REST Jobs with Work from Home Options

Representational State Transfer (REST)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for REST skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited REST over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 144 100 70
Rank change year-on-year -44 -30 -17
Permanent jobs citing REST 765 1,423 3,240
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.27% 3.30% 4.85%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.54% 9.71% 10.84%
Number of salaries quoted 699 1,147 1,569
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £69,447 £67,500
% change year-on-year -13.60% +2.88% +12.50%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

REST is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,958 14,651 29,900
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.55% 33.95% 44.79%
Number of salaries quoted 7,475 10,949 17,175
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,500 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

REST trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing REST.

REST salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing REST over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

REST salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 71 (9.28%) IIS
2 33 (4.31%) Apache
3 27 (3.53%) OpenStack
4 15 (1.96%) SharePoint
5 14 (1.83%) CMS
6 9 (1.18%) JBoss
6 9 (1.18%) Red Hat Fuse
7 6 (0.78%) WordPress
8 4 (0.52%) EPiServer
8 4 (0.52%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.39%) Confluence
9 3 (0.39%) Drupal
10 2 (0.26%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.26%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.26%) Moodle
10 2 (0.26%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.13%) Mule
11 1 (0.13%) nginx
11 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 15 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.39%) Trello
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.05%) Shopify
3 6 (0.78%) BusinessWorks
4 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 248 (32.42%) Azure
2 179 (23.40%) AWS
3 112 (14.64%) Azure DevOps
4 107 (13.99%) SaaS
5 64 (8.37%) Serverless
6 40 (5.23%) GCP
7 39 (5.10%) Amazon EKS
8 38 (4.97%) Amazon ECS
9 32 (4.18%) Power Platform
10 24 (3.14%) GitHub
11 19 (2.48%) PaaS
12 17 (2.22%) AWS Lambda
13 16 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
14 15 (1.96%) Azure Service Bus
15 12 (1.57%) Azure Functions
16 11 (1.44%) Entra ID
17 10 (1.31%) Azure Cognitive Services
17 10 (1.31%) Firebase
18 9 (1.18%) Azure Service Fabric
19 8 (1.05%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 42 (5.49%) Firewall
2 39 (5.10%) DNS
2 39 (5.10%) HTTP
3 30 (3.92%) Internet
4 25 (3.27%) TCP/IP
5 19 (2.48%) SSL
6 3 (0.39%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.39%) MQTT
7 2 (0.26%) DMZ
7 2 (0.26%) Fibre Channel
7 2 (0.26%) Modbus
7 2 (0.26%) VLAN
7 2 (0.26%) VPN
8 1 (0.13%) AMQP
8 1 (0.13%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 172 (22.48%) SQL Server
2 110 (14.38%) PostgreSQL
3 56 (7.32%) Relational Database
4 44 (5.75%) NoSQL
5 38 (4.97%) MySQL
6 35 (4.58%) MongoDB
7 23 (3.01%) Oracle Database
8 18 (2.35%) Redis
9 17 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
9 17 (2.22%) Power BI
10 15 (1.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 12 (1.57%) MariaDB
13 11 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
14 9 (1.18%) RDBMS
15 8 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
16 4 (0.52%) DynamoDB
16 4 (0.52%) GIS
16 4 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
17 3 (0.39%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 175 (22.88%) Git
2 150 (19.61%) Jenkins
3 99 (12.94%) Postman
4 82 (10.72%) Cucumber
5 71 (9.28%) Selenium
6 52 (6.80%) JIRA
7 34 (4.44%) Visual Studio
8 28 (3.66%) Jasmine
8 28 (3.66%) Karma Test Runner
9 24 (3.14%) Oracle APEX
10 20 (2.61%) Eclipse
10 20 (2.61%) Maven
10 20 (2.61%) TeamCity
11 18 (2.35%) JUnit
12 16 (2.09%) Cypress.io
12 16 (2.09%) webpack
13 14 (1.83%) Bitbucket
13 14 (1.83%) SpecFlow
14 13 (1.70%) Team Foundation Server
15 12 (1.57%) Android Studio
General
1 164 (21.44%) Social Skills
2 112 (14.64%) Finance
3 39 (5.10%) Law
4 37 (4.84%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (3.66%) Retail
6 26 (3.40%) Public Sector
7 24 (3.14%) Banking
8 16 (2.09%) Marketing
9 9 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.05%) Legal
11 7 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (0.78%) Tech for Good
13 5 (0.65%) Aviation
13 5 (0.65%) Local Government
13 5 (0.65%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.39%) Advertising
14 3 (0.39%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.26%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.26%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 425 (55.56%) Developer
2 211 (27.58%) Senior
3 120 (15.69%) Senior Developer
4 104 (13.59%) Lead
5 67 (8.76%) Java Developer
