WSE Contract Job Trends in Central London

Web Services Enhancements (WSE)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring WSE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WSE 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.16% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.68% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
London median daily rate - - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Central London

WSE 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 438 565 750
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 23.42% 24.04% 24.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 351 506
10th Percentile £377 £413 £413
25th Percentile £443 £500 £482
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £620
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £675 £711 £713
90th Percentile £762 £838 £825
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £52.83 £27.67 £46.93
25th Percentile £55.99 £31.07 £47.94
Median hourly rate £62.50 £38.50 £50.25
Median % change year-on-year +62.34% -23.38% -15.90%
75th Percentile £76.25 £41.00 £51.94
90th Percentile £83.75 £41.45 £52.58
London median hourly rate £51.97 £42.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +22.28% -29.17% -7.69%

WSE
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WSE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

WSE job vacancy trend in Central London

WSE
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing WSE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing WSE

WSE
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WSE within the Central London region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
West End of London - 3 - -
WSE
London

WSE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Web Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Java Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Web Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 3 (100.00%) Microservices
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Go
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) Kotlin
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA