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 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 84 100
Rank change year-on-year -55 +16 -23
Permanent jobs citing REST 339 644 696
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.16% 3.27% 3.15%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.06% 11.10% 9.83%
Number of salaries quoted 228 252 611
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,238 £46,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £47,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +3.85%
75th Percentile £82,813 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,300 £90,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +3.70%

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 3,065 5,803 7,080
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 19.50% 29.49% 32.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,229 3,766 5,945
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - -
75th Percentile £86,250 £86,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £116,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £66,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% -1.52% +1.54%

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 9 November 2025.

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 8 (2.36%) Confluence
1 8 (2.36%) IIS
2 5 (1.47%) Anypoint
2 5 (1.47%) JBoss
3 4 (1.18%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.18%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.59%) Apache Pulsar
4 2 (0.59%) CMS
4 2 (0.59%) Mendix
4 2 (0.59%) nginx
4 2 (0.59%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.29%) Alfresco
5 1 (0.29%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.29%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.29%) MetaMask
5 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.29%) Strapi
5 1 (0.29%) SugarCRM
5 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.88%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.29%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 16 (4.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (2.95%) Shopify
3 8 (2.36%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.18%) NetSuite
4 4 (1.18%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.59%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.59%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.59%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.29%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 163 (48.08%) Azure
2 119 (35.10%) AWS
3 48 (14.16%) SaaS
4 35 (10.32%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (9.44%) GitHub
6 20 (5.90%) Azure Logic Apps
7 18 (5.31%) Boomi
7 18 (5.31%) Power Automate
7 18 (5.31%) Serverless
8 17 (5.01%) GCP
9 16 (4.72%) Power Platform
10 15 (4.42%) Azure Service Bus
11 11 (3.24%) Entra ID
11 11 (3.24%) GitHub Copilot
11 11 (3.24%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (2.65%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (2.65%) iPaaS
12 9 (2.65%) PowerApps
13 8 (2.36%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.49%) Broadband
2 4 (1.18%) HTTP
3 3 (0.88%) FTP
4 2 (0.59%) DMARC
4 2 (0.59%) IP Telephony
4 2 (0.59%) PSTN
4 2 (0.59%) SSL
4 2 (0.59%) VoIP
5 1 (0.29%) Firewall
5 1 (0.29%) RFID
5 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (22.42%) SQL Server
2 25 (7.37%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (5.90%) MongoDB
3 20 (5.90%) Relational Database
4 19 (5.60%) MySQL
5 18 (5.31%) NoSQL
6 10 (2.95%) Redis
7 9 (2.65%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (2.06%) Power BI
8 7 (2.06%) RDBMS
9 5 (1.47%) DynamoDB
10 4 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.59%) Big Data
12 2 (0.59%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.59%) MariaDB
12 2 (0.59%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 2 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
13 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 59 (17.40%) GitLab
2 56 (16.52%) JIRA
3 54 (15.93%) SonarQube
4 53 (15.63%) Git
5 41 (12.09%) Selenium
6 39 (11.50%) Maven
6 39 (11.50%) Sonatype Nexus
7 38 (11.21%) Cucumber
8 37 (10.91%) Bitbucket
9 29 (8.55%) Jenkins
10 8 (2.36%) Octopus Deploy
10 8 (2.36%) Visual Studio
11 7 (2.06%) MSBuild
11 7 (2.06%) Team Foundation Server
11 7 (2.06%) TeamCity
12 6 (1.77%) Cypress.io
13 4 (1.18%) Browser DevTools
13 4 (1.18%) JMeter
13 4 (1.18%) JUnit
13 4 (1.18%) Postman
General
1 114 (33.63%) Finance
2 95 (28.02%) Social Skills
3 69 (20.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 57 (16.81%) Retail
5 45 (13.27%) Banking
6 37 (10.91%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (10.91%) Games
6 37 (10.91%) Investment Banking
7 36 (10.62%) Corporate Banking
8 23 (6.78%) Marketing
9 19 (5.60%) Public Sector
10 15 (4.42%) Law
11 9 (2.65%) Financial Institution
11 9 (2.65%) Front Office
12 8 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (2.06%) Back Office
