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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 76 119
Rank change year-on-year -36 +43 -31
Permanent jobs citing REST 390 633 739
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.38% 4.13% 2.66%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.41% 12.85% 9.06%
Number of salaries quoted 217 263 665
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,900
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +3.85% -7.14%

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 2,909 4,927 8,159
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.76% 32.13% 29.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,138 3,276 7,112
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,400 £52,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,296 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +10.49% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,209 £61,500
% change year-on-year -1.83% +7.66% -8.89%

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 February 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 (4.10%) JBoss
2 13 (3.33%) WebSphere
3 5 (1.28%) Anypoint
3 5 (1.28%) Apache Pulsar
4 4 (1.03%) Confluence
4 4 (1.03%) IIS
5 3 (0.77%) NServiceBus
5 3 (0.77%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.77%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.51%) Mendix
6 2 (0.51%) nginx
7 1 (0.26%) Apache
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.26%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 4 (1.03%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.77%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 17 (4.36%) Shopify
2 11 (2.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (2.56%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (2.31%) Magento
5 7 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (1.54%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.77%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.51%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.51%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 156 (40.00%) Azure
2 83 (21.28%) AWS
3 63 (16.15%) Entra ID
4 58 (14.87%) Google Workspace
5 48 (12.31%) GitHub
5 48 (12.31%) SaaS
6 34 (8.72%) Azure DevOps
7 33 (8.46%) GitHub Copilot
8 27 (6.92%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 27 (6.92%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 20 (5.13%) GCP
10 17 (4.36%) Azure Logic Apps
10 17 (4.36%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (4.36%) Power Automate
10 17 (4.36%) Serverless
11 15 (3.85%) Boomi
12 12 (3.08%) Salesforce Einstein
13 11 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
13 11 (2.82%) Power Platform
14 9 (2.31%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 88 (22.56%) Broadband
2 16 (4.10%) HTTP
3 9 (2.31%) SMTP
4 6 (1.54%) AMQP
5 5 (1.28%) PuTTY
5 5 (1.28%) VoIP
6 4 (1.03%) Firewall
6 4 (1.03%) SSL
7 3 (0.77%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (0.77%) IP Telephony
7 3 (0.77%) RTP
7 3 (0.77%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.77%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.51%) PSTN
9 1 (0.26%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.26%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.26%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (8.97%) SQL Server
2 18 (4.62%) Relational Database
3 17 (4.36%) MySQL
3 17 (4.36%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (3.08%) NoSQL
5 8 (2.05%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.28%) Redis
7 4 (1.03%) Power BI
7 4 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.77%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.51%) Big Data
9 2 (0.51%) DocumentDB
9 2 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.51%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.51%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.51%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.26%) Cloud Spanner
Development Applications
1 42 (10.77%) Git
2 40 (10.26%) Jenkins
3 32 (8.21%) GitLab
4 28 (7.18%) SonarQube
5 22 (5.64%) JIRA
6 10 (2.56%) Selenium
7 9 (2.31%) Maven
7 9 (2.31%) SpecFlow
7 9 (2.31%) WebDriver
8 4 (1.03%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (1.03%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.03%) Gradle
8 4 (1.03%) JMeter
8 4 (1.03%) TeamCity
8 4 (1.03%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.77%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.77%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.77%) JUnit
9 3 (0.77%) Postman
9 3 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 141 (36.15%) Social Skills
2 108 (27.69%) Finance
3 80 (20.51%) Games
4 66 (16.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 60 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
6 46 (11.79%) Marketing
7 33 (8.46%) Public Sector
8 26 (6.67%) Law
9 21 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
10 19 (4.87%) Banking
11 18 (4.62%) Back Office
12 17 (4.36%) Telecoms
13 12 (3.08%) Retail
14 10 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (2.31%) Financial Institution
15 9 (2.31%) Polish Language
16 5 (1.28%) Legal
17 4 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
18 2 (0.51%) Billing
19 1 (0.26%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 151 (38.72%) Developer
2 123 (31.54%) Senior
3 52 (13.33%) Architect
4 32 (8.21%) Senior Developer
4 32 (8.21%) Software Engineer
5 26 (6.67%) Salesforce Architect
6 25 (6.41%) Full-Stack Developer
7 23 (5.90%) IAM Developer
8 20 (5.13%) Senior Architect
9 19 (4.87%) Integration Developer
10 18 (4.62%) Java Developer
10 18 (4.62%) Salesforce Developer
11 17 (4.36%) Senior Software Engineer
12 16 (4.10%) Lead
12 16 (4.10%) Systems Engineer
13 15 (3.85%) Analyst
13 15 (3.85%) C# Developer
14 14 (3.59%) .NET Developer
14 14 (3.59%) Consultant
14 14 (3.59%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 209 (53.59%) SOAP
2 93 (23.85%) GraphQL
3 83 (21.28%) SAML
4 75 (19.23%) OAuth
5 68 (17.44%) Lightning Web Components
6 63 (16.15%) .NET
7 62 (15.90%) LDAP
8 59 (15.13%) OpenID
9 52 (13.33%) React
10 50 (12.82%) Middleware
11 46 (11.79%) Visualforce
12 45 (11.54%) Web Services
13 44 (11.28%) Spring
14 40 (10.26%) JSON
15 34 (8.72%) XML
16 30 (7.69%) CSS
17 28 (7.18%) Node.js
18 26 (6.67%) Spring Boot
19 23 (5.90%) HTML
20 22 (5.64%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 71 (18.21%) Product Ownership
2 60 (15.38%) Cyber Threat
2 60 (15.38%) Cyberattack
3 27 (6.92%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (6.67%) Cloud Native
5 15 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (3.33%) DataPower
7 11 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (2.82%) Low-Code
7 11 (2.82%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.79%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.28%) AI Agents
10 5 (1.28%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.28%) Educational Technology
10 5 (1.28%) Mobile Games
11 4 (1.03%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.03%) IoT
11 4 (1.03%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.67%) Linux
2 14 (3.59%) Android
3 9 (2.31%) Windows
4 8 (2.05%) Unix
5 7 (1.79%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.03%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.26%) CentOS
7 1 (0.26%) Debian
7 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (38.46%) Agile
2 144 (36.92%) Roadmaps
3 132 (33.85%) CI/CD
4 118 (30.26%) DevOps
5 113 (28.97%) Mentoring
6 84 (21.54%) AI
7 72 (18.46%) Event-Driven
8 69 (17.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 61 (15.64%) Cybersecurity
9 61 (15.64%) Microservices
10 60 (15.38%) Programme Delivery
11 59 (15.13%) Identity Access Management
12 58 (14.87%) Regulatory Compliance
13 51 (13.08%) Data Modelling
13 51 (13.08%) Software Engineering
14 50 (12.82%) Test Automation
15 49 (12.56%) Problem-Solving
15 49 (12.56%) User Experience
16 48 (12.31%) Scrum
17 45 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 116 (29.74%) SQL
2 90 (23.08%) Java
2 90 (23.08%) JavaScript
3 77 (19.74%) PowerShell
4 74 (18.97%) T-SQL
5 69 (17.69%) Apex Code
6 61 (15.64%) Bash
7 55 (14.10%) Python
8 51 (13.08%) C#
9 37 (9.49%) TypeScript
10 30 (7.69%) SOQL
10 30 (7.69%) SOSL
11 18 (4.62%) PHP
12 11 (2.82%) Go
13 10 (2.56%) C++
14 9 (2.31%) Kotlin
15 5 (1.28%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.77%) C
16 3 (0.77%) Ruby
17 2 (0.51%) Swift
Qualifications
1 45 (11.54%) Degree
2 38 (9.74%) Security Cleared
3 36 (9.23%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (0.77%) DV Cleared
5 3 (0.77%) PhD
6 2 (0.51%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.51%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (0.51%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.26%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (15.38%) NCSC
1 60 (15.38%) NIST
2 30 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (3.85%) GDPR
3 15 (3.85%) QA
4 7 (1.79%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.28%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.77%) HL7
6 3 (0.77%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.51%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.51%) WCAG
8 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 69 (17.69%) Active Directory
2 51 (13.08%) Docker
3 3 (0.77%) Kamailio
4 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 37 (9.49%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.87%) Terraform
3 10 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.28%) Ansible
5 3 (0.77%) Argo
6 1 (0.26%) Grafana
6 1 (0.26%) Kibana
6 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 77 (19.74%) Salesforce
2 44 (11.28%) Microsoft
3 33 (8.46%) MuleSoft
4 28 (7.18%) ServiceNow
4 28 (7.18%) Splunk
5 25 (6.41%) Oracle
6 13 (3.33%) SAP
7 11 (2.82%) CyberArk
7 11 (2.82%) IBM
7 11 (2.82%) Workday
8 9 (2.31%) ConnectWise
8 9 (2.31%) WooCommerce
9 6 (1.54%) Epicor
9 6 (1.54%) SnapLogic
9 6 (1.54%) Talend
10 5 (1.28%) Dell
10 5 (1.28%) Ericsson
10 5 (1.28%) Nokia
10 5 (1.28%) Software AG
10 5 (1.28%) TIBCO