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 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 130 156
Rank change year-on-year -34 +26 -50
Permanent jobs citing REST 402 399 489
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.62% 2.40% 2.15%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.91% 10.41% 7.23%
Number of salaries quoted 255 238 314
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,600 £42,238
25th Percentile £56,000 £52,813 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +21.74% -14.18%
75th Percentile £85,625 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,000 £95,000 £87,125
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% +21.74% -17.86%

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 4,512 3,833 6,765
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.20% 23.10% 29.75%
Number of salaries quoted 3,321 2,515 4,650
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,875 £49,527
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -2.26%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,875
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 27 September 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 15 (3.73%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 7 (1.74%) Confluence
4 4 (1.00%) Camunda
5 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.50%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.50%) CMS
6 2 (0.50%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.50%) nginx
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
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 (0.75%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.75%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.49%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.75%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.75%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.50%) Magento
3 2 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.50%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.50%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP CAR
4 1 (0.25%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 191 (47.51%) AWS
2 177 (44.03%) Azure
3 56 (13.93%) SaaS
4 40 (9.95%) GCP
4 40 (9.95%) GitHub
5 38 (9.45%) Azure DevOps
6 34 (8.46%) Power Platform
7 30 (7.46%) Serverless
8 24 (5.97%) Azure Service Bus
9 20 (4.98%) GitHub Actions
10 19 (4.73%) Power Automate
11 18 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
12 17 (4.23%) Azure Monitor
12 17 (4.23%) PowerApps
13 16 (3.98%) Entra ID
13 16 (3.98%) Microsoft Copilot
14 15 (3.73%) Azure Key Vault
15 14 (3.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 13 (3.23%) Azure Functions
17 12 (2.99%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 38 (9.45%) HTTP
2 6 (1.49%) Network Security
3 5 (1.24%) Firewall
3 5 (1.24%) Kerberos
4 4 (1.00%) Broadband
5 3 (0.75%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.50%) SSL
6 2 (0.50%) VPN
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%) Intranet
7 1 (0.25%) LAN
7 1 (0.25%) LTE
7 1 (0.25%) MQTT
7 1 (0.25%) OpenVPN
7 1 (0.25%) OSPF
7 1 (0.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (14.43%) PostgreSQL
2 57 (14.18%) SQL Server
3 41 (10.20%) Relational Database
4 20 (4.98%) NoSQL
5 18 (4.48%) MySQL
6 16 (3.98%) Elasticsearch
7 15 (3.73%) Power BI
8 11 (2.74%) Redis
8 11 (2.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (2.49%) MongoDB
10 8 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (1.24%) Oracle Database
13 4 (1.00%) Ataccama
13 4 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (1.00%) IBM InfoSphere
13 4 (1.00%) MariaDB
13 4 (1.00%) Metadata
13 4 (1.00%) TIBCO EBX
14 3 (0.75%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 93 (23.13%) Git
2 20 (4.98%) JIRA
3 18 (4.48%) JUnit
4 16 (3.98%) Mockito
5 14 (3.48%) Cypress.io
5 14 (3.48%) Maven
6 12 (2.99%) Postman
7 11 (2.74%) Selenium
8 10 (2.49%) GitLab
8 10 (2.49%) Jenkins
9 7 (1.74%) Claude Code
10 6 (1.49%) Storybook
11 5 (1.24%) IntelliJ
12 3 (0.75%) Subversion
13 2 (0.50%) Gradle
13 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
14 1 (0.25%) MLflow
14 1 (0.25%) NUnit
14 1 (0.25%) TestRail
14 1 (0.25%) Vite
General
1 132 (32.84%) Social Skills
2 113 (28.11%) Finance
3 50 (12.44%) Banking
4 32 (7.96%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (7.96%) Public Sector
5 31 (7.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (4.23%) Legal
7 16 (3.98%) Law
8 14 (3.48%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.24%) Financial Institution
9 9 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.24%) Investment Banking
9 9 (2.24%) Retail
10 8 (1.99%) Back Office
10 8 (1.99%) Legal Technology
11 6 (1.49%) Front Office
