Web Services
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Web Services skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Web Services over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 185 200 143
Rank change year-on-year +15 -57 -32
Permanent jobs citing Web Services 1,557 1,840 4,763
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.54% 1.87% 2.91%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.35% 6.18% 7.06%
Number of salaries quoted 869 1,334 2,320
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,173 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.12% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,500 £97,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +15.79%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Web Services 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 21,177 29,778 67,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.98% 30.23% 41.17%
Number of salaries quoted 15,813 18,285 29,893
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,535 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +6.30% +15.45%
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%

Web Services
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Web Services in the UK

Web Services
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Web Services.

Salary trend for Web Services in the UK

Web Services
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Web Services over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Web Services in the UK

Web Services
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Web Services within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 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 +12 1,264 £55,173 -15.12% 230
UK excluding London +41 1,125 £55,000 - 158
Work from Home -40 558 £57,500 -4.17% 131
London -33 383 £65,000 -16.13% 105
South East +6 322 £55,000 -4.35% 62
North of England +74 248 £55,173 +5.09% 30
Midlands +65 201 £52,500 -4.55% 24
North West +65 185 £60,000 +4.35% 18
Scotland +26 178 £65,000 -6.40% 9
East Midlands +87 129 £52,500 +5.00% 11
West Midlands +1 71 £55,000 - 12
East of England -49 64 £35,500 -40.83% 16
South West -44 58 £62,500 +20.19% 7
Yorkshire +41 49 £52,500 +16.67% 9
Northern Ireland +25 31 £49,500 +10.00% 8
Wales +7 25 £32,500 -36.40% 2
North East -5 14 £55,000 +3.05% 3

