REST Jobs with Work from Home Options

Representational State Transfer (REST)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for REST skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited REST over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 101 70
Rank change year-on-year -44 -31 -17
Permanent jobs citing REST 761 1,381 3,332
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.25% 3.25% 4.90%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.48% 9.58% 10.91%
Number of salaries quoted 695 1,109 1,580
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £69,447 £67,500
% change year-on-year -13.60% +2.88% +12.50%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

REST is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,970 14,412 30,532
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.51% 33.90% 44.90%
Number of salaries quoted 7,502 10,818 17,224
10th Percentile £38,775 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,026 £46,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £98,376 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

REST trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing REST.

REST salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing REST over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

REST salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 71 (9.33%) IIS
2 34 (4.47%) Apache
3 27 (3.55%) OpenStack
4 14 (1.84%) SharePoint
5 13 (1.71%) CMS
6 9 (1.18%) JBoss
6 9 (1.18%) Red Hat Fuse
7 7 (0.92%) WordPress
8 4 (0.53%) EPiServer
9 3 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.39%) Confluence
9 3 (0.39%) Drupal
9 3 (0.39%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.26%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.26%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.26%) Moodle
10 2 (0.26%) nginx
11 1 (0.13%) Kentico
11 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.13%) WildFly
Applications
1 14 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.39%) Trello
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (1.05%) Shopify
2 5 (0.66%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 249 (32.72%) Azure
2 180 (23.65%) AWS
3 111 (14.59%) Azure DevOps
4 104 (13.67%) SaaS
5 62 (8.15%) Serverless
6 41 (5.39%) GCP
7 39 (5.12%) Amazon EKS
8 38 (4.99%) Amazon ECS
9 32 (4.20%) Power Platform
10 23 (3.02%) GitHub
11 18 (2.37%) PaaS
12 16 (2.10%) AWS Lambda
13 15 (1.97%) Azure Service Bus
13 15 (1.97%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (1.45%) Azure Functions
14 11 (1.45%) Entra ID
15 10 (1.31%) Azure Cognitive Services
15 10 (1.31%) Firebase
16 9 (1.18%) Azure Service Fabric
17 8 (1.05%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 42 (5.52%) Firewall
2 39 (5.12%) DNS
3 38 (4.99%) HTTP
4 29 (3.81%) Internet
5 25 (3.29%) TCP/IP
6 19 (2.50%) SSL
7 3 (0.39%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.39%) MQTT
8 2 (0.26%) DMZ
8 2 (0.26%) Fibre Channel
8 2 (0.26%) Modbus
8 2 (0.26%) VLAN
8 2 (0.26%) VPN
9 1 (0.13%) AMQP
9 1 (0.13%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (22.21%) SQL Server
2 112 (14.72%) PostgreSQL
3 56 (7.36%) Relational Database
4 43 (5.65%) NoSQL
5 37 (4.86%) MySQL
6 35 (4.60%) MongoDB
7 23 (3.02%) Oracle Database
8 17 (2.23%) Power BI
8 17 (2.23%) Redis
9 16 (2.10%) Azure SQL Database
10 15 (1.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 13 (1.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 12 (1.58%) Elasticsearch
13 11 (1.45%) MariaDB
14 8 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
14 8 (1.05%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.53%) DynamoDB
15 4 (0.53%) GIS
15 4 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
16 3 (0.39%) Looker
Development Applications
1 180 (23.65%) Git
2 143 (18.79%) Jenkins
3 93 (12.22%) Postman
4 77 (10.12%) Cucumber
5 67 (8.80%) Selenium
6 51 (6.70%) JIRA
7 35 (4.60%) Visual Studio
8 28 (3.68%) Jasmine
8 28 (3.68%) Karma Test Runner
9 24 (3.15%) Oracle APEX
10 20 (2.63%) Eclipse
10 20 (2.63%) Maven
11 19 (2.50%) TeamCity
12 18 (2.37%) JUnit
13 16 (2.10%) webpack
14 15 (1.97%) Cypress.io
15 14 (1.84%) Bitbucket
16 13 (1.71%) SpecFlow
17 12 (1.58%) Android Studio
17 12 (1.58%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 164 (21.55%) Social Skills
2 117 (15.37%) Finance
3 41 (5.39%) Law
4 35 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (3.68%) Retail
6 26 (3.42%) Public Sector
7 23 (3.02%) Banking
8 16 (2.10%) Marketing
9 10 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.18%) Legal
11 7 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (0.66%) Aviation
12 5 (0.66%) Local Government
12 5 (0.66%) Tech for Good
12 5 (0.66%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.53%) Advertising
14 3 (0.39%) Back Office
14 3 (0.39%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.39%) Games
14 3 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 428 (56.24%) Developer
2 215 (28.25%) Senior
3 124 (16.29%) Senior Developer
4 98 (12.88%) Lead
