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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 184 197 141
Rank change year-on-year +13 -56 -32
Permanent jobs citing Web Services 1,558 1,930 4,575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.57% 1.90% 2.91%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.38% 6.30% 7.14%
Number of salaries quoted 887 1,399 2,330
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,063 £51,022 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,700 £97,500 £91,250
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 21,097 30,626 64,106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.27% 30.16% 40.72%
Number of salaries quoted 15,763 18,846 30,127
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +7.57% +14.09%
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 8 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 8 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 +1 1,259 £55,173 -15.12% 213
UK excluding London +29 1,126 £55,000 - 128
Work from Home -51 565 £57,500 -4.17% 116
London -25 385 £65,000 -16.82% 84
South East -7 326 £57,500 - 39
North of England +58 235 £55,173 +5.09% 32
Midlands +86 199 £52,500 -4.55% 27
Scotland +20 183 £66,250 -4.60% 5
North West +62 171 £60,000 +4.35% 16
East Midlands +81 130 £52,500 +5.00% 13
West Midlands +5 68 £55,000 - 14
East of England -55 65 £35,500 -40.83% 7
South West -54 61 £62,500 +22.55% 8
Yorkshire +44 50 £52,500 +16.67% 12
Northern Ireland +28 33 £47,500 +5.56% 6
Wales +10 24 £32,500 -36.40% 4
North East -3 14 £55,000 +3.05% 4

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 86 (5.52%) IIS
2 58 (3.72%) Apache
3 55 (3.53%) CMS
4 45 (2.89%) JBoss
5 38 (2.44%) OpenStack
5 38 (2.44%) Red Hat Fuse
6 29 (1.86%) SharePoint
6 29 (1.86%) Tomcat
7 22 (1.41%) SAS
8 14 (0.90%) Confluence
9 10 (0.64%) EPiServer
10 8 (0.51%) BizTalk Server
11 7 (0.45%) WordPress
12 6 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
13 5 (0.32%) Drupal
14 4 (0.26%) ArcGIS
14 4 (0.26%) ColdFusion
14 4 (0.26%) nginx
15 3 (0.19%) GeoServer
15 3 (0.19%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 23 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.16%) Photoshop
3 13 (0.83%) 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
Business Applications
1 32 (2.05%) Remedy ITSM
2 27 (1.73%) SDL Web 8
3 25 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
4 21 (1.35%) NEC Housing
5 20 (1.28%) Payment Gateway
6 13 (0.83%) Adobe Campaign
6 13 (0.83%) Shopify
7 11 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
8 8 (0.51%) Elite 3E
9 5 (0.32%) Teamcenter
9 5 (0.32%) Temenos T24
10 4 (0.26%) BusinessWorks
10 4 (0.26%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
11 3 (0.19%) Oracle Applications
11 3 (0.19%) SAP CX
12 2 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
12 2 (0.13%) R3 Corda
12 2 (0.13%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 614 (39.41%) Azure
2 285 (18.29%) AWS
3 260 (16.69%) Azure DevOps
4 244 (15.66%) IBM Cloud
5 202 (12.97%) Serverless
6 134 (8.60%) Azure Service Bus
7 133 (8.54%) Azure Functions
8 132 (8.47%) Azure API Management
9 126 (8.09%) Azure Logic Apps
10 108 (6.93%) SaaS
11 65 (4.17%) Power Platform
12 53 (3.40%) Amazon ECS
13 48 (3.08%) Amazon EKS
14 47 (3.02%) GCP
15 46 (2.95%) GitHub
16 43 (2.76%) PaaS
17 30 (1.93%) IaaS
18 27 (1.73%) PowerApps
19 24 (1.54%) Power Automate
20 19 (1.22%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 69 (4.43%) Kerberos
2 43 (2.76%) TCP/IP
3 30 (1.93%) HTTP
4 22 (1.41%) Internet
5 21 (1.35%) VPN
6 17 (1.09%) Network Security
7 15 (0.96%) DNS
7 15 (0.96%) SSH
8 14 (0.90%) SSL
9 13 (0.83%) Firewall
