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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 128 152
Rank change year-on-year +8 +24 -53
Permanent jobs citing REST 415 430 716
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.16% 2.90% 2.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.09% 10.09% 8.14%
Number of salaries quoted 206 263 649
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,875 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -9.43%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,000 £95,010
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 3,433 4,261 8,797
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.84% 28.70% 26.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,489 2,844 7,627
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -8.19%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £79,363
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,206 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.34% -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

REST
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

REST
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing REST over the 6 months to 4 June 2026.

REST salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

REST
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 (1.69%) JBoss
2 5 (1.20%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.96%) Apache Solr
3 4 (0.96%) WebSphere
4 3 (0.72%) Anypoint
4 3 (0.72%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.48%) Apache
5 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.48%) Camunda
5 2 (0.48%) Confluence
5 2 (0.48%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (1.69%) Dynamics NAV
1 7 (1.69%) Magento
1 7 (1.69%) Shopify
2 2 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 154 (37.11%) Azure
2 147 (35.42%) AWS
3 58 (13.98%) Entra ID
4 52 (12.53%) Google Workspace
5 44 (10.60%) GitHub
6 33 (7.95%) SaaS
7 30 (7.23%) GCP
8 24 (5.78%) Serverless
9 22 (5.30%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (4.34%) GitHub Actions
11 17 (4.10%) GitHub Copilot
11 17 (4.10%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 17 (4.10%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 11 (2.65%) Power Platform
13 10 (2.41%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (1.69%) Amazon EKS
14 7 (1.69%) Apigee
14 7 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (1.69%) Kong
14 7 (1.69%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 93 (22.41%) Broadband
2 34 (8.19%) HTTP
3 12 (2.89%) Firewall
4 9 (2.17%) SMTP
5 6 (1.45%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (1.45%) Kerberos
5 6 (1.45%) Network Security
5 6 (1.45%) SSL
6 5 (1.20%) AMQP
6 5 (1.20%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.72%) Modbus
7 3 (0.72%) PuTTY
7 3 (0.72%) RTP
7 3 (0.72%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.72%) VoIP
7 3 (0.72%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.24%) Intranet
8 1 (0.24%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.24%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (10.36%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (6.99%) SQL Server
3 24 (5.78%) NoSQL
4 22 (5.30%) MongoDB
4 22 (5.30%) Relational Database
5 13 (3.13%) MySQL
6 7 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.96%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.96%) DocumentDB
8 4 (0.96%) MariaDB
8 4 (0.96%) Neo4j
8 4 (0.96%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.72%) Power BI
9 3 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.48%) Big Data
10 2 (0.48%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.48%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.24%) Redis
Development Applications
1 56 (13.49%) Git
2 41 (9.88%) GitLab
3 40 (9.64%) Jenkins
4 34 (8.19%) SonarQube
5 18 (4.34%) JIRA
6 12 (2.89%) JUnit
6 12 (2.89%) Maven
7 9 (2.17%) Selenium
8 8 (1.93%) Mockito
8 8 (1.93%) SpecFlow
9 7 (1.69%) WebDriver
10 6 (1.45%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.96%) Claude Code
11 4 (0.96%) Gradle
11 4 (0.96%) NUnit
11 4 (0.96%) Postman
12 3 (0.72%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.72%) Subversion
12 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
13 2 (0.48%) JMeter
General
1 130 (31.33%) Social Skills
2 112 (26.99%) Finance
3 73 (17.59%) Games
3 73 (17.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 55 (13.25%) Organisational Skills
5 52 (12.53%) Banking
6 42 (10.12%) Marketing
7 39 (9.40%) Public Sector
8 27 (6.51%) Analytical Skills
9 19 (4.58%) Law
10 18 (4.34%) Back Office
11 13 (3.13%) Manufacturing
11 13 (3.13%) Retail
12 12 (2.89%) Financial Institution
13 11 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (2.65%) Polish Language
13 11 (2.65%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.93%) Investment Banking
15 5 (1.20%) Legal
16 4 (0.96%) Billing
Job Titles
1 127 (30.60%) Developer
2 102 (24.58%) Senior
