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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 165 100
Rank change year-on-year +32 -65 -32
Permanent jobs citing REST 386 485 748
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.38% 2.08% 3.01%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.75% 7.80% 9.42%
Number of salaries quoted 236 346 651
10th Percentile £41,500 £42,238 £46,250
25th Percentile £54,688 £48,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -14.81% +8.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £58,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +20.69% -17.14% +3.70%

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 3,590 6,218 7,943
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.10% 26.64% 31.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,355 4,467 6,914
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - -
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £124,000 £122,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £66,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -2.26% +2.31%

REST
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

REST trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

REST
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing REST.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing REST

REST
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing REST over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

REST salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

REST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (3.89%) IIS
2 9 (2.33%) Tomcat
3 8 (2.07%) Confluence
3 8 (2.07%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.30%) nginx
5 3 (0.78%) CMS
6 2 (0.52%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.26%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.26%) JBoss
7 1 (0.26%) Mendix
7 1 (0.26%) MetaMask
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.26%) Strapi
7 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.52%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.26%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 18 (4.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.81%) NetSuite
3 5 (1.30%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.04%) JDE OneWorld
5 3 (0.78%) Shopify
6 2 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.26%) Magento
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 215 (55.70%) Azure
2 172 (44.56%) AWS
3 46 (11.92%) SaaS
4 38 (9.84%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (5.70%) Azure Service Bus
5 22 (5.70%) GitHub
5 22 (5.70%) Power Automate
6 21 (5.44%) Serverless
7 19 (4.92%) GCP
8 18 (4.66%) Azure Logic Apps
8 18 (4.66%) Power Platform
9 14 (3.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 14 (3.63%) Entra ID
9 14 (3.63%) SonarCloud
10 13 (3.37%) PowerApps
11 12 (3.11%) Boomi
11 12 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
14 8 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.59%) SSL
2 9 (2.33%) DMARC
3 4 (1.04%) Broadband
3 4 (1.04%) HTTP
4 3 (0.78%) FTP
5 1 (0.26%) 3GPP
5 1 (0.26%) 4G
5 1 (0.26%) 5G
5 1 (0.26%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.26%) Firewall
5 1 (0.26%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.26%) IP Telephony
5 1 (0.26%) PSTN
5 1 (0.26%) RFID
5 1 (0.26%) SCTP
5 1 (0.26%) VoIP
5 1 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 148 (38.34%) SQL Server
2 37 (9.59%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (5.96%) MySQL
4 19 (4.92%) NoSQL
5 18 (4.66%) MongoDB
6 16 (4.15%) Elasticsearch
7 15 (3.89%) Relational Database
8 10 (2.59%) Power BI
9 9 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (2.07%) Redis
10 8 (2.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (1.81%) RDBMS
12 4 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.04%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.78%) Metadata
14 2 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
14 2 (0.52%) Big Data
14 2 (0.52%) MariaDB
14 2 (0.52%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 114 (29.53%) JIRA
2 112 (29.02%) GitLab
3 102 (26.42%) SonarQube
4 98 (25.39%) Sonatype Nexus
5 95 (24.61%) Maven
6 94 (24.35%) Selenium
7 92 (23.83%) Cucumber
8 91 (23.58%) Bitbucket
9 63 (16.32%) Git
10 19 (4.92%) Jenkins
11 17 (4.40%) Visual Studio
12 15 (3.89%) Octopus Deploy
13 14 (3.63%) MSBuild
13 14 (3.63%) Team Foundation Server
14 7 (1.81%) SpecFlow
15 6 (1.55%) JUnit
16 5 (1.30%) Cypress.io
16 5 (1.30%) Moq
16 5 (1.30%) Postman
17 4 (1.04%) webpack
General
1 154 (39.90%) Finance
2 114 (29.53%) Retail
3 111 (28.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 96 (24.87%) Banking
5 93 (24.09%) Investment Banking
6 90 (23.32%) Corporate Banking
7 78 (20.21%) Social Skills
8 38 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
9 14 (3.63%) Public Sector
10 10 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.33%) Czech Language
11 9 (2.33%) Front Office
11 9 (2.33%) Games
12 7 (1.81%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.30%) Back Office
