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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 127 118
Rank change year-on-year -30 -9 -10
Permanent jobs citing REST 417 405 560
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.66% 2.45% 2.69%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.24% 10.78% 8.52%
Number of salaries quoted 267 230 278
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,238
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +16.67% -11.11%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £103,500 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.71% +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 4,511 3,756 6,575
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.94% 22.72% 31.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,281 2,441 4,434
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £68,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.11% +1.48% +3.29%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £120,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -3.70%

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 15 October 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 20 (4.80%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 7 (1.68%) Confluence
3 7 (1.68%) WebLogic
4 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.96%) Camunda
6 3 (0.72%) CMS
6 3 (0.72%) Headless CMS
6 3 (0.72%) nginx
7 2 (0.48%) WordPress
8 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.24%) Documentum
8 1 (0.24%) IIS
8 1 (0.24%) JBoss
8 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 7 (1.68%) Moqups
2 3 (0.72%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.72%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.44%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.72%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.72%) Dynamics GP
3 3 (0.72%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.48%) Magento
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle SCM
4 2 (0.48%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.48%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.24%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.24%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 190 (45.56%) AWS
2 188 (45.08%) Azure
3 60 (14.39%) SaaS
4 44 (10.55%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (9.59%) GCP
5 40 (9.59%) GitHub
5 40 (9.59%) Power Platform
6 31 (7.43%) Serverless
7 25 (6.00%) Azure Service Bus
7 25 (6.00%) Microsoft 365
8 24 (5.76%) Power Automate
9 23 (5.52%) GitHub Actions
10 22 (5.28%) PowerApps
11 20 (4.80%) Microsoft Copilot
12 19 (4.56%) Entra ID
13 18 (4.32%) Azure Functions
14 17 (4.08%) Azure Monitor
15 16 (3.84%) Azure Key Vault
16 13 (3.12%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 13 (3.12%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 32 (7.67%) HTTP
2 5 (1.20%) Network Security
3 4 (0.96%) Broadband
3 4 (0.96%) Firewall
3 4 (0.96%) Kerberos
4 3 (0.72%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.72%) VPN
5 2 (0.48%) MQTT
5 2 (0.48%) OpenVPN
5 2 (0.48%) X.509
6 1 (0.24%) 5G
6 1 (0.24%) BGP
6 1 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.24%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.24%) LAN
6 1 (0.24%) LTE
6 1 (0.24%) NX-OS
6 1 (0.24%) OSPF
6 1 (0.24%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (15.11%) SQL Server
2 60 (14.39%) PostgreSQL
3 38 (9.11%) Relational Database
4 20 (4.80%) MySQL
5 19 (4.56%) Power BI
6 16 (3.84%) NoSQL
7 15 (3.60%) Elasticsearch
8 11 (2.64%) Redis
9 10 (2.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (2.16%) MongoDB
11 8 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (1.20%) Oracle Database
14 4 (0.96%) Ataccama
14 4 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.96%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.96%) IBM InfoSphere
14 4 (0.96%) MariaDB
14 4 (0.96%) Metadata
14 4 (0.96%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 95 (22.78%) Git
2 23 (5.52%) JUnit
3 22 (5.28%) JIRA
4 21 (5.04%) Mockito
5 15 (3.60%) GitLab
6 14 (3.36%) Cypress.io
6 14 (3.36%) Maven
7 11 (2.64%) Postman
7 11 (2.64%) Selenium
8 10 (2.40%) Jenkins
9 9 (2.16%) Claude Code
10 7 (1.68%) IntelliJ
11 6 (1.44%) Storybook
12 2 (0.48%) Mocha
12 2 (0.48%) Subversion
12 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
13 1 (0.24%) Gradle
13 1 (0.24%) Karma Test Runner
13 1 (0.24%) Servoy
13 1 (0.24%) TeamCity
General
1 139 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 112 (26.86%) Finance
3 42 (10.07%) Banking
4 36 (8.63%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (8.15%) Public Sector
6 33 (7.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (4.80%) Legal
8 18 (4.32%) Law
9 14 (3.36%) Manufacturing
10 9 (2.16%) Financial Institution
10 9 (2.16%) Retail
11 8 (1.92%) Back Office
11 8 (1.92%) Legal Technology
12 6 (1.44%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.44%) Marketing
13 5 (1.20%) Billing
13 5 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.20%) Front Office
