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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 168 423
Rank change year-on-year -222 +255 +55
Permanent jobs citing Rust 66 292 77
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.28% 1.81% 0.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.08% 5.76% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 48 13 57
10th Percentile £52,775 £50,500 -
25th Percentile £59,688 £65,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,075 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.91% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £96,250 £120,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £209,000 £140,000
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 6,124 5,070 9,006
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.05% 31.43% 38.38%
Number of salaries quoted 4,601 3,445 6,515
10th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +0.78% -0.77%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £116,250
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 5 September 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 (6.06%) Ethereum
Applications
1 3 (4.55%) Lightworks
1 3 (4.55%) Simulink
2 1 (1.52%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (1.52%) Zemax
Cloud Services
1 23 (34.85%) AWS
2 20 (30.30%) Azure
3 11 (16.67%) GCP
4 3 (4.55%) GitHub
4 3 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (3.03%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (3.03%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (3.03%) Serverless
5 2 (3.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (3.03%) WhatsApp
6 1 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.09%) Ethernet
1 6 (9.09%) Wireless
2 4 (6.06%) Network Security
3 3 (4.55%) MQTT
3 3 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (3.03%) Bluetooth
4 2 (3.03%) DNS
4 2 (3.03%) UWB
4 2 (3.03%) X.509
5 1 (1.52%) 5G
5 1 (1.52%) DHCP
5 1 (1.52%) LTE
5 1 (1.52%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.61%) MongoDB
2 5 (7.58%) MySQL
2 5 (7.58%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.03%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (15.15%) Git
2 3 (4.55%) PetaLinux
2 3 (4.55%) Rational DOORS
General
1 17 (25.76%) Finance
2 8 (12.12%) Banking
2 8 (12.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 5 (7.58%) Law
5 4 (6.06%) Aerospace
5 4 (6.06%) Electronics
5 4 (6.06%) Investment Banking
6 3 (4.55%) Aviation
6 3 (4.55%) Avionics
6 3 (4.55%) Military
6 3 (4.55%) Multimedia
7 2 (3.03%) Games
8 1 (1.52%) Automotive
8 1 (1.52%) Cyber-Physical System
8 1 (1.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (57.58%) Software Engineer
2 18 (27.27%) Senior
3 15 (22.73%) Senior Software Engineer
4 14 (21.21%) Developer
5 10 (15.15%) Embedded Engineer
5 10 (15.15%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 9 (13.64%) Rust Developer
7 8 (12.12%) Junior
8 7 (10.61%) Junior Developer
8 7 (10.61%) Software Developer
9 6 (9.09%) Rust Engineer
9 6 (9.09%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 6 (9.09%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 5 (7.58%) Architect
10 5 (7.58%) Rust Software Engineer
10 5 (7.58%) Solutions Architect
11 4 (6.06%) C++ Software Engineer
11 4 (6.06%) Junior Software Developer
12 3 (4.55%) Security Engineer
12 3 (4.55%) Testing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.12%) Middleware
2 7 (10.61%) .NET
3 5 (7.58%) Terraform
4 4 (6.06%) Node.js
4 4 (6.06%) Smart Contracts
4 4 (6.06%) web3js
4 4 (6.06%) Yocto
5 3 (4.55%) React
6 2 (3.03%) .NET Framework
7 1 (1.52%) FastAPI
7 1 (1.52%) Jest
7 1 (1.52%) OAuth
7 1 (1.52%) OAuth2
7 1 (1.52%) OpenID
7 1 (1.52%) OpenTofu
7 1 (1.52%) Playwright
7 1 (1.52%) POSIX
7 1 (1.52%) REST
7 1 (1.52%) SailPoint
7 1 (1.52%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 13 (19.70%) Embedded Systems
2 8 (12.12%) Algorithms
2 8 (12.12%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (10.61%) Product Ownership
4 6 (9.09%) Data Structures
5 5 (7.58%) Device Driver
6 4 (6.06%) Blockchain
6 4 (6.06%) Client/Server
6 4 (6.06%) Cyberattack
6 4 (6.06%) Hedge funds
6 4 (6.06%) Web3
7 3 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (4.55%) FPGA
7 3 (4.55%) IoT
7 3 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (4.55%) Management Information System
7 3 (4.55%) Public Cloud
7 3 (4.55%) Security Posture
7 3 (4.55%) Verilog
7 3 (4.55%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 25 (37.88%) Linux
2 6 (9.09%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (6.06%) Unix
4 3 (4.55%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (4.55%) Windows
5 2 (3.03%) Debian
5 2 (3.03%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (77.27%) Software Engineering
2 18 (27.27%) CI/CD
3 17 (25.76%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (22.73%) Agile
5 12 (18.18%) Low Latency
5 12 (18.18%) SDLC
6 11 (16.67%) AI
6 11 (16.67%) Computer Science
6 11 (16.67%) Embedded Software Development
6 11 (16.67%) UML
7 10 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (15.15%) DevOps
7 10 (15.15%) High-Frequency Trading
7 10 (15.15%) Mentoring
7 10 (15.15%) Test Automation
8 9 (13.64%) Machine Learning
9 8 (12.12%) Containerisation
9 8 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (10.61%) Cloud Security
11 6 (9.09%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 31 (46.97%) C++
1 31 (46.97%) Python
2 23 (34.85%) Go
3 22 (33.33%) C
4 20 (30.30%) Java
5 16 (24.24%) C#
6 10 (15.15%) TypeScript
7 7 (10.61%) JavaScript
8 5 (7.58%) Bash
9 3 (4.55%) Ada
9 3 (4.55%) Ada 95
9 3 (4.55%) MATLAB
9 3 (4.55%) Objective-C
9 3 (4.55%) Perl
9 3 (4.55%) PowerShell
9 3 (4.55%) Ruby
9 3 (4.55%) SQL
10 2 (3.03%) PHP
10 2 (3.03%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (27.27%) Degree
2 14 (21.21%) Security Cleared
3 8 (12.12%) SC Cleared
4 5 (7.58%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (7.58%) DV Cleared
5 3 (4.55%) CCSAM
5 3 (4.55%) CREST Certified
5 3 (4.55%) GPEN
5 3 (4.55%) GXPN
5 3 (4.55%) OSCE
5 3 (4.55%) OSCP
6 2 (3.03%) PhD
7 1 (1.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.55%) Accessibility
1 3 (4.55%) Actionable Recommendations
1 3 (4.55%) ECSS
1 3 (4.55%) JTAG
1 3 (4.55%) MIL-STD-1553
2 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.52%) NIST
2 1 (1.52%) QA
2 1 (1.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (13.64%) Docker
2 2 (3.03%) Firmware
3 1 (1.52%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.52%) KVM
3 1 (1.52%) QEMU
3 1 (1.52%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (6.06%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (3.03%) Podman
4 1 (1.52%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (7.58%) Oracle
2 3 (4.55%) Xilinx
3 2 (3.03%) Yahoo!
4 1 (1.52%) Okta
4 1 (1.52%) VMware