Web Services
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 93 (5.97%) IIS
2 64 (4.11%) Apache
3 59 (3.79%) CMS
4 37 (2.38%) OpenStack
5 35 (2.25%) Tomcat
6 28 (1.80%) SharePoint
7 27 (1.73%) JBoss
8 22 (1.41%) SAS
9 21 (1.35%) Red Hat Fuse
10 15 (0.96%) Confluence
11 10 (0.64%) EPiServer
12 8 (0.51%) BizTalk Server
13 7 (0.45%) WordPress
14 6 (0.39%) Drupal
14 6 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
15 5 (0.32%) ArcGIS
16 4 (0.26%) ColdFusion
16 4 (0.26%) nginx
17 3 (0.19%) GeoServer
18 2 (0.13%) Ethereum
Applications
1 23 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.28%) Photoshop
3 14 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.13%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.13%) Sketch
7 1 (0.064%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 33 (2.12%) SDL Web 8
2 28 (1.80%) Remedy ITSM
3 27 (1.73%) NEC Housing
4 24 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
5 20 (1.28%) Payment Gateway
6 14 (0.90%) Adobe Campaign
7 12 (0.77%) Salesforce CRM
7 12 (0.77%) Shopify
8 6 (0.39%) Elite 3E
8 6 (0.39%) Temenos T24
9 5 (0.32%) Teamcenter
10 4 (0.26%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
11 3 (0.19%) BusinessWorks
11 3 (0.19%) Oracle Applications
11 3 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
11 3 (0.19%) SAP CX
12 2 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
12 2 (0.13%) R3 Corda
12 2 (0.13%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 616 (39.56%) Azure
2 302 (19.40%) AWS
3 259 (16.63%) Azure DevOps
4 243 (15.61%) IBM Cloud
5 200 (12.85%) Serverless
6 134 (8.61%) Azure Service Bus
7 133 (8.54%) Azure Functions
8 127 (8.16%) Azure API Management
9 126 (8.09%) Azure Logic Apps
10 92 (5.91%) SaaS
11 64 (4.11%) Power Platform
12 52 (3.34%) Amazon ECS
13 50 (3.21%) GCP
14 47 (3.02%) Amazon EKS
14 47 (3.02%) GitHub
15 36 (2.31%) PaaS
16 28 (1.80%) PowerApps
17 26 (1.67%) IaaS
17 26 (1.67%) Power Automate
18 21 (1.35%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 68 (4.37%) Kerberos
2 46 (2.95%) TCP/IP
3 36 (2.31%) HTTP
4 21 (1.35%) Internet
5 18 (1.16%) VPN
6 17 (1.09%) DNS
6 17 (1.09%) Network Security
7 16 (1.03%) SSH
8 14 (0.90%) Firewall
9 13 (0.83%) SNMP
10 11 (0.71%) MQTT
10 11 (0.71%) SMTP
11 10 (0.64%) SSL
12 5 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
13 4 (0.26%) 5G
13 4 (0.26%) Ethernet
13 4 (0.26%) LAN
13 4 (0.26%) RS-232
13 4 (0.26%) WAN
13 4 (0.26%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 400 (25.69%) NoSQL
2 388 (24.92%) PostgreSQL
3 350 (22.48%) SQL Server
4 275 (17.66%) MongoDB
5 268 (17.21%) Relational Database
6 240 (15.41%) DB2
7 119 (7.64%) MySQL
8 70 (4.50%) Metadata
9 49 (3.15%) Oracle Database
10 47 (3.02%) Power BI
11 38 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 35 (2.25%) DynamoDB
13 31 (1.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 30 (1.93%) MS Access
15 23 (1.48%) RDBMS
16 20 (1.28%) Redis
17 19 (1.22%) Amazon Aurora
18 15 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
19 13 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
19 13 (0.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 362 (23.25%) Git
2 175 (11.24%) Jenkins
3 145 (9.31%) Visual Studio
4 102 (6.55%) JIRA
5 76 (4.88%) Bitbucket
6 65 (4.17%) Artifactory
7 42 (2.70%) TeamCity
8 40 (2.57%) Moq
9 35 (2.25%) NUnit
10 34 (2.18%) GitLab
11 32 (2.06%) Postman
12 29 (1.86%) Eclipse
13 28 (1.80%) Jasmine
13 28 (1.80%) Karma Test Runner
14 27 (1.73%) JUnit
14 27 (1.73%) Selenium
15 20 (1.28%) Oracle APEX
15 20 (1.28%) Team Foundation Server
16 19 (1.22%) JMeter
16 19 (1.22%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 405 (26.01%) Finance
2 343 (22.03%) Social Skills
3 337 (21.64%) Public Sector
4 288 (18.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 171 (10.98%) Marketing
6 160 (10.28%) Law
7 90 (5.78%) Analytical Skills
8 81 (5.20%) Retail
9 65 (4.17%) Legal
10 56 (3.60%) Banking
11 40 (2.57%) Police
12 39 (2.50%) Local Government
13 24 (1.54%) Electronics
13 24 (1.54%) Publishing
14 23 (1.48%) Back Office
15 22 (1.41%) Billing
16 16 (1.03%) Investment Banking
17 14 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
18 13 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
19 11 (0.71%) French Language
Job Titles
1 810 (52.02%) Developer
2 299 (19.20%) Senior
3 264 (16.96%) Software Engineer
4 248 (15.93%) Full Stack Developer
5 172 (11.05%) Senior Developer
6 170 (10.92%) Full Stack Engineer
7 164 (10.53%) Lead
8 136 (8.73%) Azure Developer
9 112 (7.19%) C# Developer
10 110 (7.06%) Azure Engineer
11 108 (6.94%) .NET Developer
12 92 (5.91%) Lead Software Engineer
13 86 (5.52%) Architect
14 82 (5.27%) Senior Software Engineer
15 76 (4.88%) Java Developer
16 74 (4.75%) Java Engineer
17 70 (4.50%) Java Software Engineer
18 62 (3.98%) Software Developer
19 55 (3.53%) Full Stack Software Engineer
20 48 (3.08%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 713 (45.79%) .NET
2 697 (44.77%) REST
3 647 (41.55%) HTML
4 581 (37.32%) CSS
5 519 (33.33%) AngularJS
6 475 (30.51%) ASP.NET
7 435 (27.94%) XML
8 379 (24.34%) React
9 362 (23.25%) RESTful
10 350 (22.48%) jQuery
11 329 (21.13%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 322 (20.68%) JSON
