Web Services Jobs

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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 188 199 144
Rank change year-on-year +11 -55 -34
Permanent jobs citing Web Services 1,568 1,736 4,897
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.49% 1.83% 2.90%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.28% 6.29% 6.99%
Number of salaries quoted 868 1,273 2,303
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,173 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.12% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £82,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £97,290 £91,250
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 21,541 27,618 70,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.52% 29.18% 41.54%
Number of salaries quoted 16,014 17,838 29,844
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +4.65% +17.27%
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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +13 1,277 £55,000 -15.38% 207
UK excluding London +36 1,127 £55,000 - 122
Work from Home -40 567 £57,500 -4.17% 115
London -20 390 £63,206 -18.44% 82
South East -4 314 £55,000 -4.35% 28
North of England +64 262 £55,173 +8.72% 36
North West +71 200 £60,000 +4.35% 23
Midlands +67 200 £52,500 -4.55% 28
Scotland +23 174 £65,000 -6.40% 3
East Midlands +72 128 £52,500 -2.33% 10
West Midlands -17 71 £55,000 - 18
East of England -45 65 £35,500 -40.83% 14
South West -56 56 £60,000 +9.09% 10
Yorkshire +17 47 £52,500 +16.67% 10
Northern Ireland +22 34 £48,500 +7.78% 3
Wales +5 24 £32,500 -36.40% 2
North East -8 15 £55,000 +3.05% 3

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 (5.87%) IIS
2 67 (4.27%) CMS
3 64 (4.08%) Apache
4 34 (2.17%) Tomcat
5 33 (2.10%) OpenStack
6 26 (1.66%) SharePoint
7 22 (1.40%) SAS
8 16 (1.02%) Confluence
9 15 (0.96%) JBoss
10 10 (0.64%) EPiServer
11 9 (0.57%) Red Hat Fuse
12 8 (0.51%) BizTalk Server
13 7 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
13 7 (0.45%) WordPress
14 6 (0.38%) Drupal
15 5 (0.32%) ArcGIS
16 4 (0.26%) ColdFusion
16 4 (0.26%) nginx
17 3 (0.19%) GeoServer
17 3 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 23 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
1 23 (1.47%) Photoshop
2 16 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.13%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.13%) Sketch
6 1 (0.064%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 36 (2.30%) SDL Web 8
2 27 (1.72%) NEC Housing
3 26 (1.66%) Remedy ITSM
4 23 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
5 19 (1.21%) Payment Gateway
6 14 (0.89%) Adobe Campaign
7 11 (0.70%) Shopify
8 10 (0.64%) Salesforce CRM
9 6 (0.38%) Temenos T24
10 5 (0.32%) Elite 3E
10 5 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.32%) Teamcenter
11 4 (0.26%) NetSuite
11 4 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
12 3 (0.19%) Oracle Applications
12 3 (0.19%) SAP CX
13 2 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
13 2 (0.13%) R3 Corda
13 2 (0.13%) Sage 200
13 2 (0.13%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 617 (39.35%) Azure
2 318 (20.28%) AWS
3 258 (16.45%) Azure DevOps
4 242 (15.43%) IBM Cloud
5 196 (12.50%) Serverless
6 135 (8.61%) Azure Service Bus
7 133 (8.48%) Azure Functions
8 126 (8.04%) Azure API Management
8 126 (8.04%) Azure Logic Apps
9 82 (5.23%) SaaS
10 64 (4.08%) Power Platform
11 55 (3.51%) GitHub
12 52 (3.32%) GCP
13 49 (3.13%) Amazon ECS
14 44 (2.81%) Amazon EKS
15 31 (1.98%) PaaS
16 30 (1.91%) Amazon Kinesis
17 28 (1.79%) PowerApps
18 27 (1.72%) Power Automate
19 24 (1.53%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 68 (4.34%) Kerberos
2 47 (3.00%) TCP/IP
3 37 (2.36%) HTTP
4 21 (1.34%) Internet
5 18 (1.15%) VPN
6 16 (1.02%) DNS
6 16 (1.02%) Firewall
6 16 (1.02%) SSH
7 13 (0.83%) MQTT
7 13 (0.83%) SNMP
8 11 (0.70%) Network Security
9 10 (0.64%) SMTP
9 10 (0.64%) SSL
