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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 129 137
Rank change year-on-year +14 +8 -36
Permanent jobs citing REST 418 413 733
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.21% 2.84% 2.23%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.40% 9.79% 8.48%
Number of salaries quoted 204 248 668
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,563 £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 £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,375 £97,500
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 3,372 4,220 8,640
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.80% 29.00% 26.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2,441 2,800 7,565
10th Percentile £41,925 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,236 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -8.19%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,313 £79,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,254 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% -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 26 May 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 (2.39%) JBoss
2 7 (1.67%) WebSphere
3 5 (1.20%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.96%) Apache Solr
5 3 (0.72%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.72%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.48%) Apache
6 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.48%) Confluence
6 2 (0.48%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.24%) Camunda
7 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (2.15%) Dynamics NAV
1 9 (2.15%) Magento
1 9 (2.15%) Shopify
2 2 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 153 (36.60%) Azure
2 140 (33.49%) AWS
3 59 (14.11%) Entra ID
4 52 (12.44%) Google Workspace
5 49 (11.72%) GitHub
6 33 (7.89%) SaaS
7 30 (7.18%) GCP
8 25 (5.98%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (5.98%) Serverless
9 23 (5.50%) GitHub Copilot
10 19 (4.55%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 19 (4.55%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 18 (4.31%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
12 11 (2.63%) Power Platform
13 9 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (1.91%) Amazon S3
15 7 (1.67%) Amazon EKS
15 7 (1.67%) Apigee
15 7 (1.67%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 94 (22.49%) Broadband
2 34 (8.13%) HTTP
3 12 (2.87%) Firewall
4 9 (2.15%) SMTP
5 6 (1.44%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (1.44%) Kerberos
5 6 (1.44%) Network Security
5 6 (1.44%) SSL
6 5 (1.20%) AMQP
6 5 (1.20%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.96%) PuTTY
8 3 (0.72%) Modbus
8 3 (0.72%) RTP
8 3 (0.72%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.72%) VoIP
8 3 (0.72%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.24%) Intranet
9 1 (0.24%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (9.81%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (7.42%) SQL Server
3 22 (5.26%) MongoDB
3 22 (5.26%) NoSQL
3 22 (5.26%) Relational Database
4 14 (3.35%) MySQL
5 7 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.96%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.96%) DocumentDB
7 4 (0.96%) MariaDB
7 4 (0.96%) Neo4j
7 4 (0.96%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.72%) Power BI
8 3 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.48%) Big Data
9 2 (0.48%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.48%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.24%) Redis
Development Applications
1 56 (13.40%) Git
2 41 (9.81%) GitLab
2 41 (9.81%) Jenkins
3 34 (8.13%) SonarQube
4 20 (4.78%) JIRA
5 12 (2.87%) Maven
6 11 (2.63%) JUnit
7 10 (2.39%) Selenium
8 9 (2.15%) SpecFlow
9 8 (1.91%) WebDriver
10 7 (1.67%) Mockito
10 7 (1.67%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.96%) Gradle
11 4 (0.96%) NUnit
11 4 (0.96%) Postman
12 3 (0.72%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.72%) Cucumber
13 2 (0.48%) Jasmine
13 2 (0.48%) JMeter
13 2 (0.48%) TeamCity
General
1 132 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 113 (27.03%) Finance
3 75 (17.94%) Games
4 73 (17.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 56 (13.40%) Organisational Skills
6 50 (11.96%) Banking
7 45 (10.77%) Marketing
8 36 (8.61%) Public Sector
9 27 (6.46%) Analytical Skills
10 20 (4.78%) Back Office
11 19 (4.55%) Law
12 13 (3.11%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (3.11%) Retail
13 12 (2.87%) Financial Institution
13 12 (2.87%) Telecoms
14 11 (2.63%) Manufacturing
14 11 (2.63%) Polish Language
15 8 (1.91%) Investment Banking
16 4 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.96%) Legal
Job Titles
1 128 (30.62%) Developer
2 109 (26.08%) Senior
3 68 (16.27%) Software Engineer
4 67 (16.03%) Architect
5 37 (8.85%) Lead
6 34 (8.13%) Salesforce Architect
7 33 (7.89%) Senior Developer
