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 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 130 158
Rank change year-on-year -16 +28 -59
Permanent jobs citing REST 423 423 532
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.87% 2.57% 2.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.18% 10.42% 8.18%
Number of salaries quoted 243 264 463
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +21.74% -14.18%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £73,288
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year - +20.69% -17.14%

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 4,157 4,058 6,501
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.39% 24.61% 25.88%
Number of salaries quoted 3,136 2,722 5,269
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -4.36%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +9.76% -8.89%

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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 7 August 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 (2.60%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 5 (1.18%) Camunda
4 4 (0.95%) Confluence
5 3 (0.71%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.71%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.47%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.47%) JBoss
7 1 (0.24%) Apache
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.24%) Documentum
7 1 (0.24%) IIS
7 1 (0.24%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 3 (0.71%) Moqups
2 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.47%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.18%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.71%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.71%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.47%) Magento
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.47%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.24%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.24%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 196 (46.34%) AWS
2 175 (41.37%) Azure
3 51 (12.06%) SaaS
4 49 (11.58%) GCP
5 38 (8.98%) GitHub
6 34 (8.04%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (5.44%) Power Platform
7 23 (5.44%) Serverless
8 18 (4.26%) GitHub Actions
9 16 (3.78%) Azure Service Bus
10 13 (3.07%) Power Automate
10 13 (3.07%) PowerApps
11 12 (2.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 12 (2.84%) Entra ID
11 12 (2.84%) GitHub Copilot
12 11 (2.60%) Anthropic Claude
12 11 (2.60%) Figma
13 10 (2.36%) Azure Monitor
13 10 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
13 10 (2.36%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 39 (9.22%) Broadband
2 35 (8.27%) HTTP
3 12 (2.84%) Firewall
4 8 (1.89%) Network Security
5 7 (1.65%) Kerberos
5 7 (1.65%) SSL
6 5 (1.18%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (1.18%) SMTP
6 5 (1.18%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.71%) Modbus
8 1 (0.24%) BGP
8 1 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.24%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (0.24%) Intranet
8 1 (0.24%) LAN
8 1 (0.24%) MQTT
8 1 (0.24%) NX-OS
8 1 (0.24%) OSPF
8 1 (0.24%) VXLAN
8 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (14.18%) PostgreSQL
2 53 (12.53%) SQL Server
3 38 (8.98%) Relational Database
4 23 (5.44%) NoSQL
5 20 (4.73%) MongoDB
6 17 (4.02%) MySQL
7 13 (3.07%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (2.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (1.89%) Power BI
9 8 (1.89%) Redis
10 6 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (1.18%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.95%) Ataccama
12 4 (0.95%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.95%) IBM InfoSphere
12 4 (0.95%) MariaDB
12 4 (0.95%) TIBCO EBX
13 3 (0.71%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.71%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 88 (20.80%) Git
2 36 (8.51%) GitLab
3 34 (8.04%) Jenkins
4 26 (6.15%) SonarQube
5 16 (3.78%) JUnit
6 15 (3.55%) JIRA
7 14 (3.31%) Mockito
8 13 (3.07%) Maven
9 12 (2.84%) Selenium
10 8 (1.89%) Cypress.io
11 7 (1.65%) Claude Code
12 5 (1.18%) Postman
13 3 (0.71%) IntelliJ
13 3 (0.71%) NUnit
13 3 (0.71%) SpecFlow
13 3 (0.71%) Storybook
13 3 (0.71%) TeamCity
13 3 (0.71%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
13 3 (0.71%) WebDriver
General
1 125 (29.55%) Social Skills
2 124 (29.31%) Finance
3 70 (16.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 53 (12.53%) Banking
5 36 (8.51%) Games
5 36 (8.51%) Public Sector
6 33 (7.80%) Analytical Skills
7 30 (7.09%) Marketing
8 21 (4.96%) Law
9 15 (3.55%) Manufacturing
10 14 (3.31%) Financial Institution
10 14 (3.31%) Legal
11 12 (2.84%) Retail
12 11 (2.60%) Back Office
13 9 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.89%) Investment Banking
14 8 (1.89%) Legal Technology
14 8 (1.89%) Polish Language
15 7 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (1.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 139 (32.86%) Developer
2 88 (20.80%) Senior
3 72 (17.02%) Lead
4 68 (16.08%) Software Engineer
5 57 (13.48%) Architect
6 31 (7.33%) Development Engineer
6 31 (7.33%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 31 (7.33%) Senior Developer
6 31 (7.33%) Software Development Engineer
7 29 (6.86%) Salesforce Architect
8 28 (6.62%) Full-Stack Developer
9 26 (6.15%) Lead Software Engineer
10 25 (5.91%) .NET Developer
11 22 (5.20%) Consultant
12 21 (4.96%) Technical Architect
13 20 (4.73%) Python Engineer
14 18 (4.26%) Java Developer
15 17 (4.02%) Technical Leader
16 16 (3.78%) Java Engineer
16 16 (3.78%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (23.88%) React
2 85 (20.09%) .NET
3 84 (19.86%) SOAP
4 47 (11.11%) Spring
5 39 (9.22%) Lightning Web Components
6 36 (8.51%) Node.js
7 35 (8.27%) Visualforce
8 33 (7.80%) AngularJS
9 29 (6.86%) Spring Boot
10 27 (6.38%) ASP.NET
10 27 (6.38%) OAuth
11 25 (5.91%) .NET Core
11 25 (5.91%) CSS
11 25 (5.91%) Kafka
12 22 (5.20%) GraphQL
12 22 (5.20%) JSON
13 21 (4.96%) RESTful
14 19 (4.49%) Blazor
14 19 (4.49%) Django
14 19 (4.49%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 86 (20.33%) Product Ownership
2 36 (8.51%) Cloud Native
3 35 (8.27%) Distributed Systems
4 34 (8.04%) Public Cloud
5 31 (7.33%) Enterprise Software
6 21 (4.96%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (4.02%) Low-Code
8 14 (3.31%) AI Agents
8 14 (3.31%) Mobile App
9 13 (3.07%) Onboarding
10 11 (2.60%) CMDB
11 10 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (2.36%) Video\Live Streaming
12 8 (1.89%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.89%) IoT
13 6 (1.42%) CUDA
14 5 (1.18%) Data Structures
14 5 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
15 4 (0.95%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.15%) Linux
2 10 (2.36%) Android
2 10 (2.36%) Windows
3 8 (1.89%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.42%) Unix
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (48.70%) CI/CD
2 143 (33.81%) Agile
3 135 (31.91%) Software Engineering
4 128 (30.26%) DevOps
5 114 (26.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 112 (26.48%) AI
7 97 (22.93%) Problem-Solving
8 96 (22.70%) Full-Stack Development
9 94 (22.22%) Roadmaps
10 88 (20.80%) Event-Driven
11 86 (20.33%) Microservices
12 85 (20.09%) Mentoring
13 79 (18.68%) Technical Leadership
14 71 (16.78%) OO
15 70 (16.55%) Test Automation
16 64 (15.13%) Scrum
17 55 (13.00%) Containerisation
18 54 (12.77%) TDD
19 53 (12.53%) Infrastructure as Code
20 47 (11.11%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 110 (26.00%) Java
2 101 (23.88%) SQL
3 90 (21.28%) JavaScript
4 82 (19.39%) Python
5 79 (18.68%) C#
6 65 (15.37%) TypeScript
7 42 (9.93%) Apex Code
8 29 (6.86%) SOQL
9 27 (6.38%) SOSL
10 20 (4.73%) PowerShell
11 14 (3.31%) PL/SQL
12 13 (3.07%) Go
13 12 (2.84%) Bash
14 9 (2.13%) T-SQL
15 6 (1.42%) Ruby
16 5 (1.18%) Bicep
17 4 (0.95%) PHP
18 3 (0.71%) DataWeave
19 2 (0.47%) Kotlin
19 2 (0.47%) Scala
Qualifications
1 58 (13.71%) Security Cleared
2 40 (9.46%) SC Cleared
3 32 (7.57%) Degree
4 24 (5.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (4.02%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.65%) CISSP
7 4 (0.95%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.71%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.24%) CCIE
9 1 (0.24%) CCNP
9 1 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.24%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (13.71%) QA
2 16 (3.78%) Accessibility
3 14 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.60%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.42%) NIST
6 5 (1.18%) GDPR
6 5 (1.18%) NCSC
7 4 (0.95%) WCAG
8 3 (0.71%) SLA
9 2 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 105 (24.82%) Docker
2 19 (4.49%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 63 (14.89%) Kubernetes
2 43 (10.17%) Terraform
3 10 (2.36%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.65%) Ansible
5 4 (0.95%) Grafana
5 4 (0.95%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.47%) Argo
6 2 (0.47%) Kibana
6 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.47%) MIIS
7 1 (0.24%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 60 (14.18%) Microsoft
2 48 (11.35%) Salesforce
3 30 (7.09%) Splunk
4 25 (5.91%) Oracle
4 25 (5.91%) ServiceNow
5 15 (3.55%) MuleSoft
6 11 (2.60%) Informatica
7 9 (2.13%) CyberArk
7 9 (2.13%) OpenAI
8 7 (1.65%) Google
9 6 (1.42%) Cisco
10 5 (1.18%) F5
10 5 (1.18%) IBM
10 5 (1.18%) Juniper
10 5 (1.18%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.18%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.18%) TIBCO
11 4 (0.95%) Sage
11 4 (0.95%) SAP
12 3 (0.71%) Databricks