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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 81 116
Rank change year-on-year -28 +35 -26
Permanent jobs citing REST 383 633 731
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.35% 4.02% 2.66%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.23% 12.68% 8.99%
Number of salaries quoted 215 253 658
10th Percentile £41,450 £42,500 £41,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,537 £51,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £68,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £66,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -1.52% -5.71%

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 2,895 4,992 8,127
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.78% 31.72% 29.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,154 3,276 7,083
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,400 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,296 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +9.58% -6.92%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £109,625 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,100 £61,500
% change year-on-year -1.66% +7.48% -8.89%

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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 12 February 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 16 (4.18%) JBoss
2 13 (3.39%) WebSphere
3 5 (1.31%) Anypoint
3 5 (1.31%) Apache Pulsar
4 4 (1.04%) Confluence
4 4 (1.04%) IIS
4 4 (1.04%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.78%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.52%) Mendix
6 2 (0.52%) nginx
6 2 (0.52%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.26%) Apache
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.26%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 4 (1.04%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.78%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.26%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 16 (4.18%) Shopify
2 12 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (2.35%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (2.35%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (2.09%) Magento
4 8 (2.09%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.78%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.78%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.52%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 159 (41.51%) Azure
2 82 (21.41%) AWS
3 63 (16.45%) Entra ID
4 58 (15.14%) Google Workspace
5 48 (12.53%) SaaS
6 47 (12.27%) GitHub
7 37 (9.66%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (8.62%) GitHub Copilot
9 25 (6.53%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 25 (6.53%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 19 (4.96%) Azure Logic Apps
10 19 (4.96%) GCP
11 18 (4.70%) Power Automate
12 17 (4.44%) Boomi
12 17 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
12 17 (4.44%) Serverless
13 12 (3.13%) Power Platform
13 12 (3.13%) Salesforce Einstein
14 11 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
15 10 (2.61%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 88 (22.98%) Broadband
2 16 (4.18%) HTTP
3 6 (1.57%) AMQP
4 5 (1.31%) PuTTY
4 5 (1.31%) SMTP
4 5 (1.31%) VoIP
5 3 (0.78%) IP Telephony
5 3 (0.78%) RTP
5 3 (0.78%) Unified Communications
5 3 (0.78%) Wireshark
6 2 (0.52%) Firewall
6 2 (0.52%) PSTN
7 1 (0.26%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.26%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.26%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.26%) Network Security
7 1 (0.26%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (10.44%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.96%) MySQL
2 19 (4.96%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (4.96%) Relational Database
3 16 (4.18%) NoSQL
4 9 (2.35%) MongoDB
5 5 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.31%) Redis
6 4 (1.04%) Power BI
6 4 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.78%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.52%) Big Data
8 2 (0.52%) DocumentDB
8 2 (0.52%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.52%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.52%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.52%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.26%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 41 (10.70%) Jenkins
2 40 (10.44%) Git
3 30 (7.83%) GitLab
4 28 (7.31%) SonarQube
5 23 (6.01%) JIRA
6 8 (2.09%) Maven
6 8 (2.09%) Selenium
7 7 (1.83%) SpecFlow
7 7 (1.83%) WebDriver
8 5 (1.31%) TeamCity
9 4 (1.04%) Browser DevTools
9 4 (1.04%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.04%) Gradle
9 4 (1.04%) JMeter
9 4 (1.04%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.78%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.78%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.78%) JUnit
10 3 (0.78%) Postman
10 3 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 137 (35.77%) Social Skills
2 105 (27.42%) Finance
3 80 (20.89%) Games
4 60 (15.67%) Organisational Skills
5 57 (14.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 46 (12.01%) Marketing
