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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 137 166
Rank change year-on-year -21 +29 -69
Permanent jobs citing REST 406 389 491
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.69% 2.39% 2.09%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.97% 10.01% 7.27%
Number of salaries quoted 248 239 359
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,650 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +21.74% -14.81%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £73,750
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 4,528 3,885 6,753
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.88% 23.92% 28.79%
Number of salaries quoted 3,346 2,587 4,931
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -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 11 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 (3.69%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 5 (1.23%) Camunda
3 5 (1.23%) Confluence
4 3 (0.74%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.49%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.25%) Documentum
6 1 (0.25%) IIS
6 1 (0.25%) JBoss
6 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 5 (1.23%) Moqups
2 3 (0.74%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.48%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.74%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.74%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.49%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.49%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.25%) Magento
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 201 (49.51%) AWS
2 178 (43.84%) Azure
3 50 (12.32%) SaaS
4 46 (11.33%) GCP
5 36 (8.87%) Azure DevOps
5 36 (8.87%) GitHub
6 32 (7.88%) Power Platform
7 24 (5.91%) Serverless
8 19 (4.68%) Azure Service Bus
9 18 (4.43%) GitHub Actions
9 18 (4.43%) PowerApps
10 17 (4.19%) Power Automate
11 16 (3.94%) Microsoft 365
11 16 (3.94%) Microsoft Copilot
12 14 (3.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 13 (3.20%) Azure Monitor
13 13 (3.20%) GitHub Copilot
14 12 (2.96%) Azure Key Vault
15 11 (2.71%) Entra ID
16 10 (2.46%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 39 (9.61%) HTTP
2 17 (4.19%) Broadband
3 7 (1.72%) Firewall
4 6 (1.48%) Network Security
5 5 (1.23%) Kerberos
6 4 (0.99%) SSL
6 4 (0.99%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.49%) X.509
8 1 (0.25%) BGP
8 1 (0.25%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.25%) DHCP
8 1 (0.25%) DNS
8 1 (0.25%) Intranet
8 1 (0.25%) LAN
8 1 (0.25%) LTE
8 1 (0.25%) Modbus
8 1 (0.25%) MQTT
8 1 (0.25%) OSPF
8 1 (0.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (15.52%) PostgreSQL
2 57 (14.04%) SQL Server
3 41 (10.10%) Relational Database
4 20 (4.93%) NoSQL
5 17 (4.19%) MongoDB
5 17 (4.19%) MySQL
6 15 (3.69%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (3.20%) Power BI
8 11 (2.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (2.22%) Redis
10 6 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.99%) Ataccama
11 4 (0.99%) IBM InfoSphere
11 4 (0.99%) MariaDB
11 4 (0.99%) TIBCO EBX
12 3 (0.74%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (0.74%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.74%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.74%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 95 (23.40%) Git
2 18 (4.43%) JUnit
3 17 (4.19%) JIRA
4 16 (3.94%) GitLab
4 16 (3.94%) Jenkins
4 16 (3.94%) Mockito
5 14 (3.45%) Maven
6 12 (2.96%) Cypress.io
7 11 (2.71%) Selenium
8 9 (2.22%) Postman
9 7 (1.72%) SonarQube
10 6 (1.48%) Claude Code
10 6 (1.48%) Storybook
11 4 (0.99%) IntelliJ
12 3 (0.74%) NUnit
12 3 (0.74%) Subversion
12 3 (0.74%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.74%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
13 2 (0.49%) Gradle
General
1 125 (30.79%) Social Skills
2 116 (28.57%) Finance
3 53 (13.05%) Banking
4 37 (9.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 31 (7.64%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (7.14%) Public Sector
7 18 (4.43%) Law
8 17 (4.19%) Legal
9 15 (3.69%) Manufacturing
10 13 (3.20%) Games
10 13 (3.20%) Marketing
11 10 (2.46%) Financial Institution
11 10 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (2.22%) Back Office
12 9 (2.22%) Investment Banking
12 9 (2.22%) Retail
13 8 (1.97%) Legal Technology
13 8 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.48%) Front Office
15 5 (1.23%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 140 (34.48%) Developer
2 95 (23.40%) Senior
3 83 (20.44%) Lead
4 71 (17.49%) Software Engineer
5 34 (8.37%) Architect
5 34 (8.37%) Development Engineer
5 34 (8.37%) Software Development Engineer