6 63 (8.24%) .NET Developer
7 51 (6.67%) Software Engineer
8 48 (6.27%) C# Developer
9 40 (5.23%) Architect
10 38 (4.97%) PHP Developer
11 36 (4.71%) Full Stack Developer
12 35 (4.58%) Analyst
13 32 (4.18%) Lead Developer
14 30 (3.92%) Support Engineer
15 27 (3.53%) Software Developer
16 24 (3.14%) Python Engineer
16 24 (3.14%) Senior Java Developer
17 22 (2.88%) Software Support Engineer
18 18 (2.35%) Senior .NET Developer
18 18 (2.35%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 254 (33.20%) .NET
2 218 (28.50%) Web Services
3 185 (24.18%) JSON
4 177 (23.14%) SOAP
5 170 (22.22%) HTML
6 164 (21.44%) CSS
7 137 (17.91%) AngularJS
8 129 (16.86%) XML
9 124 (16.21%) ASP.NET
10 122 (15.95%) React
11 80 (10.46%) jQuery
11 80 (10.46%) Spring
12 69 (9.02%) Kafka
13 67 (8.76%) Spring Boot
14 62 (8.10%) GraphQL
15 61 (7.97%) .NET Framework
15 61 (7.97%) Node.js
16 58 (7.58%) Laravel
17 57 (7.45%) Vue
18 51 (6.67%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 44 (5.75%) Greenfield Project
2 34 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
3 30 (3.92%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (3.14%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (3.14%) Product Ownership
5 23 (3.01%) Data Structures
5 23 (3.01%) IoT
6 17 (2.22%) Client/Server
7 14 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (1.70%) Cloud Native
9 12 (1.57%) Management Information System
10 8 (1.05%) Algorithms
11 7 (0.92%) Mobile App
11 7 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
12 6 (0.78%) Blog
12 6 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (0.78%) Low-Code
13 5 (0.65%) Virtual Team
14 4 (0.52%) Blockchain
14 4 (0.52%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 77 (10.07%) Linux
2 47 (6.14%) Windows
3 26 (3.40%) AIX
4 22 (2.88%) Android
5 16 (2.09%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.65%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.65%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.39%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (39.48%) Agile
2 228 (29.80%) DevOps
3 209 (27.32%) CI/CD
4 153 (20.00%) Microservices
5 139 (18.17%) BDD
5 139 (18.17%) TDD
6 124 (16.21%) Scrum
7 113 (14.77%) Software Engineering
8 96 (12.55%) Clean Code
9 93 (12.16%) Full Stack Development
9 93 (12.16%) Problem-Solving
10 90 (11.76%) MVC
11 87 (11.37%) API Testing
11 87 (11.37%) Test Automation
12 82 (10.72%) Design Patterns
13 79 (10.33%) SDET
14 77 (10.07%) Continuous Integration
15 75 (9.80%) OO
15 75 (9.80%) Unit Testing
16 70 (9.15%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 309 (40.39%) SQL
2 286 (37.39%) JavaScript
3 247 (32.29%) C#
4 221 (28.89%) Java
5 113 (14.77%) Python
6 101 (13.20%) TypeScript
7 80 (10.46%) PHP
8 73 (9.54%) T-SQL
9 55 (7.19%) VB.NET
10 50 (6.54%) VB
11 39 (5.10%) Go
12 31 (4.05%) PL/SQL
13 29 (3.79%) PowerShell
14 28 (3.66%) VB6
15 26 (3.40%) C++
16 24 (3.14%) C
17 19 (2.48%) XAML
17 19 (2.48%) XPath
18 16 (2.09%) Objective-C
18 16 (2.09%) Swift
Qualifications
1 69 (9.02%) Security Cleared
2 68 (8.89%) Degree
3 56 (7.32%) SC Cleared
4 47 (6.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.09%) Azure Certification
6 15 (1.96%) Master's Degree
7 10 (1.31%) ISEB
7 10 (1.31%) ISTQB
8 8 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 6 (0.78%) CISM
9 6 (0.78%) CISSP
9 6 (0.78%) GIAC
9 6 (0.78%) SANS
10 4 (0.52%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.52%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.39%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (15.82%) QA
2 29 (3.79%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.05%) NIST
3 8 (1.05%) WCAG
4 6 (0.78%) COBIT
4 6 (0.78%) Web Application Security Consortium
5 4 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.26%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.26%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 157 (20.52%) Docker
2 21 (2.75%) Hyper-V
3 16 (2.09%) Virtual Servers
4 8 (1.05%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 101 (13.20%) Kubernetes
2 49 (6.41%) Terraform
3 36 (4.71%) Ansible
4 6 (0.78%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (0.78%) Grafana
4 6 (0.78%) Nmap
5 4 (0.52%) Consul
6 3 (0.39%) Argo
6 3 (0.39%) Packer
7 2 (0.26%) Rancher
7 2 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.13%) cPanel
8 1 (0.13%) Kibana
8 1 (0.13%) MIIS
8 1 (0.13%) Podman
8 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 107 (13.99%) Microsoft
2 61 (7.97%) Oracle
3 38 (4.97%) Google
4 27 (3.53%) WSO2
5 13 (1.70%) UiPath
6 10 (1.31%) Automation Anywhere
6 10 (1.31%) Blue Prism
7 9 (1.18%) ServiceNow
8 8 (1.05%) Salesforce
9 6 (0.78%) IBM
9 6 (0.78%) TIBCO
10 5 (0.65%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.52%) Facebook
11 4 (0.52%) ForgeRock
11 4 (0.52%) WooCommerce
12 3 (0.39%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.39%) Sybase
12 3 (0.39%) Telerik
13 2 (0.26%) Intapp
13 2 (0.26%) Sparx