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 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 130 143
Rank change year-on-year +12 +13 -42
Permanent jobs citing REST 415 430 724
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.16% 2.90% 2.16%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.11% 10.10% 8.21%
Number of salaries quoted 207 264 657
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,738 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -9.43%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,875 £95,050
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 3,428 4,259 8,819
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.87% 28.69% 26.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,491 2,840 7,655
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,366
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -8.19%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £79,225
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,206 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.34% -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 3 June 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 7 (1.69%) JBoss
2 5 (1.20%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.96%) Apache Solr
3 4 (0.96%) WebSphere
4 3 (0.72%) Anypoint
4 3 (0.72%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.48%) Apache
5 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.48%) Camunda
5 2 (0.48%) Confluence
5 2 (0.48%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (1.69%) Dynamics NAV
1 7 (1.69%) Magento
1 7 (1.69%) Shopify
2 2 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 154 (37.11%) Azure
2 146 (35.18%) AWS
3 58 (13.98%) Entra ID
4 52 (12.53%) Google Workspace
5 44 (10.60%) GitHub
6 33 (7.95%) SaaS
7 30 (7.23%) GCP
8 24 (5.78%) Serverless
9 22 (5.30%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (4.34%) GitHub Actions
11 17 (4.10%) GitHub Copilot
11 17 (4.10%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 17 (4.10%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 11 (2.65%) Power Platform
13 10 (2.41%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (1.69%) Amazon EKS
14 7 (1.69%) Apigee
14 7 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (1.69%) Kong
14 7 (1.69%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 93 (22.41%) Broadband
2 33 (7.95%) HTTP
3 12 (2.89%) Firewall
4 9 (2.17%) SMTP
5 6 (1.45%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (1.45%) Kerberos
5 6 (1.45%) Network Security
5 6 (1.45%) SSL
6 5 (1.20%) AMQP
6 5 (1.20%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.72%) Modbus
7 3 (0.72%) PuTTY
7 3 (0.72%) RTP
7 3 (0.72%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.72%) VoIP
7 3 (0.72%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.24%) Intranet
8 1 (0.24%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.24%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (10.36%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (6.99%) SQL Server
3 24 (5.78%) NoSQL
4 23 (5.54%) Relational Database
5 22 (5.30%) MongoDB
6 13 (3.13%) MySQL
7 7 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.96%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.96%) DocumentDB
9 4 (0.96%) MariaDB
9 4 (0.96%) Neo4j
9 4 (0.96%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.72%) Power BI
10 3 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.48%) Big Data
11 2 (0.48%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.48%) DynamoDB
12 1 (0.24%) Redis
Development Applications
1 56 (13.49%) Git
2 41 (9.88%) GitLab
3 40 (9.64%) Jenkins
4 34 (8.19%) SonarQube
5 18 (4.34%) JIRA
6 12 (2.89%) JUnit
6 12 (2.89%) Maven
7 9 (2.17%) Selenium
8 8 (1.93%) Mockito
8 8 (1.93%) SpecFlow
9 7 (1.69%) Visual Studio
9 7 (1.69%) WebDriver
10 4 (0.96%) Claude Code
10 4 (0.96%) Gradle
10 4 (0.96%) NUnit
10 4 (0.96%) Postman
11 3 (0.72%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.72%) Subversion
11 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.48%) JMeter
General
1 130 (31.33%) Social Skills
2 111 (26.75%) Finance
3 73 (17.59%) Games
3 73 (17.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 55 (13.25%) Organisational Skills
5 51 (12.29%) Banking
6 42 (10.12%) Marketing
7 39 (9.40%) Public Sector
8 27 (6.51%) Analytical Skills
9 19 (4.58%) Law
10 18 (4.34%) Back Office
11 13 (3.13%) Manufacturing
11 13 (3.13%) Retail
12 12 (2.89%) Financial Institution
13 11 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (2.65%) Polish Language
13 11 (2.65%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.93%) Investment Banking
15 5 (1.20%) Legal
16 4 (0.96%) Billing
Job Titles
1 128 (30.84%) Developer
2 102 (24.58%) Senior
3 71 (17.11%) Software Engineer
4 66 (15.90%) Architect
5 40 (9.64%) Lead
