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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 515 412 296
Rank change year-on-year -103 -116 +6
Contract jobs citing Web Development 132 107 248
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.28% 0.38% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.42% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 76 166
10th Percentile £363 £328 £299
25th Percentile £425 £417 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £521 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% +4.10% -11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £738 £723 £800
UK median daily rate £505 £521 £500
% change year-on-year -2.98% +4.10% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 3
10th Percentile - £42.51 -
25th Percentile £20.31 £43.88 £42.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £47.13 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.43% +10.89% +143.97%
75th Percentile £43.03 £50.13 £55.75
90th Percentile £97.50 £51.35 £63.55
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £30.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +22.95% -28.24% +143.97%

All Process & 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 39,799 25,590 27,763
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.96% 90.90% 86.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,011 16,250 16,937
10th Percentile £325 £294 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,071 1,598 1,107
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.53 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.87 £20.50
Median hourly rate £38.72 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +53.96% -40.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £67.25 £44.78 £66.61
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.50 £74.18
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -10.11%

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 15 October 2026.

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 15 October 2026.

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 15 October 2026. 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 54 £575 +10.47% 9
North of England -66 24 £470 -27.69% 15
North West -35 17 £513 -10.87% 7
East of England -15 16 £600 +12.94% 8
South East -66 15 £375 -34.78% 14
West Midlands -31 13 £431 -38.39% 3
Midlands -39 13 £431 +5.18% 6
South West -36 9 £490 -24.38% 6
North East -36 5 £470 - 1
Yorkshire -51 3 £469 -27.88% 8
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 10 (7.58%) CMS
2 6 (4.55%) Confluence
3 5 (3.79%) Umbraco
3 5 (3.79%) WordPress
4 4 (3.03%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (1.52%) ArcGIS
5 2 (1.52%) Drupal
6 1 (0.76%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.76%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.76%) Kentico
6 1 (0.76%) Liferay
6 1 (0.76%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.76%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (3.79%) ContrOCC
3 2 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.76%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 21 (15.91%) GCP
2 17 (12.88%) Azure
3 15 (11.36%) Power Platform
4 7 (5.30%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (3.79%) PowerApps
7 4 (3.03%) AWS
8 3 (2.27%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (2.27%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.52%) Figma
9 2 (1.52%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.76%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.76%) Amazon Bedrock
10 1 (0.76%) Amazon SageMaker
10 1 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.76%) GitHub
10 1 (0.76%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 1 (0.76%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.76%) LangSmith
10 1 (0.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.33%) Firewall
1 11 (8.33%) VPN
2 1 (0.76%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.36%) Relational Database
2 11 (8.33%) SQL Server
3 8 (6.06%) Power BI
4 7 (5.30%) MySQL
5 5 (3.79%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (3.79%) Couchbase
6 4 (3.03%) Apache Cassandra
6 4 (3.03%) BigQuery
6 4 (3.03%) Data Lake
6 4 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.27%) Looker
7 3 (2.27%) MongoDB
7 3 (2.27%) Tableau
8 2 (1.52%) GIS
8 2 (1.52%) Spatial Data
8 2 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.76%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.76%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 26 (19.70%) Git
2 7 (5.30%) Jenkins
3 6 (4.55%) JIRA
4 4 (3.03%) JUnit
5 3 (2.27%) Browser DevTools
6 2 (1.52%) Claude Code
6 2 (1.52%) GitLab
6 2 (1.52%) Gradle
6 2 (1.52%) Mockito
7 1 (0.76%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.76%) Maven
7 1 (0.76%) MLflow
7 1 (0.76%) NUnit
