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 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 281 226 160
Rank change year-on-year -55 -66 +35
Contract jobs citing Web Services 286 305 557
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.91% 1.12% 1.55%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.08% 5.11% 7.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 176 311
10th Percentile £350 £323 £400
25th Percentile £413 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -
75th Percentile £644 £630 £630
90th Percentile £714 £788 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £540
% change year-on-year -0.94% -1.85% -1.82%
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 7,012 5,965 7,673
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.23% 21.85% 21.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,686 3,810 5,562
10th Percentile £356 £358 £363
25th Percentile £413 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £635 £663 £673
90th Percentile £738 £788 £763
UK median daily rate £508 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.58% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 68 161
10th Percentile £32.72 £26.25 £31.25
25th Percentile £45.00 £42.56 £46.18
Median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% +20.45% -20.17%
75th Percentile £67.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.57 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -1.60% +19.05% -19.23%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -26 160 £491 -16.03% 31
North of England -46 34 £625 +29.53% 17
South East -25 29 £589 +2.43% 19
East of England -7 27 £675 +58.82% 12
North West -30 25 £625 +31.58% 10
South West -2 15 £550 -3.08% 10
Midlands -41 14 £565 +28.41% 5
Yorkshire -48 9 £598 +19.50% 5
East Midlands -18 7 £700 +100.00% 4
West Midlands -41 7 £430 -14.00% 1
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 18 (6.29%) Confluence
2 8 (2.80%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.80%) WebLogic
2 8 (2.80%) WebSphere
3 7 (2.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (1.75%) Jupyter
4 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.40%) Appian
5 4 (1.40%) CICS
5 4 (1.40%) Mule
5 4 (1.40%) Mule ESB
5 4 (1.40%) NetWeaver
6 3 (1.05%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.70%) Apache
7 2 (0.70%) Documentum
7 2 (0.70%) Drupal
8 1 (0.35%) CMS
8 1 (0.35%) IIS
8 1 (0.35%) JBoss
8 1 (0.35%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.40%) Autodesk Inventor
3 2 (0.70%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 24 (8.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (3.85%) Remedy ITSM
3 10 (3.50%) Oracle ERP
4 8 (2.80%) SAP HCM
5 7 (2.45%) BusinessWorks
5 7 (2.45%) SAP Payroll
6 6 (2.10%) SAP MDG
7 5 (1.75%) SAP ERP
8 3 (1.05%) SAP EWM
8 3 (1.05%) SAP MDG-F
8 3 (1.05%) SAP MDG-M
8 3 (1.05%) SAP MDG-S
9 2 (0.70%) Cloudability
9 2 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.70%) Maximo
9 2 (0.70%) Primavera
9 2 (0.70%) Remedy AR System
9 2 (0.70%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.35%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
Cloud Services
1 66 (23.08%) Azure
2 38 (13.29%) AWS
3 23 (8.04%) PaaS
4 22 (7.69%) OCI
5 13 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (4.55%) GitHub
6 11 (3.85%) Power Platform
7 10 (3.50%) GCP
8 9 (3.15%) GitHub Actions
8 9 (3.15%) SaaS
9 8 (2.80%) IaaS
9 8 (2.80%) iPaaS
9 8 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (2.80%) SuccessFactors
10 7 (2.45%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.75%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.75%) Sentry
12 4 (1.40%) Azure WebJobs
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.29%) TCP/IP
2 15 (5.24%) Ethernet
3 11 (3.85%) SSL
4 5 (1.75%) HTTP
5 4 (1.40%) ATM
5 4 (1.40%) NFC
5 4 (1.40%) PPP
6 3 (1.05%) DHCP
6 3 (1.05%) DNS
7 2 (0.70%) Firewall
7 2 (0.70%) SMTP
8 1 (0.35%) FTP
8 1 (0.35%) IPsec
8 1 (0.35%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.35%) POP3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (9.79%) SQL Server
2 21 (7.34%) Relational Database
3 19 (6.64%) SAP HANA
4 17 (5.94%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (3.85%) DB2
6 8 (2.80%) Oracle Database
6 8 (2.80%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (2.45%) MySQL
7 7 (2.45%) Redis
8 6 (2.10%) Power BI
9 5 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.40%) Data Hub
10 4 (1.40%) MongoDB
11 3 (1.05%) NoSQL
11 3 (1.05%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (1.05%) Pinecone
11 3 (1.05%) SAP BW
11 3 (1.05%) SAP Data Services
12 2 (0.70%) EDMS
12 2 (0.70%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 45 (15.73%) Git
2 29 (10.14%) Postman
3 28 (9.79%) JIRA
4 25 (8.74%) Eclipse
5 16 (5.59%) Jenkins
5 16 (5.59%) Visual Studio
6 14 (4.90%) Selenium
7 11 (3.85%) Cucumber
8 10 (3.50%) SoapUI
9 9 (3.15%) SonarQube
10 8 (2.80%) JUnit
11 7 (2.45%) Mockito
11 7 (2.45%) REST Assured
12 6 (2.10%) JMeter
12 6 (2.10%) Maven
12 6 (2.10%) Subversion
13 5 (1.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 5 (1.75%) Charles Proxy
13 5 (1.75%) Katalon Studio
13 5 (1.75%) Xcode
General
1 86 (30.07%) Social Skills
2 53 (18.53%) Public Sector
3 39 (13.64%) Finance
4 35 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (7.69%) Banking
6 18 (6.29%) Military
7 17 (5.94%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.45%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.75%) Billing
10 3 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.05%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.05%) Law
10 3 (1.05%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.70%) Dutch Language
