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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 153 107 66
Rank change year-on-year -46 -41 -15
Permanent jobs citing REST 724 1,144 3,902
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.08% 2.97% 5.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.87% 9.02% 11.44%
Number of salaries quoted 657 947 1,634
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.40% +0.77% +13.04%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,050 £97,500 £97,290
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £67,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +4.48% +14.55%

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 9,196 12,680 34,102
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.47% 32.97% 45.91%
Number of salaries quoted 7,648 9,884 17,213
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,482 £51,250 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,351 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.19% +4.56% +13.64%
75th Percentile £79,500 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £64,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +4.65% +17.27%

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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 1 June 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 72 (9.94%) IIS
2 34 (4.70%) Apache
3 23 (3.18%) OpenStack
4 13 (1.80%) CMS
5 10 (1.38%) SharePoint
6 7 (0.97%) JBoss
6 7 (0.97%) Red Hat Fuse
6 7 (0.97%) WordPress
7 4 (0.55%) EPiServer
8 3 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.41%) Confluence
8 3 (0.41%) Drupal
8 3 (0.41%) nginx
9 2 (0.28%) Moodle
9 2 (0.28%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.14%) IBM Notes
10 1 (0.14%) Kentico
10 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 13 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.41%) Trello
3 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (0.83%) Shopify
2 4 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.14%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (0.14%) Magento
4 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 233 (32.18%) Azure
2 170 (23.48%) AWS
3 107 (14.78%) Azure DevOps
4 79 (10.91%) SaaS
5 57 (7.87%) Serverless
6 34 (4.70%) Amazon EKS
7 33 (4.56%) Amazon ECS
8 31 (4.28%) GCP
9 27 (3.73%) Power Platform
10 18 (2.49%) GitHub
11 17 (2.35%) PaaS
12 15 (2.07%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (1.52%) Azure Functions
14 11 (1.52%) Azure Service Bus
14 11 (1.52%) Entra ID
15 10 (1.38%) Azure Cognitive Services
15 10 (1.38%) Firebase
16 9 (1.24%) Azure Service Fabric
17 8 (1.10%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 43 (5.94%) Firewall
2 40 (5.52%) DNS
3 37 (5.11%) HTTP
4 30 (4.14%) Internet
5 25 (3.45%) TCP/IP
6 19 (2.62%) SSL
7 3 (0.41%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.41%) MQTT
8 2 (0.28%) DMZ
8 2 (0.28%) Fibre Channel
8 2 (0.28%) Modbus
8 2 (0.28%) VLAN
8 2 (0.28%) VPN
9 1 (0.14%) AMQP
9 1 (0.14%) Broadband
9 1 (0.14%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (22.65%) SQL Server
2 110 (15.19%) PostgreSQL
3 57 (7.87%) Relational Database
4 39 (5.39%) NoSQL
5 37 (5.11%) MongoDB
6 34 (4.70%) MySQL
7 21 (2.90%) Oracle Database
8 17 (2.35%) Redis
9 16 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
10 14 (1.93%) Power BI
11 12 (1.66%) Elasticsearch
12 11 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 9 (1.24%) MariaDB
14 8 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
14 8 (1.10%) RDBMS
15 7 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 5 (0.69%) GIS
17 4 (0.55%) Amazon Aurora
17 4 (0.55%) DynamoDB
17 4 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 179 (24.72%) Git
2 108 (14.92%) Jenkins
3 64 (8.84%) Postman
4 58 (8.01%) Cucumber
5 47 (6.49%) JIRA
5 47 (6.49%) Selenium
6 39 (5.39%) Visual Studio
7 28 (3.87%) Jasmine
7 28 (3.87%) Karma Test Runner
8 22 (3.04%) Oracle APEX
9 20 (2.76%) Eclipse
10 17 (2.35%) Maven
11 16 (2.21%) JUnit
12 15 (2.07%) Bitbucket
12 15 (2.07%) Cypress.io
12 15 (2.07%) TeamCity
13 12 (1.66%) Android Studio
13 12 (1.66%) Team Foundation Server
13 12 (1.66%) webpack
14 10 (1.38%) SpecFlow
General
1 162 (22.38%) Social Skills
2 125 (17.27%) Finance
3 40 (5.52%) Law
4 35 (4.83%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (4.83%) Retail
5 22 (3.04%) Public Sector
6 19 (2.62%) Banking
7 15 (2.07%) Marketing
8 10 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (1.24%) Legal
10 6 (0.83%) Advertising
10 6 (0.83%) Manufacturing
10 6 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (0.69%) Aviation
11 5 (0.69%) Back Office
11 5 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (0.69%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.55%) Local Government
12 4 (0.55%) Tech for Good
13 3 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 412 (56.91%) Developer
2 206 (28.45%) Senior
3 127 (17.54%) Senior Developer
4 86 (11.88%) Lead
5 61 (8.43%) Software Engineer
