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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 135 162
Rank change year-on-year -23 +27 -62
Permanent jobs citing REST 414 417 513
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.81% 2.52% 2.08%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.20% 10.07% 7.40%
Number of salaries quoted 247 264 434
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +21.74% -14.81%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £73,063
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 4,498 4,141 6,936
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 19.62% 25.00% 28.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3,353 2,814 5,487
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% +2.31% -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £86,000
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 20 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 (2.66%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 5 (1.21%) Camunda
3 5 (1.21%) Confluence
4 3 (0.72%) Anypoint
4 3 (0.72%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.48%) JBoss
6 1 (0.24%) Apache
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.24%) Documentum
6 1 (0.24%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 5 (1.21%) Moqups
2 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.48%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.72%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.72%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.48%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.48%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.24%) Magento
4 1 (0.24%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 200 (48.31%) AWS
2 178 (43.00%) Azure
3 53 (12.80%) SaaS
4 50 (12.08%) GCP
5 40 (9.66%) GitHub
6 37 (8.94%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (5.80%) Power Platform
8 23 (5.56%) Serverless
9 19 (4.59%) Azure Service Bus
9 19 (4.59%) GitHub Actions
10 15 (3.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 14 (3.38%) PowerApps
12 13 (3.14%) Azure Monitor
12 13 (3.14%) Figma
12 13 (3.14%) GitHub Copilot
12 13 (3.14%) Power Automate
13 12 (2.90%) Azure Key Vault
14 11 (2.66%) Microsoft 365
14 11 (2.66%) Microsoft Copilot
15 10 (2.42%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 37 (8.94%) HTTP
2 30 (7.25%) Broadband
3 9 (2.17%) Firewall
4 7 (1.69%) Network Security
5 6 (1.45%) Kerberos
5 6 (1.45%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.97%) SSL
7 3 (0.72%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (0.72%) Modbus
8 2 (0.48%) X.509
9 1 (0.24%) BGP
9 1 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.24%) DHCP
9 1 (0.24%) DNS
9 1 (0.24%) Intranet
9 1 (0.24%) LAN
9 1 (0.24%) MQTT
9 1 (0.24%) OSPF
9 1 (0.24%) VPN
9 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (15.94%) PostgreSQL
2 58 (14.01%) SQL Server
3 43 (10.39%) Relational Database
4 23 (5.56%) NoSQL
5 19 (4.59%) MongoDB
6 17 (4.11%) MySQL
7 16 (3.86%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (2.17%) Redis
10 8 (1.93%) Power BI
11 6 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (1.21%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.97%) Ataccama
13 4 (0.97%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.97%) IBM InfoSphere
13 4 (0.97%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.97%) TIBCO EBX
14 3 (0.72%) Amazon Athena
14 3 (0.72%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 97 (23.43%) Git
2 30 (7.25%) GitLab
3 28 (6.76%) Jenkins
4 20 (4.83%) SonarQube
5 17 (4.11%) JUnit
6 15 (3.62%) JIRA
6 15 (3.62%) Mockito
7 13 (3.14%) Maven
7 13 (3.14%) Selenium
8 12 (2.90%) Cypress.io
9 8 (1.93%) Postman
10 6 (1.45%) Claude Code
10 6 (1.45%) Storybook
11 3 (0.72%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.72%) NUnit
11 3 (0.72%) Subversion
11 3 (0.72%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.48%) WebDriver
General
1 127 (30.68%) Social Skills
2 117 (28.26%) Finance
3 54 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 52 (12.56%) Banking
5 33 (7.97%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (7.00%) Public Sector
7 28 (6.76%) Games
8 24 (5.80%) Marketing
9 18 (4.35%) Law
10 17 (4.11%) Manufacturing
11 14 (3.38%) Legal
12 12 (2.90%) Financial Institution
13 10 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (2.17%) Back Office
14 9 (2.17%) Retail
15 8 (1.93%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.93%) Legal Technology
16 6 (1.45%) Front Office
16 6 (1.45%) Polish Language
17 4 (0.97%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 142 (34.30%) Developer
2 87 (21.01%) Senior
3 75 (18.12%) Lead
4 72 (17.39%) Software Engineer
