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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 132 142
Rank change year-on-year +13 +10 -39
Permanent jobs citing REST 423 408 729
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.21% 2.80% 2.21%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.28% 9.71% 8.42%
Number of salaries quoted 210 244 664
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,188 £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 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,875 £95,890
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 3,445 4,200 8,654
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.98% 28.80% 26.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,503 2,777 7,578
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £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 £83,750 £85,000 £78,750
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 28 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 7 (1.65%) JBoss
2 5 (1.18%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.95%) Apache Solr
3 4 (0.95%) WebSphere
4 3 (0.71%) Anypoint
4 3 (0.71%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.47%) Apache
5 2 (0.47%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.47%) Camunda
5 2 (0.47%) Confluence
5 2 (0.47%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (2.13%) Dynamics NAV
1 9 (2.13%) Magento
1 9 (2.13%) Shopify
2 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 156 (36.88%) Azure
2 145 (34.28%) AWS
3 59 (13.95%) Entra ID
4 52 (12.29%) Google Workspace
5 50 (11.82%) GitHub
6 33 (7.80%) SaaS
7 31 (7.33%) GCP
8 25 (5.91%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (5.91%) Serverless
9 23 (5.44%) GitHub Copilot
10 19 (4.49%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 19 (4.49%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 18 (4.26%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (2.60%) AWS Lambda
12 11 (2.60%) Power Platform
13 9 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (1.89%) Amazon S3
15 7 (1.65%) Amazon EKS
15 7 (1.65%) Apigee
15 7 (1.65%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 94 (22.22%) Broadband
2 34 (8.04%) HTTP
3 12 (2.84%) Firewall
4 9 (2.13%) SMTP
5 6 (1.42%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (1.42%) Kerberos
5 6 (1.42%) Network Security
5 6 (1.42%) SSL
6 5 (1.18%) AMQP
6 5 (1.18%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.95%) PuTTY
8 3 (0.71%) Modbus
8 3 (0.71%) RTP
8 3 (0.71%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.71%) VoIP
8 3 (0.71%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.24%) Intranet
9 1 (0.24%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.24%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (9.69%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (7.33%) SQL Server
3 23 (5.44%) NoSQL
4 22 (5.20%) MongoDB
5 21 (4.96%) Relational Database
6 13 (3.07%) MySQL
7 7 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.95%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.95%) DocumentDB
9 4 (0.95%) MariaDB
9 4 (0.95%) Neo4j
9 4 (0.95%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.71%) Power BI
10 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.47%) Big Data
11 2 (0.47%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.47%) DynamoDB
12 1 (0.24%) Redis
Development Applications
1 58 (13.71%) Git
2 41 (9.69%) GitLab
2 41 (9.69%) Jenkins
3 34 (8.04%) SonarQube
4 20 (4.73%) JIRA
5 13 (3.07%) Maven
6 12 (2.84%) JUnit
7 10 (2.36%) Selenium
8 9 (2.13%) SpecFlow
9 8 (1.89%) Mockito
9 8 (1.89%) WebDriver
10 7 (1.65%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.95%) Claude Code
11 4 (0.95%) Gradle
11 4 (0.95%) NUnit
11 4 (0.95%) Postman
12 3 (0.71%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.71%) Subversion
12 3 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
13 2 (0.47%) JMeter
General
1 131 (30.97%) Social Skills
2 114 (26.95%) Finance
3 75 (17.73%) Games
4 73 (17.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 56 (13.24%) Organisational Skills
6 51 (12.06%) Banking
7 45 (10.64%) Marketing
8 37 (8.75%) Public Sector
9 28 (6.62%) Analytical Skills
10 20 (4.73%) Back Office
11 19 (4.49%) Law
12 13 (3.07%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (3.07%) Manufacturing
12 13 (3.07%) Retail
13 12 (2.84%) Financial Institution
13 12 (2.84%) Telecoms
14 11 (2.60%) Polish Language
15 8 (1.89%) Investment Banking
16 5 (1.18%) Legal
17 4 (0.95%) Billing
Job Titles
1 130 (30.73%) Developer
2 109 (25.77%) Senior
3 70 (16.55%) Software Engineer
4 64 (15.13%) Architect
5 39 (9.22%) Lead
6 34 (8.04%) Salesforce Architect
7 33 (7.80%) Senior Developer
8 29 (6.86%) Development Engineer
