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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 182 203 144
Rank change year-on-year +21 -59 -36
Permanent jobs citing Web Services 1,559 1,860 4,742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.56% 1.87% 2.91%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.39% 6.18% 7.11%
Number of salaries quoted 872 1,348 2,334
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,671
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,375
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 £92,500
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 21,099 30,098 66,714
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.12% 30.26% 40.98%
Number of salaries quoted 15,738 18,568 30,087
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,853 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,939 £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 20 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 20 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 +9 1,265 £55,173 -15.12% 238
UK excluding London +38 1,123 £55,000 - 155
Work from Home -36 562 £57,500 -4.17% 136
London -31 387 £65,000 -16.82% 100
South East +14 323 £55,000 -4.35% 52
North of England +64 245 £55,173 +5.09% 36
Midlands +65 200 £52,500 -4.55% 29
North West +63 183 £60,000 +4.35% 20
Scotland +20 178 £65,000 -6.40% 7
East Midlands +74 129 £52,500 +5.00% 13
West Midlands +6 70 £55,000 - 16
East of England -52 65 £35,500 -40.83% 10
South West -52 58 £62,500 +20.19% 8
Yorkshire +41 48 £52,500 +16.67% 14
Northern Ireland +30 31 £48,500 +7.78% 9
Wales +6 25 £32,500 -40.15% 4
North East 0 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 (5.90%) IIS
2 64 (4.11%) Apache
3 60 (3.85%) CMS
4 38 (2.44%) OpenStack
5 35 (2.25%) Tomcat
6 29 (1.86%) SharePoint
7 28 (1.80%) JBoss
8 22 (1.41%) Red Hat Fuse
8 22 (1.41%) SAS
9 15 (0.96%) Confluence
10 10 (0.64%) EPiServer
11 8 (0.51%) BizTalk Server
12 7 (0.45%) WordPress
13 6 (0.38%) Drupal
13 6 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
14 5 (0.32%) ArcGIS
15 4 (0.26%) ColdFusion
15 4 (0.26%) nginx
16 3 (0.19%) GeoServer
17 2 (0.13%) Ethereum
Applications
1 23 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.28%) 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 (0.064%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 33 (2.12%) SDL Web 8
2 28 (1.80%) Remedy ITSM
3 27 (1.73%) NEC Housing
4 24 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
5 20 (1.28%) Payment Gateway
6 14 (0.90%) Adobe Campaign
7 12 (0.77%) Salesforce CRM
7 12 (0.77%) Shopify
8 6 (0.38%) Elite 3E
8 6 (0.38%) 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 (39.51%) Azure
2 302 (19.37%) AWS
3 258 (16.55%) Azure DevOps
4 244 (15.65%) IBM Cloud
5 202 (12.96%) Serverless
6 134 (8.60%) Azure Service Bus
7 133 (8.53%) Azure Functions
8 129 (8.27%) Azure API Management
9 126 (8.08%) Azure Logic Apps
10 97 (6.22%) SaaS
11 64 (4.11%) Power Platform
12 53 (3.40%) Amazon ECS
13 51 (3.27%) GCP
14 49 (3.14%) GitHub
15 48 (3.08%) Amazon EKS
16 39 (2.50%) PaaS
17 28 (1.80%) IaaS
18 27 (1.73%) PowerApps
19 25 (1.60%) Power Automate
20 21 (1.35%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 69 (4.43%) Kerberos
2 45 (2.89%) TCP/IP
3 35 (2.25%) HTTP
4 21 (1.35%) Internet
5 19 (1.22%) VPN
6 17 (1.09%) DNS
6 17 (1.09%) Network Security
7 15 (0.96%) SSH
8 14 (0.90%) Firewall
9 13 (0.83%) SNMP
10 12 (0.77%) SSL
11 11 (0.71%) SMTP
12 10 (0.64%) MQTT
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
1 398 (25.53%) NoSQL
