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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 133 149
Rank change year-on-year -27 +16 -43
Permanent jobs citing REST 402 383 485
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.64% 2.37% 2.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.90% 10.04% 7.25%
Number of salaries quoted 251 232 322
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,300 £42,264
25th Percentile £56,000 £53,750 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +21.74% -14.81%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% +21.74% -17.86%

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 4,517 3,813 6,691
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.45% 23.62% 29.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3,336 2,518 4,708
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,125 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -2.99%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £68,513 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.48% +5.40% -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 22 September 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 15 (3.73%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 6 (1.49%) Confluence
4 4 (1.00%) Camunda
5 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.50%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.50%) nginx
7 1 (0.25%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.25%) CMS
7 1 (0.25%) Documentum
7 1 (0.25%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.25%) IIS
7 1 (0.25%) JBoss
7 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 6 (1.49%) Moqups
2 3 (0.75%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.75%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.49%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.75%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.75%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.50%) Magento
3 2 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.50%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.50%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP CAR
4 1 (0.25%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 189 (47.01%) AWS
2 174 (43.28%) Azure
3 53 (13.18%) SaaS
4 39 (9.70%) GCP
4 39 (9.70%) GitHub
5 38 (9.45%) Azure DevOps
6 34 (8.46%) Power Platform
7 29 (7.21%) Serverless
8 24 (5.97%) Azure Service Bus
9 19 (4.73%) Power Automate
10 18 (4.48%) GitHub Actions
10 18 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
11 17 (4.23%) Azure Monitor
11 17 (4.23%) PowerApps
12 16 (3.98%) Entra ID
12 16 (3.98%) Microsoft Copilot
13 15 (3.73%) Azure Key Vault
14 14 (3.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 13 (3.23%) GitHub Copilot
16 12 (2.99%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 39 (9.70%) HTTP
2 10 (2.49%) Broadband
3 6 (1.49%) Network Security
4 5 (1.24%) Firewall
4 5 (1.24%) Kerberos
5 3 (0.75%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.50%) SSL
6 2 (0.50%) VPN
6 2 (0.50%) X.509
7 1 (0.25%) BGP
7 1 (0.25%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.25%) DHCP
7 1 (0.25%) DNS
7 1 (0.25%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.25%) Intranet
7 1 (0.25%) LAN
7 1 (0.25%) LTE
7 1 (0.25%) OpenVPN
7 1 (0.25%) OSPF
7 1 (0.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (14.68%) PostgreSQL
2 56 (13.93%) SQL Server
3 42 (10.45%) Relational Database
4 20 (4.98%) NoSQL
5 18 (4.48%) MySQL
6 16 (3.98%) Elasticsearch
7 15 (3.73%) Power BI
8 11 (2.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (2.49%) MongoDB
9 10 (2.49%) Redis
10 8 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (1.00%) Ataccama
12 4 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.00%) IBM InfoSphere
12 4 (1.00%) MariaDB
12 4 (1.00%) Metadata
12 4 (1.00%) Oracle Database
12 4 (1.00%) TIBCO EBX
13 3 (0.75%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 95 (23.63%) Git
2 18 (4.48%) JIRA
2 18 (4.48%) JUnit
3 16 (3.98%) Jenkins
3 16 (3.98%) Mockito
4 14 (3.48%) GitLab
4 14 (3.48%) Maven
5 13 (3.23%) Cypress.io
6 11 (2.74%) Postman
7 10 (2.49%) Selenium
8 7 (1.74%) Claude Code
9 6 (1.49%) SonarQube
9 6 (1.49%) Storybook
10 5 (1.24%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.75%) Subversion
12 2 (0.50%) Gradle
12 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
13 1 (0.25%) Appium
13 1 (0.25%) MLflow
13 1 (0.25%) TestRail
General
1 129 (32.09%) Social Skills
2 116 (28.86%) Finance
3 51 (12.69%) Banking
4 36 (8.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (7.96%) Public Sector
6 31 (7.71%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (4.23%) Legal
8 16 (3.98%) Law
9 14 (3.48%) Manufacturing
10 12 (2.99%) Marketing
11 10 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (2.24%) Financial Institution
12 9 (2.24%) Investment Banking
12 9 (2.24%) Retail
13 8 (1.99%) Back Office
13 8 (1.99%) Legal Technology
14 6 (1.49%) Front Office
14 6 (1.49%) Games
14 6 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.00%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 137 (34.08%) Developer
