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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 126 155
Rank change year-on-year -33 +29 -52
Permanent jobs citing REST 402 399 490
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.63% 2.44% 2.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.87% 10.34% 7.24%
Number of salaries quoted 256 240 319
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,700 £42,238
25th Percentile £56,125 £53,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +21.74% -14.81%
75th Percentile £85,313 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,875 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £57,750
% change year-on-year +3.57% +21.21% -17.50%

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 4,534 3,858 6,766
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.40% 23.59% 29.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,347 2,551 4,689
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,000 £49,383
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -2.26%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £88,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £68,525 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.50% +5.42% -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 24 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 (3.73%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 7 (1.74%) Confluence
4 4 (1.00%) Camunda
5 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.50%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.50%) nginx
7 1 (0.25%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.25%) CMS
7 1 (0.25%) Documentum
7 1 (0.25%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.25%) IIS
7 1 (0.25%) JBoss
7 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 7 (1.74%) Moqups
2 3 (0.75%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.75%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.49%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.75%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.75%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.50%) Magento
3 2 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.50%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.50%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP CAR
4 1 (0.25%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 191 (47.51%) AWS
2 176 (43.78%) Azure
3 55 (13.68%) SaaS
4 41 (10.20%) GitHub
5 40 (9.95%) GCP
6 39 (9.70%) Azure DevOps
7 34 (8.46%) Power Platform
8 29 (7.21%) Serverless
9 24 (5.97%) Azure Service Bus
10 20 (4.98%) GitHub Actions
11 19 (4.73%) Power Automate
12 18 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
13 17 (4.23%) Azure Monitor
13 17 (4.23%) PowerApps
14 16 (3.98%) Entra ID
14 16 (3.98%) Microsoft Copilot
15 15 (3.73%) Azure Key Vault
16 14 (3.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 13 (3.23%) GitHub Copilot
18 12 (2.99%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 39 (9.70%) HTTP
2 6 (1.49%) Network Security
3 5 (1.24%) Firewall
3 5 (1.24%) Kerberos
4 4 (1.00%) Broadband
5 3 (0.75%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.50%) SSL
6 2 (0.50%) VPN
6 2 (0.50%) X.509
7 1 (0.25%) 5G
7 1 (0.25%) BGP
7 1 (0.25%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.25%) DNS
7 1 (0.25%) Intranet
7 1 (0.25%) LTE
7 1 (0.25%) MQTT
7 1 (0.25%) NX-OS
7 1 (0.25%) OpenVPN
7 1 (0.25%) OSPF
7 1 (0.25%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (14.68%) PostgreSQL
2 57 (14.18%) SQL Server
3 43 (10.70%) Relational Database
4 20 (4.98%) NoSQL
5 18 (4.48%) MySQL
6 16 (3.98%) Elasticsearch
7 15 (3.73%) Power BI
8 11 (2.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (2.49%) MongoDB
9 10 (2.49%) Redis
10 8 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (1.24%) Oracle Database
13 4 (1.00%) Ataccama
13 4 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (1.00%) IBM InfoSphere
13 4 (1.00%) MariaDB
13 4 (1.00%) Metadata
13 4 (1.00%) TIBCO EBX
14 3 (0.75%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 95 (23.63%) Git
2 20 (4.98%) JIRA
3 18 (4.48%) JUnit
4 16 (3.98%) Mockito
5 14 (3.48%) Cypress.io
5 14 (3.48%) Maven
6 12 (2.99%) Postman
7 11 (2.74%) Selenium
8 10 (2.49%) GitLab
8 10 (2.49%) Jenkins
9 7 (1.74%) Claude Code
10 6 (1.49%) Storybook
11 5 (1.24%) IntelliJ
12 3 (0.75%) Subversion
13 2 (0.50%) Gradle
13 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
14 1 (0.25%) Karma Test Runner
14 1 (0.25%) MLflow
14 1 (0.25%) Servoy
14 1 (0.25%) TestRail
General
1 133 (33.08%) Social Skills
2 117 (29.10%) Finance
3 52 (12.94%) Banking
4 33 (8.21%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (7.96%) Public Sector
6 30 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (4.23%) Legal
8 16 (3.98%) Law
9 14 (3.48%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (2.24%) Financial Institution
11 9 (2.24%) Investment Banking
11 9 (2.24%) Retail
12 8 (1.99%) Back Office
12 8 (1.99%) Legal Technology
13 6 (1.49%) Front Office
13 6 (1.49%) Marketing
13 6 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.00%) Aviation
