Web Services Contract Job Trends in England

Web Services
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Web Services skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 292 214 172
Rank change year-on-year -78 -42 +21
Contract jobs citing Web Services 275 294 546
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.88% 1.11% 1.50%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.96% 5.05% 7.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 168 300
10th Percentile £350 £347 £400
25th Percentile £413 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £645 £630 £630
90th Percentile £716 £800 £713
UK median daily rate £550 £530 £539
% change year-on-year +3.77% -1.62% -2.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 8
10th Percentile £35.75 - £55.61
25th Percentile - - £57.14
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year - +6.12% -6.49%
75th Percentile - £66.50 £90.06
90th Percentile - £67.40 £91.30
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £61.25
% change year-on-year - +6.12% -6.49%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 6,940 5,824 7,742
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.16% 21.91% 21.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,633 3,724 5,599
10th Percentile £356 £360 £363
25th Percentile £413 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.73% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £636 £663 £674
90th Percentile £738 £788 £763
UK median daily rate £510 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.12% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 68 164
10th Percentile £33.00 £26.25 £28.87
25th Percentile £44.63 £42.56 £46.18
Median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +16.82% -17.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.48 £74.57 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £54.53
% change year-on-year -4.00% +14.62% -16.11%

Web Services
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Web Services job vacancy trend in England

Web Services
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Web Services
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Services in England over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Web Services in England

Web Services
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Web Services
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Web Services in England over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Web Services in England

Web Services
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 Services within the England region over the 6 months to 13 January 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 -50 153 £495 -15.38% 24
North of England -54 32 £625 +26.90% 17
South East -23 28 £590 +2.61% 25
East of England -10 26 £737 +73.47% 10
North West -28 23 £650 +32.65% 7
South West -14 15 £550 -5.17% 4
Midlands -46 14 £565 +28.41% 8
Yorkshire -39 9 £598 +19.50% 7
East Midlands -14 7 £700 +100.00% 4
West Midlands -40 7 £430 -14.00% 4
Web Services
UK

