Representational State Transfer (REST)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with 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 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 155 106 65
Rank change year-on-year -49 -41 -7
Permanent jobs citing REST 1,927 2,988 9,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.81% 3.20% 5.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.88% 11.02% 12.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,286 1,749 3,168
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +4.48% +15.52%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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 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 21,703 27,126 70,569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.39% 29.04% 41.46%
Number of salaries quoted 16,050 17,651 29,885
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,500 £37,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +18.18%
75th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for REST in the UK

REST
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing REST.

Salary trend for REST in the UK

REST
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing REST over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Salary histogram for REST in the UK

REST
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the UK over the 6 months to 5 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -51 1,668 £60,000 -14.29% 298
UK excluding London -34 1,325 £55,000 -8.33% 202
Work from Home -51 714 £60,000 -10.78% 159
London -57 560 £75,000 -3.23% 120
North of England +20 359 £55,173 -15.12% 60
South East -57 315 £57,500 +3.25% 44
North West +65 269 £60,000 -9.43% 33
Midlands -34 213 £52,500 -12.50% 33
Scotland -39 152 £56,318 -8.05% 16
South West -56 151 £53,500 -10.83% 15
East Midlands -11 125 £50,000 -2.44% 19
West Midlands -63 88 £52,500 -12.50% 14
East of England -41 84 £47,500 -13.64% 20
Yorkshire -22 74 £47,500 -17.39% 23
Wales -12 39 £52,500 -19.23% 4
North East -39 16 £47,500 -24.00% 6
Northern Ireland -38 14 £85,000 +88.89% 16
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 -

REST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 112 (5.81%) IIS
2 85 (4.41%) Apache
3 46 (2.39%) Apache Spark
4 42 (2.18%) CMS
5 36 (1.87%) OpenStack
6 26 (1.35%) Cloud Foundry
6 26 (1.35%) Confluence
7 23 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
8 21 (1.09%) GemFire
9 20 (1.04%) SharePoint
10 15 (0.78%) JBoss
11 14 (0.73%) nginx
12 11 (0.57%) WordPress
13 10 (0.52%) EPiServer
13 10 (0.52%) Red Hat Fuse
14 6 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
14 6 (0.31%) Umbraco
15 5 (0.26%) Drupal
15 5 (0.26%) IBM Notes
16 4 (0.21%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 14 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.52%) Trello
3 6 (0.31%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.16%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 18 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.73%) Shopify
3 6 (0.31%) Elite 3E
4 5 (0.26%) Maximo
4 5 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.26%) Temenos T24
5 4 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.10%) Magento
6 2 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.10%) SAP Business ByDesign
6 2 (0.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.052%) HFM
7 1 (0.052%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.052%) Oracle FAH
7 1 (0.052%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.052%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.052%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 774 (40.17%) Azure
2 485 (25.17%) AWS
3 301 (15.62%) Azure DevOps
4 271 (14.06%) Serverless
5 241 (12.51%) IBM Cloud
6 146 (7.58%) Azure Service Bus
7 143 (7.42%) Azure Functions
8 131 (6.80%) GCP
9 130 (6.75%) Azure API Management
9 130 (6.75%) Azure Logic Apps
10 110 (5.71%) SaaS
11 99 (5.14%) Amazon EKS
12 89 (4.62%) GitHub
13 79 (4.10%) Power Platform
14 60 (3.11%) AWS Lambda
15 54 (2.80%) Amazon ECS
16 34 (1.76%) AWS CloudFormation
17 33 (1.71%) Amazon Kinesis
18 32 (1.66%) OpenShift
19 29 (1.50%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 67 (3.48%) HTTP
2 58 (3.01%) Firewall
3 55 (2.85%) DNS
4 48 (2.49%) TCP/IP
5 47 (2.44%) Internet
6 31 (1.61%) AMQP
7 23 (1.19%) SSL
8 18 (0.93%) Kerberos
8 18 (0.93%) SSH
9 17 (0.88%) MQTT
9 17 (0.88%) VPN
9 17 (0.88%) WAN
10 16 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (0.83%) Wireless
11 13 (0.67%) 3G
11 13 (0.67%) 4G
11 13 (0.67%) RS-485
11 13 (0.67%) SNMP
12 11 (0.57%) Ethernet VPN
12 11 (0.57%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 472 (24.49%) PostgreSQL
2 396 (20.55%) NoSQL
3 320 (16.61%) MongoDB
4 314 (16.29%) SQL Server
5 267 (13.86%) Relational Database
6 240 (12.45%) DB2
7 114 (5.92%) MySQL
8 76 (3.94%) Redis
9 55 (2.85%) Amazon Aurora
10 48 (2.49%) Power BI
11 46 (2.39%) DynamoDB
12 45 (2.34%) Hadoop
13 39 (2.02%) Big Data
14 38 (1.97%) CockroachDB
15 29 (1.50%) Cloudera CDH
16 26 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
17 25 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 25 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 24 (1.25%) Apache Cassandra
19 22 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 411 (21.33%) Git
2 199 (10.33%) Jenkins
3 131 (6.80%) JIRA
4 83 (4.31%) Postman
5 82 (4.26%) Selenium
6 78 (4.05%) Cucumber
7 77 (4.00%) Visual Studio
8 68 (3.53%) GitLab
9 57 (2.96%) JUnit
10 38 (1.97%) Eclipse
11 37 (1.92%) Jasmine
12 36 (1.87%) Team Foundation Server
13 34 (1.76%) Oracle APEX
14 33 (1.71%) Karma Test Runner
15 32 (1.66%) Bitbucket
15 32 (1.66%) IntelliJ
16 31 (1.61%) Maven
17 30 (1.56%) Octopus Deploy
18 29 (1.50%) TeamCity
19 24 (1.25%) WebDriver
General
1 419 (21.74%) Finance
2 380 (19.72%) Social Skills
3 299 (15.52%) Public Sector
4 231 (11.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 145 (7.52%) Law
6 83 (4.31%) Analytical Skills
7 77 (4.00%) Marketing
8 75 (3.89%) Banking
9 72 (3.74%) Retail
10 45 (2.34%) Legal
11 37 (1.92%) Investment Banking
12 31 (1.61%) Aerospace
13 28 (1.45%) Telecoms
14 25 (1.30%) Financial Institution
15 24 (1.25%) Games
16 23 (1.19%) Billing
17 21 (1.09%) Electronics
18 19 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
19 17 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
20 13 (0.67%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 1,014 (52.62%) Developer
2 409 (21.22%) Senior
3 279 (14.48%) Software Engineer
4 235 (12.20%) Lead
5 223 (11.57%) Senior Developer
6 210 (10.90%) Full Stack Developer
7 154 (7.99%) Full Stack Engineer
8 145 (7.52%) Java Developer
9 138 (7.16%) .NET Developer
10 133 (6.90%) Azure Developer
11 115 (5.97%) Azure Engineer
12 98 (5.09%) Java Engineer
13 94 (4.88%) C# Developer
14 81 (4.20%) Software Developer
15 75 (3.89%) Java Software Engineer
16 73 (3.79%) Lead Developer
17 68 (3.53%) Architect
17 68 (3.53%) Senior Software Engineer
18 66 (3.43%) Analyst
19 54 (2.80%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 703 (36.48%) .NET
1 703 (36.48%) Web Services
2 608 (31.55%) HTML
3 576 (29.89%) CSS
4 574 (29.79%) React
5 531 (27.56%) AngularJS
6 427 (22.16%) ASP.NET
7 343 (17.80%) Vue
8 339 (17.59%) jQuery
9 331 (17.18%) JSON
10 330 (17.13%) SOAP
11 303 (15.72%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 274 (14.22%) Node.js
13 272 (14.12%) Spring
14 259 (13.44%) XML
15 255 (13.23%) ASP.NET Core
16 238 (12.35%) Backbone.js
16 238 (12.35%) Ember.js
17 202 (10.48%) Spring Boot
18 181 (9.39%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 278 (14.43%) Algorithms
2 271 (14.06%) Data Structures
3 244 (12.66%) Blockchain
4 241 (12.51%) Hybrid Cloud
5 115 (5.97%) e-Learning
6 95 (4.93%) Cloud Native
7 90 (4.67%) Self-Motivation
8 80 (4.15%) Distributed Systems
9 74 (3.84%) Management Information System
10 63 (3.27%) Product Ownership
11 62 (3.22%) Enterprise Software
12 57 (2.96%) Greenfield Project
13 40 (2.08%) Blog
14 33 (1.71%) Mobile App
15 32 (1.66%) Public Cloud
16 31 (1.61%) Media Streaming
17 28 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
18 26 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 26 (1.35%) Replication
19 23 (1.19%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 466 (24.18%) Linux
2 346 (17.96%) Windows
3 289 (15.00%) Android
4 267 (13.86%) Apple iOS
5 58 (3.01%) Unix
6 40 (2.08%) CentOS
7 37 (1.92%) Ubuntu
8 32 (1.66%) AIX
9 29 (1.50%) Debian
9 29 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 19 (0.99%) Windows Server
11 18 (0.93%) Embedded Linux
12 8 (0.42%) Windows 10
13 5 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 937 (48.62%) Agile
2 527 (27.35%) DevOps
3 488 (25.32%) Full Stack Development
4 453 (23.51%) MVC
5 416 (21.59%) Software Engineering
6 412 (21.38%) CI/CD
7 397 (20.60%) Design Patterns
8 393 (20.39%) OO
9 381 (19.77%) Microservices
10 362 (18.79%) Web Development
11 353 (18.32%) User Experience
12 335 (17.38%) OOP
13 331 (17.18%) SOLID
14 317 (16.45%) Artificial Intelligence
15 303 (15.72%) Mentoring
16 294 (15.26%) Problem-Solving
17 283 (14.69%) TDD
18 280 (14.53%) Scrum
19 278 (14.43%) MVVM
20 243 (12.61%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 924 (47.95%) SQL
2 843 (43.75%) JavaScript
3 701 (36.38%) Java
4 678 (35.18%) C#
5 429 (22.26%) Python
6 224 (11.62%) TypeScript
7 114 (5.92%) PHP
8 104 (5.40%) T-SQL
9 75 (3.89%) Go
10 74 (3.84%) PowerShell
11 71 (3.68%) VB.NET
12 59 (3.06%) C++
13 55 (2.85%) Scala
14 53 (2.75%) Apex Code
15 52 (2.70%) VB
16 50 (2.59%) C
16 50 (2.59%) Kotlin
17 34 (1.76%) PL/SQL
18 32 (1.66%) Groovy
19 28 (1.45%) VB6
Qualifications
1 181 (9.39%) Degree
2 152 (7.89%) Security Cleared
3 135 (7.01%) SC Cleared
4 105 (5.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 38 (1.97%) DV Cleared
6 24 (1.25%) Azure Certification
6 24 (1.25%) Master's Degree
7 13 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (0.57%) PhD
9 10 (0.52%) AWS Certification
9 10 (0.52%) ISEB
9 10 (0.52%) ISTQB
10 9 (0.47%) CISSP
11 8 (0.42%) CISM
11 8 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.31%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.31%) GIAC
12 6 (0.31%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.31%) SANS
13 4 (0.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (7.68%) QA
2 51 (2.65%) Accessibility
3 17 (0.88%) GDPR
4 11 (0.57%) NIST
5 8 (0.42%) MiFID
6 6 (0.31%) COBIT
6 6 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.31%) PMO
6 6 (0.31%) SLA
6 6 (0.31%) Web Application Security Consortium
7 5 (0.26%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.26%) WCAG
8 4 (0.21%) EMIR
8 4 (0.21%) GRC
9 2 (0.10%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.10%) ISO 9000
9 2 (0.10%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.10%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.052%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.052%) ISO 15022
System Software
1 338 (17.54%) Docker
2 24 (1.25%) Hyper-V
3 20 (1.04%) Virtual Servers
4 19 (0.99%) Active Directory
4 19 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.67%) HDFS
6 9 (0.47%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.26%) Firmware
7 5 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.21%) vSphere
9 3 (0.16%) Varnish
9 3 (0.16%) VirtualBox
10 1 (0.052%) OpenAM
10 1 (0.052%) OpenDJ
Systems Management
1 300 (15.57%) Kubernetes
2 121 (6.28%) Terraform
3 85 (4.41%) Ansible
4 44 (2.28%) Grafana
5 34 (1.76%) Puppet
6 30 (1.56%) Kibana
7 25 (1.30%) Prometheus
8 21 (1.09%) HAProxy
8 21 (1.09%) ITRS Geneos
8 21 (1.09%) Zipkin
9 15 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
10 13 (0.67%) WMI
11 11 (0.57%) Nmap
12 7 (0.36%) Packer
13 6 (0.31%) CloudHub
13 6 (0.31%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 6 (0.31%) Rancher
14 4 (0.21%) cPanel
15 3 (0.16%) Argo
15 3 (0.16%) Consul
Vendors
1 270 (14.01%) Red Hat
2 247 (12.82%) IBM
3 245 (12.71%) Microsoft
4 137 (7.11%) Oracle
5 131 (6.80%) Google
6 64 (3.32%) Salesforce
7 56 (2.91%) Splunk
8 40 (2.08%) Dynatrace
9 36 (1.87%) WSO2
10 29 (1.50%) SaltStack
11 28 (1.45%) ServiceNow
12 23 (1.19%) VMware
13 19 (0.99%) Databricks
14 15 (0.78%) Atlassian
15 13 (0.67%) Cloudera
15 13 (0.67%) MuleSoft
15 13 (0.67%) UiPath
16 12 (0.62%) Adobe
16 12 (0.62%) Sybase
17 11 (0.57%) Cisco