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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 137 155
Rank change year-on-year -12 +18 -55
Permanent jobs citing REST 423 421 537
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.90% 2.55% 2.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.24% 10.31% 8.24%
Number of salaries quoted 242 262 468
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +20.69% -14.07%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year - +20.69% -17.14%

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 4,132 4,082 6,517
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.55% 24.74% 25.77%
Number of salaries quoted 3,115 2,745 5,281
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -4.36%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +9.76% -8.89%

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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 4 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 11 (2.60%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.89%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 5 (1.18%) Camunda
4 4 (0.95%) Confluence
5 3 (0.71%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.71%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.47%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.47%) JBoss
7 1 (0.24%) Apache
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.24%) Documentum
7 1 (0.24%) IIS
7 1 (0.24%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 3 (0.71%) Moqups
2 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.18%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.71%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.71%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.47%) Magento
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.47%) Shopify
3 2 (0.47%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.24%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.24%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 194 (45.86%) AWS
2 175 (41.37%) Azure
3 51 (12.06%) SaaS
4 49 (11.58%) GCP
5 38 (8.98%) GitHub
6 33 (7.80%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (5.44%) Power Platform
7 23 (5.44%) Serverless
8 18 (4.26%) GitHub Actions
9 16 (3.78%) Entra ID
10 15 (3.55%) Azure Service Bus
11 13 (3.07%) Power Automate
11 13 (3.07%) PowerApps
12 12 (2.84%) GitHub Copilot
13 11 (2.60%) Anthropic Claude
13 11 (2.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 11 (2.60%) Figma
14 10 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (2.36%) Microsoft Copilot
15 9 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 42 (9.93%) Broadband
2 35 (8.27%) HTTP
3 12 (2.84%) Firewall
4 8 (1.89%) Network Security
5 7 (1.65%) Kerberos
5 7 (1.65%) SSL
6 5 (1.18%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (1.18%) SMTP
6 5 (1.18%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.71%) Modbus
8 1 (0.24%) BGP
8 1 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.24%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (0.24%) Intranet
8 1 (0.24%) LAN
8 1 (0.24%) MQTT
8 1 (0.24%) NX-OS
8 1 (0.24%) OSPF
8 1 (0.24%) VXLAN
8 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (14.18%) PostgreSQL
2 51 (12.06%) SQL Server
3 38 (8.98%) Relational Database
4 22 (5.20%) NoSQL
5 20 (4.73%) MongoDB
6 17 (4.02%) MySQL
7 12 (2.84%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (2.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (1.89%) Power BI
9 8 (1.89%) Redis
10 6 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (1.18%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.95%) Ataccama
12 4 (0.95%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.95%) IBM InfoSphere
12 4 (0.95%) MariaDB
12 4 (0.95%) TIBCO EBX
13 3 (0.71%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (0.71%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 86 (20.33%) Git
2 36 (8.51%) GitLab
3 34 (8.04%) Jenkins
4 26 (6.15%) SonarQube
5 15 (3.55%) JIRA
5 15 (3.55%) JUnit
6 13 (3.07%) Mockito
6 13 (3.07%) Selenium
7 12 (2.84%) Maven
8 7 (1.65%) Claude Code
8 7 (1.65%) Cypress.io
9 5 (1.18%) Postman
10 4 (0.95%) SpecFlow
10 4 (0.95%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.71%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.71%) NUnit
11 3 (0.71%) Storybook
11 3 (0.71%) Subversion
11 3 (0.71%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.71%) Visual Studio
General
1 124 (29.31%) Finance
2 123 (29.08%) Social Skills
3 70 (16.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 53 (12.53%) Banking
5 37 (8.75%) Public Sector
6 36 (8.51%) Games
7 33 (7.80%) Analytical Skills
8 30 (7.09%) Marketing
9 21 (4.96%) Law
10 15 (3.55%) Manufacturing
11 14 (3.31%) Financial Institution
11 14 (3.31%) Legal
12 12 (2.84%) Back Office
12 12 (2.84%) Retail
