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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 132 162
Rank change year-on-year -23 +30 -63
Permanent jobs citing REST 415 388 489
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.75% 2.40% 2.10%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.18% 10.01% 7.30%
Number of salaries quoted 249 239 359
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,650 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,125 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +21.74% -14.81%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £87,500
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 4,523 3,878 6,699
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 19.02% 23.95% 28.72%
Number of salaries quoted 3,347 2,587 4,894
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,050 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £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 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -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 9 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 15 (3.61%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 5 (1.20%) Camunda
3 5 (1.20%) Confluence
4 3 (0.72%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.48%) 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 (1.20%) Moqups
2 3 (0.72%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.72%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.72%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.48%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.48%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.24%) Magento
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 202 (48.67%) AWS
2 179 (43.13%) Azure
3 51 (12.29%) SaaS
4 49 (11.81%) GCP
5 37 (8.92%) GitHub
6 36 (8.67%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (7.71%) Power Platform
8 24 (5.78%) Serverless
9 19 (4.58%) Azure Service Bus
10 18 (4.34%) GitHub Actions
10 18 (4.34%) PowerApps
11 17 (4.10%) Power Automate
12 16 (3.86%) Microsoft 365
12 16 (3.86%) Microsoft Copilot
13 14 (3.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 13 (3.13%) Azure Monitor
14 13 (3.13%) GitHub Copilot
15 12 (2.89%) Azure Key Vault
16 11 (2.65%) Entra ID
16 11 (2.65%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 39 (9.40%) HTTP
2 22 (5.30%) Broadband
3 7 (1.69%) Firewall
4 6 (1.45%) Network Security
5 5 (1.20%) Kerberos
6 4 (0.96%) SSL
6 4 (0.96%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.48%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.48%) 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 (15.66%) PostgreSQL
2 57 (13.73%) SQL Server
3 43 (10.36%) Relational Database
4 20 (4.82%) NoSQL
5 17 (4.10%) MongoDB
5 17 (4.10%) MySQL
6 15 (3.61%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (3.13%) Power BI
8 11 (2.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (2.17%) Redis
10 6 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.96%) Ataccama
11 4 (0.96%) IBM InfoSphere
11 4 (0.96%) MariaDB
11 4 (0.96%) TIBCO EBX
12 3 (0.72%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (0.72%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.72%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.72%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 99 (23.86%) Git
2 21 (5.06%) GitLab
2 21 (5.06%) Jenkins
3 18 (4.34%) JUnit
4 17 (4.10%) JIRA
5 16 (3.86%) Mockito
6 14 (3.37%) Maven
7 12 (2.89%) Cypress.io
7 12 (2.89%) SonarQube
8 11 (2.65%) Selenium
9 9 (2.17%) Postman
10 6 (1.45%) Claude Code
10 6 (1.45%) Storybook
11 4 (0.96%) IntelliJ
12 3 (0.72%) NUnit
12 3 (0.72%) Subversion
12 3 (0.72%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
13 2 (0.48%) Gradle
General
1 127 (30.60%) Social Skills
2 119 (28.67%) Finance
3 54 (13.01%) Banking
4 44 (10.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 31 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (6.99%) Public Sector
7 19 (4.58%) Games
7 19 (4.58%) Law
8 18 (4.34%) Marketing
9 17 (4.10%) Legal
10 15 (3.61%) Manufacturing
11 11 (2.65%) Financial Institution
12 10 (2.41%) Back Office
12 10 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (2.41%) Retail
13 9 (2.17%) Investment Banking
14 8 (1.93%) Legal Technology
14 8 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.45%) Front Office
15 6 (1.45%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 141 (33.98%) Developer
2 94 (22.65%) Senior
3 83 (20.00%) Lead
4 72 (17.35%) Software Engineer
5 39 (9.40%) Architect
6 34 (8.19%) Development Engineer
