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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 138 157
Rank change year-on-year -17 +19 -61
Permanent jobs citing REST 419 418 531
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.85% 2.53% 2.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.10% 10.40% 8.24%
Number of salaries quoted 244 262 461
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £54,688 £51,563 £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 £73,250
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 4,149 4,020 6,443
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.28% 24.33% 25.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3,125 2,695 5,212
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £49,611 £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 £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.87% -8.15%

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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 10 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 (2.63%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 5 (1.19%) Camunda
3 5 (1.19%) Confluence
4 3 (0.72%) Anypoint
4 3 (0.72%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.48%) JBoss
6 1 (0.24%) Apache
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.24%) Documentum
6 1 (0.24%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 4 (0.95%) Moqups
2 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.48%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.43%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.72%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.72%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.48%) Magento
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.48%) 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
1 197 (47.02%) AWS
2 175 (41.77%) Azure
3 52 (12.41%) SaaS
4 49 (11.69%) GCP
5 39 (9.31%) GitHub
6 34 (8.11%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (5.49%) Power Platform
7 23 (5.49%) Serverless
8 19 (4.53%) GitHub Actions
9 16 (3.82%) Azure Service Bus
10 13 (3.10%) Power Automate
10 13 (3.10%) PowerApps
11 12 (2.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 12 (2.86%) Figma
11 12 (2.86%) GitHub Copilot
12 11 (2.63%) Entra ID
13 10 (2.39%) Anthropic Claude
13 10 (2.39%) Azure Monitor
13 10 (2.39%) Microsoft 365
13 10 (2.39%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 36 (8.59%) HTTP
2 32 (7.64%) Broadband
3 12 (2.86%) Firewall
4 8 (1.91%) Network Security
5 7 (1.67%) Kerberos
5 7 (1.67%) SSL
6 5 (1.19%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (1.19%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.95%) SMTP
8 3 (0.72%) Modbus
9 1 (0.24%) BGP
9 1 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.24%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (0.24%) Intranet
9 1 (0.24%) LAN
9 1 (0.24%) MQTT
9 1 (0.24%) NX-OS
9 1 (0.24%) OSPF
9 1 (0.24%) VXLAN
9 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (14.56%) PostgreSQL
2 53 (12.65%) SQL Server
3 39 (9.31%) Relational Database
4 23 (5.49%) NoSQL
5 20 (4.77%) MongoDB
6 17 (4.06%) MySQL
7 13 (3.10%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (2.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (2.15%) Redis
10 8 (1.91%) Power BI
11 6 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (1.19%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.95%) Ataccama
13 4 (0.95%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.95%) IBM InfoSphere
13 4 (0.95%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.95%) TIBCO EBX
14 3 (0.72%) Amazon Athena
14 3 (0.72%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 89 (21.24%) Git
2 30 (7.16%) GitLab
3 28 (6.68%) Jenkins
4 20 (4.77%) SonarQube
5 16 (3.82%) JIRA
5 16 (3.82%) JUnit
6 14 (3.34%) Mockito
7 13 (3.10%) Maven
7 13 (3.10%) Selenium
8 9 (2.15%) Cypress.io
9 6 (1.43%) Claude Code
9 6 (1.43%) Postman
10 3 (0.72%) NUnit
10 3 (0.72%) SpecFlow
10 3 (0.72%) Storybook
10 3 (0.72%) Subversion
10 3 (0.72%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.72%) WebDriver
General
1 127 (30.31%) Social Skills
2 124 (29.59%) Finance
3 63 (15.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 53 (12.65%) Banking
5 35 (8.35%) Public Sector
6 34 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
7 29 (6.92%) Games
8 24 (5.73%) Marketing
9 21 (5.01%) Law
10 16 (3.82%) Manufacturing
11 14 (3.34%) Financial Institution
11 14 (3.34%) Legal
12 12 (2.86%) Retail
13 11 (2.63%) Back Office
14 10 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.91%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.91%) Legal Technology
15 8 (1.91%) Polish Language
16 6 (1.43%) Front Office
