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 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 79 126
Rank change year-on-year -23 +47 -31
Permanent jobs citing REST 416 510 786
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.47% 3.97% 2.52%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.40% 12.32% 9.13%
Number of salaries quoted 215 259 721
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,612 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +12.50% -13.60%

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 3,104 4,140 8,608
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.40% 32.26% 27.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,252 3,275 7,468
10th Percentile £41,925 £41,070 £39,500
25th Percentile £52,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,720 £66,219 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.76% +10.37% -8.40%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £79,600
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,212 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.83% +10.35% -11.11%

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 3 April 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 (3.85%) JBoss
2 13 (3.13%) WebSphere
3 8 (1.92%) Anypoint
4 6 (1.44%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.20%) Apache Pulsar
6 3 (0.72%) Apache Solr
6 3 (0.72%) NServiceBus
6 3 (0.72%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.48%) Apache
7 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.48%) Confluence
7 2 (0.48%) Mendix
8 1 (0.24%) Camunda
Applications
1 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.72%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (3.37%) Shopify
2 10 (2.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (2.40%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (2.16%) Magento
4 3 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 165 (39.66%) Azure
2 116 (27.88%) AWS
3 61 (14.66%) Entra ID
4 56 (13.46%) Google Workspace
5 48 (11.54%) GitHub
6 44 (10.58%) SaaS
7 37 (8.89%) GCP
8 34 (8.17%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (7.45%) GitHub Copilot
10 28 (6.73%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 28 (6.73%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 20 (4.81%) Serverless
12 13 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (3.13%) Power Automate
13 9 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (2.16%) Power Platform
14 8 (1.92%) Azure Service Bus
14 8 (1.92%) OpenShift
14 8 (1.92%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 106 (25.48%) Broadband
2 22 (5.29%) HTTP
3 9 (2.16%) Firewall
3 9 (2.16%) SMTP
4 7 (1.68%) SSL
5 6 (1.44%) AMQP
5 6 (1.44%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (1.20%) PuTTY
7 3 (0.72%) Kerberos
7 3 (0.72%) Modbus
7 3 (0.72%) Network Security
7 3 (0.72%) RTP
7 3 (0.72%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.72%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.72%) VoIP
7 3 (0.72%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.24%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.24%) Intranet
8 1 (0.24%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (8.65%) SQL Server
2 29 (6.97%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (5.53%) Relational Database
4 18 (4.33%) NoSQL
5 17 (4.09%) MongoDB
6 13 (3.13%) MySQL
7 5 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.96%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.96%) DocumentDB
8 4 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.96%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.96%) Power BI
8 4 (0.96%) Redis
8 4 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.72%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.48%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.48%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.24%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 50 (12.02%) Jenkins
2 48 (11.54%) GitLab
3 46 (11.06%) Git
4 41 (9.86%) SonarQube
5 16 (3.85%) JIRA
6 12 (2.88%) Selenium
7 10 (2.40%) SpecFlow
8 9 (2.16%) Maven
8 9 (2.16%) WebDriver
9 7 (1.68%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.96%) Gradle
10 4 (0.96%) NUnit
10 4 (0.96%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.72%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.72%) JMeter
11 3 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.48%) JUnit
12 2 (0.48%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.48%) Xcode
General
1 144 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 111 (26.68%) Finance
3 96 (23.08%) Games
4 83 (19.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 61 (14.66%) Organisational Skills
6 57 (13.70%) Marketing
7 34 (8.17%) Public Sector
8 31 (7.45%) Banking
9 29 (6.97%) Law
10 25 (6.01%) Analytical Skills
11 20 (4.81%) Back Office
12 18 (4.33%) Telecoms
13 13 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (3.13%) Retail
14 12 (2.88%) Financial Institution
15 11 (2.64%) Polish Language
16 5 (1.20%) Legal
17 4 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
