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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 192 204 146
Rank change year-on-year +12 -58 -37
Permanent jobs citing Web Services 1,548 1,856 4,695
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.55% 1.87% 2.92%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.34% 6.19% 7.14%
Number of salaries quoted 874 1,346 2,316
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,637
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,125 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.31% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £97,500 £91,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +15.79%

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 21,101 29,987 65,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.12% 30.24% 40.92%
Number of salaries quoted 15,749 18,481 29,851
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,588 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +15.91%
75th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

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 18 May 2024.

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 18 May 2024. 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 1,254 £55,173 -15.12% 219
UK excluding London +34 1,119 £55,000 - 143
Work from Home -39 562 £57,500 -4.17% 124
London -28 379 £65,000 -16.82% 90
South East +7 321 £55,000 -4.35% 45
North of England +73 242 £55,173 +5.09% 33
Midlands +72 200 £52,500 -4.55% 27
North West +70 180 £60,000 +4.35% 17
Scotland +19 178 £65,000 -6.40% 6
East Midlands +82 129 £52,500 +5.00% 11
West Midlands +5 70 £55,000 - 16
East of England -50 65 £35,500 -40.83% 12
South West -55 59 £62,500 +19.05% 8
Yorkshire +42 48 £52,500 +16.67% 14
Northern Ireland +18 31 £48,500 +7.78% 8
Wales +4 25 £32,500 -40.15% 4
North East -5 14 £55,000 +3.05% 2

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 92 (5.94%) IIS
2 64 (4.13%) Apache
3 56 (3.62%) CMS
4 37 (2.39%) OpenStack
5 35 (2.26%) Tomcat
6 29 (1.87%) SharePoint
7 27 (1.74%) JBoss
8 22 (1.42%) SAS
9 21 (1.36%) Red Hat Fuse
10 15 (0.97%) Confluence
11 10 (0.65%) EPiServer
12 8 (0.52%) BizTalk Server
13 7 (0.45%) WordPress
14 6 (0.39%) Drupal
14 6 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
15 4 (0.26%) ArcGIS
15 4 (0.26%) ColdFusion
15 4 (0.26%) nginx
16 3 (0.19%) GeoServer
17 2 (0.13%) Ethereum
Applications
1 23 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.23%) Photoshop
3 14 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.13%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.13%) Sketch
7 1 (0.065%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 29 (1.87%) SDL Web 8
2 28 (1.81%) Remedy ITSM
3 27 (1.74%) NEC Housing
4 24 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
5 20 (1.29%) Payment Gateway
6 13 (0.84%) Adobe Campaign
7 12 (0.78%) Salesforce CRM
7 12 (0.78%) Shopify
8 6 (0.39%) Elite 3E
8 6 (0.39%) Temenos T24
9 5 (0.32%) Teamcenter
10 4 (0.26%) BusinessWorks
10 4 (0.26%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
11 3 (0.19%) Oracle Applications
11 3 (0.19%) SAP CX
12 2 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
12 2 (0.13%) R3 Corda
12 2 (0.13%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 616 (39.79%) Azure
2 294 (18.99%) AWS
3 258 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
4 244 (15.76%) IBM Cloud
5 201 (12.98%) Serverless
6 134 (8.66%) Azure Service Bus
7 133 (8.59%) Azure Functions
8 129 (8.33%) Azure API Management
9 126 (8.14%) Azure Logic Apps
10 97 (6.27%) SaaS
11 64 (4.13%) Power Platform
12 52 (3.36%) Amazon ECS
13 48 (3.10%) GCP
14 47 (3.04%) Amazon EKS
15 46 (2.97%) GitHub
16 39 (2.52%) PaaS
17 28 (1.81%) IaaS
18 27 (1.74%) PowerApps
19 25 (1.61%) Power Automate
20 20 (1.29%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 69 (4.46%) Kerberos
2 44 (2.84%) TCP/IP
3 34 (2.20%) HTTP
4 21 (1.36%) Internet
5 19 (1.23%) VPN
6 17 (1.10%) Network Security
7 16 (1.03%) DNS
8 15 (0.97%) SSH
9 14 (0.90%) Firewall
10 13 (0.84%) SNMP
11 12 (0.78%) SSL
