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

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 221 174
Rank change year-on-year -76 -47 +20
Contract jobs citing Web Services 278 302 524
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.84% 1.16% 1.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.83% 5.18% 6.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 164 294
10th Percentile £351 £371 £400
25th Percentile £413 £460 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £545 £530
Median % change year-on-year -8.17% +2.83% -3.64%
75th Percentile £644 £630 £629
90th Percentile £716 £814 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £533 £525
% change year-on-year -1.58% +1.61% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 7
10th Percentile £28.06 £62.38 £56.32
25th Percentile £62.19 £64.06 £57.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -4.58%
75th Percentile - £65.75 £90.13
90th Percentile - £67.10 £91.65
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -4.58%

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 7,262 5,829 7,838
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.96% 22.36% 20.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,866 3,693 5,643
10th Percentile £358 £363 £355
25th Percentile £415 £430 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £656 £659
90th Percentile £738 £788 £753
UK median daily rate £513 £537 £534
% change year-on-year -4.61% +0.61% -7.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 76 181
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.38 £25.75
25th Percentile £50.00 £45.51 £46.18
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £68.75 £66.19 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £76.03 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £64.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +2.40% +13.64% -15.38%

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 3 February 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 3 February 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 3 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 -28 161 £475 -18.80% 39
North of England -57 34 £650 +31.31% 20
South East -31 29 £590 +18.00% 27
East of England -17 22 £737 +34.05% 10
North West -39 21 £625 +26.26% 11
South West -17 15 £525 -9.48% 9
Yorkshire -42 13 £725 +45.00% 8
Midlands -60 12 £565 +28.41% 7
West Midlands -40 8 £430 -14.00% 6
East Midlands -26 4 £700 +115.05% 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 11 (3.96%) Appian
2 10 (3.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 10 (3.60%) WebLogic
3 8 (2.88%) Confluence
4 7 (2.52%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.52%) WebSphere
5 6 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (1.80%) Jupyter
7 3 (1.08%) CICS
7 3 (1.08%) IIS
7 3 (1.08%) JBoss
7 3 (1.08%) NetWeaver
7 3 (1.08%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.72%) Documentum
8 2 (0.72%) Drupal
9 1 (0.36%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.36%) Apache
9 1 (0.36%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.36%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.36%) Mule
Applications
1 7 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.44%) Autodesk Inventor
3 2 (0.72%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 22 (7.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (5.04%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (2.88%) SAP HCM
4 7 (2.52%) BusinessWorks
4 7 (2.52%) SAP Payroll
5 6 (2.16%) SAP MDG
6 5 (1.80%) SAP ERP
7 4 (1.44%) SAP EWM
8 3 (1.08%) SAP MDG-F
8 3 (1.08%) SAP MDG-M
8 3 (1.08%) SAP MDG-S
9 2 (0.72%) Cloudability
9 2 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.72%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.72%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.72%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 2 (0.72%) Remedy AR System
9 2 (0.72%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.72%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 69 (24.82%) Azure
2 41 (14.75%) AWS
3 29 (10.43%) PaaS