10 5 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.26%) 5G
11 4 (0.26%) Ethernet
11 4 (0.26%) LAN
11 4 (0.26%) RS-232
11 4 (0.26%) WAN
11 4 (0.26%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 406 (25.89%) NoSQL
2 398 (25.38%) PostgreSQL
3 354 (22.58%) SQL Server
4 275 (17.54%) MongoDB
5 266 (16.96%) Relational Database
6 241 (15.37%) DB2
7 118 (7.53%) MySQL
8 70 (4.46%) Metadata
9 49 (3.13%) Oracle Database
10 47 (3.00%) Power BI
11 46 (2.93%) DynamoDB
12 37 (2.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 31 (1.98%) MS Access
14 30 (1.91%) Amazon Aurora
15 29 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 28 (1.79%) Redis
17 22 (1.40%) RDBMS
18 15 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
19 13 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
19 13 (0.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 366 (23.34%) Git
2 172 (10.97%) Jenkins
3 147 (9.38%) Visual Studio
4 105 (6.70%) JIRA
5 76 (4.85%) Bitbucket
6 65 (4.15%) Artifactory
7 46 (2.93%) Moq
8 45 (2.87%) TeamCity
9 41 (2.61%) GitLab
10 38 (2.42%) NUnit
11 32 (2.04%) Postman
12 30 (1.91%) JUnit
13 29 (1.85%) Eclipse
14 28 (1.79%) Jasmine
14 28 (1.79%) Karma Test Runner
15 26 (1.66%) Selenium
16 22 (1.40%) Octopus Deploy
17 21 (1.34%) Team Foundation Server
18 20 (1.28%) Oracle APEX
19 19 (1.21%) JMeter
General
1 407 (25.96%) Finance
2 368 (23.47%) Social Skills
3 323 (20.60%) Public Sector
4 286 (18.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 172 (10.97%) Marketing
6 163 (10.40%) Law
7 96 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
8 80 (5.10%) Retail
9 65 (4.15%) Legal
10 52 (3.32%) Banking
11 40 (2.55%) Police
12 38 (2.42%) Local Government
13 32 (2.04%) Electronics
14 30 (1.91%) Billing
15 24 (1.53%) Back Office
15 24 (1.53%) Publishing
16 15 (0.96%) Investment Banking
17 13 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
18 12 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
19 11 (0.70%) French Language
Job Titles
1 826 (52.68%) Developer
2 302 (19.26%) Senior
3 259 (16.52%) Software Engineer
4 252 (16.07%) Full Stack Developer
5 180 (11.48%) Senior Developer
6 168 (10.71%) Full Stack Engineer
6 168 (10.71%) Lead
7 137 (8.74%) Azure Developer
8 118 (7.53%) C# Developer
9 113 (7.21%) .NET Developer
10 110 (7.02%) Azure Engineer
11 95 (6.06%) Lead Software Engineer
12 83 (5.29%) Architect
13 75 (4.78%) Java Developer
13 75 (4.78%) Senior Software Engineer
14 64 (4.08%) Software Developer
15 61 (3.89%) Java Engineer
16 54 (3.44%) Java Software Engineer
17 53 (3.38%) Full Stack Software Engineer
18 49 (3.13%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 720 (45.92%) .NET
2 700 (44.64%) REST
3 649 (41.39%) HTML
4 582 (37.12%) CSS
5 509 (32.46%) AngularJS
6 478 (30.48%) ASP.NET
7 430 (27.42%) XML
8 382 (24.36%) React
9 358 (22.83%) jQuery
10 355 (22.64%) RESTful
11 330 (21.05%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 312 (19.90%) Vue
13 306 (19.52%) JSON
14 288 (18.37%) SOAP
15 263 (16.77%) ASP.NET Core
16 246 (15.69%) Node.js
17 238 (15.18%) Backbone.js
17 238 (15.18%) Ember.js
18 162 (10.33%) Spring
19 156 (9.95%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 323 (20.60%) Algorithms
2 265 (16.90%) Data Structures
3 250 (15.94%) Hybrid Cloud
4 242 (15.43%) Blockchain
5 137 (8.74%) Management Information System
6 114 (7.27%) e-Learning
7 80 (5.10%) Distributed Systems
8 77 (4.91%) Reference Data
9 70 (4.46%) Enterprise Cloud
10 66 (4.21%) Onboarding
11 56 (3.57%) CMDB
11 56 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
12 55 (3.51%) Cloud Native
13 42 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
13 42 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
14 38 (2.42%) Legacy Code
15 37 (2.36%) Public Cloud
16 35 (2.23%) Product Ownership
17 32 (2.04%) Media Streaming
18 31 (1.98%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 371 (23.66%) Linux
2 326 (20.79%) Windows
3 261 (16.65%) Android
4 245 (15.63%) Apple iOS
