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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 130 157
Rank change year-on-year -12 +27 -52
Permanent jobs citing REST 409 444 682
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.96% 2.77% 2.04%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.68% 10.34% 7.67%
Number of salaries quoted 219 279 606
10th Percentile £42,665 £44,150 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,738 £51,474 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -10.45%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +16.67% -14.29%

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 3,828 4,293 8,890
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.37% 26.74% 26.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,888 2,919 7,564
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,225 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% +10.38% -8.19%
75th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -10.45%

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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 3 July 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 8 (1.96%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.47%) JBoss
3 4 (0.98%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.73%) Anypoint
4 3 (0.73%) Apache Solr
4 3 (0.73%) Camunda
4 3 (0.73%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.49%) Apache
5 2 (0.49%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.49%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.24%) Confluence
6 1 (0.24%) Documentum
6 1 (0.24%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.98%) Dynamics NAV
1 4 (0.98%) Magento
1 4 (0.98%) Shopify
2 3 (0.73%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.73%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.49%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 153 (37.41%) AWS
2 150 (36.67%) Azure
3 42 (10.27%) Entra ID
4 36 (8.80%) Google Workspace
4 36 (8.80%) SaaS
5 35 (8.56%) GitHub
6 33 (8.07%) GCP
7 25 (6.11%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (4.65%) Power Platform
8 19 (4.65%) Serverless
9 17 (4.16%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (2.93%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 12 (2.93%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 10 (2.44%) Azure Service Bus
11 10 (2.44%) GitHub Copilot
11 10 (2.44%) PowerApps
12 9 (2.20%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (2.20%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.71%) Apigee
13 7 (1.71%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 77 (18.83%) Broadband
2 34 (8.31%) HTTP
3 12 (2.93%) Firewall
4 9 (2.20%) SMTP
5 7 (1.71%) Network Security
5 7 (1.71%) SSL
6 6 (1.47%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (1.47%) Kerberos
7 5 (1.22%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.73%) AMQP
8 3 (0.73%) Modbus
8 3 (0.73%) RTP
8 3 (0.73%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.73%) VoIP
8 3 (0.73%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.24%) Intranet
9 1 (0.24%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.24%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (11.25%) PostgreSQL
2 37 (9.05%) SQL Server
3 26 (6.36%) Relational Database
4 22 (5.38%) NoSQL
5 21 (5.13%) MongoDB
6 18 (4.40%) MySQL
7 8 (1.96%) Power BI
8 7 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (1.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.47%) Oracle Database
10 5 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (1.22%) MariaDB
10 5 (1.22%) Redis
11 4 (0.98%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.73%) DocumentDB
12 3 (0.73%) Neo4j
13 2 (0.49%) Big Data
13 2 (0.49%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.49%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 63 (15.40%) Git
2 42 (10.27%) GitLab
3 40 (9.78%) Jenkins
4 34 (8.31%) SonarQube
5 12 (2.93%) JIRA
5 12 (2.93%) JUnit
6 11 (2.69%) Maven
7 9 (2.20%) Selenium
8 8 (1.96%) Mockito
8 8 (1.96%) SpecFlow
9 7 (1.71%) WebDriver
10 6 (1.47%) Claude Code
10 6 (1.47%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.98%) Gradle
11 4 (0.98%) NUnit
11 4 (0.98%) Postman
12 3 (0.73%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.73%) Subversion
12 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
13 2 (0.49%) JMeter
General
1 128 (31.30%) Social Skills
2 112 (27.38%) Finance
3 78 (19.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 61 (14.91%) Games
5 54 (13.20%) Banking
6 42 (10.27%) Public Sector
7 40 (9.78%) Marketing
7 40 (9.78%) Organisational Skills
8 29 (7.09%) Analytical Skills
9 20 (4.89%) Law
10 15 (3.67%) Back Office
10 15 (3.67%) Financial Institution
11 14 (3.42%) Manufacturing
12 13 (3.18%) Retail
13 11 (2.69%) Legal
13 11 (2.69%) Polish Language
14 10 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.96%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.96%) Legal Technology
16 7 (1.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 126 (30.81%) Developer
