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 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 510 312 289
Rank change year-on-year -198 -23 +15
Contract jobs citing Web Development 83 170 273
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.20% 0.71% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.78% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 123 197
10th Percentile £370 £351 £300
25th Percentile £450 £407 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £520 £483
Median % change year-on-year -3.27% +7.77% -12.27%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £600
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £503 £517 £475
% change year-on-year -2.71% +8.84% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 9
10th Percentile £36.54 £25.93 £15.38
25th Percentile £36.96 £26.94 £22.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £34.05 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.49% -19.89% +93.18%
75th Percentile £57.19 £43.55 £68.75
90th Percentile £81.38 £43.84 £76.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +14.29% -17.65% +93.18%

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 35,196 21,756 31,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.75% 91.30% 86.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,391 14,220 20,552
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,171 917 2,255
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.41 £12.89
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.20 £15.97
Median hourly rate £45.59 £28.55 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.67% -21.78% -2.67%
75th Percentile £67.84 £60.00 £60.13
90th Percentile £80.20 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £27.97 £36.05
% change year-on-year +51.98% -22.42% -2.58%

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 23 May 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 23 May 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 23 May 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 -126 49 £505 -13.68% 44
North of England -72 13 £500 +40.25% 46
South East -72 11 £463 -9.89% 51
Yorkshire - 7 £500 - 19
North West -43 6 £700 +96.35% 21
East of England -28 4 £505 -12.17% 32
South West -49 4 £505 +36.49% 21
Midlands -80 2 £425 +3.66% 26
East Midlands -34 1 £500 +55.28% 17
West Midlands -68 1 £350 -28.21% 9
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 5 (6.02%) CMS
2 3 (3.61%) ArcGIS
2 3 (3.61%) WordPress
3 2 (2.41%) Confluence
3 2 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.41%) Umbraco
4 1 (1.20%) Anypoint
4 1 (1.20%) Drupal
4 1 (1.20%) Kentico
4 1 (1.20%) Mule
4 1 (1.20%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (1.20%) SAS
4 1 (1.20%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.20%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.20%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 32 (38.55%) Azure
2 12 (14.46%) GCP
3 10 (12.05%) AWS
4 7 (8.43%) GitHub
5 6 (7.23%) Figma
6 5 (6.02%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (6.02%) Power Platform
7 4 (4.82%) GitHub Copilot
8 3 (3.61%) PowerApps
9 2 (2.41%) Cloud Run
9 2 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (2.41%) Power Automate
10 1 (1.20%) Adobe Analytics
10 1 (1.20%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (1.20%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (1.20%) Google Sheets
10 1 (1.20%) npm
10 1 (1.20%) OpenShift
10 1 (1.20%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.43%) DNS
1 7 (8.43%) Firewall
1 7 (8.43%) TCP/IP
1 7 (8.43%) VPN
2 5 (6.02%) HTTP
3 4 (4.82%) VLAN
4 2 (2.41%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (13.25%) SQL Server
2 7 (8.43%) MongoDB
3 5 (6.02%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (4.82%) Relational Database
5 3 (3.61%) GIS
5 3 (3.61%) Tableau
6 2 (2.41%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.41%) Power BI
6 2 (2.41%) Spatial Data
6 2 (2.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.20%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (1.20%) MySQL
7 1 (1.20%) NoSQL
7 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (9.64%) Git
2 7 (8.43%) Mockito
3 6 (7.23%) Browser DevTools
4 2 (2.41%) Cypress.io
4 2 (2.41%) JIRA
5 1 (1.20%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.20%) GitLab
5 1 (1.20%) NUnit
5 1 (1.20%) REST Assured
5 1 (1.20%) Subversion
5 1 (1.20%) webpack
General
1 22 (26.51%) Social Skills
2 21 (25.30%) Finance
3 13 (15.66%) Banking
4 12 (14.46%) Public Sector
5 8 (9.64%) Investment Banking
