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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 127 157
Rank change year-on-year -20 +30 -56
Permanent jobs citing REST 416 442 675
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.97% 2.72% 2.06%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.47% 10.25% 7.84%
Number of salaries quoted 225 278 598
10th Percentile £42,582 £44,100 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,750 £51,362 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -8.05%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £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 3,973 4,311 8,614
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.80% 26.52% 26.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3,002 2,932 7,286
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £49,000 £51,250 £47,487
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,225 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% +10.38% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,313 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -9.43%

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 8 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 9 (2.16%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.44%) JBoss
3 4 (0.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.72%) Anypoint
4 3 (0.72%) Apache Solr
4 3 (0.72%) Camunda
4 3 (0.72%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.48%) Apache
5 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.48%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.24%) Confluence
6 1 (0.24%) Documentum
6 1 (0.24%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.96%) Dynamics NAV
1 4 (0.96%) Magento
1 4 (0.96%) Shopify
2 3 (0.72%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.72%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.48%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 156 (37.50%) Azure
2 154 (37.02%) AWS
3 42 (10.10%) Entra ID
4 36 (8.65%) GCP
4 36 (8.65%) Google Workspace
4 36 (8.65%) SaaS
5 35 (8.41%) GitHub
6 26 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (4.81%) Power Platform
8 19 (4.57%) Serverless
9 18 (4.33%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (2.88%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 12 (2.88%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 11 (2.64%) Azure Service Bus
12 10 (2.40%) PowerApps
13 9 (2.16%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (2.16%) GitHub Copilot
13 9 (2.16%) Power Automate
14 8 (1.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 7 (1.68%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 77 (18.51%) Broadband
2 33 (7.93%) HTTP
3 12 (2.88%) Firewall
4 9 (2.16%) SMTP
5 7 (1.68%) Network Security
5 7 (1.68%) SSL
6 6 (1.44%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (1.44%) Kerberos
7 5 (1.20%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.72%) AMQP
8 3 (0.72%) Modbus
8 3 (0.72%) RTP
8 3 (0.72%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.72%) VoIP
8 3 (0.72%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.24%) Intranet
9 1 (0.24%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.24%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (11.78%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (9.38%) SQL Server
3 28 (6.73%) Relational Database
4 22 (5.29%) NoSQL
5 21 (5.05%) MongoDB
6 19 (4.57%) MySQL
7 8 (1.92%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (1.92%) Power BI
7 8 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (1.44%) Oracle Database
10 5 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (1.20%) MariaDB
10 5 (1.20%) Redis
11 4 (0.96%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.72%) DocumentDB
12 3 (0.72%) Neo4j
13 2 (0.48%) Big Data
13 2 (0.48%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.48%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 67 (16.11%) Git
2 42 (10.10%) GitLab
3 40 (9.62%) Jenkins
4 34 (8.17%) SonarQube
5 12 (2.88%) JIRA
5 12 (2.88%) JUnit
6 11 (2.64%) Maven
7 9 (2.16%) Selenium
8 8 (1.92%) Mockito
8 8 (1.92%) SpecFlow
9 7 (1.68%) WebDriver
10 6 (1.44%) Claude Code
10 6 (1.44%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.96%) Gradle
11 4 (0.96%) NUnit
11 4 (0.96%) Postman
12 3 (0.72%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.72%) Subversion
12 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
13 2 (0.48%) REST Assured
General
1 132 (31.73%) Social Skills
2 111 (26.68%) Finance
3 79 (18.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 60 (14.42%) Games
5 53 (12.74%) Banking
6 42 (10.10%) Public Sector
7 40 (9.62%) Marketing
7 40 (9.62%) Organisational Skills
8 29 (6.97%) Analytical Skills
9 20 (4.81%) Law
10 15 (3.61%) Back Office
10 15 (3.61%) Financial Institution
11 14 (3.37%) Manufacturing
12 13 (3.13%) Retail
13 11 (2.64%) Legal
13 11 (2.64%) Polish Language
14 9 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.92%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.92%) Legal Technology
