 (4.40%) Full-Stack Developer
12 18 (4.40%) Salesforce Technical Architect
13 16 (3.91%) Java Engineer
13 16 (3.91%) Solutions Architect
14 15 (3.67%) .NET Developer
15 14 (3.42%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (28.12%) SOAP
2 77 (18.83%) React
3 76 (18.58%) .NET
4 52 (12.71%) OAuth
5 48 (11.74%) Lightning Web Components
5 48 (11.74%) Spring
6 47 (11.49%) Visualforce
7 45 (11.00%) SAML
8 42 (10.27%) GraphQL
9 37 (9.05%) OpenID
10 36 (8.80%) Spring Boot
11 35 (8.56%) LDAP
11 35 (8.56%) Node.js
12 31 (7.58%) AngularJS
13 27 (6.60%) JSON
14 25 (6.11%) Kafka
15 24 (5.87%) ASP.NET
15 24 (5.87%) Middleware
16 22 (5.38%) RESTful
17 21 (5.13%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 85 (20.78%) Product Ownership
2 33 (8.07%) Cloud Native
3 32 (7.82%) Distributed Systems
3 32 (7.82%) Public Cloud
4 26 (6.36%) Cyber Threat
4 26 (6.36%) Cyberattack
5 18 (4.40%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (3.67%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (3.67%) Low-Code
7 14 (3.42%) Onboarding
8 12 (2.93%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (2.69%) CMDB
9 11 (2.69%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.96%) AI Agents
10 8 (1.96%) Algorithms
10 8 (1.96%) Video\Live Streaming
11 7 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.47%) CUDA
13 5 (1.22%) Data Structures
13 5 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (5.62%) Linux
2 12 (2.93%) Windows
3 8 (1.96%) Android
4 7 (1.71%) Unix
5 6 (1.47%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.73%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (42.54%) CI/CD
2 126 (30.81%) Roadmaps
3 123 (30.07%) Agile
3 123 (30.07%) DevOps
4 115 (28.12%) Software Engineering
5 105 (25.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 87 (21.27%) Event-Driven
7 84 (20.54%) Problem-Solving
8 82 (20.05%) AI
9 81 (19.80%) Mentoring
10 75 (18.34%) Microservices
11 74 (18.09%) Full-Stack Development
12 71 (17.36%) OO
13 66 (16.14%) Technical Leadership
14 60 (14.67%) Scrum
15 58 (14.18%) Test Automation
16 54 (13.20%) Design Patterns
17 50 (12.22%) Infrastructure as Code
18 48 (11.74%) Containerisation
19 45 (11.00%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 108 (26.41%) Java
2 104 (25.43%) SQL
3 77 (18.83%) JavaScript
4 76 (18.58%) Python
5 60 (14.67%) C#
6 51 (12.47%) Apex Code
7 48 (11.74%) TypeScript
8 39 (9.54%) PowerShell
9 36 (8.80%) SOQL
9 36 (8.80%) SOSL
10 34 (8.31%) T-SQL
11 28 (6.85%) 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 50 (12.22%) Security Cleared
2 36 (8.80%) Degree
2 36 (8.80%) SC Cleared
3 25 (6.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (3.42%) DV Cleared
5 6 (1.47%) CISSP
6 4 (0.98%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.49%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.49%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (10.76%) QA
2 27 (6.60%) NIST
3 26 (6.36%) NCSC
4 25 (6.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.44%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.71%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.22%) GDPR
8 3 (0.73%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.73%) SLA
9 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 83 (20.29%) Docker
2 42 (10.27%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.73%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 51 (12.47%) Kubernetes
2 32 (7.82%) Terraform
3 9 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.22%) Ansible
4 5 (1.22%) Argo
5 4 (0.98%) Grafana
5 4 (0.98%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.49%) Kibana
6 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.49%) MIIS
Vendors
1 58 (14.18%) Microsoft
2 57 (13.94%) Salesforce
3 38 (9.29%) Splunk
4 27 (6.60%) ServiceNow
5 19 (4.65%) Oracle
6 16 (3.91%) MuleSoft
7 9 (2.20%) CyberArk
7 9 (2.20%) OpenAI
8 7 (1.71%) Google
8 7 (1.71%) Informatica
9 6 (1.47%) Cisco
9 6 (1.47%) F5
9 6 (1.47%) Juniper
9 6 (1.47%) Palo Alto
9 6 (1.47%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.98%) ConnectWise
10 4 (0.98%) IBM
10 4 (0.98%) WooCommerce
11 3 (0.73%) BT
11 3 (0.73%) TIBCO