REST Jobs with Work from Home Options

Representational State Transfer (REST)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for REST skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited REST over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 152 102 68
Rank change year-on-year -50 -34 -16
Permanent jobs citing REST 739 1,298 3,498
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.19% 3.17% 5.01%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.22% 9.35% 11.06%
Number of salaries quoted 674 1,050 1,596
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,875 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £47,647
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £97,625 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +3.70% +12.50%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

REST is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,994 13,884 31,631
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.71% 33.89% 45.28%
Number of salaries quoted 7,519 10,435 17,201
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,104 £46,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £79,500 £86,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £63,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +6.30% +15.45%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

REST trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing REST.

REST salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing REST over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

REST salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 73 (9.88%) IIS
2 35 (4.74%) Apache
3 26 (3.52%) OpenStack
4 13 (1.76%) CMS
4 13 (1.76%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.08%) JBoss
5 8 (1.08%) Red Hat Fuse
6 7 (0.95%) WordPress
7 4 (0.54%) EPiServer
8 3 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.41%) Confluence
8 3 (0.41%) Drupal
9 2 (0.27%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.27%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.27%) Moodle
9 2 (0.27%) nginx
9 2 (0.27%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.14%) IBM Notes
10 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 14 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.41%) Trello
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (0.95%) Shopify
2 4 (0.54%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 244 (33.02%) Azure
2 172 (23.27%) AWS
3 110 (14.88%) Azure DevOps
4 93 (12.58%) SaaS
5 61 (8.25%) Serverless
6 38 (5.14%) Amazon EKS
6 38 (5.14%) GCP
7 37 (5.01%) Amazon ECS
8 30 (4.06%) Power Platform
9 20 (2.71%) GitHub
10 18 (2.44%) PaaS
11 16 (2.17%) AWS Lambda
12 14 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
13 13 (1.76%) Azure Service Bus
14 11 (1.49%) Azure Functions
14 11 (1.49%) Entra ID
15 10 (1.35%) Azure Cognitive Services
15 10 (1.35%) Firebase
16 9 (1.22%) Azure Service Fabric
17 8 (1.08%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 41 (5.55%) Firewall
2 38 (5.14%) DNS
3 37 (5.01%) HTTP
4 29 (3.92%) Internet
5 25 (3.38%) TCP/IP
6 19 (2.57%) SSL
7 3 (0.41%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.41%) MQTT
8 2 (0.27%) DMZ
8 2 (0.27%) Fibre Channel
8 2 (0.27%) Modbus
8 2 (0.27%) VLAN
8 2 (0.27%) VPN
9 1 (0.14%) AMQP
9 1 (0.14%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (23.00%) SQL Server
2 111 (15.02%) PostgreSQL
3 57 (7.71%) Relational Database
4 41 (5.55%) NoSQL
5 35 (4.74%) MongoDB
6 34 (4.60%) MySQL
7 22 (2.98%) Oracle Database
8 16 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (2.03%) Power BI
9 15 (2.03%) Redis
10 14 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 12 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
12 11 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 10 (1.35%) MariaDB
14 8 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
14 8 (1.08%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.54%) DynamoDB
15 4 (0.54%) GIS
15 4 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
16 3 (0.41%) Looker
Development Applications
1 182 (24.63%) Git
2 126 (17.05%) Jenkins
3 79 (10.69%) Postman
4 67 (9.07%) Cucumber
5 57 (7.71%) Selenium
6 50 (6.77%) JIRA
7 37 (5.01%) Visual Studio
8 28 (3.79%) Jasmine
8 28 (3.79%) Karma Test Runner
9 23 (3.11%) Oracle APEX
10 20 (2.71%) Eclipse
11 19 (2.57%) Maven
12 17 (2.30%) TeamCity
13 16 (2.17%) JUnit
14 14 (1.89%) webpack
15 13 (1.76%) Bitbucket
15 13 (1.76%) Cypress.io
16 12 (1.62%) Android Studio
16 12 (1.62%) Team Foundation Server
17 11 (1.49%) SpecFlow
General
1 163 (22.06%) Social Skills
2 121 (16.37%) Finance
3 40 (5.41%) Law
4 35 (4.74%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (3.79%) Retail
6 24 (3.25%) Public Sector
7 22 (2.98%) Banking
8 15 (2.03%) Marketing
9 10 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.22%) Legal
11 6 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (0.68%) Advertising
12 5 (0.68%) Aviation
12 5 (0.68%) Local Government
12 5 (0.68%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.54%) Back Office
13 4 (0.54%) Tech for Good
14 3 (0.41%) Games
14 3 (0.41%) Health Technology
14 3 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 420 (56.83%) Developer