18 3 (0.72%) Manufacturing
18 3 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 143 (34.38%) Developer
2 116 (27.88%) Senior
3 71 (17.07%) Architect
4 45 (10.82%) Software Engineer
5 39 (9.38%) Salesforce Architect
6 31 (7.45%) Senior Developer
7 25 (6.01%) Full-Stack Developer
8 22 (5.29%) Senior Software Engineer
9 21 (5.05%) Development Engineer
9 21 (5.05%) IAM Developer
9 21 (5.05%) Salesforce Technical Architect
9 21 (5.05%) Senior Architect
9 21 (5.05%) Technical Architect
10 20 (4.81%) Lead
11 19 (4.57%) Java Developer
11 19 (4.57%) Salesforce Developer
12 18 (4.33%) Solutions Architect
13 17 (4.09%) Software Development Engineer
14 16 (3.85%) Systems Engineer
15 15 (3.61%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 201 (48.32%) SOAP
2 80 (19.23%) GraphQL
3 79 (18.99%) Lightning Web Components
4 78 (18.75%) OAuth
5 74 (17.79%) SAML
6 69 (16.59%) .NET
7 62 (14.90%) LDAP
8 61 (14.66%) OpenID
9 60 (14.42%) Visualforce
10 53 (12.74%) React
11 49 (11.78%) Spring
12 46 (11.06%) Middleware
13 43 (10.34%) JSON
14 40 (9.62%) Web Services
15 35 (8.41%) XML
16 30 (7.21%) Node.js
16 30 (7.21%) Spring Boot
17 24 (5.77%) AngularJS
17 24 (5.77%) RESTful
18 23 (5.53%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 89 (21.39%) Product Ownership
2 58 (13.94%) Cyber Threat
2 58 (13.94%) Cyberattack
3 39 (9.38%) Cloud Native
4 30 (7.21%) Distributed Systems
5 19 (4.57%) Low-Code
6 18 (4.33%) Public Cloud
7 14 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (3.13%) DataPower
8 13 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (2.40%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.68%) Algorithms
11 7 (1.68%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.68%) Video\Live Streaming
12 6 (1.44%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.44%) CUDA
13 5 (1.20%) Data Structures
13 5 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
14 4 (0.96%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 28 (6.73%) Linux
2 14 (3.37%) Android
3 11 (2.64%) Unix
4 10 (2.40%) Windows
5 7 (1.68%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.96%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.24%) CentOS
7 1 (0.24%) Debian
7 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (37.26%) Roadmaps
2 154 (37.02%) CI/CD
3 139 (33.41%) DevOps
4 138 (33.17%) Agile
5 99 (23.80%) Mentoring
6 90 (21.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 89 (21.39%) AI
7 89 (21.39%) Event-Driven
8 85 (20.43%) Software Engineering
9 70 (16.83%) Microservices
10 63 (15.14%) Test Automation
11 62 (14.90%) Cybersecurity
11 62 (14.90%) OO
12 59 (14.18%) Identity Access Management
12 59 (14.18%) Scrum
13 58 (13.94%) Problem-Solving
13 58 (13.94%) Programme Delivery
14 57 (13.70%) Community of Practice
15 56 (13.46%) Data Modelling
15 56 (13.46%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 120 (28.85%) SQL
2 103 (24.76%) Java
3 81 (19.47%) Apex Code
4 79 (18.99%) JavaScript
5 72 (17.31%) Python
6 71 (17.07%) T-SQL
7 68 (16.35%) PowerShell
8 58 (13.94%) Bash
9 53 (12.74%) C#
10 43 (10.34%) SOQL
10 43 (10.34%) SOSL
11 38 (9.13%) TypeScript
12 17 (4.09%) Go
13 10 (2.40%) C++
13 10 (2.40%) PHP
14 8 (1.92%) Kotlin
15 5 (1.20%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.72%) Bicep
16 3 (0.72%) C
16 3 (0.72%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 56 (13.46%) Degree
2 40 (9.62%) Security Cleared
3 38 (9.13%) SC Cleared
4 33 (7.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (0.96%) Azure Certification
5 4 (0.96%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.72%) CISSP
6 3 (0.72%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.72%) PhD
7 2 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.48%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (14.18%) NIST
2 58 (13.94%) NCSC
3 31 (7.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (5.77%) QA
5 9 (2.16%) GDPR
6 5 (1.20%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.96%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.72%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.72%) SLA
9 2 (0.48%) HL7
9 2 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 69 (16.59%) Active Directory
2 57 (13.70%) Docker
3 5 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.72%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 45 (10.82%) Kubernetes
2 28 (6.73%) Terraform
3 6 (1.44%) Ansible
3 6 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.72%) Argo
5 2 (0.48%) Kibana
5 2 (0.48%) MIIS
6 1 (0.24%) Grafana
6 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 84 (20.19%) Salesforce
2 45 (10.82%) Splunk
3 43 (10.34%) Microsoft
4 29 (6.97%) MuleSoft
5 21 (5.05%) ServiceNow
6 20 (4.81%) Oracle
7 11 (2.64%) CyberArk
8 9 (2.16%) ConnectWise
8 9 (2.16%) IBM
8 9 (2.16%) SAP
8 9 (2.16%) WooCommerce
9 7 (1.68%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.44%) Cisco
10 6 (1.44%) Epicor
10 6 (1.44%) F5
10 6 (1.44%) Juniper
10 6 (1.44%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.44%) Talend
11 5 (1.20%) IFS
11 5 (1.20%) Workday