13 5 (1.30%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.04%) Automotive
14 4 (1.04%) Law
14 4 (1.04%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 132 (34.20%) Developer
2 112 (29.02%) Software Engineer
3 66 (17.10%) Senior
4 26 (6.74%) Architect
4 26 (6.74%) Lead
5 24 (6.22%) Senior Developer
6 22 (5.70%) C# Developer
7 20 (5.18%) Python Engineer
8 19 (4.92%) .NET Developer
9 18 (4.66%) Technical Architect
10 16 (4.15%) Integration Developer
10 16 (4.15%) Java Developer
11 15 (3.89%) Full-Stack Developer
12 13 (3.37%) SAP Developer
13 11 (2.85%) Administrator
13 11 (2.85%) C# .NET Developer
13 11 (2.85%) Senior Software Engineer
13 11 (2.85%) Software Developer
14 9 (2.33%) Energy Trading Developer
14 9 (2.33%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (37.82%) HTML
2 143 (37.05%) CSS
3 133 (34.46%) React
4 109 (28.24%) Spring Boot
5 108 (27.98%) RESTful
5 108 (27.98%) Spring
6 102 (26.42%) CSS3
6 102 (26.42%) Kafka
7 100 (25.91%) HTML5
8 99 (25.65%) Jest
9 96 (24.87%) Sass
10 94 (24.35%) Redux
11 92 (23.83%) JPA
12 89 (23.06%) SOAP
13 76 (19.69%) .NET
14 60 (15.54%) JSON
15 49 (12.69%) XML
16 45 (11.66%) Web Services
17 40 (10.36%) Middleware
18 35 (9.07%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 118 (30.57%) Enterprise Software
2 113 (29.27%) Product Ownership
3 21 (5.44%) Cloud Native
4 16 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (2.85%) Algorithms
6 10 (2.59%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (2.33%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.81%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.55%) BYOD
9 6 (1.55%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.30%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.04%) Distributed Architecture
11 4 (1.04%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.04%) Smart City
12 3 (0.78%) Educational Technology
12 3 (0.78%) Hedge funds
12 3 (0.78%) Low-Code
12 3 (0.78%) Public Cloud
12 3 (0.78%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 38 (9.84%) Linux
2 21 (5.44%) Windows
3 12 (3.11%) Unix
4 7 (1.81%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.55%) Android
6 5 (1.30%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.52%) Solaris
8 1 (0.26%) Debian
8 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.26%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (54.40%) Agile
2 186 (48.19%) DevOps
3 176 (45.60%) Microservices
4 170 (44.04%) CI/CD
5 132 (34.20%) Mentoring
6 131 (33.94%) Software Engineering
7 129 (33.42%) Containerisation
8 121 (31.35%) Migration
9 118 (30.57%) Test Automation
10 116 (30.05%) Performance Optimisation
11 115 (29.79%) Full-Stack Development
12 111 (28.76%) Front End Development
13 108 (27.98%) User Experience
14 105 (27.20%) SDLC
15 95 (24.61%) Responsive Web Design
16 93 (24.09%) Strategic Thinking
17 82 (21.24%) Problem-Solving
18 48 (12.44%) Roadmaps
19 46 (11.92%) Event-Driven
20 38 (9.84%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 210 (54.40%) SQL
2 206 (53.37%) JavaScript
3 139 (36.01%) Java
4 117 (30.31%) TypeScript
5 82 (21.24%) C#
6 70 (18.13%) Python
7 36 (9.33%) PowerShell
8 20 (5.18%) PHP
9 9 (2.33%) C++
9 9 (2.33%) VBA
10 7 (1.81%) C
11 6 (1.55%) Apex Code
11 6 (1.55%) Bash
11 6 (1.55%) T-SQL
12 5 (1.30%) ABAP
13 4 (1.04%) Groovy
13 4 (1.04%) Shell Script
13 4 (1.04%) Swift
14 3 (0.78%) Go
14 3 (0.78%) R
Qualifications
1 30 (7.77%) Degree
2 19 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (3.11%) Master's Degree
4 7 (1.81%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.30%) DBS Check
5 5 (1.30%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.04%) SAP Certification
7 2 (0.52%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.26%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.26%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.26%) Linux+ Certification
8 1 (0.26%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (29.27%) QA
2 103 (26.68%) Accessibility
3 26 (6.74%) GDPR
4 17 (4.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.78%) CDISC
5 3 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.26%) HL7
6 1 (0.26%) MiFID
6 1 (0.26%) NCSC
6 1 (0.26%) NIST
6 1 (0.26%) SLA
6 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 177 (45.85%) Docker
2 13 (3.37%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.26%) KVM
4 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 142 (36.79%) Kubernetes
2 30 (7.77%) Terraform
3 18 (4.66%) Single Sign-On
4 17 (4.40%) Ansible
5 10 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.30%) Grafana
7 4 (1.04%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.26%) Kibana
8 1 (0.26%) logstash
8 1 (0.26%) Marathon
8 1 (0.26%) Puppet
8 1 (0.26%) QRadar
Vendors
1 90 (23.32%) Solace
2 54 (13.99%) Microsoft
3 22 (5.70%) Oracle
3 22 (5.70%) Salesforce
4 19 (4.92%) ServiceNow
5 18 (4.66%) SAP
6 13 (3.37%) IBM
7 10 (2.59%) MuleSoft
8 9 (2.33%) Google
9 7 (1.81%) Trayport
10 5 (1.30%) Dell
10 5 (1.30%) HubSpot
10 5 (1.30%) Workday
11 4 (1.04%) Databricks
12 3 (0.78%) DevExpress
12 3 (0.78%) Splunk
13 2 (0.52%) Cisco
13 2 (0.52%) Dynatrace
13 2 (0.52%) Red Hat
13 2 (0.52%) Sybase