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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 111 108
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 +41
Contract jobs citing Web Development 15 16 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.85% 0.77% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 0.84% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 18
10th Percentile £449 £454 £432
25th Percentile £475 £500 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £613
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% -10.20% -2.00%
75th Percentile £598 £750 £775
90th Percentile £646 £825 £790
Central London median daily rate £520 £523 £588
% change year-on-year -0.48% -11.06% -6.00%

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 1,657 1,905 2,747
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.20% 92.07% 90.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,207 1,901
10th Percentile £325 £375 £363
25th Percentile £415 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £706
90th Percentile £763 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 17 16
10th Percentile £17.35 £15.20 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.98 £20.22 £16.02
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% +8.00% -41.86%
75th Percentile £53.50 £78.75 £44.87
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -10.71% +34.62% -38.82%

Web Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Web Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Web Development 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 16 September 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 and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) CMS
1 1 (6.67%) Drupal
1 1 (6.67%) Kentico
1 1 (6.67%) Sitecore CMS
1 1 (6.67%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
1 2 (13.33%) SaaS
2 1 (6.67%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (13.33%) Mixpanel
2 2 (13.33%) NoSQL
3 1 (6.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Visual Website Optimizer
2 1 (6.67%) Git
2 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Banking
2 3 (20.00%) Corporate Banking
2 3 (20.00%) Investment Banking
2 3 (20.00%) Marketing
2 3 (20.00%) Retail
2 3 (20.00%) Retail Banking
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (73.33%) Developer
2 6 (40.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Full-Stack Python Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Gen AI Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Python Developer
3 3 (20.00%) React Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Salesforce Developer
3 3 (20.00%) SQL Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Conversion Specialist
5 1 (6.67%) Digital Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 1 (6.67%) Full-Stack Web Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Lead
5 1 (6.67%) Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Technical Leader
5 1 (6.67%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (93.33%) HTML
2 11 (73.33%) CSS
3 4 (26.67%) Flask
4 3 (20.00%) FastAPI
4 3 (20.00%) jQuery
4 3 (20.00%) JSON
4 3 (20.00%) React
4 3 (20.00%) REST
4 3 (20.00%) SQLAlchemy
4 3 (20.00%) Visualforce
5 2 (13.33%) .NET
5 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET
5 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET Core
5 2 (13.33%) Node.js
5 2 (13.33%) RESTful
5 2 (13.33%) Vue
5 2 (13.33%) Web Services
6 1 (6.67%) AngularJS
6 1 (6.67%) Pandas
6 1 (6.67%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.67%) Algorithms
2 1 (6.67%) Data Structures
2 1 (6.67%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Agile
2 7 (46.67%) Full-Stack Development
3 5 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 4 (26.67%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
4 4 (26.67%) Data Modelling
4 4 (26.67%) User Experience
4 4 (26.67%) UX Design
5 3 (20.00%) API Development
5 3 (20.00%) Generative AI
5 3 (20.00%) Project Management
5 3 (20.00%) Responsive Web Design
5 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
5 3 (20.00%) SQL Optimisation
5 3 (20.00%) Wealth Management
6 2 (13.33%) Customer Journey Map
6 2 (13.33%) Design Patterns
6 2 (13.33%) Journey Map
6 2 (13.33%) Roadmaps
6 2 (13.33%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 14 (93.33%) JavaScript
2 8 (53.33%) SQL
3 4 (26.67%) Python
4 3 (20.00%) Apex Code
5 2 (13.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
1 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
1 1 (6.67%) QA
1 1 (6.67%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Oracle
1 3 (20.00%) Salesforce
2 2 (13.33%) Amplitude
2 2 (13.33%) Google
2 2 (13.33%) Hotjar
2 2 (13.33%) Optimizely
3 1 (6.67%) Bloomberg
3 1 (6.67%) Cloudera
3 1 (6.67%) OutSystems
3 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.67%) Sitecore