REST Jobs with Work from Home Options

Representational State Transfer (REST)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring REST skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited REST over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 158 110 65
Rank change year-on-year -48 -45 -16
Permanent jobs citing REST 710 1,093 3,970
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.00% 2.92% 5.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.51% 8.90% 11.45%
Number of salaries quoted 634 917 1,663
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,000 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.45% +3.88% +12.17%
75th Percentile £78,438 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +11.60%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

REST falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,459 12,282 34,675
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.61% 32.77% 45.83%
Number of salaries quoted 7,758 9,665 17,359
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,750 £51,250 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,351 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.19% +4.56% +13.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +18.18%

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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 12 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 71 (10.00%) IIS
2 33 (4.65%) Apache
3 22 (3.10%) OpenStack
4 14 (1.97%) CMS
5 9 (1.27%) SharePoint
6 7 (0.99%) JBoss
6 7 (0.99%) Red Hat Fuse
6 7 (0.99%) WordPress
7 4 (0.56%) EPiServer
7 4 (0.56%) nginx
8 3 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.42%) Confluence
8 3 (0.42%) Drupal
9 2 (0.28%) Moodle
9 2 (0.28%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.14%) IBM Notes
10 1 (0.14%) Kentico
10 1 (0.14%) Mule
10 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 11 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.42%) Trello
3 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.85%) Shopify
2 3 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.14%) Magento
4 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 226 (31.83%) Azure
2 165 (23.24%) AWS
3 106 (14.93%) Azure DevOps
4 71 (10.00%) SaaS
5 52 (7.32%) Serverless
6 32 (4.51%) Amazon EKS
7 31 (4.37%) Amazon ECS
8 29 (4.08%) GCP
9 27 (3.80%) Power Platform
10 17 (2.39%) GitHub
10 17 (2.39%) PaaS
11 12 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
12 11 (1.55%) Azure Functions
12 11 (1.55%) Azure Service Bus
12 11 (1.55%) Entra ID
13 10 (1.41%) Azure Cognitive Services
13 10 (1.41%) Firebase
14 9 (1.27%) Azure Service Fabric
15 8 (1.13%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 44 (6.20%) Firewall
2 41 (5.77%) DNS
3 37 (5.21%) HTTP
4 28 (3.94%) Internet
5 25 (3.52%) TCP/IP
6 19 (2.68%) SSL
7 3 (0.42%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.42%) 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
1 159 (22.39%) SQL Server
2 108 (15.21%) PostgreSQL
3 56 (7.89%) Relational Database
4 37 (5.21%) MongoDB
5 35 (4.93%) NoSQL
6 33 (4.65%) MySQL
7 19 (2.68%) Oracle Database
8 18 (2.54%) Redis
9 16 (2.25%) Azure SQL Database
10 14 (1.97%) Power BI
11 11 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (1.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (1.13%) MariaDB
13 7 (0.99%) RDBMS
14 6 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 5 (0.70%) Amazon Aurora
15 5 (0.70%) GIS
16 4 (0.56%) DynamoDB
16 4 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 176 (24.79%) Git
2 95 (13.38%) Jenkins
3 56 (7.89%) Postman
4 52 (7.32%) Cucumber
5 45 (6.34%) JIRA
6 40 (5.63%) Selenium
7 39 (5.49%) Visual Studio
8 28 (3.94%) Jasmine
8 28 (3.94%) Karma Test Runner
9 21 (2.96%) Eclipse
10 20 (2.82%) Oracle APEX
11 16 (2.25%) Bitbucket
11 16 (2.25%) JUnit
12 14 (1.97%) Cypress.io
12 14 (1.97%) TeamCity
13 13 (1.83%) Maven
14 12 (1.69%) Android Studio
14 12 (1.69%) webpack
15 11 (1.55%) Team Foundation Server
16 10 (1.41%) SpecFlow
General
1 160 (22.54%) Social Skills
2 123 (17.32%) Finance
3 40 (5.63%) Law
4 38 (5.35%) Retail
5 34 (4.79%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (2.96%) Public Sector
7 16 (2.25%) Marketing
8 15 (2.11%) Banking
9 10 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.27%) Legal
10 9 (1.27%) Manufacturing
11 7 (0.99%) Advertising
11 7 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (0.85%) Back Office
12 6 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (0.70%) Aviation
13 5 (0.70%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.42%) Front Office
14 3 (0.42%) Games
14 3 (0.42%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 404 (56.90%) Developer
2 206 (29.01%) Senior
3 127 (17.89%) Senior Developer
4 82 (11.55%) Lead
5 62 (8.73%) Software Engineer
6 56 (7.89%) .NET Developer
7 54 (7.61%) C# Developer
7 54 (7.61%) Java Developer
8 41 (5.77%) Architect
