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

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 82 94
Rank change year-on-year -49 +12 -9
Permanent jobs citing REST 322 650 663
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.10% 3.78% 3.24%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.70% 12.34% 10.59%
Number of salaries quoted 213 260 585
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,238 £46,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -14.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,813 £90,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £87,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
% 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 2,753 5,266 6,262
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.93% 30.58% 30.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,168 3,421 5,315
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,500 £50,000 £50,686
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - -
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.09%

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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 26 December 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 12 (3.73%) JBoss
2 10 (3.11%) WebSphere
3 5 (1.55%) Anypoint
3 5 (1.55%) Apache Pulsar
3 5 (1.55%) Confluence
3 5 (1.55%) IIS
4 3 (0.93%) OpenStack
4 3 (0.93%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.62%) Mendix
5 2 (0.62%) nginx
6 1 (0.31%) Alfresco
6 1 (0.31%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.31%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.31%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.31%) SugarCRM
6 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.24%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.93%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.31%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 14 (4.35%) Shopify
2 13 (4.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.80%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (2.48%) Workday HCM
5 6 (1.86%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (1.55%) Magento
7 3 (0.93%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.93%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.62%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.62%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 131 (40.68%) Azure
2 87 (27.02%) AWS
3 47 (14.60%) SaaS
4 42 (13.04%) GitHub
5 38 (11.80%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (9.94%) GitHub Copilot
7 24 (7.45%) Entra ID
8 23 (7.14%) GCP
9 21 (6.52%) Azure Logic Apps
10 19 (5.90%) Boomi
10 19 (5.90%) Google Workspace
11 17 (5.28%) Power Automate
11 17 (5.28%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 17 (5.28%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 15 (4.66%) Serverless
13 14 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
14 12 (3.73%) Power Platform
14 12 (3.73%) Salesforce Einstein
15 11 (3.42%) Azure Service Bus
15 11 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 36 (11.18%) Broadband
2 13 (4.04%) HTTP
3 4 (1.24%) PuTTY
4 2 (0.62%) AMQP
4 2 (0.62%) IP Telephony
4 2 (0.62%) PSTN
4 2 (0.62%) VoIP
5 1 (0.31%) FTP
5 1 (0.31%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (11.18%) SQL Server
2 22 (6.83%) Relational Database
3 20 (6.21%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (5.90%) NoSQL
5 18 (5.59%) MySQL
6 14 (4.35%) MongoDB
7 6 (1.86%) Redis
8 5 (1.55%) Power BI
8 5 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.24%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.62%) Big Data
11 2 (0.62%) DocumentDB
11 2 (0.62%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.62%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.62%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 2 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 38 (11.80%) Git
2 33 (10.25%) Jenkins
3 23 (7.14%) JIRA
4 21 (6.52%) GitLab
5 15 (4.66%) SonarQube
6 7 (2.17%) Maven
6 7 (2.17%) Selenium
7 6 (1.86%) Cypress.io
7 6 (1.86%) TeamCity
8 4 (1.24%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (1.24%) JMeter
8 4 (1.24%) JUnit
8 4 (1.24%) WebDriver
9 3 (0.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.93%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.93%) git-flow
9 3 (0.93%) Postman
9 3 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.93%) Subversion
10 2 (0.62%) Cucumber
General
1 114 (35.40%) Social Skills
2 100 (31.06%) Finance
3 47 (14.60%) Games
4 34 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (9.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 30 (9.32%) Marketing
7 21 (6.52%) Organisational Skills
8 20 (6.21%) Public Sector
9 17 (5.28%) Law
10 15 (4.66%) Banking
11 13 (4.04%) Telecoms
12 12 (3.73%) Retail
13 9 (2.80%) Back Office