5 52 (3.32%) Unix
6 27 (1.72%) AIX
6 27 (1.72%) Solaris
7 10 (0.64%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.38%) 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 (0.064%) CentOS
11 1 (0.064%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.064%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 714 (45.54%) Agile
2 501 (31.95%) Full Stack Development
3 493 (31.44%) MVC
4 448 (28.57%) DevOps
5 411 (26.21%) OO
6 366 (23.34%) Software Engineering
7 350 (22.32%) OOP
8 336 (21.43%) Design Patterns
9 331 (21.11%) SOLID
10 315 (20.09%) Web Development
11 312 (19.90%) Mentoring
12 309 (19.71%) Artificial Intelligence
13 295 (18.81%) CI/CD
13 295 (18.81%) User Experience
14 284 (18.11%) Responsive Web Design
15 269 (17.16%) Problem-Solving
16 249 (15.88%) MVVM
17 242 (15.43%) Design Thinking
18 238 (15.18%) Co-Creation
19 234 (14.92%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 754 (48.09%) JavaScript
2 745 (47.51%) SQL
3 679 (43.30%) C#
4 450 (28.70%) Java
5 283 (18.05%) Python
6 144 (9.18%) T-SQL
7 133 (8.48%) Go
8 110 (7.02%) TypeScript
9 92 (5.87%) PHP
10 67 (4.27%) VB.NET
11 65 (4.15%) Prolog
11 65 (4.15%) SPARQL
12 63 (4.02%) VB
13 55 (3.51%) PowerShell
14 52 (3.32%) Shell Script
15 44 (2.81%) C
15 44 (2.81%) XPath
16 42 (2.68%) Scala
17 37 (2.36%) C++
18 28 (1.79%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 255 (16.26%) Degree
2 121 (7.72%) Security Cleared
3 86 (5.48%) Computer Science Degree
4 85 (5.42%) SC Cleared
5 45 (2.87%) Master's Degree
6 28 (1.79%) AWS Certification
7 26 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
8 21 (1.34%) Azure Certification
9 16 (1.02%) PhD
10 15 (0.96%) DBS Check
11 14 (0.89%) CISSP
12 11 (0.70%) MBA
12 11 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (0.51%) CISM
13 8 (0.51%) GIAC
14 6 (0.38%) SANS
15 5 (0.32%) HNC
15 5 (0.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 5 (0.32%) MCAD
16 4 (0.26%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (6.76%) QA
2 68 (4.34%) Accessibility
3 16 (1.02%) GDPR
4 14 (0.89%) NIST
5 9 (0.57%) COBIT
6 7 (0.45%) HIPAA
6 7 (0.45%) SLA
7 6 (0.38%) Web Application Security Consortium
8 5 (0.32%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 5 (0.32%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 4 (0.26%) PMO
10 3 (0.19%) EMIR
10 3 (0.19%) MiFID
11 2 (0.13%) DICOM
11 2 (0.13%) GRC
12 1 (0.064%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.064%) WCAG
System Software
1 178 (11.35%) Docker
2 90 (5.74%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.59%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.45%) Firmware
5 6 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.26%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.064%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.064%) etcd
8 1 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.064%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 102 (6.51%) Kubernetes
2 51 (3.25%) Ansible
3 37 (2.36%) Terraform
4 22 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (0.83%) WMI
6 7 (0.45%) Kibana
7 6 (0.38%) CloudHub
7 6 (0.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 5 (0.32%) HP Quality Center
8 5 (0.32%) Puppet
8 5 (0.32%) Suricata
9 4 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.26%) HAProxy
9 4 (0.26%) HP UCMDB
10 3 (0.19%) Check_MK
10 3 (0.19%) Control-M
10 3 (0.19%) Grafana
10 3 (0.19%) MIIS
10 3 (0.19%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.13%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 284 (18.11%) Microsoft
2 249 (15.88%) IBM
3 245 (15.63%) Red Hat
4 161 (10.27%) Oracle
5 62 (3.95%) ServiceNow
6 51 (3.25%) Google
7 40 (2.55%) Adobe
8 33 (2.10%) WSO2
9 30 (1.91%) HP
10 27 (1.72%) NEC
11 26 (1.66%) BMC
11 26 (1.66%) Remedy
12 23 (1.47%) Splunk
13 21 (1.34%) Salesforce
14 19 (1.21%) Cognizant
15 17 (1.08%) VMware
16 11 (0.70%) MuleSoft
17 10 (0.64%) Atlassian
17 10 (0.64%) Sybase
17 10 (0.64%) Xamarin