The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring WebSockets skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
2 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
115 |
110 |
129 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-5 |
+19 |
+44 |
| Contract jobs citing WebSockets |
4 |
3 |
5 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the City of London |
0.21% |
0.16% |
0.21% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category |
0.95% |
0.61% |
0.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
3 |
2 |
2 |
| 10th Percentile |
£393 |
£543 |
£537 |
| 25th Percentile |
£438 |
£569 |
£583 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£525 |
£650 |
£669 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-19.23% |
-2.80% |
-10.83% |
| 75th Percentile |
£694 |
£744 |
£758 |
| 90th Percentile |
£788 |
£778 |
£806 |
| Central London median daily rate |
£525 |
£650 |
£669 |
| % change year-on-year |
-19.23% |
-2.80% |
-10.83% |
WebSockets 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 the City of London.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills |
419 |
492 |
549 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London |
22.49% |
26.52% |
22.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
297 |
301 |
391 |
| 10th Percentile |
£362 |
£413 |
£400 |
| 25th Percentile |
£431 |
£481 |
£463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£540 |
£580 |
£575 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-6.90% |
+0.87% |
-8.00% |
| 75th Percentile |
£675 |
£675 |
£688 |
| 90th Percentile |
£775 |
£756 |
£800 |
| Central London median daily rate |
£539 |
£575 |
£573 |
| % change year-on-year |
-6.30% |
+0.44% |
-7.66% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£42.50 |
£36.75 |
£46.25 |
| Median hourly rate |
£45.00 |
£38.50 |
£47.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+16.88% |
-18.95% |
-20.17% |
| 75th Percentile |
£47.50 |
£40.25 |
£48.75 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| Central London median hourly rate |
£45.00 |
£38.50 |
£47.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
+16.88% |
-18.95% |
-20.17% |
