Web Services Contracts in Edinburgh

Web Services
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Web Services skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Web Services over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 65 79
Rank change year-on-year +5 +14 +24
Contract jobs citing Web Services 7 9 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.07% 1.05% 1.87%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.79% 4.84% 6.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 10
10th Percentile £298 £276 £175
25th Percentile £360 £362 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £427 £481
Median % change year-on-year -6.21% -11.38% -11.70%
75th Percentile £600 £497 £556
90th Percentile - £611 £580
Scotland median daily rate £413 £580 £488
% change year-on-year -28.88% +18.97% -0.71%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Edinburgh

Web Services 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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 146 186 353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 22.39% 21.65% 29.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 122 276
10th Percentile £400 £364 £400
25th Percentile £450 £415 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year +2.79% -1.04% -4.00%
75th Percentile £526 £588 £538
90th Percentile £600 £700 £613
Scotland median daily rate £475 £459 £488
% change year-on-year +3.49% -5.85% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £40.50 -
Scotland median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £38.87
% change year-on-year - +41.52% -17.75%

Web Services
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Web Services as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Web Services in Edinburgh

Web Services
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Web Services in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Web Services in Edinburgh

Web Services
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Services in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Web Services in Edinburgh

Web Services
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Web Services in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Web Services in Edinburgh

Web Services
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 3 (42.86%) WordPress
2 1 (14.29%) CMS
2 1 (14.29%) Drupal
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) Google Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) GCP
3 1 (14.29%) npm
3 1 (14.29%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Cypress.io
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) SonarQube
1 1 (14.29%) Sonatype Nexus
1 1 (14.29%) webpack
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Web Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Management Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) WordPress Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) RESTful
2 2 (28.57%) REST
2 2 (28.57%) SOAP
3 1 (14.29%) CSS
3 1 (14.29%) HTML
3 1 (14.29%) Jest
3 1 (14.29%) React
3 1 (14.29%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) Analytics
2 3 (42.86%) Front End Development
2 3 (42.86%) SEO
2 3 (42.86%) Web Development
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Biology
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Content Management
4 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Migration
4 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Release Automation
4 1 (14.29%) SDLC
4 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
4 1 (14.29%) User Stories
4 1 (14.29%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) WCAG
2 3 (42.86%) PERC
3 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Google
2 2 (28.57%) Workday
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Salesforce