Web Development Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Web Development
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Web Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 120 107
Rank change year-on-year +5 -13 +47
Contract jobs citing Web Development 11 8 40
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.62% 0.37% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.41% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 16
10th Percentile £474 £211 £211
25th Percentile £483 £272 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £504 £563
Median % change year-on-year +2.53% -10.44% -25.00%
75th Percentile £634 £752 £700
90th Percentile £854 £831 £775
Central London median daily rate £517 £504 £538
% change year-on-year +2.53% -6.28% -23.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Web Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,658 1,960 2,431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 92.99% 91.67% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,162 1,199 1,718
10th Percentile £332 £376 £363
25th Percentile £418 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £690
90th Percentile £756 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 17 13
10th Percentile £17.02 £16.70 -
25th Percentile £20.18 £22.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £28.25 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.53% +54.55% -46.08%
75th Percentile £43.33 £112.00 £53.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £72.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.75 £35.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year -20.71% +30.84% -42.93%

Web Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Web Development relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Web Development job vacancy trend in the City of London

Web Development
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Web Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Web Development

Web Development
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Development in the City of London over the 6 months to 24 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Web Development in the City of London

Web Development
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Web Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Web Development

Web Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) SaaS
2 1 (9.09%) Cloud Run
2 1 (9.09%) Figma
2 1 (9.09%) GCP
2 1 (9.09%) GitHub
2 1 (9.09%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Mixpanel
1 2 (18.18%) NoSQL
2 1 (9.09%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Git
1 2 (18.18%) Visual Website Optimizer
2 1 (9.09%) Cypress.io
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Marketing
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Front Office
3 1 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Full-Stack Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Salesforce Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Conversion Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Full-Stack Web Developer
4 1 (9.09%) MiFID Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) React Developer
4 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (90.91%) CSS
1 10 (90.91%) HTML
2 4 (36.36%) REST
3 3 (27.27%) Visualforce
4 2 (18.18%) .NET
4 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET
4 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET Core
4 2 (18.18%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (18.18%) Node.js
4 2 (18.18%) React
4 2 (18.18%) RESTful
4 2 (18.18%) SOAP
4 2 (18.18%) Vue
4 2 (18.18%) Web Services
5 1 (9.09%) FastAPI
5 1 (9.09%) Flask
5 1 (9.09%) HTML5
5 1 (9.09%) LangGraph
5 1 (9.09%) Pandas
5 1 (9.09%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Genomics
2 1 (9.09%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) A/B Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (18.18%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (18.18%) Analytics
4 2 (18.18%) Cohort Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
4 2 (18.18%) Customer Journey Map
4 2 (18.18%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 2 (18.18%) Customer-Centricity
4 2 (18.18%) Dashboard Development
4 2 (18.18%) Design Patterns
4 2 (18.18%) Funnel Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) Journey Map
4 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
4 2 (18.18%) SOLID
4 2 (18.18%) Storytelling
4 2 (18.18%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (27.27%) Apex Code
2 3 (27.27%) SQL
3 2 (18.18%) C#
3 2 (18.18%) Python
4 1 (9.09%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) Degree
3 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) WCAG
2 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 1 (9.09%) MiFID
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Google
1 3 (27.27%) Salesforce
2 2 (18.18%) Amplitude
2 2 (18.18%) Hotjar
2 2 (18.18%) Optimizely
3 1 (9.09%) Bloomberg
3 1 (9.09%) Cloudera
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow