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 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 86 103
Rank change year-on-year -46 +17 -25
Permanent jobs citing REST 314 652 676
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.06% 3.33% 3.15%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.23% 11.18% 9.96%
Number of salaries quoted 237 256 593
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,238 £46,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £47,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +3.85%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £88,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +3.70%

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 2,796 5,830 6,788
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.30% 29.76% 31.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,294 3,788 5,713
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £41,524
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -
75th Percentile £86,250 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,351
% change year-on-year +3.85% -0.54% +0.54%

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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 19 November 2025.

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 7 (2.23%) Confluence
1 7 (2.23%) IIS
1 7 (2.23%) JBoss
2 6 (1.91%) WebSphere
3 5 (1.59%) Anypoint
3 5 (1.59%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.27%) Apache Pulsar
5 2 (0.64%) CMS
5 2 (0.64%) Mendix
5 2 (0.64%) nginx
6 1 (0.32%) Alfresco
6 1 (0.32%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.32%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.32%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.32%) Strapi
6 1 (0.32%) SugarCRM
6 1 (0.32%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.27%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.32%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 15 (4.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (3.18%) Shopify
3 8 (2.55%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.27%) NetSuite
4 4 (1.27%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.64%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.64%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.64%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.32%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 133 (42.36%) Azure
2 86 (27.39%) AWS
3 51 (16.24%) SaaS
4 36 (11.46%) Azure DevOps
5 34 (10.83%) GitHub
6 23 (7.32%) GCP
7 22 (7.01%) Azure Logic Apps
8 19 (6.05%) Boomi
8 19 (6.05%) Power Automate
9 17 (5.41%) Power Platform
9 17 (5.41%) Serverless
10 15 (4.78%) Azure Service Bus
11 14 (4.46%) GitHub Copilot
12 11 (3.50%) Entra ID
12 11 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
13 10 (3.18%) PowerApps
13 10 (3.18%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 10 (3.18%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 9 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
14 9 (2.87%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 22 (7.01%) Broadband
2 5 (1.59%) HTTP
3 3 (0.96%) FTP
4 2 (0.64%) IP Telephony
4 2 (0.64%) PSTN
4 2 (0.64%) SSL
4 2 (0.64%) VoIP
5 1 (0.32%) AMQP
5 1 (0.32%) DMARC
5 1 (0.32%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.32%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (12.74%) SQL Server
2 26 (8.28%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (7.01%) Relational Database
4 19 (6.05%) MySQL
5 18 (5.73%) MongoDB
6 17 (5.41%) NoSQL
7 9 (2.87%) Redis
8 8 (2.55%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (2.55%) Power BI
9 7 (2.23%) RDBMS
10 5 (1.59%) DynamoDB
10 5 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.64%) Big Data
13 2 (0.64%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.64%) MariaDB
13 2 (0.64%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 2 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
14 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 51 (16.24%) Git
2 28 (8.92%) Jenkins
3 22 (7.01%) GitLab
4 19 (6.05%) JIRA
5 17 (5.41%) SonarQube
6 7 (2.23%) Visual Studio
7 6 (1.91%) Cypress.io
7 6 (1.91%) MSBuild
7 6 (1.91%) Octopus Deploy
7 6 (1.91%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (1.91%) TeamCity
8 5 (1.59%) Selenium
9 4 (1.27%) Browser DevTools
9 4 (1.27%) JMeter
9 4 (1.27%) JUnit
9 4 (1.27%) Maven
9 4 (1.27%) Postman
10 3 (0.96%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.96%) git-flow
10 3 (0.96%) Subversion
General
1 99 (31.53%) Social Skills
2 85 (27.07%) Finance
3 37 (11.78%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (11.78%) Games
4 34 (10.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (7.64%) Marketing
6 22 (7.01%) Public Sector
7 20 (6.37%) Retail
8 16 (5.10%) Law
9 10 (3.18%) Banking
10 9 (2.87%) Financial Institution
10 9 (2.87%) Front Office
11 8 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (2.55%) Telecoms
