Hybrid/Remote Rust Job Trends

Rust
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Rust skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 401 178 417
Rank change year-on-year -223 +239 +38
Permanent jobs citing Rust 65 290 72
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.26% 1.72% 0.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.05% 5.78% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 43 12 41
10th Percentile £52,775 £50,250 £47,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £61,875 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £96,250 £96,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.87% +0.26% +37.14%
75th Percentile £81,250 £138,750 £117,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £225,000 £140,000
UK median annual salary £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +26.67%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

Rust falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6,208 5,021 8,893
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.95% 29.84% 39.79%
Number of salaries quoted 4,598 3,331 5,795
10th Percentile £39,945 £36,250 £39,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £116,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%

Rust
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Rust and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Rust job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Rust
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Rust.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Rust

Rust
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Rust over the 6 months to 3 October 2026.

Rust salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Rust
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 4 (6.15%) Ethereum
Applications
1 4 (6.15%) Lightworks
1 4 (6.15%) Simulink
2 1 (1.54%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (1.54%) Zemax
Cloud Services
1 25 (38.46%) AWS
2 24 (36.92%) Azure
3 11 (16.92%) GCP
4 3 (4.62%) GitHub
4 3 (4.62%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (3.08%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (3.08%) Serverless
5 2 (3.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (3.08%) WhatsApp
6 1 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.77%) Ethernet
1 7 (10.77%) Wireless
2 4 (6.15%) MQTT
3 3 (4.62%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (3.08%) Bluetooth
4 2 (3.08%) DNS
4 2 (3.08%) UWB
4 2 (3.08%) X.509
5 1 (1.54%) 5G
5 1 (1.54%) DHCP
5 1 (1.54%) LTE
5 1 (1.54%) Network Security
5 1 (1.54%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.54%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.77%) MongoDB
2 5 (7.69%) MySQL
2 5 (7.69%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.62%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.54%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (16.92%) Git
2 4 (6.15%) PetaLinux
3 3 (4.62%) Rational DOORS
General
1 16 (24.62%) Finance
2 9 (13.85%) Banking
3 8 (12.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (12.31%) Social Skills
4 4 (6.15%) Electronics
4 4 (6.15%) Investment Banking
4 4 (6.15%) Law
4 4 (6.15%) Retail Banking
5 3 (4.62%) Aerospace
5 3 (4.62%) Aviation
5 3 (4.62%) Avionics
5 3 (4.62%) Military
5 3 (4.62%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 43 (66.15%) Software Engineer
2 18 (27.69%) Senior
3 15 (23.08%) Senior Software Engineer
4 11 (16.92%) Developer
5 10 (15.38%) Embedded Engineer
5 10 (15.38%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 6 (9.23%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 6 (9.23%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 5 (7.69%) Architect
7 5 (7.69%) Graduate
7 5 (7.69%) Graduate Software Engineer
7 5 (7.69%) Python Engineer
7 5 (7.69%) Python Software Engineer
7 5 (7.69%) Rust Engineer
7 5 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (6.15%) Junior
8 4 (6.15%) Rust Developer
8 4 (6.15%) Rust Software Engineer
8 4 (6.15%) Security Engineer
9 3 (4.62%) Clojure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.31%) Middleware
2 6 (9.23%) .NET
3 5 (7.69%) Terraform
3 5 (7.69%) Yocto
4 4 (6.15%) Node.js
4 4 (6.15%) Smart Contracts
4 4 (6.15%) web3js
5 3 (4.62%) React
6 1 (1.54%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.54%) FastAPI
6 1 (1.54%) Jest
6 1 (1.54%) OAuth
6 1 (1.54%) OAuth2
6 1 (1.54%) OpenID
6 1 (1.54%) OpenTofu
6 1 (1.54%) Playwright
6 1 (1.54%) POSIX
6 1 (1.54%) REST
6 1 (1.54%) SailPoint
6 1 (1.54%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 13 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
2 8 (12.31%) Algorithms
2 8 (12.31%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (10.77%) Product Ownership
4 5 (7.69%) Data Structures
4 5 (7.69%) Device Driver
5 4 (6.15%) Blockchain
5 4 (6.15%) Cyberattack
5 4 (6.15%) FPGA
5 4 (6.15%) Hedge funds
5 4 (6.15%) IoT
5 4 (6.15%) Mobile Banking
5 4 (6.15%) Verilog
5 4 (6.15%) VHDL
5 4 (6.15%) Web3
6 3 (4.62%) Client/Server
6 3 (4.62%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (4.62%) Media Streaming
6 3 (4.62%) PKI
6 3 (4.62%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 21 (32.31%) Linux
2 5 (7.69%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (6.15%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (6.15%) Unix
4 2 (3.08%) Debian
4 2 (3.08%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (83.08%) Software Engineering
2 19 (29.23%) AI
2 19 (29.23%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (23.08%) Agile
3 15 (23.08%) Test Automation
4 14 (21.54%) CI/CD
5 13 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (20.00%) Machine Learning
6 12 (18.46%) Embedded Software Development
6 12 (18.46%) UML
7 11 (16.92%) Cybersecurity
7 11 (16.92%) SDLC
8 9 (13.85%) Computer Science
8 9 (13.85%) Low Latency
9 8 (12.31%) Containerisation
9 8 (12.31%) DevOps
10 7 (10.77%) Cloud Security
10 7 (10.77%) Mentoring
10 7 (10.77%) SysML
11 6 (9.23%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 36 (55.38%) Python
2 29 (44.62%) C++
3 23 (35.38%) Go
4 20 (30.77%) C
4 20 (30.77%) Java
5 17 (26.15%) TypeScript
6 12 (18.46%) C#
7 7 (10.77%) JavaScript
8 4 (6.15%) Kotlin
8 4 (6.15%) MATLAB
9 3 (4.62%) Ada
9 3 (4.62%) Ada 95
9 3 (4.62%) Clojure
9 3 (4.62%) Haskell
9 3 (4.62%) Lisp
9 3 (4.62%) OCaml
10 2 (3.08%) Bash
10 2 (3.08%) Shell Script
10 2 (3.08%) SQL
11 1 (1.54%) PHP
Qualifications
1 20 (30.77%) Degree
2 13 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 7 (10.77%) SC Cleared
4 5 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (7.69%) DV Cleared
5 4 (6.15%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.54%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.15%) ECSS
2 3 (4.62%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.62%) JTAG
2 3 (4.62%) MIL-STD-1553
3 1 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.54%) NIST
3 1 (1.54%) QA
3 1 (1.54%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (13.85%) Docker
2 1 (1.54%) Firmware
2 1 (1.54%) KVM
2 1 (1.54%) QEMU
2 1 (1.54%) Slurm Workload Manager
2 1 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (6.15%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.62%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (3.08%) Podman
4 1 (1.54%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (7.69%) Oracle
2 4 (6.15%) Google
2 4 (6.15%) Xilinx
3 2 (3.08%) Yahoo!
4 1 (1.54%) Okta
4 1 (1.54%) VMware