16 6 (1.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 138 (32.94%) Developer
2 88 (21.00%) Senior
3 72 (17.18%) Lead
4 69 (16.47%) Software Engineer
5 51 (12.17%) Architect
6 31 (7.40%) Development Engineer
6 31 (7.40%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 31 (7.40%) Senior Developer
6 31 (7.40%) Software Development Engineer
7 27 (6.44%) Full-Stack Developer
8 26 (6.21%) Lead Software Engineer
9 25 (5.97%) .NET Developer
10 23 (5.49%) Salesforce Architect
11 21 (5.01%) Consultant
12 20 (4.77%) Python Engineer
13 18 (4.30%) Java Developer
13 18 (4.30%) Technical Architect
14 17 (4.06%) Technical Leader
15 16 (3.82%) Java Engineer
16 15 (3.58%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (24.11%) React
2 85 (20.29%) .NET
3 79 (18.85%) SOAP
4 47 (11.22%) Spring
5 37 (8.83%) Node.js
6 33 (7.88%) AngularJS
6 33 (7.88%) Lightning Web Components
7 29 (6.92%) Spring Boot
7 29 (6.92%) Visualforce
8 27 (6.44%) ASP.NET
9 26 (6.21%) CSS
9 26 (6.21%) OAuth
10 25 (5.97%) .NET Core
10 25 (5.97%) Kafka
11 22 (5.25%) JSON
12 21 (5.01%) RESTful
13 20 (4.77%) GraphQL
14 19 (4.53%) Blazor
14 19 (4.53%) Django
15 17 (4.06%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 81 (19.33%) Product Ownership
2 36 (8.59%) Cloud Native
3 35 (8.35%) Distributed Systems
4 33 (7.88%) Public Cloud
5 31 (7.40%) Enterprise Software
6 21 (5.01%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (4.06%) Low-Code
8 14 (3.34%) AI Agents
8 14 (3.34%) Mobile App
9 13 (3.10%) Onboarding
10 11 (2.63%) CMDB
10 11 (2.63%) Video\Live Streaming
11 10 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.91%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.91%) IoT
13 6 (1.43%) CUDA
14 5 (1.19%) Data Structures
14 5 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
15 4 (0.95%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.21%) Linux
2 11 (2.63%) Android
3 9 (2.15%) Apple iOS
3 9 (2.15%) Windows
4 6 (1.43%) Unix
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (48.21%) CI/CD
2 138 (32.94%) Agile
3 136 (32.46%) Software Engineering
4 122 (29.12%) DevOps
5 113 (26.97%) AI
6 110 (26.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 97 (23.15%) Problem-Solving
8 96 (22.91%) Full-Stack Development
9 89 (21.24%) Roadmaps
10 86 (20.53%) Microservices
11 85 (20.29%) Mentoring
12 84 (20.05%) Event-Driven
13 79 (18.85%) Technical Leadership
14 71 (16.95%) Test Automation
15 65 (15.51%) OO
16 59 (14.08%) Scrum
17 56 (13.37%) Containerisation
18 54 (12.89%) TDD
19 53 (12.65%) Infrastructure as Code
20 47 (11.22%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 111 (26.49%) Java
2 101 (24.11%) SQL
3 89 (21.24%) JavaScript
4 81 (19.33%) Python
5 79 (18.85%) C#
6 66 (15.75%) TypeScript
7 36 (8.59%) Apex Code
8 23 (5.49%) SOQL
9 21 (5.01%) SOSL
10 19 (4.53%) PowerShell
11 14 (3.34%) Go
11 14 (3.34%) PL/SQL
12 11 (2.63%) Bash
13 8 (1.91%) T-SQL
14 6 (1.43%) Ruby
15 5 (1.19%) Bicep
16 4 (0.95%) PHP
17 3 (0.72%) DataWeave
18 2 (0.48%) Kotlin
18 2 (0.48%) Scala
Qualifications
1 58 (13.84%) Security Cleared
2 39 (9.31%) SC Cleared
3 32 (7.64%) Degree
4 24 (5.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (4.06%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.67%) CISSP
7 4 (0.95%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.72%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.24%) CCIE
9 1 (0.24%) CCNP
9 1 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.24%) CSPO
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 59 (14.08%) QA
2 16 (3.82%) Accessibility
3 14 (3.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.63%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.19%) GDPR
5 5 (1.19%) NIST
6 4 (0.95%) NCSC
6 4 (0.95%) WCAG
7 3 (0.72%) SLA
8 2 (0.48%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.24%) GRC
System Software
1 106 (25.30%) Docker
2 17 (4.06%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 63 (15.04%) Kubernetes
2 42 (10.02%) Terraform
3 10 (2.39%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.67%) Ansible
5 4 (0.95%) Grafana
5 4 (0.95%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.48%) Argo
6 2 (0.48%) Kibana
6 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.48%) MIIS
7 1 (0.24%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 60 (14.32%) Microsoft
2 42 (10.02%) Salesforce
3 26 (6.21%) Oracle
4 25 (5.97%) ServiceNow
5 24 (5.73%) Splunk
6 15 (3.58%) MuleSoft
7 11 (2.63%) Informatica
8 9 (2.15%) OpenAI
9 8 (1.91%) CyberArk
10 7 (1.67%) Google
11 6 (1.43%) Cisco
12 5 (1.19%) F5
12 5 (1.19%) IBM
12 5 (1.19%) Juniper
12 5 (1.19%) Palo Alto
12 5 (1.19%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.19%) TIBCO
13 4 (0.95%) Sage
13 4 (0.95%) SAP
14 3 (0.72%) iManage