8 29 (6.94%) Development Engineer
8 29 (6.94%) Software Development Engineer
9 24 (5.74%) Senior Software Engineer
10 22 (5.26%) Consultant
10 22 (5.26%) Java Developer
10 22 (5.26%) Technical Architect
11 20 (4.78%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 18 (4.31%) IAM Developer
12 18 (4.31%) Salesforce Developer
12 18 (4.31%) Salesforce Technical Architect
13 16 (3.83%) Full-Stack Developer
13 16 (3.83%) Java Engineer
13 16 (3.83%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (40.43%) SOAP
2 75 (17.94%) OAuth
2 75 (17.94%) React
3 73 (17.46%) SAML
4 69 (16.51%) GraphQL
5 62 (14.83%) .NET
5 62 (14.83%) Lightning Web Components
5 62 (14.83%) OpenID
6 61 (14.59%) LDAP
7 53 (12.68%) Spring
8 52 (12.44%) Visualforce
9 38 (9.09%) Middleware
10 36 (8.61%) Node.js
11 35 (8.37%) Spring Boot
12 34 (8.13%) JSON
13 32 (7.66%) AngularJS
14 26 (6.22%) CSS
14 26 (6.22%) XML
15 24 (5.74%) Web Services
16 20 (4.78%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 85 (20.33%) Product Ownership
2 53 (12.68%) Cyber Threat
2 53 (12.68%) Cyberattack
3 35 (8.37%) Cloud Native
4 31 (7.42%) Public Cloud
5 27 (6.46%) Distributed Systems
6 18 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (3.35%) Low-Code
8 13 (3.11%) Onboarding
9 12 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (2.39%) CMDB
10 10 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.91%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.91%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.91%) Video\Live Streaming
12 7 (1.67%) DataPower
13 6 (1.44%) CUDA
14 5 (1.20%) Management Information System
14 5 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
15 4 (0.96%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 25 (5.98%) Linux
2 11 (2.63%) Android
3 10 (2.39%) Windows
4 6 (1.44%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.44%) Unix
5 4 (0.96%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.24%) CentOS
6 1 (0.24%) Debian
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (37.32%) CI/CD
2 148 (35.41%) Roadmaps
3 123 (29.43%) Agile
4 118 (28.23%) DevOps
5 105 (25.12%) Mentoring
5 105 (25.12%) Software Engineering
6 91 (21.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 89 (21.29%) AI
8 77 (18.42%) Event-Driven
9 68 (16.27%) OO
9 68 (16.27%) Problem-Solving
10 67 (16.03%) Microservices
10 67 (16.03%) Test Automation
11 63 (15.07%) Scrum
12 62 (14.83%) Full-Stack Development
13 60 (14.35%) Cybersecurity
14 57 (13.64%) Technical Leadership
15 56 (13.40%) Identity Access Management
16 54 (12.92%) Data Modelling
17 53 (12.68%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 110 (26.32%) Java
2 109 (26.08%) SQL
3 78 (18.66%) JavaScript
4 67 (16.03%) Python
5 66 (15.79%) Apex Code
5 66 (15.79%) PowerShell
6 64 (15.31%) T-SQL
7 55 (13.16%) Bash
8 44 (10.53%) C#
9 43 (10.29%) TypeScript
10 37 (8.85%) SOQL
10 37 (8.85%) SOSL
11 12 (2.87%) Go
12 6 (1.44%) C++
12 6 (1.44%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.96%) Bicep
13 4 (0.96%) Ruby
14 3 (0.72%) C
14 3 (0.72%) DataWeave
14 3 (0.72%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 51 (12.20%) Security Cleared
2 44 (10.53%) Degree
3 41 (9.81%) SC Cleared
4 28 (6.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.87%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.44%) CISSP
7 4 (0.96%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.72%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.48%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.24%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (12.92%) NIST
2 53 (12.68%) NCSC
3 35 (8.37%) QA
4 32 (7.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.91%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.72%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.72%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.72%) SLA
7 2 (0.48%) GDPR
7 2 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.24%) HL7
System Software
1 68 (16.27%) Active Directory
2 62 (14.83%) Docker
3 6 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.72%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 45 (10.77%) Kubernetes
2 26 (6.22%) Terraform
3 9 (2.15%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.44%) Ansible
5 4 (0.96%) Argo
6 2 (0.48%) Grafana
6 2 (0.48%) Kibana
6 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.48%) MIIS
6 2 (0.48%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 69 (16.51%) Salesforce
2 40 (9.57%) Microsoft
3 38 (9.09%) Splunk
4 30 (7.18%) ServiceNow
5 18 (4.31%) MuleSoft
6 17 (4.07%) Oracle
7 10 (2.39%) CyberArk
8 9 (2.15%) ConnectWise
8 9 (2.15%) WooCommerce
9 7 (1.67%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.44%) Cisco
10 6 (1.44%) F5
10 6 (1.44%) Juniper
10 6 (1.44%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.20%) Google
11 5 (1.20%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.72%) Fortinet
12 3 (0.72%) IBM
12 3 (0.72%) Mitel
12 3 (0.72%) SAP