5 48 (11.59%) Architect
6 32 (7.73%) Development Engineer
6 32 (7.73%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 32 (7.73%) Software Development Engineer
7 31 (7.49%) Senior Developer
8 30 (7.25%) Full-Stack Developer
9 28 (6.76%) .NET Developer
10 27 (6.52%) Lead Software Engineer
11 23 (5.56%) Salesforce Architect
12 20 (4.83%) Python Engineer
13 19 (4.59%) Java Developer
14 18 (4.35%) Java Engineer
14 18 (4.35%) Software Developer
14 18 (4.35%) Technical Architect
14 18 (4.35%) Technical Leader
15 15 (3.62%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (25.60%) React
2 87 (21.01%) .NET
3 71 (17.15%) SOAP
4 48 (11.59%) Spring
5 46 (11.11%) Terraform
6 39 (9.42%) Node.js
7 32 (7.73%) AngularJS
8 31 (7.49%) ASP.NET
8 31 (7.49%) CSS
8 31 (7.49%) Lightning Web Components
9 29 (7.00%) Spring Boot
10 27 (6.52%) .NET Core
10 27 (6.52%) Visualforce
11 26 (6.28%) Kafka
12 24 (5.80%) OAuth
13 22 (5.31%) Blazor
13 22 (5.31%) RESTful
14 19 (4.59%) Django
14 19 (4.59%) JSON
15 18 (4.35%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 81 (19.57%) Product Ownership
2 37 (8.94%) Distributed Systems
3 36 (8.70%) Cloud Native
4 34 (8.21%) Public Cloud
5 29 (7.00%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (4.11%) Low-Code
8 16 (3.86%) Mobile App
9 14 (3.38%) AI Agents
10 13 (3.14%) Onboarding
11 11 (2.66%) CMDB
11 11 (2.66%) Video\Live Streaming
12 10 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.93%) Algorithms
13 8 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (1.93%) IoT
14 6 (1.45%) CUDA
15 5 (1.21%) Data Structures
15 5 (1.21%) Video Conferencing
16 4 (0.97%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.04%) Linux
2 11 (2.66%) Android
3 9 (2.17%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.21%) Windows
5 4 (0.97%) Unix
6 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.24%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (49.52%) CI/CD
2 141 (34.06%) Software Engineering
3 134 (32.37%) Agile
4 120 (28.99%) DevOps
5 116 (28.02%) AI
6 111 (26.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 102 (24.64%) Full-Stack Development
8 96 (23.19%) Problem-Solving
9 89 (21.50%) Microservices
10 88 (21.26%) Mentoring
11 84 (20.29%) Event-Driven
11 84 (20.29%) Roadmaps
12 82 (19.81%) Technical Leadership
13 77 (18.60%) Test Automation
14 67 (16.18%) OO
15 59 (14.25%) Scrum
16 57 (13.77%) TDD
17 55 (13.29%) Containerisation
18 53 (12.80%) Infrastructure as Code
19 48 (11.59%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 112 (27.05%) Java
2 103 (24.88%) SQL
3 87 (21.01%) JavaScript
4 82 (19.81%) C#
5 77 (18.60%) Python
6 71 (17.15%) TypeScript
7 34 (8.21%) Apex Code
8 23 (5.56%) SOQL
9 21 (5.07%) SOSL
10 17 (4.11%) PowerShell
11 15 (3.62%) Go
12 14 (3.38%) PL/SQL
13 9 (2.17%) Bash
14 6 (1.45%) Ruby
14 6 (1.45%) T-SQL
15 5 (1.21%) Bicep
16 4 (0.97%) PHP
17 3 (0.72%) DataWeave
18 2 (0.48%) C
18 2 (0.48%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 54 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 33 (7.97%) SC Cleared
3 29 (7.00%) Degree
4 23 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (4.11%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.45%) CISSP
7 4 (0.97%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.72%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.24%) CCIE
9 1 (0.24%) CCNP
9 1 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.24%) CSPO
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 65 (15.70%) QA
2 18 (4.35%) Accessibility
3 16 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.66%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.21%) GDPR
5 5 (1.21%) WCAG
6 4 (0.97%) NIST
6 4 (0.97%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.72%) SLA
8 2 (0.48%) NCSC
9 1 (0.24%) GRC
System Software
1 112 (27.05%) Docker
2 11 (2.66%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 62 (14.98%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.17%) Ansible
3 6 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.72%) Grafana
4 3 (0.72%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.48%) Argo
5 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.48%) MIIS
6 1 (0.24%) Consul
6 1 (0.24%) Kibana
6 1 (0.24%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 61 (14.73%) Microsoft
2 39 (9.42%) Salesforce
3 26 (6.28%) Oracle
4 24 (5.80%) Splunk
5 18 (4.35%) ServiceNow
6 12 (2.90%) Informatica
6 12 (2.90%) MuleSoft
7 9 (2.17%) OpenAI
8 7 (1.69%) Google
9 5 (1.21%) IBM
9 5 (1.21%) Sage
9 5 (1.21%) TIBCO
10 4 (0.97%) Cisco
10 4 (0.97%) CyberArk
11 3 (0.72%) F5
11 3 (0.72%) HighQ
11 3 (0.72%) iManage
11 3 (0.72%) Juniper
11 3 (0.72%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.72%) SAP