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 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 195 186 105
Rank change year-on-year -9 -81 -8
Permanent jobs citing Web Services 965 2,586 4,116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.85% 2.12% 3.24%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.02% 6.53% 8.46%
Number of salaries quoted 751 1,699 2,666
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,788 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £83,125 £86,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £105,000 £92,188
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

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 13,739 39,611 48,676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.28% 32.41% 38.30%
Number of salaries quoted 10,720 24,123 32,015
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,351 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.54% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £106,289 £105,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% +5.00%

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 10 December 2023.

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 10 December 2023. 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 -6 799 £65,000 - 334
UK excluding London +16 559 £55,000 - 197
Work from Home -8 461 £60,000 -4.00% 180
London -28 334 £75,150 -3.03% 150
South East +27 168 £51,250 -10.87% 60
North of England +70 121 £57,500 +4.55% 46
South West +63 96 £57,500 +15.00% 14
Midlands +65 86 £51,250 +2.50% 36
North West +73 59 £48,750 -18.75% 33
Yorkshire +56 58 £60,000 +14.29% 12
Scotland -20 49 £79,632 +17.74% 8
West Midlands +66 45 £60,500 +21.00% 30
East Midlands +46 41 £49,000 -14.78% 6
Northern Ireland +33 20 £45,000 -1.10% 9
Wales +17 17 £60,000 -6.25% 4
East of England 0 12 £67,500 +35.00% 24
North East +30 4 £42,500 -17.48% 1

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 94 (9.74%) JBoss
2 93 (9.64%) Red Hat Fuse
3 34 (3.52%) IIS
4 24 (2.49%) Confluence
5 22 (2.28%) SharePoint
6 20 (2.07%) OpenStack
7 19 (1.97%) CMS
8 12 (1.24%) Tomcat
9 7 (0.73%) WebSphere
9 7 (0.73%) WordPress
10 6 (0.62%) NServiceBus
10 6 (0.62%) Umbraco
11 5 (0.52%) Apache
12 4 (0.41%) Drupal
12 4 (0.41%) IBM HTTP Server
12 4 (0.41%) nginx
12 4 (0.41%) Oracle Application Server
12 4 (0.41%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 4 (0.41%) WebSphere Application Server
13 2 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 18 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.31%) FileZilla
2 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 40 (4.15%) Remedy ITSM
2 23 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (1.76%) Elite 3E
4 13 (1.35%) BusinessWorks
5 6 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.41%) Oracle Cash Management
6 4 (0.41%) Shopify
6 4 (0.41%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.31%) Magento
7 3 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.21%) Misys Equation
8 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.21%) SAP CX
9 1 (0.10%) Adobe Campaign
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.10%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 247 (25.60%) Azure
2 159 (16.48%) SaaS
3 151 (15.65%) AWS
4 106 (10.98%) GCP
5 74 (7.67%) PaaS
6 72 (7.46%) GitHub
7 69 (7.15%) IaaS
8 59 (6.11%) Azure DevOps
9 43 (4.46%) Serverless
10 36 (3.73%) Power Platform
11 25 (2.59%) npm
12 24 (2.49%) Azure Service Bus
13 22 (2.28%) Azure API Management
14 21 (2.18%) Amazon ECS
15 20 (2.07%) Amazon EKS
15 20 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
16 19 (1.97%) Bitrise
16 19 (1.97%) Figma
17 16 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
18 14 (1.45%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 28 (2.90%) SSL
2 26 (2.69%) VPN
3 21 (2.18%) HTTP
4 20 (2.07%) DNS
4 20 (2.07%) Internet
5 14 (1.45%) Firewall
6 11 (1.14%) Network Security
7 10 (1.04%) DHCP
7 10 (1.04%) TCP/IP
8 9 (0.93%) SMTP
9 8 (0.83%) SAN
10 6 (0.62%) PuTTY
10 6 (0.62%) WinSCP
11 4 (0.41%) 5G
11 4 (0.41%) Kerberos