9 13 (0.83%) SNMP
10 10 (0.64%) SMTP
11 9 (0.58%) MQTT
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
1 381 (24.45%) NoSQL
2 379 (24.33%) PostgreSQL
3 346 (22.21%) SQL Server
4 273 (17.52%) MongoDB
5 269 (17.27%) Relational Database
6 240 (15.40%) DB2
7 117 (7.51%) MySQL
8 70 (4.49%) Metadata
9 46 (2.95%) Oracle Database
9 46 (2.95%) Power BI
10 38 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 33 (2.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 30 (1.93%) MS Access
13 23 (1.48%) RDBMS
14 20 (1.28%) DynamoDB
15 15 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
16 14 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
17 13 (0.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 9 (0.58%) Big Data
18 9 (0.58%) Redis
Development Applications
1 355 (22.79%) Git
2 179 (11.49%) Jenkins
3 143 (9.18%) Visual Studio
4 98 (6.29%) JIRA
5 80 (5.13%) Bitbucket
6 65 (4.17%) Artifactory
7 37 (2.37%) TeamCity
8 36 (2.31%) Selenium
9 33 (2.12%) IntelliJ
9 33 (2.12%) Moq
10 32 (2.05%) Postman
11 31 (1.99%) JUnit
12 29 (1.86%) Eclipse
12 29 (1.86%) NUnit
13 28 (1.80%) Jasmine
13 28 (1.80%) Karma Test Runner
14 23 (1.48%) GitLab
14 23 (1.48%) Maven
15 22 (1.41%) JMeter
16 21 (1.35%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 403 (25.87%) Finance
2 346 (22.21%) Public Sector
3 321 (20.60%) Social Skills
4 288 (18.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 168 (10.78%) Marketing
6 163 (10.46%) Law
7 87 (5.58%) Analytical Skills
8 83 (5.33%) Retail
9 69 (4.43%) Legal
10 58 (3.72%) Banking
11 34 (2.18%) Police
12 33 (2.12%) Local Government
13 24 (1.54%) Publishing
14 22 (1.41%) Back Office
15 17 (1.09%) Investment Banking
16 13 (0.83%) Electronics
16 13 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
16 13 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
17 11 (0.71%) Billing
17 11 (0.71%) French Language
Job Titles
1 806 (51.73%) Developer
2 307 (19.70%) Senior
3 265 (17.01%) Software Engineer
4 239 (15.34%) Full Stack Developer
5 172 (11.04%) Senior Developer
6 170 (10.91%) Full Stack Engineer
7 166 (10.65%) Lead
8 135 (8.66%) Azure Developer
9 113 (7.25%) Azure Engineer
10 109 (7.00%) .NET Developer
11 106 (6.80%) C# Developer
12 91 (5.84%) Architect
12 91 (5.84%) Java Engineer
13 89 (5.71%) Senior Software Engineer
14 88 (5.65%) Lead Software Engineer
15 87 (5.58%) Java Software Engineer
16 77 (4.94%) Java Developer
17 64 (4.11%) Software Developer
18 55 (3.53%) Full Stack Software Engineer
19 51 (3.27%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 705 (45.25%) .NET
2 692 (44.42%) REST
3 642 (41.21%) HTML
4 572 (36.71%) CSS
5 534 (34.27%) AngularJS
6 467 (29.97%) ASP.NET
7 457 (29.33%) XML
8 380 (24.39%) React
9 377 (24.20%) RESTful
10 346 (22.21%) JSON
11 343 (22.02%) jQuery
12 327 (20.99%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 317 (20.35%) SOAP
14 312 (20.03%) Vue
15 261 (16.75%) ASP.NET Core
16 251 (16.11%) Node.js
17 238 (15.28%) Backbone.js
17 238 (15.28%) Ember.js
18 193 (12.39%) Spring
19 145 (9.31%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 324 (20.80%) Algorithms
2 265 (17.01%) Data Structures
3 253 (16.24%) Hybrid Cloud
4 245 (15.73%) Blockchain
5 147 (9.44%) Management Information System
6 114 (7.32%) e-Learning
7 79 (5.07%) Reference Data
8 71 (4.56%) Distributed Systems
9 70 (4.49%) Enterprise Cloud
10 60 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
10 60 (3.85%) Onboarding
11 58 (3.72%) CMDB
12 52 (3.34%) Cloud Native
13 39 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
14 33 (2.12%) Public Cloud
15 32 (2.05%) Product Ownership
16 28 (1.80%) Legacy Code
17 26 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