7 28 (7.31%) Public Sector
8 23 (6.01%) Analytical Skills
8 23 (6.01%) Law
9 18 (4.70%) Banking
10 16 (4.18%) Back Office
11 15 (3.92%) Telecoms
12 10 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (2.61%) Retail
13 9 (2.35%) Financial Institution
14 8 (2.09%) Polish Language
15 5 (1.31%) Legal
16 3 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
17 2 (0.52%) Billing
17 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 147 (38.38%) Developer
2 126 (32.90%) Senior
3 53 (13.84%) Architect
4 31 (8.09%) Senior Developer
4 31 (8.09%) Software Engineer
5 26 (6.79%) Salesforce Architect
6 23 (6.01%) Full-Stack Developer
6 23 (6.01%) IAM Developer
7 20 (5.22%) Integration Developer
7 20 (5.22%) Senior Architect
8 19 (4.96%) Java Developer
9 17 (4.44%) Senior Software Engineer
10 16 (4.18%) C# Developer
10 16 (4.18%) Salesforce Developer
10 16 (4.18%) Systems Engineer
11 15 (3.92%) Analyst
11 15 (3.92%) Lead
12 14 (3.66%) Development Engineer
12 14 (3.66%) Salesforce Technical Architect
12 14 (3.66%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 208 (54.31%) SOAP
2 93 (24.28%) GraphQL
3 80 (20.89%) SAML
4 77 (20.10%) OAuth
5 66 (17.23%) Lightning Web Components
6 62 (16.19%) .NET
7 59 (15.40%) LDAP
7 59 (15.40%) OpenID
8 53 (13.84%) React
9 52 (13.58%) Middleware
10 44 (11.49%) Visualforce
11 43 (11.23%) Web Services
12 42 (10.97%) Spring
13 38 (9.92%) JSON
14 31 (8.09%) XML
15 30 (7.83%) CSS
16 29 (7.57%) Node.js
17 25 (6.53%) Spring Boot
18 23 (6.01%) AngularJS
18 23 (6.01%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 70 (18.28%) Product Ownership
2 60 (15.67%) Cyber Threat
2 60 (15.67%) Cyberattack
3 27 (7.05%) Cloud Native
4 26 (6.79%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (3.39%) DataPower
7 11 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (2.87%) Public Cloud
8 10 (2.61%) Low-Code
9 7 (1.83%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (1.31%) AI Agents
11 5 (1.31%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.31%) Educational Technology
11 5 (1.31%) Mobile Games
11 5 (1.31%) Onboarding
12 4 (1.04%) Client/Server
12 4 (1.04%) IoT
12 4 (1.04%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.01%) Linux
2 14 (3.66%) Android
3 7 (1.83%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.57%) Unix
5 5 (1.31%) Windows
6 4 (1.04%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.26%) CentOS
7 1 (0.26%) Debian
7 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (39.16%) Roadmaps
2 146 (38.12%) Agile
3 126 (32.90%) CI/CD
4 115 (30.03%) DevOps
4 115 (30.03%) Mentoring
5 84 (21.93%) AI
6 72 (18.80%) Event-Driven
7 67 (17.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 61 (15.93%) Cybersecurity
9 60 (15.67%) Microservices
9 60 (15.67%) Programme Delivery
10 59 (15.40%) Identity Access Management
11 58 (15.14%) Regulatory Compliance
12 51 (13.32%) Data Modelling
13 50 (13.05%) Software Engineering
13 50 (13.05%) Test Automation
14 47 (12.27%) Scrum
14 47 (12.27%) User Experience
15 46 (12.01%) Problem-Solving
16 45 (11.75%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 118 (30.81%) SQL
2 86 (22.45%) JavaScript
3 85 (22.19%) Java
4 80 (20.89%) PowerShell
5 75 (19.58%) T-SQL
6 67 (17.49%) Apex Code
7 61 (15.93%) Bash
8 53 (13.84%) Python
9 52 (13.58%) C#
10 34 (8.88%) TypeScript
11 30 (7.83%) SOQL
11 30 (7.83%) SOSL
12 19 (4.96%) PHP
13 11 (2.87%) Go
14 10 (2.61%) C++
15 9 (2.35%) Kotlin
16 5 (1.31%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.78%) C
17 3 (0.78%) Ruby
18 2 (0.52%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 44 (11.49%) Degree
2 32 (8.36%) Security Cleared
3 30 (7.83%) SC Cleared
4 25 (6.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.78%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.78%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.78%) PhD
7 2 (0.52%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.52%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.26%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (15.67%) NCSC
1 60 (15.67%) NIST
2 31 (8.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (4.70%) GDPR
4 12 (3.13%) QA
5 7 (1.83%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.31%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.78%) HL7
7 3 (0.78%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.52%) Software Quality Assurance
8 2 (0.52%) WCAG
9 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 65 (16.97%) Active Directory
2 47 (12.27%) Docker
3 3 (0.78%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 37 (9.66%) Kubernetes
2 20 (5.22%) Terraform
3 9 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.31%) Ansible
5 3 (0.78%) Argo
6 1 (0.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 78 (20.37%) Salesforce
2 47 (12.27%) Microsoft
3 32 (8.36%) MuleSoft
4 28 (7.31%) Splunk
5 25 (6.53%) Oracle
6 23 (6.01%) ServiceNow
7 14 (3.66%) SAP
8 13 (3.39%) IBM
8 13 (3.39%) Workday
9 8 (2.09%) ConnectWise
9 8 (2.09%) WooCommerce
10 7 (1.83%) CyberArk
11 6 (1.57%) Epicor
11 6 (1.57%) SnapLogic
11 6 (1.57%) Talend
12 5 (1.31%) Ericsson
12 5 (1.31%) Infor
12 5 (1.31%) Informatica
12 5 (1.31%) Nokia
12 5 (1.31%) TIBCO