13 11 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.89%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.89%) Legal Technology
15 8 (1.89%) Polish Language
16 6 (1.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 136 (32.15%) Developer
2 86 (20.33%) Senior
3 71 (16.78%) Lead
4 68 (16.08%) Software Engineer
5 56 (13.24%) Architect
6 31 (7.33%) Development Engineer
6 31 (7.33%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 31 (7.33%) Software Development Engineer
7 29 (6.86%) Salesforce Architect
7 29 (6.86%) Senior Developer
8 27 (6.38%) Full-Stack Developer
9 26 (6.15%) Lead Software Engineer
10 22 (5.20%) .NET Developer
10 22 (5.20%) Consultant
11 21 (4.96%) Technical Architect
12 20 (4.73%) Python Engineer
13 16 (3.78%) Java Developer
13 16 (3.78%) Java Engineer
13 16 (3.78%) Technical Leader
14 15 (3.55%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (23.40%) React
2 88 (20.80%) SOAP
3 84 (19.86%) .NET
4 46 (10.87%) Spring
5 40 (9.46%) Lightning Web Components
6 36 (8.51%) Node.js
6 36 (8.51%) Visualforce
7 33 (7.80%) AngularJS
8 31 (7.33%) OAuth
9 30 (7.09%) Spring Boot
10 26 (6.15%) ASP.NET
11 25 (5.91%) GraphQL
11 25 (5.91%) Kafka
12 24 (5.67%) CSS
13 23 (5.44%) .NET Core
13 23 (5.44%) JSON
13 23 (5.44%) SAML
14 21 (4.96%) RESTful
15 19 (4.49%) Django
15 19 (4.49%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 84 (19.86%) Product Ownership
2 36 (8.51%) Cloud Native
3 35 (8.27%) Distributed Systems
4 34 (8.04%) Public Cloud
5 31 (7.33%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (4.73%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (4.02%) Low-Code
8 14 (3.31%) AI Agents
8 14 (3.31%) Mobile App
9 13 (3.07%) Onboarding
10 11 (2.60%) CMDB
11 10 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (2.36%) Video\Live Streaming
12 8 (1.89%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.89%) IoT
13 7 (1.65%) Cyber Threat
13 7 (1.65%) Cyberattack
14 6 (1.42%) CUDA
15 5 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 25 (5.91%) Linux
2 10 (2.36%) Android
2 10 (2.36%) Windows
3 8 (1.89%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.42%) Unix
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (48.23%) CI/CD
2 141 (33.33%) Agile
3 134 (31.68%) Software Engineering
4 129 (30.50%) DevOps
5 112 (26.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 111 (26.24%) AI
7 98 (23.17%) Roadmaps
8 97 (22.93%) Problem-Solving
9 95 (22.46%) Full-Stack Development
10 87 (20.57%) Mentoring
11 86 (20.33%) Event-Driven
12 85 (20.09%) Microservices
13 78 (18.44%) Technical Leadership
14 70 (16.55%) OO
15 69 (16.31%) Test Automation
16 62 (14.66%) Scrum
17 54 (12.77%) Containerisation
18 53 (12.53%) Infrastructure as Code
18 53 (12.53%) TDD
19 46 (10.87%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 111 (26.24%) Java
2 104 (24.59%) SQL
3 89 (21.04%) JavaScript
4 83 (19.62%) Python
5 77 (18.20%) C#
6 65 (15.37%) TypeScript
7 43 (10.17%) Apex Code
8 29 (6.86%) SOQL
9 27 (6.38%) SOSL
10 24 (5.67%) PowerShell
11 15 (3.55%) Bash
12 14 (3.31%) T-SQL
13 13 (3.07%) Go
13 13 (3.07%) PL/SQL
14 6 (1.42%) Ruby
15 5 (1.18%) Bicep
16 4 (0.95%) PHP
17 3 (0.71%) DataWeave
18 2 (0.47%) Kotlin
18 2 (0.47%) Scala
Qualifications
1 58 (13.71%) Security Cleared
2 40 (9.46%) SC Cleared
3 33 (7.80%) Degree
4 24 (5.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (4.02%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.65%) CISSP
7 4 (0.95%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.71%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.24%) CCIE
9 1 (0.24%) CCNP
9 1 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.24%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (13.48%) QA
2 17 (4.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (3.55%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.60%) Data Quality
5 10 (2.36%) NIST
6 9 (2.13%) NCSC
7 4 (0.95%) GDPR
8 3 (0.71%) SLA
8 3 (0.71%) WCAG
9 2 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 102 (24.11%) Docker
2 23 (5.44%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 62 (14.66%) Kubernetes
2 42 (9.93%) Terraform
3 10 (2.36%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.65%) Ansible
5 4 (0.95%) Grafana
5 4 (0.95%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.47%) Argo
6 2 (0.47%) Kibana
6 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.47%) MIIS
7 1 (0.24%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 60 (14.18%) Microsoft
2 48 (11.35%) Salesforce
3 30 (7.09%) Splunk
4 25 (5.91%) ServiceNow
5 23 (5.44%) Oracle
6 15 (3.55%) MuleSoft
7 10 (2.36%) Informatica
8 9 (2.13%) CyberArk
8 9 (2.13%) OpenAI
9 7 (1.65%) Google
10 6 (1.42%) Cisco
11 5 (1.18%) F5
11 5 (1.18%) IBM
11 5 (1.18%) Juniper
11 5 (1.18%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.18%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.18%) TIBCO
12 4 (0.95%) Sage
13 3 (0.71%) iManage
13 3 (0.71%) SAP