14 4 (1.00%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 141 (35.07%) Developer
2 103 (25.62%) Senior
3 83 (20.65%) Lead
4 72 (17.91%) Software Engineer
5 35 (8.71%) Senior Developer
6 33 (8.21%) Development Engineer
6 33 (8.21%) Software Development Engineer
7 29 (7.21%) .NET Developer
7 29 (7.21%) Architect
7 29 (7.21%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 29 (7.21%) Lead Software Engineer
8 26 (6.47%) Full-Stack Developer
9 20 (4.98%) Technical Leader
10 19 (4.73%) Java Developer
10 19 (4.73%) Java Engineer
11 17 (4.23%) Python Engineer
11 17 (4.23%) Software Developer
12 15 (3.73%) Consultant
12 15 (3.73%) Lead Developer
12 15 (3.73%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (26.37%) React
2 87 (21.64%) .NET
3 54 (13.43%) Spring
4 51 (12.69%) SOAP
5 47 (11.69%) Terraform
6 37 (9.20%) AngularJS
7 35 (8.71%) Node.js
7 35 (8.71%) Spring Boot
8 31 (7.71%) CSS
9 29 (7.21%) ASP.NET
10 28 (6.97%) .NET Core
11 26 (6.47%) Kafka
12 25 (6.22%) OAuth
13 22 (5.47%) Blazor
14 21 (5.22%) GraphQL
14 21 (5.22%) RESTful
15 17 (4.23%) Playwright
16 16 (3.98%) HTML
17 15 (3.73%) RabbitMQ
17 15 (3.73%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 51 (12.69%) Product Ownership
2 42 (10.45%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (9.20%) Enterprise Software
4 35 (8.71%) Public Cloud
5 33 (8.21%) Cloud Native
6 18 (4.48%) Mobile App
7 17 (4.23%) AI Agents
8 11 (2.74%) CMDB
8 11 (2.74%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (2.49%) Low-Code
10 9 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.99%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.99%) IoT
11 8 (1.99%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.24%) Reference Data
12 5 (1.24%) Video\Live Streaming
13 4 (1.00%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (1.00%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.73%) Linux
2 13 (3.23%) Android
3 11 (2.74%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.49%) Windows
5 1 (0.25%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.25%) OpenWrt
5 1 (0.25%) Unix
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (48.76%) CI/CD
2 143 (35.57%) Software Engineering
3 126 (31.34%) Agile
4 125 (31.09%) AI
5 108 (26.87%) Mentoring
6 107 (26.62%) Problem-Solving
7 105 (26.12%) DevOps
8 94 (23.38%) Technical Leadership
9 93 (23.13%) Full-Stack Development
10 91 (22.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 85 (21.14%) Microservices
12 74 (18.41%) Roadmaps
13 69 (17.16%) Test Automation
14 68 (16.92%) Event-Driven
15 60 (14.93%) TDD
16 52 (12.94%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 51 (12.69%) SDLC
18 49 (12.19%) OO
19 47 (11.69%) Containerisation
19 47 (11.69%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 120 (29.85%) Java
2 108 (26.87%) SQL
3 86 (21.39%) C#
4 84 (20.90%) JavaScript
5 67 (16.67%) Python
6 66 (16.42%) TypeScript
7 22 (5.47%) PowerShell
8 14 (3.48%) PL/SQL
9 13 (3.23%) Apex Code
10 11 (2.74%) Bash
11 10 (2.49%) Go
12 8 (1.99%) T-SQL
13 6 (1.49%) Bicep
13 6 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (1.49%) Ruby
14 5 (1.24%) SOQL
15 4 (1.00%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.75%) PHP
17 2 (0.50%) C
17 2 (0.50%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 59 (14.68%) Security Cleared
2 37 (9.20%) SC Cleared
3 25 (6.22%) Degree
4 17 (4.23%) DV Cleared
5 16 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.24%) CISSP
7 4 (1.00%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.00%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.25%) CCIE
9 1 (0.25%) CCNP
9 1 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.25%) CSPO
9 1 (0.25%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.25%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (13.68%) QA
2 20 (4.98%) Accessibility
3 17 (4.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (3.73%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.24%) GDPR
5 5 (1.24%) NIST
5 5 (1.24%) WCAG
6 4 (1.00%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.75%) NCSC
8 2 (0.50%) SLA
9 1 (0.25%) GRC
System Software
1 109 (27.11%) Docker
2 13 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.25%) Firmware
3 1 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 60 (14.93%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.49%) Ansible
3 9 (2.24%) Grafana
4 5 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.75%) Argo
5 3 (0.75%) Kibana
5 3 (0.75%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.25%) Consul
7 1 (0.25%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.25%) logstash
7 1 (0.25%) Podman
Vendors
1 77 (19.15%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.72%) Oracle
3 18 (4.48%) Salesforce
3 18 (4.48%) ServiceNow
4 12 (2.99%) Informatica
5 11 (2.74%) OpenAI
6 10 (2.49%) MuleSoft
7 9 (2.24%) Google
8 7 (1.74%) Sage
9 6 (1.49%) IBM
10 5 (1.24%) CyberArk
10 5 (1.24%) SAP
10 5 (1.24%) TIBCO
11 4 (1.00%) Dynatrace
11 4 (1.00%) Foundry
12 3 (0.75%) Aderant
12 3 (0.75%) Adobe
12 3 (0.75%) HighQ
12 3 (0.75%) iManage
12 3 (0.75%) Intapp