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

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 134 155
Rank change year-on-year -5 +21 -50
Permanent jobs citing REST 413 433 627
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.92% 2.62% 2.06%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.25% 10.15% 7.92%
Number of salaries quoted 226 273 552
10th Percentile £44,375 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -11.11%
75th Percentile £81,188 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,250 £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 4,030 4,265 7,913
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.69% 25.85% 25.97%
Number of salaries quoted 3,048 2,910 6,617
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £49,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,206 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +10.34% -8.19%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,037 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.04% +11.73% -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 19 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 10 (2.42%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (0.97%) JBoss
4 3 (0.73%) Anypoint
4 3 (0.73%) Apache Solr
4 3 (0.73%) Camunda
5 2 (0.48%) Confluence
5 2 (0.48%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.24%) Apache
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.24%) Documentum
6 1 (0.24%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.24%) Moqups
1 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.97%) Dynamics NAV
1 4 (0.97%) Magento
1 4 (0.97%) Shopify
2 3 (0.73%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.73%) Elite 3E
2 3 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.48%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 167 (40.44%) AWS
2 154 (37.29%) Azure
3 41 (9.93%) SaaS
4 37 (8.96%) GCP
5 36 (8.72%) GitHub
6 30 (7.26%) Entra ID
7 27 (6.54%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (5.81%) Google Workspace
9 20 (4.84%) Power Platform
9 20 (4.84%) Serverless
10 19 (4.60%) GitHub Actions
11 12 (2.91%) Azure Service Bus
12 10 (2.42%) Power Automate
12 10 (2.42%) PowerApps
12 10 (2.42%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 10 (2.42%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 9 (2.18%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (2.18%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 9 (2.18%) GitHub Copilot
14 8 (1.94%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 65 (15.74%) Broadband
2 34 (8.23%) HTTP
3 12 (2.91%) Firewall
4 9 (2.18%) SMTP
5 7 (1.69%) Network Security
5 7 (1.69%) SSL
6 6 (1.45%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (1.45%) Kerberos
7 5 (1.21%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.73%) Modbus
9 2 (0.48%) AMQP
9 2 (0.48%) RTP
9 2 (0.48%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.48%) VoIP
9 2 (0.48%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.24%) Intranet
10 1 (0.24%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (13.32%) PostgreSQL
2 44 (10.65%) SQL Server
3 33 (7.99%) Relational Database
4 21 (5.08%) MongoDB
4 21 (5.08%) NoSQL
5 19 (4.60%) MySQL
6 9 (2.18%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (2.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (1.94%) Power BI
8 7 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (1.45%) Oracle Database
9 6 (1.45%) Redis
10 5 (1.21%) MariaDB
11 4 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.97%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.73%) Ataccama
12 3 (0.73%) DocumentDB
12 3 (0.73%) IBM InfoSphere
12 3 (0.73%) Neo4j
12 3 (0.73%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 71 (17.19%) Git
2 42 (10.17%) GitLab
3 40 (9.69%) Jenkins
4 34 (8.23%) SonarQube
5 14 (3.39%) JIRA
6 12 (2.91%) JUnit
7 11 (2.66%) Maven
8 9 (2.18%) Mockito
8 9 (2.18%) Selenium
9 7 (1.69%) Claude Code
10 5 (1.21%) SpecFlow
10 5 (1.21%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.97%) Gradle
12 3 (0.73%) Postman
12 3 (0.73%) Subversion
12 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
13 2 (0.48%) IntelliJ
13 2 (0.48%) NUnit
13 2 (0.48%) TeamCity
General
1 123 (29.78%) Social Skills
2 116 (28.09%) Finance
3 81 (19.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 55 (13.32%) Banking
5 54 (13.08%) Games
6 42 (10.17%) Public Sector
7 39 (9.44%) Marketing
8 30 (7.26%) Analytical Skills
9 28 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (4.84%) Law
11 16 (3.87%) Back Office
12 15 (3.63%) Financial Institution
13 14 (3.39%) Manufacturing
14 13 (3.15%) Retail
15 12 (2.91%) Legal
16 11 (2.66%) Polish Language
17 9 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
18 8 (1.94%) Investment Banking
18 8 (1.94%) Legal Technology
19 7 (1.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 131 (31.72%) Developer
2 83 (20.10%) Senior
3 64 (15.50%) Architect
3 64 (15.50%) Software Engineer
4 63 (15.25%) Lead
5 35 (8.47%) Salesforce Architect
6 30 (7.26%) Development Engineer
6 30 (7.26%) Software Development Engineer
7 28 (6.78%) Senior Developer
8 26 (6.30%) Consultant
9 25 (6.05%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 25 (6.05%) Lead Software Engineer
9 25 (6.05%) Technical Architect
10 21 (5.08%) Java Developer
11 20 (4.84%) Full-Stack Developer
12 18 (4.36%) Salesforce Technical Architect
13 16 (3.87%) Java Engineer
13 16 (3.87%) Solutions Architect
14 15 (3.63%) .NET Developer
15 14 (3.39%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (27.36%) SOAP
2 79 (19.13%) React
3 74 (17.92%) .NET
4 49 (11.86%) Lightning Web Components
4 49 (11.86%) OAuth
5 48 (11.62%) Spring
6 47 (11.38%) Visualforce
7 43 (10.41%) SAML
8 39 (9.44%) GraphQL
9 36 (8.72%) Node.js
9 36 (8.72%) Spring Boot
10 35 (8.47%) OpenID
11 33 (7.99%) LDAP
12 31 (7.51%) AngularJS
13 27 (6.54%) JSON
14 24 (5.81%) Kafka
14 24 (5.81%) RESTful
15 23 (5.57%) ASP.NET
15 23 (5.57%) Middleware
16 22 (5.33%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 86 (20.82%) Product Ownership
2 34 (8.23%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (7.99%) Public Cloud
4 32 (7.75%) Cloud Native
5 24 (5.81%) Cyber Threat
5 24 (5.81%) Cyberattack
6 18 (4.36%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (3.87%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (3.63%) Low-Code
9 14 (3.39%) Onboarding
10 11 (2.66%) CMDB
10 11 (2.66%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (2.66%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.94%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.94%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.94%) Video\Live Streaming
12 6 (1.45%) CUDA
13 5 (1.21%) Data Structures
13 5 (1.21%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.81%) Linux
2 12 (2.91%) Windows
3 7 (1.69%) Android
3 7 (1.69%) Unix
4 5 (1.21%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.48%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (43.58%) CI/CD
2 127 (30.75%) Agile
3 125 (30.27%) DevOps
4 124 (30.02%) Roadmaps
5 119 (28.81%) Software Engineering
6 107 (25.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 87 (21.07%) Event-Driven
8 86 (20.82%) Problem-Solving
9 84 (20.34%) AI
10 82 (19.85%) Mentoring
11 76 (18.40%) Full-Stack Development
11 76 (18.40%) Microservices
12 72 (17.43%) OO
13 67 (16.22%) Technical Leadership
14 64 (15.50%) Scrum
15 58 (14.04%) Test Automation
16 54 (13.08%) Design Patterns
17 49 (11.86%) Containerisation
17 49 (11.86%) Infrastructure as Code
18 47 (11.38%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 111 (26.88%) Java
2 101 (24.46%) SQL
3 81 (19.61%) JavaScript
4 75 (18.16%) Python
5 61 (14.77%) C#
6 52 (12.59%) Apex Code
7 51 (12.35%) TypeScript
8 37 (8.96%) PowerShell
8 37 (8.96%) SOQL
9 36 (8.72%) SOSL
10 31 (7.51%) T-SQL
11 27 (6.54%) Bash
12 12 (2.91%) Go
13 10 (2.42%) PL/SQL
14 6 (1.45%) Ruby
15 5 (1.21%) Bicep
15 5 (1.21%) PHP
16 3 (0.73%) DataWeave
17 2 (0.48%) C
17 2 (0.48%) C++
Qualifications
1 54 (13.08%) Security Cleared
2 39 (9.44%) SC Cleared
3 36 (8.72%) Degree
4 25 (6.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.39%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.45%) CISSP
7 4 (0.97%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.48%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.48%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (10.65%) QA
2 25 (6.05%) NIST
3 24 (5.81%) NCSC
4 23 (5.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.42%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.94%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.21%) GDPR
8 3 (0.73%) SLA
9 2 (0.48%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.48%) WCAG
System Software
1 86 (20.82%) Docker
2 40 (9.69%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.48%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 53 (12.83%) Kubernetes
2 32 (7.75%) Terraform
3 9 (2.18%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.21%) Ansible
5 4 (0.97%) Argo
5 4 (0.97%) Grafana
5 4 (0.97%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.48%) Kibana
6 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.48%) MIIS
Vendors
1 58 (14.04%) Salesforce
2 56 (13.56%) Microsoft
3 38 (9.20%) Splunk
4 27 (6.54%) ServiceNow
5 22 (5.33%) Oracle
6 16 (3.87%) MuleSoft
7 9 (2.18%) CyberArk
7 9 (2.18%) OpenAI
8 7 (1.69%) Google
8 7 (1.69%) Informatica
9 6 (1.45%) Cisco
9 6 (1.45%) F5
9 6 (1.45%) Juniper
9 6 (1.45%) Palo Alto
9 6 (1.45%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.97%) ConnectWise
10 4 (0.97%) IBM
10 4 (0.97%) WooCommerce
11 3 (0.73%) HighQ
11 3 (0.73%) Revolut