11 4 (0.41%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.41%) WAN
12 3 (0.31%) FTP
12 3 (0.31%) RTP
13 2 (0.21%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 211 (21.87%) SQL Server
2 132 (13.68%) MySQL
3 102 (10.57%) NoSQL
4 101 (10.47%) Relational Database
5 68 (7.05%) PostgreSQL
6 50 (5.18%) Oracle Database
7 49 (5.08%) Data Warehouse
8 45 (4.66%) Data Lake
9 39 (4.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 27 (2.80%) RDBMS
11 26 (2.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 25 (2.59%) Power BI
13 22 (2.28%) SQLite
14 19 (1.97%) Big Data
14 19 (1.97%) MongoDB
15 14 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
16 12 (1.24%) Redis
17 9 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
18 8 (0.83%) Oracle Database 12c
19 3 (0.31%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 171 (17.72%) Git
2 110 (11.40%) Jenkins
3 86 (8.91%) IntelliJ
4 71 (7.36%) JIRA
5 62 (6.42%) Selenium
6 57 (5.91%) Visual Studio
7 33 (3.42%) SoapUI
8 28 (2.90%) Oracle APEX
9 27 (2.80%) Cucumber
9 27 (2.80%) Cypress.io
10 24 (2.49%) Subversion
11 23 (2.38%) Maven
12 22 (2.28%) Bitbucket
12 22 (2.28%) Postman
13 21 (2.18%) JUnit
14 16 (1.66%) JMeter
14 16 (1.66%) NUnit
14 16 (1.66%) SonarQube
15 15 (1.55%) Bitbucket Server
15 15 (1.55%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 233 (24.15%) Finance
2 198 (20.52%) Social Skills
3 142 (14.72%) Public Sector
4 123 (12.75%) Banking
5 74 (7.67%) Analytical Skills
6 72 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 66 (6.84%) Retail
8 37 (3.83%) Legal
9 32 (3.32%) Law
10 24 (2.49%) Marketing
11 21 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
12 20 (2.07%) Financial Institution
12 20 (2.07%) Local Government
13 13 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (1.04%) Investment Banking
15 9 (0.93%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.73%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.73%) French Language
17 6 (0.62%) Automotive
17 6 (0.62%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 476 (49.33%) Developer
2 322 (33.37%) Senior
3 155 (16.06%) Software Engineer
4 152 (15.75%) Senior Developer
5 101 (10.47%) .NET Developer
6 92 (9.53%) Architect
7 90 (9.33%) Java Developer
8 88 (9.12%) Java Engineer
9 81 (8.39%) Software Developer
10 80 (8.29%) Senior Software Engineer
11 79 (8.19%) Java Software Engineer
12 68 (7.05%) Lead
13 66 (6.84%) Senior Java Engineer
14 64 (6.63%) Senior Java Software Engineer
15 52 (5.39%) C# Developer
16 50 (5.18%) Full Stack Developer
17 42 (4.35%) Enterprise Architect
18 40 (4.15%) Commercial Architect
19 39 (4.04%) Senior Java Developer
20 35 (3.63%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 356 (36.89%) REST
2 318 (32.95%) HTML
3 291 (30.16%) SOAP
4 286 (29.64%) XML
5 284 (29.43%) RESTful
6 283 (29.33%) .NET
7 279 (28.91%) CSS
8 256 (26.53%) JSON
9 231 (23.94%) AngularJS
10 158 (16.37%) React
11 142 (14.72%) ASP.NET
12 139 (14.40%) Spring
13 126 (13.06%) .NET Framework
14 99 (10.26%) Hibernate
15 93 (9.64%) Node.js
16 91 (9.43%) JPA
17 89 (9.22%) Vue
18 88 (9.12%) Entity Framework
18 88 (9.12%) XSD
19 78 (8.08%) Java EE
Miscellaneous
1 52 (5.39%) Public Cloud
2 47 (4.87%) Blockchain
2 47 (4.87%) Distributed Systems
3 45 (4.66%) Mainframe
4 42 (4.35%) Management Information System
5 39 (4.04%) Mobile App
6 36 (3.73%) Legacy Systems
7 32 (3.32%) CMDB
7 32 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
8 29 (3.01%) Product Ownership
9 22 (2.28%) Hybrid Cloud
10 20 (2.07%) Greenfield Project
11 19 (1.97%) Cloud Native
11 19 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
11 19 (1.97%) Onboarding
12 17 (1.76%) Data Structures
13 15 (1.55%) Algorithms
14 10 (1.04%) Legacy Code
15 9 (0.93%) iSeries
16 8 (0.83%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 75 (7.77%) Windows
2 53 (5.49%) Android
3 47 (4.87%) Unix
4 41 (4.25%) Windows Server
5 33 (3.42%) Linux
6 25 (2.59%) Apple iOS
7 15 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.31%) CentOS