2 101 (25.12%) Senior
3 82 (20.40%) Lead
4 71 (17.66%) Software Engineer
5 35 (8.71%) Architect
6 33 (8.21%) Development Engineer
6 33 (8.21%) Senior Developer
6 33 (8.21%) Software Development Engineer
7 29 (7.21%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 28 (6.97%) .NET Developer
8 28 (6.97%) Lead Software Engineer
9 26 (6.47%) Full-Stack Developer
10 20 (4.98%) Technical Leader
11 19 (4.73%) Java Developer
11 19 (4.73%) Java Engineer
12 17 (4.23%) Python Engineer
12 17 (4.23%) Software Developer
13 15 (3.73%) Consultant
13 15 (3.73%) Lead Developer
13 15 (3.73%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (26.37%) React
2 84 (20.90%) .NET
3 57 (14.18%) SOAP
4 54 (13.43%) Spring
5 47 (11.69%) Terraform
6 36 (8.96%) AngularJS
7 35 (8.71%) Node.js
7 35 (8.71%) Spring Boot
8 31 (7.71%) CSS
9 28 (6.97%) ASP.NET
10 27 (6.72%) .NET Core
11 26 (6.47%) Kafka
12 25 (6.22%) OAuth
13 22 (5.47%) Blazor
14 21 (5.22%) RESTful
15 19 (4.73%) GraphQL
16 17 (4.23%) Lightning Web Components
16 17 (4.23%) Playwright
17 16 (3.98%) HTML
18 15 (3.73%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 57 (14.18%) Product Ownership
2 40 (9.95%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (9.20%) Enterprise Software
4 35 (8.71%) Public Cloud
5 33 (8.21%) Cloud Native
6 17 (4.23%) AI Agents
6 17 (4.23%) Mobile App
7 11 (2.74%) CMDB
7 11 (2.74%) Onboarding
8 10 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (2.49%) Low-Code
8 10 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.99%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.99%) IoT
10 8 (1.99%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.24%) Reference Data
11 5 (1.24%) Video\Live Streaming
12 4 (1.00%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (1.00%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.73%) Linux
2 12 (2.99%) Android
3 10 (2.49%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.49%) Windows
5 1 (0.25%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.25%) OpenWrt
5 1 (0.25%) Unix
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (49.00%) CI/CD
2 140 (34.83%) Software Engineering
3 129 (32.09%) Agile
4 122 (30.35%) AI
5 109 (27.11%) DevOps
6 105 (26.12%) Mentoring
6 105 (26.12%) Problem-Solving
7 96 (23.88%) Continuous Improvement
8 92 (22.89%) Technical Leadership
9 91 (22.64%) Full-Stack Development
10 85 (21.14%) Microservices
11 80 (19.90%) Roadmaps
12 74 (18.41%) Event-Driven
13 65 (16.17%) Test Automation
14 60 (14.93%) TDD
15 55 (13.68%) OO
16 52 (12.94%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 49 (12.19%) SDLC
18 46 (11.44%) Scrum
18 46 (11.44%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 118 (29.35%) Java
2 103 (25.62%) SQL
3 83 (20.65%) C#
3 83 (20.65%) JavaScript
4 66 (16.42%) Python
4 66 (16.42%) TypeScript
5 22 (5.47%) PowerShell
6 19 (4.73%) Apex Code
7 14 (3.48%) PL/SQL
8 11 (2.74%) Bash
8 11 (2.74%) SOQL
9 10 (2.49%) Go
10 7 (1.74%) SOSL
10 7 (1.74%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.49%) Bicep
11 6 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (1.49%) Ruby
12 4 (1.00%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.75%) PHP
14 2 (0.50%) C
Qualifications
1 59 (14.68%) Security Cleared
2 37 (9.20%) SC Cleared
3 24 (5.97%) Degree
4 17 (4.23%) DV Cleared
5 16 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.24%) CISSP
7 4 (1.00%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.00%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.25%) CCIE
9 1 (0.25%) CCNP
9 1 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.25%) CSPO
9 1 (0.25%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.25%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (13.43%) QA
2 20 (4.98%) Accessibility
3 17 (4.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (3.73%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.24%) GDPR
5 5 (1.24%) NIST
5 5 (1.24%) WCAG
6 4 (1.00%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.75%) NCSC
8 2 (0.50%) SLA
9 1 (0.25%) GRC
System Software
1 107 (26.62%) Docker
2 13 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.25%) Firmware
3 1 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 60 (14.93%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.49%) Ansible
3 7 (1.74%) Grafana
4 5 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.75%) Argo
5 3 (0.75%) Kibana
5 3 (0.75%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.25%) Consul
7 1 (0.25%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.25%) logstash
7 1 (0.25%) Podman
Vendors
1 77 (19.15%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.47%) Oracle
3 24 (5.97%) Salesforce
4 18 (4.48%) ServiceNow
5 12 (2.99%) Informatica
6 11 (2.74%) OpenAI
7 10 (2.49%) MuleSoft
8 9 (2.24%) Google
9 7 (1.74%) Sage
9 7 (1.74%) Splunk
10 6 (1.49%) IBM
11 5 (1.24%) CyberArk
11 5 (1.24%) SAP
11 5 (1.24%) TIBCO
12 4 (1.00%) Dynatrace
12 4 (1.00%) Foundry
13 3 (0.75%) Aderant
13 3 (0.75%) HighQ
13 3 (0.75%) iManage
13 3 (0.75%) Intapp