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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 130 156
Rank change year-on-year -22 +26 -59
Permanent jobs citing REST 416 419 527
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.82% 2.53% 2.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.07% 10.66% 8.16%
Number of salaries quoted 245 264 450
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +21.74% -14.18%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £73,063
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year - +20.69% -17.14%

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 4,132 3,931 6,456
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.11% 23.73% 26.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3,116 2,623 5,177
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,350 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.17% -3.60%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -7.41%

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 15 August 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 11 (2.64%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 5 (1.20%) Camunda
4 4 (0.96%) Confluence
5 3 (0.72%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.72%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.48%) JBoss
7 1 (0.24%) Apache
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.24%) Documentum
7 1 (0.24%) IIS
7 1 (0.24%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 4 (0.96%) Moqups
2 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.48%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.44%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.72%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.72%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.48%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.48%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.24%) Magento
4 1 (0.24%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 200 (48.08%) AWS
2 179 (43.03%) Azure
3 53 (12.74%) SaaS
4 50 (12.02%) GCP
5 40 (9.62%) GitHub
6 37 (8.89%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (5.77%) Power Platform
8 23 (5.53%) Serverless
9 19 (4.57%) GitHub Actions
10 18 (4.33%) Azure Service Bus
11 14 (3.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 14 (3.37%) Power Automate
11 14 (3.37%) PowerApps
12 13 (3.13%) GitHub Copilot
13 12 (2.88%) Azure Monitor
13 12 (2.88%) Figma
14 11 (2.64%) Azure Key Vault
14 11 (2.64%) Microsoft 365
14 11 (2.64%) Microsoft Copilot
15 10 (2.40%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 36 (8.65%) HTTP
2 30 (7.21%) Broadband
3 10 (2.40%) Firewall
4 7 (1.68%) Network Security
5 6 (1.44%) Kerberos
6 5 (1.20%) SSL
6 5 (1.20%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.96%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (0.72%) Modbus
9 2 (0.48%) SMTP
10 1 (0.24%) BGP
10 1 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.24%) Ethernet VPN
10 1 (0.24%) Intranet
10 1 (0.24%) LAN
10 1 (0.24%) MQTT
10 1 (0.24%) NX-OS
10 1 (0.24%) OSPF
10 1 (0.24%) VXLAN
10 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (15.38%) PostgreSQL
2 57 (13.70%) SQL Server
3 42 (10.10%) Relational Database
4 23 (5.53%) NoSQL
5 19 (4.57%) MongoDB
6 17 (4.09%) MySQL
7 15 (3.61%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (2.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (2.16%) Redis
10 8 (1.92%) Power BI
11 6 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (1.20%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.96%) Ataccama
13 4 (0.96%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.96%) IBM InfoSphere
13 4 (0.96%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.96%) TIBCO EBX
14 3 (0.72%) BigQuery
14 3 (0.72%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 95 (22.84%) Git
2 31 (7.45%) GitLab
3 28 (6.73%) Jenkins
4 20 (4.81%) SonarQube
5 17 (4.09%) JUnit
6 15 (3.61%) Mockito
7 14 (3.37%) JIRA
8 13 (3.13%) Maven
9 12 (2.88%) Selenium
10 11 (2.64%) Cypress.io
11 7 (1.68%) Postman
12 6 (1.44%) Claude Code
12 6 (1.44%) Storybook
13 3 (0.72%) IntelliJ
13 3 (0.72%) NUnit
13 3 (0.72%) Subversion
13 3 (0.72%) TeamCity
13 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
14 2 (0.48%) WebDriver
General
1 129 (31.01%) Social Skills
2 117 (28.13%) Finance
3 57 (13.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 51 (12.26%) Banking
5 34 (8.17%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (7.69%) Public Sector
7 28 (6.73%) Games
8 24 (5.77%) Marketing
9 20 (4.81%) Law
10 16 (3.85%) Manufacturing
11 14 (3.37%) Legal
12 12 (2.88%) Financial Institution
13 10 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (2.16%) Back Office
14 9 (2.16%) Retail
15 8 (1.92%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.92%) Legal Technology
16 6 (1.44%) Front Office
