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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 77 117
Rank change year-on-year -31 +40 -27
Permanent jobs citing REST 389 633 728
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.37% 4.08% 2.65%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.17% 12.76% 9.00%
Number of salaries quoted 219 257 656
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,537 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +3.85% -7.14%

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 2,954 4,959 8,087
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.96% 31.94% 29.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2,186 3,279 7,040
10th Percentile £41,925 £41,575 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,000 £52,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,295 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +10.49% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,206 £61,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +7.65% -8.89%

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 19 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 (4.11%) JBoss
2 13 (3.34%) WebSphere
3 5 (1.29%) Anypoint
3 5 (1.29%) Apache Pulsar
3 5 (1.29%) Confluence
4 4 (1.03%) IIS
4 4 (1.03%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.77%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.51%) Mendix
6 2 (0.51%) nginx
6 2 (0.51%) 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 (1.03%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.77%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 17 (4.37%) Shopify
2 11 (2.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (2.57%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (2.31%) Magento
5 7 (1.80%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (1.80%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.77%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.51%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 156 (40.10%) Azure
2 83 (21.34%) AWS
3 63 (16.20%) Entra ID
4 58 (14.91%) Google Workspace
5 48 (12.34%) SaaS
6 47 (12.08%) GitHub
7 35 (9.00%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (8.48%) GitHub Copilot
9 27 (6.94%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 27 (6.94%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 19 (4.88%) Azure Logic Apps
10 19 (4.88%) GCP
11 18 (4.63%) Power Automate
11 18 (4.63%) Serverless
12 17 (4.37%) Dynamics 365
13 16 (4.11%) Boomi
14 12 (3.08%) Power Platform
14 12 (3.08%) Salesforce Einstein
15 11 (2.83%) Microsoft 365
16 10 (2.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 88 (22.62%) Broadband
2 16 (4.11%) HTTP
3 7 (1.80%) SMTP
4 6 (1.54%) AMQP
5 5 (1.29%) PuTTY
5 5 (1.29%) VoIP
6 4 (1.03%) SSL
7 3 (0.77%) Firewall
7 3 (0.77%) IP Telephony
7 3 (0.77%) RTP
7 3 (0.77%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.77%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.51%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.51%) PSTN
9 1 (0.26%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.26%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.26%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (9.51%) SQL Server
2 18 (4.63%) MySQL
2 18 (4.63%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (4.63%) Relational Database
3 13 (3.34%) NoSQL
4 8 (2.06%) MongoDB
5 5 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.29%) Redis
6 4 (1.03%) Power BI
6 4 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.77%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.51%) Big Data
8 2 (0.51%) DocumentDB
8 2 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.51%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.51%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.51%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.51%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 41 (10.54%) Git
1 41 (10.54%) Jenkins
2 31 (7.97%) GitLab
3 28 (7.20%) SonarQube
4 24 (6.17%) JIRA
5 9 (2.31%) Maven
5 9 (2.31%) Selenium
6 8 (2.06%) SpecFlow
6 8 (2.06%) WebDriver
7 5 (1.29%) TeamCity
8 4 (1.03%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (1.03%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.03%) Gradle
8 4 (1.03%) JMeter
8 4 (1.03%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.77%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.77%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.77%) JUnit
9 3 (0.77%) Postman
9 3 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 140 (35.99%) Social Skills
2 109 (28.02%) Finance
3 80 (20.57%) Games
4 64 (16.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 60 (15.42%) Organisational Skills
6 46 (11.83%) Marketing
7 31 (7.97%) Public Sector
8 26 (6.68%) Law
9 21 (5.40%) Analytical Skills
10 19 (4.88%) Banking
11 18 (4.63%) Back Office
12 16 (4.11%) Telecoms
13 12 (3.08%) Retail
14 10 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (2.31%) Financial Institution
15 9 (2.31%) Polish Language
