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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 191 459
Rank change year-on-year -167 +268 +71
Permanent jobs citing Rust 67 298 132
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.33% 1.92% 0.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.25% 5.10% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 52 16 117
10th Percentile £52,775 £48,750 -
25th Percentile £71,563 £51,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £73,750 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.03% +9.26% -15.63%
75th Percentile £100,000 £82,188 £90,000
90th Percentile - £115,000 £163,500
UK median annual salary £97,500 £96,250 £82,500
% change year-on-year +1.30% +16.67% +3.13%

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 5,372 5,844 14,102
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.59% 37.72% 40.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3,995 4,051 11,675
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,638
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,184 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £102,500
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 21 June 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 (5.97%) Ethereum
2 1 (1.49%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Lightworks
1 2 (2.99%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 27 (40.30%) AWS
2 20 (29.85%) Azure
3 13 (19.40%) GCP
4 2 (2.99%) GitHub
4 2 (2.99%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (1.49%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.96%) MQTT
2 3 (4.48%) Network Security
3 2 (2.99%) Ethernet
3 2 (2.99%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.48%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.49%) Apache Arrow
2 1 (1.49%) Parquet
2 1 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.49%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (13.43%) Git
2 5 (7.46%) GitLab
3 2 (2.99%) PetaLinux
4 1 (1.49%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.49%) LabVIEW
4 1 (1.49%) SonarQube
4 1 (1.49%) Subversion
General
1 17 (25.37%) Finance
2 10 (14.93%) Games
3 7 (10.45%) Banking
4 4 (5.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (5.97%) Investment Banking
4 4 (5.97%) Social Skills
5 3 (4.48%) Law
6 1 (1.49%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.49%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.49%) Automotive
6 1 (1.49%) Aviation
6 1 (1.49%) Cyber-Physical System
6 1 (1.49%) Electronics
6 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 39 (58.21%) Software Engineer
2 18 (26.87%) Rust Engineer
2 18 (26.87%) Senior
3 17 (25.37%) Developer
3 17 (25.37%) Junior
3 17 (25.37%) Rust Software Engineer
4 14 (20.90%) Rust Developer
4 14 (20.90%) Senior Software Engineer
5 9 (13.43%) Junior Developer
6 8 (11.94%) Junior Software Engineer
7 6 (8.96%) Junior Software Developer
7 6 (8.96%) Software Developer
8 5 (7.46%) C++ Software Engineer
8 5 (7.46%) DevSecOps Engineer
8 5 (7.46%) Lead
8 5 (7.46%) Lead Software Engineer
9 4 (5.97%) Embedded Engineer
9 4 (5.97%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 3 (4.48%) Low Latency C++ Developer
10 3 (4.48%) Testing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.45%) .NET
2 4 (5.97%) Kafka
2 4 (5.97%) Node.js
2 4 (5.97%) Smart Contracts
2 4 (5.97%) web3js
3 3 (4.48%) .NET Framework
4 2 (2.99%) Yocto
5 1 (1.49%) Flutter
5 1 (1.49%) gRPC
5 1 (1.49%) Middleware
5 1 (1.49%) Protocol Buffers
5 1 (1.49%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.94%) Distributed Systems
1 8 (11.94%) Sports Betting
2 6 (8.96%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.97%) Algorithms
3 4 (5.97%) Blockchain
3 4 (5.97%) Cyberattack
3 4 (5.97%) Hedge funds
3 4 (5.97%) Web3
4 3 (4.48%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (4.48%) Data Structures
4 3 (4.48%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (4.48%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.48%) Public Cloud
4 3 (4.48%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.99%) FPGA
5 2 (2.99%) IoT
5 2 (2.99%) PKI
5 2 (2.99%) Verilog
5 2 (2.99%) VHDL
6 1 (1.49%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 17 (25.37%) Linux
2 3 (4.48%) Windows
3 2 (2.99%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (2.99%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (77.61%) Software Engineering
2 26 (38.81%) CI/CD
3 24 (35.82%) High-Frequency Trading
4 19 (28.36%) Low Latency
5 15 (22.39%) Computer Science
5 15 (22.39%) Observability
6 13 (19.40%) DevOps
7 12 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (16.42%) Agile
9 9 (13.43%) Machine Learning
9 9 (13.43%) Market Making
9 9 (13.43%) Mentoring
9 9 (13.43%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 8 (11.94%) Analytics
10 8 (11.94%) Containerisation
10 8 (11.94%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (11.94%) Data Munging
10 8 (11.94%) Microservices
10 8 (11.94%) Pair Programming
10 8 (11.94%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 27 (40.30%) C++
2 25 (37.31%) Go
3 15 (22.39%) Java
3 15 (22.39%) Python
4 11 (16.42%) C#
5 8 (11.94%) C
6 5 (7.46%) TypeScript
7 4 (5.97%) JavaScript
7 4 (5.97%) Perl
7 4 (5.97%) SQL
8 3 (4.48%) Bash
8 3 (4.48%) Objective-C
8 3 (4.48%) PHP
8 3 (4.48%) PowerShell
8 3 (4.48%) Ruby
9 2 (2.99%) MATLAB
10 1 (1.49%) Dart
10 1 (1.49%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 22 (32.84%) Degree
2 9 (13.43%) Master's Degree
2 9 (13.43%) SC Cleared
2 9 (13.43%) Security Cleared
3 8 (11.94%) PhD
4 4 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (4.48%) CCSAM
5 3 (4.48%) CREST Certified
5 3 (4.48%) GPEN
5 3 (4.48%) GXPN
5 3 (4.48%) OSCE
5 3 (4.48%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.97%) QA
2 3 (4.48%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (2.99%) ECSS
System Software
1 8 (11.94%) Docker
2 1 (1.49%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.49%) Firmware
2 1 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.49%) Xen
Systems Management
1 8 (11.94%) Terraform
2 7 (10.45%) Grafana
2 7 (10.45%) Kubernetes
2 7 (10.45%) Prometheus
3 5 (7.46%) Ansible
4 1 (1.49%) Puppet
Vendors
1 2 (2.99%) Xilinx
2 1 (1.49%) Tenable
2 1 (1.49%) VMware