6 7 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (4.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (4.82%) Marketing
8 3 (3.61%) Publishing
9 2 (2.41%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.41%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.41%) Retail Banking
10 1 (1.20%) Agriculture
10 1 (1.20%) Automotive
10 1 (1.20%) Front Office
10 1 (1.20%) Japanese Language
10 1 (1.20%) Law
Job Titles
1 58 (69.88%) Developer
2 15 (18.07%) Web Developer
3 13 (15.66%) Java Developer
4 12 (14.46%) Software Developer
5 10 (12.05%) C# Developer
5 10 (12.05%) Full-Stack Developer
6 9 (10.84%) .NET Developer
7 8 (9.64%) Angular Developer
7 8 (9.64%) C# .NET Developer
7 8 (9.64%) Senior
8 7 (8.43%) Azure Developer
9 6 (7.23%) Backend Developer
9 6 (7.23%) Integration Engineer
9 6 (7.23%) Senior Developer
9 6 (7.23%) Software Engineer
9 6 (7.23%) SQL Developer
9 6 (7.23%) Web Engineer
10 5 (6.02%) .NET Software Developer
10 5 (6.02%) C# Software Developer
11 4 (4.82%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (40.96%) HTML
2 25 (30.12%) CSS
3 23 (27.71%) .NET
4 22 (26.51%) AngularJS
5 14 (16.87%) React
6 10 (12.05%) REST
7 9 (10.84%) OAuth
8 8 (9.64%) Kafka
9 7 (8.43%) ActiveMQ
9 7 (8.43%) JAX-RS
9 7 (8.43%) Spring
10 5 (6.02%) .NET Framework
10 5 (6.02%) ASP.NET
10 5 (6.02%) HTML5
10 5 (6.02%) Node.js
11 4 (4.82%) .NET Core
11 4 (4.82%) Entity Framework
11 4 (4.82%) RxJava
11 4 (4.82%) SAML
12 3 (3.61%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.23%) Product Ownership
2 5 (6.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (4.82%) Derivative
3 4 (4.82%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.61%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.61%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.41%) Genomics
5 2 (2.41%) Life Science
5 2 (2.41%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.20%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.20%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.20%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.20%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.20%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.20%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 9 (10.84%) Linux
1 9 (10.84%) Mac OS X
1 9 (10.84%) Unix
2 2 (2.41%) Android
2 2 (2.41%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.20%) MVS
3 1 (1.20%) Windows
3 1 (1.20%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (57.83%) Agile
2 31 (37.35%) DevOps
3 30 (36.14%) CI/CD
4 25 (30.12%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (27.71%) Full-Stack Development
6 17 (20.48%) Responsive Web Design
7 15 (18.07%) Microservices
7 15 (18.07%) Test Automation
8 12 (14.46%) TDD
9 10 (12.05%) BDD
9 10 (12.05%) Pair Programming
10 9 (10.84%) Continuous Deployment
10 9 (10.84%) User Experience
10 9 (10.84%) Web Design
11 8 (9.64%) API Integration
11 8 (9.64%) Software Engineering
12 7 (8.43%) Front End Development
12 7 (8.43%) UX Design
13 6 (7.23%) AI
13 6 (7.23%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 41 (49.40%) JavaScript
2 26 (31.33%) C#
3 25 (30.12%) SQL
4 22 (26.51%) Java
5 19 (22.89%) TypeScript
6 17 (20.48%) Python
7 7 (8.43%) Bash
8 3 (3.61%) PL/SQL
8 3 (3.61%) T-SQL
9 2 (2.41%) PHP
9 2 (2.41%) PowerShell
10 1 (1.20%) Bicep
10 1 (1.20%) DataWeave
10 1 (1.20%) Groovy
10 1 (1.20%) JCL
10 1 (1.20%) Objective-C
10 1 (1.20%) REXX
10 1 (1.20%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 15 (18.07%) Security Cleared
2 12 (14.46%) SC Cleared
3 9 (10.84%) Degree
4 4 (4.82%) CCNA
4 4 (4.82%) CCNP
4 4 (4.82%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.20%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.20%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.23%) Accessibility
2 5 (6.02%) WCAG
3 3 (3.61%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.61%) QA
4 1 (1.20%) WAI
4 1 (1.20%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 12 (14.46%) Docker
2 1 (1.20%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 3 (3.61%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (1.20%) Control-M
2 1 (1.20%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (13.25%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.61%) ESRI
2 3 (3.61%) Google
2 3 (3.61%) Netskope
2 3 (3.61%) Oracle
2 3 (3.61%) Zscaler
3 2 (2.41%) Adobe
3 2 (2.41%) HubSpot
3 2 (2.41%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.20%) BMC
4 1 (1.20%) CODA
4 1 (1.20%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.20%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.20%) Pardot
4 1 (1.20%) Splunk