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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 132 153
Rank change year-on-year -31 +21 -47
Permanent jobs citing REST 404 397 497
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.63% 2.40% 2.21%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.97% 10.51% 7.42%
Number of salaries quoted 257 236 305
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,500 £42,238
25th Percentile £55,750 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +21.74% -14.18%
75th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,750 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% +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 4,504 3,778 6,696
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.13% 22.82% 29.80%
Number of salaries quoted 3,318 2,464 4,578
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,625 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -2.26%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £88,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £68,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.46% +5.38% -3.70%

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 29 September 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 15 (3.71%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 7 (1.73%) Confluence
4 4 (0.99%) Camunda
5 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.74%) nginx
6 2 (0.50%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.50%) CMS
6 2 (0.50%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.25%) Documentum
7 1 (0.25%) IIS
7 1 (0.25%) JBoss
7 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.25%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (1.73%) Moqups
2 3 (0.74%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.74%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.49%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.74%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.74%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.50%) Magento
3 2 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.50%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.50%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP CAR
4 1 (0.25%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 192 (47.52%) AWS
2 178 (44.06%) Azure
3 55 (13.61%) SaaS
4 39 (9.65%) GCP
4 39 (9.65%) GitHub
5 38 (9.41%) Azure DevOps
6 34 (8.42%) Power Platform
7 30 (7.43%) Serverless
8 24 (5.94%) Azure Service Bus
9 20 (4.95%) GitHub Actions
10 19 (4.70%) Power Automate
11 18 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
12 17 (4.21%) Azure Monitor
12 17 (4.21%) Entra ID
12 17 (4.21%) PowerApps
13 16 (3.96%) Microsoft Copilot
14 15 (3.71%) Azure Key Vault
15 14 (3.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 13 (3.22%) Azure Functions
17 12 (2.97%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 37 (9.16%) HTTP
2 6 (1.49%) Network Security
3 5 (1.24%) Firewall
3 5 (1.24%) Kerberos
4 4 (0.99%) Broadband
5 3 (0.74%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.74%) VPN
6 2 (0.50%) OpenVPN
6 2 (0.50%) X.509
7 1 (0.25%) 5G
7 1 (0.25%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.25%) DNS
7 1 (0.25%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.25%) Intranet
7 1 (0.25%) LTE
7 1 (0.25%) MQTT
7 1 (0.25%) NX-OS
7 1 (0.25%) OSPF
7 1 (0.25%) SSL
7 1 (0.25%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (14.60%) PostgreSQL
2 57 (14.11%) SQL Server
3 41 (10.15%) Relational Database
4 20 (4.95%) NoSQL
5 18 (4.46%) MySQL
6 16 (3.96%) Elasticsearch
7 15 (3.71%) Power BI
8 11 (2.72%) Redis
8 11 (2.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (2.48%) MongoDB
10 9 (2.23%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (1.24%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.99%) Ataccama
13 4 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.99%) IBM InfoSphere
13 4 (0.99%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.99%) Metadata
13 4 (0.99%) TIBCO EBX
14 3 (0.74%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 93 (23.02%) Git
2 19 (4.70%) JIRA
3 18 (4.46%) JUnit
4 16 (3.96%) Mockito
5 14 (3.47%) Cypress.io
5 14 (3.47%) Maven
6 12 (2.97%) Postman
7 11 (2.72%) GitLab
7 11 (2.72%) Jenkins
7 11 (2.72%) Selenium
8 7 (1.73%) Claude Code
9 6 (1.49%) Storybook
10 5 (1.24%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.74%) Subversion
12 2 (0.50%) Gradle
12 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
13 1 (0.25%) Karma Test Runner
13 1 (0.25%) MLflow
13 1 (0.25%) Servoy
13 1 (0.25%) TestRail
General
1 131 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 112 (27.72%) Finance
3 49 (12.13%) Banking
4 33 (8.17%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (7.92%) Public Sector
6 31 (7.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (4.21%) Legal
8 16 (3.96%) Law
9 14 (3.47%) Manufacturing
10 9 (2.23%) Financial Institution
10 9 (2.23%) Investment Banking
10 9 (2.23%) Retail
11 8 (1.98%) Back Office
11 8 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.98%) Legal Technology
12 6 (1.49%) Front Office
12 6 (1.49%) Marketing
13 5 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.99%) Police
14 4 (0.99%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 141 (34.90%) Developer
2 104 (25.74%) Senior
3 83 (20.54%) Lead
4 70 (17.33%) Software Engineer
5 38 (9.41%) Senior Developer
6 31 (7.67%) .NET Developer
7 30 (7.43%) Development Engineer
7 30 (7.43%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 30 (7.43%) Software Development Engineer
8 29 (7.18%) Architect
9 28 (6.93%) Lead Software Engineer
10 25 (6.19%) Full-Stack Developer
11 20 (4.95%) Java Developer
11 20 (4.95%) Java Engineer
11 20 (4.95%) Technical Leader
12 17 (4.21%) Software Developer
13 15 (3.71%) Consultant
13 15 (3.71%) Lead Developer
13 15 (3.71%) Python Engineer
14 13 (3.22%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (27.23%) React
2 91 (22.52%) .NET
3 56 (13.86%) Spring
4 50 (12.38%) SOAP
5 46 (11.39%) Terraform
6 37 (9.16%) AngularJS
6 37 (9.16%) Node.js
6 37 (9.16%) Spring Boot
7 30 (7.43%) .NET Core
7 30 (7.43%) CSS
8 28 (6.93%) ASP.NET
9 27 (6.68%) Kafka
10 25 (6.19%) OAuth
11 22 (5.45%) Blazor
11 22 (5.45%) RESTful
12 21 (5.20%) GraphQL
13 17 (4.21%) Playwright
14 15 (3.71%) HTML
14 15 (3.71%) RabbitMQ
14 15 (3.71%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 51 (12.62%) Product Ownership
2 43 (10.64%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (9.16%) Enterprise Software
4 33 (8.17%) Public Cloud
5 32 (7.92%) Cloud Native
6 18 (4.46%) Mobile App
7 17 (4.21%) AI Agents
8 11 (2.72%) CMDB
8 11 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (2.72%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (2.48%) Data Structures
10 9 (2.23%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.98%) IoT
11 8 (1.98%) Low-Code
11 8 (1.98%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.24%) Reference Data
12 5 (1.24%) Video\Live Streaming
13 4 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (0.99%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.95%) Linux
2 13 (3.22%) Android
3 11 (2.72%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.73%) Windows
5 1 (0.25%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.25%) OpenWrt
5 1 (0.25%) Unix
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (49.75%) CI/CD
2 140 (34.65%) Software Engineering
3 128 (31.68%) Agile
4 125 (30.94%) AI
5 108 (26.73%) DevOps
6 107 (26.49%) Mentoring
7 106 (26.24%) Problem-Solving
8 97 (24.01%) Continuous Improvement
9 94 (23.27%) Technical Leadership
10 93 (23.02%) Full-Stack Development
11 90 (22.28%) Microservices
12 71 (17.57%) Roadmaps
12 71 (17.57%) Test Automation
13 69 (17.08%) Event-Driven
14 60 (14.85%) TDD
15 53 (13.12%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 53 (13.12%) SDLC
16 47 (11.63%) Containerisation
16 47 (11.63%) OO
16 47 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 120 (29.70%) Java
2 109 (26.98%) SQL
3 89 (22.03%) C#
4 87 (21.53%) JavaScript
5 69 (17.08%) TypeScript
6 67 (16.58%) Python
7 23 (5.69%) PowerShell
8 14 (3.47%) PL/SQL
9 13 (3.22%) Apex Code
10 11 (2.72%) Bash
10 11 (2.72%) Go
11 9 (2.23%) T-SQL
12 6 (1.49%) Bicep
12 6 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (1.49%) Ruby
13 5 (1.24%) SOQL
14 4 (0.99%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.74%) C
15 3 (0.74%) PHP
16 2 (0.50%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 61 (15.10%) Security Cleared
2 39 (9.65%) SC Cleared
3 22 (5.45%) Degree
4 17 (4.21%) DV Cleared
5 14 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.24%) CISSP
7 4 (0.99%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.99%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.50%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.25%) CCIE
9 1 (0.25%) CCNP
9 1 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.25%) CSPO
9 1 (0.25%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (13.61%) QA
2 21 (5.20%) Accessibility
3 18 (4.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (3.71%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.49%) NIST
6 5 (1.24%) GDPR
6 5 (1.24%) WCAG
7 4 (0.99%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.74%) NCSC
9 1 (0.25%) GRC
9 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 114 (28.22%) Docker
2 14 (3.47%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.25%) Firmware
4 1 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 61 (15.10%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.48%) Ansible
3 9 (2.23%) Grafana
4 5 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.99%) Kibana
6 3 (0.74%) Argo
6 3 (0.74%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.25%) Consul
8 1 (0.25%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.25%) logstash
8 1 (0.25%) Podman
Vendors
1 78 (19.31%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.93%) Oracle
3 18 (4.46%) Salesforce
3 18 (4.46%) ServiceNow
4 12 (2.97%) Informatica
4 12 (2.97%) OpenAI
5 10 (2.48%) Google
6 9 (2.23%) MuleSoft
7 7 (1.73%) Sage
8 6 (1.49%) IBM
9 5 (1.24%) CyberArk
9 5 (1.24%) SAP
9 5 (1.24%) TIBCO
10 4 (0.99%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.99%) Foundry
11 3 (0.74%) Aderant
11 3 (0.74%) Adobe
11 3 (0.74%) HighQ
11 3 (0.74%) iManage
11 3 (0.74%) Intapp