16 7 (1.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 129 (31.01%) Developer
2 88 (21.15%) Senior
3 67 (16.11%) Architect
3 67 (16.11%) Software Engineer
4 57 (13.70%) Lead
5 35 (8.41%) Salesforce Architect
6 28 (6.73%) Development Engineer
6 28 (6.73%) Software Development Engineer
7 27 (6.49%) Senior Developer
8 26 (6.25%) Consultant
9 25 (6.01%) Technical Architect
10 24 (5.77%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 23 (5.53%) Lead Software Engineer
12 20 (4.81%) Java Developer
13 18 (4.33%) Salesforce Technical Architect
14 16 (3.85%) Full-Stack Developer
14 16 (3.85%) Java Engineer
14 16 (3.85%) Salesforce Developer
14 16 (3.85%) Senior Software Engineer
14 16 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (31.25%) SOAP
2 76 (18.27%) React
3 73 (17.55%) .NET
4 61 (14.66%) OAuth
5 55 (13.22%) SAML
6 53 (12.74%) Spring
7 52 (12.50%) GraphQL
8 51 (12.26%) Lightning Web Components
9 50 (12.02%) Visualforce
10 47 (11.30%) OpenID
11 45 (10.82%) LDAP
12 38 (9.13%) Spring Boot
13 35 (8.41%) Node.js
14 32 (7.69%) AngularJS
15 28 (6.73%) JSON
16 27 (6.49%) Middleware
17 23 (5.53%) CSS
17 23 (5.53%) Kafka
18 22 (5.29%) ASP.NET
19 20 (4.81%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 83 (19.95%) Product Ownership
2 36 (8.65%) Cyber Threat
2 36 (8.65%) Cyberattack
3 34 (8.17%) Cloud Native
4 31 (7.45%) Public Cloud
5 29 (6.97%) Distributed Systems
6 19 (4.57%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (3.61%) Low-Code
8 14 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (3.37%) Onboarding
9 12 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (2.64%) CMDB
10 11 (2.64%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.92%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.92%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.92%) Video\Live Streaming
12 7 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (1.44%) CUDA
14 5 (1.20%) Management Information System
14 5 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.77%) Linux
2 12 (2.88%) Windows
3 9 (2.16%) Android
4 7 (1.68%) Unix
5 6 (1.44%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.96%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.24%) CentOS
7 1 (0.24%) Debian
7 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (41.59%) CI/CD
2 136 (32.69%) Roadmaps
3 128 (30.77%) Agile
4 121 (29.09%) DevOps
5 117 (28.13%) Software Engineering
6 101 (24.28%) Continuous Improvement
7 89 (21.39%) Mentoring
8 86 (20.67%) Event-Driven
9 82 (19.71%) AI
10 81 (19.47%) Problem-Solving
11 76 (18.27%) Microservices
12 72 (17.31%) Full-Stack Development
13 69 (16.59%) OO
14 65 (15.63%) Technical Leadership
15 63 (15.14%) Scrum
16 57 (13.70%) Test Automation
17 54 (12.98%) Design Patterns
18 49 (11.78%) Infrastructure as Code
19 48 (11.54%) Containerisation
20 47 (11.30%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 109 (26.20%) Java
2 108 (25.96%) SQL
3 81 (19.47%) JavaScript
4 75 (18.03%) Python
5 57 (13.70%) C#
6 54 (12.98%) Apex Code
7 49 (11.78%) PowerShell
8 46 (11.06%) TypeScript
9 43 (10.34%) T-SQL
10 38 (9.13%) Bash
11 37 (8.89%) SOQL
11 37 (8.89%) SOSL
12 12 (2.88%) Go
13 9 (2.16%) PL/SQL
14 6 (1.44%) Ruby
15 5 (1.20%) Bicep
15 5 (1.20%) PHP
16 3 (0.72%) C
16 3 (0.72%) DataWeave
16 3 (0.72%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 53 (12.74%) Security Cleared
2 40 (9.62%) Degree
3 39 (9.38%) SC Cleared
4 26 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (3.85%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.44%) CISSP
7 4 (0.96%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.72%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.48%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.48%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (9.86%) QA
2 37 (8.89%) NIST
3 36 (8.65%) NCSC
4 30 (7.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (2.16%) Accessibility
5 9 (2.16%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.20%) GDPR
7 3 (0.72%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.72%) SLA
8 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 79 (18.99%) Docker
2 52 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.72%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 50 (12.02%) Kubernetes
2 32 (7.69%) Terraform
3 9 (2.16%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.44%) Ansible
5 5 (1.20%) Argo
6 4 (0.96%) Grafana
6 4 (0.96%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.48%) Kibana
7 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.48%) MIIS
8 1 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 59 (14.18%) Salesforce
2 54 (12.98%) Microsoft
3 38 (9.13%) Splunk
4 28 (6.73%) ServiceNow
5 19 (4.57%) Oracle
6 16 (3.85%) MuleSoft
7 9 (2.16%) CyberArk
8 8 (1.92%) Google
8 8 (1.92%) OpenAI
9 7 (1.68%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.44%) Cisco
10 6 (1.44%) F5
10 6 (1.44%) Juniper
10 6 (1.44%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.20%) Informatica
12 4 (0.96%) ConnectWise
12 4 (0.96%) WooCommerce
13 3 (0.72%) Aderant
13 3 (0.72%) iManage
13 3 (0.72%) Intapp