3 72 (17.35%) Software Engineer
4 66 (15.90%) Architect
5 41 (9.88%) Lead
6 34 (8.19%) Salesforce Architect
7 32 (7.71%) Senior Developer
8 30 (7.23%) Development Engineer
8 30 (7.23%) Software Development Engineer
9 24 (5.78%) Technical Architect
10 22 (5.30%) Consultant
10 22 (5.30%) Java Developer
10 22 (5.30%) Senior Software Engineer
11 21 (5.06%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 19 (4.58%) Lead Software Engineer
13 18 (4.34%) IAM Developer
13 18 (4.34%) Salesforce Developer
13 18 (4.34%) Salesforce Technical Architect
14 17 (4.10%) Java Engineer
15 16 (3.86%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (37.83%) SOAP
2 76 (18.31%) OAuth
2 76 (18.31%) React
3 73 (17.59%) SAML
4 68 (16.39%) GraphQL
5 62 (14.94%) OpenID
6 61 (14.70%) LDAP
7 60 (14.46%) .NET
8 58 (13.98%) Lightning Web Components
9 54 (13.01%) Spring
10 52 (12.53%) Visualforce
11 37 (8.92%) Spring Boot
12 36 (8.67%) Node.js
13 35 (8.43%) JSON
13 35 (8.43%) Middleware
14 31 (7.47%) AngularJS
15 24 (5.78%) CSS
15 24 (5.78%) XML
16 23 (5.54%) Kafka
17 21 (5.06%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 83 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 52 (12.53%) Cyber Threat
2 52 (12.53%) Cyberattack
3 35 (8.43%) Cloud Native
4 32 (7.71%) Public Cloud
5 26 (6.27%) Distributed Systems
6 18 (4.34%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (3.61%) Onboarding
8 14 (3.37%) Low-Code
9 12 (2.89%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (2.17%) CMDB
12 8 (1.93%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.93%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.93%) Video\Live Streaming
13 6 (1.45%) CUDA
14 5 (1.20%) AI Agents
14 5 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
15 4 (0.96%) DataPower
16 3 (0.72%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.27%) Linux
2 10 (2.41%) Android
2 10 (2.41%) Windows
3 6 (1.45%) Apple iOS
3 6 (1.45%) Unix
4 4 (0.96%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.24%) CentOS
5 1 (0.24%) Debian
5 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (38.55%) CI/CD
2 151 (36.39%) Roadmaps
3 123 (29.64%) Agile
4 116 (27.95%) DevOps
5 111 (26.75%) Software Engineering
6 100 (24.10%) Mentoring
7 89 (21.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 82 (19.76%) AI
9 81 (19.52%) Event-Driven
10 71 (17.11%) Microservices
11 70 (16.87%) OO
12 69 (16.63%) Problem-Solving
13 66 (15.90%) Full-Stack Development
14 64 (15.42%) Scrum
15 62 (14.94%) Test Automation
16 59 (14.22%) Cybersecurity
16 59 (14.22%) Technical Leadership
17 56 (13.49%) Identity Access Management
18 53 (12.77%) Design Patterns
18 53 (12.77%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 111 (26.75%) Java
2 102 (24.58%) SQL
3 78 (18.80%) JavaScript
4 69 (16.63%) Python
5 65 (15.66%) PowerShell
6 62 (14.94%) Apex Code
6 62 (14.94%) T-SQL
7 54 (13.01%) Bash
8 45 (10.84%) C#
9 44 (10.60%) TypeScript
10 37 (8.92%) SOQL
10 37 (8.92%) SOSL
11 13 (3.13%) Go
12 7 (1.69%) PL/SQL
13 5 (1.20%) C++
13 5 (1.20%) Ruby
14 4 (0.96%) Bicep
15 3 (0.72%) C
15 3 (0.72%) DataWeave
15 3 (0.72%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 52 (12.53%) Security Cleared
2 43 (10.36%) Degree
3 41 (9.88%) SC Cleared
4 27 (6.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.37%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.45%) CISSP
7 5 (1.20%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.72%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.48%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.48%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (12.77%) NIST
2 52 (12.53%) NCSC
3 35 (8.43%) QA
4 32 (7.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.93%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.96%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.72%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.72%) SLA
8 2 (0.48%) GDPR
8 2 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.24%) HL7
System Software
1 69 (16.63%) Docker
2 68 (16.39%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.72%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 52 (12.53%) Kubernetes
2 28 (6.75%) Terraform
3 9 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.45%) Ansible
5 4 (0.96%) Argo
6 3 (0.72%) Grafana
6 3 (0.72%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.48%) Kibana
7 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.48%) MIIS
8 1 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 65 (15.66%) Salesforce
2 38 (9.16%) Splunk
3 37 (8.92%) Microsoft
4 27 (6.51%) ServiceNow
5 17 (4.10%) MuleSoft
6 16 (3.86%) Oracle
7 9 (2.17%) CyberArk
8 7 (1.69%) ConnectWise
8 7 (1.69%) Red Hat
8 7 (1.69%) WooCommerce
9 6 (1.45%) Cisco
9 6 (1.45%) F5
9 6 (1.45%) Google
9 6 (1.45%) Juniper
9 6 (1.45%) OpenAI
9 6 (1.45%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.72%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.72%) IBM
10 3 (0.72%) Mitel
10 3 (0.72%) SAP