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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 176 429
Rank change year-on-year -216 +253 +19
Permanent jobs citing Rust 66 291 78
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.27% 1.79% 0.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.06% 5.71% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 46 13 50
10th Percentile £52,775 £50,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £56,563 £65,000 £51,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,150 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.31% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £98,750 £125,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £220,000 £140,000
UK median annual salary £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +26.67%

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 6,202 5,094 9,008
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 25.52% 31.36% 38.60%
Number of salaries quoted 4,639 3,442 6,176
10th Percentile £38,984 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,965 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £64,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% -1.54% -
75th Percentile £84,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%

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 17 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 4 (6.06%) Lightworks
1 4 (6.06%) Simulink
2 1 (1.52%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (1.52%) Zemax
Cloud Services
1 25 (37.88%) AWS
2 21 (31.82%) Azure
3 12 (18.18%) 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 7 (10.61%) Ethernet
1 7 (10.61%) Wireless
2 4 (6.06%) MQTT
2 4 (6.06%) Network Security
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%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.52%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (16.67%) Git
2 4 (6.06%) PetaLinux
3 3 (4.55%) Rational DOORS
General
1 16 (24.24%) Finance
2 8 (12.12%) Banking
2 8 (12.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (10.61%) Social Skills
4 4 (6.06%) Aerospace
4 4 (6.06%) Electronics
4 4 (6.06%) Investment Banking
4 4 (6.06%) Law
5 3 (4.55%) Aviation
5 3 (4.55%) Avionics
5 3 (4.55%) Military
5 3 (4.55%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.52%) Automotive
6 1 (1.52%) Cyber-Physical System
6 1 (1.52%) Games
6 1 (1.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 39 (59.09%) Software Engineer
2 17 (25.76%) Senior
3 14 (21.21%) Senior Software Engineer
4 13 (19.70%) Developer
5 11 (16.67%) Embedded Engineer
5 11 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 7 (10.61%) Rust Developer
7 6 (9.09%) Junior
7 6 (9.09%) Rust Engineer
7 6 (9.09%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 6 (9.09%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 5 (7.58%) Architect
8 5 (7.58%) Junior Developer
8 5 (7.58%) Rust Software Engineer
8 5 (7.58%) Software Developer
8 5 (7.58%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (6.06%) C++ Software Engineer
10 3 (4.55%) Python Engineer
10 3 (4.55%) Python Software Engineer
10 3 (4.55%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.12%) Middleware
2 6 (9.09%) .NET
3 5 (7.58%) Terraform
3 5 (7.58%) Yocto
4 4 (6.06%) Node.js
4 4 (6.06%) Smart Contracts
4 4 (6.06%) web3js
5 3 (4.55%) React
6 1 (1.52%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.52%) FastAPI
6 1 (1.52%) Jest
6 1 (1.52%) OAuth
6 1 (1.52%) OAuth2
6 1 (1.52%) OpenID
6 1 (1.52%) OpenTofu
6 1 (1.52%) Playwright
6 1 (1.52%) POSIX
6 1 (1.52%) REST
6 1 (1.52%) SailPoint
6 1 (1.52%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 14 (21.21%) Embedded Systems
2 9 (13.64%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (12.12%) Algorithms
4 7 (10.61%) Product Ownership
5 6 (9.09%) Data Structures
6 5 (7.58%) Device Driver
7 4 (6.06%) Blockchain
7 4 (6.06%) Cyberattack
7 4 (6.06%) FPGA
7 4 (6.06%) Hedge funds
7 4 (6.06%) IoT
7 4 (6.06%) Verilog
7 4 (6.06%) VHDL
7 4 (6.06%) Web3
8 3 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (4.55%) Media Streaming
8 3 (4.55%) PKI
8 3 (4.55%) Public Cloud
8 3 (4.55%) Robotics
8 3 (4.55%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 25 (37.88%) Linux
2 6 (9.09%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (6.06%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (6.06%) Unix
4 3 (4.55%) Windows
5 2 (3.03%) Debian
5 2 (3.03%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (78.79%) Software Engineering
2 17 (25.76%) CI/CD
2 17 (25.76%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (22.73%) Agile
4 13 (19.70%) AI
5 12 (18.18%) Embedded Software Development
5 12 (18.18%) UML
6 11 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (16.67%) Low Latency
6 11 (16.67%) SDLC
6 11 (16.67%) Test Automation
7 10 (15.15%) Mentoring
8 9 (13.64%) Computer Science
8 9 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (13.64%) Machine Learning
9 8 (12.12%) Containerisation
9 8 (12.12%) DevOps
9 8 (12.12%) High-Frequency Trading
10 7 (10.61%) Cloud Security
10 7 (10.61%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 33 (50.00%) Python
2 32 (48.48%) C++
3 23 (34.85%) C
4 22 (33.33%) Go
5 19 (28.79%) Java
6 15 (22.73%) C#
7 11 (16.67%) TypeScript
8 7 (10.61%) JavaScript
9 5 (7.58%) Bash
10 4 (6.06%) MATLAB
11 3 (4.55%) Ada
11 3 (4.55%) Ada 95
11 3 (4.55%) Objective-C
11 3 (4.55%) Perl
11 3 (4.55%) PowerShell
11 3 (4.55%) Ruby
12 2 (3.03%) Clojure
12 2 (3.03%) Haskell
12 2 (3.03%) OCaml
12 2 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (30.30%) 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 1 (1.52%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.06%) ECSS
2 3 (4.55%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.55%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (4.55%) JTAG
2 3 (4.55%) MIL-STD-1553
3 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.52%) NIST
3 1 (1.52%) QA
3 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 4 (6.06%) Xilinx
3 2 (3.03%) Yahoo!
4 1 (1.52%) Okta
4 1 (1.52%) VMware