WSE Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Web Services Enhancements (WSE)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring WSE skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 572 - 739
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing WSE 7 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.010% - 0.003%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.13% - 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 2
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £20,000
UK median annual salary - - £20,000

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

WSE 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 5,252 4,764 13,856
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.82% 16.83% 19.55%
Number of salaries quoted 4,151 3,057 10,401
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,254 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% -11.11%

WSE
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

WSE job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

WSE
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing WSE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing WSE

WSE
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WSE within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 May 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
South West - 7 - -
WSE
UK