Web Services Job Trends in the Midlands

Web Services
England > Midlands

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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 180 163
Rank change year-on-year -64 -17 +73
Permanent jobs citing Web Services 10 34 154
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.084% 0.71% 1.39%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.33% 4.78% 8.13%
Number of salaries quoted 6 23 103
10th Percentile - £35,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £60,719 £57,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £61,938 £74,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -11.54%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 753 711 1,895
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.33% 14.78% 17.13%
Number of salaries quoted 605 579 1,631
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,500 £75,772
England median annual salary £65,000 £66,274 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.92% +10.46% -11.11%

Web Services
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Web Services job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Web Services
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Web Services.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Web Services

Web Services
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Web Services in the Midlands over the 6 months to 15 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Web Services in the Midlands

Web Services
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Web Services within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 April 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
West Midlands -28 10 £43,750 -18.51% 2
Web Services
England

Web Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) SSL
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Git
1 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 6 (60.00%) Finance
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Sales Executive
2 3 (30.00%) ServiceNow Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Business Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Backend Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Java Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Java Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (60.00%) REST
2 3 (30.00%) JDBC
2 3 (30.00%) LDAP
2 3 (30.00%) SAML
3 1 (10.00%) .NET
3 1 (10.00%) SOAP
3 1 (10.00%) Spring
3 1 (10.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (20.00%) Data Structures
2 2 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Coaching
1 3 (30.00%) CRM
1 3 (30.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (30.00%) ITSM
1 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (20.00%) Code Quality
2 2 (20.00%) Logistics
2 2 (20.00%) Migration
2 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (20.00%) Software Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) Agile
3 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (10.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft