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Which roles ask for REST at tech companies · 252 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026

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252 roles counted that list REST, one per company, title and level; 571 postings in the window.

In short

REST: listed in 252 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 223 and preferred in 29. The largest group is software engineer roles: 187 of 252 (74%).

Required
223 of 252 (88%)
Of the roles that list REST
Preferred
29 of 252 (12%)
Of the roles that list REST
Largest group
187 of 252 (74%)
Software engineer

Roles that ask for REST

Roles listing REST, by title family. Where the role has a page, the count is also out of that role's roles whose requirements we read.

RoleRolesOf the role's roles we read
Software engineer187187 of 719 (26%)
Mobile engineer1919 of 38
QA engineer1414 of 63 (22%)
AI engineer1212 of 70 (17%)
Data engineer44 of 99 (4%)
Security engineer44 of 126 (3%)
DevOps engineer33 of 58 (5%)
Forward deployed engineer33 of 63 (5%)
Platform engineer22 of 57 (4%)
Data scientist11 of 112 (1%)

Companies that ask for it most

Asked alongside

Out of the 252 REST roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.

Required
SkillRoles asking
Git
93 of 252 (37%)
CI/CD
91 of 252 (36%)
JavaScript
70 of 252 (28%)
Python
69 of 252 (27%)
AWS
68 of 252 (27%)
TypeScript
68 of 252 (27%)
Agile
65 of 252 (26%)
Java
64 of 252 (25%)
Docker
59 of 252 (23%)
SQL
56 of 252 (22%)
Preferred
SkillRoles asking
CI/CD
41 of 252 (16%)
Docker
36 of 252 (14%)
AWS
33 of 252 (13%)
Kubernetes
33 of 252 (13%)
React
22 of 252 (9%)
Azure
20 of 252 (8%)
GCP
20 of 252 (8%)
Agile
18 of 252 (7%)
Event-Driven Architecture
17 of 252 (7%)
Cybersecurity
16 of 252 (6%)

Experience

Of the 123 roles that state years

Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.

1+ year
123 of 123 (100%)
2+ years
123 of 123 (100%)
3+ years
108 of 123 (88%)
5+ years
80 of 123 (65%)
8+ years
27 of 123 (22%)
10+ years
10 of 123 (8%)

Degree

Of the 146 roles we could read for it

Required
22 of 146 (15%)
Required, or experience instead
27 of 146 (18%)
Preferred
9 of 146 (6%)
Not mentioned
88 of 146 (60%)

Pay and remote work

Of the 252 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.

Median stated pay
$135k a year
Roles stating pay
80 of 252 (32%)
Remote roles
210 of 252 (83%)

How we count: 252 roles from 201 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Skills are counted out of the roles whose requirements we read. Roles are not filtered by country. Methodology