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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 399 183 432
Rank change year-on-year -216 +249 +69
Permanent jobs citing Rust 68 296 76
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.30% 1.80% 0.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.12% 5.31% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 50 15 62
10th Percentile £52,775 £48,500 -
25th Percentile £61,250 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% +5.08% -7.81%
75th Percentile £95,000 £83,125 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £116,000 £117,000
UK median annual salary £90,000 £100,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% +20.00%

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 6,054 5,572 9,703
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.86% 33.81% 38.43%
Number of salaries quoted 4,551 3,839 7,589
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 6 August 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 (5.88%) Ethereum
Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Lightworks
1 3 (4.41%) Simulink
2 1 (1.47%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (1.47%) Zemax
Cloud Services
1 25 (36.76%) AWS
2 22 (32.35%) Azure
3 14 (20.59%) GCP
4 2 (2.94%) WhatsApp
5 1 (1.47%) GitHub
5 1 (1.47%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.82%) MQTT
2 5 (7.35%) Ethernet
2 5 (7.35%) Wireless
3 3 (4.41%) Network Security
4 2 (2.94%) Bluetooth
4 2 (2.94%) UWB
4 2 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.41%) NoSQL
2 2 (2.94%) MongoDB
2 2 (2.94%) MySQL
2 2 (2.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (17.65%) Git
2 3 (4.41%) GitLab
2 3 (4.41%) PetaLinux
3 2 (2.94%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (1.47%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.47%) LabVIEW
4 1 (1.47%) Subversion
General
1 17 (25.00%) Finance
2 8 (11.76%) Banking
3 7 (10.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (8.82%) Games
4 6 (8.82%) Law
5 4 (5.88%) Electronics
5 4 (5.88%) Investment Banking
5 4 (5.88%) Social Skills
6 3 (4.41%) Aerospace
6 3 (4.41%) Multimedia
7 2 (2.94%) Aviation
7 2 (2.94%) Avionics
7 2 (2.94%) Military
8 1 (1.47%) Automotive
8 1 (1.47%) Cyber-Physical System
8 1 (1.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 41 (60.29%) Software Engineer
2 20 (29.41%) Senior
3 16 (23.53%) Senior Software Engineer
4 15 (22.06%) Developer
5 13 (19.12%) Junior
6 12 (17.65%) Rust Engineer
7 11 (16.18%) Rust Software Engineer
8 10 (14.71%) Embedded Engineer
8 10 (14.71%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 10 (14.71%) Rust Developer
9 7 (10.29%) Junior Developer
10 6 (8.82%) Junior Software Engineer
10 6 (8.82%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 6 (8.82%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 6 (8.82%) Software Developer
11 4 (5.88%) Junior Software Developer
12 3 (4.41%) C++ Software Engineer
12 3 (4.41%) DevSecOps Engineer
12 3 (4.41%) PHP Developer
12 3 (4.41%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.76%) .NET
2 6 (8.82%) Middleware
3 4 (5.88%) Node.js
3 4 (5.88%) Smart Contracts
3 4 (5.88%) web3js
4 3 (4.41%) .NET Framework
4 3 (4.41%) Kafka
4 3 (4.41%) Yocto
5 1 (1.47%) React
5 1 (1.47%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.18%) Embedded Systems
2 7 (10.29%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (10.29%) Product Ownership
3 6 (8.82%) Algorithms
4 5 (7.35%) Device Driver
4 5 (7.35%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (5.88%) Blockchain
5 4 (5.88%) Client/Server
5 4 (5.88%) Cyberattack
5 4 (5.88%) Data Structures
5 4 (5.88%) Hedge funds
5 4 (5.88%) Sports Betting
5 4 (5.88%) Web3
6 3 (4.41%) FPGA
6 3 (4.41%) IoT
6 3 (4.41%) Management Information System
6 3 (4.41%) Media Streaming
6 3 (4.41%) Public Cloud
6 3 (4.41%) Verilog
6 3 (4.41%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 23 (33.82%) Linux
2 4 (5.88%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (4.41%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (4.41%) Windows
4 2 (2.94%) Unix
5 1 (1.47%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (77.94%) Software Engineering
2 21 (30.88%) CI/CD
3 17 (25.00%) High-Frequency Trading
4 15 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (20.59%) Low Latency
6 13 (19.12%) Agile
6 13 (19.12%) Computer Science
7 11 (16.18%) Embedded Software Development
8 10 (14.71%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (13.24%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (13.24%) DevOps
9 9 (13.24%) Mentoring
10 8 (11.76%) AI
10 8 (11.76%) Machine Learning
10 8 (11.76%) Test Automation
11 7 (10.29%) Containerisation
11 7 (10.29%) Observability
11 7 (10.29%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 7 (10.29%) UML
12 6 (8.82%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 30 (44.12%) C++
2 26 (38.24%) Python
3 19 (27.94%) C
3 19 (27.94%) Go
4 17 (25.00%) Java
5 13 (19.12%) C#
6 8 (11.76%) TypeScript
7 5 (7.35%) JavaScript
8 4 (5.88%) Perl
9 3 (4.41%) Bash
9 3 (4.41%) MATLAB
9 3 (4.41%) Objective-C
9 3 (4.41%) PHP
9 3 (4.41%) PowerShell
9 3 (4.41%) Ruby
9 3 (4.41%) SQL
10 2 (2.94%) Ada
10 2 (2.94%) Ada 95
11 1 (1.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 24 (35.29%) Degree
2 12 (17.65%) Security Cleared
3 11 (16.18%) SC Cleared
4 5 (7.35%) Master's Degree
4 5 (7.35%) PhD
5 4 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (5.88%) DV Cleared
6 3 (4.41%) CCSAM
6 3 (4.41%) CREST Certified
6 3 (4.41%) GPEN
6 3 (4.41%) GXPN
6 3 (4.41%) OSCE
6 3 (4.41%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.41%) Actionable Recommendations
1 3 (4.41%) ECSS
1 3 (4.41%) QA
2 2 (2.94%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.94%) JTAG
2 2 (2.94%) MIL-STD-1553
3 1 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.47%) NIST
3 1 (1.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (10.29%) Docker
2 2 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.47%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.47%) Firmware
3 1 (1.47%) KVM
3 1 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.47%) Xen
Systems Management
1 5 (7.35%) Kubernetes
1 5 (7.35%) Terraform
2 3 (4.41%) Ansible
2 3 (4.41%) Grafana
2 3 (4.41%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.47%) Podman
3 1 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (4.41%) Xilinx
2 2 (2.94%) Oracle
2 2 (2.94%) VMware
2 2 (2.94%) Yahoo!
3 1 (1.47%) Okta