11 2 (0.70%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.70%) Front Office
11 2 (0.70%) Marketing
11 2 (0.70%) Retail
12 1 (0.35%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 109 (38.11%) Developer
2 48 (16.78%) Senior
3 41 (14.34%) Consultant
4 26 (9.09%) Senior Developer
5 25 (8.74%) Architect
6 24 (8.39%) Software Engineer
7 23 (8.04%) SAP Consultant
8 19 (6.64%) Lead
9 14 (4.90%) C# Software Engineer
10 13 (4.55%) C++ Software Engineer
11 12 (4.20%) Analyst
11 12 (4.20%) Python Developer
12 11 (3.85%) Java Developer
13 10 (3.50%) ABAP Consultant
13 10 (3.50%) Cloud Specialist
13 10 (3.50%) Integration Specialist
13 10 (3.50%) Oracle Specialist
14 9 (3.15%) Solutions Architect
15 8 (2.80%) .NET Developer
15 8 (2.80%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (37.06%) REST
2 94 (32.87%) SOAP
3 42 (14.69%) XML
4 39 (13.64%) JSON
5 32 (11.19%) HTML
6 28 (9.79%) .NET
6 28 (9.79%) AngularJS
7 25 (8.74%) RESTful
8 24 (8.39%) CSS
8 24 (8.39%) Node.js
9 22 (7.69%) Oracle Fusion
10 20 (6.99%) BAPI
10 20 (6.99%) XSLT
11 19 (6.64%) HTML5
11 19 (6.64%) Spring
12 17 (5.94%) jQuery
13 16 (5.59%) Middleware
13 16 (5.59%) OAuth
14 15 (5.24%) J2EE
15 13 (4.55%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.20%) Legacy Systems
2 10 (3.50%) Mobile App
3 9 (3.15%) CMDB
4 8 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (2.80%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.80%) Replication
5 7 (2.45%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.10%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.10%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.75%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.75%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.40%) Hedge funds
8 4 (1.40%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.40%) PACS
8 4 (1.40%) Smartcard
8 4 (1.40%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 3 (1.05%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.05%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.70%) Legacy Code
10 2 (0.70%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 29 (10.14%) Linux
2 26 (9.09%) Windows
3 11 (3.85%) Android
4 9 (3.15%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.75%) Unix
6 4 (1.40%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.40%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.70%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.70%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (38.81%) Agile
2 63 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
3 55 (19.23%) DevOps
4 53 (18.53%) CI/CD
5 46 (16.08%) Unit Testing
6 39 (13.64%) Test Automation
7 36 (12.59%) Microservices
8 35 (12.24%) ERP
9 34 (11.89%) Software Engineering
10 33 (11.54%) Scrum
11 31 (10.84%) Continuous Integration
11 31 (10.84%) TDD
12 29 (10.14%) Performance Tuning
13 28 (9.79%) Data Modelling
13 28 (9.79%) OO
14 26 (9.09%) Design Patterns
14 26 (9.09%) Integration Patterns
15 23 (8.04%) Validation
16 22 (7.69%) Migration
16 22 (7.69%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 76 (26.57%) JavaScript
2 60 (20.98%) SQL
3 51 (17.83%) Java
4 44 (15.38%) Python
5 41 (14.34%) C#
6 34 (11.89%) ABAP
7 23 (8.04%) C++
8 11 (3.85%) PL/SQL
8 11 (3.85%) PowerShell
8 11 (3.85%) Ruby
9 9 (3.15%) XPath
10 8 (2.80%) Groovy
10 8 (2.80%) Kotlin
10 8 (2.80%) PHP
10 8 (2.80%) TypeScript
11 7 (2.45%) Apex Code
12 6 (2.10%) Swift
13 5 (1.75%) COBOL
13 5 (1.75%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.75%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 87 (30.42%) Security Cleared
2 68 (23.78%) SC Cleared
3 22 (7.69%) Degree
4 11 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.15%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.45%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.40%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.05%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.35%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.35%) CISA
9 1 (0.35%) CISSP
9 1 (0.35%) ISEB
9 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.35%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.35%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.35%) PMP
9 1 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.35%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.04%) QA
2 8 (2.80%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.10%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.40%) ISO 8583
5 2 (0.70%) GRC
5 2 (0.70%) HL7
6 1 (0.35%) DICOM
6 1 (0.35%) GDPR
6 1 (0.35%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.35%) PMO
6 1 (0.35%) SLA
6 1 (0.35%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 23 (8.04%) Docker
2 12 (4.20%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.35%) RACF
4 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (8.04%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (2.45%) TIBCO Hawk
4 6 (2.10%) Ansible
5 5 (1.75%) Terraform
6 2 (0.70%) CloudHub
6 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.35%) CA Endevor
7 1 (0.35%) Control-M
7 1 (0.35%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.35%) HP Operations Orchestration
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 57 (19.93%) Oracle
2 51 (17.83%) SAP
3 46 (16.08%) Microsoft
4 18 (6.29%) ServiceNow
5 15 (5.24%) Splunk
6 13 (4.55%) Adobe
7 11 (3.85%) BMC
7 11 (3.85%) IBM
7 11 (3.85%) Remedy
8 10 (3.50%) Dynatrace
8 10 (3.50%) HP
9 9 (3.15%) Ivanti
9 9 (3.15%) Salesforce
10 7 (2.45%) BEA
10 7 (2.45%) Google
10 7 (2.45%) MuleSoft
10 7 (2.45%) TIBCO
11 6 (2.10%) Guidewire
12 5 (1.75%) CA Agile Central
12 5 (1.75%) Workday