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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 120 142
Rank change year-on-year +3 +22 -43
Permanent jobs citing REST 404 401 752
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.21% 2.82% 2.32%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.52% 9.56% 8.80%
Number of salaries quoted 199 270 687
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £54,375 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,000 £95,125 £102,500
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 3,228 4,195 8,548
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.69% 29.50% 26.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,317 3,135 7,519
10th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,400 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.52% +10.00% -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 8 May 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 13 (3.22%) JBoss
2 9 (2.23%) WebSphere
3 6 (1.49%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.99%) Apache Solr
5 3 (0.74%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.74%) Apache Pulsar
5 3 (0.74%) NServiceBus
5 3 (0.74%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.50%) Apache
6 2 (0.50%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.50%) Confluence
7 1 (0.25%) Camunda
7 1 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.74%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (2.23%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (2.23%) Dynamics NAV
1 9 (2.23%) Magento
1 9 (2.23%) Shopify
2 3 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 152 (37.62%) Azure
2 120 (29.70%) AWS
3 59 (14.60%) Entra ID
4 53 (13.12%) Google Workspace
5 48 (11.88%) GitHub
6 35 (8.66%) SaaS
7 34 (8.42%) GCP
8 30 (7.43%) Azure DevOps
8 30 (7.43%) GitHub Copilot
9 23 (5.69%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 23 (5.69%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 22 (5.45%) Serverless
11 10 (2.48%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (1.98%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (1.98%) OpenShift
13 8 (1.98%) Power Platform
14 7 (1.73%) Amazon EKS
14 7 (1.73%) Apigee
14 7 (1.73%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 95 (23.51%) Broadband
2 33 (8.17%) HTTP
3 11 (2.72%) Firewall
4 9 (2.23%) SMTP
5 7 (1.73%) SSL
6 6 (1.49%) AMQP
6 6 (1.49%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (1.24%) Kerberos
7 5 (1.24%) Network Security
7 5 (1.24%) PuTTY
8 4 (0.99%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.74%) Modbus
9 3 (0.74%) RTP
9 3 (0.74%) Unified Communications
9 3 (0.74%) VoIP
9 3 (0.74%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.25%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.25%) Intranet
10 1 (0.25%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (8.66%) SQL Server
2 32 (7.92%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (5.20%) NoSQL
4 19 (4.70%) Relational Database
5 18 (4.46%) MongoDB
6 13 (3.22%) MySQL
7 6 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.99%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.99%) DocumentDB
9 4 (0.99%) Neo4j
9 4 (0.99%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.74%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.50%) Power BI
11 2 (0.50%) Redis
12 1 (0.25%) Cloud Spanner
12 1 (0.25%) Cloudera CDH
12 1 (0.25%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 51 (12.62%) Git
2 43 (10.64%) Jenkins
3 41 (10.15%) GitLab
4 34 (8.42%) SonarQube
5 17 (4.21%) JIRA
6 11 (2.72%) Selenium
7 10 (2.48%) Maven
7 10 (2.48%) SpecFlow
8 9 (2.23%) WebDriver
9 7 (1.73%) Visual Studio
10 6 (1.49%) JUnit
11 5 (1.24%) Gradle
12 4 (0.99%) NUnit
12 4 (0.99%) Postman
13 3 (0.74%) Cucumber
13 3 (0.74%) Mockito
13 3 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
14 2 (0.50%) Jasmine
14 2 (0.50%) TeamCity
14 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 127 (31.44%) Social Skills
2 110 (27.23%) Finance
3 76 (18.81%) Games
4 71 (17.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 57 (14.11%) Organisational Skills
6 46 (11.39%) Marketing
7 45 (11.14%) Banking
8 34 (8.42%) Public Sector
9 25 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
10 19 (4.70%) Law
11 18 (4.46%) Back Office
12 16 (3.96%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (3.96%) Telecoms
13 11 (2.72%) Retail
14 10 (2.48%) Financial Institution
15 9 (2.23%) Polish Language
16 7 (1.73%) Investment Banking
17 5 (1.24%) Manufacturing
18 4 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
19 3 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 132 (32.67%) Developer
2 117 (28.96%) Senior
3 63 (15.59%) Architect
4 59 (14.60%) Software Engineer
5 33 (8.17%) Salesforce Architect
5 33 (8.17%) Senior Developer
