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 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 102 105
Rank change year-on-year -15 +3 +19
Contract jobs citing Web Development 8 14 24
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.40% 0.78% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.85% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 13
10th Percentile £475 £211 £175
25th Percentile £498 £437 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £593 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% +24.74% -36.67%
75th Percentile £785 £650 £513
90th Percentile £856 £781 £758
Central London median daily rate £556 £593 £475
% change year-on-year -6.12% +24.74% -36.67%

All Process & 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 1,795 1,655 2,106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.77% 91.64% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,244 1,039 1,497
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £431 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £575 £568
Median % change year-on-year -5.87% +1.32% -5.42%
75th Percentile £669 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 10 13
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £26.25 £18.93
Median hourly rate £28.00 £35.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.13% +42.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £47.50 £47.50 £41.84
90th Percentile £59.72 £112.00 £49.55
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -20.54%

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 9 March 2026.

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) CMS
1 1 (12.50%) Kentico
1 1 (12.50%) Sitefinity
1 1 (12.50%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Figma
1 2 (25.00%) SaaS
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Run
2 1 (12.50%) GCP
2 1 (12.50%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Visual Website Optimizer
2 1 (12.50%) Cypress.io
2 1 (12.50%) Git
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Marketing
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Front Office
3 1 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (12.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Conversion Specialist
2 2 (25.00%) Salesforce Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Design Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Engineering Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) MiFID Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (75.00%) CSS
1 6 (75.00%) HTML
2 4 (50.00%) React
3 2 (25.00%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (25.00%) REST
3 2 (25.00%) SOAP
3 2 (25.00%) Visualforce
4 1 (12.50%) .NET
4 1 (12.50%) AngularJS
4 1 (12.50%) FastAPI
4 1 (12.50%) HTML5
4 1 (12.50%) LangGraph
4 1 (12.50%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) Genomics
2 1 (12.50%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Android
1 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) E-Commerce
2 2 (25.00%) A/B Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (25.00%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) AI
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (25.00%) Analytics
2 2 (25.00%) Cohort Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
2 2 (25.00%) Customer Journey Map
2 2 (25.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
2 2 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
2 2 (25.00%) Funnel Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Product Marketing
2 2 (25.00%) Psychology
2 2 (25.00%) Storytelling
2 2 (25.00%) User Experience
2 2 (25.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) JavaScript
2 3 (37.50%) TypeScript
3 2 (25.00%) Apex Code
3 2 (25.00%) Python
3 2 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (12.50%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) WCAG
2 1 (12.50%) MiFID
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Google
2 2 (25.00%) Amplitude
2 2 (25.00%) Hotjar
2 2 (25.00%) Optimizely
2 2 (25.00%) Salesforce