2 85 (20.78%) Senior
3 69 (16.87%) Software Engineer
4 66 (16.14%) Architect
5 52 (12.71%) Lead
6 35 (8.56%) Salesforce Architect
7 29 (7.09%) Development Engineer
7 29 (7.09%) Software Development Engineer
8 27 (6.60%) Senior Developer
9 26 (6.36%) Consultant
10 25 (6.11%) Technical Architect
11 24 (5.87%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 23 (5.62%) Lead Software Engineer
13 20 (4.89%) Java Developer
14 18 (4.40%) Salesforce Technical Architect
15 17 (4.16%) Senior Software Engineer
16 16 (3.91%) Full-Stack Developer
16 16 (3.91%) Java Engineer
16 16 (3.91%) Salesforce Developer
17 15 (3.67%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (31.54%) SOAP
2 75 (18.34%) React
3 71 (17.36%) .NET
4 61 (14.91%) OAuth
5 55 (13.45%) SAML
6 53 (12.96%) Spring
7 51 (12.47%) GraphQL
7 51 (12.47%) Lightning Web Components
8 50 (12.22%) Visualforce
9 47 (11.49%) OpenID
10 45 (11.00%) LDAP
11 38 (9.29%) Spring Boot
12 33 (8.07%) Node.js
13 31 (7.58%) AngularJS
14 28 (6.85%) JSON
15 27 (6.60%) Middleware
16 23 (5.62%) CSS
16 23 (5.62%) Kafka
17 21 (5.13%) ASP.NET
18 19 (4.65%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 82 (20.05%) Product Ownership
2 36 (8.80%) Cyber Threat
2 36 (8.80%) Cyberattack
3 34 (8.31%) Cloud Native
4 32 (7.82%) Public Cloud
5 29 (7.09%) Distributed Systems
6 19 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (3.67%) Low-Code
8 14 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (3.42%) Onboarding
9 12 (2.93%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (2.69%) CMDB
10 11 (2.69%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.96%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.96%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.96%) Video\Live Streaming
12 6 (1.47%) CUDA
12 6 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (1.22%) Management Information System
13 5 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.87%) Linux
2 12 (2.93%) Windows
3 9 (2.20%) Android
4 7 (1.71%) Unix
5 6 (1.47%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.98%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.24%) CentOS
7 1 (0.24%) Debian
7 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (40.83%) CI/CD
2 136 (33.25%) Roadmaps
3 125 (30.56%) Agile
4 119 (29.10%) DevOps
5 118 (28.85%) Software Engineering
6 100 (24.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 87 (21.27%) Mentoring
8 84 (20.54%) Event-Driven
9 81 (19.80%) AI
10 79 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
11 74 (18.09%) Microservices
12 73 (17.85%) Full-Stack Development
13 70 (17.11%) OO
14 65 (15.89%) Technical Leadership
15 61 (14.91%) Scrum
16 55 (13.45%) Test Automation
17 54 (13.20%) Design Patterns
18 48 (11.74%) Containerisation
18 48 (11.74%) Infrastructure as Code
19 47 (11.49%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 109 (26.65%) Java
2 104 (25.43%) SQL
3 80 (19.56%) JavaScript
4 75 (18.34%) Python
5 56 (13.69%) C#
6 54 (13.20%) Apex Code
7 49 (11.98%) PowerShell
8 45 (11.00%) TypeScript
9 43 (10.51%) T-SQL
10 38 (9.29%) Bash
11 37 (9.05%) SOQL
11 37 (9.05%) SOSL
12 12 (2.93%) Go
13 9 (2.20%) PL/SQL
14 6 (1.47%) Ruby
15 5 (1.22%) Bicep
16 4 (0.98%) PHP
17 3 (0.73%) C
17 3 (0.73%) C++
17 3 (0.73%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 53 (12.96%) Security Cleared
2 40 (9.78%) Degree
3 39 (9.54%) SC Cleared
4 26 (6.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (3.91%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.47%) CISSP
7 4 (0.98%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.73%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.49%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.49%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (9.78%) QA
2 37 (9.05%) NIST
3 36 (8.80%) NCSC
4 30 (7.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (2.20%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.96%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.22%) GDPR
8 3 (0.73%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.73%) SLA
9 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 72 (17.60%) Docker
2 52 (12.71%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.73%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 49 (11.98%) Kubernetes
2 29 (7.09%) Terraform
3 9 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.47%) Ansible
5 5 (1.22%) Argo
6 4 (0.98%) Grafana
6 4 (0.98%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.49%) Kibana
7 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.49%) MIIS
8 1 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 58 (14.18%) Salesforce
2 52 (12.71%) Microsoft
3 38 (9.29%) Splunk
4 27 (6.60%) ServiceNow
5 19 (4.65%) Oracle
6 15 (3.67%) MuleSoft
7 9 (2.20%) CyberArk
8 8 (1.96%) Google
8 8 (1.96%) OpenAI
9 7 (1.71%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.47%) Cisco
10 6 (1.47%) F5
10 6 (1.47%) Juniper
10 6 (1.47%) Palo Alto
11 4 (0.98%) ConnectWise
11 4 (0.98%) WooCommerce
12 3 (0.73%) Aderant
12 3 (0.73%) Fortinet
12 3 (0.73%) Intapp
12 3 (0.73%) Mitel