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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 132 157
Rank change year-on-year -15 +25 -56
Permanent jobs citing REST 423 431 559
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.94% 2.61% 2.06%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.33% 10.33% 8.04%
Number of salaries quoted 240 272 496
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £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 £81,500 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £93,750
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 4,094 4,172 6,951
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.74% 25.27% 25.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3,086 2,824 5,753
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £49,000 £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 £82,500 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £117,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -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 27 July 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 7 (1.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (0.95%) Camunda
4 3 (0.71%) Anypoint
4 3 (0.71%) Apache Solr
4 3 (0.71%) Confluence
4 3 (0.71%) JBoss
5 2 (0.47%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.47%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.24%) Apache
6 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.24%) Documentum
6 1 (0.24%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 2 (0.47%) Moqups
2 1 (0.24%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.71%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.71%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.71%) Elite 3E
2 3 (0.71%) Magento
2 3 (0.71%) Shopify
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.47%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.24%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 185 (43.74%) AWS
2 166 (39.24%) Azure
3 46 (10.87%) SaaS
4 44 (10.40%) GCP
5 39 (9.22%) GitHub
6 30 (7.09%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (5.44%) Entra ID
8 22 (5.20%) Serverless
9 21 (4.96%) Power Platform
10 19 (4.49%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (3.31%) Azure Service Bus
11 14 (3.31%) Google Workspace
12 11 (2.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 11 (2.60%) GitHub Copilot
12 11 (2.60%) Power Automate
12 11 (2.60%) PowerApps
13 10 (2.36%) Anthropic Claude
13 10 (2.36%) AWS Lambda
14 9 (2.13%) Figma
15 8 (1.89%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 52 (12.29%) Broadband
2 35 (8.27%) HTTP
3 13 (3.07%) Firewall
4 8 (1.89%) Network Security
5 7 (1.65%) Kerberos
5 7 (1.65%) SMTP
5 7 (1.65%) SSL
6 6 (1.42%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (1.18%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.71%) Modbus
9 1 (0.24%) AMQP
9 1 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.24%) Intranet
9 1 (0.24%) LAN
9 1 (0.24%) MQTT
9 1 (0.24%) OSPF
9 1 (0.24%) RTP
9 1 (0.24%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.24%) VoIP
9 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (14.42%) PostgreSQL
2 48 (11.35%) SQL Server
3 35 (8.27%) Relational Database
4 22 (5.20%) NoSQL
5 21 (4.96%) MongoDB
6 19 (4.49%) MySQL
7 11 (2.60%) 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
10 6 (1.42%) Oracle Database
11 5 (1.18%) MariaDB
12 4 (0.95%) Ataccama
12 4 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.95%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.95%) IBM InfoSphere
12 4 (0.95%) TIBCO EBX
13 3 (0.71%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (0.71%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 79 (18.68%) Git
2 40 (9.46%) GitLab
3 37 (8.75%) Jenkins
4 29 (6.86%) SonarQube
5 14 (3.31%) JIRA
6 13 (3.07%) JUnit
7 12 (2.84%) Selenium
8 11 (2.60%) Maven
8 11 (2.60%) Mockito
9 7 (1.65%) Claude Code
10 5 (1.18%) Cypress.io
10 5 (1.18%) SpecFlow
10 5 (1.18%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.95%) Postman
12 3 (0.71%) Gradle
12 3 (0.71%) NUnit
12 3 (0.71%) Storybook
12 3 (0.71%) Subversion
12 3 (0.71%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 124 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 121 (28.61%) Finance
3 74 (17.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 53 (12.53%) Banking
5 44 (10.40%) Games
6 40 (9.46%) Public Sector
7 34 (8.04%) Marketing
8 32 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
9 19 (4.49%) Law
10 18 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (3.55%) Financial Institution
12 14 (3.31%) Manufacturing
13 13 (3.07%) Back Office
13 13 (3.07%) Legal
14 12 (2.84%) Retail
15 9 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (2.13%) Polish Language
16 8 (1.89%) Investment Banking
