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

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 77 120
Rank change year-on-year -34 +43 -29
Permanent jobs citing REST 397 608 746
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.38% 4.19% 2.63%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.36% 13.09% 9.07%
Number of salaries quoted 217 261 672
10th Percentile £41,550 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,537 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - +3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £93,750 £109,750
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +3.85% -6.40%

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 2,972 4,645 8,228
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.80% 32.00% 28.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,183 3,202 7,138
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,295 £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 £66,219 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.84% +10.37% -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 5 March 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 17 (4.28%) JBoss
2 13 (3.27%) WebSphere
3 5 (1.26%) Anypoint
3 5 (1.26%) Apache Pulsar
4 4 (1.01%) Confluence
4 4 (1.01%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.76%) NServiceBus
5 3 (0.76%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.50%) Apache
6 2 (0.50%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.50%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.50%) IIS
6 2 (0.50%) Mendix
7 1 (0.25%) nginx
7 1 (0.25%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (1.01%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.76%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 17 (4.28%) Shopify
2 11 (2.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (2.52%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (2.27%) Magento
5 6 (1.51%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (1.26%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.76%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.50%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 157 (39.55%) Azure
2 86 (21.66%) AWS
3 63 (15.87%) Entra ID
4 58 (14.61%) Google Workspace
5 49 (12.34%) GitHub
6 45 (11.34%) SaaS
7 34 (8.56%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (8.31%) GitHub Copilot
9 29 (7.30%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 29 (7.30%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 22 (5.54%) GCP
11 17 (4.28%) Dynamics 365
11 17 (4.28%) Serverless
12 16 (4.03%) Power Automate
13 14 (3.53%) Azure Logic Apps
13 14 (3.53%) Boomi
14 12 (3.02%) Power Platform
14 12 (3.02%) Salesforce Einstein
15 11 (2.77%) Microsoft 365
16 10 (2.52%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 93 (23.43%) Broadband
2 16 (4.03%) HTTP
3 9 (2.27%) SMTP
4 6 (1.51%) AMQP
5 5 (1.26%) Firewall
5 5 (1.26%) PuTTY
5 5 (1.26%) VoIP
6 4 (1.01%) SSL
7 3 (0.76%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (0.76%) IP Telephony
7 3 (0.76%) RTP
7 3 (0.76%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.76%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.50%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.50%) Modbus
8 2 (0.50%) Network Security
8 2 (0.50%) PSTN
8 2 (0.50%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.25%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.06%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.79%) Relational Database
3 15 (3.78%) MySQL
3 15 (3.78%) NoSQL
4 14 (3.53%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (2.27%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.26%) Redis
7 4 (1.01%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.01%) Power BI
8 3 (0.76%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.76%) DocumentDB
8 3 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.76%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.50%) Big Data
9 2 (0.50%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.50%) Neo4j
9 2 (0.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 45 (11.34%) Jenkins
2 40 (10.08%) Git
3 37 (9.32%) GitLab
4 33 (8.31%) SonarQube
5 21 (5.29%) JIRA
6 11 (2.77%) Selenium
7 10 (2.52%) SpecFlow
7 10 (2.52%) WebDriver
8 9 (2.27%) Maven
9 4 (1.01%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.01%) Gradle
9 4 (1.01%) JMeter
9 4 (1.01%) TeamCity
9 4 (1.01%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.76%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.76%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.76%) JUnit
10 3 (0.76%) Postman
10 3 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.50%) git-flow
General
1 140 (35.26%) Social Skills
2 111 (27.96%) Finance
3 85 (21.41%) Games
4 74 (18.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 60 (15.11%) Organisational Skills
6 51 (12.85%) Marketing
7 33 (8.31%) Public Sector
8 26 (6.55%) Law
9 21 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
10 20 (5.04%) Banking
11 18 (4.53%) Back Office
12 17 (4.28%) Telecoms
13 12 (3.02%) Retail
14 10 (2.52%) Financial Institution
