Web Development Contract Job Trends in England

Web Development
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Web Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
13 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 445 273 321
Rank change year-on-year -172 +48 -44
Contract jobs citing Web Development 106 259 260
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.35% 0.83% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.96% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 176 191
10th Percentile £333 £289 £330
25th Percentile £409 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.02% -5.71% -9.48%
75th Percentile £650 £593 £641
90th Percentile £718 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £495 £515
% change year-on-year +1.01% -3.88% -7.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 7
10th Percentile - £39.87 £14.03
25th Percentile £27.50 £41.18 £16.17
Median hourly rate £30.00 £42.46 £17.34
Median % change year-on-year -29.34% +144.84% -65.44%
75th Percentile £42.33 £49.44 £22.31
90th Percentile £48.23 £61.03 £38.57
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £42.46 £17.34
% change year-on-year -29.34% +144.84% -69.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,308 26,910 34,818
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.41% 86.73% 88.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,359 16,435 23,883
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £640 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,779 970 1,470
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.10 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.19 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.08 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.30% -18.92% +27.14%
75th Percentile £45.70 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.87 £74.04 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.42
% change year-on-year -28.14% -19.38% +24.04%

Web Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Web Development relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Web Development job vacancy trend in England

Web Development
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Web Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Web Development

Web Development
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Development in England over the 6 months to 13 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Web Development in England

Web Development
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Web Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Web Development

Web Development
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Web Development in England over the 6 months to 13 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Web Development in England

Web Development
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Development within the England region over the 6 months to 13 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
London -80 46 £500 - 204
North of England -59 21 £650 +38.30% 162
South East -3 16 £575 +22.67% 148
Yorkshire -40 14 £650 +36.84% 59
South West +3 7 £649 +44.22% 50
North East -8 5 - - 19
East of England -29 5 £531 +53.21% 69
North West -38 5 £358 -20.22% 88
Midlands -82 3 £410 -25.45% 118
East Midlands -11 2 £368 +3.23% 41
West Midlands -73 1 £700 +25.96% 77
Web Development
UK

