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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 129 156
Rank change year-on-year -35 +27 -49
Permanent jobs citing REST 403 402 497
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.62% 2.38% 2.21%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.96% 10.56% 7.36%
Number of salaries quoted 262 238 305
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,238
25th Percentile £55,731 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +21.74% -12.88%
75th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £102,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £57,750
% change year-on-year +3.57% +21.21% -17.50%

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 4,498 3,807 6,756
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.04% 22.57% 30.05%
Number of salaries quoted 3,310 2,478 4,624
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £49,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -0.54%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,500
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 2 October 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 (3.97%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 7 (1.74%) Confluence
4 4 (0.99%) Camunda
5 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.74%) nginx
5 3 (0.74%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.50%) CMS
6 2 (0.50%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Solr
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
Applications
1 7 (1.74%) 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 5 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.74%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.74%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.50%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.50%) Magento
4 2 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.50%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.50%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.25%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.25%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 188 (46.65%) AWS
2 181 (44.91%) Azure
3 55 (13.65%) SaaS
4 40 (9.93%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (9.93%) GitHub
5 39 (9.68%) GCP
6 38 (9.43%) Power Platform
7 30 (7.44%) Serverless
8 24 (5.96%) Azure Service Bus
9 22 (5.46%) GitHub Actions
9 22 (5.46%) Power Automate
10 21 (5.21%) Microsoft 365
11 20 (4.96%) PowerApps
12 19 (4.71%) Microsoft Copilot
13 17 (4.22%) Azure Monitor
13 17 (4.22%) Entra ID
14 15 (3.72%) Azure Functions
14 15 (3.72%) Azure Key Vault
15 14 (3.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 12 (2.98%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 34 (8.44%) 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%) BGP
7 1 (0.25%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.25%) DHCP
7 1 (0.25%) DNS
7 1 (0.25%) LAN
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%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (14.64%) SQL Server
2 58 (14.39%) PostgreSQL
3 41 (10.17%) Relational Database
4 18 (4.47%) MySQL
4 18 (4.47%) Power BI
5 17 (4.22%) NoSQL
6 15 (3.72%) Elasticsearch
7 11 (2.73%) Redis
7 11 (2.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (2.23%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (1.99%) MongoDB
10 6 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.49%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.99%) Ataccama
11 4 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.99%) IBM InfoSphere
11 4 (0.99%) MariaDB
11 4 (0.99%) Metadata
11 4 (0.99%) TIBCO EBX
12 3 (0.74%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 94 (23.33%) Git
2 20 (4.96%) JIRA
2 20 (4.96%) JUnit
3 18 (4.47%) Mockito
4 14 (3.47%) Cypress.io
4 14 (3.47%) Maven
5 13 (3.23%) GitLab
6 12 (2.98%) Postman
7 11 (2.73%) Jenkins
7 11 (2.73%) Selenium
8 7 (1.74%) 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%) Appium
13 1 (0.25%) MLflow
13 1 (0.25%) TestRail
13 1 (0.25%) Vite
General
1 136 (33.75%) Social Skills
2 109 (27.05%) Finance
3 45 (11.17%) Banking
4 35 (8.68%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 31 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 19 (4.71%) Legal
7 17 (4.22%) Law
8 14 (3.47%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.23%) Financial Institution
9 9 (2.23%) Retail
10 8 (1.99%) Back Office
10 8 (1.99%) Legal Technology
