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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 134 161
Rank change year-on-year -27 +27 -61
Permanent jobs citing REST 407 414 517
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.76% 2.49% 2.09%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.06% 10.02% 7.42%
Number of salaries quoted 247 260 431
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £54,375 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +21.74% -14.18%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +21.74% -17.86%

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 4,493 4,133 6,967
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 19.47% 24.90% 28.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3,352 2,805 5,436
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +1.54% -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £120,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £62,783
% change year-on-year - +7.51% -6.99%

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 August 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 (2.46%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 5 (1.23%) Camunda
3 5 (1.23%) Confluence
4 3 (0.74%) Anypoint
4 3 (0.74%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.49%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.49%) JBoss
6 1 (0.25%) Apache
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.25%) Documentum
6 1 (0.25%) IIS
6 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 5 (1.23%) Moqups
2 2 (0.49%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.49%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.47%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.74%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.74%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.49%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.49%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.25%) Magento
4 1 (0.25%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 199 (48.89%) AWS
2 179 (43.98%) Azure
3 52 (12.78%) SaaS
4 49 (12.04%) GCP
5 39 (9.58%) GitHub
6 37 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (6.14%) Power Platform
8 23 (5.65%) Serverless
9 19 (4.67%) Azure Service Bus
9 19 (4.67%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (3.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 13 (3.19%) Azure Monitor
11 13 (3.19%) GitHub Copilot
11 13 (3.19%) PowerApps
12 12 (2.95%) Azure Key Vault
12 12 (2.95%) Figma
12 12 (2.95%) Power Automate
13 11 (2.70%) Entra ID
13 11 (2.70%) Microsoft Copilot
14 10 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 37 (9.09%) HTTP
2 25 (6.14%) Broadband
3 9 (2.21%) Firewall
4 7 (1.72%) Network Security
5 6 (1.47%) Kerberos
5 6 (1.47%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.98%) SSL
7 3 (0.74%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (0.74%) Modbus
8 2 (0.49%) X.509
9 1 (0.25%) 5G
9 1 (0.25%) BGP
9 1 (0.25%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.25%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (0.25%) Intranet
9 1 (0.25%) LTE
9 1 (0.25%) MQTT
9 1 (0.25%) NX-OS
9 1 (0.25%) OSPF
9 1 (0.25%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (16.22%) PostgreSQL
2 57 (14.00%) SQL Server
3 43 (10.57%) Relational Database
4 23 (5.65%) NoSQL
5 19 (4.67%) MongoDB
6 17 (4.18%) MySQL
7 16 (3.93%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (2.46%) Power BI
8 10 (2.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (2.21%) Redis
10 6 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (1.23%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.98%) Ataccama
12 4 (0.98%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.98%) IBM InfoSphere
12 4 (0.98%) MariaDB
12 4 (0.98%) TIBCO EBX
13 3 (0.74%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (0.74%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 96 (23.59%) Git
2 24 (5.90%) GitLab
3 22 (5.41%) Jenkins
4 17 (4.18%) JUnit
5 15 (3.69%) JIRA
5 15 (3.69%) Mockito
6 14 (3.44%) SonarQube
7 13 (3.19%) Maven
8 12 (2.95%) Cypress.io
8 12 (2.95%) Selenium
9 8 (1.97%) Postman
10 6 (1.47%) Claude Code
10 6 (1.47%) Storybook
11 3 (0.74%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.74%) NUnit
11 3 (0.74%) Subversion
11 3 (0.74%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.74%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.49%) Jasmine
General
1 130 (31.94%) Social Skills
2 115 (28.26%) Finance
3 52 (12.78%) Banking
4 47 (11.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 33 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (7.13%) Public Sector
7 22 (5.41%) Games
8 18 (4.42%) Law
8 18 (4.42%) Marketing
9 17 (4.18%) Manufacturing
10 16 (3.93%) Legal
11 12 (2.95%) Financial Institution
12 10 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (2.21%) Back Office
13 9 (2.21%) Retail
14 8 (1.97%) Investment Banking
14 8 (1.97%) Legal Technology