Web Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 4 (3.77%) Apache
2 3 (2.83%) CMS
3 2 (1.89%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (1.89%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (1.89%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.94%) Drupal
4 1 (0.94%) HCL Domino
4 1 (0.94%) IIS
4 1 (0.94%) Moodle
4 1 (0.94%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.94%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (2.83%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.89%) Trello
3 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.83%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (17.92%) Azure
2 16 (15.09%) AWS
3 13 (12.26%) GitHub
4 11 (10.38%) GCP
5 8 (7.55%) Figma
6 7 (6.60%) OpenShift
7 5 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (3.77%) Google Analytics
8 4 (3.77%) npm
8 4 (3.77%) Power Platform
8 4 (3.77%) SaaS
9 3 (2.83%) Cloud Run
9 3 (2.83%) Commercetools
9 3 (2.83%) Contentful
9 3 (2.83%) PowerApps
9 3 (2.83%) Yarn
10 2 (1.89%) Asana
10 2 (1.89%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.89%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.89%) HTTP
2 1 (0.94%) Asterisk PBX
2 1 (0.94%) Internet
2 1 (0.94%) Intranet
2 1 (0.94%) SSL
2 1 (0.94%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (13.21%) NoSQL
2 11 (10.38%) MongoDB
3 9 (8.49%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (5.66%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.83%) Mixpanel
5 3 (2.83%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.89%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (1.89%) MySQL
6 2 (1.89%) Redis
7 1 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.94%) DB2
7 1 (0.94%) GIS
7 1 (0.94%) Power BI
7 1 (0.94%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.94%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.94%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (27.36%) Git
2 10 (9.43%) Mockito
3 7 (6.60%) webpack
4 5 (4.72%) Cypress.io
5 4 (3.77%) JIRA
5 4 (3.77%) MSI
5 4 (3.77%) Robot Framework
5 4 (3.77%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (2.83%) Jenkins
6 3 (2.83%) Maven
7 2 (1.89%) Gradle
7 2 (1.89%) Mocha
7 2 (1.89%) Selenium
7 2 (1.89%) Visual Studio
7 2 (1.89%) Visual Website Optimizer
7 2 (1.89%) Vite
8 1 (0.94%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.94%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.94%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.94%) SonarQube
General
1 37 (34.91%) Social Skills
2 13 (12.26%) Finance
3 12 (11.32%) Public Sector
4 8 (7.55%) Marketing
5 5 (4.72%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.77%) Banking
7 3 (2.83%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.94%) Automotive
9 1 (0.94%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.94%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 74 (69.81%) Developer
2 26 (24.53%) Full-Stack Developer
3 17 (16.04%) Senior
4 16 (15.09%) Senior Developer
5 13 (12.26%) Java Developer
6 12 (11.32%) Web Developer
7 11 (10.38%) Python Developer
8 9 (8.49%) Full-Stack Python Developer
8 9 (8.49%) React Developer
8 9 (8.49%) Senior Java Developer
9 8 (7.55%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 4 (3.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 4 (3.77%) Integration Engineer
11 3 (2.83%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 3 (2.83%) Java Web Developer
11 3 (2.83%) Project Manager
11 3 (2.83%) Senior Front-End Developer
11 3 (2.83%) ServiceNow Developer
11 3 (2.83%) Software Engineer
11 3 (2.83%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (41.51%) CSS
2 41 (38.68%) HTML
3 40 (37.74%) React
4 21 (19.81%) RESTful
5 16 (15.09%) Node.js
6 13 (12.26%) AngularJS
6 13 (12.26%) Vue
7 11 (10.38%) FastAPI
7 11 (10.38%) JAX-RS
7 11 (10.38%) Jest
8 10 (9.43%) ActiveMQ
8 10 (9.43%) Kafka
8 10 (9.43%) Next.js
8 10 (9.43%) REST
9 9 (8.49%) .NET
9 9 (8.49%) Spring
10 8 (7.55%) pytest
11 7 (6.60%) Ruby on Rails
12 5 (4.72%) GraphQL
12 5 (4.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.49%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.77%) Mobile App
2 4 (3.77%) Onboarding
2 4 (3.77%) PKI
3 3 (2.83%) Derivative
3 3 (2.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (2.83%) Genomics
3 3 (2.83%) Life Science
3 3 (2.83%) Low-Code
3 3 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.83%) Social Media
4 2 (1.89%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.94%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.94%) AS400
5 1 (0.94%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.94%) e-Learning
5 1 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.94%) Mobile Banking
5 1 (0.94%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.94%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 20 (18.87%) Linux
2 14 (13.21%) Unix
3 11 (10.38%) Mac OS X
4 8 (7.55%) Windows
5 6 (5.66%) Windows Server
6 5 (4.72%) CentOS
7 4 (3.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (3.77%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.94%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (52.83%) Agile
2 39 (36.79%) Full-Stack Development
3 36 (33.96%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (21.70%) CI/CD
4 23 (21.70%) DevOps
5 22 (20.75%) Containerisation
5 22 (20.75%) Microservices
5 22 (20.75%) TDD
5 22 (20.75%) Test Automation
5 22 (20.75%) User Experience
6 20 (18.87%) Code Quality
6 20 (18.87%) Front End Development
7 17 (16.04%) Computer Science
7 17 (16.04%) Responsive Web Design
8 14 (13.21%) BDD
8 14 (13.21%) UX Design
9 13 (12.26%) Deployment Automation
9 13 (12.26%) Visualisation
10 11 (10.38%) Continuous Deployment
10 11 (10.38%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 47 (44.34%) JavaScript
2 41 (38.68%) Python
3 32 (30.19%) Java
4 30 (28.30%) SQL
5 27 (25.47%) TypeScript
6 12 (11.32%) PHP
7 9 (8.49%) Ruby
8 8 (7.55%) C#
9 6 (5.66%) PowerShell
10 3 (2.83%) Go
10 3 (2.83%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.89%) C++
11 2 (1.89%) Perl
11 2 (1.89%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.94%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.94%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.94%) LotusScript
12 1 (0.94%) RPG
12 1 (0.94%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 23 (21.70%) Security Cleared
2 22 (20.75%) Degree
3 18 (16.98%) SC Cleared
4 13 (12.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.77%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.89%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.89%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.49%) Accessibility
2 7 (6.60%) QA
3 4 (3.77%) WCAG
4 3 (2.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 3 (2.83%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.83%) GDPR
5 1 (0.94%) MiFID
System Software
1 25 (23.58%) Docker
2 4 (3.77%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (16.04%) Kubernetes
2 7 (6.60%) Argo
3 4 (3.77%) Ansible
3 4 (3.77%) Terraform
3 4 (3.77%) WMI
4 3 (2.83%) Grafana
4 3 (2.83%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.94%) Consul
Vendors
1 16 (15.09%) Microsoft
2 15 (14.15%) Google
3 7 (6.60%) Red Hat
4 5 (4.72%) Optimizely
5 4 (3.77%) Oracle
5 4 (3.77%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.77%) VMware
6 3 (2.83%) Atlassian
6 3 (2.83%) OneTrust
6 3 (2.83%) SAP
7 2 (1.89%) Adobe
7 2 (1.89%) Amplitude
7 2 (1.89%) Hotjar
7 2 (1.89%) Marketo
7 2 (1.89%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.94%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.94%) Cloudera
8 1 (0.94%) IBM
8 1 (0.94%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.94%) Salesforce
695 Web Development jobs in England