11 7 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (1.74%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.49%) Front Office
12 6 (1.49%) Marketing
13 5 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.99%) Police
Job Titles
1 143 (35.48%) Developer
2 103 (25.56%) Senior
3 82 (20.35%) Lead
4 66 (16.38%) Software Engineer
5 38 (9.43%) Senior Developer
6 31 (7.69%) .NET Developer
7 29 (7.20%) Architect
8 27 (6.70%) Development Engineer
8 27 (6.70%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 27 (6.70%) Lead Software Engineer
8 27 (6.70%) Software Development Engineer
9 25 (6.20%) Full-Stack Developer
10 20 (4.96%) Java Developer
10 20 (4.96%) Technical Leader
11 19 (4.71%) Java Engineer
12 16 (3.97%) Consultant
12 16 (3.97%) Software Developer
13 14 (3.47%) Lead Developer
13 14 (3.47%) Python Engineer
14 12 (2.98%) Lead .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (25.81%) React
2 93 (23.08%) .NET
3 55 (13.65%) Spring
4 50 (12.41%) SOAP
5 45 (11.17%) Terraform
6 36 (8.93%) Node.js
6 36 (8.93%) Spring Boot
7 32 (7.94%) AngularJS
8 30 (7.44%) .NET Core
9 29 (7.20%) CSS
10 28 (6.95%) ASP.NET
10 28 (6.95%) Kafka
11 24 (5.96%) OAuth
12 23 (5.71%) GraphQL
13 22 (5.46%) Blazor
14 21 (5.21%) RESTful
15 17 (4.22%) Playwright
16 15 (3.72%) Tailwind CSS
17 14 (3.47%) .NET Framework
17 14 (3.47%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 48 (11.91%) Product Ownership
2 45 (11.17%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (9.43%) Enterprise Software
4 32 (7.94%) Cloud Native
5 30 (7.44%) Public Cloud
6 18 (4.47%) Mobile App
7 17 (4.22%) AI Agents
8 12 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (2.73%) CMDB
9 11 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (2.73%) Onboarding
10 10 (2.48%) Data Structures
11 9 (2.23%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.99%) IoT
12 8 (1.99%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.99%) Management Information System
13 5 (1.24%) Reference Data
13 5 (1.24%) Video\Live Streaming
14 4 (0.99%) Educational Technology
14 4 (0.99%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.96%) Linux
2 13 (3.23%) Android
3 11 (2.73%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.74%) 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
1 204 (50.62%) CI/CD
2 135 (33.50%) Software Engineering
3 131 (32.51%) Agile
4 127 (31.51%) AI
5 111 (27.54%) DevOps
6 107 (26.55%) Mentoring
6 107 (26.55%) Problem-Solving
7 96 (23.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 92 (22.83%) Technical Leadership
9 91 (22.58%) Microservices
10 90 (22.33%) Full-Stack Development
11 70 (17.37%) Test Automation
12 68 (16.87%) Event-Driven
12 68 (16.87%) Roadmaps
13 59 (14.64%) TDD
14 54 (13.40%) SDLC
15 52 (12.90%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 50 (12.41%) Stakeholder Management
17 49 (12.16%) Containerisation
18 47 (11.66%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 115 (28.54%) Java
2 113 (28.04%) SQL
3 91 (22.58%) C#
4 85 (21.09%) JavaScript
5 68 (16.87%) Python
6 66 (16.38%) TypeScript
7 24 (5.96%) PowerShell
8 14 (3.47%) PL/SQL
9 13 (3.23%) Apex Code
10 11 (2.73%) Bash
10 11 (2.73%) Go
10 11 (2.73%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.49%) Bicep
11 6 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (1.49%) Ruby
12 5 (1.24%) SOQL
13 4 (0.99%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.74%) C
14 3 (0.74%) PHP
15 2 (0.50%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 63 (15.63%) Security Cleared
2 41 (10.17%) SC Cleared
3 23 (5.71%) Degree
4 17 (4.22%) DV Cleared
5 15 (3.72%) 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 54 (13.40%) QA
2 21 (5.21%) Accessibility
3 18 (4.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (4.22%) 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
1 117 (29.03%) 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 62 (15.38%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.73%) Grafana
3 10 (2.48%) Ansible
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 81 (20.10%) Microsoft
2 31 (7.69%) Oracle
3 18 (4.47%) Salesforce
3 18 (4.47%) ServiceNow
4 12 (2.98%) Informatica
4 12 (2.98%) OpenAI
5 10 (2.48%) Google
6 9 (2.23%) MuleSoft
7 7 (1.74%) Sage
8 6 (1.49%) IBM
9 5 (1.24%) CyberArk
9 5 (1.24%) Foundry
9 5 (1.24%) Intapp
9 5 (1.24%) SAP
9 5 (1.24%) TIBCO
10 4 (0.99%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.74%) Aderant
11 3 (0.74%) HighQ
11 3 (0.74%) iManage
11 3 (0.74%) UiPath