9 3 (0.31%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.21%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.21%) zOS
11 1 (0.10%) HPUX
11 1 (0.10%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.10%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.10%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 488 (50.57%) Agile
2 246 (25.49%) Software Engineering
3 200 (20.73%) Problem-Solving
4 191 (19.79%) DevOps
5 184 (19.07%) Mentoring
6 173 (17.93%) User Experience
7 172 (17.82%) TDD
8 168 (17.41%) MVC
9 162 (16.79%) Microservices
10 154 (15.96%) CI/CD
11 143 (14.82%) UX Design
12 141 (14.61%) Scrum
13 124 (12.85%) Full Stack Development
14 121 (12.54%) Test Automation
15 114 (11.81%) Front End Development
16 104 (10.78%) Collaborative Working
17 89 (9.22%) Continuous Integration
18 85 (8.81%) Actionable Insight
18 85 (8.81%) Roadmaps
18 85 (8.81%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 459 (47.56%) JavaScript
2 360 (37.31%) SQL
3 291 (30.16%) Java
4 272 (28.19%) C#
5 104 (10.78%) Python
6 71 (7.36%) T-SQL
7 56 (5.80%) PowerShell
8 55 (5.70%) PHP
9 54 (5.60%) TypeScript
10 39 (4.04%) PL/SQL
11 29 (3.01%) Perl
12 27 (2.80%) Go
12 27 (2.80%) Ruby
13 18 (1.87%) VB.NET
14 9 (0.93%) Apex Code
14 9 (0.93%) XAML
14 9 (0.93%) XPath
15 8 (0.83%) Bicep
16 7 (0.73%) Kotlin
16 7 (0.73%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 221 (22.90%) Security Cleared
2 206 (21.35%) SC Cleared
3 136 (14.09%) Degree
4 39 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (1.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 9 (0.93%) Master's Degree
7 8 (0.83%) AWS Certification
8 7 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.52%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.41%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.41%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.41%) PhD
12 3 (0.31%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 3 (0.31%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.21%) CHECK Team Leader
13 2 (0.21%) CHECK Team Member
13 2 (0.21%) CREST Certified
13 2 (0.21%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (7.98%) QA
2 28 (2.90%) Accessibility
3 22 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.04%) NIST
4 10 (1.04%) PCI DSS
5 7 (0.73%) SLA
6 6 (0.62%) COBIT
6 6 (0.62%) GAAP
7 2 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.21%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.21%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.10%) HL7
8 1 (0.10%) ISO 15022
8 1 (0.10%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 102 (10.57%) Docker
2 29 (3.01%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.45%) Hyper-V
4 10 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.83%) VMware Workstation
6 4 (0.41%) FreeRADIUS
6 4 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
7 3 (0.31%) RACF
7 3 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.21%) ACF2
8 2 (0.21%) IAG
8 2 (0.21%) Kamailio
8 2 (0.21%) OpenSIPS
8 2 (0.21%) Postfix
8 2 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
9 1 (0.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 110 (11.40%) Kubernetes
2 29 (3.01%) Terraform
3 25 (2.59%) Ansible
4 23 (2.38%) HP UCMDB
5 9 (0.93%) SCCM
5 9 (0.93%) SCOM
6 8 (0.83%) SCVMM
7 5 (0.52%) Control-M
7 5 (0.52%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.52%) Puppet
7 5 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.41%) Consul
8 4 (0.41%) Data Guard
8 4 (0.41%) Oracle RMAN
9 3 (0.31%) Grafana
9 3 (0.31%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.10%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.10%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
11 1 (0.10%) Rancher
Vendors
1 159 (16.48%) Microsoft
2 123 (12.75%) Oracle
3 66 (6.84%) ServiceNow
4 53 (5.49%) Salesforce
5 44 (4.56%) Google
6 40 (4.15%) BMC
6 40 (4.15%) HP
6 40 (4.15%) Remedy
7 31 (3.21%) Xamarin
8 17 (1.76%) WSO2
9 13 (1.35%) TIBCO
9 13 (1.35%) VMware
10 11 (1.14%) SAP
11 10 (1.04%) IBM
11 10 (1.04%) MuleSoft
12 8 (0.83%) Citrix
12 8 (0.83%) Commvault
12 8 (0.83%) Veeam
13 5 (0.52%) Apple
14 4 (0.41%) webMethods