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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 193 195 136
Rank change year-on-year +2 -59 -28
Permanent jobs citing Web Services 1,528 1,998 4,568
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.55% 1.92% 2.93%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.26% 6.35% 7.26%
Number of salaries quoted 881 1,447 2,377
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,939 £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 £88,750 £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 21,046 31,443 62,949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.40% 30.23% 40.40%
Number of salaries quoted 15,738 19,364 30,343
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,117 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £79,900 £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 29 April 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 29 April 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 -3 1,233 £57,000 -12.31% 236
UK excluding London +27 1,099 £55,000 - 145
Work from Home -51 555 £57,500 -4.17% 119
London -23 385 £70,000 -10.42% 86
South East -2 311 £57,500 - 47
North of England +55 231 £55,173 +5.09% 32
Midlands +83 189 £52,500 -4.55% 32
Scotland +24 183 £66,250 -3.34% 3
North West +63 167 £60,000 +4.35% 18
East Midlands +79 125 £52,500 +5.00% 15
South West -47 65 £61,250 +22.50% 16
East of England -51 65 £35,500 -40.83% 11
West Midlands +16 63 £55,000 - 17
Yorkshire +49 50 £52,500 +16.67% 11
Northern Ireland +30 31 £47,500 +5.56% 2
Wales +10 24 £32,500 -40.15% 5
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 79 (5.17%) IIS
2 52 (3.40%) Apache
2 52 (3.40%) CMS
3 45 (2.95%) JBoss
4 38 (2.49%) OpenStack
4 38 (2.49%) Red Hat Fuse
5 31 (2.03%) SharePoint
6 24 (1.57%) Tomcat
7 22 (1.44%) SAS
8 14 (0.92%) Confluence
9 10 (0.65%) EPiServer
10 8 (0.52%) BizTalk Server
11 7 (0.46%) WordPress
12 6 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
13 5 (0.33%) Drupal
13 5 (0.33%) nginx
14 4 (0.26%) ArcGIS
14 4 (0.26%) ColdFusion
14 4 (0.26%) NServiceBus
15 3 (0.20%) GeoServer
Applications
1 23 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.18%) Photoshop
3 12 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.59%) 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 34 (2.23%) Remedy ITSM
2 27 (1.77%) SDL Web 8
3 25 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
4 19 (1.24%) Payment Gateway
5 14 (0.92%) NEC Housing
6 13 (0.85%) Adobe Campaign
6 13 (0.85%) Shopify
7 11 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
8 9 (0.59%) Elite 3E
9 6 (0.39%) BusinessWorks
10 5 (0.33%) Teamcenter
10 5 (0.33%) Temenos T24
11 4 (0.26%) NetSuite
11 4 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
12 3 (0.20%) Oracle Applications
12 3 (0.20%) R3 Corda
12 3 (0.20%) SAP CX
13 2 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
13 2 (0.13%) Sage 200
13 2 (0.13%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 585 (38.29%) Azure
2 279 (18.26%) AWS
3 246 (16.10%) Azure DevOps
4 229 (14.99%) IBM Cloud
5 196 (12.83%) Serverless
6 128 (8.38%) Azure Service Bus
7 127 (8.31%) Azure API Management
7 127 (8.31%) Azure Functions
8 120 (7.85%) Azure Logic Apps
9 114 (7.46%) SaaS
10 61 (3.99%) Power Platform
11 53 (3.47%) Amazon ECS
12 48 (3.14%) Amazon EKS
12 48 (3.14%) GCP
12 48 (3.14%) GitHub
13 44 (2.88%) PaaS
14 31 (2.03%) IaaS
15 22 (1.44%) PowerApps
16 20 (1.31%) Power Automate
17 19 (1.24%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 69 (4.52%) Kerberos
2 42 (2.75%) TCP/IP
3 29 (1.90%) HTTP
4 22 (1.44%) Internet
5 21 (1.37%) VPN
6 16 (1.05%) Network Security
7 15 (0.98%) DNS
7 15 (0.98%) SSH
7 15 (0.98%) SSL
8 13 (0.85%) SNMP
9 11 (0.72%) Firewall
10 10 (0.65%) SMTP
11 8 (0.52%) MQTT
12 4 (0.26%) 5G
12 4 (0.26%) Ethernet
12 4 (0.26%) LAN
12 4 (0.26%) RS-232
12 4 (0.26%) WAN
12 4 (0.26%) WLAN
13 3 (0.20%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 364 (23.82%) NoSQL
2 360 (23.56%) PostgreSQL
3 340 (22.25%) SQL Server
4 263 (17.21%) Relational Database
5 257 (16.82%) MongoDB
6 225 (14.73%) DB2
7 116 (7.59%) MySQL
8 70 (4.58%) Metadata
9 45 (2.95%) Power BI
10 40 (2.62%) Oracle Database
11 37 (2.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 35 (2.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 30 (1.96%) MS Access
14 23 (1.51%) RDBMS
15 20 (1.31%) DynamoDB
16 15 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
17 14 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
18 13 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
19 9 (0.59%) Big Data
19 9 (0.59%) Redis
Development Applications
1 344 (22.51%) Git
2 182 (11.91%) Jenkins
3 140 (9.16%) Visual Studio
4 99 (6.48%) JIRA
5 82 (5.37%) Bitbucket
6 65 (4.25%) Artifactory
7 42 (2.75%) Selenium
8 37 (2.42%) TeamCity
9 33 (2.16%) Postman
10 32 (2.09%) IntelliJ
11 31 (2.03%) JUnit
11 31 (2.03%) Moq
12 30 (1.96%) NUnit
13 29 (1.90%) Eclipse
14 28 (1.83%) Jasmine
14 28 (1.83%) Karma Test Runner
15 24 (1.57%) JMeter
16 23 (1.51%) Maven
17 22 (1.44%) Cucumber
17 22 (1.44%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 391 (25.59%) Finance
2 324 (21.20%) Public Sector
3 311 (20.35%) Social Skills
4 278 (18.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 166 (10.86%) Marketing
6 165 (10.80%) Law
7 84 (5.50%) Analytical Skills
8 81 (5.30%) Retail
9 72 (4.71%) Legal
10 59 (3.86%) Banking
11 26 (1.70%) Local Government
12 24 (1.57%) Police
12 24 (1.57%) Publishing
13 20 (1.31%) Back Office
14 18 (1.18%) Investment Banking
15 13 (0.85%) Electronics
15 13 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
16 12 (0.79%) French Language
17 11 (0.72%) Billing
Job Titles
1 794 (51.96%) Developer
2 312 (20.42%) Senior
3 267 (17.47%) Software Engineer
4 238 (15.58%) Full Stack Developer
5 176 (11.52%) Senior Developer
6 167 (10.93%) Lead
7 160 (10.47%) Full Stack Engineer
8 128 (8.38%) Azure Developer
9 108 (7.07%) .NET Developer
10 107 (7.00%) Azure Engineer
11 103 (6.74%) C# Developer
12 90 (5.89%) Java Engineer
13 89 (5.82%) Java Software Engineer
13 89 (5.82%) Senior Software Engineer
14 88 (5.76%) Lead Software Engineer
15 87 (5.69%) Architect
16 82 (5.37%) Java Developer
17 61 (3.99%) Software Developer
18 55 (3.60%) Full Stack Software Engineer
19 50 (3.27%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 674 (44.11%) .NET
2 671 (43.91%) REST
3 629 (41.16%) HTML
4 554 (36.26%) CSS
5 517 (33.84%) AngularJS
6 454 (29.71%) XML
7 446 (29.19%) ASP.NET
8 378 (24.74%) RESTful
9 369 (24.15%) React
10 345 (22.58%) JSON
11 328 (21.47%) jQuery
12 322 (21.07%) SOAP
13 309 (20.22%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 301 (19.70%) Vue
15 246 (16.10%) ASP.NET Core
15 246 (16.10%) Node.js
16 223 (14.59%) Backbone.js
16 223 (14.59%) Ember.js
17 189 (12.37%) Spring
18 139 (9.10%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 309 (20.22%) Algorithms
2 247 (16.16%) Data Structures
3 237 (15.51%) Hybrid Cloud
4 232 (15.18%) Blockchain
5 144 (9.42%) Management Information System
6 105 (6.87%) e-Learning
7 79 (5.17%) Reference Data
8 71 (4.65%) Distributed Systems
9 70 (4.58%) Enterprise Cloud
10 62 (4.06%) Legacy Systems
10 62 (4.06%) Onboarding
11 59 (3.86%) CMDB
12 51 (3.34%) Cloud Native
13 39 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
14 29 (1.90%) Product Ownership
15 28 (1.83%) Legacy Code
16 25 (1.64%) Public Cloud
16 25 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
17 23 (1.51%) Greenfield Project
18 18 (1.18%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 340 (22.25%) Linux
2 295 (19.31%) Windows
3 253 (16.56%) Android
4 237 (15.51%) Apple iOS
5 38 (2.49%) Unix
6 27 (1.77%) AIX
7 14 (0.92%) Solaris
8 9 (0.59%) Windows Server
9 7 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
10 5 (0.33%) Windows Mobile
11 4 (0.26%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.20%) Kali Linux
12 3 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.065%) CentOS
13 1 (0.065%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 691 (45.22%) Agile
2 469 (30.69%) MVC
3 467 (30.56%) Full Stack Development
4 408 (26.70%) DevOps
5 385 (25.20%) OO
6 365 (23.89%) Software Engineering
7 337 (22.05%) OOP
8 320 (20.94%) Design Patterns
9 311 (20.35%) User Experience
10 305 (19.96%) Mentoring
11 298 (19.50%) SOLID
12 297 (19.44%) Web Development
13 289 (18.91%) Artificial Intelligence
14 286 (18.72%) CI/CD
15 260 (17.02%) Responsive Web Design
16 259 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
17 236 (15.45%) SDLC
18 234 (15.31%) MVVM
19 227 (14.86%) Design Thinking
20 223 (14.59%) Co-Creation
Programming Languages
1 757 (49.54%) JavaScript
2 732 (47.91%) SQL
3 651 (42.60%) C#
4 460 (30.10%) Java
5 281 (18.39%) Python
6 148 (9.69%) T-SQL
7 130 (8.51%) Go
8 107 (7.00%) TypeScript
9 92 (6.02%) PHP
10 65 (4.25%) Prolog
10 65 (4.25%) SPARQL
11 62 (4.06%) VB
12 61 (3.99%) VB.NET
13 60 (3.93%) PowerShell
14 44 (2.88%) C
15 40 (2.62%) Shell Script
15 40 (2.62%) XPath
16 37 (2.42%) C++
17 29 (1.90%) PL/SQL
18 28 (1.83%) VB6
Qualifications
1 209 (13.68%) Degree
2 155 (10.14%) Security Cleared
3 135 (8.84%) SC Cleared
4 67 (4.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (2.88%) Master's Degree
6 25 (1.64%) AWS Certification
7 23 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
8 19 (1.24%) Azure Certification
9 13 (0.85%) DBS Check
10 11 (0.72%) MBA
10 11 (0.72%) PhD
11 10 (0.65%) CISSP
11 10 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 10 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.39%) CISM
12 6 (0.39%) GIAC
12 6 (0.39%) HNC
12 6 (0.39%) SANS
13 5 (0.33%) MCAD
14 4 (0.26%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (7.26%) QA
2 53 (3.47%) Accessibility
3 18 (1.18%) NIST
4 16 (1.05%) GDPR
5 13 (0.85%) COBIT
6 11 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.59%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.46%) HIPAA
9 6 (0.39%) SLA
9 6 (0.39%) Web Application Security Consortium
10 4 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.26%) Data Quality
10 4 (0.26%) PMO
11 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.13%) DICOM
12 2 (0.13%) GRC
13 1 (0.065%) EMIR
13 1 (0.065%) MiFID
13 1 (0.065%) WCAG
System Software
1 186 (12.17%) Docker
2 86 (5.63%) Active Directory
3 29 (1.90%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.46%) Firmware
4 7 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.26%) VMware Server
6 2 (0.13%) RACF
6 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.065%) ACF2
7 1 (0.065%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.065%) etcd
7 1 (0.065%) IAG
7 1 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.065%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 112 (7.33%) Kubernetes
2 57 (3.73%) Ansible
3 44 (2.88%) Terraform
4 19 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (0.85%) WMI
6 8 (0.52%) 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 (0.33%) Control-M
8 5 (0.33%) HP Quality Center
8 5 (0.33%) Puppet
9 4 (0.26%) Consul
9 4 (0.26%) HAProxy
9 4 (0.26%) Kibana
10 3 (0.20%) Check_MK
10 3 (0.20%) MIIS
10 3 (0.20%) Suricata
11 2 (0.13%) Grafana
11 2 (0.13%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 265 (17.34%) Microsoft
2 234 (15.31%) IBM
3 230 (15.05%) Red Hat
4 148 (9.69%) Oracle
5 71 (4.65%) ServiceNow
6 50 (3.27%) Google
7 38 (2.49%) HP
7 38 (2.49%) WSO2
8 34 (2.23%) Adobe
8 34 (2.23%) BMC
8 34 (2.23%) Remedy
9 24 (1.57%) Salesforce
10 21 (1.37%) Splunk
11 18 (1.18%) VMware
12 14 (0.92%) Cognizant
12 14 (0.92%) NEC
13 13 (0.85%) MuleSoft
14 11 (0.72%) Twitter
15 10 (0.65%) Atlassian
15 10 (0.65%) Xamarin