15 6 (1.47%) Front Office
15 6 (1.47%) Polish Language
16 4 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 141 (34.64%) Developer
2 87 (21.38%) Senior
3 75 (18.43%) Lead
4 71 (17.44%) Software Engineer
5 42 (10.32%) Architect
6 32 (7.86%) Development Engineer
6 32 (7.86%) Software Development Engineer
7 31 (7.62%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 31 (7.62%) Senior Developer
8 29 (7.13%) Full-Stack Developer
9 27 (6.63%) .NET Developer
9 27 (6.63%) Lead Software Engineer
10 20 (4.91%) Python Engineer
11 19 (4.67%) Java Developer
12 18 (4.42%) Java Engineer
12 18 (4.42%) Software Developer
12 18 (4.42%) Technical Leader
13 17 (4.18%) Salesforce Architect
14 15 (3.69%) Lead Developer
14 15 (3.69%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (25.55%) React
2 85 (20.88%) .NET
3 66 (16.22%) SOAP
4 48 (11.79%) Spring
5 46 (11.30%) Terraform
6 39 (9.58%) Node.js
7 31 (7.62%) AngularJS
8 30 (7.37%) ASP.NET
8 30 (7.37%) CSS
9 29 (7.13%) Spring Boot
10 27 (6.63%) .NET Core
11 26 (6.39%) Kafka
12 25 (6.14%) Lightning Web Components
12 25 (6.14%) OAuth
13 22 (5.41%) Blazor
13 22 (5.41%) RESTful
14 21 (5.16%) Visualforce
15 19 (4.67%) GraphQL
16 18 (4.42%) Django
16 18 (4.42%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 73 (17.94%) Product Ownership
2 37 (9.09%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (8.60%) Cloud Native
4 34 (8.35%) Public Cloud
5 29 (7.13%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (4.42%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (4.18%) Low-Code
8 16 (3.93%) Mobile App
9 14 (3.44%) AI Agents
10 13 (3.19%) Onboarding
11 11 (2.70%) CMDB
11 11 (2.70%) Video\Live Streaming
12 10 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.97%) Algorithms
13 8 (1.97%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (1.97%) IoT
14 6 (1.47%) CUDA
15 5 (1.23%) Data Structures
16 4 (0.98%) Reference Data
16 4 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.90%) Linux
2 11 (2.70%) Android
3 9 (2.21%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.23%) Windows
5 4 (0.98%) Unix
6 1 (0.25%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.25%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (49.39%) CI/CD
2 140 (34.40%) Software Engineering
3 126 (30.96%) Agile
4 116 (28.50%) DevOps
5 115 (28.26%) AI
6 105 (25.80%) Continuous Improvement
7 100 (24.57%) Full-Stack Development
8 98 (24.08%) Problem-Solving
9 89 (21.87%) Mentoring
10 88 (21.62%) Microservices
11 83 (20.39%) Technical Leadership
12 80 (19.66%) Roadmaps
13 78 (19.16%) Event-Driven
14 75 (18.43%) Test Automation
15 61 (14.99%) OO
16 57 (14.00%) TDD
17 54 (13.27%) Containerisation
18 53 (13.02%) Infrastructure as Code
19 52 (12.78%) Scrum
20 48 (11.79%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 111 (27.27%) Java
2 105 (25.80%) SQL
3 84 (20.64%) JavaScript
4 80 (19.66%) C#
5 76 (18.67%) Python
6 68 (16.71%) TypeScript
7 28 (6.88%) Apex Code
8 19 (4.67%) PowerShell
9 17 (4.18%) SOQL
10 15 (3.69%) Go
10 15 (3.69%) SOSL
11 14 (3.44%) PL/SQL
12 10 (2.46%) Bash
13 7 (1.72%) T-SQL
14 6 (1.47%) Ruby
15 5 (1.23%) Bicep
16 4 (0.98%) PHP
17 3 (0.74%) DataWeave
18 2 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 2 (0.49%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 54 (13.27%) Security Cleared
2 33 (8.11%) SC Cleared
3 29 (7.13%) Degree
4 23 (5.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (4.18%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.47%) CISSP
7 4 (0.98%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.74%) AWS Certification
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%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (15.48%) QA
2 18 (4.42%) Accessibility
2 18 (4.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (2.70%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.47%) NIST
5 5 (1.23%) GDPR
5 5 (1.23%) WCAG
6 4 (0.98%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.74%) NCSC
7 3 (0.74%) SLA
8 1 (0.25%) GRC
System Software
1 110 (27.03%) Docker
2 13 (3.19%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 62 (15.23%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.21%) Ansible
3 6 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.74%) Grafana
4 3 (0.74%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.49%) Argo
5 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.49%) MIIS
6 1 (0.25%) Consul
6 1 (0.25%) Kibana
6 1 (0.25%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 62 (15.23%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.11%) Salesforce
3 26 (6.39%) Oracle
4 18 (4.42%) Splunk
5 17 (4.18%) ServiceNow
6 12 (2.95%) Informatica
6 12 (2.95%) MuleSoft
7 9 (2.21%) OpenAI
8 7 (1.72%) Google
9 5 (1.23%) CyberArk
9 5 (1.23%) IBM
9 5 (1.23%) Sage
9 5 (1.23%) TIBCO
10 4 (0.98%) Cisco
11 3 (0.74%) Databricks
11 3 (0.74%) iManage
11 3 (0.74%) Juniper
11 3 (0.74%) Palo Alto
11 3 (0.74%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.74%) SAP