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 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 479 302 327
Rank change year-on-year -177 +25 -2
Contract jobs citing Web Development 87 192 238
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.25% 0.75% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.83% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 121 170
10th Percentile £321 £358 £263
25th Percentile £409 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £468
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +12.18% -18.61%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £619
90th Percentile £695 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £488 £525 £468
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.18% -13.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 9
10th Percentile - £26.15 £15.38
25th Percentile £27.50 £27.50 £17.13
Median hourly rate £33.60 £39.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% +59.18% +11.36%
75th Percentile £37.20 £41.91 £56.25
90th Percentile - £42.56 £76.00
UK median hourly rate £33.60 £37.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -9.19% +51.02% -36.36%

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 30,789 23,051 32,723
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.31% 90.11% 87.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,727 14,450 21,724
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,908 755 2,031
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +2.19% -2.14%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £59.95
90th Percentile £72.15 £75.40 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £25.94 £33.00 £33.07
% change year-on-year -21.39% -0.20% -5.53%

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 25 February 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
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 25 February 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 -115 39 £505 -12.93% 72
North of England -71 22 £575 +22.34% 93
South East -40 12 £413 +0.86% 89
Yorkshire -58 11 £650 +14.64% 37
North West -50 9 £417 -10.43% 41
South West -30 4 £650 +44.44% 48
North East -15 3 - - 16
East of England -23 2 £413 -28.26% 50
East Midlands -30 1 £325 -8.71% 37
Midlands -83 1 £325 -33.33% 51
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 2 (2.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 2 (2.30%) CMS
1 2 (2.30%) WordPress
2 1 (1.15%) Anypoint
2 1 (1.15%) ArcGIS
2 1 (1.15%) Confluence
2 1 (1.15%) IIS
2 1 (1.15%) Kentico
2 1 (1.15%) Moodle
2 1 (1.15%) Mule
2 1 (1.15%) Oracle Application Server
2 1 (1.15%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.15%) Sitefinity
2 1 (1.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Chatbot
1 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (25.29%) Azure
2 15 (17.24%) GitHub
3 14 (16.09%) AWS
4 10 (11.49%) GCP
5 8 (9.20%) Figma
5 8 (9.20%) OpenShift
6 3 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (3.45%) Cloud Run
6 3 (3.45%) GitHub Copilot
6 3 (3.45%) SaaS
7 2 (2.30%) Adobe Analytics
7 2 (2.30%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.15%) Azure API Management
8 1 (1.15%) Commercetools
8 1 (1.15%) Contentful
8 1 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.15%) npm
8 1 (1.15%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.15%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.15%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.15%) Asterisk PBX
1 1 (1.15%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (12.64%) NoSQL
2 10 (11.49%) MongoDB
3 9 (10.34%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (8.05%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.30%) GIS
5 2 (2.30%) Mixpanel
5 2 (2.30%) Redis
5 2 (2.30%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.15%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (1.15%) MySQL
6 1 (1.15%) Power BI
6 1 (1.15%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 21 (24.14%) Git
2 10 (11.49%) Mockito
3 3 (3.45%) Cypress.io
4 2 (2.30%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.30%) Mocha
4 2 (2.30%) Visual Website Optimizer
5 1 (1.15%) Artifactory
5 1 (1.15%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.15%) GitLab
5 1 (1.15%) JIRA
5 1 (1.15%) Maven
5 1 (1.15%) SonarQube
5 1 (1.15%) webpack
General
1 31 (35.63%) Social Skills
2 17 (19.54%) Public Sector
3 11 (12.64%) Finance
4 5 (5.75%) Banking
4 5 (5.75%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.60%) Marketing