12 10 (0.65%) MQTT
12 10 (0.65%) SMTP
13 5 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
14 4 (0.26%) 5G
14 4 (0.26%) Ethernet
14 4 (0.26%) LAN
14 4 (0.26%) RS-232
14 4 (0.26%) WAN
14 4 (0.26%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 393 (25.39%) NoSQL
2 384 (24.81%) PostgreSQL
3 347 (22.42%) SQL Server
4 275 (17.76%) MongoDB
5 269 (17.38%) Relational Database
6 240 (15.50%) DB2
7 118 (7.62%) MySQL
8 70 (4.52%) Metadata
9 49 (3.17%) Oracle Database
10 46 (2.97%) Power BI
11 39 (2.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 33 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 30 (1.94%) MS Access
14 29 (1.87%) DynamoDB
15 23 (1.49%) RDBMS
16 16 (1.03%) Redis
17 15 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
18 13 (0.84%) Amazon Aurora
18 13 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
18 13 (0.84%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 360 (23.26%) Git
2 176 (11.37%) Jenkins
3 142 (9.17%) Visual Studio
4 99 (6.40%) JIRA
5 77 (4.97%) Bitbucket
6 65 (4.20%) Artifactory
7 38 (2.45%) TeamCity
8 36 (2.33%) Moq
9 32 (2.07%) Postman
10 31 (2.00%) NUnit
11 29 (1.87%) Eclipse
11 29 (1.87%) Selenium
12 28 (1.81%) Jasmine
12 28 (1.81%) Karma Test Runner
13 27 (1.74%) GitLab
13 27 (1.74%) JUnit
14 20 (1.29%) Maven
14 20 (1.29%) Oracle APEX
14 20 (1.29%) Team Foundation Server
15 19 (1.23%) Cypress.io
General
1 407 (26.29%) Finance
2 338 (21.83%) Public Sector
3 334 (21.58%) Social Skills
4 287 (18.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 167 (10.79%) Marketing
6 161 (10.40%) Law
7 88 (5.68%) Analytical Skills
8 81 (5.23%) Retail
9 66 (4.26%) Legal
10 55 (3.55%) Banking
11 40 (2.58%) Police
12 39 (2.52%) Local Government
13 23 (1.49%) Back Office
13 23 (1.49%) Publishing
14 20 (1.29%) Electronics
15 18 (1.16%) Billing
16 15 (0.97%) Investment Banking
17 14 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
18 13 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
19 11 (0.71%) French Language
Job Titles
1 807 (52.13%) Developer
2 294 (18.99%) Senior
3 257 (16.60%) Software Engineer
4 241 (15.57%) Full Stack Developer
5 173 (11.18%) Senior Developer
6 170 (10.98%) Full Stack Engineer
7 162 (10.47%) Lead
8 136 (8.79%) Azure Developer
9 111 (7.17%) Azure Engineer
10 109 (7.04%) C# Developer
11 107 (6.91%) .NET Developer
12 90 (5.81%) Lead Software Engineer
13 88 (5.68%) Architect
14 78 (5.04%) Senior Software Engineer
15 76 (4.91%) Java Developer
16 75 (4.84%) Java Engineer
17 71 (4.59%) Java Software Engineer
18 62 (4.01%) Software Developer
19 55 (3.55%) Full Stack Software Engineer
20 48 (3.10%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 707 (45.67%) .NET
2 687 (44.38%) REST
3 643 (41.54%) HTML
4 576 (37.21%) CSS
5 519 (33.53%) AngularJS
6 470 (30.36%) ASP.NET
7 435 (28.10%) XML
8 379 (24.48%) React
9 360 (23.26%) RESTful
10 347 (22.42%) jQuery
11 328 (21.19%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 325 (20.99%) JSON
13 314 (20.28%) Vue
14 295 (19.06%) SOAP
15 263 (16.99%) ASP.NET Core
16 248 (16.02%) Node.js
17 238 (15.37%) Backbone.js
17 238 (15.37%) Ember.js
18 176 (11.37%) Spring
19 146 (9.43%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 324 (20.93%) Algorithms
2 264 (17.05%) Data Structures
3 251 (16.21%) Hybrid Cloud
4 244 (15.76%) Blockchain
5 144 (9.30%) Management Information System
6 114 (7.36%) e-Learning
7 79 (5.10%) Reference Data
8 73 (4.72%) Distributed Systems
9 70 (4.52%) Enterprise Cloud
10 63 (4.07%) Onboarding
11 57 (3.68%) Legacy Systems
12 56 (3.62%) CMDB
13 52 (3.36%) Cloud Native
14 40 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
15 38 (2.45%) Public Cloud
16 33 (2.13%) Product Ownership
17 30 (1.94%) Legacy Code
17 30 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
18 25 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
19 18 (1.16%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 369 (23.84%) Linux
2 326 (21.06%) Windows
3 265 (17.12%) Android
4 249 (16.09%) Apple iOS
5 51 (3.29%) Unix
6 27 (1.74%) AIX
6 27 (1.74%) Solaris
7 9 (0.58%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.32%) Embedded Linux
9 5 (0.32%) Kali Linux
9 5 (0.32%) Windows Mobile
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
10 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.065%) CentOS
11 1 (0.065%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 696 (44.96%) Agile
2 486 (31.40%) Full Stack Development
2 486 (31.40%) MVC
3 431 (27.84%) DevOps
4 404 (26.10%) OO
5 363 (23.45%) Software Engineering
6 352 (22.74%) OOP
7 335 (21.64%) Design Patterns
8 317 (20.48%) SOLID
9 314 (20.28%) Web Development
10 309 (19.96%) User Experience
11 307 (19.83%) Artificial Intelligence
11 307 (19.83%) Mentoring
12 287 (18.54%) CI/CD
13 277 (17.89%) Responsive Web Design
14 252 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
15 249 (16.09%) MVVM
16 242 (15.63%) Design Thinking
17 238 (15.37%) Co-Creation
18 234 (15.12%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 755 (48.77%) JavaScript
2 746 (48.19%) SQL
3 676 (43.67%) C#
4 449 (29.01%) Java
5 285 (18.41%) Python
6 143 (9.24%) T-SQL
7 132 (8.53%) Go
8 109 (7.04%) TypeScript
9 93 (6.01%) PHP
10 65 (4.20%) Prolog
10 65 (4.20%) SPARQL
11 63 (4.07%) VB
11 63 (4.07%) VB.NET
12 56 (3.62%) PowerShell
13 53 (3.42%) Shell Script
14 44 (2.84%) C
15 41 (2.65%) XPath
16 38 (2.45%) C++
17 28 (1.81%) VB6
18 26 (1.68%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 234 (15.12%) Degree
2 140 (9.04%) Security Cleared
3 106 (6.85%) SC Cleared
4 74 (4.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (2.84%) Master's Degree
6 29 (1.87%) AWS Certification
7 25 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 22 (1.42%) Azure Certification
9 15 (0.97%) DBS Check
10 14 (0.90%) CISSP
11 13 (0.84%) PhD
12 11 (0.71%) MBA
12 11 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (0.52%) CISM
13 8 (0.52%) GIAC
13 8 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 6 (0.39%) SANS
15 5 (0.32%) HNC
15 5 (0.32%) MCAD
16 4 (0.26%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (7.04%) QA
2 67 (4.33%) Accessibility
3 20 (1.29%) NIST
4 16 (1.03%) GDPR
5 15 (0.97%) COBIT
6 13 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.71%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.45%) HIPAA
9 6 (0.39%) SLA
9 6 (0.39%) Web Application Security Consortium
10 5 (0.32%) Data Quality
10 5 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.26%) PMO
12 2 (0.13%) DICOM
12 2 (0.13%) EMIR
12 2 (0.13%) GRC
12 2 (0.13%) MiFID
13 1 (0.065%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.065%) WCAG
System Software
1 183 (11.82%) Docker
2 85 (5.49%) Active Directory
3 29 (1.87%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.45%) Firmware
5 6 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.26%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.065%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.065%) etcd
8 1 (0.065%) RACF
8 1 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.065%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 109 (7.04%) Kubernetes
2 56 (3.62%) Ansible
3 43 (2.78%) Terraform
4 20 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (0.84%) WMI
6 6 (0.39%) CloudHub
6 6 (0.39%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 6 (0.39%) Kibana
7 5 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.32%) HP Quality Center
7 5 (0.32%) HP UCMDB
7 5 (0.32%) Puppet
7 5 (0.32%) Suricata
8 4 (0.26%) HAProxy
9 3 (0.19%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.19%) Control-M
9 3 (0.19%) Grafana
9 3 (0.19%) MIIS
9 3 (0.19%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.13%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 286 (18.48%) Microsoft
2 250 (16.15%) IBM
3 245 (15.83%) Red Hat
4 156 (10.08%) Oracle
5 64 (4.13%) ServiceNow
6 50 (3.23%) Google
7 37 (2.39%) WSO2
8 35 (2.26%) Adobe
9 32 (2.07%) HP
10 28 (1.81%) BMC
10 28 (1.81%) Remedy
11 27 (1.74%) NEC
12 24 (1.55%) Salesforce
13 22 (1.42%) Splunk
14 17 (1.10%) VMware
15 15 (0.97%) Cognizant
16 13 (0.84%) MuleSoft
17 10 (0.65%) Atlassian
17 10 (0.65%) Twitter
17 10 (0.65%) Xamarin