18 23 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
19 19 (1.22%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 363 (23.30%) Linux
2 318 (20.41%) Windows
3 267 (17.14%) Android
4 251 (16.11%) Apple iOS
5 45 (2.89%) Unix
6 27 (1.73%) AIX
7 21 (1.35%) Solaris
8 9 (0.58%) Windows Server
9 6 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.32%) Embedded Linux
10 5 (0.32%) Kali Linux
10 5 (0.32%) Windows Mobile
11 3 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.064%) CentOS
12 1 (0.064%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 707 (45.38%) Agile
2 484 (31.07%) MVC
3 480 (30.81%) Full Stack Development
4 423 (27.15%) DevOps
5 397 (25.48%) OO
6 368 (23.62%) Software Engineering
7 352 (22.59%) OOP
8 336 (21.57%) Design Patterns
9 327 (20.99%) User Experience
10 317 (20.35%) Mentoring
11 315 (20.22%) SOLID
11 315 (20.22%) Web Development
12 305 (19.58%) Artificial Intelligence
13 289 (18.55%) CI/CD
14 275 (17.65%) Responsive Web Design
15 262 (16.82%) Problem-Solving
16 249 (15.98%) MVVM
17 242 (15.53%) Design Thinking
18 238 (15.28%) Co-Creation
18 238 (15.28%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 763 (48.97%) JavaScript
2 750 (48.14%) SQL
3 679 (43.58%) C#
4 462 (29.65%) Java
5 289 (18.55%) Python
6 144 (9.24%) T-SQL
7 132 (8.47%) Go
8 108 (6.93%) TypeScript
9 91 (5.84%) PHP
10 65 (4.17%) Prolog
10 65 (4.17%) SPARQL
11 63 (4.04%) VB
11 63 (4.04%) VB.NET
12 59 (3.79%) PowerShell
13 47 (3.02%) Shell Script
14 44 (2.82%) C
15 40 (2.57%) XPath
16 38 (2.44%) C++
17 29 (1.86%) PL/SQL
18 28 (1.80%) VB6
Qualifications
1 222 (14.25%) Degree
2 155 (9.95%) Security Cleared
3 128 (8.22%) SC Cleared
4 69 (4.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (2.82%) Master's Degree
6 28 (1.80%) AWS Certification
7 22 (1.41%) Azure Certification
7 22 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (0.96%) DBS Check
9 13 (0.83%) CISSP
10 12 (0.77%) PhD
11 11 (0.71%) MBA
11 11 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 7 (0.45%) CISM
13 7 (0.45%) GIAC
14 6 (0.39%) HNC
14 6 (0.39%) SANS
15 5 (0.32%) MCAD
16 4 (0.26%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (7.12%) QA
2 60 (3.85%) Accessibility
3 20 (1.28%) NIST
4 16 (1.03%) GDPR
5 14 (0.90%) COBIT
6 13 (0.83%) 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%) GRC
13 1 (0.064%) EMIR
13 1 (0.064%) ISO 15022
13 1 (0.064%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.064%) WCAG
System Software
1 187 (12.00%) Docker
2 86 (5.52%) 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%) RACF
8 1 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.064%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 113 (7.25%) Kubernetes
2 58 (3.72%) Ansible
3 44 (2.82%) Terraform
4 19 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (0.83%) WMI
6 7 (0.45%) HP UCMDB
7 6 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (0.39%) CloudHub
7 6 (0.39%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 5 (0.32%) HP Quality Center
8 5 (0.32%) Kibana
8 5 (0.32%) Puppet
8 5 (0.32%) Suricata
9 4 (0.26%) Consul
9 4 (0.26%) Control-M
9 4 (0.26%) HAProxy
10 3 (0.19%) Check_MK
10 3 (0.19%) Grafana
10 3 (0.19%) MIIS
10 3 (0.19%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 282 (18.10%) Microsoft
2 249 (15.98%) IBM
3 245 (15.73%) Red Hat
4 155 (9.95%) Oracle
5 68 (4.36%) ServiceNow
6 50 (3.21%) Google
7 38 (2.44%) WSO2
8 36 (2.31%) HP
9 34 (2.18%) Adobe
10 32 (2.05%) BMC
10 32 (2.05%) Remedy
11 23 (1.48%) Salesforce
11 23 (1.48%) Splunk
12 21 (1.35%) NEC
13 17 (1.09%) VMware
14 14 (0.90%) Cognizant
15 13 (0.83%) MuleSoft
16 11 (0.71%) Twitter
17 10 (0.64%) Atlassian
17 10 (0.64%) Xamarin