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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 129 158
Rank change year-on-year -27 +29 -58
Permanent jobs citing REST 410 406 510
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.76% 2.48% 2.10%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.15% 9.98% 7.39%
Number of salaries quoted 246 255 401
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +21.74% -14.18%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £73,250
90th Percentile £95,625 £93,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £68,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.45% +19.57% -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 4,481 4,070 6,897
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 19.18% 24.83% 28.38%
Number of salaries quoted 3,324 2,765 5,246
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,890 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,037 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.04% +3.13% -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +3.85% -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 2 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 13 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 5 (1.22%) Camunda
3 5 (1.22%) Confluence
4 3 (0.73%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.49%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.24%) Documentum
6 1 (0.24%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) JBoss
6 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 5 (1.22%) Moqups
2 2 (0.49%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.46%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.73%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.73%) 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 (0.24%) Magento
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 202 (49.27%) AWS
2 178 (43.41%) Azure
3 51 (12.44%) SaaS
4 49 (11.95%) GCP
5 38 (9.27%) GitHub
6 35 (8.54%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (7.07%) Power Platform
8 22 (5.37%) Serverless
9 19 (4.63%) Azure Service Bus
10 18 (4.39%) GitHub Actions
11 16 (3.90%) PowerApps
12 15 (3.66%) Power Automate
13 14 (3.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 14 (3.41%) Microsoft Copilot
14 13 (3.17%) Azure Monitor
14 13 (3.17%) GitHub Copilot
14 13 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
15 12 (2.93%) Azure Key Vault
15 12 (2.93%) Figma
16 10 (2.44%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 38 (9.27%) HTTP
2 25 (6.10%) Broadband
3 8 (1.95%) Firewall
4 6 (1.46%) Network Security
5 5 (1.22%) Kerberos
6 4 (0.98%) SSL
6 4 (0.98%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.73%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.49%) X.509
9 1 (0.24%) 5G
9 1 (0.24%) BGP
9 1 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.24%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (0.24%) Intranet
9 1 (0.24%) LTE
9 1 (0.24%) Modbus
9 1 (0.24%) MQTT
9 1 (0.24%) NX-OS
9 1 (0.24%) OSPF
9 1 (0.24%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (16.10%) PostgreSQL
2 55 (13.41%) SQL Server
3 42 (10.24%) Relational Database
4 20 (4.88%) NoSQL
5 18 (4.39%) MongoDB
6 17 (4.15%) MySQL
7 15 (3.66%) Elasticsearch
8 11 (2.68%) Power BI
9 10 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (2.20%) Redis
11 6 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.98%) Ataccama
12 4 (0.98%) IBM InfoSphere
12 4 (0.98%) MariaDB
12 4 (0.98%) TIBCO EBX
13 3 (0.73%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (0.73%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.73%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.73%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 98 (23.90%) Git
2 24 (5.85%) GitLab
3 23 (5.61%) Jenkins
4 17 (4.15%) JUnit
5 15 (3.66%) JIRA
5 15 (3.66%) Mockito
6 14 (3.41%) SonarQube
7 13 (3.17%) Maven
8 12 (2.93%) Cypress.io
9 11 (2.68%) Selenium
10 8 (1.95%) Postman
11 6 (1.46%) Claude Code
11 6 (1.46%) Storybook
12 3 (0.73%) IntelliJ
12 3 (0.73%) NUnit
12 3 (0.73%) Subversion
12 3 (0.73%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
13 2 (0.49%) Jasmine
General
1 129 (31.46%) Social Skills
2 116 (28.29%) Finance
3 53 (12.93%) Banking
4 45 (10.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 31 (7.56%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (7.07%) Public Sector
7 22 (5.37%) Games
8 19 (4.63%) Law
8 19 (4.63%) Marketing
9 17 (4.15%) Legal
10 15 (3.66%) Manufacturing
11 11 (2.68%) Financial Institution
12 10 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (2.20%) Back Office
13 9 (2.20%) Investment Banking
13 9 (2.20%) Retail
14 8 (1.95%) Legal Technology
15 7 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (1.46%) Front Office
16 6 (1.46%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 139 (33.90%) Developer
2 91 (22.20%) Senior
