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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 88 99
Rank change year-on-year -45 +11 -21
Permanent jobs citing REST 311 650 696
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.01% 3.28% 3.18%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.23% 11.09% 10.00%
Number of salaries quoted 235 258 612
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,238 £46,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £47,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £69,724
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -13.95% +7.27%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £104,000 £88,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +3.70%

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 2,770 5,862 6,957
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.95% 29.59% 31.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,271 3,827 5,851
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -
75th Percentile £86,375 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,799
% change year-on-year +3.85% -1.21% +1.23%

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 16 November 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 7 (2.25%) Confluence
1 7 (2.25%) IIS
1 7 (2.25%) JBoss
2 6 (1.93%) WebSphere
3 5 (1.61%) Anypoint
3 5 (1.61%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.96%) Apache Pulsar
5 2 (0.64%) CMS
5 2 (0.64%) Mendix
5 2 (0.64%) nginx
6 1 (0.32%) Alfresco
6 1 (0.32%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.32%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.32%) MetaMask
6 1 (0.32%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.32%) Strapi
6 1 (0.32%) SugarCRM
6 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.29%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.32%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 15 (4.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (3.22%) Shopify
3 8 (2.57%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.29%) NetSuite
4 4 (1.29%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.64%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.64%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.64%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.32%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 131 (42.12%) Azure
2 85 (27.33%) AWS
3 51 (16.40%) SaaS
4 36 (11.58%) Azure DevOps
5 33 (10.61%) GitHub
6 22 (7.07%) Azure Logic Apps
6 22 (7.07%) GCP
7 18 (5.79%) Boomi
7 18 (5.79%) Power Automate
8 17 (5.47%) Power Platform
8 17 (5.47%) Serverless
9 14 (4.50%) Azure Service Bus
10 13 (4.18%) GitHub Copilot
11 11 (3.54%) Entra ID
11 11 (3.54%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (3.22%) PowerApps
12 10 (3.22%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 10 (3.22%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 9 (2.89%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (2.89%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 22 (7.07%) Broadband
2 4 (1.29%) HTTP
3 3 (0.96%) FTP
4 2 (0.64%) IP Telephony
4 2 (0.64%) PSTN
4 2 (0.64%) SSL
4 2 (0.64%) VoIP
5 1 (0.32%) AMQP
5 1 (0.32%) DMARC
5 1 (0.32%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.32%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (12.86%) SQL Server
2 26 (8.36%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (7.07%) Relational Database
4 19 (6.11%) MySQL
5 18 (5.79%) MongoDB
6 17 (5.47%) NoSQL
7 9 (2.89%) Redis
8 8 (2.57%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (2.57%) Power BI
9 7 (2.25%) RDBMS
10 5 (1.61%) DynamoDB
10 5 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.64%) Big Data
13 2 (0.64%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.64%) MariaDB
13 2 (0.64%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 2 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
14 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 51 (16.40%) Git
2 28 (9.00%) Jenkins
3 23 (7.40%) GitLab
4 19 (6.11%) JIRA
5 18 (5.79%) SonarQube
6 7 (2.25%) Visual Studio
7 6 (1.93%) Cypress.io
7 6 (1.93%) MSBuild
7 6 (1.93%) Octopus Deploy
7 6 (1.93%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (1.93%) TeamCity
8 5 (1.61%) Selenium
9 4 (1.29%) Browser DevTools
9 4 (1.29%) JMeter
9 4 (1.29%) JUnit
9 4 (1.29%) Maven
9 4 (1.29%) Postman
10 3 (0.96%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.96%) git-flow
10 3 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 98 (31.51%) Social Skills
2 83 (26.69%) Finance
3 37 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (11.90%) Games
4 34 (10.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (7.72%) Marketing
6 21 (6.75%) Public Sector
7 20 (6.43%) Retail
8 16 (5.14%) Law
9 9 (2.89%) Banking
9 9 (2.89%) Financial Institution
9 9 (2.89%) Front Office
10 8 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.25%) Legal