13 314 (20.17%) Vue
14 296 (19.01%) SOAP
15 264 (16.96%) ASP.NET Core
16 249 (15.99%) Node.js
17 238 (15.29%) Backbone.js
17 238 (15.29%) Ember.js
18 176 (11.30%) Spring
19 152 (9.76%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 325 (20.87%) Algorithms
2 265 (17.02%) Data Structures
3 250 (16.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 243 (15.61%) Blockchain
5 144 (9.25%) Management Information System
6 114 (7.32%) e-Learning
7 79 (5.07%) Reference Data
8 76 (4.88%) Distributed Systems
9 70 (4.50%) Enterprise Cloud
10 64 (4.11%) Onboarding
11 57 (3.66%) Legacy Systems
12 56 (3.60%) CMDB
13 52 (3.34%) Cloud Native
14 41 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
15 38 (2.44%) Public Cloud
16 36 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
17 35 (2.25%) Legacy Code
18 33 (2.12%) Product Ownership
19 26 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
20 20 (1.28%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 371 (23.83%) Linux
2 325 (20.87%) Windows
3 265 (17.02%) Android
4 249 (15.99%) Apple iOS
5 52 (3.34%) Unix
6 27 (1.73%) AIX
6 27 (1.73%) Solaris
7 9 (0.58%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.32%) Embedded Linux
9 5 (0.32%) Kali Linux
9 5 (0.32%) Windows Mobile
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
10 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.064%) CentOS
11 1 (0.064%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 706 (45.34%) Agile
2 495 (31.79%) Full Stack Development
3 489 (31.41%) MVC
4 436 (28.00%) DevOps
5 403 (25.88%) OO
6 371 (23.83%) Software Engineering
7 350 (22.48%) OOP
8 332 (21.32%) Design Patterns
9 319 (20.49%) SOLID
10 313 (20.10%) Mentoring
11 311 (19.97%) Web Development
12 308 (19.78%) Artificial Intelligence
13 305 (19.59%) User Experience
14 289 (18.56%) CI/CD
15 281 (18.05%) Responsive Web Design
16 257 (16.51%) Problem-Solving
17 249 (15.99%) MVVM
18 242 (15.54%) Design Thinking
19 238 (15.29%) Co-Creation
20 236 (15.16%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 756 (48.55%) JavaScript
2 746 (47.91%) SQL
3 678 (43.55%) C#
4 453 (29.09%) Java
5 286 (18.37%) Python
6 146 (9.38%) T-SQL
7 133 (8.54%) Go
8 109 (7.00%) TypeScript
9 93 (5.97%) PHP
10 65 (4.17%) Prolog
10 65 (4.17%) SPARQL
11 64 (4.11%) VB.NET
12 63 (4.05%) VB
13 55 (3.53%) PowerShell
14 53 (3.40%) Shell Script
15 44 (2.83%) C
16 41 (2.63%) XPath
17 37 (2.38%) C++
18 28 (1.80%) VB6
19 26 (1.67%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 243 (15.61%) Degree
2 139 (8.93%) Security Cleared
3 103 (6.62%) SC Cleared
4 78 (5.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (2.83%) Master's Degree
6 29 (1.86%) AWS Certification
7 26 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 22 (1.41%) Azure Certification
9 15 (0.96%) DBS Check
10 14 (0.90%) CISSP
10 14 (0.90%) PhD
11 11 (0.71%) MBA
11 11 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (0.51%) CISM
12 8 (0.51%) GIAC
13 6 (0.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 6 (0.39%) SANS
14 5 (0.32%) HNC
14 5 (0.32%) MCAD
15 4 (0.26%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (7.00%) QA
2 66 (4.24%) Accessibility
3 20 (1.28%) NIST
4 16 (1.03%) GDPR
5 15 (0.96%) COBIT
6 12 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.71%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.45%) HIPAA
9 6 (0.39%) SLA
9 6 (0.39%) Web Application Security Consortium
10 5 (0.32%) Data Quality
10 5 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.26%) PMO
12 2 (0.13%) DICOM
12 2 (0.13%) EMIR
12 2 (0.13%) GRC
12 2 (0.13%) MiFID
13 1 (0.064%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.064%) WCAG
System Software
1 183 (11.75%) Docker
2 85 (5.46%) Active Directory
3 29 (1.86%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.45%) Firmware
5 6 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.26%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.064%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.064%) etcd
8 1 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.064%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 106 (6.81%) Kubernetes
2 55 (3.53%) Ansible
3 42 (2.70%) Terraform
4 20 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (0.83%) WMI
6 6 (0.39%) CloudHub
6 6 (0.39%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 6 (0.39%) Kibana
7 5 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.32%) HP Quality Center
7 5 (0.32%) HP UCMDB
7 5 (0.32%) Puppet
7 5 (0.32%) Suricata
8 4 (0.26%) HAProxy
9 3 (0.19%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.19%) Control-M
9 3 (0.19%) Grafana
9 3 (0.19%) MIIS
9 3 (0.19%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.13%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 286 (18.37%) Microsoft
2 249 (15.99%) IBM
3 245 (15.74%) Red Hat
4 156 (10.02%) Oracle
5 62 (3.98%) ServiceNow
6 49 (3.15%) Google
7 37 (2.38%) Adobe
7 37 (2.38%) WSO2
8 32 (2.06%) HP
9 28 (1.80%) BMC
9 28 (1.80%) Remedy
10 27 (1.73%) NEC
11 23 (1.48%) Salesforce
12 22 (1.41%) Splunk
13 18 (1.16%) VMware
14 16 (1.03%) Cognizant
15 13 (0.83%) MuleSoft
16 10 (0.64%) Atlassian
16 10 (0.64%) Twitter
16 10 (0.64%) Xamarin