13 5 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.20%) Police
Job Titles
1 145 (34.77%) Developer
2 110 (26.38%) Senior
3 88 (21.10%) Lead
4 68 (16.31%) Software Engineer
5 41 (9.83%) Senior Developer
6 33 (7.91%) .NET Developer
7 31 (7.43%) Architect
8 30 (7.19%) Full-Stack Developer
9 29 (6.95%) Lead Software Engineer
10 27 (6.47%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 25 (6.00%) Development Engineer
11 25 (6.00%) Software Development Engineer
12 24 (5.76%) Java Engineer
13 23 (5.52%) Technical Leader
14 19 (4.56%) Java Developer
15 18 (4.32%) Consultant
16 15 (3.60%) Software Developer
17 14 (3.36%) Lead Developer
17 14 (3.36%) React Developer
17 14 (3.36%) Senior React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (25.18%) React
2 100 (23.98%) .NET
3 58 (13.91%) Spring
4 48 (11.51%) SOAP
5 44 (10.55%) Terraform
6 39 (9.35%) Spring Boot
7 37 (8.87%) Node.js
8 31 (7.43%) Kafka
9 30 (7.19%) .NET Core
9 30 (7.19%) AngularJS
10 29 (6.95%) CSS
11 28 (6.71%) ASP.NET
12 24 (5.76%) GraphQL
12 24 (5.76%) OAuth
13 22 (5.28%) Blazor
14 19 (4.56%) RESTful
15 17 (4.08%) Playwright
16 15 (3.60%) .NET Framework
16 15 (3.60%) HTML
16 15 (3.60%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 50 (11.99%) Distributed Systems
2 48 (11.51%) Product Ownership
3 41 (9.83%) Enterprise Software
4 38 (9.11%) Cloud Native
5 28 (6.71%) Public Cloud
6 18 (4.32%) AI Agents
7 16 (3.84%) Onboarding
8 15 (3.60%) Mobile App
9 13 (3.12%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (2.64%) CMDB
11 10 (2.40%) Data Structures
12 9 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (2.16%) Management Information System
13 8 (1.92%) IoT
14 6 (1.44%) Low-Code
15 5 (1.20%) Reference Data
15 5 (1.20%) Video\Live Streaming
16 4 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 4 (0.96%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.04%) Linux
2 10 (2.40%) Android
3 9 (2.16%) Apple iOS
4 8 (1.92%) Windows
5 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.24%) OpenWrt
5 1 (0.24%) Unix
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (51.32%) CI/CD
2 140 (33.57%) Agile
2 140 (33.57%) Software Engineering
3 131 (31.41%) AI
4 120 (28.78%) DevOps
5 111 (26.62%) Mentoring
6 106 (25.42%) Problem-Solving
7 97 (23.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 96 (23.02%) Microservices
9 95 (22.78%) Technical Leadership
10 94 (22.54%) Full-Stack Development
11 81 (19.42%) Test Automation
12 73 (17.51%) Event-Driven
13 68 (16.31%) Roadmaps
14 63 (15.11%) TDD
15 57 (13.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 55 (13.19%) Stakeholder Management
17 54 (12.95%) SDLC
18 51 (12.23%) Code Quality
19 50 (11.99%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 119 (28.54%) Java
2 114 (27.34%) SQL
3 99 (23.74%) C#
4 91 (21.82%) JavaScript
5 72 (17.27%) Python
5 72 (17.27%) TypeScript
6 24 (5.76%) PowerShell
7 14 (3.36%) Go
8 13 (3.12%) PL/SQL
8 13 (3.12%) T-SQL
9 12 (2.88%) Apex Code
10 11 (2.64%) Bash
11 7 (1.68%) Bicep
11 7 (1.68%) SOQL
12 6 (1.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (1.44%) PHP
12 6 (1.44%) Ruby
13 3 (0.72%) C
13 3 (0.72%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.72%) Rust
Qualifications
1 68 (16.31%) Security Cleared
2 46 (11.03%) SC Cleared
3 25 (6.00%) Degree
4 17 (4.08%) DV Cleared
5 15 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.20%) Azure Certification
7 4 (0.96%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.96%) CISSP
8 3 (0.72%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.48%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.48%) PhD
10 1 (0.24%) CCIE
10 1 (0.24%) CCNP
10 1 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.24%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (12.71%) QA
2 24 (5.76%) Accessibility
3 18 (4.32%) Data Quality
3 18 (4.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.44%) GDPR
4 6 (1.44%) NIST
5 5 (1.20%) WCAG
6 4 (0.96%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.72%) NCSC
8 1 (0.24%) GRC
8 1 (0.24%) SLA
System Software
1 123 (29.50%) Docker
2 14 (3.36%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.24%) Firmware
4 1 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 62 (14.87%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.36%) Grafana
3 11 (2.64%) Ansible
4 5 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.72%) Argo
5 3 (0.72%) Kibana
5 3 (0.72%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.24%) Consul
6 1 (0.24%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.24%) logstash
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.24%) Podman
Vendors
1 86 (20.62%) Microsoft
2 35 (8.39%) Oracle
3 17 (4.08%) Salesforce
3 17 (4.08%) ServiceNow
4 12 (2.88%) Google
4 12 (2.88%) Informatica
4 12 (2.88%) OpenAI
5 9 (2.16%) MuleSoft
5 9 (2.16%) Sage
6 6 (1.44%) Intapp
7 5 (1.20%) CyberArk
7 5 (1.20%) Dynatrace
7 5 (1.20%) Foundry
7 5 (1.20%) IBM
7 5 (1.20%) SAP
7 5 (1.20%) TIBCO
8 3 (0.72%) Aderant
8 3 (0.72%) Adobe
8 3 (0.72%) Databricks
8 3 (0.72%) iManage