13 9 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (2.17%) Financial Institution
15 6 (1.86%) Legal
16 5 (1.55%) Automotive
17 4 (1.24%) Polish Language
18 3 (0.93%) Aviation
19 2 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 126 (39.13%) Developer
2 97 (30.12%) Senior
3 29 (9.01%) Architect
4 26 (8.07%) Software Engineer
5 24 (7.45%) Full-Stack Developer
6 23 (7.14%) Integration Developer
7 21 (6.52%) Lead
8 20 (6.21%) Senior Developer
9 16 (4.97%) C# Developer
10 15 (4.66%) Integration Engineer
11 14 (4.35%) Salesforce Architect
11 14 (4.35%) Senior Software Engineer
12 13 (4.04%) Analyst
12 13 (4.04%) Development Engineer
13 12 (3.73%) SAP Developer
14 11 (3.42%) .NET Developer
15 10 (3.11%) IAM Developer
16 9 (2.80%) Java Developer
16 9 (2.80%) Software Development Engineer
16 9 (2.80%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (47.83%) SOAP
2 50 (15.53%) .NET
3 48 (14.91%) GraphQL
3 48 (14.91%) React
4 45 (13.98%) Lightning Web Components
4 45 (13.98%) Middleware
5 43 (13.35%) SAML
6 42 (13.04%) OAuth
6 42 (13.04%) Web Services
7 39 (12.11%) JSON
8 32 (9.94%) CSS
9 31 (9.63%) XML
10 28 (8.70%) Spring
11 25 (7.76%) HTML
12 24 (7.45%) Node.js
13 22 (6.83%) AngularJS
13 22 (6.83%) RESTful
13 22 (6.83%) Visualforce
14 19 (5.90%) Kafka
14 19 (5.90%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 55 (17.08%) Product Ownership
2 26 (8.07%) Cloud Native
3 21 (6.52%) Cyber Threat
3 21 (6.52%) Cyberattack
3 21 (6.52%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (5.59%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (3.11%) DataPower
5 10 (3.11%) Low-Code
6 9 (2.80%) Public Cloud
7 7 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.86%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.86%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.55%) AI Agents
9 5 (1.55%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.55%) Educational Technology
9 5 (1.55%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (1.55%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.55%) Mobile Games
10 4 (1.24%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.24%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.21%) Linux
2 14 (4.35%) Android
3 9 (2.80%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.86%) Unix
5 1 (0.31%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (42.24%) Agile
2 100 (31.06%) CI/CD
3 92 (28.57%) Roadmaps
4 89 (27.64%) DevOps
5 77 (23.91%) Mentoring
6 75 (23.29%) AI
7 55 (17.08%) Event-Driven
8 51 (15.84%) Continuous Improvement
9 50 (15.53%) Microservices
10 48 (14.91%) Problem-Solving
11 46 (14.29%) Test Automation
12 44 (13.66%) Software Engineering
12 44 (13.66%) User Experience
13 41 (12.73%) Data Modelling
14 39 (12.11%) Clean Code
15 38 (11.80%) Scrum
16 33 (10.25%) Coaching
16 33 (10.25%) Full-Stack Development
16 33 (10.25%) Sprint Planning
17 32 (9.94%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 101 (31.37%) SQL
2 86 (26.71%) JavaScript
3 64 (19.88%) Java
4 51 (15.84%) C#
5 50 (15.53%) Python
6 46 (14.29%) Apex Code
7 40 (12.42%) PowerShell
8 33 (10.25%) T-SQL
9 30 (9.32%) TypeScript
10 23 (7.14%) Bash
11 20 (6.21%) PHP
12 16 (4.97%) SOQL
13 15 (4.66%) SOSL
14 12 (3.73%) Go
15 8 (2.48%) Kotlin
15 8 (2.48%) Shell Script
16 7 (2.17%) C++
17 5 (1.55%) ABAP
18 3 (0.93%) Ruby
19 2 (0.62%) XAML
Qualifications
1 37 (11.49%) Degree
2 23 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (4.35%) Security Cleared
4 13 (4.04%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.93%) PhD
6 2 (0.62%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.62%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.31%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.52%) NCSC
1 21 (6.52%) NIST
2 19 (5.90%) GDPR
3 11 (3.42%) QA
4 8 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.55%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.55%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.93%) HL7
7 2 (0.62%) WCAG
8 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.31%) SLA
8 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.31%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 43 (13.35%) Docker
2 21 (6.52%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 32 (9.94%) Kubernetes
2 17 (5.28%) Terraform
3 12 (3.73%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (2.48%) Ansible
5 1 (0.31%) Grafana
5 1 (0.31%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 56 (17.39%) Salesforce
2 42 (13.04%) Microsoft
3 28 (8.70%) MuleSoft
4 24 (7.45%) Oracle
5 22 (6.83%) ServiceNow
6 18 (5.59%) SAP
7 17 (5.28%) IBM
8 15 (4.66%) Splunk
9 13 (4.04%) Workday
10 7 (2.17%) Talend
11 6 (1.86%) Epicor
11 6 (1.86%) SnapLogic
11 6 (1.86%) WooCommerce
12 5 (1.55%) ConnectWise
12 5 (1.55%) Ericsson
12 5 (1.55%) IFS
12 5 (1.55%) Informatica
12 5 (1.55%) Mavenir
12 5 (1.55%) Nokia
12 5 (1.55%) Software AG