6 34 (8.19%) Salesforce Architect
7 32 (7.71%) Senior Developer
8 29 (6.99%) Development Engineer
8 29 (6.99%) Software Development Engineer
9 24 (5.78%) Technical Architect
10 22 (5.30%) Consultant
10 22 (5.30%) Java Developer
10 22 (5.30%) Senior Software Engineer
11 21 (5.06%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 18 (4.34%) IAM Developer
12 18 (4.34%) Lead Software Engineer
12 18 (4.34%) Salesforce Developer
12 18 (4.34%) Salesforce Technical Architect
13 17 (4.10%) Java Engineer
14 16 (3.86%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (37.83%) SOAP
2 76 (18.31%) OAuth
2 76 (18.31%) React
3 73 (17.59%) SAML
4 68 (16.39%) GraphQL
5 62 (14.94%) OpenID
6 61 (14.70%) .NET
6 61 (14.70%) LDAP
7 58 (13.98%) Lightning Web Components
8 54 (13.01%) Spring
9 52 (12.53%) Visualforce
10 37 (8.92%) Spring Boot
11 36 (8.67%) Node.js
12 35 (8.43%) JSON
12 35 (8.43%) Middleware
13 31 (7.47%) AngularJS
14 24 (5.78%) CSS
14 24 (5.78%) XML
15 23 (5.54%) Kafka
16 21 (5.06%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 82 (19.76%) Product Ownership
2 52 (12.53%) Cyber Threat
2 52 (12.53%) Cyberattack
3 35 (8.43%) Cloud Native
4 31 (7.47%) Public Cloud
5 26 (6.27%) Distributed Systems
6 18 (4.34%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (3.61%) Onboarding
8 14 (3.37%) Low-Code
9 13 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (2.17%) CMDB
12 8 (1.93%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.93%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.93%) Video\Live Streaming
13 6 (1.45%) CUDA
14 5 (1.20%) AI Agents
14 5 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
15 4 (0.96%) DataPower
16 3 (0.72%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.27%) Linux
2 10 (2.41%) Android
2 10 (2.41%) Windows
3 6 (1.45%) Apple iOS
3 6 (1.45%) Unix
4 4 (0.96%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.24%) CentOS
5 1 (0.24%) Debian
5 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (38.55%) CI/CD
2 150 (36.14%) Roadmaps
3 124 (29.88%) Agile
4 116 (27.95%) DevOps
5 110 (26.51%) Software Engineering
6 100 (24.10%) Mentoring
7 89 (21.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 82 (19.76%) AI
9 81 (19.52%) Event-Driven
10 71 (17.11%) Microservices
11 70 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
12 69 (16.63%) OO
13 66 (15.90%) Full-Stack Development
14 64 (15.42%) Scrum
15 62 (14.94%) Test Automation
16 59 (14.22%) Cybersecurity
17 58 (13.98%) Technical Leadership
18 56 (13.49%) Identity Access Management
19 53 (12.77%) Design Patterns
19 53 (12.77%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 110 (26.51%) Java
2 103 (24.82%) SQL
3 79 (19.04%) JavaScript
4 69 (16.63%) Python
5 65 (15.66%) PowerShell
6 62 (14.94%) Apex Code
6 62 (14.94%) T-SQL
7 54 (13.01%) Bash
8 46 (11.08%) C#
9 44 (10.60%) TypeScript
10 37 (8.92%) SOQL
10 37 (8.92%) SOSL
11 13 (3.13%) Go
12 7 (1.69%) PL/SQL
13 5 (1.20%) C++
13 5 (1.20%) Ruby
14 4 (0.96%) Bicep
15 3 (0.72%) C
15 3 (0.72%) DataWeave
15 3 (0.72%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 52 (12.53%) Security Cleared
2 43 (10.36%) Degree
3 41 (9.88%) SC Cleared
4 27 (6.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.37%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.45%) CISSP
7 5 (1.20%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.72%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.48%) AWS Certification
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
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (12.77%) NIST
2 52 (12.53%) NCSC
3 35 (8.43%) QA
4 32 (7.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.93%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.96%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.72%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.72%) SLA
8 2 (0.48%) GDPR
8 2 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.24%) HL7
System Software
1 69 (16.63%) Docker
2 68 (16.39%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.72%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 52 (12.53%) Kubernetes
2 28 (6.75%) Terraform
3 9 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.45%) Ansible
5 4 (0.96%) Argo
6 3 (0.72%) Grafana
6 3 (0.72%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.48%) Kibana
7 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.48%) MIIS
8 1 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 65 (15.66%) Salesforce
2 38 (9.16%) Microsoft
2 38 (9.16%) Splunk
3 27 (6.51%) ServiceNow
4 17 (4.10%) MuleSoft
5 16 (3.86%) Oracle
6 9 (2.17%) CyberArk
7 7 (1.69%) ConnectWise
7 7 (1.69%) Red Hat
7 7 (1.69%) WooCommerce
8 6 (1.45%) Cisco
8 6 (1.45%) F5
8 6 (1.45%) Google
8 6 (1.45%) Juniper
8 6 (1.45%) OpenAI
8 6 (1.45%) Palo Alto
9 3 (0.72%) Fortinet
9 3 (0.72%) IBM
9 3 (0.72%) Mitel
9 3 (0.72%) SAP