11 7 (2.25%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.93%) Back Office
13 4 (1.29%) Automotive
13 4 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.29%) Polish Language
14 3 (0.96%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 142 (45.66%) Developer
2 73 (23.47%) Senior
3 31 (9.97%) Architect
4 24 (7.72%) C# Developer
4 24 (7.72%) Full-Stack Developer
5 23 (7.40%) Integration Developer
6 21 (6.75%) .NET Developer
6 21 (6.75%) Senior Developer
7 18 (5.79%) Lead
8 16 (5.14%) Software Engineer
9 15 (4.82%) Integration Engineer
9 15 (4.82%) Salesforce Architect
9 15 (4.82%) Technical Architect
10 14 (4.50%) SAP Developer
11 11 (3.54%) Java Developer
11 11 (3.54%) React Developer
12 10 (3.22%) C# .NET Developer
12 10 (3.22%) Python Engineer
12 10 (3.22%) Software Developer
12 10 (3.22%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (38.59%) SOAP
2 65 (20.90%) .NET
3 53 (17.04%) JSON
4 46 (14.79%) React
5 43 (13.83%) CSS
6 41 (13.18%) Web Services
7 39 (12.54%) XML
8 38 (12.22%) HTML
8 38 (12.22%) Middleware
9 34 (10.93%) GraphQL
10 32 (10.29%) Lightning Web Components
10 32 (10.29%) SAML
11 31 (9.97%) OAuth
12 26 (8.36%) Spring
13 25 (8.04%) AngularJS
14 22 (7.07%) ASP.NET
14 22 (7.07%) Node.js
15 21 (6.75%) Visualforce
16 20 (6.43%) RESTful
16 20 (6.43%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 51 (16.40%) Product Ownership
2 24 (7.72%) Cloud Native
3 19 (6.11%) Enterprise Software
4 16 (5.14%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (3.54%) Low-Code
6 7 (2.25%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (2.25%) Cyberattack
6 7 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.93%) BYOD
7 6 (1.93%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.93%) DataPower
7 6 (1.93%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.61%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.61%) Educational Technology
8 5 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.61%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.61%) Mobile Games
9 4 (1.29%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.29%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.96%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 22 (7.07%) Linux
2 9 (2.89%) Android
3 8 (2.57%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.25%) Unix
5 6 (1.93%) Windows
6 1 (0.32%) Solaris
6 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (45.02%) Agile
2 95 (30.55%) DevOps
3 94 (30.23%) CI/CD
4 72 (23.15%) Roadmaps
5 68 (21.86%) Microservices
6 57 (18.33%) Event-Driven
6 57 (18.33%) Mentoring
7 55 (17.68%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (15.43%) AI
8 48 (15.43%) Continuous Improvement
9 38 (12.22%) Design Patterns
10 35 (11.25%) Scrum
11 34 (10.93%) API Integration
11 34 (10.93%) Containerisation
11 34 (10.93%) Event-Driven Architecture
12 33 (10.61%) Software Engineering
12 33 (10.61%) Test Automation
13 32 (10.29%) Full-Stack Development
14 29 (9.32%) Data Modelling
14 29 (9.32%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 110 (35.37%) SQL
2 99 (31.83%) JavaScript
3 71 (22.83%) C#
4 62 (19.94%) Python
5 51 (16.40%) Java
6 34 (10.93%) TypeScript
7 32 (10.29%) Apex Code
8 29 (9.32%) PowerShell
9 21 (6.75%) PHP
10 16 (5.14%) SOQL
11 15 (4.82%) SOSL
11 15 (4.82%) T-SQL
12 10 (3.22%) Bash
13 8 (2.57%) Kotlin
13 8 (2.57%) Shell Script
14 7 (2.25%) Go
15 5 (1.61%) ABAP
16 4 (1.29%) C++
17 3 (0.96%) Groovy
17 3 (0.96%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 31 (9.97%) Degree
2 19 (6.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (3.86%) Security Cleared
4 11 (3.54%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (0.96%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.32%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.32%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.72%) GDPR
2 19 (6.11%) QA
3 7 (2.25%) NCSC
3 7 (2.25%) NIST
4 6 (1.93%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.29%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.64%) HL7
7 2 (0.64%) WCAG
8 1 (0.32%) MiFID
8 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.32%) SLA
8 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 59 (18.97%) Docker
2 9 (2.89%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (12.86%) Kubernetes
2 22 (7.07%) Terraform
3 13 (4.18%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (2.89%) Ansible
5 1 (0.32%) Grafana
5 1 (0.32%) Kibana
5 1 (0.32%) logstash
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.32%) QRadar
Vendors
1 45 (14.47%) Salesforce
2 39 (12.54%) Microsoft
3 23 (7.40%) MuleSoft
4 22 (7.07%) Oracle
5 20 (6.43%) SAP
6 19 (6.11%) IBM
7 17 (5.47%) ServiceNow
8 15 (4.82%) Splunk
9 13 (4.18%) Workday
10 6 (1.93%) Epicor
10 6 (1.93%) SnapLogic
10 6 (1.93%) Talend
10 6 (1.93%) Trayport
11 5 (1.61%) Dell
11 5 (1.61%) HubSpot
11 5 (1.61%) IFS
11 5 (1.61%) Infor
11 5 (1.61%) Informatica
11 5 (1.61%) Software AG
11 5 (1.61%) TIBCO