Web Services Job Trends in Wales

Web Services
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Web Services skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 57 89
Rank change year-on-year -30 +32 +7
Permanent jobs citing Web Services 7 7 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.43% 1.31% 1.09%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.00% 7.29% 6.01%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 9
10th Percentile £38,945 £30,375 £26,750
25th Percentile £39,238 £30,938 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,740 £43,302 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% +33.24% -36.40%
75th Percentile £54,000 £53,252 £37,500
90th Percentile £55,124 - £53,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -11.54%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 70 96 333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 4.26% 17.94% 18.22%
Number of salaries quoted 58 82 268
10th Percentile £38,150 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +20.00% +6.05%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,281 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,100 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.66% +10.17% -11.11%

Web Services
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Web Services job vacancy trend in Wales

Web Services
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Web Services.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Web Services

Web Services
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Web Services within the Wales region over the 6 months to 9 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 Wales -28 7 £41,740 +15.14%
Web Services
UK

Web Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Selenium
1 4 (57.14%) SpecFlow
2 3 (42.86%) WebDriver
3 1 (14.29%) Git
3 1 (14.29%) JMeter
3 1 (14.29%) MSTest
3 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Automation Tester
1 3 (42.86%) Developer
1 3 (42.86%) Senior
1 3 (42.86%) Tester
2 2 (28.57%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Automation Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Front-End Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Software Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Tester
3 1 (14.29%) SEO Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) RESTful
2 2 (28.57%) Next.js
2 2 (28.57%) Node.js
2 2 (28.57%) React
2 2 (28.57%) REST
3 1 (14.29%) .NET
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
3 1 (14.29%) CSS
3 1 (14.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Acceptance Criteria
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
1 6 (85.71%) DevOps
1 6 (85.71%) Performance Optimisation
2 5 (71.43%) Scrum
3 4 (57.14%) AI
3 4 (57.14%) Continuous Deployment
3 4 (57.14%) Machine Learning
3 4 (57.14%) Test Automation
3 4 (57.14%) User Experience
4 3 (42.86%) BDD
4 3 (42.86%) Mentoring
5 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (28.57%) Design Patterns
5 2 (28.57%) Front End Development
6 1 (14.29%) OO
6 1 (14.29%) OOP
6 1 (14.29%) SEO
6 1 (14.29%) SOA
6 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) C#
3 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 2 (28.57%) Python
4 1 (14.29%) Java
4 1 (14.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft