Web Services Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Web Services
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Web Services skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 86 43
Rank change year-on-year -8 -43 +30
Contract jobs citing Web Services 19 17 90
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.29% 1.12% 5.18%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.55% 5.63% 33.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 11 5
10th Percentile £375 £425 £336
25th Percentile £463 £475 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £580 £410
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +41.46% -14.58%
75th Percentile £591 £681 £450
90th Percentile £693 £800 £540
South East median daily rate £505 £563 £525
% change year-on-year -10.22% +7.14% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £54.86
25th Percentile - - £55.31
Median hourly rate - - £56.06
75th Percentile - - £73.16
90th Percentile - - £83.41
South East median hourly rate - - £58.03
% change year-on-year - - -22.63%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Berkshire

Web Services falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 290 302 267
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 19.71% 19.88% 15.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 203 131
10th Percentile £363 £380 £308
25th Percentile £413 £423 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £580 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +16.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £600
90th Percentile £644 £670 £675
South East median daily rate £481 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -6.67% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 6
10th Percentile - £32.14 £35.70
25th Percentile - £38.72 £54.94
Median hourly rate £81.00 £50.87 £72.28
Median % change year-on-year +59.22% -29.62% -4.58%
75th Percentile £81.25 £63.46 £90.25
90th Percentile £81.70 £70.31 -
South East median hourly rate £48.75 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -22.00% - -2.09%

Web Services
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Web Services job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Web Services
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Web Services.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Web Services

Web Services
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Services in Berkshire over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Web Services in Berkshire

Web Services
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Web Services.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Web Services

Web Services
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Services within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 18 December 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +5 8 £423 -27.07% 4
Slough - 6 £591 -
Windsor -5 1 - -
Web Services
South East

Web Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (15.79%) NetWeaver
2 1 (5.26%) Jupyter
Business Applications
1 5 (26.32%) SAP MDG
1 5 (26.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (15.79%) SAP MDG-F
2 3 (15.79%) SAP MDG-M
2 3 (15.79%) SAP MDG-S
3 2 (10.53%) Remedy AR System
3 2 (10.53%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) Azure
2 4 (21.05%) AWS
2 4 (21.05%) GCP
3 2 (10.53%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (10.53%) Oracle Service Cloud
3 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.26%) Boomi
4 1 (5.26%) iPaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) SAP HANA
2 3 (15.79%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (5.26%) MySQL
3 1 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (5.26%) Power BI
3 1 (5.26%) Relational Database
3 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Git
General
1 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.53%) Finance
5 1 (5.26%) Billing
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Developer
2 4 (21.05%) Lead
3 3 (15.79%) Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Consultant
3 3 (15.79%) Senior
3 3 (15.79%) Senior Developer
4 2 (10.53%) ABAP Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Integration Developer
4 2 (10.53%) SAP Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) SAP Developer
4 2 (10.53%) SAP MDG Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) .NET Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Oracle Architect
5 1 (5.26%) Python Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Remedy Architect
5 1 (5.26%) Salesforce Developer
5 1 (5.26%) SAP Financial Leader
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Python Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Workday Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (26.32%) REST
2 4 (21.05%) BAPI
2 4 (21.05%) SOAP
3 2 (10.53%) .NET
3 2 (10.53%) AngularJS
3 2 (10.53%) IDoc
3 2 (10.53%) jQuery
3 2 (10.53%) Middleware
3 2 (10.53%) Node.js
3 2 (10.53%) React
3 2 (10.53%) SAP Basis
3 2 (10.53%) SAP Smart Forms
4 1 (5.26%) ATL
4 1 (5.26%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (5.26%) NumPy
4 1 (5.26%) Pandas
4 1 (5.26%) Plotly
4 1 (5.26%) RESTful
4 1 (5.26%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Client/Server
1 2 (10.53%) CMDB
2 1 (5.26%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Android
1 2 (10.53%) Apple iOS
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
2 1 (5.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Data Modelling
2 6 (31.58%) OO
3 5 (26.32%) Agile
3 5 (26.32%) Unit Testing
4 4 (21.05%) Architectural Design
4 4 (21.05%) Data Migration
4 4 (21.05%) ERP
4 4 (21.05%) Migration
4 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (15.79%) Data Design
5 3 (15.79%) OOP
5 3 (15.79%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (15.79%) Technical Architecture
6 2 (10.53%) API Development
6 2 (10.53%) Data Validation
6 2 (10.53%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 2 (10.53%) Model Validation
6 2 (10.53%) Performance Tuning
6 2 (10.53%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 8 (42.11%) SQL
2 5 (26.32%) ABAP
3 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
4 2 (10.53%) Java
5 1 (5.26%) Apex Code
5 1 (5.26%) C#
5 1 (5.26%) Python
5 1 (5.26%) X++
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.26%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) SAP
2 3 (15.79%) Oracle
3 2 (10.53%) BMC
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.53%) Remedy
4 1 (5.26%) Google
4 1 (5.26%) Salesforce