13 7 (2.06%) Legal
14 4 (1.18%) Automotive
14 4 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 136 (40.12%) Developer
2 68 (20.06%) Senior
3 54 (15.93%) Software Engineer
4 31 (9.14%) Architect
5 24 (7.08%) C# Developer
5 24 (7.08%) Full-Stack Developer
6 23 (6.78%) Integration Developer
7 22 (6.49%) Senior Developer
8 20 (5.90%) .NET Developer
9 18 (5.31%) Lead
10 16 (4.72%) Technical Architect
11 15 (4.42%) Integration Engineer
11 15 (4.42%) Salesforce Architect
12 14 (4.13%) SAP Developer
13 12 (3.54%) React Developer
14 10 (2.95%) Analyst
14 10 (2.95%) C# .NET Developer
14 10 (2.95%) Java Developer
14 10 (2.95%) Python Engineer
14 10 (2.95%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (33.63%) SOAP
2 84 (24.78%) React
3 79 (23.30%) CSS
4 75 (22.12%) HTML
5 64 (18.88%) .NET
6 59 (17.40%) Spring
7 56 (16.52%) Spring Boot
8 53 (15.63%) JSON
8 53 (15.63%) RESTful
9 49 (14.45%) Kafka
10 45 (13.27%) HTML5
11 43 (12.68%) CSS3
11 43 (12.68%) Web Services
12 41 (12.09%) Redux
13 40 (11.80%) Jest
13 40 (11.80%) Sass
13 40 (11.80%) XML
14 37 (10.91%) Middleware
15 36 (10.62%) JPA
16 31 (9.14%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 83 (24.48%) Product Ownership
2 57 (16.81%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (5.60%) Cloud Native
4 13 (3.83%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (2.95%) Low-Code
6 9 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.77%) BYOD
7 6 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (1.77%) Cyberattack
7 6 (1.77%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.47%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.47%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.47%) Educational Technology
8 5 (1.47%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.47%) Mobile Games
9 4 (1.18%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.18%) DataPower
9 4 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.88%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 25 (7.37%) Linux
2 9 (2.65%) Windows
3 8 (2.36%) Apple iOS
3 8 (2.36%) Unix
4 7 (2.06%) Android
5 1 (0.29%) Solaris
5 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (51.03%) Agile
2 127 (37.46%) DevOps
3 126 (37.17%) CI/CD
4 100 (29.50%) Microservices
5 92 (27.14%) Mentoring
6 71 (20.94%) Software Engineering
7 69 (20.35%) Full-Stack Development
8 68 (20.06%) Roadmaps
9 67 (19.76%) Containerisation
9 67 (19.76%) Test Automation
10 65 (19.17%) Migration
11 62 (18.29%) Performance Optimisation
12 61 (17.99%) User Experience
13 55 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
14 54 (15.93%) Event-Driven
15 53 (15.63%) Front End Development
16 51 (15.04%) SDLC
17 46 (13.57%) Continuous Improvement
18 43 (12.68%) Strategic Thinking
19 40 (11.80%) AI
Programming Languages
1 145 (42.77%) SQL
2 138 (40.71%) JavaScript
3 85 (25.07%) Java
4 73 (21.53%) C#
5 71 (20.94%) TypeScript
6 58 (17.11%) Python
7 29 (8.55%) Apex Code
7 29 (8.55%) PowerShell
8 22 (6.49%) PHP
9 16 (4.72%) SOQL
10 15 (4.42%) SOSL
11 14 (4.13%) T-SQL
12 9 (2.65%) Bash
13 8 (2.36%) Shell Script
14 7 (2.06%) Kotlin
15 5 (1.47%) ABAP
16 4 (1.18%) Go
16 4 (1.18%) Groovy
17 3 (0.88%) Ruby
18 2 (0.59%) VBA
Qualifications
1 28 (8.26%) Degree
2 17 (5.01%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (3.24%) Security Cleared
4 10 (2.95%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.18%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.29%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.29%) Linux+ Certification
7 1 (0.29%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.29%) PhD
7 1 (0.29%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (16.52%) QA
2 42 (12.39%) Accessibility
3 25 (7.37%) GDPR
4 6 (1.77%) NCSC
4 6 (1.77%) NIST
5 5 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.18%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.59%) HL7
7 2 (0.59%) WCAG
8 1 (0.29%) MiFID
8 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.29%) SLA
8 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 93 (27.43%) Docker
2 9 (2.65%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.29%) KVM
4 1 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 74 (21.83%) Kubernetes
2 22 (6.49%) Terraform
3 14 (4.13%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (2.95%) Ansible
5 2 (0.59%) Grafana
5 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.59%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.29%) Kibana
6 1 (0.29%) logstash
6 1 (0.29%) Puppet
6 1 (0.29%) QRadar
Vendors
1 42 (12.39%) Salesforce
2 39 (11.50%) Microsoft
3 36 (10.62%) Solace
4 22 (6.49%) MuleSoft
4 22 (6.49%) Oracle
5 21 (6.19%) SAP
6 19 (5.60%) IBM
7 17 (5.01%) ServiceNow
8 15 (4.42%) Splunk
9 13 (3.83%) Workday
10 6 (1.77%) Dell
10 6 (1.77%) Epicor
10 6 (1.77%) SnapLogic
10 6 (1.77%) Talend
10 6 (1.77%) Trayport
11 5 (1.47%) Infor
11 5 (1.47%) Informatica
11 5 (1.47%) Jitterbit
11 5 (1.47%) Software AG
11 5 (1.47%) TIBCO