Web Services Contracts with Work from Home Options

Web Services
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Web Services skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Web Services over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 199 128
Rank change year-on-year +74 -71 +1
Contract jobs citing Web Services 261 309 923
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.73% 1.23% 2.09%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.19% 4.88% 7.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 212 623
10th Percentile £412 £415 £381
25th Percentile £463 £459 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £531 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.53% +1.19% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £627
90th Percentile £663 £738 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 12
10th Percentile £51.50 £52.58 -
25th Percentile £53.75 £54.56 £48.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £59.75 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% -0.42% +50.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.56 £62.15
90th Percentile £64.50 £67.93 £63.14
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £63.25
% change year-on-year -10.34% +14.62% +58.13%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,628 6,337 13,079
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 24.03% 25.22% 29.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,546 4,711 9,657
10th Percentile £331 £395 £400
25th Percentile £429 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +13.40%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £788 £750 £731
UK median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.91% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 80 116
10th Percentile £24.68 £22.50 £21.00
25th Percentile - £43.60 £35.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +27.55% +8.89%
75th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 £60.31
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £67.65
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.65
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.93% +10.32%

Web Services
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Web Services as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Web Services trend for jobs with a WFH option

Web Services
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Web Services.

Web Services daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Web Services
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Web Services over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Web Services daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Web Services
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Web Services.

Web Services hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Web Services
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 7 (2.68%) Confluence
1 7 (2.68%) Oracle Workflow
1 7 (2.68%) WebSphere
2 6 (2.30%) Apache
2 6 (2.30%) Mule
2 6 (2.30%) WebLogic
3 5 (1.92%) Anypoint
3 5 (1.92%) IIS
3 5 (1.92%) Mule ESB
4 4 (1.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (1.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (1.15%) WordPress
6 2 (0.77%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.77%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.77%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.38%) Appian
7 1 (0.38%) CMS
7 1 (0.38%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.38%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.38%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (3.07%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.53%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.38%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 4 (1.53%) SAP EWM
1 4 (1.53%) SAP S/4HANA
1 4 (1.53%) Shopify
1 4 (1.53%) Temenos T24
2 2 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.38%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 93 (35.63%) Azure
2 76 (29.12%) AWS
3 18 (6.90%) GitHub
4 12 (4.60%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (3.83%) WhatsApp
6 9 (3.45%) Serverless
7 8 (3.07%) Power Platform
8 7 (2.68%) GCP
9 5 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (1.92%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.92%) PowerApps
9 5 (1.92%) SaaS
9 5 (1.92%) Twilio
10 4 (1.53%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (1.53%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (1.53%) Amazon SQS
10 4 (1.53%) Apigee
10 4 (1.53%) Azure API Management
10 4 (1.53%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (1.53%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 34 (13.03%) SSL
2 8 (3.07%) VoIP
3 5 (1.92%) CTI
4 4 (1.53%) LAN
4 4 (1.53%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.53%) VPN
4 4 (1.53%) WAN
5 3 (1.15%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (1.15%) Internet
5 3 (1.15%) MPLS
5 3 (1.15%) PBX
5 3 (1.15%) WLAN
6 2 (0.77%) HTTP
6 2 (0.77%) Network Security
7 1 (0.38%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.38%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 1 (0.38%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (0.38%) Firewall
7 1 (0.38%) FTP
7 1 (0.38%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (11.49%) MySQL
1 30 (11.49%) SQL Server
2 15 (5.75%) Oracle Reports
3 13 (4.98%) Relational Database
4 12 (4.60%) NoSQL
5 10 (3.83%) Oracle Database
6 8 (3.07%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (3.07%) MongoDB
6 8 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (2.68%) OLTP
8 5 (1.92%) Power BI
8 5 (1.92%) SAP HANA
8 5 (1.92%) Siebel EIM
9 4 (1.53%) Big Data
9 4 (1.53%) OLAP
9 4 (1.53%) Oracle OLAP
10 3 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (1.15%) Data Lake
10 3 (1.15%) DB2
11 2 (0.77%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (11.11%) Git
2 18 (6.90%) JIRA
3 17 (6.51%) Jenkins
4 11 (4.21%) Selenium
5 8 (3.07%) Eclipse
6 6 (2.30%) Maven
7 5 (1.92%) Cucumber
7 5 (1.92%) SonarQube
8 4 (1.53%) JMeter
8 4 (1.53%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (1.15%) Bitbucket
9 3 (1.15%) GitLab
9 3 (1.15%) HP UFT
9 3 (1.15%) JUnit
9 3 (1.15%) Katalon Studio
9 3 (1.15%) SoapUI
9 3 (1.15%) Visual Studio
9 3 (1.15%) Visual Studio Team System
10 2 (0.77%) Gatling
10 2 (0.77%) Postman
General
1 67 (25.67%) Social Skills
2 55 (21.07%) Finance
3 26 (9.96%) Banking
4 25 (9.58%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (8.43%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.83%) Financial Institution
7 9 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (3.45%) Retail
7 9 (3.45%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.68%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (2.30%) Billing
9 6 (2.30%) Marketing
10 5 (1.92%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.15%) Tech for Good
12 2 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.77%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.38%) Electronics
13 1 (0.38%) Front Office
13 1 (0.38%) Legal
13 1 (0.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 111 (42.53%) Developer
2 63 (24.14%) Architect
3 27 (10.34%) Consultant
4 25 (9.58%) Senior
5 18 (6.90%) Senior Developer
6 17 (6.51%) Lead
6 17 (6.51%) ServiceNow Developer
7 13 (4.98%) Software Engineer
8 11 (4.21%) Full Stack Developer
8 11 (4.21%) Java Developer
9 10 (3.83%) .NET Developer
9 10 (3.83%) Analyst
9 10 (3.83%) SailPoint Developer
9 10 (3.83%) ServiceNow Consultant
9 10 (3.83%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (3.45%) Technical Consultant
11 8 (3.07%) Business Analyst
12 7 (2.68%) C# Developer
12 7 (2.68%) Lead Developer
12 7 (2.68%) SailPoint Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (22.22%) REST
2 48 (18.39%) HTML
3 43 (16.48%) .NET
4 42 (16.09%) SOAP
5 34 (13.03%) XML
6 33 (12.64%) CSS
7 29 (11.11%) RESTful
8 27 (10.34%) Spring
9 24 (9.20%) LDAP
10 23 (8.81%) SailPoint
11 22 (8.43%) Node.js
12 20 (7.66%) Spring Boot
13 19 (7.28%) ASP.NET
14 18 (6.90%) JSP
14 18 (6.90%) Servlets
15 17 (6.51%) AngularJS
15 17 (6.51%) JSON
16 16 (6.13%) jQuery
17 15 (5.75%) JDBC
17 15 (5.75%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (13.41%) PKI
2 16 (6.13%) Onboarding
3 9 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (3.07%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.07%) Mobile App
5 6 (2.30%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.92%) IVR
7 4 (1.53%) CMDB
7 4 (1.53%) DataPower
7 4 (1.53%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.15%) Hedge funds
8 3 (1.15%) IoT
8 3 (1.15%) Life Science
8 3 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.77%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.77%) Derivative
9 2 (0.77%) Distributed Applications
9 2 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 27 (10.34%) Linux
2 10 (3.83%) Android
2 10 (3.83%) Windows
3 9 (3.45%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.15%) Unix
5 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.38%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (24.14%) Agile
2 36 (13.79%) Cryptography
3 35 (13.41%) DevOps
3 35 (13.41%) Key Management
4 32 (12.26%) Test Automation
5 31 (11.88%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (10.73%) ITSM
7 27 (10.34%) Service Management
8 26 (9.96%) Service Delivery
9 25 (9.58%) CI/CD
9 25 (9.58%) Customer Service
10 24 (9.20%) Microservices
10 24 (9.20%) Scrum
10 24 (9.20%) Software Engineering
11 23 (8.81%) Asset Management
12 22 (8.43%) OO
13 21 (8.05%) IT Asset Management
13 21 (8.05%) Operations Management
14 20 (7.66%) Analytics
14 20 (7.66%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 84 (32.18%) Java
2 67 (25.67%) JavaScript
3 52 (19.92%) SQL
4 40 (15.33%) C#
5 13 (4.98%) Python
6 10 (3.83%) Scala
7 7 (2.68%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.92%) ABAP
9 4 (1.53%) C++
9 4 (1.53%) Ruby
9 4 (1.53%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.15%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.77%) Go
11 2 (0.77%) PHP
11 2 (0.77%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.77%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.77%) XPath
12 1 (0.38%) Bicep
12 1 (0.38%) DataFlex
12 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (25.29%) Security Cleared
2 51 (19.54%) Degree
3 50 (19.16%) SC Cleared
4 20 (7.66%) DV Cleared
5 11 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (2.68%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (2.30%) ISTQB
9 4 (1.53%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (1.15%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (1.15%) CCIE
10 3 (1.15%) CCIE Data Center
10 3 (1.15%) CCNP
10 3 (1.15%) CISSP
10 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.15%) SANS
11 2 (0.77%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.13%) QA
2 8 (3.07%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.15%) GRC
3 3 (1.15%) WCAG
4 2 (0.77%) GDPR
4 2 (0.77%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.77%) HL7
4 2 (0.77%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.77%) SLA
4 2 (0.77%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.38%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 56 (21.46%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.75%) ACF2
2 15 (5.75%) IAG
2 15 (5.75%) RACF
3 13 (4.98%) Docker
4 3 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.77%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (3.83%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.45%) Terraform
3 5 (1.92%) CloudHub
4 4 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.15%) Grafana
6 2 (0.77%) Ansible
6 2 (0.77%) Kibana
7 1 (0.38%) Forefront Identity Manager
7 1 (0.38%) logstash
7 1 (0.38%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 49 (18.77%) ServiceNow
2 44 (16.86%) Oracle
3 25 (9.58%) Microsoft
4 15 (5.75%) SAP
4 15 (5.75%) Sybase
5 12 (4.60%) Google
6 11 (4.21%) Adobe
7 10 (3.83%) Salesforce
8 8 (3.07%) Cisco
8 8 (3.07%) Guidewire
8 8 (3.07%) IBM
9 7 (2.68%) Genesys
10 5 (1.92%) Avaya
10 5 (1.92%) CA Agile Central
10 5 (1.92%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.92%) Siebel
10 5 (1.92%) Splunk
11 4 (1.53%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.53%) TSYS
12 3 (1.15%) Atlassian