7 1 (0.76%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.76%) Subversion
7 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.76%) Vite
General
1 28 (21.21%) Social Skills
2 27 (20.45%) Finance
3 26 (19.70%) Banking
4 20 (15.15%) Public Sector
5 13 (9.85%) Investment Banking
6 10 (7.58%) Manufacturing
7 8 (6.06%) Marketing
8 7 (5.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (3.79%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (3.79%) Local Government
10 2 (1.52%) Automotive
10 2 (1.52%) Japanese Language
10 2 (1.52%) Publishing
11 1 (0.76%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.76%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.76%) Games
11 1 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.76%) Law
11 1 (0.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 85 (64.39%) Developer
2 38 (28.79%) Web Developer
3 28 (21.21%) Senior
4 18 (13.64%) Senior Developer
4 18 (13.64%) Software Engineer
5 17 (12.88%) Backend Developer
5 17 (12.88%) Java Developer
6 13 (9.85%) Java Engineer
6 13 (9.85%) Senior Web Developer
7 11 (8.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 10 (7.58%) Java Software Engineer
9 9 (6.82%) Developer/Software Engineer
9 9 (6.82%) Full-Stack Developer
9 9 (6.82%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 9 (6.82%) IAM Developer
9 9 (6.82%) Java Software Developer
9 9 (6.82%) Software Developer
10 6 (4.55%) Analyst
10 6 (4.55%) Architect
10 6 (4.55%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (33.33%) CSS
1 44 (33.33%) HTML
2 21 (15.91%) .NET
2 21 (15.91%) React
3 20 (15.15%) Spring
4 19 (14.39%) REST
5 15 (11.36%) AngularJS
6 14 (10.61%) RESTful
7 13 (9.85%) Node.js
7 13 (9.85%) Spring Boot
8 11 (8.33%) HTML5
9 10 (7.58%) CSS3
9 10 (7.58%) OAuth
10 9 (6.82%) .NET Framework
10 9 (6.82%) JSON
11 7 (5.30%) .NET Core
11 7 (5.30%) RxJava
12 6 (4.55%) ASP.NET Web API
12 6 (4.55%) jQuery
13 5 (3.79%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.85%) Product Ownership
2 7 (5.30%) Cloud Native
2 7 (5.30%) Derivative
2 7 (5.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (3.03%) CMDB
3 4 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.52%) AI Agents
4 2 (1.52%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.52%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.76%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.76%) Autonomous Agent
5 1 (0.76%) Educational Technology
5 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.76%) Genomics
5 1 (0.76%) Mashup
5 1 (0.76%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.76%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.06%) Unix
2 3 (2.27%) Linux
3 2 (1.52%) macOS
4 1 (0.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (56.06%) Agile
2 46 (34.85%) CI/CD
3 38 (28.79%) DevOps
4 33 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (22.73%) Software Engineering
6 29 (21.97%) Full-Stack Development
7 23 (17.42%) Microservices
8 21 (15.91%) Front End Development
9 20 (15.15%) User Experience
10 18 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (12.12%) API Integration
11 16 (12.12%) Scrum
12 15 (11.36%) Responsive Web Design
13 14 (10.61%) UX Design
14 13 (9.85%) AI
14 13 (9.85%) Test Automation
15 11 (8.33%) Identity Management
15 11 (8.33%) Load Balancing
15 11 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
16 10 (7.58%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 41 (31.06%) JavaScript
2 35 (26.52%) Java
3 32 (24.24%) TypeScript
4 24 (18.18%) SQL
5 16 (12.12%) C#
6 8 (6.06%) Python
7 6 (4.55%) PHP
8 5 (3.79%) PL/SQL
9 4 (3.03%) Shell Script
10 3 (2.27%) Google Apps Script
11 1 (0.76%) Bicep
11 1 (0.76%) Ruby
11 1 (0.76%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (15.91%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.09%) Degree
3 11 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.52%) CSPO
4 2 (1.52%) IIBA
4 2 (1.52%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (0.76%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (17.42%) Accessibility
2 15 (11.36%) QA
3 12 (9.09%) WCAG
4 7 (5.30%) SLA
5 3 (2.27%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.76%) WAI
6 1 (0.76%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 13 (9.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.03%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.76%) Ansible
Vendors
1 12 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.33%) Google
3 6 (4.55%) Oracle
4 5 (3.79%) Adobe
4 5 (3.79%) Liquidlogic
4 5 (3.79%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.52%) ESRI
5 2 (1.52%) HubSpot
5 2 (1.52%) Optimizely
5 2 (1.52%) Remedy
5 2 (1.52%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.76%) CODA
6 1 (0.76%) Dataiku
6 1 (0.76%) DataRobot
6 1 (0.76%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.76%) Pardot
6 1 (0.76%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (0.76%) Sitecore