5 64 (8.41%) Java Developer
6 62 (8.15%) .NET Developer
7 52 (6.83%) Software Engineer
8 48 (6.31%) C# Developer
9 39 (5.12%) Architect
10 38 (4.99%) PHP Developer
11 37 (4.86%) Full Stack Developer
12 36 (4.73%) Analyst
13 31 (4.07%) Lead Developer
14 30 (3.94%) Support Engineer
15 29 (3.81%) Software Developer
16 25 (3.29%) Python Engineer
17 24 (3.15%) Senior Java Developer
18 22 (2.89%) Software Support Engineer
19 20 (2.63%) Senior Software Engineer
20 18 (2.37%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 255 (33.51%) .NET
2 222 (29.17%) Web Services
3 184 (24.18%) JSON
4 176 (23.13%) SOAP
5 170 (22.34%) HTML
6 163 (21.42%) CSS
7 134 (17.61%) AngularJS
8 129 (16.95%) XML
9 124 (16.29%) ASP.NET
10 122 (16.03%) React
11 80 (10.51%) jQuery
12 76 (9.99%) Spring
13 69 (9.07%) Kafka
14 67 (8.80%) GraphQL
15 65 (8.54%) Spring Boot
16 62 (8.15%) Node.js
17 58 (7.62%) .NET Framework
18 57 (7.49%) Laravel
19 55 (7.23%) Vue
20 51 (6.70%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 41 (5.39%) Greenfield Project
2 33 (4.34%) Self-Motivation
3 30 (3.94%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (3.29%) Product Ownership
5 23 (3.02%) Data Structures
6 22 (2.89%) IoT
7 17 (2.23%) Client/Server
8 14 (1.84%) Cloud Native
8 14 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (1.58%) Management Information System
10 7 (0.92%) Algorithms
10 7 (0.92%) Mobile App
10 7 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
11 6 (0.79%) Blog
11 6 (0.79%) Low-Code
12 5 (0.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (0.66%) Private Cloud
13 4 (0.53%) Blockchain
13 4 (0.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 76 (9.99%) Linux
2 49 (6.44%) Windows
3 26 (3.42%) AIX
4 22 (2.89%) Android
5 16 (2.10%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.66%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.66%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.39%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (40.21%) Agile
2 229 (30.09%) DevOps
3 204 (26.81%) CI/CD
4 155 (20.37%) Microservices
5 146 (19.19%) TDD
6 134 (17.61%) BDD
7 123 (16.16%) Scrum
8 114 (14.98%) Software Engineering
9 94 (12.35%) Full Stack Development
9 94 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
10 90 (11.83%) Clean Code
10 90 (11.83%) MVC
11 87 (11.43%) Test Automation
12 81 (10.64%) API Testing
12 81 (10.64%) Design Patterns
13 79 (10.38%) Continuous Integration
14 77 (10.12%) OO
15 74 (9.72%) SDET
16 73 (9.59%) Unit Testing
17 69 (9.07%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 311 (40.87%) SQL
2 282 (37.06%) JavaScript
3 247 (32.46%) C#
4 213 (27.99%) Java
5 112 (14.72%) Python
6 99 (13.01%) TypeScript
7 79 (10.38%) PHP
8 72 (9.46%) T-SQL
9 56 (7.36%) VB.NET
10 50 (6.57%) VB
11 42 (5.52%) Go
12 30 (3.94%) PL/SQL
13 29 (3.81%) PowerShell
14 28 (3.68%) VB6
15 25 (3.29%) C++
16 24 (3.15%) C
17 19 (2.50%) XAML
17 19 (2.50%) XPath
18 16 (2.10%) Objective-C
18 16 (2.10%) Swift
Qualifications
1 70 (9.20%) Security Cleared
2 67 (8.80%) Degree
3 57 (7.49%) SC Cleared
4 46 (6.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (1.97%) Azure Certification
5 15 (1.97%) Master's Degree
6 9 (1.18%) ISEB
6 9 (1.18%) ISTQB
7 7 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 6 (0.79%) CISM
8 6 (0.79%) CISSP
8 6 (0.79%) GIAC
8 6 (0.79%) SANS
9 4 (0.53%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.53%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.39%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (15.11%) QA
2 28 (3.68%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.05%) NIST
3 8 (1.05%) WCAG
4 6 (0.79%) COBIT
4 6 (0.79%) Web Application Security Consortium
5 4 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.26%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.26%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.13%) EMIR
7 1 (0.13%) MiFID
7 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 158 (20.76%) Docker
2 21 (2.76%) Hyper-V
3 16 (2.10%) Virtual Servers
4 8 (1.05%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.26%) vSphere
7 1 (0.13%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 100 (13.14%) Kubernetes
2 48 (6.31%) Terraform
3 36 (4.73%) Ansible
4 7 (0.92%) Nmap
5 6 (0.79%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 6 (0.79%) Grafana
6 4 (0.53%) Consul
7 3 (0.39%) Argo
7 3 (0.39%) Packer
8 2 (0.26%) Rancher
8 2 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.13%) cPanel
9 1 (0.13%) Kibana
9 1 (0.13%) MIIS
9 1 (0.13%) Podman
9 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 108 (14.19%) Microsoft
2 60 (7.88%) Oracle
3 39 (5.12%) Google
4 27 (3.55%) WSO2
5 13 (1.71%) UiPath
6 10 (1.31%) Automation Anywhere
6 10 (1.31%) Blue Prism
6 10 (1.31%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.05%) Salesforce
8 6 (0.79%) IBM
9 5 (0.66%) OpenAI
9 5 (0.66%) TIBCO
10 4 (0.53%) Facebook
10 4 (0.53%) ForgeRock
10 4 (0.53%) WooCommerce
11 3 (0.39%) MuleSoft
11 3 (0.39%) Sybase
11 3 (0.39%) Telerik
12 2 (0.26%) F5
12 2 (0.26%) Intapp