6 32 (7.88%) Senior Developer
7 31 (7.64%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 29 (7.14%) Full-Stack Developer
8 29 (7.14%) Lead Software Engineer
9 27 (6.65%) .NET Developer
10 21 (5.17%) Java Engineer
11 20 (4.93%) Technical Leader
12 19 (4.68%) Java Developer
13 18 (4.43%) Python Engineer
13 18 (4.43%) Software Developer
14 15 (3.69%) Consultant
14 15 (3.69%) Lead Developer
14 15 (3.69%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (25.12%) React
2 80 (19.70%) .NET
3 60 (14.78%) SOAP
4 55 (13.55%) Spring
5 47 (11.58%) Terraform
6 38 (9.36%) Node.js
7 35 (8.62%) Spring Boot
8 32 (7.88%) AngularJS
9 29 (7.14%) ASP.NET
10 28 (6.90%) CSS
10 28 (6.90%) Kafka
11 25 (6.16%) .NET Core
11 25 (6.16%) OAuth
12 22 (5.42%) Blazor
12 22 (5.42%) RESTful
13 19 (4.68%) GraphQL
14 17 (4.19%) Lightning Web Components
14 17 (4.19%) Playwright
15 16 (3.94%) Django
15 16 (3.94%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 65 (16.01%) Product Ownership
2 38 (9.36%) Distributed Systems
3 36 (8.87%) Public Cloud
4 32 (7.88%) Cloud Native
5 30 (7.39%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (3.94%) Low-Code
6 16 (3.94%) Mobile App
7 15 (3.69%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (3.45%) AI Agents
9 11 (2.71%) CMDB
9 11 (2.71%) Onboarding
10 10 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (2.46%) Video\Live Streaming
11 9 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.97%) IoT
13 7 (1.72%) Algorithms
13 7 (1.72%) Data Structures
14 4 (0.99%) CUDA
14 4 (0.99%) Reference Data
14 4 (0.99%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.17%) Linux
2 11 (2.71%) Android
3 9 (2.22%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.99%) Windows
5 3 (0.74%) Unix
6 1 (0.25%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.25%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (48.03%) CI/CD
2 140 (34.48%) Software Engineering
3 125 (30.79%) Agile
4 117 (28.82%) AI
5 106 (26.11%) DevOps
6 102 (25.12%) Problem-Solving
7 100 (24.63%) Full-Stack Development
7 100 (24.63%) Mentoring
8 97 (23.89%) Continuous Improvement
9 90 (22.17%) Microservices
10 88 (21.67%) Technical Leadership
11 76 (18.72%) Roadmaps
12 72 (17.73%) Event-Driven
13 71 (17.49%) Test Automation
14 62 (15.27%) TDD
15 57 (14.04%) OO
16 50 (12.32%) Containerisation
17 48 (11.82%) Infrastructure as Code
18 47 (11.58%) Event-Driven Architecture
19 46 (11.33%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 116 (28.57%) Java
2 101 (24.88%) SQL
3 83 (20.44%) JavaScript
4 78 (19.21%) C#
5 71 (17.49%) Python
6 68 (16.75%) TypeScript
7 22 (5.42%) PowerShell
8 19 (4.68%) Apex Code
9 15 (3.69%) Go
10 14 (3.45%) PL/SQL
11 11 (2.71%) SOQL
12 10 (2.46%) Bash
13 8 (1.97%) SOSL
14 7 (1.72%) T-SQL
15 6 (1.48%) Ruby
16 5 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 4 (0.99%) Bicep
17 4 (0.99%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.99%) PHP
18 3 (0.74%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 53 (13.05%) Security Cleared
2 32 (7.88%) SC Cleared
3 23 (5.67%) Degree
4 19 (4.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (4.19%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.23%) CISSP
7 3 (0.74%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.49%) Azure Certification
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%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (14.78%) QA
2 19 (4.68%) Accessibility
3 17 (4.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (3.20%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.23%) GDPR
5 5 (1.23%) NIST
5 5 (1.23%) WCAG
6 4 (0.99%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.74%) NCSC
7 3 (0.74%) SLA
8 1 (0.25%) GRC
System Software
1 110 (27.09%) Docker
2 12 (2.96%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.25%) Firmware
4 1 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 63 (15.52%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.46%) Ansible
3 5 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.74%) Grafana
4 3 (0.74%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.49%) Argo
5 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.49%) MIIS
6 1 (0.25%) Consul
6 1 (0.25%) Kibana
6 1 (0.25%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.25%) Podman
Vendors
1 68 (16.75%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.16%) Oracle
2 25 (6.16%) Salesforce
3 17 (4.19%) ServiceNow
4 12 (2.96%) Informatica
5 11 (2.71%) MuleSoft
6 10 (2.46%) OpenAI
6 10 (2.46%) Splunk
7 8 (1.97%) Google
8 6 (1.48%) IBM
8 6 (1.48%) Sage
9 5 (1.23%) CyberArk
9 5 (1.23%) TIBCO
10 4 (0.99%) SAP
11 3 (0.74%) Aderant
11 3 (0.74%) Cisco
11 3 (0.74%) HighQ
11 3 (0.74%) iManage
11 3 (0.74%) Intapp
12 2 (0.49%) Databricks