2 390 (25.02%) PostgreSQL
3 352 (22.58%) SQL Server
4 275 (17.64%) MongoDB
5 270 (17.32%) Relational Database
6 240 (15.39%) DB2
7 118 (7.57%) MySQL
8 70 (4.49%) Metadata
9 49 (3.14%) Oracle Database
10 46 (2.95%) Power BI
11 39 (2.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 34 (2.18%) DynamoDB
13 33 (2.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 30 (1.92%) MS Access
15 23 (1.48%) RDBMS
16 19 (1.22%) Redis
17 18 (1.15%) Amazon Aurora
18 15 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
19 13 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
19 13 (0.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 363 (23.28%) Git
2 177 (11.35%) Jenkins
3 143 (9.17%) Visual Studio
4 103 (6.61%) JIRA
5 77 (4.94%) Bitbucket
6 65 (4.17%) Artifactory
7 42 (2.69%) TeamCity
8 40 (2.57%) Moq
9 35 (2.25%) NUnit
10 33 (2.12%) GitLab
11 32 (2.05%) Postman
12 29 (1.86%) Eclipse
13 28 (1.80%) Jasmine
13 28 (1.80%) JUnit
13 28 (1.80%) Karma Test Runner
13 28 (1.80%) Selenium
14 20 (1.28%) Maven
14 20 (1.28%) Oracle APEX
14 20 (1.28%) Team Foundation Server
15 19 (1.22%) JMeter
General
1 406 (26.04%) Finance
2 342 (21.94%) Social Skills
3 338 (21.68%) Public Sector
4 287 (18.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 172 (11.03%) Marketing
6 161 (10.33%) Law
7 89 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
8 81 (5.20%) Retail
9 66 (4.23%) Legal
10 55 (3.53%) Banking
11 40 (2.57%) Police
12 39 (2.50%) Local Government
13 24 (1.54%) Publishing
14 23 (1.48%) Back Office
14 23 (1.48%) Electronics
15 21 (1.35%) Billing
16 15 (0.96%) Investment Banking
17 14 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
18 13 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
19 11 (0.71%) French Language
Job Titles
1 809 (51.89%) Developer
2 300 (19.24%) Senior
3 263 (16.87%) Software Engineer
4 246 (15.78%) Full Stack Developer
5 173 (11.10%) Senior Developer
6 170 (10.90%) Full Stack Engineer
7 163 (10.46%) Lead
8 136 (8.72%) Azure Developer
9 111 (7.12%) Azure Engineer
10 110 (7.06%) C# Developer
11 105 (6.74%) .NET Developer
12 92 (5.90%) Lead Software Engineer
13 88 (5.64%) Architect
14 81 (5.20%) Senior Software Engineer
15 77 (4.94%) Java Developer
16 75 (4.81%) Java Engineer
17 71 (4.55%) Java Software Engineer
18 62 (3.98%) Software Developer
19 55 (3.53%) Full Stack Software Engineer
20 48 (3.08%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 709 (45.48%) .NET
2 695 (44.58%) REST
3 649 (41.63%) HTML
4 581 (37.27%) CSS
5 519 (33.29%) AngularJS
6 474 (30.40%) ASP.NET
7 437 (28.03%) XML
8 379 (24.31%) React
9 363 (23.28%) RESTful
10 351 (22.51%) jQuery
11 328 (21.04%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 324 (20.78%) JSON
13 314 (20.14%) Vue
14 299 (19.18%) SOAP
15 263 (16.87%) ASP.NET Core
16 248 (15.91%) Node.js
17 238 (15.27%) Backbone.js
17 238 (15.27%) Ember.js
18 177 (11.35%) Spring
19 150 (9.62%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 324 (20.78%) Algorithms
2 264 (16.93%) Data Structures
3 251 (16.10%) Hybrid Cloud
4 243 (15.59%) Blockchain
5 144 (9.24%) Management Information System
6 114 (7.31%) e-Learning
7 79 (5.07%) Reference Data
8 78 (5.00%) Distributed Systems
9 70 (4.49%) Enterprise Cloud
10 63 (4.04%) Onboarding
11 57 (3.66%) Legacy Systems
12 56 (3.59%) CMDB
13 52 (3.34%) Cloud Native
14 40 (2.57%) Enterprise Software
15 38 (2.44%) Public Cloud
16 35 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
17 34 (2.18%) Legacy Code
18 33 (2.12%) Product Ownership
19 26 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