6 29 (7.18%) Lead
7 28 (6.93%) Development Engineer
7 28 (6.93%) Software Development Engineer
8 26 (6.44%) Senior Software Engineer
9 20 (4.95%) Java Developer
9 20 (4.95%) Salesforce Developer
10 19 (4.70%) IAM Developer
10 19 (4.70%) Technical Architect
11 18 (4.46%) Salesforce Technical Architect
12 17 (4.21%) Consultant
12 17 (4.21%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 17 (4.21%) Senior Architect
13 16 (3.96%) Senior Development Engineer
13 16 (3.96%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (43.07%) SOAP
2 77 (19.06%) OAuth
3 76 (18.81%) GraphQL
4 74 (18.32%) SAML
5 67 (16.58%) Lightning Web Components
6 65 (16.09%) .NET
7 61 (15.10%) LDAP
8 60 (14.85%) OpenID
9 59 (14.60%) React
10 54 (13.37%) Visualforce
11 48 (11.88%) Spring
12 41 (10.15%) Middleware
13 36 (8.91%) JSON
14 32 (7.92%) Spring Boot
15 31 (7.67%) AngularJS
16 30 (7.43%) Node.js
17 28 (6.93%) Web Services
18 27 (6.68%) XML
19 25 (6.19%) RESTful
20 23 (5.69%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 86 (21.29%) Product Ownership
2 54 (13.37%) Cyber Threat
2 54 (13.37%) Cyberattack
3 38 (9.41%) Cloud Native
4 29 (7.18%) Public Cloud
5 27 (6.68%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (3.22%) Low-Code
8 12 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (2.72%) Onboarding
10 9 (2.23%) DataPower
10 9 (2.23%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.73%) Algorithms
11 7 (1.73%) Video\Live Streaming
12 6 (1.49%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.49%) CUDA
12 6 (1.49%) Management Information System
13 5 (1.24%) Video Conferencing
14 4 (0.99%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.94%) Linux
2 15 (3.71%) Android
3 10 (2.48%) Windows
4 6 (1.49%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.49%) Unix
5 4 (0.99%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.25%) CentOS
6 1 (0.25%) Debian
6 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (37.13%) CI/CD
2 148 (36.63%) Roadmaps
3 126 (31.19%) DevOps
4 122 (30.20%) Agile
5 101 (25.00%) Mentoring
6 94 (23.27%) Software Engineering
7 85 (21.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 82 (20.30%) AI
9 79 (19.55%) Event-Driven
10 70 (17.33%) Test Automation
11 69 (17.08%) Microservices
12 67 (16.58%) OO
13 62 (15.35%) Problem-Solving
14 60 (14.85%) Cybersecurity
15 57 (14.11%) Identity Access Management
16 55 (13.61%) Scrum
17 54 (13.37%) Programme Delivery
17 54 (13.37%) Regulatory Compliance
18 52 (12.87%) Design Patterns
18 52 (12.87%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 108 (26.73%) Java
2 106 (26.24%) SQL
3 71 (17.57%) Apex Code
4 70 (17.33%) JavaScript
5 65 (16.09%) Python
6 64 (15.84%) PowerShell
6 64 (15.84%) T-SQL
7 54 (13.37%) Bash
8 44 (10.89%) C#
9 36 (8.91%) SOQL
9 36 (8.91%) SOSL
10 34 (8.42%) TypeScript
11 16 (3.96%) Go
12 10 (2.48%) C++
13 5 (1.24%) Kotlin
13 5 (1.24%) PHP
14 3 (0.74%) Bicep
14 3 (0.74%) C
14 3 (0.74%) DataWeave
15 2 (0.50%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (12.62%) Degree
2 43 (10.64%) Security Cleared
3 39 (9.65%) SC Cleared
4 31 (7.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.49%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.24%) CISSP
7 4 (0.99%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.50%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.50%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.50%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (13.61%) NIST
2 54 (13.37%) NCSC
3 32 (7.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 30 (7.43%) QA
5 5 (1.24%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.99%) GDPR
7 3 (0.74%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.74%) SLA
8 2 (0.50%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.50%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.25%) HL7
System Software
1 68 (16.83%) Active Directory
2 56 (13.86%) Docker
3 5 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.74%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 43 (10.64%) Kubernetes
2 25 (6.19%) Terraform
3 8 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.49%) Ansible
5 3 (0.74%) Argo
6 2 (0.50%) Kibana
6 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.50%) MIIS
7 1 (0.25%) Grafana
7 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.25%) Puppet
Vendors
1 74 (18.32%) Salesforce
2 42 (10.40%) Microsoft
3 38 (9.41%) Splunk
4 24 (5.94%) ServiceNow
5 22 (5.45%) MuleSoft
6 15 (3.71%) Oracle
7 10 (2.48%) CyberArk
8 9 (2.23%) ConnectWise
8 9 (2.23%) WooCommerce
9 7 (1.73%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.49%) Cisco
10 6 (1.49%) F5
10 6 (1.49%) Juniper
10 6 (1.49%) Palo Alto
11 4 (0.99%) IBM
11 4 (0.99%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.99%) SAP
12 3 (0.74%) Ericsson
12 3 (0.74%) Mavenir
12 3 (0.74%) Revolut