16 8 (1.89%) Legal Technology
17 7 (1.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 136 (32.15%) Developer
2 85 (20.09%) Senior
3 69 (16.31%) Lead
4 66 (15.60%) Software Engineer
5 61 (14.42%) Architect
6 31 (7.33%) Salesforce Architect
7 30 (7.09%) Development Engineer
7 30 (7.09%) Software Development Engineer
8 29 (6.86%) Senior Developer
9 28 (6.62%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 26 (6.15%) Full-Stack Developer
11 25 (5.91%) Lead Software Engineer
12 24 (5.67%) Consultant
13 22 (5.20%) Technical Architect
14 19 (4.49%) .NET Developer
14 19 (4.49%) Java Developer
15 17 (4.02%) Python Engineer
15 17 (4.02%) Solutions Architect
16 16 (3.78%) Java Engineer
17 15 (3.55%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (22.93%) SOAP
2 90 (21.28%) React
3 80 (18.91%) .NET
4 48 (11.35%) Spring
5 43 (10.17%) Lightning Web Components
6 40 (9.46%) Visualforce
7 39 (9.22%) OAuth
8 37 (8.75%) Node.js
9 34 (8.04%) Spring Boot
10 32 (7.57%) GraphQL
10 32 (7.57%) SAML
11 31 (7.33%) AngularJS
12 26 (6.15%) JSON
12 26 (6.15%) Kafka
12 26 (6.15%) OpenID
13 25 (5.91%) ASP.NET
14 24 (5.67%) CSS
14 24 (5.67%) LDAP
14 24 (5.67%) RESTful
15 23 (5.44%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 85 (20.09%) Product Ownership
2 34 (8.04%) Cloud Native
2 34 (8.04%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (7.80%) Public Cloud
4 23 (5.44%) Enterprise Software
5 20 (4.73%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (3.55%) Low-Code
7 14 (3.31%) Cyber Threat
7 14 (3.31%) Cyberattack
8 13 (3.07%) Onboarding
9 12 (2.84%) Mobile App
10 11 (2.60%) CMDB
10 11 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (2.36%) AI Agents
11 10 (2.36%) Video\Live Streaming
12 8 (1.89%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (1.42%) CUDA
14 5 (1.18%) Data Structures
14 5 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 25 (5.91%) Linux
2 12 (2.84%) Windows
3 9 (2.13%) Android
4 7 (1.65%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.65%) Unix
5 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (46.10%) CI/CD
2 141 (33.33%) Agile
3 127 (30.02%) DevOps
4 126 (29.79%) Software Engineering
5 111 (26.24%) Continuous Improvement
6 109 (25.77%) Roadmaps
7 98 (23.17%) AI
8 91 (21.51%) Problem-Solving
9 88 (20.80%) Full-Stack Development
10 86 (20.33%) Event-Driven
10 86 (20.33%) Mentoring
10 86 (20.33%) Microservices
11 72 (17.02%) Technical Leadership
12 69 (16.31%) OO
13 67 (15.84%) Test Automation
14 63 (14.89%) Scrum
15 53 (12.53%) Infrastructure as Code
16 52 (12.29%) Containerisation
17 49 (11.58%) Design Patterns
17 49 (11.58%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 112 (26.48%) Java
2 102 (24.11%) SQL
3 87 (20.57%) JavaScript
4 81 (19.15%) Python
5 70 (16.55%) C#
6 62 (14.66%) TypeScript
7 46 (10.87%) Apex Code
8 31 (7.33%) PowerShell
8 31 (7.33%) SOQL
9 30 (7.09%) SOSL
10 21 (4.96%) Bash
10 21 (4.96%) T-SQL
11 13 (3.07%) Go
12 12 (2.84%) PL/SQL
13 6 (1.42%) Ruby
14 5 (1.18%) Bicep
14 5 (1.18%) PHP
15 3 (0.71%) DataWeave
16 2 (0.47%) C++
16 2 (0.47%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 56 (13.24%) Security Cleared
2 39 (9.22%) SC Cleared
3 36 (8.51%) Degree
4 26 (6.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (3.78%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.65%) CISSP
7 4 (0.95%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.47%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.47%) Master's Degree
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%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (12.29%) QA
2 21 (4.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (4.02%) NIST
4 16 (3.78%) NCSC
5 13 (3.07%) Accessibility
6 11 (2.60%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.18%) GDPR
8 3 (0.71%) SLA
8 3 (0.71%) WCAG
9 2 (0.47%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 97 (22.93%) Docker
2 31 (7.33%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.24%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 60 (14.18%) Kubernetes
2 38 (8.98%) Terraform
3 10 (2.36%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.65%) Ansible
5 4 (0.95%) Grafana
5 4 (0.95%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.71%) Argo
7 2 (0.47%) Kibana
7 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.47%) MIIS
Vendors
1 56 (13.24%) Microsoft
2 52 (12.29%) Salesforce
3 33 (7.80%) Splunk
4 26 (6.15%) ServiceNow
5 23 (5.44%) Oracle
6 16 (3.78%) MuleSoft
7 10 (2.36%) CyberArk
7 10 (2.36%) OpenAI
8 9 (2.13%) Informatica
9 7 (1.65%) Cisco
9 7 (1.65%) Google
10 6 (1.42%) F5
10 6 (1.42%) Juniper
10 6 (1.42%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.42%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.18%) IBM
11 5 (1.18%) TIBCO
12 3 (0.71%) Databricks
12 3 (0.71%) iManage
12 3 (0.71%) SAP