Web Services
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 12 (4.36%) Confluence
2 8 (2.91%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.91%) WebLogic
3 7 (2.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 7 (2.55%) WebSphere
4 5 (1.82%) Appian
4 5 (1.82%) Jupyter
4 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.45%) CICS
5 4 (1.45%) Mule
5 4 (1.45%) Mule ESB
6 3 (1.09%) Anypoint
6 3 (1.09%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.73%) Documentum
7 2 (0.73%) Drupal
8 1 (0.36%) Apache
8 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.36%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.36%) JBoss
8 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (2.18%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.45%) Autodesk Inventor
3 2 (0.73%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 25 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (3.64%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (2.91%) SAP HCM
4 7 (2.55%) BusinessWorks
4 7 (2.55%) SAP Payroll
5 6 (2.18%) Remedy ITSM
5 6 (2.18%) SAP MDG
6 5 (1.82%) SAP ERP
7 4 (1.45%) SAP EWM
8 3 (1.09%) SAP MDG-F
8 3 (1.09%) SAP MDG-M
8 3 (1.09%) SAP MDG-S
9 2 (0.73%) Cloudability
9 2 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.73%) Primavera
9 2 (0.73%) Remedy AR System
9 2 (0.73%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.36%) Maximo
10 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 62 (22.55%) Azure
2 37 (13.45%) AWS
3 23 (8.36%) PaaS
4 22 (8.00%) OCI
5 13 (4.73%) GitHub
6 12 (4.36%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (4.00%) Power Platform
8 10 (3.64%) GCP
9 9 (3.27%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (3.27%) SaaS
10 8 (2.91%) IaaS
10 8 (2.91%) iPaaS
10 8 (2.91%) SuccessFactors
11 7 (2.55%) Entra ID
11 7 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (1.82%) Azure AI
12 5 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.82%) Power Automate
12 5 (1.82%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.55%) TCP/IP
2 15 (5.45%) Ethernet
3 6 (2.18%) SSL
4 5 (1.82%) HTTP
5 4 (1.45%) ATM
5 4 (1.45%) NFC
5 4 (1.45%) PPP
6 3 (1.09%) DHCP
6 3 (1.09%) DNS
7 2 (0.73%) Firewall
7 2 (0.73%) SMTP
8 1 (0.36%) FTP
8 1 (0.36%) IPsec
8 1 (0.36%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.36%) POP3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.82%) SQL Server
2 20 (7.27%) Relational Database
2 20 (7.27%) SAP HANA
3 12 (4.36%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (3.64%) DB2
5 8 (2.91%) Oracle Reports
6 6 (2.18%) Power BI
7 5 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.82%) Oracle Database
8 4 (1.45%) Data Hub
8 4 (1.45%) MySQL
8 4 (1.45%) Pinecone
8 4 (1.45%) Redis
9 3 (1.09%) MongoDB
9 3 (1.09%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.09%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (1.09%) SAP BW
9 3 (1.09%) SAP Data Services
10 2 (0.73%) DTS
10 2 (0.73%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 43 (15.64%) Git
2 27 (9.82%) Postman
3 25 (9.09%) Eclipse
4 20 (7.27%) JIRA
5 16 (5.82%) Visual Studio
6 14 (5.09%) Jenkins
6 14 (5.09%) Selenium
7 10 (3.64%) Cucumber
8 8 (2.91%) SoapUI
8 8 (2.91%) SonarQube
9 6 (2.18%) JUnit
10 5 (1.82%) Appium
10 5 (1.82%) Charles Proxy
10 5 (1.82%) GitLab
10 5 (1.82%) JMeter
10 5 (1.82%) Katalon Studio
10 5 (1.82%) Mockito
10 5 (1.82%) REST Assured
10 5 (1.82%) XCUITest
11 4 (1.45%) MLflow
General
1 86 (31.27%) Social Skills
2 52 (18.91%) Public Sector
3 37 (13.45%) Finance
4 35 (12.73%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (7.27%) Banking
6 18 (6.55%) Military
7 17 (6.18%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.55%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.82%) Billing
10 3 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.09%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.09%) Law
10 3 (1.09%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.73%) Dutch Language
11 2 (0.73%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.73%) Front Office
11 2 (0.73%) Marketing
11 2 (0.73%) Retail
12 1 (0.36%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 106 (38.55%) Developer
2 44 (16.00%) Senior
3 41 (14.91%) Consultant
4 26 (9.45%) Senior Developer
5 24 (8.73%) SAP Consultant
5 24 (8.73%) Software Engineer
6 20 (7.27%) Architect
7 19 (6.91%) Lead
8 14 (5.09%) C# Software Engineer
9 13 (4.73%) C++ Software Engineer
10 12 (4.36%) Analyst
10 12 (4.36%) Python Developer
11 11 (4.00%) Java Developer
12 10 (3.64%) ABAP Consultant
12 10 (3.64%) Cloud Specialist
12 10 (3.64%) Integration Specialist
12 10 (3.64%) Oracle Specialist
13 9 (3.27%) Solutions Architect