14 10 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (2.27%) Polish Language
16 5 (1.26%) Legal
17 3 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
18 2 (0.50%) Billing
18 2 (0.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 147 (37.03%) Developer
2 122 (30.73%) Senior
3 60 (15.11%) Architect
4 33 (8.31%) Software Engineer
5 31 (7.81%) Salesforce Architect
5 31 (7.81%) Senior Developer
6 24 (6.05%) Full-Stack Developer
7 23 (5.79%) IAM Developer
8 20 (5.04%) Salesforce Developer
8 20 (5.04%) Senior Architect
9 19 (4.79%) Java Developer
10 18 (4.53%) Integration Developer
10 18 (4.53%) Senior Software Engineer
11 16 (4.03%) Salesforce Technical Architect
11 16 (4.03%) Systems Engineer
11 16 (4.03%) Technical Architect
12 15 (3.78%) Analyst
12 15 (3.78%) Consultant
12 15 (3.78%) Lead
12 15 (3.78%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 213 (53.65%) SOAP
2 92 (23.17%) GraphQL
3 82 (20.65%) SAML
4 75 (18.89%) Lightning Web Components
4 75 (18.89%) OAuth
5 64 (16.12%) .NET
6 63 (15.87%) LDAP
7 60 (15.11%) OpenID
8 53 (13.35%) Visualforce
9 52 (13.10%) React
10 51 (12.85%) Middleware
11 44 (11.08%) Spring
12 43 (10.83%) Web Services
13 42 (10.58%) JSON
14 35 (8.82%) XML
15 30 (7.56%) CSS
16 28 (7.05%) Node.js
17 26 (6.55%) Spring Boot
18 23 (5.79%) HTML
18 23 (5.79%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 75 (18.89%) Product Ownership
2 60 (15.11%) Cyber Threat
2 60 (15.11%) Cyberattack
3 30 (7.56%) Cloud Native
4 27 (6.80%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (3.78%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (3.27%) DataPower
7 12 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (2.77%) Low-Code
8 11 (2.77%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.76%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.51%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.26%) AI Agents
11 5 (1.26%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.26%) Educational Technology
11 5 (1.26%) Mobile Games
12 4 (1.01%) Client/Server
12 4 (1.01%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (1.01%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 23 (5.79%) Linux
2 14 (3.53%) Android
3 10 (2.52%) Windows
4 8 (2.02%) Unix
5 7 (1.76%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.01%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.25%) CentOS
7 1 (0.25%) Debian
7 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (38.54%) Agile
2 147 (37.03%) Roadmaps
3 139 (35.01%) CI/CD
4 126 (31.74%) DevOps
5 112 (28.21%) Mentoring
6 85 (21.41%) AI
7 79 (19.90%) Event-Driven
8 75 (18.89%) Continuous Improvement
9 63 (15.87%) Cybersecurity
10 61 (15.37%) Microservices
11 60 (15.11%) Identity Access Management
11 60 (15.11%) Programme Delivery
12 58 (14.61%) Regulatory Compliance
13 55 (13.85%) Data Modelling
14 53 (13.35%) Software Engineering
15 52 (13.10%) Scrum
16 51 (12.85%) Test Automation
17 50 (12.59%) Community of Practice
18 49 (12.34%) Problem-Solving
18 49 (12.34%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 118 (29.72%) SQL
2 95 (23.93%) Java
3 86 (21.66%) JavaScript
4 78 (19.65%) PowerShell
5 77 (19.40%) Apex Code
6 73 (18.39%) T-SQL
7 61 (15.37%) Bash
8 58 (14.61%) Python
9 50 (12.59%) C#
10 38 (9.57%) TypeScript
11 35 (8.82%) SOQL
11 35 (8.82%) SOSL
12 15 (3.78%) PHP
13 10 (2.52%) C++
13 10 (2.52%) Go
14 9 (2.27%) Kotlin
15 5 (1.26%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.76%) C
16 3 (0.76%) Ruby
17 2 (0.50%) Swift
Qualifications
1 48 (12.09%) Degree
2 40 (10.08%) Security Cleared
3 38 (9.57%) SC Cleared
4 25 (6.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.01%) Azure Certification
6 3 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.76%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.76%) PhD
7 2 (0.50%) CISSP
7 2 (0.50%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.50%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (15.37%) NIST
2 60 (15.11%) NCSC
3 30 (7.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (4.03%) QA
5 13 (3.27%) GDPR
6 7 (1.76%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.51%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.76%) HL7
8 3 (0.76%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.50%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 70 (17.63%) Active Directory
2 48 (12.09%) Docker
3 3 (0.76%) Kamailio
4 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 34 (8.56%) Kubernetes
2 18 (4.53%) Terraform
3 10 (2.52%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.26%) Ansible
5 3 (0.76%) Argo
6 1 (0.25%) Grafana
6 1 (0.25%) Kibana
6 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.25%) Puppet
Vendors
1 83 (20.91%) Salesforce
2 42 (10.58%) Microsoft
3 34 (8.56%) MuleSoft
3 34 (8.56%) Splunk
4 28 (7.05%) ServiceNow
5 24 (6.05%) Oracle
6 12 (3.02%) SAP
7 11 (2.77%) CyberArk
8 10 (2.52%) IBM
8 10 (2.52%) Workday
9 9 (2.27%) ConnectWise
9 9 (2.27%) WooCommerce
10 6 (1.51%) Epicor
10 6 (1.51%) SnapLogic
10 6 (1.51%) Talend
11 5 (1.26%) Ericsson
11 5 (1.26%) Infor
11 5 (1.26%) Informatica
11 5 (1.26%) Jitterbit
11 5 (1.26%) Nokia