8 29 (6.86%) Software Development Engineer
9 24 (5.67%) Senior Software Engineer
10 22 (5.20%) Consultant
10 22 (5.20%) Java Developer
10 22 (5.20%) Technical Architect
11 21 (4.96%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 18 (4.26%) IAM Developer
12 18 (4.26%) Salesforce Developer
12 18 (4.26%) Salesforce Technical Architect
13 17 (4.02%) Java Engineer
14 16 (3.78%) Full-Stack Developer
14 16 (3.78%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (39.24%) SOAP
2 77 (18.20%) React
3 76 (17.97%) OAuth
4 73 (17.26%) SAML
5 69 (16.31%) GraphQL
6 62 (14.66%) Lightning Web Components
6 62 (14.66%) OpenID
7 61 (14.42%) LDAP
8 59 (13.95%) .NET
9 52 (12.29%) Spring
9 52 (12.29%) Visualforce
10 37 (8.75%) Middleware
10 37 (8.75%) Node.js
11 35 (8.27%) JSON
11 35 (8.27%) Spring Boot
12 31 (7.33%) AngularJS
13 26 (6.15%) CSS
14 24 (5.67%) XML
15 22 (5.20%) Web Services
16 21 (4.96%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 84 (19.86%) Product Ownership
2 53 (12.53%) Cyber Threat
2 53 (12.53%) Cyberattack
3 35 (8.27%) Cloud Native
4 31 (7.33%) Public Cloud
5 27 (6.38%) Distributed Systems
6 18 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (3.55%) Onboarding
8 14 (3.31%) Low-Code
9 13 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (2.36%) CMDB
12 8 (1.89%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.89%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.89%) Video\Live Streaming
13 6 (1.42%) AI Agents
13 6 (1.42%) CUDA
14 5 (1.18%) Management Information System
14 5 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
15 4 (0.95%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 27 (6.38%) Linux
2 11 (2.60%) Android
3 10 (2.36%) Windows
4 6 (1.42%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.42%) Unix
5 4 (0.95%) 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
1 160 (37.83%) CI/CD
2 149 (35.22%) Roadmaps
3 126 (29.79%) Agile
4 121 (28.61%) DevOps
5 110 (26.00%) Software Engineering
6 107 (25.30%) Mentoring
7 91 (21.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 90 (21.28%) AI
9 79 (18.68%) Event-Driven
10 71 (16.78%) Problem-Solving
11 69 (16.31%) OO
12 68 (16.08%) Microservices
13 67 (15.84%) Test Automation
14 65 (15.37%) Full-Stack Development
15 64 (15.13%) Scrum
16 60 (14.18%) Cybersecurity
17 57 (13.48%) Technical Leadership
18 56 (13.24%) Identity Access Management
19 54 (12.77%) Data Modelling
20 53 (12.53%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 109 (25.77%) Java
2 107 (25.30%) SQL
3 82 (19.39%) JavaScript
4 69 (16.31%) Python
5 66 (15.60%) Apex Code
5 66 (15.60%) PowerShell
6 64 (15.13%) T-SQL
7 55 (13.00%) Bash
8 44 (10.40%) C#
9 43 (10.17%) TypeScript
10 37 (8.75%) SOQL
10 37 (8.75%) SOSL
11 14 (3.31%) Go
12 7 (1.65%) PL/SQL
13 6 (1.42%) C++
14 5 (1.18%) Ruby
15 4 (0.95%) Bicep
16 3 (0.71%) DataWeave
16 3 (0.71%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.71%) PHP
Qualifications
1 53 (12.53%) Security Cleared
2 44 (10.40%) Degree
3 42 (9.93%) SC Cleared
4 28 (6.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.31%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.42%) CISSP
7 4 (0.95%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.71%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.47%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.24%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (12.77%) NIST
2 53 (12.53%) NCSC
3 35 (8.27%) QA
4 32 (7.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.89%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.95%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.71%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.71%) SLA
8 2 (0.47%) GDPR
8 2 (0.47%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.24%) HL7
System Software
1 68 (16.08%) Active Directory
2 66 (15.60%) Docker
3 6 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.71%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 49 (11.58%) Kubernetes
2 28 (6.62%) Terraform
3 9 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.42%) Ansible
5 4 (0.95%) Argo
6 2 (0.47%) Grafana
6 2 (0.47%) Kibana
6 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.47%) MIIS
6 2 (0.47%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 69 (16.31%) Salesforce
2 41 (9.69%) Microsoft
3 38 (8.98%) Splunk
4 30 (7.09%) ServiceNow
5 18 (4.26%) MuleSoft
6 17 (4.02%) Oracle
7 10 (2.36%) CyberArk
8 9 (2.13%) ConnectWise
8 9 (2.13%) WooCommerce
9 7 (1.65%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.42%) Cisco
10 6 (1.42%) F5
10 6 (1.42%) Google
10 6 (1.42%) Juniper
10 6 (1.42%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.42%) Palo Alto
11 3 (0.71%) Fortinet
11 3 (0.71%) IBM
11 3 (0.71%) Mitel
11 3 (0.71%) Revolut