13 9 (3.27%) Technical Consultant
14 8 (2.91%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (36.00%) REST
2 85 (30.91%) SOAP
3 40 (14.55%) XML
4 32 (11.64%) JSON
5 26 (9.45%) .NET
6 23 (8.36%) HTML
6 23 (8.36%) Node.js
7 22 (8.00%) Oracle Fusion
7 22 (8.00%) RESTful
8 21 (7.64%) AngularJS
9 20 (7.27%) BAPI
9 20 (7.27%) CSS
9 20 (7.27%) XSLT
10 17 (6.18%) Spring
11 16 (5.82%) OAuth
12 15 (5.45%) Middleware
13 13 (4.73%) J2EE
13 13 (4.73%) JWT
13 13 (4.73%) SAP Fiori
14 12 (4.36%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.73%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (3.27%) CMDB
2 9 (3.27%) Mobile App
3 8 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (2.91%) Replication
4 7 (2.55%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.55%) Public Cloud
5 6 (2.18%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.82%) Data Structures
6 5 (1.82%) Low-Code
6 5 (1.82%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.45%) Hedge funds
7 4 (1.45%) PACS
7 4 (1.45%) Smartcard
7 4 (1.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (1.09%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.09%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.73%) Legacy Code
9 2 (0.73%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 29 (10.55%) Linux
2 25 (9.09%) Windows
3 11 (4.00%) Android
4 9 (3.27%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.45%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.09%) Unix
6 3 (1.09%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.73%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.73%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (36.36%) Agile
2 59 (21.45%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (18.55%) CI/CD
4 46 (16.73%) DevOps
5 44 (16.00%) Unit Testing
6 40 (14.55%) Test Automation
7 34 (12.36%) ERP
7 34 (12.36%) Software Engineering
8 30 (10.91%) Data Modelling
9 29 (10.55%) Continuous Integration
10 28 (10.18%) Performance Tuning
11 27 (9.82%) Microservices
11 27 (9.82%) OO
11 27 (9.82%) Scrum
11 27 (9.82%) TDD
12 25 (9.09%) Design Patterns
13 24 (8.73%) Validation
14 23 (8.36%) Containerisation
14 23 (8.36%) Migration
15 22 (8.00%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 66 (24.00%) JavaScript
2 56 (20.36%) SQL
3 48 (17.45%) Java
4 44 (16.00%) Python
5 40 (14.55%) C#
6 35 (12.73%) ABAP
7 23 (8.36%) C++
8 11 (4.00%) PowerShell
8 11 (4.00%) Ruby
9 9 (3.27%) PL/SQL
9 9 (3.27%) XPath
10 8 (2.91%) Kotlin
10 8 (2.91%) PHP
11 7 (2.55%) Apex Code
11 7 (2.55%) TypeScript
12 6 (2.18%) Groovy
12 6 (2.18%) Swift
13 5 (1.82%) COBOL
13 5 (1.82%) T-SQL
14 4 (1.45%) Go
Qualifications
1 80 (29.09%) Security Cleared
2 61 (22.18%) SC Cleared
3 22 (8.00%) Degree
4 11 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.27%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.55%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.45%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.36%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.36%) CISA
9 1 (0.36%) CISSP
9 1 (0.36%) ISEB
9 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.36%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.36%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.36%) PMP
9 1 (0.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.36%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.64%) QA
2 8 (2.91%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.55%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.45%) ISO 8583
5 2 (0.73%) GRC
5 2 (0.73%) HL7
6 1 (0.36%) DICOM
6 1 (0.36%) GDPR
6 1 (0.36%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.36%) PMO
6 1 (0.36%) SLA
6 1 (0.36%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 22 (8.00%) Docker
2 12 (4.36%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.36%) RACF
4 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (8.00%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.55%) TIBCO Hawk
3 6 (2.18%) Ansible
3 6 (2.18%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.82%) Terraform
5 2 (0.73%) CloudHub
5 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.36%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.36%) Control-M
6 1 (0.36%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 51 (18.55%) Oracle
1 51 (18.55%) SAP
2 44 (16.00%) Microsoft
3 14 (5.09%) Adobe
4 13 (4.73%) ServiceNow
4 13 (4.73%) Splunk
5 10 (3.64%) IBM
6 9 (3.27%) Salesforce
7 8 (2.91%) Dynatrace
8 7 (2.55%) BEA
8 7 (2.55%) Google
8 7 (2.55%) Guidewire
8 7 (2.55%) MuleSoft
8 7 (2.55%) TIBCO
9 6 (2.18%) BMC
9 6 (2.18%) Remedy
10 5 (1.82%) Computacenter
10 5 (1.82%) HP
10 5 (1.82%) UiPath
10 5 (1.82%) Workday