2 207 (28.01%) Senior
3 122 (16.51%) Senior Developer
4 92 (12.45%) Lead
5 63 (8.53%) Java Developer
6 59 (7.98%) .NET Developer
7 55 (7.44%) Software Engineer
8 49 (6.63%) C# Developer
9 37 (5.01%) Architect
9 37 (5.01%) PHP Developer
10 36 (4.87%) Analyst
11 34 (4.60%) Full Stack Developer
12 30 (4.06%) Lead Developer
12 30 (4.06%) Support Engineer
13 28 (3.79%) Software Developer
14 24 (3.25%) Python Engineer
14 24 (3.25%) Senior Java Developer
15 22 (2.98%) Senior Software Engineer
15 22 (2.98%) Software Support Engineer
16 17 (2.30%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 252 (34.10%) .NET
2 222 (30.04%) Web Services
3 181 (24.49%) JSON
4 170 (23.00%) SOAP
5 167 (22.60%) HTML
6 159 (21.52%) CSS
7 134 (18.13%) AngularJS
8 125 (16.91%) XML
9 124 (16.78%) ASP.NET
10 117 (15.83%) React
11 76 (10.28%) jQuery
12 73 (9.88%) Spring
13 68 (9.20%) Kafka
14 67 (9.07%) GraphQL
15 63 (8.53%) Spring Boot
16 56 (7.58%) Laravel
16 56 (7.58%) Node.js
17 55 (7.44%) Vue
18 54 (7.31%) .NET Framework
19 51 (6.90%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 36 (4.87%) Greenfield Project
2 33 (4.47%) Self-Motivation
3 28 (3.79%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (3.11%) Data Structures
5 23 (3.11%) Product Ownership
6 22 (2.98%) IoT
7 17 (2.30%) Client/Server
8 15 (2.03%) Cloud Native
9 14 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (1.76%) Management Information System
11 7 (0.95%) Algorithms
11 7 (0.95%) Mobile App
12 6 (0.81%) Blog
12 6 (0.81%) Private Cloud
12 6 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
13 5 (0.68%) Low-Code
14 4 (0.54%) Blockchain
14 4 (0.54%) CMDB
14 4 (0.54%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 75 (10.15%) Linux
2 50 (6.77%) Windows
3 26 (3.52%) AIX
4 22 (2.98%) Android
5 17 (2.30%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.68%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.68%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.41%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (40.19%) Agile
2 227 (30.72%) DevOps
3 192 (25.98%) CI/CD
4 152 (20.57%) Microservices
5 150 (20.30%) TDD
6 125 (16.91%) BDD
7 122 (16.51%) Scrum
8 115 (15.56%) Software Engineering
9 93 (12.58%) Problem-Solving
10 89 (12.04%) Full Stack Development
11 87 (11.77%) MVC
12 85 (11.50%) Test Automation
13 82 (11.10%) Clean Code
14 81 (10.96%) Continuous Integration
15 79 (10.69%) Design Patterns
16 77 (10.42%) OO
17 72 (9.74%) Unit Testing
18 69 (9.34%) API Testing
19 68 (9.20%) Web Development
20 63 (8.53%) SDET
Programming Languages
1 307 (41.54%) SQL
2 268 (36.27%) JavaScript
3 241 (32.61%) C#
4 201 (27.20%) Java
5 108 (14.61%) Python
6 95 (12.86%) TypeScript
7 76 (10.28%) PHP
8 68 (9.20%) T-SQL
9 56 (7.58%) VB.NET
10 50 (6.77%) VB
11 44 (5.95%) Go
12 28 (3.79%) PowerShell
12 28 (3.79%) VB6
13 27 (3.65%) PL/SQL
14 25 (3.38%) C++
15 24 (3.25%) C
16 19 (2.57%) XAML
16 19 (2.57%) XPath
17 17 (2.30%) Objective-C
17 17 (2.30%) Swift
Qualifications
1 69 (9.34%) Security Cleared
2 66 (8.93%) Degree
3 56 (7.58%) SC Cleared
4 45 (6.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.03%) Azure Certification
5 15 (2.03%) Master's Degree
6 9 (1.22%) ISEB
6 9 (1.22%) ISTQB
7 6 (0.81%) CISM
7 6 (0.81%) CISSP
7 6 (0.81%) GIAC
7 6 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 6 (0.81%) SANS
8 4 (0.54%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.54%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.41%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 1 (0.14%) ACCA
11 1 (0.14%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (14.07%) QA
2 23 (3.11%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.08%) NIST
4 6 (0.81%) COBIT
4 6 (0.81%) WCAG
4 6 (0.81%) Web Application Security Consortium
5 4 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.27%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.27%) EMIR
6 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.27%) MiFID
7 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 155 (20.97%) Docker
2 21 (2.84%) Hyper-V
3 15 (2.03%) Virtual Servers
4 7 (0.95%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.27%) vSphere
7 1 (0.14%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 97 (13.13%) Kubernetes
2 47 (6.36%) Terraform
3 35 (4.74%) Ansible
4 8 (1.08%) Nmap
5 6 (0.81%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 6 (0.81%) Grafana
6 3 (0.41%) Argo
6 3 (0.41%) Consul
6 3 (0.41%) Packer
7 2 (0.27%) Rancher
7 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.14%) cPanel
8 1 (0.14%) Kibana
8 1 (0.14%) MIIS
8 1 (0.14%) Podman
8 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 108 (14.61%) Microsoft
2 57 (7.71%) Oracle
3 36 (4.87%) Google
4 26 (3.52%) WSO2
5 13 (1.76%) UiPath
6 10 (1.35%) Automation Anywhere
6 10 (1.35%) Blue Prism
6 10 (1.35%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.08%) Salesforce
8 6 (0.81%) IBM
9 5 (0.68%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.54%) Facebook
10 4 (0.54%) ForgeRock
10 4 (0.54%) TIBCO
10 4 (0.54%) WooCommerce
11 3 (0.41%) MuleSoft
11 3 (0.41%) Sybase
11 3 (0.41%) Telerik
12 2 (0.27%) Finsemble
12 2 (0.27%) Talend