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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 343 188 193
Rank change year-on-year -155 +5 +19
Contract jobs citing Web Services 302 405 455
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.67% 1.48% 1.29%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.57% 6.66% 6.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 273 292
10th Percentile £379 £358 £376
25th Percentile £432 £410 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.35% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £650 £638 £638
90th Percentile £741 £738 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 15 26
10th Percentile £51.63 £55.00 £62.50
25th Percentile £55.00 £58.13 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £67.95 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - -13.33%

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 8,468 6,083 7,524
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.87% 22.25% 21.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,549 4,191 5,234
10th Percentile £363 £353 £356
25th Percentile £430 £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £749 £775 £801
UK median daily rate £525 £508 £543
% change year-on-year +3.45% -6.45% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 136 243
10th Percentile £29.44 £31.25 £24.00
25th Percentile £51.25 £45.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -0.86% -7.20%
75th Percentile £75.00 £67.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.51 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -12.00%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -106 160 £588 +6.82% 36
South East -99 44 £500 +5.26% 19
Midlands -50 36 £475 +11.76% 8
North of England -83 34 £463 +2.78% 9
West Midlands -51 30 £475 - 6
Yorkshire -32 21 £460 -10.42% 1
South West -30 16 £425 -7.10% 9
East of England -34 14 £470 -14.16% 2
North West -70 12 £650 +45.41% 6
East Midlands -18 4 £482 +34.50% 2
North East -41 2 £425 -15.00% 2
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 11 (3.64%) CICS
1 11 (3.64%) Confluence
1 11 (3.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.31%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.66%) JBoss
4 4 (1.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (1.32%) Appian
4 4 (1.32%) IIS
4 4 (1.32%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.99%) Apache
5 3 (0.99%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (0.99%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.66%) CMS
6 2 (0.66%) Mule
6 2 (0.66%) Mule ESB
6 2 (0.66%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.33%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.33%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.99%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 6 (1.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.66%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (1.32%) Elite 3E
3 4 (1.32%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.99%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (0.99%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.99%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 3 (0.99%) Orchestrade
5 2 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.66%) Infor LN
5 2 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.66%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.33%) BASE24
6 1 (0.33%) Maximo
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.33%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.33%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.33%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.33%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 93 (30.79%) Azure
2 74 (24.50%) AWS
3 33 (10.93%) Entra ID
4 26 (8.61%) Amazon SQS
4 26 (8.61%) Serverless
5 25 (8.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 25 (8.28%) Amazon S3
6 23 (7.62%) GitHub
7 22 (7.28%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (6.95%) PaaS
9 20 (6.62%) Amazon EC2
10 18 (5.96%) AWS KMS
10 18 (5.96%) Route 53
11 16 (5.30%) SaaS
12 14 (4.64%) GitHub Actions
13 13 (4.30%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (4.30%) Azure Key Vault
14 12 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
14 12 (3.97%) Power Platform
15 11 (3.64%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.30%) Ethernet
1 13 (4.30%) TCP/IP
2 7 (2.32%) SSL
3 6 (1.99%) HTTP
3 6 (1.99%) HTTPS
4 4 (1.32%) DNS
4 4 (1.32%) FTP
4 4 (1.32%) IPsec
4 4 (1.32%) Kerberos
5 3 (0.99%) Internet
6 2 (0.66%) Firewall
6 2 (0.66%) Intranet
6 2 (0.66%) VPN
7 1 (0.33%) ATM
7 1 (0.33%) DMZ
7 1 (0.33%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (12.91%) SQL Server
2 33 (10.93%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (8.61%) Relational Database
4 25 (8.28%) DynamoDB
5 19 (6.29%) Amazon RDS
6 18 (5.96%) Amazon Aurora
7 14 (4.64%) Db2
8 7 (2.32%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (2.32%) Power BI
8 7 (2.32%) RDBMS
8 7 (2.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (1.99%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.66%) MySQL
10 5 (1.66%) NoSQL
11 4 (1.32%) Oracle Database
11 4 (1.32%) Pinecone
11 4 (1.32%) SAP HANA
11 4 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 49 (16.23%) Git
1 49 (16.23%) Jenkins
2 32 (10.60%) JIRA
3 25 (8.28%) JUnit
4 24 (7.95%) Maven
5 20 (6.62%) Eclipse
6 19 (6.29%) Mockito
6 19 (6.29%) Visual Studio
7 18 (5.96%) SonarQube
8 14 (4.64%) DbUnit
9 13 (4.30%) jMock
10 12 (3.97%) Bitbucket Server
11 9 (2.98%) GitLab
12 8 (2.65%) LoadRunner
13 7 (2.32%) Ant
13 7 (2.32%) Cucumber
13 7 (2.32%) Postman
14 6 (1.99%) SoapUI
14 6 (1.99%) Visual Studio Code
15 5 (1.66%) JMeter
General
1 90 (29.80%) Social Skills
2 60 (19.87%) Public Sector
3 56 (18.54%) Finance
4 55 (18.21%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (7.95%) Banking
6 22 (7.28%) Military
7 11 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.31%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.99%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.66%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.66%) Billing
10 5 (1.66%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.32%) Automotive
11 4 (1.32%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.32%) Legal
11 4 (1.32%) Retail
11 4 (1.32%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.66%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 149 (49.34%) Developer
2 42 (13.91%) Senior
3 39 (12.91%) Java Developer
4 29 (9.60%) Architect
5 27 (8.94%) Senior Developer
6 20 (6.62%) Consultant
7 16 (5.30%) Software Engineer
8 15 (4.97%) .NET Developer
8 15 (4.97%) C# Developer
9 13 (4.30%) Azure Developer
10 12 (3.97%) Lead
11 10 (3.31%) C# Software Engineer
11 10 (3.31%) IAM Specialist
11 10 (3.31%) Technical Architect
12 9 (2.98%) Senior Architect
13 8 (2.65%) Analyst
13 8 (2.65%) C++ Software Engineer
13 8 (2.65%) Designer
13 8 (2.65%) Salesforce Developer
14 7 (2.32%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (46.36%) REST
2 104 (34.44%) SOAP
3 51 (16.89%) RESTful
3 51 (16.89%) Spring
4 50 (16.56%) .NET
5 49 (16.23%) XML
6 41 (13.58%) Spring Boot
7 37 (12.25%) JSON
8 34 (11.26%) AngularJS
9 33 (10.93%) Node.js
10 30 (9.93%) OAuth
11 27 (8.94%) Hibernate
12 26 (8.61%) HTML
13 24 (7.95%) JPA
14 23 (7.62%) SailPoint
15 20 (6.62%) Spring Batch
15 20 (6.62%) Spring Integration
16 19 (6.29%) ActiveMQ
16 19 (6.29%) LDAP
16 19 (6.29%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.27%) Distributed Systems
2 14 (4.64%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (4.64%) Mobile App
2 14 (4.64%) Onboarding
3 13 (4.30%) CMDB
3 13 (4.30%) Product Ownership
4 11 (3.64%) Mainframe
5 8 (2.65%) Cloud Native
5 8 (2.65%) Data Structures
5 8 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.32%) DataPower
6 7 (2.32%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.99%) Online Banking
8 5 (1.66%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.66%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.66%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.32%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 46 (15.23%) Linux
2 25 (8.28%) Windows
3 14 (4.64%) Unix
4 10 (3.31%) zOS
5 2 (0.66%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.33%) Android
6 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (40.40%) Agile
2 91 (30.13%) CI/CD
3 82 (27.15%) DevOps
4 64 (21.19%) Microservices
5 61 (20.20%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (16.56%) Scrum
7 46 (15.23%) TDD
8 43 (14.24%) Continuous Integration
9 38 (12.58%) Analytics
9 38 (12.58%) ITSM
10 34 (11.26%) Software Engineering
11 32 (10.60%) Containerisation
11 32 (10.60%) Design Patterns
11 32 (10.60%) Stakeholder Management
11 32 (10.60%) Workflow
12 30 (9.93%) Performance Tuning
13 29 (9.60%) Unit Testing
13 29 (9.60%) Validation
14 28 (9.27%) AI
14 28 (9.27%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 102 (33.77%) SQL
2 80 (26.49%) Java
3 65 (21.52%) JavaScript
4 55 (18.21%) C#
4 55 (18.21%) Python
5 32 (10.60%) PowerShell
6 23 (7.62%) C++
7 16 (5.30%) PL/SQL
8 11 (3.64%) Apex Code
9 8 (2.65%) Kusto Query Language
9 8 (2.65%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.99%) ABAP
10 6 (1.99%) JCL
10 6 (1.99%) SOQL
10 6 (1.99%) SOSL
10 6 (1.99%) T-SQL
10 6 (1.99%) TypeScript
10 6 (1.99%) XPath
11 5 (1.66%) Groovy
11 5 (1.66%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 100 (33.11%) Security Cleared
2 92 (30.46%) SC Cleared
3 30 (9.93%) Degree
4 11 (3.64%) AWS Certification
5 10 (3.31%) Azure Certification
5 10 (3.31%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (2.65%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.99%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.99%) MBA
9 2 (0.66%) PhD
10 1 (0.33%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.33%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.33%) PMP
10 1 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.62%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (3.31%) NIST
3 10 (3.31%) QA
4 7 (2.32%) SLA
5 4 (1.32%) GRC
5 4 (1.32%) NCSC
6 3 (0.99%) GDPR
7 2 (0.66%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.33%) PMO
8 1 (0.33%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 43 (14.24%) Docker
2 31 (10.26%) Active Directory
3 13 (4.30%) Postfix
4 4 (1.32%) RACF
5 2 (0.66%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 2 (0.66%) NFS
5 2 (0.66%) Sendmail
5 2 (0.66%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 22 (7.28%) Grafana
2 18 (5.96%) Kubernetes
3 15 (4.97%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (3.64%) Ansible
5 5 (1.66%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.66%) Terraform
6 3 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.66%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.33%) Argo
8 1 (0.33%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.33%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.33%) Istio
8 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 78 (25.83%) Microsoft
2 48 (15.89%) Oracle
3 29 (9.60%) ServiceNow
4 17 (5.63%) Jaspersoft
4 17 (5.63%) SAP
5 14 (4.64%) Atlassian
5 14 (4.64%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.65%) IBM
7 7 (2.32%) Pega
7 7 (2.32%) Workday
8 5 (1.66%) Adobe
8 5 (1.66%) CyberArk
8 5 (1.66%) Google
8 5 (1.66%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.32%) Centrify
9 4 (1.32%) Citrix
9 4 (1.32%) Intapp
9 4 (1.32%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.32%) Sybase
10 3 (0.99%) Automation Anywhere