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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 177 406
Rank change year-on-year -212 +229 +42
Permanent jobs citing Rust 69 291 74
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.28% 1.73% 0.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.12% 5.85% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 43 14 42
10th Percentile £52,775 £50,750 £47,250
25th Percentile £58,125 £67,188 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £115,000 £98,000
Median % change year-on-year -41.30% +17.35% +35.17%
75th Percentile £81,250 £166,250 £116,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £230,000 £140,000
UK median annual salary £90,000 £102,500 £95,000
% change year-on-year -12.20% +7.89% +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 6,139 4,975 8,723
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.77% 29.63% 40.25%
Number of salaries quoted 4,521 3,295 5,632
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £116,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £63,264
% change year-on-year +4.00% -1.21% -2.67%

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 9 October 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 2 (2.90%) Ethereum
Applications
1 4 (5.80%) Lightworks
1 4 (5.80%) Simulink
2 1 (1.45%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (1.45%) Zemax
Cloud Services
1 25 (36.23%) Azure
2 24 (34.78%) AWS
3 11 (15.94%) GCP
4 3 (4.35%) GitHub
4 3 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (2.90%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (2.90%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (2.90%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.90%) Serverless
5 2 (2.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (2.90%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.59%) Wireless
2 7 (10.14%) Ethernet
3 4 (5.80%) MQTT
3 4 (5.80%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (4.35%) Bluetooth
5 2 (2.90%) DNS
5 2 (2.90%) UWB
5 2 (2.90%) X.509
6 1 (1.45%) 5G
6 1 (1.45%) DHCP
6 1 (1.45%) LTE
6 1 (1.45%) Network Security
6 1 (1.45%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.59%) MongoDB
2 6 (8.70%) MySQL
2 6 (8.70%) SQL Server
3 4 (5.80%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (15.94%) Git
2 4 (5.80%) PetaLinux
3 3 (4.35%) Rational DOORS
General
1 18 (26.09%) Finance
2 10 (14.49%) Banking
3 9 (13.04%) Social Skills
4 8 (11.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (10.14%) Retail Banking
6 5 (7.25%) Electronics
7 4 (5.80%) Aerospace
8 3 (4.35%) Aviation
8 3 (4.35%) Avionics
8 3 (4.35%) Law
8 3 (4.35%) Military
8 3 (4.35%) Multimedia
9 2 (2.90%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.45%) Automotive
10 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 47 (68.12%) Software Engineer
2 19 (27.54%) Senior
3 16 (23.19%) Senior Software Engineer
4 10 (14.49%) Developer
4 10 (14.49%) Embedded Engineer
4 10 (14.49%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 8 (11.59%) Graduate
5 8 (11.59%) Graduate Software Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) Architect
6 6 (8.70%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (7.25%) Python Engineer
7 5 (7.25%) Python Software Engineer
8 4 (5.80%) Clojure Developer
8 4 (5.80%) Security Engineer
9 3 (4.35%) Junior
9 3 (4.35%) Rust Developer
9 3 (4.35%) Rust Software Engineer
9 3 (4.35%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.04%) Middleware
2 5 (7.25%) .NET
2 5 (7.25%) Terraform
2 5 (7.25%) Yocto
3 4 (5.80%) Node.js
4 3 (4.35%) React
5 2 (2.90%) OpenTofu
5 2 (2.90%) REST
5 2 (2.90%) Smart Contracts
5 2 (2.90%) web3js
6 1 (1.45%) FastAPI
6 1 (1.45%) Jest
6 1 (1.45%) OAuth
6 1 (1.45%) OAuth2
6 1 (1.45%) OpenID
6 1 (1.45%) Playwright
6 1 (1.45%) POSIX
6 1 (1.45%) SailPoint
6 1 (1.45%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.29%) Embedded Systems
2 9 (13.04%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (11.59%) Algorithms
3 8 (11.59%) Product Ownership
4 7 (10.14%) Mobile Banking
5 5 (7.25%) Data Structures
5 5 (7.25%) Device Driver
6 4 (5.80%) Cyberattack
6 4 (5.80%) FPGA
6 4 (5.80%) IoT
6 4 (5.80%) Verilog
6 4 (5.80%) VHDL
7 3 (4.35%) Client/Server
7 3 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (4.35%) Media Streaming
7 3 (4.35%) PKI
7 3 (4.35%) Robotics
8 2 (2.90%) ARM Cortex
8 2 (2.90%) Hedge funds
8 2 (2.90%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 22 (31.88%) Linux
2 5 (7.25%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (5.80%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (5.80%) Unix
4 2 (2.90%) Debian
4 2 (2.90%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (82.61%) Software Engineering
2 23 (33.33%) AI
3 18 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (26.09%) Test Automation
4 16 (23.19%) Agile
4 16 (23.19%) Machine Learning
5 14 (20.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (18.84%) CI/CD
6 13 (18.84%) UML
7 12 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
7 12 (17.39%) Embedded Software Development
7 12 (17.39%) SDLC
8 10 (14.49%) Containerisation
9 8 (11.59%) Computer Science
9 8 (11.59%) DevOps
9 8 (11.59%) Prototyping
10 7 (10.14%) Fintech
10 7 (10.14%) Mentoring
10 7 (10.14%) Rapid Prototyping
10 7 (10.14%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 42 (60.87%) Python
2 29 (42.03%) C++
3 25 (36.23%) Go
4 24 (34.78%) Java
5 21 (30.43%) C
6 19 (27.54%) TypeScript
7 13 (18.84%) C#
8 7 (10.14%) JavaScript
8 7 (10.14%) Kotlin
9 4 (5.80%) Clojure
9 4 (5.80%) Haskell
9 4 (5.80%) Lisp
9 4 (5.80%) MATLAB
9 4 (5.80%) OCaml
10 3 (4.35%) Ada
10 3 (4.35%) Ada 95
11 2 (2.90%) Bash
11 2 (2.90%) Shell Script
12 1 (1.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (30.43%) Degree
2 13 (18.84%) Security Cleared
3 7 (10.14%) Azure Certification
3 7 (10.14%) SC Cleared
4 5 (7.25%) DV Cleared
5 3 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.90%) PhD
7 1 (1.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.80%) Accessibility
1 4 (5.80%) ECSS
2 3 (4.35%) JTAG
2 3 (4.35%) MIL-STD-1553
3 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.45%) NIST
3 1 (1.45%) QA
3 1 (1.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (13.04%) Docker
2 2 (2.90%) Firmware
3 1 (1.45%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.45%) KVM
3 1 (1.45%) QEMU
3 1 (1.45%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (7.25%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (2.90%) Ansible
3 2 (2.90%) Podman
Vendors
1 7 (10.14%) Google
2 6 (8.70%) Oracle
3 4 (5.80%) Xilinx
4 2 (2.90%) Yahoo!
5 1 (1.45%) EMC
5 1 (1.45%) Okta
5 1 (1.45%) VMware