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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 134 153
Rank change year-on-year -9 +19 -49
Permanent jobs citing REST 415 432 601
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.91% 2.62% 2.09%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.25% 10.24% 8.13%
Number of salaries quoted 232 273 530
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,744 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -11.11%
75th Percentile £81,063 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £94,875 £96,250 £93,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +16.67% -14.29%

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 4,048 4,219 7,389
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.68% 25.59% 25.71%
Number of salaries quoted 3,056 2,869 6,150
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £39,214
25th Percentile £49,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,206 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +7.65% -5.89%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -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 23 July 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 (2.65%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (0.96%) JBoss
4 3 (0.72%) Anypoint
4 3 (0.72%) Apache Solr
4 3 (0.72%) Camunda
5 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.48%) Confluence
5 2 (0.48%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.24%) Apache
6 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.24%) Documentum
6 1 (0.24%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.24%) Moqups
1 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.96%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.72%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.72%) Elite 3E
2 3 (0.72%) Magento
2 3 (0.72%) Shopify
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.48%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 172 (41.45%) AWS
2 156 (37.59%) Azure
3 44 (10.60%) SaaS
4 38 (9.16%) GCP
4 38 (9.16%) GitHub
5 30 (7.23%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (6.27%) Entra ID
7 22 (5.30%) Serverless
8 21 (5.06%) Power Platform
9 20 (4.82%) GitHub Actions
10 18 (4.34%) Google Workspace
11 14 (3.37%) Azure Service Bus
12 11 (2.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 11 (2.65%) Power Automate
12 11 (2.65%) PowerApps
13 10 (2.41%) AWS Lambda
13 10 (2.41%) GitHub Copilot
14 9 (2.17%) Anthropic Claude
15 8 (1.93%) Amazon S3
15 8 (1.93%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 61 (14.70%) Broadband
2 34 (8.19%) HTTP
3 12 (2.89%) Firewall
4 7 (1.69%) Network Security
4 7 (1.69%) SMTP
4 7 (1.69%) SSL
5 6 (1.45%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (1.45%) Kerberos
6 5 (1.20%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.72%) Modbus
8 2 (0.48%) RTP
8 2 (0.48%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.48%) VoIP
8 2 (0.48%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.24%) BGP
9 1 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.24%) Intranet
9 1 (0.24%) LAN
9 1 (0.24%) OSPF
9 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (13.98%) PostgreSQL
2 45 (10.84%) SQL Server
3 33 (7.95%) Relational Database
4 22 (5.30%) MongoDB
4 22 (5.30%) NoSQL
5 19 (4.58%) MySQL
6 11 (2.65%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (1.93%) Power BI
9 6 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (1.45%) Oracle Database
9 6 (1.45%) Redis
10 5 (1.20%) MariaDB
11 4 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.96%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.72%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (0.72%) Ataccama
12 3 (0.72%) DocumentDB
12 3 (0.72%) Neo4j
12 3 (0.72%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 78 (18.80%) Git
2 44 (10.60%) GitLab
3 40 (9.64%) Jenkins
4 34 (8.19%) SonarQube
5 13 (3.13%) JIRA
6 11 (2.65%) JUnit
7 10 (2.41%) Maven
7 10 (2.41%) Selenium
8 9 (2.17%) Mockito
9 7 (1.69%) Claude Code
10 5 (1.20%) SpecFlow
10 5 (1.20%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.96%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.96%) Gradle
12 3 (0.72%) Postman
12 3 (0.72%) Storybook
12 3 (0.72%) Subversion
12 3 (0.72%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 124 (29.88%) Social Skills
2 115 (27.71%) Finance
3 78 (18.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 54 (13.01%) Banking
5 50 (12.05%) Games
6 38 (9.16%) Marketing
6 38 (9.16%) Public Sector
7 31 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
8 22 (5.30%) Organisational Skills
9 19 (4.58%) Law
10 14 (3.37%) Back Office
10 14 (3.37%) Financial Institution
10 14 (3.37%) Manufacturing
11 13 (3.13%) Legal
12 12 (2.89%) Retail
13 10 (2.41%) Polish Language