6 58 (8.01%) .NET Developer
6 58 (8.01%) Java Developer
7 52 (7.18%) C# Developer
8 40 (5.52%) Architect
9 36 (4.97%) Analyst
10 35 (4.83%) PHP Developer
11 33 (4.56%) Full Stack Developer
12 30 (4.14%) Lead Developer
12 30 (4.14%) Support Engineer
13 27 (3.73%) Software Developer
14 23 (3.18%) Python Engineer
14 23 (3.18%) Senior Java Developer
15 22 (3.04%) Senior Software Engineer
15 22 (3.04%) Software Support Engineer
16 17 (2.35%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 247 (34.12%) .NET
2 216 (29.83%) Web Services
3 175 (24.17%) JSON
4 171 (23.62%) HTML
5 162 (22.38%) CSS
6 159 (21.96%) SOAP
7 135 (18.65%) AngularJS
8 124 (17.13%) ASP.NET
9 119 (16.44%) React
9 119 (16.44%) XML
10 74 (10.22%) jQuery
11 66 (9.12%) GraphQL
11 66 (9.12%) Spring
12 64 (8.84%) Kafka
13 59 (8.15%) Vue
14 56 (7.73%) Spring Boot
15 55 (7.60%) Laravel
15 55 (7.60%) Node.js
15 55 (7.60%) RabbitMQ
16 53 (7.32%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 33 (4.56%) Self-Motivation
2 29 (4.01%) Greenfield Project
3 26 (3.59%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (3.18%) Product Ownership
6 22 (3.04%) Data Structures
6 22 (3.04%) IoT
7 17 (2.35%) Client/Server
8 16 (2.21%) Cloud Native
9 13 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.80%) Management Information System
10 8 (1.10%) Mobile App
11 7 (0.97%) Algorithms
12 6 (0.83%) Blog
12 6 (0.83%) Renewable Energy
13 5 (0.69%) Derivative
13 5 (0.69%) Private Cloud
14 4 (0.55%) Blockchain
14 4 (0.55%) Low-Code
14 4 (0.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 78 (10.77%) Linux
2 51 (7.04%) Windows
3 26 (3.59%) AIX
4 23 (3.18%) Android
5 18 (2.49%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.69%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.69%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.41%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 293 (40.47%) Agile
2 215 (29.70%) DevOps
3 181 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 150 (20.72%) Microservices
5 149 (20.58%) TDD
6 123 (16.99%) Software Engineering
7 119 (16.44%) Scrum
8 111 (15.33%) BDD
9 94 (12.98%) Problem-Solving
10 90 (12.43%) MVC
11 88 (12.15%) Full Stack Development
12 82 (11.33%) Test Automation
13 81 (11.19%) Continuous Integration
14 78 (10.77%) Design Patterns
15 77 (10.64%) OO
16 71 (9.81%) Clean Code
17 69 (9.53%) Unit Testing
18 67 (9.25%) Web Development
19 58 (8.01%) Computer Science
19 58 (8.01%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 299 (41.30%) SQL
2 262 (36.19%) JavaScript
3 234 (32.32%) C#
4 188 (25.97%) Java
5 110 (15.19%) Python
6 103 (14.23%) TypeScript
7 73 (10.08%) PHP
8 68 (9.39%) T-SQL
9 53 (7.32%) VB.NET
10 50 (6.91%) VB
11 47 (6.49%) Go
12 28 (3.87%) VB6
13 26 (3.59%) PowerShell
14 25 (3.45%) C++
14 25 (3.45%) PL/SQL
15 24 (3.31%) C
16 19 (2.62%) XAML
17 18 (2.49%) XPath
18 17 (2.35%) Objective-C
18 17 (2.35%) Swift
Qualifications
1 67 (9.25%) Security Cleared
2 62 (8.56%) Degree
3 55 (7.60%) SC Cleared
4 46 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.21%) Azure Certification
6 15 (2.07%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.10%) ISEB
7 8 (1.10%) ISTQB
8 6 (0.83%) CISM
8 6 (0.83%) CISSP
8 6 (0.83%) GIAC
8 6 (0.83%) SANS
9 5 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.55%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.41%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.41%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 1 (0.14%) ACCA
13 1 (0.14%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (13.12%) QA
2 19 (2.62%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.10%) NIST
4 6 (0.83%) COBIT
4 6 (0.83%) Web Application Security Consortium
5 4 (0.55%) WCAG
6 3 (0.41%) EMIR
6 3 (0.41%) MiFID
7 2 (0.28%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.14%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 154 (21.27%) Docker
2 18 (2.49%) Hyper-V
3 17 (2.35%) Virtual Servers
4 7 (0.97%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.28%) vSphere
7 1 (0.14%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 96 (13.26%) Kubernetes
2 47 (6.49%) Terraform
3 32 (4.42%) Ansible
4 8 (1.10%) Nmap
5 6 (0.83%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 6 (0.83%) Grafana
6 4 (0.55%) Packer
7 3 (0.41%) Argo
7 3 (0.41%) Consul
8 2 (0.28%) Rancher
8 2 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.14%) cPanel
9 1 (0.14%) Kibana
9 1 (0.14%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.14%) MIIS
9 1 (0.14%) Podman
9 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 102 (14.09%) Microsoft
2 55 (7.60%) Oracle
3 30 (4.14%) Google
4 23 (3.18%) WSO2
5 13 (1.80%) UiPath
6 10 (1.38%) Automation Anywhere
6 10 (1.38%) Blue Prism
7 8 (1.10%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.10%) ServiceNow
8 5 (0.69%) OpenAI
9 4 (0.55%) Facebook
9 4 (0.55%) ForgeRock
9 4 (0.55%) IBM
9 4 (0.55%) WooCommerce
10 3 (0.41%) MuleSoft
10 3 (0.41%) Sybase
10 3 (0.41%) Telerik
11 2 (0.28%) Cadence
11 2 (0.28%) Finsemble
11 2 (0.28%) Sparx