9 36 (5.07%) Analyst
10 34 (4.79%) PHP Developer
11 33 (4.65%) Full Stack Developer
12 30 (4.23%) Lead Developer
12 30 (4.23%) Support Engineer
13 28 (3.94%) Software Developer
14 23 (3.24%) Python Engineer
14 23 (3.24%) Senior Java Developer
14 23 (3.24%) Senior Software Engineer
15 22 (3.10%) Software Support Engineer
16 19 (2.68%) C# .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 244 (34.37%) .NET
2 212 (29.86%) Web Services
3 171 (24.08%) HTML
4 168 (23.66%) JSON
5 162 (22.82%) CSS
6 155 (21.83%) SOAP
7 132 (18.59%) AngularJS
8 123 (17.32%) ASP.NET
8 123 (17.32%) React
9 114 (16.06%) XML
10 73 (10.28%) jQuery
11 65 (9.15%) GraphQL
12 61 (8.59%) Vue
13 60 (8.45%) Kafka
14 59 (8.31%) Spring
15 56 (7.89%) Node.js
15 56 (7.89%) RabbitMQ
16 55 (7.75%) Laravel
17 53 (7.46%) .NET Framework
18 51 (7.18%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 32 (4.51%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (3.80%) Greenfield Project
3 25 (3.52%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (3.24%) Product Ownership
6 21 (2.96%) Data Structures
7 20 (2.82%) IoT
8 17 (2.39%) Client/Server
9 16 (2.25%) Cloud Native
10 13 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (1.83%) Management Information System
11 9 (1.27%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.99%) Algorithms
13 6 (0.85%) Blog
13 6 (0.85%) Derivative
13 6 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
14 5 (0.70%) Low-Code
15 4 (0.56%) Blockchain
15 4 (0.56%) Educational Technology
15 4 (0.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 78 (10.99%) Linux
2 52 (7.32%) Windows
3 27 (3.80%) AIX
4 25 (3.52%) Android
5 21 (2.96%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.70%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.70%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.42%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (40.00%) Agile
2 206 (29.01%) DevOps
3 174 (24.51%) CI/CD
4 146 (20.56%) Microservices
5 143 (20.14%) TDD
6 124 (17.46%) Software Engineering
7 116 (16.34%) Scrum
8 102 (14.37%) BDD
9 96 (13.52%) Problem-Solving
10 92 (12.96%) MVC
11 88 (12.39%) Full Stack Development
12 81 (11.41%) Continuous Integration
13 79 (11.13%) OO
14 76 (10.70%) Design Patterns
14 76 (10.70%) Test Automation
15 67 (9.44%) Web Development
16 66 (9.30%) Unit Testing
17 65 (9.15%) Clean Code
18 59 (8.31%) Computer Science
19 58 (8.17%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 290 (40.85%) SQL
2 259 (36.48%) JavaScript
3 231 (32.54%) C#
4 175 (24.65%) Java
5 109 (15.35%) Python
6 107 (15.07%) TypeScript
7 72 (10.14%) PHP
8 67 (9.44%) T-SQL
9 51 (7.18%) VB.NET
10 50 (7.04%) VB
11 48 (6.76%) Go
12 28 (3.94%) VB6
13 26 (3.66%) PowerShell
14 25 (3.52%) C++
15 24 (3.38%) C
16 22 (3.10%) PL/SQL
17 19 (2.68%) XAML
18 18 (2.54%) Objective-C
18 18 (2.54%) Swift
19 17 (2.39%) XPath
Qualifications
1 64 (9.01%) Security Cleared
2 60 (8.45%) Degree
3 53 (7.46%) SC Cleared
4 47 (6.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.25%) Azure Certification
6 15 (2.11%) Master's Degree
7 6 (0.85%) CISM
7 6 (0.85%) CISSP
7 6 (0.85%) GIAC
7 6 (0.85%) ISEB
7 6 (0.85%) ISTQB
7 6 (0.85%) SANS
8 4 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.56%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.42%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.28%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 1 (0.14%) ACCA
11 1 (0.14%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (12.54%) QA
2 19 (2.68%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.13%) NIST
4 6 (0.85%) COBIT
4 6 (0.85%) Web Application Security Consortium
5 4 (0.56%) EMIR
5 4 (0.56%) MiFID
5 4 (0.56%) WCAG
6 2 (0.28%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 153 (21.55%) Docker
2 18 (2.54%) Virtual Servers
3 16 (2.25%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.99%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.28%) vSphere
7 1 (0.14%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 94 (13.24%) Kubernetes
2 45 (6.34%) Terraform
3 30 (4.23%) Ansible
4 8 (1.13%) Nmap
5 6 (0.85%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 6 (0.85%) Grafana
6 5 (0.70%) Packer
7 3 (0.42%) Argo
7 3 (0.42%) Consul
8 2 (0.28%) Kustomize
8 2 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.14%) cPanel
9 1 (0.14%) Kibana
9 1 (0.14%) MIIS
9 1 (0.14%) Podman
9 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.14%) Rancher
Vendors
1 99 (13.94%) Microsoft
2 52 (7.32%) Oracle
3 30 (4.23%) Google
4 22 (3.10%) WSO2
5 13 (1.83%) UiPath
6 10 (1.41%) Automation Anywhere
6 10 (1.41%) Blue Prism
7 8 (1.13%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.13%) ServiceNow
8 5 (0.70%) OpenAI
9 4 (0.56%) Facebook
9 4 (0.56%) ForgeRock
9 4 (0.56%) WooCommerce
10 3 (0.42%) MuleSoft
10 3 (0.42%) Sybase
10 3 (0.42%) Telerik
11 2 (0.28%) Cadence
11 2 (0.28%) Finsemble
11 2 (0.28%) SAP
11 2 (0.28%) Sparx