20 19 (1.22%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 370 (23.73%) Linux
2 326 (20.91%) Windows
3 265 (17.00%) Android
4 249 (15.97%) Apple iOS
5 51 (3.27%) Unix
6 27 (1.73%) AIX
6 27 (1.73%) Solaris
7 9 (0.58%) 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
Processes & Methodologies
1 706 (45.29%) Agile
2 495 (31.75%) Full Stack Development
3 490 (31.43%) MVC
4 437 (28.03%) DevOps
5 404 (25.91%) OO
6 367 (23.54%) Software Engineering
7 350 (22.45%) OOP
8 333 (21.36%) Design Patterns
9 318 (20.40%) SOLID
10 314 (20.14%) Web Development
11 312 (20.01%) Mentoring
12 307 (19.69%) Artificial Intelligence
12 307 (19.69%) User Experience
13 289 (18.54%) CI/CD
14 281 (18.02%) Responsive Web Design
15 255 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
16 249 (15.97%) MVVM
17 242 (15.52%) Design Thinking
18 238 (15.27%) Co-Creation
19 234 (15.01%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 761 (48.81%) JavaScript
2 748 (47.98%) SQL
3 677 (43.43%) C#
4 453 (29.06%) Java
5 285 (18.28%) Python
6 147 (9.43%) T-SQL
7 132 (8.47%) Go
8 109 (6.99%) TypeScript
9 93 (5.97%) PHP
10 65 (4.17%) Prolog
10 65 (4.17%) SPARQL
11 63 (4.04%) VB
11 63 (4.04%) VB.NET
12 56 (3.59%) PowerShell
13 53 (3.40%) Shell Script
14 44 (2.82%) C
15 42 (2.69%) XPath
16 38 (2.44%) C++
17 28 (1.80%) VB6
18 26 (1.67%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 241 (15.46%) Degree
2 140 (8.98%) Security Cleared
3 105 (6.74%) SC Cleared
4 76 (4.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (2.76%) Master's Degree
6 29 (1.86%) AWS Certification
7 25 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 22 (1.41%) Azure Certification
9 15 (0.96%) DBS Check
10 14 (0.90%) CISSP
11 13 (0.83%) PhD
12 11 (0.71%) MBA
12 11 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (0.51%) CISM
13 8 (0.51%) GIAC
13 8 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 6 (0.38%) SANS
15 5 (0.32%) HNC
15 5 (0.32%) MCAD
16 4 (0.26%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (6.86%) QA
2 66 (4.23%) Accessibility
3 20 (1.28%) NIST
4 16 (1.03%) GDPR
5 15 (0.96%) COBIT
6 13 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.71%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.45%) HIPAA
9 6 (0.38%) SLA
9 6 (0.38%) 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 (0.064%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.064%) WCAG
System Software
1 185 (11.87%) Docker
2 85 (5.45%) Active Directory
3 29 (1.86%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.45%) Firmware
5 6 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.26%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.064%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.064%) etcd
8 1 (0.064%) RACF
8 1 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.064%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 110 (7.06%) Kubernetes
2 57 (3.66%) Ansible
3 43 (2.76%) Terraform
4 20 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (0.83%) WMI
6 6 (0.38%) CloudHub
6 6 (0.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 6 (0.38%) 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
1 287 (18.41%) Microsoft
2 250 (16.04%) IBM
3 245 (15.72%) Red Hat
4 156 (10.01%) Oracle
5 64 (4.11%) ServiceNow
6 50 (3.21%) Google
7 38 (2.44%) WSO2
8 37 (2.37%) Adobe
9 32 (2.05%) HP
10 28 (1.80%) BMC
10 28 (1.80%) Remedy
11 27 (1.73%) NEC
12 24 (1.54%) Salesforce
13 22 (1.41%) Splunk
14 18 (1.15%) VMware
15 16 (1.03%) Cognizant
16 13 (0.83%) MuleSoft
17 10 (0.64%) Atlassian
17 10 (0.64%) Twitter
17 10 (0.64%) Xamarin