3 82 (20.00%) Lead
4 71 (17.32%) Software Engineer
5 41 (10.00%) Architect
6 33 (8.05%) Development Engineer
6 33 (8.05%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 33 (8.05%) Senior Developer
6 33 (8.05%) Software Development Engineer
7 29 (7.07%) Full-Stack Developer
8 28 (6.83%) Lead Software Engineer
9 27 (6.59%) .NET Developer
10 20 (4.88%) Python Engineer
10 20 (4.88%) Technical Leader
11 19 (4.63%) Java Engineer
12 18 (4.39%) Java Developer
12 18 (4.39%) Software Developer
13 17 (4.15%) Salesforce Architect
14 15 (3.66%) Lead Developer
14 15 (3.66%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (25.61%) React
2 80 (19.51%) .NET
3 66 (16.10%) SOAP
4 52 (12.68%) Spring
5 48 (11.71%) Terraform
6 38 (9.27%) Node.js
7 33 (8.05%) Spring Boot
8 31 (7.56%) AngularJS
9 29 (7.07%) ASP.NET
9 29 (7.07%) CSS
10 26 (6.34%) Kafka
11 25 (6.10%) .NET Core
12 24 (5.85%) OAuth
13 23 (5.61%) Lightning Web Components
14 22 (5.37%) Blazor
14 22 (5.37%) RESTful
15 19 (4.63%) GraphQL
15 19 (4.63%) Visualforce
16 18 (4.39%) Django
16 18 (4.39%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 74 (18.05%) Product Ownership
2 37 (9.02%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (8.54%) Public Cloud
4 34 (8.29%) Cloud Native
5 29 (7.07%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (4.39%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (4.15%) Low-Code
8 16 (3.90%) Mobile App
9 14 (3.41%) AI Agents
10 12 (2.93%) Onboarding
11 11 (2.68%) CMDB
11 11 (2.68%) Video\Live Streaming
12 9 (2.20%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.95%) Algorithms
13 8 (1.95%) IoT
14 6 (1.46%) CUDA
15 5 (1.22%) Data Structures
16 4 (0.98%) Reference Data
16 4 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (5.61%) Linux
2 11 (2.68%) Android
3 9 (2.20%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.98%) Unix
4 4 (0.98%) Windows
5 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.24%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (49.02%) CI/CD
2 141 (34.39%) Software Engineering
3 130 (31.71%) Agile
4 113 (27.56%) AI
4 113 (27.56%) DevOps
5 104 (25.37%) Continuous Improvement
6 103 (25.12%) Full-Stack Development
7 99 (24.15%) Problem-Solving
8 95 (23.17%) Mentoring
9 88 (21.46%) Microservices
10 86 (20.98%) Technical Leadership
11 82 (20.00%) Roadmaps
12 78 (19.02%) Event-Driven
13 74 (18.05%) Test Automation
14 62 (15.12%) OO
15 58 (14.15%) TDD
16 52 (12.68%) Containerisation
16 52 (12.68%) Scrum
17 50 (12.20%) Infrastructure as Code
18 47 (11.46%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 111 (27.07%) Java
2 101 (24.63%) SQL
3 84 (20.49%) JavaScript
4 77 (18.78%) C#
5 74 (18.05%) Python
6 69 (16.83%) TypeScript
7 25 (6.10%) Apex Code
8 20 (4.88%) PowerShell
9 17 (4.15%) SOQL
10 16 (3.90%) Go
11 15 (3.66%) SOSL
12 14 (3.41%) PL/SQL
13 10 (2.44%) Bash
14 7 (1.71%) T-SQL
15 6 (1.46%) Ruby
16 4 (0.98%) Bicep
16 4 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (0.98%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.98%) PHP
17 3 (0.73%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 52 (12.68%) Security Cleared
2 31 (7.56%) SC Cleared
3 25 (6.10%) Degree
4 21 (5.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (4.15%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.22%) CISSP
7 3 (0.73%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.49%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.24%) CCIE
9 1 (0.24%) CCNP
9 1 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.24%) CSPO
9 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.24%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (15.12%) QA
2 19 (4.63%) Accessibility
3 17 (4.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.93%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.22%) GDPR
5 5 (1.22%) NIST
5 5 (1.22%) WCAG
6 4 (0.98%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.73%) NCSC
7 3 (0.73%) SLA
8 1 (0.24%) GRC
System Software
1 112 (27.32%) Docker
2 11 (2.68%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 65 (15.85%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.20%) Ansible
3 5 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.73%) Grafana
4 3 (0.73%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.49%) Argo
5 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.49%) MIIS
6 1 (0.24%) Consul
6 1 (0.24%) Kibana
6 1 (0.24%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 64 (15.61%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.32%) Salesforce
3 25 (6.10%) Oracle
4 17 (4.15%) Splunk
5 16 (3.90%) ServiceNow
6 12 (2.93%) Informatica
7 11 (2.68%) MuleSoft
8 9 (2.20%) OpenAI
9 8 (1.95%) Google
10 6 (1.46%) IBM
11 5 (1.22%) CyberArk
11 5 (1.22%) Sage
11 5 (1.22%) TIBCO
12 4 (0.98%) Cisco
13 3 (0.73%) F5
13 3 (0.73%) iManage
13 3 (0.73%) Juniper
13 3 (0.73%) Palo Alto
13 3 (0.73%) Red Hat
13 3 (0.73%) SAP