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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 130 164
Rank change year-on-year -20 +34 -63
Permanent jobs citing REST 421 425 556
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.91% 2.58% 2.09%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.23% 10.30% 8.11%
Number of salaries quoted 241 268 490
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.36% +16.67% -11.11%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £74,500
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 4,116 4,126 6,857
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.69% 25.07% 25.71%
Number of salaries quoted 3,116 2,783 5,649
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £49,903 £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 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%

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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 30 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 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.66%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (0.95%) Camunda
4 3 (0.71%) Anypoint
4 3 (0.71%) Apache Solr
4 3 (0.71%) Confluence
4 3 (0.71%) JBoss
5 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
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 2 (0.48%) Moqups
2 1 (0.24%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.71%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.71%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.71%) Elite 3E
2 3 (0.71%) Magento
2 3 (0.71%) Shopify
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%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 188 (44.66%) AWS
2 171 (40.62%) Azure
3 47 (11.16%) SaaS
4 46 (10.93%) GCP
5 38 (9.03%) GitHub
6 32 (7.60%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (5.23%) Power Platform
7 22 (5.23%) Serverless
8 21 (4.99%) Entra ID
9 19 (4.51%) GitHub Actions
10 15 (3.56%) Azure Service Bus
11 12 (2.85%) Google Workspace
11 12 (2.85%) Power Automate
11 12 (2.85%) PowerApps
12 11 (2.61%) Anthropic Claude
12 11 (2.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 11 (2.61%) GitHub Copilot
13 9 (2.14%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (2.14%) Figma
13 9 (2.14%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 47 (11.16%) Broadband
2 35 (8.31%) HTTP
3 13 (3.09%) Firewall
4 8 (1.90%) Network Security
5 7 (1.66%) Kerberos
5 7 (1.66%) SSL
6 6 (1.43%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (1.19%) SMTP
7 5 (1.19%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.71%) Modbus
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%) MQTT
9 1 (0.24%) OSPF
9 1 (0.24%) RTP
9 1 (0.24%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.24%) VoIP
9 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (14.49%) PostgreSQL
2 49 (11.64%) SQL Server
3 36 (8.55%) Relational Database
4 21 (4.99%) MongoDB
5 20 (4.75%) NoSQL
6 18 (4.28%) MySQL
7 12 (2.85%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (1.90%) Power BI
9 8 (1.90%) Redis
10 6 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.43%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.95%) Ataccama
11 4 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.95%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.95%) IBM InfoSphere
11 4 (0.95%) MariaDB
11 4 (0.95%) TIBCO EBX
12 3 (0.71%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (0.71%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 84 (19.95%) Git
2 37 (8.79%) GitLab
3 34 (8.08%) Jenkins
4 26 (6.18%) SonarQube
5 14 (3.33%) JIRA
5 14 (3.33%) JUnit
6 13 (3.09%) Selenium
7 12 (2.85%) Maven
7 12 (2.85%) Mockito
8 7 (1.66%) Claude Code
9 5 (1.19%) Cypress.io
9 5 (1.19%) SpecFlow
9 5 (1.19%) WebDriver
10 4 (0.95%) Postman
11 3 (0.71%) Gradle
11 3 (0.71%) NUnit
11 3 (0.71%) Storybook
11 3 (0.71%) Subversion
11 3 (0.71%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 125 (29.69%) Social Skills
2 121 (28.74%) Finance
3 68 (16.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 52 (12.35%) Banking
5 40 (9.50%) Games
6 36 (8.55%) Public Sector
7 32 (7.60%) Analytical Skills
8 30 (7.13%) Marketing
9 19 (4.51%) Law
10 16 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (3.56%) Manufacturing
12 14 (3.33%) Financial Institution
12 14 (3.33%) Legal
13 13 (3.09%) Back Office
14 12 (2.85%) Retail
15 9 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (1.90%) Investment Banking
16 8 (1.90%) Legal Technology
16 8 (1.90%) Polish Language
17 7 (1.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 137 (32.54%) Developer
2 82 (19.48%) Senior
3 70 (16.63%) Lead
4 67 (15.91%) Software Engineer
5 56 (13.30%) Architect
6 30 (7.13%) Development Engineer
6 30 (7.13%) Software Development Engineer
7 29 (6.89%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 29 (6.89%) Salesforce Architect
8 27 (6.41%) Senior Developer
9 26 (6.18%) Full-Stack Developer
10 25 (5.94%) Lead Software Engineer
11 22 (5.23%) Consultant
12 21 (4.99%) .NET Developer
12 21 (4.99%) Technical Architect
13 19 (4.51%) Java Developer
14 18 (4.28%) Python Engineer
15 15 (3.56%) Senior Software Engineer
15 15 (3.56%) Solutions Architect
15 15 (3.56%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (22.09%) SOAP
2 92 (21.85%) React
3 80 (19.00%) .NET
4 46 (10.93%) Spring
5 39 (9.26%) Lightning Web Components
6 37 (8.79%) Node.js
6 37 (8.79%) OAuth
7 36 (8.55%) Visualforce
8 32 (7.60%) Spring Boot
9 31 (7.36%) GraphQL
10 30 (7.13%) AngularJS
11 28 (6.65%) SAML
12 25 (5.94%) ASP.NET
12 25 (5.94%) JSON
13 24 (5.70%) Kafka
13 24 (5.70%) OpenID
14 23 (5.46%) CSS
14 23 (5.46%) LDAP
15 22 (5.23%) .NET Core
16 21 (4.99%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 83 (19.71%) Product Ownership
2 34 (8.08%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (7.84%) Cloud Native
3 33 (7.84%) Public Cloud
4 28 (6.65%) Enterprise Software
5 20 (4.75%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (3.80%) Low-Code
7 13 (3.09%) Mobile App
7 13 (3.09%) Onboarding
8 12 (2.85%) Cyber Threat
8 12 (2.85%) Cyberattack
9 11 (2.61%) AI Agents
9 11 (2.61%) CMDB
9 11 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (2.38%) Video\Live Streaming
11 8 (1.90%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.90%) IoT
12 6 (1.43%) CUDA
13 5 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.18%) Linux
2 10 (2.38%) Android
2 10 (2.38%) Windows
3 8 (1.90%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.66%) Unix
5 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (45.84%) CI/CD
2 137 (32.54%) Agile
3 127 (30.17%) Software Engineering
4 125 (29.69%) DevOps
5 111 (26.37%) Continuous Improvement
6 103 (24.47%) AI
7 101 (23.99%) Roadmaps
8 93 (22.09%) Problem-Solving
9 90 (21.38%) Full-Stack Development
10 87 (20.67%) Mentoring
11 86 (20.43%) Microservices
12 84 (19.95%) Event-Driven
13 74 (17.58%) Technical Leadership
14 67 (15.91%) OO
15 66 (15.68%) Test Automation
16 59 (14.01%) Scrum
17 54 (12.83%) Infrastructure as Code
18 53 (12.59%) Containerisation
19 51 (12.11%) TDD
20 46 (10.93%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 110 (26.13%) Java
2 101 (23.99%) SQL
3 85 (20.19%) JavaScript
4 82 (19.48%) Python
5 72 (17.10%) C#
6 61 (14.49%) TypeScript
7 42 (9.98%) Apex Code
8 29 (6.89%) PowerShell
9 28 (6.65%) SOQL
10 27 (6.41%) SOSL
11 20 (4.75%) T-SQL
12 19 (4.51%) Bash
13 13 (3.09%) Go
14 12 (2.85%) PL/SQL
15 6 (1.43%) Ruby
16 5 (1.19%) Bicep
17 4 (0.95%) PHP
18 3 (0.71%) DataWeave
19 2 (0.48%) C++
19 2 (0.48%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 53 (12.59%) Security Cleared
2 36 (8.55%) SC Cleared
3 33 (7.84%) Degree
4 24 (5.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (3.80%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.66%) 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 53 (12.59%) QA
2 19 (4.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (3.56%) NIST
4 14 (3.33%) NCSC
5 13 (3.09%) Accessibility
6 11 (2.61%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.95%) GDPR
8 3 (0.71%) SLA
8 3 (0.71%) WCAG
9 2 (0.48%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 99 (23.52%) Docker
2 28 (6.65%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.24%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 61 (14.49%) Kubernetes
2 41 (9.74%) Terraform
3 10 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.66%) Ansible
5 4 (0.95%) Grafana
5 4 (0.95%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.71%) Argo
7 2 (0.48%) Kibana
7 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.48%) MIIS
8 1 (0.24%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 58 (13.78%) Microsoft
2 47 (11.16%) Salesforce
3 30 (7.13%) Splunk
4 26 (6.18%) ServiceNow
5 22 (5.23%) Oracle
6 15 (3.56%) MuleSoft
7 11 (2.61%) OpenAI
8 9 (2.14%) CyberArk
8 9 (2.14%) Informatica
9 7 (1.66%) Cisco
9 7 (1.66%) Google
10 6 (1.43%) F5
10 6 (1.43%) Juniper
10 6 (1.43%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.43%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.19%) IBM
11 5 (1.19%) TIBCO
12 3 (0.71%) Databricks
12 3 (0.71%) iManage
12 3 (0.71%) SAP