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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 371 396
Rank change year-on-year +34 +25 +189
Permanent jobs citing Rust 34 78 110
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.22% 0.48% 0.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.81% 1.09% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 30 43 59
10th Percentile £90,000 £65,000 £37,500
25th Percentile - £79,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £105,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +40.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £166,250 £130,000 £118,750
90th Percentile £230,000 £145,000 £172,500
UK median annual salary £100,000 £95,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +5.88%

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 4,194 7,126 11,038
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.10% 43.46% 46.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,153 4,457 9,480
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £39,658
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,383 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £102,300 £108,750 £100,000
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 22 January 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 7 (20.59%) Ethereum
Cloud Services
1 14 (41.18%) AWS
2 9 (26.47%) Azure
3 2 (5.88%) GCP
3 2 (5.88%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) CircleCI
General
1 12 (35.29%) Finance
2 7 (20.59%) Banking
3 3 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Games
4 2 (5.88%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 17 (50.00%) Rust Engineer
2 12 (35.29%) Software Engineer
3 9 (26.47%) Developer
3 9 (26.47%) Rust Developer
3 9 (26.47%) Senior
4 7 (20.59%) Rust Software Engineer
5 5 (14.71%) Lead
5 5 (14.71%) Lead Software Engineer
6 4 (11.76%) Junior
6 4 (11.76%) Junior Developer
6 4 (11.76%) Junior Software Developer
6 4 (11.76%) Senior Software Engineer
6 4 (11.76%) Software Developer
7 3 (8.82%) C++ Software Engineer
8 2 (5.88%) Blockchain Engineer
8 2 (5.88%) C++ Developer
8 2 (5.88%) Low Latency C++ Developer
8 2 (5.88%) Senior C++ Developer
8 2 (5.88%) Senior Developer
8 2 (5.88%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (26.47%) web3js
2 7 (20.59%) Smart Contracts
3 2 (5.88%) DPDK
Miscellaneous
1 9 (26.47%) Blockchain
1 9 (26.47%) Web3
2 8 (23.53%) Hedge funds
3 5 (14.71%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (8.82%) Sports Betting
5 2 (5.88%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.94%) Algorithms
6 1 (2.94%) FPGA
6 1 (2.94%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.71%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (73.53%) Software Engineering
2 19 (55.88%) Low Latency
3 10 (29.41%) Computer Science
3 10 (29.41%) High-Frequency Trading
3 10 (29.41%) Ultra-Low Latency
4 9 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (23.53%) AI
5 8 (23.53%) DeFi
6 7 (20.59%) CI/CD
6 7 (20.59%) Design Patterns
6 7 (20.59%) Workflow
7 6 (17.65%) Fraud Detection
7 6 (17.65%) Machine Learning
8 5 (14.71%) DevOps
8 5 (14.71%) Observability
9 4 (11.76%) Clean Code
9 4 (11.76%) Mathematics
9 4 (11.76%) Memory Management
10 3 (8.82%) Market Making
10 3 (8.82%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 18 (52.94%) Go
2 13 (38.24%) C++
3 7 (20.59%) TypeScript
4 4 (11.76%) Java
5 3 (8.82%) C#
6 2 (5.88%) C
Qualifications
1 12 (35.29%) Degree
2 7 (20.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (8.82%) Master's Degree
3 3 (8.82%) PhD
System Software
1 2 (5.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.88%) Grafana
1 2 (5.88%) Prometheus
1 2 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (5.88%) Solarflare