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 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 119 105
Rank change year-on-year +12 -14 +37
Contract jobs citing Web Development 16 7 42
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.95% 0.33% 1.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 0.36% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 17
10th Percentile £464 £308 £348
25th Percentile £475 £453 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £523 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% -9.13% -
75th Percentile £658 £825 £775
90th Percentile £839 £833 £795
Central London median daily rate £521 £523 £575
% change year-on-year -0.38% -9.13% -14.81%

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 1,597 1,935 2,580
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.50% 91.88% 89.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,094 1,193 1,796
10th Percentile £325 £375 £363
25th Percentile £420 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £598
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -3.77% +3.91%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £764 £787 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% +2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 17 17
10th Percentile £16.85 £16.70 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.18 £23.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £26.57 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.48% +54.55% -36.22%
75th Percentile £36.00 £112.00 £46.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £59.30
Central London median hourly rate £27.04 £35.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year -22.76% +30.84% -37.43%

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 20 October 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) CMS
1 1 (6.25%) Drupal
1 1 (6.25%) Kentico
1 1 (6.25%) Sitecore CMS
1 1 (6.25%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Azure
1 2 (12.50%) SaaS
2 1 (6.25%) Cloud Run
2 1 (6.25%) Figma
2 1 (6.25%) GCP
2 1 (6.25%) GitHub
2 1 (6.25%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Mixpanel
1 2 (12.50%) NoSQL
1 2 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (6.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Git
1 2 (12.50%) Visual Website Optimizer
2 1 (6.25%) Cypress.io
2 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Marketing
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Banking
3 2 (12.50%) Corporate Banking
3 2 (12.50%) Investment Banking
3 2 (12.50%) Retail
3 2 (12.50%) Retail Banking
4 1 (6.25%) Finance
4 1 (6.25%) Front Office
4 1 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (68.75%) Developer
2 5 (31.25%) Full-Stack Developer
3 3 (18.75%) React Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Salesforce Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Conversion Specialist
4 2 (12.50%) Full-Stack Python Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Gen AI Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Project Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Python Developer
4 2 (12.50%) SQL Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Digital Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 1 (6.25%) Full-Stack Web Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Lead
5 1 (6.25%) MiFID Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Technical Leader
5 1 (6.25%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (87.50%) HTML
2 12 (75.00%) CSS
3 4 (25.00%) React
4 3 (18.75%) FastAPI
4 3 (18.75%) Flask
4 3 (18.75%) jQuery
4 3 (18.75%) REST
4 3 (18.75%) Visualforce
5 2 (12.50%) .NET
5 2 (12.50%) ASP.NET
5 2 (12.50%) ASP.NET Core
5 2 (12.50%) JSON
5 2 (12.50%) Node.js
5 2 (12.50%) RESTful
5 2 (12.50%) SQLAlchemy
5 2 (12.50%) Vue
5 2 (12.50%) Web Services
6 1 (6.25%) LangGraph
6 1 (6.25%) Playwright
6 1 (6.25%) Twig
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.25%) Algorithms
2 1 (6.25%) Data Structures
2 1 (6.25%) Genomics
2 1 (6.25%) Life Science
2 1 (6.25%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Agile
2 7 (43.75%) Full-Stack Development
3 5 (31.25%) Mentoring
4 4 (25.00%) AI
4 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 4 (25.00%) User Experience
4 4 (25.00%) UX Design
5 3 (18.75%) Data Modelling
5 3 (18.75%) Project Management
5 3 (18.75%) Responsive Web Design
6 2 (12.50%) Analytics
6 2 (12.50%) API Development
6 2 (12.50%) Cohort Analysis
6 2 (12.50%) Dashboard Development
6 2 (12.50%) Funnel Analysis
6 2 (12.50%) MVVM
6 2 (12.50%) Product Marketing
6 2 (12.50%) SOLID
6 2 (12.50%) SQL Optimisation
6 2 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 15 (93.75%) JavaScript
2 7 (43.75%) SQL
3 4 (25.00%) Python
4 3 (18.75%) Apex Code
5 2 (12.50%) C#
6 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Degree
2 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (18.75%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
1 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
1 1 (6.25%) MiFID
1 1 (6.25%) QA
1 1 (6.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Google
1 3 (18.75%) Salesforce
2 2 (12.50%) Amplitude
2 2 (12.50%) Hotjar
2 2 (12.50%) Optimizely
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (6.25%) Bloomberg
3 1 (6.25%) Cloudera
3 1 (6.25%) OutSystems
3 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.25%) Sitecore