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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 336 417
Rank change year-on-year +16 +81 +168
Permanent jobs citing Rust 65 52 151
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.39% 0.41% 0.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.41% 0.90% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 53 32 119
10th Percentile £77,000 £52,500 -
25th Percentile - £69,688 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £102,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +36.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £91,934
90th Percentile £120,000 £160,000 £158,500
UK median annual salary £100,000 £100,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year - +25.00% -8.57%

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 4,620 5,771 13,230
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.39% 44.97% 42.46%
Number of salaries quoted 3,368 4,516 11,474
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -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 3 April 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 6 (9.23%) Ethereum
2 1 (1.54%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 24 (36.92%) AWS
2 17 (26.15%) Azure
3 10 (15.38%) GCP
4 2 (3.08%) GitHub
4 2 (3.08%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (1.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.15%) MQTT
2 3 (4.62%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.62%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.54%) Apache Arrow
2 1 (1.54%) Parquet
2 1 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.54%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (7.69%) Git
1 5 (7.69%) GitLab
2 1 (1.54%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.54%) LabVIEW
2 1 (1.54%) SonarQube
2 1 (1.54%) Subversion
General
1 19 (29.23%) Finance
2 10 (15.38%) Games
3 9 (13.85%) Banking
4 3 (4.62%) Law
4 3 (4.62%) Social Skills
5 2 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.08%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.54%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.54%) Automotive
6 1 (1.54%) Aviation
6 1 (1.54%) Cyber-Physical System
6 1 (1.54%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 29 (44.62%) Software Engineer
2 24 (36.92%) Rust Engineer
3 19 (29.23%) Developer
4 18 (27.69%) Rust Software Engineer
5 17 (26.15%) Junior
6 16 (24.62%) Rust Developer
7 14 (21.54%) Senior
8 9 (13.85%) Junior Developer
8 9 (13.85%) Senior Software Engineer
9 8 (12.31%) Junior Software Developer
9 8 (12.31%) Junior Software Engineer
9 8 (12.31%) Software Developer
10 5 (7.69%) C++ Software Engineer
10 5 (7.69%) DevSecOps Engineer
10 5 (7.69%) Lead
10 5 (7.69%) Lead Software Engineer
11 3 (4.62%) Low Latency C++ Developer
11 3 (4.62%) PHP Developer
11 3 (4.62%) Senior C++ Developer
11 3 (4.62%) Testing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.77%) web3js
2 6 (9.23%) Smart Contracts
3 4 (6.15%) Kafka
4 3 (4.62%) .NET
4 3 (4.62%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.54%) Flutter
5 1 (1.54%) gRPC
5 1 (1.54%) Middleware
5 1 (1.54%) Protocol Buffers
5 1 (1.54%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.85%) Distributed Systems
2 8 (12.31%) Sports Betting
3 7 (10.77%) Blockchain
3 7 (10.77%) Web3
4 6 (9.23%) Hedge funds
5 4 (6.15%) Product Ownership
6 3 (4.62%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (4.62%) Management Information System
6 3 (4.62%) Public Cloud
6 3 (4.62%) Security Posture
7 2 (3.08%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.54%) Client/Server
8 1 (1.54%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.54%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 14 (21.54%) Linux
2 3 (4.62%) Windows
3 1 (1.54%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (72.31%) Software Engineering
2 26 (40.00%) High-Frequency Trading
3 23 (35.38%) CI/CD
4 22 (33.85%) Low Latency
5 16 (24.62%) Computer Science
5 16 (24.62%) Observability
6 14 (21.54%) DevOps
7 13 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (13.85%) Market Making
9 8 (12.31%) AI
9 8 (12.31%) Analytics
9 8 (12.31%) Data Munging
9 8 (12.31%) Mathematics
9 8 (12.31%) Microservices
9 8 (12.31%) Pair Programming
9 8 (12.31%) Physics
9 8 (12.31%) Strategic Planning
10 7 (10.77%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (9.23%) Machine Learning
11 6 (9.23%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 25 (38.46%) Go
2 22 (33.85%) C++
3 11 (16.92%) C#
3 11 (16.92%) Java
4 9 (13.85%) Python
5 7 (10.77%) TypeScript
6 4 (6.15%) Perl
6 4 (6.15%) SQL
7 3 (4.62%) Bash
7 3 (4.62%) C
7 3 (4.62%) Objective-C
7 3 (4.62%) PHP
7 3 (4.62%) PowerShell
7 3 (4.62%) Ruby
8 1 (1.54%) Dart
8 1 (1.54%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 24 (36.92%) Degree
2 9 (13.85%) Master's Degree
3 8 (12.31%) PhD
4 7 (10.77%) SC Cleared
4 7 (10.77%) Security Cleared
5 6 (9.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (4.62%) CCSAM
6 3 (4.62%) CREST Certified
6 3 (4.62%) GPEN
6 3 (4.62%) GXPN
6 3 (4.62%) OSCE
6 3 (4.62%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.15%) QA
2 3 (4.62%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 6 (9.23%) Docker
2 1 (1.54%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.54%) Firmware
2 1 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.54%) Xen
Systems Management
1 8 (12.31%) Grafana
1 8 (12.31%) Prometheus
2 7 (10.77%) Terraform
3 5 (7.69%) Ansible
3 5 (7.69%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.54%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1 (1.54%) Tenable
1 1 (1.54%) VMware