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 26 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 75 126
Rank change year-on-year -35 +51 -34
Permanent jobs citing REST 402 549 785
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.38% 4.25% 2.55%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.32% 12.95% 9.20%
Number of salaries quoted 209 260 718
10th Percentile £41,850 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -3.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £60,500
% change year-on-year - +11.57% -12.88%

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 3,017 4,239 8,534
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.89% 32.80% 27.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,193 3,294 7,418
10th Percentile £41,925 £41,040 £39,425
25th Percentile £52,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,500 £66,225 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +10.38% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,200 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.81% +10.33% -11.11%

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 26 March 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 16 (3.98%) JBoss
2 13 (3.23%) WebSphere
3 8 (1.99%) Anypoint
4 5 (1.24%) Apache Pulsar
4 5 (1.24%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.75%) NServiceBus
5 3 (0.75%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.50%) Apache
6 2 (0.50%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.50%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.50%) Confluence
6 2 (0.50%) Mendix
7 1 (0.25%) Camunda
7 1 (0.25%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.75%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (3.73%) Shopify
2 10 (2.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (2.49%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (2.24%) Magento
4 3 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 162 (40.30%) Azure
2 106 (26.37%) AWS
3 60 (14.93%) Entra ID
4 56 (13.93%) Google Workspace
5 47 (11.69%) GitHub
6 43 (10.70%) SaaS
7 34 (8.46%) Azure DevOps
8 32 (7.96%) GCP
9 30 (7.46%) GitHub Copilot
10 29 (7.21%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 29 (7.21%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 17 (4.23%) Serverless
12 13 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (3.23%) Power Automate
13 9 (2.24%) Boomi
13 9 (2.24%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (2.24%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (2.24%) Power Platform
13 9 (2.24%) Salesforce Einstein
14 8 (1.99%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 106 (26.37%) Broadband
2 17 (4.23%) HTTP
3 9 (2.24%) SMTP
4 8 (1.99%) Firewall
5 6 (1.49%) AMQP
5 6 (1.49%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (1.49%) SSL
6 5 (1.24%) PuTTY
7 4 (1.00%) VoIP
8 3 (0.75%) Modbus
8 3 (0.75%) RTP
8 3 (0.75%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.75%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.75%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.50%) IP Telephony
9 2 (0.50%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.50%) Network Security
10 1 (0.25%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.25%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (8.71%) SQL Server
2 25 (6.22%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (4.98%) Relational Database
4 16 (3.98%) MongoDB
4 16 (3.98%) NoSQL
5 14 (3.48%) MySQL
6 5 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.00%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.00%) Power BI
7 4 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.75%) DocumentDB
8 3 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.75%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.75%) Redis
9 2 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.50%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.50%) Neo4j
9 2 (0.50%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 50 (12.44%) Jenkins
2 48 (11.94%) GitLab
3 42 (10.45%) Git
4 41 (10.20%) SonarQube
5 17 (4.23%) JIRA
6 12 (2.99%) Selenium
7 10 (2.49%) SpecFlow
8 9 (2.24%) Maven
8 9 (2.24%) WebDriver
9 7 (1.74%) Visual Studio
10 4 (1.00%) Gradle
10 4 (1.00%) NUnit
10 4 (1.00%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.75%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.75%) JMeter
11 3 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.50%) Postman
12 2 (0.50%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.50%) Serenity BDD
General
1 139 (34.58%) Social Skills
2 103 (25.62%) Finance
3 96 (23.88%) Games
4 84 (20.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 60 (14.93%) Organisational Skills
6 58 (14.43%) Marketing
7 34 (8.46%) Public Sector
8 29 (7.21%) Law
9 25 (6.22%) Analytical Skills
10 24 (5.97%) Banking
11 20 (4.98%) Back Office
12 19 (4.73%) Telecoms
13 12 (2.99%) Financial Institution
13 12 (2.99%) Retail
14 11 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (2.74%) Polish Language
15 5 (1.24%) Legal
16 4 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
17 3 (0.75%) Manufacturing
17 3 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 141 (35.07%) Developer
2 115 (28.61%) Senior
3 70 (17.41%) Architect
4 39 (9.70%) Salesforce Architect
5 38 (9.45%) Software Engineer
6 30 (7.46%) Senior Developer
7 25 (6.22%) Full-Stack Developer
8 21 (5.22%) IAM Developer
8 21 (5.22%) Salesforce Technical Architect
8 21 (5.22%) Senior Architect
8 21 (5.22%) Technical Architect
9 20 (4.98%) Salesforce Developer
10 19 (4.73%) Senior Software Engineer
11 18 (4.48%) Java Developer
11 18 (4.48%) Solutions Architect
12 16 (3.98%) Development Engineer
12 16 (3.98%) Lead
12 16 (3.98%) Systems Engineer
13 15 (3.73%) Consultant
14 13 (3.23%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 204 (50.75%) SOAP
2 82 (20.40%) GraphQL
3 81 (20.15%) Lightning Web Components
4 75 (18.66%) OAuth
5 74 (18.41%) SAML
6 67 (16.67%) .NET
7 61 (15.17%) LDAP
7 61 (15.17%) Visualforce
8 60 (14.93%) OpenID
9 47 (11.69%) Middleware
9 47 (11.69%) React
10 45 (11.19%) Spring
11 42 (10.45%) JSON
12 41 (10.20%) Web Services
13 35 (8.71%) XML
14 30 (7.46%) Node.js
15 26 (6.47%) Spring Boot
16 24 (5.97%) CSS
17 23 (5.72%) RESTful
18 22 (5.47%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 87 (21.64%) Product Ownership
2 58 (14.43%) Cyber Threat
2 58 (14.43%) Cyberattack
3 33 (8.21%) Cloud Native
4 29 (7.21%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (4.23%) Low-Code
6 14 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (3.23%) DataPower
7 13 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (3.23%) Public Cloud
8 12 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (2.24%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.74%) Algorithms
10 7 (1.74%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.74%) Video\Live Streaming
11 6 (1.49%) AI Agents
12 5 (1.24%) Data Structures
12 5 (1.24%) Video Conferencing
13 4 (1.00%) Educational Technology
13 4 (1.00%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 28 (6.97%) Linux
2 13 (3.23%) Android
3 11 (2.74%) Unix
4 10 (2.49%) Windows
5 6 (1.49%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.00%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.25%) CentOS
7 1 (0.25%) Debian
7 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (37.81%) CI/CD
2 151 (37.56%) Roadmaps
3 141 (35.07%) Agile
4 137 (34.08%) DevOps
5 98 (24.38%) Mentoring
6 89 (22.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 88 (21.89%) AI
7 88 (21.89%) Event-Driven
8 72 (17.91%) Software Engineering
9 68 (16.92%) Microservices
10 61 (15.17%) Cybersecurity
11 58 (14.43%) Community of Practice
11 58 (14.43%) Data Modelling
11 58 (14.43%) Identity Access Management
11 58 (14.43%) Programme Delivery
11 58 (14.43%) Test Automation
12 57 (14.18%) OO
13 56 (13.93%) Regulatory Compliance
13 56 (13.93%) Scrum
14 53 (13.18%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 117 (29.10%) SQL
2 94 (23.38%) Java
3 83 (20.65%) Apex Code
4 81 (20.15%) JavaScript
5 72 (17.91%) T-SQL
6 70 (17.41%) Python
7 68 (16.92%) PowerShell
8 58 (14.43%) Bash
9 50 (12.44%) C#
10 43 (10.70%) SOQL
10 43 (10.70%) SOSL
11 35 (8.71%) TypeScript
12 17 (4.23%) Go
13 11 (2.74%) PHP
14 10 (2.49%) C++
15 8 (1.99%) Kotlin
16 5 (1.24%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.75%) Bicep
17 3 (0.75%) C
17 3 (0.75%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 53 (13.18%) Degree
2 40 (9.95%) Security Cleared
3 38 (9.45%) SC Cleared
4 30 (7.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.00%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.00%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.75%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.75%) PhD
7 2 (0.50%) CISSP
7 2 (0.50%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (14.68%) NIST
2 58 (14.43%) NCSC
3 31 (7.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (5.97%) QA
5 10 (2.49%) GDPR
6 6 (1.49%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.00%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.75%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.50%) HL7
9 2 (0.50%) SLA
9 2 (0.50%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 68 (16.92%) Active Directory
2 54 (13.43%) Docker
3 5 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.75%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 40 (9.95%) Kubernetes
2 23 (5.72%) Terraform
3 6 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.24%) Ansible
5 3 (0.75%) Argo
6 2 (0.50%) MIIS
7 1 (0.25%) Grafana
7 1 (0.25%) Kibana
7 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.25%) Puppet
Vendors
1 87 (21.64%) Salesforce
2 44 (10.95%) Splunk
3 40 (9.95%) Microsoft
4 32 (7.96%) MuleSoft
5 22 (5.47%) ServiceNow
6 19 (4.73%) Oracle
7 11 (2.74%) CyberArk
8 9 (2.24%) ConnectWise
8 9 (2.24%) SAP
8 9 (2.24%) WooCommerce
9 8 (1.99%) IBM
10 7 (1.74%) Cisco
10 7 (1.74%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.49%) Epicor
11 6 (1.49%) F5
11 6 (1.49%) Juniper
11 6 (1.49%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.49%) SnapLogic
11 6 (1.49%) Talend
11 6 (1.49%) Workday