6 3 (3.45%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.30%) Front Office
7 2 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.15%) Publishing
8 1 (1.15%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 60 (68.97%) Developer
2 21 (24.14%) Full-Stack Developer
3 14 (16.09%) Java Developer
4 12 (13.79%) Senior
5 11 (12.64%) Senior Developer
6 10 (11.49%) Web Developer
7 9 (10.34%) Python Developer
8 8 (9.20%) Full-Stack Python Developer
8 8 (9.20%) React Developer
9 6 (6.90%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 6 (6.90%) Senior Java Developer
10 5 (5.75%) Software Developer
11 4 (4.60%) Software Engineer
12 3 (3.45%) .NET Developer
12 3 (3.45%) C# Developer
12 3 (3.45%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 3 (3.45%) Lead
12 3 (3.45%) Senior Front-End Developer
13 2 (2.30%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
13 2 (2.30%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (39.08%) React
2 33 (37.93%) HTML
3 32 (36.78%) CSS
4 18 (20.69%) AngularJS
5 15 (17.24%) Node.js
6 12 (13.79%) RESTful
7 11 (12.64%) FastAPI
7 11 (12.64%) JAX-RS
7 11 (12.64%) Jest
7 11 (12.64%) Kafka
7 11 (12.64%) Spring
8 10 (11.49%) ActiveMQ
9 9 (10.34%) .NET
9 9 (10.34%) Next.js
10 8 (9.20%) pytest
10 8 (9.20%) Vue
11 7 (8.05%) REST
11 7 (8.05%) Ruby on Rails
12 5 (5.75%) GraphQL
12 5 (5.75%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.49%) Cloud Native
2 5 (5.75%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.60%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (4.60%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.45%) Genomics
4 3 (3.45%) Life Science
4 3 (3.45%) Mobile App
4 3 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.30%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.15%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.15%) Derivative
6 1 (1.15%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.15%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.15%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.15%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.15%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (1.15%) SCORM
6 1 (1.15%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 19 (21.84%) Linux
2 17 (19.54%) Unix
3 13 (14.94%) Mac OS X
4 2 (2.30%) Android
4 2 (2.30%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.30%) Windows
4 2 (2.30%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.15%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (54.02%) Agile
2 34 (39.08%) Full-Stack Development
3 31 (35.63%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (32.18%) CI/CD
5 26 (29.89%) TDD
6 25 (28.74%) Microservices
7 23 (26.44%) Containerisation
8 21 (24.14%) DevOps
9 20 (22.99%) Code Quality
10 19 (21.84%) Test Automation
11 18 (20.69%) Responsive Web Design
12 16 (18.39%) BDD
13 15 (17.24%) Front End Development
13 15 (17.24%) User Experience
14 14 (16.09%) Pair Programming
14 14 (16.09%) Web Design
15 13 (14.94%) Continuous Deployment
16 9 (10.34%) API Development
16 9 (10.34%) Data Visualisation
16 9 (10.34%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 42 (48.28%) JavaScript
2 33 (37.93%) Python
3 32 (36.78%) Java
4 29 (33.33%) TypeScript
5 20 (22.99%) SQL
6 12 (13.79%) C#
7 8 (9.20%) PHP
8 7 (8.05%) Ruby
9 2 (2.30%) Apex Code
9 2 (2.30%) C++
9 2 (2.30%) PowerShell
10 1 (1.15%) DataWeave
10 1 (1.15%) Go
10 1 (1.15%) Groovy
10 1 (1.15%) Objective-C
10 1 (1.15%) PL/SQL
10 1 (1.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (20.69%) Security Cleared
2 17 (19.54%) SC Cleared
3 11 (12.64%) Degree
4 7 (8.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.90%) Accessibility
1 6 (6.90%) WCAG
2 3 (3.45%) QA
3 1 (1.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (1.15%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.15%) GDPR
3 1 (1.15%) MiFID
System Software
1 29 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (20.69%) Kubernetes
2 7 (8.05%) Argo
3 4 (4.60%) Grafana
4 1 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.15%) Consul
4 1 (1.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 12 (13.79%) Google
2 9 (10.34%) Microsoft
3 7 (8.05%) Red Hat
4 3 (3.45%) Adobe
4 3 (3.45%) Optimizely
5 2 (2.30%) Amplitude
5 2 (2.30%) Hotjar
5 2 (2.30%) Marketo
5 2 (2.30%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.15%) ESRI
6 1 (1.15%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.15%) OneTrust
6 1 (1.15%) Oracle
6 1 (1.15%) SAP