WebSockets Job Trends in London

WebSockets
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring WebSockets skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 354 416
Rank change year-on-year +51 +62 +151
Permanent jobs citing WebSockets 68 81 34
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.48% 0.52% 0.19%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.56% 1.95% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 66 38 25
10th Percentile - £56,250 £58,750
25th Percentile £98,750 £60,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £125,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £136,250 £121,875 £100,000
90th Percentile £148,750 £142,500 -
England median annual salary £125,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +78.57% - -6.67%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

WebSockets 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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,658 4,149 4,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 18.79% 26.70% 27.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,912 2,562 4,301
10th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.13% -
75th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £102,500
90th Percentile £132,500 £125,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.99% +3.08% -3.70%

WebSockets
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing WebSockets relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

WebSockets job vacancy trend in London

WebSockets
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing WebSockets.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing WebSockets

WebSockets
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing WebSockets in London over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for WebSockets in London

WebSockets
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WebSockets within the London region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
Central London +28 1 £140,000 +30.23% 6
WebSockets
England

WebSockets
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Chatbot
1 3 (4.41%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 12 (17.65%) AWS
2 11 (16.18%) Azure
3 9 (13.24%) GCP
4 3 (4.41%) Figma
5 2 (2.94%) Azure API Management
5 2 (2.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 2 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.94%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.47%) CloudFront
6 1 (1.47%) Firebase
6 1 (1.47%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.94%) HTTP
2 1 (1.47%) DNS
2 1 (1.47%) LAN
2 1 (1.47%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.94%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.47%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Git
2 1 (1.47%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (1.47%) Crashlytics
General
1 22 (32.35%) Banking
2 21 (30.88%) Front Office
2 21 (30.88%) Investment Banking
3 17 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 6 (8.82%) Finance
5 2 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.47%) Games
Job Titles
1 44 (64.71%) Developer
1 44 (64.71%) React Developer
2 21 (30.88%) Electronic Trading Developer
3 20 (29.41%) Full-Stack Developer
3 20 (29.41%) Full-Stack Java Developer
3 20 (29.41%) Java Developer
4 17 (25.00%) Senior
5 8 (11.76%) Android Engineer
5 8 (11.76%) Senior Android Engineer
6 5 (7.35%) Applications Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Integration Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Security Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Senior Integration Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Senior Security Engineer
8 3 (4.41%) Lead
8 3 (4.41%) Senior Manager
8 3 (4.41%) UI Engineer
8 3 (4.41%) User Experience Manager
8 3 (4.41%) UX Engineer
9 2 (2.94%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (69.12%) React
2 31 (45.59%) REST
3 21 (30.88%) FIX Protocol
3 21 (30.88%) Highcharts JS
3 21 (30.88%) OpenFin
4 15 (22.06%) RESTful
5 12 (17.65%) gRPC
6 9 (13.24%) Kafka
7 4 (5.88%) Android NDK
7 4 (5.88%) GraphQL
8 3 (4.41%) Android Jetpack
8 3 (4.41%) Jetpack Compose
8 3 (4.41%) Redux
9 2 (2.94%) .NET
9 2 (2.94%) CSS
9 2 (2.94%) OpenAPI
9 2 (2.94%) Swagger
10 1 (1.47%) HTML
10 1 (1.47%) Web Services
10 1 (1.47%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 21 (30.88%) Fixed Income
2 12 (17.65%) AI Agents
2 12 (17.65%) Cloud Native
3 9 (13.24%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (13.24%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.47%) Blog
5 1 (1.47%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.47%) Mobile Computing
5 1 (1.47%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.47%) Video\Live Streaming
5 1 (1.47%) VUI
Operating Systems
1 18 (26.47%) Android
2 2 (2.94%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.47%) Linux
3 1 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (45.59%) Low Latency
2 30 (44.12%) Containerisation
3 27 (39.71%) Performance Tuning
4 26 (38.24%) Performance Optimisation
5 25 (36.76%) Visualisation
6 23 (33.82%) Analytics
6 23 (33.82%) Data Visualisation
7 22 (32.35%) Electronic Trading
7 22 (32.35%) User Experience
8 21 (30.88%) Computer Science
8 21 (30.88%) Dashboard Development
9 20 (29.41%) Full-Stack Development
9 20 (29.41%) UX Design
10 17 (25.00%) AI
11 13 (19.12%) CI/CD
11 13 (19.12%) Conversational AI
11 13 (19.12%) Conversational UI
11 13 (19.12%) Security Architecture
11 13 (19.12%) Zero Trust
12 12 (17.65%) Monetization
Programming Languages
1 25 (36.76%) TypeScript
2 24 (35.29%) JavaScript
3 20 (29.41%) Java
4 9 (13.24%) C++
4 9 (13.24%) Go
5 8 (11.76%) Kotlin
6 3 (4.41%) SQL
7 2 (2.94%) C#
7 2 (2.94%) Python
8 1 (1.47%) Bash
8 1 (1.47%) Swift
Qualifications
1 20 (29.41%) Degree
2 19 (27.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (7.35%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.94%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.47%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.88%) QA
2 1 (1.47%) Accessibility
System Software
1 9 (13.24%) Docker
2 1 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (13.24%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.47%) Nagios
Vendors
1 2 (2.94%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.47%) Google
2 1 (1.47%) Red Hat
2 1 (1.47%) SolarWinds
2 1 (1.47%) VMware