14 9 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.93%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.93%) Legal Technology
16 7 (1.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 131 (31.57%) Developer
2 81 (19.52%) Senior
3 67 (16.14%) Lead
4 65 (15.66%) Software Engineer
5 64 (15.42%) Architect
6 35 (8.43%) Salesforce Architect
7 30 (7.23%) Development Engineer
7 30 (7.23%) Software Development Engineer
8 26 (6.27%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 25 (6.02%) Lead Software Engineer
9 25 (6.02%) Senior Developer
9 25 (6.02%) Technical Architect
10 24 (5.78%) Consultant
11 23 (5.54%) Full-Stack Developer
12 18 (4.34%) .NET Developer
12 18 (4.34%) Java Developer
12 18 (4.34%) Salesforce Technical Architect
13 16 (3.86%) Solutions Architect
14 15 (3.61%) Python Engineer
14 15 (3.61%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (25.06%) SOAP
2 83 (20.00%) React
3 77 (18.55%) .NET
4 46 (11.08%) Lightning Web Components
5 45 (10.84%) Spring
6 44 (10.60%) Visualforce
7 43 (10.36%) OAuth
8 37 (8.92%) GraphQL
9 36 (8.67%) Node.js
10 35 (8.43%) SAML
11 34 (8.19%) Spring Boot
12 31 (7.47%) AngularJS
13 29 (6.99%) OpenID
14 27 (6.51%) LDAP
15 26 (6.27%) JSON
16 25 (6.02%) ASP.NET
17 24 (5.78%) CSS
17 24 (5.78%) Kafka
17 24 (5.78%) RESTful
18 22 (5.30%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 86 (20.72%) Product Ownership
2 33 (7.95%) Cloud Native
2 33 (7.95%) Distributed Systems
2 33 (7.95%) Public Cloud
3 18 (4.34%) Cyber Threat
3 18 (4.34%) Cyberattack
3 18 (4.34%) Enterprise Software
3 18 (4.34%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (3.61%) Low-Code
5 13 (3.13%) Onboarding
6 12 (2.89%) Mobile App
7 11 (2.65%) CMDB
8 10 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.93%) AI Agents
9 8 (1.93%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.93%) Video\Live Streaming
10 6 (1.45%) CUDA
11 5 (1.20%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.78%) Linux
2 11 (2.65%) Windows
3 8 (1.93%) Android
4 7 (1.69%) Unix
5 6 (1.45%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.48%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (45.06%) CI/CD
2 132 (31.81%) Agile
3 126 (30.36%) DevOps
4 120 (28.92%) Software Engineering
5 117 (28.19%) Roadmaps
6 111 (26.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 90 (21.69%) Event-Driven
8 87 (20.96%) AI
9 85 (20.48%) Problem-Solving
10 82 (19.76%) Mentoring
11 80 (19.28%) Full-Stack Development
11 80 (19.28%) Microservices
12 73 (17.59%) OO
13 68 (16.39%) Technical Leadership
14 64 (15.42%) Scrum
15 63 (15.18%) Test Automation
16 54 (13.01%) Design Patterns
17 51 (12.29%) Infrastructure as Code
18 49 (11.81%) Containerisation
19 47 (11.33%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 107 (25.78%) Java
2 100 (24.10%) SQL
3 80 (19.28%) JavaScript
4 77 (18.55%) Python
5 67 (16.14%) C#
6 57 (13.73%) TypeScript
7 49 (11.81%) Apex Code
8 36 (8.67%) SOQL
9 35 (8.43%) SOSL
10 33 (7.95%) PowerShell
11 24 (5.78%) T-SQL
12 23 (5.54%) Bash
13 12 (2.89%) Go
14 10 (2.41%) PL/SQL
15 6 (1.45%) Ruby
16 5 (1.20%) Bicep
16 5 (1.20%) PHP
17 3 (0.72%) C++
17 3 (0.72%) DataWeave
18 2 (0.48%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 50 (12.05%) Security Cleared
2 33 (7.95%) Degree
2 33 (7.95%) SC Cleared
3 24 (5.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (3.61%) DV Cleared
5 6 (1.45%) CISSP
6 4 (0.96%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.48%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.48%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.24%) CCIE
8 1 (0.24%) CCNP
8 1 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (11.57%) QA
2 25 (6.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (5.06%) NIST
4 20 (4.82%) NCSC
5 11 (2.65%) Accessibility
6 10 (2.41%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.20%) GDPR
8 3 (0.72%) SLA
8 3 (0.72%) WCAG
9 2 (0.48%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.48%) SOC 2
System Software
1 91 (21.93%) Docker
2 34 (8.19%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.48%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 55 (13.25%) Kubernetes
2 35 (8.43%) Terraform
3 9 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.45%) Ansible
5 4 (0.96%) Argo
5 4 (0.96%) Grafana
5 4 (0.96%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.48%) Kibana
6 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.48%) MIIS
Vendors
1 55 (13.25%) Salesforce
2 54 (13.01%) Microsoft
3 38 (9.16%) Splunk
4 26 (6.27%) ServiceNow
5 21 (5.06%) Oracle
6 14 (3.37%) MuleSoft
7 9 (2.17%) CyberArk
7 9 (2.17%) OpenAI
8 8 (1.93%) Informatica
9 7 (1.69%) Cisco
9 7 (1.69%) Google
10 6 (1.45%) F5
10 6 (1.45%) Juniper
10 6 (1.45%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.45%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.96%) IBM
12 3 (0.72%) Aderant
12 3 (0.72%) Intapp
12 3 (0.72%) TIBCO
12 3 (0.72%) WooCommerce