Web Services Job Trends

Web Services
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs 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 410 250 196
Rank change year-on-year -160 -54 -21
Permanent jobs citing Web Services 232 647 890
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 1.18% 1.72%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.30% 5.50% 6.79%
Number of salaries quoted 163 346 733
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,000 £40,650
25th Percentile £46,080 £43,750 £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,430 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -8.57% -
75th Percentile £77,906 £73,886 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,038 11,756 13,098
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.88% 21.40% 25.31%
Number of salaries quoted 5,240 6,951 10,668
10th Percentile £35,450 £39,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £108,418 £106,289
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500

Web Services
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Web Services job vacancy trend in the UK

Web Services
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Web Services

Web Services
Salary Histogram

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

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 2 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
England -162 195 £60,490 +0.82% 87
UK excluding London -155 131 £50,000 -13.04% 63
Work from Home -40 100 £57,500 -3.25% 48
London -58 95 £76,500 +22.40% 29
South East -73 39 £50,000 -16.67% 16
North of England -54 28 £47,500 -17.39% 14
East of England +3 23 £47,500 -17.39% 14
North West -17 14 £51,250 -14.58% 10
Scotland -3 13 £43,000 -27.65% 1
Yorkshire -20 13 £56,186 +23.49% 2
Midlands -16 12 £48,500 -6.73% 4
West Midlands +17 11 £39,500 -33.54% 1
South West -15 11 £65,000 -3.70% 14
Wales -14 8 £41,500 +50.91%
North East -4 1 £47,372 -20.29% 2
Northern Ireland -16 1 £74,830 +25.91% 1
East Midlands -44 1 £62,500 +23.76% 3

Web Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 13 (5.60%) OpenStack
2 12 (5.17%) SharePoint
3 10 (4.31%) CMS
4 7 (3.02%) Appian
5 5 (2.16%) Anypoint
5 5 (2.16%) IIS
6 3 (1.29%) BizTalk Server
6 3 (1.29%) Confluence
6 3 (1.29%) JBoss
7 2 (0.86%) Mendix
7 2 (0.86%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.86%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.86%) WordPress
8 1 (0.43%) Apache
8 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.43%) WildFly
Applications
1 3 (1.29%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.43%) Siemens NX
2 1 (0.43%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 19 (8.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (3.45%) Workday HCM
3 7 (3.02%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (2.16%) Shopify
5 3 (1.29%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 3 (1.29%) Maximo
6 2 (0.86%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.86%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.86%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.86%) Infor CloudSuite
7 1 (0.43%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 93 (40.09%) Azure
2 57 (24.57%) AWS
3 37 (15.95%) Power Automate
4 31 (13.36%) Power Platform
5 29 (12.50%) Azure Logic Apps
5 29 (12.50%) Serverless
6 25 (10.78%) Amazon ECS
6 25 (10.78%) Amazon EKS
7 23 (9.91%) Dynamics 365
8 21 (9.05%) PowerApps
9 19 (8.19%) Boomi
10 14 (6.03%) Amazon EC2
10 14 (6.03%) Microsoft 365
11 13 (5.60%) SaaS
12 12 (5.17%) GCP
13 9 (3.88%) Amazon S3
13 9 (3.88%) Amazon SQS
14 7 (3.02%) Anthropic Claude
14 7 (3.02%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (3.02%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.74%) FTP
2 7 (3.02%) IP Telephony
2 7 (3.02%) PSTN
2 7 (3.02%) VoIP
3 5 (2.16%) DNS
4 4 (1.72%) Unified Communications
5 3 (1.29%) DHCP
5 3 (1.29%) HTTP
5 3 (1.29%) PBX
5 3 (1.29%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.86%) AMQP
6 2 (0.86%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.86%) Firewall
6 2 (0.86%) PuTTY
6 2 (0.86%) SSL
6 2 (0.86%) VLAN
6 2 (0.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (22.84%) SQL Server
2 50 (21.55%) Relational Database
3 33 (14.22%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (12.07%) Power BI
5 20 (8.62%) MySQL
6 13 (5.60%) RDBMS
7 12 (5.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (4.31%) NoSQL
9 7 (3.02%) Pinecone
10 6 (2.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.72%) Redis
12 4 (1.72%) Tableau
13 3 (1.29%) Crystal Reports
13 3 (1.29%) DB2
13 3 (1.29%) Oracle Database
14 2 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
14 2 (0.86%) MongoDB
15 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
15 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 59 (25.43%) Git
2 27 (11.64%) Jenkins
3 20 (8.62%) JIRA
4 16 (6.90%) Visual Studio
5 14 (6.03%) JUnit
6 13 (5.60%) Mockito
7 12 (5.17%) JMeter
8 7 (3.02%) MLflow
8 7 (3.02%) PowerBuilder
9 5 (2.16%) Selenium
10 4 (1.72%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (1.29%) SpecFlow
11 3 (1.29%) WebDriver
12 2 (0.86%) Postman
12 2 (0.86%) Subversion
12 2 (0.86%) Team Foundation Server
13 1 (0.43%) CA Release Automation
13 1 (0.43%) Charles Proxy
13 1 (0.43%) Katalon Studio
13 1 (0.43%) XCUITest
General
1 57 (24.57%) Finance
2 48 (20.69%) Social Skills
3 27 (11.64%) Public Sector
4 24 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (6.03%) Retail
6 12 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.88%) Telecoms
8 7 (3.02%) Health Technology
9 5 (2.16%) Law
9 5 (2.16%) Legal
10 4 (1.72%) Back Office
11 3 (1.29%) Banking
11 3 (1.29%) Games
11 3 (1.29%) Humanities
11 3 (1.29%) Marketing
11 3 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.86%) Billing
12 2 (0.86%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.86%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 104 (44.83%) Developer
2 44 (18.97%) Senior
3 30 (12.93%) Java Developer
4 24 (10.34%) Full-Stack Developer
5 22 (9.48%) Lead
6 19 (8.19%) Analyst
6 19 (8.19%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 18 (7.76%) Software Engineer
8 16 (6.90%) Senior Developer
9 14 (6.03%) Architect
10 12 (5.17%) Mid-Level Java Developer
10 12 (5.17%) Support Engineer
11 11 (4.74%) Applications Support
12 10 (4.31%) Development Engineer
12 10 (4.31%) Development Support Engineer
13 9 (3.88%) Applications Support Analyst
13 9 (3.88%) Integration Developer
14 7 (3.02%) Applications Developer
14 7 (3.02%) Business Systems Analyst
14 7 (3.02%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (49.57%) REST
2 68 (29.31%) SOAP
3 54 (23.28%) XML
4 52 (22.41%) HTML
5 48 (20.69%) .NET
6 44 (18.97%) JSON
7 36 (15.52%) Spring
8 33 (14.22%) React
9 32 (13.79%) Spring Boot
10 27 (11.64%) Node.js
10 27 (11.64%) RESTful
11 23 (9.91%) CSS
12 20 (8.62%) jQuery
13 19 (8.19%) Hibernate
14 18 (7.76%) AngularJS
15 16 (6.90%) Apache Camel
15 16 (6.90%) Vue
16 15 (6.47%) .NET Framework
17 13 (5.60%) Django
17 13 (5.60%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.07%) Distributed Systems
2 17 (7.33%) Product Ownership
3 16 (6.90%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (6.90%) Low-Code
4 13 (5.60%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.45%) Data Structures
6 7 (3.02%) IVR
7 5 (2.16%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.16%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.72%) Digital Media
9 3 (1.29%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (1.29%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.29%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.86%) DataPower
10 2 (0.86%) Derivative
10 2 (0.86%) Fibre Optics
10 2 (0.86%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.17%) Linux
2 7 (3.02%) Windows
3 5 (2.16%) Apple iOS
3 5 (2.16%) Unix
4 4 (1.72%) Android
5 3 (1.29%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.86%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (50.00%) Agile
2 72 (31.03%) CI/CD
3 50 (21.55%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (20.69%) Scrum
5 41 (17.67%) Microservices
6 38 (16.38%) Full-Stack Development
7 36 (15.52%) TDD
8 34 (14.66%) CRM
8 34 (14.66%) Mentoring
8 34 (14.66%) SDLC
9 28 (12.07%) Software Engineering
10 27 (11.64%) Workflow
11 26 (11.21%) Roadmaps
12 25 (10.78%) AI
12 25 (10.78%) API Integration
13 23 (9.91%) BDD
13 23 (9.91%) Continuous Improvement
13 23 (9.91%) ITIL
14 22 (9.48%) DevOps
14 22 (9.48%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 80 (34.48%) SQL
2 79 (34.05%) JavaScript
3 61 (26.29%) Java
4 60 (25.86%) Python
5 55 (23.71%) C#
6 21 (9.05%) VB.NET
7 19 (8.19%) PowerShell
8 17 (7.33%) Shell Script
9 14 (6.03%) TypeScript
10 8 (3.45%) PL/SQL
11 7 (3.02%) T-SQL
11 7 (3.02%) VBA
12 2 (0.86%) Go
12 2 (0.86%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.86%) PHP
12 2 (0.86%) Swift
13 1 (0.43%) C++
13 1 (0.43%) Groovy
13 1 (0.43%) VB
13 1 (0.43%) VB6
Qualifications
1 30 (12.93%) Security Cleared
2 17 (7.33%) SC Cleared
3 16 (6.90%) Degree
4 9 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.16%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.29%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.29%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.86%) HNC
8 2 (0.86%) HND
8 2 (0.86%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.86%) MCSA
8 2 (0.86%) MCSE
8 2 (0.86%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.43%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.43%) OCA
9 1 (0.43%) OCP
9 1 (0.43%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.03%) GDPR
2 10 (4.31%) QA
3 7 (3.02%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.59%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.72%) SLA
6 2 (0.86%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 52 (22.41%) Docker
2 6 (2.59%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 50 (21.55%) Kubernetes
2 12 (5.17%) Kibana
3 9 (3.88%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (3.45%) Terraform
5 7 (3.02%) Ansible
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 58 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.48%) MuleSoft
2 22 (9.48%) Oracle
3 15 (6.47%) Workday
4 14 (6.03%) Salesforce
4 14 (6.03%) Splunk
5 13 (5.60%) Dynatrace
6 12 (5.17%) ServiceNow
7 10 (4.31%) IBM
8 8 (3.45%) Infor
9 7 (3.02%) Automation Anywhere
9 7 (3.02%) Avaya
9 7 (3.02%) Cisco
9 7 (3.02%) Genesys
9 7 (3.02%) OpenAI
9 7 (3.02%) Talend
9 7 (3.02%) UiPath
10 6 (2.59%) DevExpress
10 6 (2.59%) SAP
11 5 (2.16%) Dell