11 6 (1.49%) Marketing
11 6 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.00%) Aviation
12 4 (1.00%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 140 (34.83%) Developer
2 103 (25.62%) Senior
3 83 (20.65%) Lead
4 71 (17.66%) Software Engineer
5 36 (8.96%) Senior Developer
6 31 (7.71%) Development Engineer
6 31 (7.71%) Software Development Engineer
7 30 (7.46%) .NET Developer
7 30 (7.46%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 29 (7.21%) Architect
9 28 (6.97%) Lead Software Engineer
10 26 (6.47%) Full-Stack Developer
11 20 (4.98%) Technical Leader
12 19 (4.73%) Java Developer
12 19 (4.73%) Java Engineer
13 17 (4.23%) Software Developer
14 15 (3.73%) Consultant
14 15 (3.73%) Lead Developer
14 15 (3.73%) Python Engineer
15 14 (3.48%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (27.11%) React
2 90 (22.39%) .NET
3 54 (13.43%) Spring
4 50 (12.44%) SOAP
5 45 (11.19%) Terraform
6 37 (9.20%) AngularJS
6 37 (9.20%) Node.js
7 35 (8.71%) Spring Boot
8 31 (7.71%) CSS
9 29 (7.21%) .NET Core
9 29 (7.21%) ASP.NET
10 26 (6.47%) Kafka
11 25 (6.22%) OAuth
12 22 (5.47%) Blazor
13 21 (5.22%) GraphQL
13 21 (5.22%) RESTful
14 17 (4.23%) Playwright
15 16 (3.98%) HTML
16 15 (3.73%) RabbitMQ
16 15 (3.73%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 50 (12.44%) Product Ownership
2 43 (10.70%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (9.20%) Enterprise Software
4 33 (8.21%) Public Cloud
5 32 (7.96%) Cloud Native
6 18 (4.48%) Mobile App
7 17 (4.23%) AI Agents
8 12 (2.99%) Onboarding
9 11 (2.74%) CMDB
9 11 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (2.24%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.99%) Data Structures
12 8 (1.99%) IoT
12 8 (1.99%) Management Information System
13 5 (1.24%) Reference Data
13 5 (1.24%) Video\Live Streaming
14 4 (1.00%) Cyber Defence
14 4 (1.00%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.73%) Linux
2 13 (3.23%) Android
3 11 (2.74%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.49%) 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
1 198 (49.25%) CI/CD
2 141 (35.07%) Software Engineering
3 127 (31.59%) Agile
4 125 (31.09%) AI
5 108 (26.87%) Mentoring
6 106 (26.37%) Problem-Solving
7 105 (26.12%) DevOps
8 94 (23.38%) Full-Stack Development
9 93 (23.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 93 (23.13%) Technical Leadership
10 87 (21.64%) Microservices
11 72 (17.91%) Roadmaps
12 70 (17.41%) Test Automation
13 69 (17.16%) Event-Driven
14 59 (14.68%) TDD
15 53 (13.18%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 52 (12.94%) SDLC
17 48 (11.94%) Stakeholder Management
18 47 (11.69%) Containerisation
18 47 (11.69%) OO
Programming Languages
1 119 (29.60%) Java
2 108 (26.87%) SQL
3 88 (21.89%) C#
4 87 (21.64%) JavaScript
5 69 (17.16%) TypeScript
6 66 (16.42%) Python
7 22 (5.47%) PowerShell
8 14 (3.48%) PL/SQL
9 13 (3.23%) Apex Code
10 11 (2.74%) Bash
10 11 (2.74%) Go
11 8 (1.99%) T-SQL
12 6 (1.49%) Bicep
12 6 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (1.49%) Ruby
13 5 (1.24%) SOQL
14 4 (1.00%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.75%) C
15 3 (0.75%) PHP
16 2 (0.50%) Dart
Qualifications
1 59 (14.68%) Security Cleared
2 37 (9.20%) SC Cleared
3 24 (5.97%) Degree
4 17 (4.23%) DV Cleared
5 15 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.24%) CISSP
7 4 (1.00%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.00%) 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 55 (13.68%) QA
2 21 (5.22%) Accessibility
3 17 (4.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (3.73%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.24%) GDPR
5 5 (1.24%) NIST
5 5 (1.24%) WCAG
6 4 (1.00%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.75%) NCSC
8 2 (0.50%) SLA
9 1 (0.25%) GRC
System Software
1 112 (27.86%) Docker
2 13 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.25%) Firmware
3 1 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 60 (14.93%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.49%) Ansible
3 9 (2.24%) Grafana
4 5 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.75%) Argo
5 3 (0.75%) Kibana
5 3 (0.75%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.25%) Consul
7 1 (0.25%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.25%) logstash
7 1 (0.25%) Podman
Vendors
1 78 (19.40%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.72%) Oracle
3 18 (4.48%) Salesforce
3 18 (4.48%) ServiceNow
4 12 (2.99%) Informatica
4 12 (2.99%) OpenAI
5 10 (2.49%) Google
6 9 (2.24%) MuleSoft
7 7 (1.74%) Sage
8 6 (1.49%) IBM
9 5 (1.24%) CyberArk
9 5 (1.24%) SAP
9 5 (1.24%) TIBCO
10 4 (1.00%) Dynatrace
10 4 (1.00%) Foundry
11 3 (0.75%) Aderant
11 3 (0.75%) Adobe
11 3 (0.75%) HighQ
11 3 (0.75%) iManage
11 3 (0.75%) Intapp