12 7 (2.23%) Legal
13 6 (1.91%) Back Office
14 4 (1.27%) Automotive
14 4 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.27%) Polish Language
15 3 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 144 (45.86%) Developer
2 75 (23.89%) Senior
3 31 (9.87%) Architect
4 25 (7.96%) C# Developer
4 25 (7.96%) Integration Developer
5 24 (7.64%) Full-Stack Developer
6 21 (6.69%) .NET Developer
6 21 (6.69%) Senior Developer
7 19 (6.05%) Lead
8 17 (5.41%) Software Engineer
9 16 (5.10%) Integration Engineer
10 15 (4.78%) Salesforce Architect
10 15 (4.78%) Technical Architect
11 14 (4.46%) SAP Developer
12 11 (3.50%) Java Developer
12 11 (3.50%) React Developer
13 10 (3.18%) Analyst
13 10 (3.18%) C# .NET Developer
13 10 (3.18%) Software Developer
13 10 (3.18%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (38.54%) SOAP
2 66 (21.02%) .NET
3 53 (16.88%) JSON
4 46 (14.65%) React
5 43 (13.69%) CSS
6 42 (13.38%) Web Services
7 39 (12.42%) XML
8 38 (12.10%) HTML
8 38 (12.10%) Middleware
9 34 (10.83%) GraphQL
10 32 (10.19%) Lightning Web Components
10 32 (10.19%) OAuth
10 32 (10.19%) SAML
11 26 (8.28%) Spring
12 25 (7.96%) AngularJS
13 23 (7.32%) Node.js
14 22 (7.01%) ASP.NET
15 21 (6.69%) RESTful
15 21 (6.69%) Visualforce
16 20 (6.37%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 51 (16.24%) Product Ownership
2 24 (7.64%) Cloud Native
3 19 (6.05%) Enterprise Software
4 17 (5.41%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (3.50%) Low-Code
6 7 (2.23%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (2.23%) Cyberattack
6 7 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.91%) BYOD
7 6 (1.91%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.91%) DataPower
7 6 (1.91%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.59%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.59%) Educational Technology
8 5 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.59%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.59%) Mobile Games
9 4 (1.27%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.96%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 22 (7.01%) Linux
2 9 (2.87%) Android
3 8 (2.55%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.23%) Unix
5 6 (1.91%) Windows
6 1 (0.32%) Solaris
6 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (44.59%) Agile
2 94 (29.94%) DevOps
3 93 (29.62%) CI/CD
4 74 (23.57%) Roadmaps
5 69 (21.97%) Microservices
6 58 (18.47%) Mentoring
7 57 (18.15%) Event-Driven
8 55 (17.52%) Problem-Solving
9 50 (15.92%) AI
10 48 (15.29%) Continuous Improvement
11 38 (12.10%) Design Patterns
12 36 (11.46%) API Integration
13 35 (11.15%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 35 (11.15%) Scrum
14 34 (10.83%) Containerisation
14 34 (10.83%) Software Engineering
15 33 (10.51%) Test Automation
16 32 (10.19%) Full-Stack Development
17 30 (9.55%) Technical Leadership
18 29 (9.24%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 111 (35.35%) SQL
2 99 (31.53%) JavaScript
3 73 (23.25%) C#
4 62 (19.75%) Python
5 53 (16.88%) Java
6 34 (10.83%) TypeScript
7 32 (10.19%) Apex Code
8 29 (9.24%) PowerShell
9 21 (6.69%) PHP
10 16 (5.10%) SOQL
11 15 (4.78%) SOSL
11 15 (4.78%) T-SQL
12 10 (3.18%) Bash
13 8 (2.55%) Go
13 8 (2.55%) Kotlin
13 8 (2.55%) Shell Script
14 5 (1.59%) ABAP
15 4 (1.27%) C++
16 3 (0.96%) Groovy
16 3 (0.96%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 33 (10.51%) Degree
2 20 (6.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (3.82%) Security Cleared
4 11 (3.50%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (0.96%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.64%) PhD
7 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.32%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.96%) GDPR
2 19 (6.05%) QA
3 7 (2.23%) NCSC
3 7 (2.23%) NIST
4 6 (1.91%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.27%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.64%) HL7
7 2 (0.64%) WCAG
8 1 (0.32%) MiFID
8 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.32%) SLA
8 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 59 (18.79%) Docker
2 9 (2.87%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (12.74%) Kubernetes
2 21 (6.69%) Terraform
3 13 (4.14%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (2.55%) Ansible
5 1 (0.32%) Grafana
5 1 (0.32%) Kibana
5 1 (0.32%) logstash
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.32%) QRadar
Vendors
1 45 (14.33%) Salesforce
2 40 (12.74%) Microsoft
3 24 (7.64%) MuleSoft
4 22 (7.01%) Oracle
5 20 (6.37%) SAP
6 19 (6.05%) IBM
7 17 (5.41%) ServiceNow
8 15 (4.78%) Splunk
9 13 (4.14%) Workday
10 7 (2.23%) Talend
11 6 (1.91%) Epicor
11 6 (1.91%) SnapLogic
11 6 (1.91%) Trayport
12 5 (1.59%) Dell
12 5 (1.59%) IFS
12 5 (1.59%) Infor
12 5 (1.59%) Informatica
12 5 (1.59%) Jitterbit
12 5 (1.59%) Software AG
12 5 (1.59%) TIBCO