16 6 (1.44%) Polish Language
17 5 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 144 (34.62%) Developer
2 89 (21.39%) Senior
3 73 (17.55%) Lead
4 70 (16.83%) Software Engineer
5 48 (11.54%) Architect
6 32 (7.69%) Senior Developer
7 31 (7.45%) Development Engineer
7 31 (7.45%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 31 (7.45%) Software Development Engineer
8 30 (7.21%) Full-Stack Developer
9 28 (6.73%) .NET Developer
10 26 (6.25%) Lead Software Engineer
11 23 (5.53%) Salesforce Architect
12 20 (4.81%) Python Engineer
13 19 (4.57%) Java Developer
14 18 (4.33%) Java Engineer
14 18 (4.33%) Software Developer
14 18 (4.33%) Technical Architect
14 18 (4.33%) Technical Leader
15 17 (4.09%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (25.00%) React
2 89 (21.39%) .NET
3 73 (17.55%) SOAP
4 48 (11.54%) Spring
5 38 (9.13%) Node.js
6 32 (7.69%) AngularJS
6 32 (7.69%) Lightning Web Components
7 30 (7.21%) ASP.NET
8 29 (6.97%) CSS
8 29 (6.97%) Spring Boot
9 28 (6.73%) .NET Core
9 28 (6.73%) Visualforce
10 26 (6.25%) Kafka
11 24 (5.77%) OAuth
12 21 (5.05%) Blazor
12 21 (5.05%) RESTful
13 20 (4.81%) JSON
14 19 (4.57%) Django
15 18 (4.33%) GraphQL
16 17 (4.09%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 80 (19.23%) Product Ownership
2 35 (8.41%) Cloud Native
2 35 (8.41%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (7.93%) Public Cloud
4 30 (7.21%) Enterprise Software
5 20 (4.81%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (4.33%) Low-Code
7 16 (3.85%) Mobile App
8 14 (3.37%) AI Agents
9 13 (3.13%) Onboarding
10 11 (2.64%) CMDB
10 11 (2.64%) Video\Live Streaming
11 10 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.92%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.92%) IoT
13 6 (1.44%) CUDA
14 5 (1.20%) Data Structures
14 5 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
15 4 (0.96%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.01%) Linux
2 11 (2.64%) Android
3 9 (2.16%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.68%) Windows
5 5 (1.20%) Unix
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 140 (33.65%) Software Engineering
3 135 (32.45%) Agile
4 123 (29.57%) DevOps
5 114 (27.40%) AI
6 111 (26.68%) Continuous Improvement
7 100 (24.04%) Full-Stack Development
8 97 (23.32%) Problem-Solving
9 89 (21.39%) Microservices
10 88 (21.15%) Mentoring
11 83 (19.95%) Event-Driven
11 83 (19.95%) Roadmaps
12 81 (19.47%) Technical Leadership
13 74 (17.79%) Test Automation
14 66 (15.87%) OO
15 59 (14.18%) Scrum
16 57 (13.70%) TDD
17 55 (13.22%) Containerisation
18 53 (12.74%) Infrastructure as Code
19 47 (11.30%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 111 (26.68%) Java
2 104 (25.00%) SQL
3 89 (21.39%) JavaScript
4 83 (19.95%) C#
5 80 (19.23%) Python
6 70 (16.83%) TypeScript
7 35 (8.41%) Apex Code
8 23 (5.53%) SOQL
9 21 (5.05%) SOSL
10 17 (4.09%) PowerShell
11 14 (3.37%) Go
11 14 (3.37%) PL/SQL
12 9 (2.16%) Bash
13 6 (1.44%) Ruby
13 6 (1.44%) T-SQL
14 5 (1.20%) Bicep
15 4 (0.96%) PHP
16 3 (0.72%) DataWeave
17 2 (0.48%) Dart
17 2 (0.48%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 56 (13.46%) Security Cleared
2 37 (8.89%) SC Cleared
3 30 (7.21%) Degree
4 23 (5.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (4.09%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.44%) CISSP
7 4 (0.96%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.72%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.24%) CCIE
9 1 (0.24%) CCNP
9 1 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.24%) CSPO
9 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.24%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (14.90%) QA
2 18 (4.33%) Accessibility
3 16 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.64%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.20%) GDPR
5 5 (1.20%) WCAG
6 4 (0.96%) NIST
6 4 (0.96%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.72%) SLA
8 2 (0.48%) NCSC
9 1 (0.24%) GRC
System Software
1 111 (26.68%) Docker
2 13 (3.13%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 62 (14.90%) Kubernetes
2 45 (10.82%) Terraform
3 8 (1.92%) Ansible
4 7 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.72%) Grafana
5 3 (0.72%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.48%) Argo
6 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.48%) MIIS
7 1 (0.24%) Kibana
7 1 (0.24%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 61 (14.66%) Microsoft
2 41 (9.86%) Salesforce
3 26 (6.25%) Oracle
4 24 (5.77%) Splunk
5 20 (4.81%) ServiceNow
6 14 (3.37%) MuleSoft
7 12 (2.88%) Informatica
8 9 (2.16%) OpenAI
9 7 (1.68%) Google
10 6 (1.44%) CyberArk
11 5 (1.20%) Cisco
11 5 (1.20%) IBM
11 5 (1.20%) Sage
11 5 (1.20%) TIBCO
12 4 (0.96%) F5
12 4 (0.96%) Juniper
12 4 (0.96%) Palo Alto
12 4 (0.96%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.96%) SAP
13 3 (0.72%) iManage