16 5 (1.29%) Legal
17 4 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
18 2 (0.51%) Billing
19 1 (0.26%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 150 (38.56%) Developer
2 124 (31.88%) Senior
3 52 (13.37%) Architect
4 32 (8.23%) Software Engineer
5 31 (7.97%) Senior Developer
6 26 (6.68%) Salesforce Architect
7 24 (6.17%) Full-Stack Developer
8 23 (5.91%) IAM Developer
9 20 (5.14%) Senior Architect
10 19 (4.88%) Integration Developer
11 18 (4.63%) Java Developer
11 18 (4.63%) Salesforce Developer
12 17 (4.37%) Senior Software Engineer
13 16 (4.11%) C# Developer
13 16 (4.11%) Lead
13 16 (4.11%) Systems Engineer
14 15 (3.86%) Analyst
15 14 (3.60%) Development Engineer
15 14 (3.60%) Integration Engineer
15 14 (3.60%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 211 (54.24%) SOAP
2 93 (23.91%) GraphQL
3 82 (21.08%) SAML
4 75 (19.28%) OAuth
5 68 (17.48%) Lightning Web Components
6 64 (16.45%) .NET
7 62 (15.94%) LDAP
8 59 (15.17%) OpenID
9 52 (13.37%) Middleware
9 52 (13.37%) React
10 46 (11.83%) Visualforce
11 45 (11.57%) Web Services
12 44 (11.31%) Spring
13 39 (10.03%) JSON
14 32 (8.23%) XML
15 30 (7.71%) CSS
16 29 (7.46%) Node.js
17 26 (6.68%) Spring Boot
18 23 (5.91%) HTML
19 22 (5.66%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 70 (17.99%) Product Ownership
2 60 (15.42%) Cyber Threat
2 60 (15.42%) Cyberattack
3 28 (7.20%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (6.68%) Cloud Native
5 15 (3.86%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (3.34%) DataPower
7 11 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (2.83%) Low-Code
7 11 (2.83%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.80%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (1.29%) AI Agents
10 5 (1.29%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.29%) Educational Technology
10 5 (1.29%) Mobile Games
11 4 (1.03%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.03%) IoT
11 4 (1.03%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.03%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.17%) Linux
2 14 (3.60%) Android
3 7 (1.80%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.80%) Unix
3 7 (1.80%) Windows
4 4 (1.03%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.26%) CentOS
5 1 (0.26%) Debian
5 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (38.56%) Agile
2 147 (37.79%) Roadmaps
3 132 (33.93%) CI/CD
4 118 (30.33%) DevOps
5 114 (29.31%) Mentoring
6 83 (21.34%) AI
7 72 (18.51%) Event-Driven
8 68 (17.48%) Continuous Improvement
9 61 (15.68%) Cybersecurity
9 61 (15.68%) Microservices
10 60 (15.42%) Programme Delivery
11 59 (15.17%) Identity Access Management
12 58 (14.91%) Regulatory Compliance
13 52 (13.37%) Data Modelling
13 52 (13.37%) Software Engineering
14 50 (12.85%) Test Automation
15 49 (12.60%) Problem-Solving
15 49 (12.60%) User Experience
16 47 (12.08%) Scrum
17 45 (11.57%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 116 (29.82%) SQL
2 90 (23.14%) JavaScript
3 89 (22.88%) Java
4 79 (20.31%) PowerShell
5 75 (19.28%) T-SQL
6 69 (17.74%) Apex Code
7 61 (15.68%) Bash
8 54 (13.88%) Python
9 52 (13.37%) C#
10 35 (9.00%) TypeScript
11 30 (7.71%) SOQL
11 30 (7.71%) SOSL
12 19 (4.88%) PHP
13 11 (2.83%) Go
14 10 (2.57%) C++
15 9 (2.31%) Kotlin
16 5 (1.29%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.77%) C
17 3 (0.77%) Ruby
18 2 (0.51%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 46 (11.83%) Degree
2 36 (9.25%) Security Cleared
3 34 (8.74%) SC Cleared
4 25 (6.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (0.77%) DV Cleared
5 3 (0.77%) Master's Degree
5 3 (0.77%) PhD
6 2 (0.51%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.51%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.26%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (15.42%) NCSC
1 60 (15.42%) NIST
2 31 (7.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (4.37%) GDPR
4 13 (3.34%) QA
5 8 (2.06%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.29%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.77%) HL7
7 3 (0.77%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.51%) Software Quality Assurance
8 2 (0.51%) WCAG
9 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 67 (17.22%) Active Directory
2 49 (12.60%) Docker
3 3 (0.77%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 37 (9.51%) Kubernetes
2 21 (5.40%) Terraform
3 11 (2.83%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.29%) Ansible
5 3 (0.77%) Argo
6 1 (0.26%) Grafana
6 1 (0.26%) Kibana
6 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 79 (20.31%) Salesforce
2 46 (11.83%) Microsoft
3 34 (8.74%) MuleSoft
4 29 (7.46%) ServiceNow
5 28 (7.20%) Splunk
6 25 (6.43%) Oracle
7 13 (3.34%) SAP
8 12 (3.08%) Workday
9 11 (2.83%) IBM
10 9 (2.31%) ConnectWise
10 9 (2.31%) CyberArk
10 9 (2.31%) WooCommerce
11 6 (1.54%) Epicor
11 6 (1.54%) SnapLogic
11 6 (1.54%) Talend
12 5 (1.29%) Dell
12 5 (1.29%) Infor
12 5 (1.29%) Nokia
12 5 (1.29%) Software AG
12 5 (1.29%) TIBCO