6 34 (8.19%) Software Development Engineer
7 32 (7.71%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 32 (7.71%) Senior Developer
8 29 (6.99%) Full-Stack Developer
8 29 (6.99%) Lead Software Engineer
9 27 (6.51%) .NET Developer
10 21 (5.06%) Java Engineer
11 20 (4.82%) Python Engineer
11 20 (4.82%) Technical Leader
12 19 (4.58%) Java Developer
13 18 (4.34%) Software Developer
14 15 (3.61%) Consultant
14 15 (3.61%) Lead Developer
14 15 (3.61%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (25.06%) React
2 80 (19.28%) .NET
3 65 (15.66%) SOAP
4 55 (13.25%) Spring
5 49 (11.81%) Terraform
6 38 (9.16%) Node.js
7 35 (8.43%) Spring Boot
8 32 (7.71%) AngularJS
9 29 (6.99%) ASP.NET
9 29 (6.99%) CSS
10 28 (6.75%) Kafka
11 25 (6.02%) .NET Core
11 25 (6.02%) OAuth
12 22 (5.30%) Blazor
12 22 (5.30%) Lightning Web Components
12 22 (5.30%) RESTful
13 19 (4.58%) GraphQL
14 17 (4.10%) Django
14 17 (4.10%) Playwright
14 17 (4.10%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 71 (17.11%) Product Ownership
2 39 (9.40%) Distributed Systems
3 36 (8.67%) Public Cloud
4 34 (8.19%) Cloud Native
5 30 (7.23%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (3.86%) Low-Code
6 16 (3.86%) Mobile App
6 16 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (3.37%) AI Agents
8 11 (2.65%) CMDB
8 11 (2.65%) Onboarding
9 10 (2.41%) Video\Live Streaming
10 9 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.93%) IoT
12 7 (1.69%) Algorithms
13 6 (1.45%) CUDA
13 6 (1.45%) Data Structures
14 4 (0.96%) Reference Data
14 4 (0.96%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.30%) Linux
2 11 (2.65%) Android
3 9 (2.17%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.96%) Windows
5 3 (0.72%) Unix
6 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.24%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (48.67%) CI/CD
2 143 (34.46%) Software Engineering
3 130 (31.33%) Agile
4 117 (28.19%) AI
5 111 (26.75%) DevOps
6 102 (24.58%) Continuous Improvement
6 102 (24.58%) Problem-Solving
7 101 (24.34%) Full-Stack Development
8 100 (24.10%) Mentoring
9 89 (21.45%) Microservices
10 88 (21.20%) Technical Leadership
11 82 (19.76%) Roadmaps
12 78 (18.80%) Event-Driven
13 72 (17.35%) Test Automation
14 62 (14.94%) OO
14 62 (14.94%) TDD
15 51 (12.29%) Containerisation
15 51 (12.29%) Scrum
16 50 (12.05%) Infrastructure as Code
17 48 (11.57%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 116 (27.95%) Java
2 100 (24.10%) SQL
3 85 (20.48%) JavaScript
4 78 (18.80%) C#
5 74 (17.83%) Python
6 69 (16.63%) TypeScript
7 24 (5.78%) Apex Code
8 22 (5.30%) PowerShell
9 16 (3.86%) SOQL
10 15 (3.61%) Go
11 14 (3.37%) PL/SQL
12 13 (3.13%) SOSL
13 10 (2.41%) Bash
14 7 (1.69%) T-SQL
15 6 (1.45%) Ruby
16 5 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 4 (0.96%) Bicep
17 4 (0.96%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.96%) PHP
18 3 (0.72%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 53 (12.77%) Security Cleared
2 32 (7.71%) SC Cleared
3 25 (6.02%) Degree
4 21 (5.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (4.10%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.20%) CISSP
7 3 (0.72%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.48%) 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 (14.70%) QA
2 19 (4.58%) Accessibility
3 17 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (3.13%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.20%) GDPR
5 5 (1.20%) NIST
5 5 (1.20%) WCAG
6 4 (0.96%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.72%) NCSC
7 3 (0.72%) SLA
8 1 (0.24%) GRC
System Software
1 111 (26.75%) Docker
2 12 (2.89%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.24%) Firmware
4 1 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 65 (15.66%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.41%) Ansible
3 5 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.72%) Grafana
4 3 (0.72%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.48%) Argo
5 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.48%) MIIS
6 1 (0.24%) Consul
6 1 (0.24%) Kibana
6 1 (0.24%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.24%) Podman
Vendors
1 68 (16.39%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.99%) Salesforce
3 25 (6.02%) Oracle
4 17 (4.10%) ServiceNow
5 15 (3.61%) Splunk
6 12 (2.89%) Informatica
7 11 (2.65%) MuleSoft
8 10 (2.41%) OpenAI
9 8 (1.93%) Google
10 6 (1.45%) IBM
10 6 (1.45%) Sage
11 5 (1.20%) CyberArk
11 5 (1.20%) TIBCO
12 4 (0.96%) SAP
13 3 (0.72%) Aderant
13 3 (0.72%) Cisco
13 3 (0.72%) HighQ
13 3 (0.72%) iManage
13 3 (0.72%) Intapp
14 2 (0.48%) Databricks