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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 352 420
Rank change year-on-year +20 +68 +162
Permanent jobs citing Rust 53 61 138
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.32% 0.44% 0.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.21% 0.95% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 44 35 103
10th Percentile £85,000 £52,500 -
25th Percentile £90,000 £71,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £105,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +40.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile - £115,000 £99,375
90th Percentile £215,000 £160,000 £170,500
UK median annual salary £100,000 £95,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% +15.15% -8.33%

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 4,375 6,408 13,089
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.31% 45.93% 43.75%
Number of salaries quoted 3,187 4,558 11,387
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £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 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 11 March 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 5 (9.43%) Ethereum
2 1 (1.89%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 20 (37.74%) AWS
2 13 (24.53%) Azure
3 7 (13.21%) GCP
4 2 (3.77%) GitHub
4 2 (3.77%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (1.89%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.55%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.89%) Apache Arrow
1 1 (1.89%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.89%) Parquet
1 1 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.89%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (9.43%) Git
1 5 (9.43%) GitLab
2 1 (1.89%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.89%) LabVIEW
2 1 (1.89%) SonarQube
2 1 (1.89%) Subversion
General
1 14 (26.42%) Finance
2 9 (16.98%) Games
3 5 (9.43%) Banking
4 3 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.66%) Social Skills
5 1 (1.89%) Aviation
5 1 (1.89%) Front Office
5 1 (1.89%) Law
5 1 (1.89%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 26 (49.06%) Software Engineer
2 23 (43.40%) Rust Engineer
3 16 (30.19%) Rust Software Engineer
4 14 (26.42%) Senior
5 12 (22.64%) Developer
5 12 (22.64%) Junior
6 11 (20.75%) Rust Developer
7 9 (16.98%) Senior Software Engineer
8 8 (15.09%) Junior Software Engineer
9 5 (9.43%) DevSecOps Engineer
9 5 (9.43%) Lead
9 5 (9.43%) Lead Software Engineer
10 4 (7.55%) Junior Developer
10 4 (7.55%) Junior Software Developer
10 4 (7.55%) Software Developer
11 3 (5.66%) C++ Developer
11 3 (5.66%) C++ Software Engineer
11 3 (5.66%) Low Latency C++ Developer
11 3 (5.66%) Senior C++ Developer
11 3 (5.66%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (13.21%) web3js
2 5 (9.43%) Smart Contracts
3 4 (7.55%) Kafka
4 1 (1.89%) .NET
4 1 (1.89%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.89%) Flutter
4 1 (1.89%) gRPC
4 1 (1.89%) Middleware
4 1 (1.89%) Protocol Buffers
4 1 (1.89%) React
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.87%) Distributed Systems
2 8 (15.09%) Sports Betting
3 7 (13.21%) Blockchain
3 7 (13.21%) Web3
4 6 (11.32%) Hedge funds
5 4 (7.55%) Product Ownership
6 2 (3.77%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.89%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.89%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 10 (18.87%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (71.70%) Software Engineering
2 20 (37.74%) High-Frequency Trading
3 18 (33.96%) CI/CD
3 18 (33.96%) Low Latency
4 16 (30.19%) Observability
5 14 (26.42%) Computer Science
6 12 (22.64%) DevOps
7 9 (16.98%) Mathematics
7 9 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (15.09%) AI
8 8 (15.09%) Analytics
8 8 (15.09%) Data Munging
8 8 (15.09%) Market Making
8 8 (15.09%) Pair Programming
8 8 (15.09%) Physics
8 8 (15.09%) Strategic Planning
9 7 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (11.32%) Machine Learning
10 6 (11.32%) Microservices
10 6 (11.32%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 21 (39.62%) Go
2 17 (32.08%) C++
3 8 (15.09%) C#
3 8 (15.09%) Java
4 6 (11.32%) Python
4 6 (11.32%) TypeScript
5 2 (3.77%) SQL
6 1 (1.89%) Dart
6 1 (1.89%) Perl
6 1 (1.89%) PHP
6 1 (1.89%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (37.74%) Degree
2 9 (16.98%) Master's Degree
3 8 (15.09%) PhD
4 6 (11.32%) SC Cleared
4 6 (11.32%) Security Cleared
5 5 (9.43%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.55%) QA
System Software
1 6 (11.32%) Docker
2 1 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.89%) Xen
Systems Management
1 8 (15.09%) Grafana
1 8 (15.09%) Prometheus
2 7 (13.21%) Terraform
3 5 (9.43%) Ansible
3 5 (9.43%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.89%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1 (1.89%) Tenable
1 1 (1.89%) VMware