Web Services Job Trends in Edinburgh

Web Services
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Web Services skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 96 84
Rank change year-on-year +1 -12 -17
Permanent jobs citing Web Services 10 7 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.97% 0.60% 2.24%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.88% 2.05% 6.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 20
10th Percentile £33,235 £52,900 £74,687
25th Percentile £39,587 £55,000 £75,208
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,415 £59,430 £83,577
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% -28.89% +23.57%
75th Percentile £66,484 £73,683 £91,934
90th Percentile £73,580 £88,511 -
Scotland median annual salary £43,000 £59,430 £83,577
% change year-on-year -27.65% -28.89% +23.57%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Edinburgh

Web Services 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 requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 205 341 371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 19.92% 29.20% 36.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60 195 300
10th Percentile - £42,500 £46,300
25th Percentile £28,250 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -12.14% +12.11%
75th Percentile £78,790 £78,535 £82,889
90th Percentile £84,375 £92,367 £96,539
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +5.00%

Web Services
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Web Services relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Web Services job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Web Services
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Web Services.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Web Services

Web Services
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Web Services in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Web Services in Edinburgh

Web Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) WildFly
Business Applications
1 8 (80.00%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 9 (90.00%) Azure
2 8 (80.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 8 (80.00%) Boomi
2 8 (80.00%) SaaS
3 1 (10.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (80.00%) JIRA
2 1 (10.00%) Git
2 1 (10.00%) IntelliJ
2 1 (10.00%) jMock
2 1 (10.00%) JUnit
General
1 8 (80.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Senior
2 1 (10.00%) Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Junior
2 1 (10.00%) Junior Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Junior Java Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (80.00%) REST
1 8 (80.00%) SAML
1 8 (80.00%) SOAP
2 1 (10.00%) Django
2 1 (10.00%) Java EE
2 1 (10.00%) Java SE
2 1 (10.00%) Node.js
2 1 (10.00%) Quarkus
2 1 (10.00%) React
2 1 (10.00%) RESTful
2 1 (10.00%) Swing
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Agile
2 8 (80.00%) Asset Management
2 8 (80.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 8 (80.00%) Coaching
2 8 (80.00%) Data Privacy
2 8 (80.00%) Mentoring
2 8 (80.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (10.00%) OO
3 1 (10.00%) OOD
3 1 (10.00%) Open Source
3 1 (10.00%) Pair Programming
3 1 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) Python
2 8 (80.00%) JavaScript
2 8 (80.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (10.00%) Java
3 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (80.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) MuleSoft
1 8 (80.00%) ServiceNow
1 8 (80.00%) Workday