4 26 (9.35%) OCI
5 14 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (4.68%) GCP
6 13 (4.68%) GitHub
6 13 (4.68%) IaaS
7 12 (4.32%) SaaS
8 11 (3.96%) Power Platform
9 9 (3.24%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (2.88%) Azure AI
10 8 (2.88%) Entra ID
10 8 (2.88%) Power Automate
10 8 (2.88%) Serverless
10 8 (2.88%) SuccessFactors
11 7 (2.52%) Anthropic Claude
11 7 (2.52%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (2.16%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.04%) TCP/IP
2 11 (3.96%) Ethernet
3 5 (1.80%) HTTP
3 5 (1.80%) SSL
4 4 (1.44%) ATM
4 4 (1.44%) IPsec
4 4 (1.44%) Kerberos
5 3 (1.08%) DHCP
5 3 (1.08%) DNS
5 3 (1.08%) NFC
5 3 (1.08%) PPP
6 2 (0.72%) Firewall
6 2 (0.72%) FTP
7 1 (0.36%) Internet
7 1 (0.36%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (11.15%) SQL Server
2 23 (8.27%) Relational Database
3 20 (7.19%) SAP HANA
4 9 (3.24%) DB2
4 9 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (2.88%) Oracle Reports
5 8 (2.88%) Pinecone
6 7 (2.52%) Oracle Database
7 6 (2.16%) Power BI
8 5 (1.80%) Data Hub
9 4 (1.44%) MySQL
10 3 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.08%) MongoDB
10 3 (1.08%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (1.08%) Redis
10 3 (1.08%) SAP Data Services
11 2 (0.72%) DTS
11 2 (0.72%) EDMS
11 2 (0.72%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 44 (15.83%) Git
2 30 (10.79%) Postman
3 18 (6.47%) Eclipse
4 16 (5.76%) JIRA
5 13 (4.68%) Selenium
6 12 (4.32%) Visual Studio
7 11 (3.96%) Jenkins
8 10 (3.60%) Cucumber
8 10 (3.60%) SoapUI
9 7 (2.52%) MLflow
9 7 (2.52%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.80%) Appium
10 5 (1.80%) Charles Proxy
10 5 (1.80%) GitLab
10 5 (1.80%) JMeter
10 5 (1.80%) JUnit
10 5 (1.80%) Katalon Studio
10 5 (1.80%) REST Assured
10 5 (1.80%) XCUITest
11 4 (1.44%) Maven
General
1 81 (29.14%) Social Skills
2 56 (20.14%) Public Sector
3 41 (14.75%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (13.67%) Finance
5 17 (6.12%) Military
6 16 (5.76%) Banking
7 13 (4.68%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.88%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.08%) Billing
9 3 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.08%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.08%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.08%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.72%) Dutch Language
10 2 (0.72%) Front Office
10 2 (0.72%) General Ledger
10 2 (0.72%) Law
10 2 (0.72%) Marketing
10 2 (0.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 108 (38.85%) Developer
2 45 (16.19%) Senior
3 40 (14.39%) Consultant
4 25 (8.99%) Senior Developer
5 23 (8.27%) SAP Consultant
6 22 (7.91%) Architect
7 19 (6.83%) Lead
8 17 (6.12%) Software Engineer
9 15 (5.40%) Cloud Specialist
9 15 (5.40%) Python Developer
10 14 (5.04%) Analyst
10 14 (5.04%) Integration Specialist
10 14 (5.04%) Oracle Specialist
11 11 (3.96%) Automation Engineer
11 11 (3.96%) Java Developer
12 10 (3.60%) ABAP Consultant
13 9 (3.24%) C# Software Engineer
13 9 (3.24%) C++ Software Engineer
13 9 (3.24%) Software Developer
13 9 (3.24%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (39.21%) REST
2 88 (31.65%) SOAP
3 42 (15.11%) XML
4 31 (11.15%) JSON
5 28 (10.07%) OAuth
6 27 (9.71%) Oracle Fusion
6 27 (9.71%) RESTful
7 26 (9.35%) .NET
8 24 (8.63%) XSLT
9 20 (7.19%) CSS
9 20 (7.19%) HTML
9 20 (7.19%) Node.js
10 19 (6.83%) BAPI
11 18 (6.47%) JWT
12 16 (5.76%) Middleware
12 16 (5.76%) Spring
13 15 (5.40%) AngularJS
14 12 (4.32%) NumPy
14 12 (4.32%) Pandas
15 11 (3.96%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.40%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (4.32%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (3.60%) Public Cloud
4 9 (3.24%) Mobile App
5 8 (2.88%) CMDB
5 8 (2.88%) Low-Code
5 8 (2.88%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.88%) Replication
6 5 (1.80%) Client/Server
6 5 (1.80%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.80%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.44%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 4 (1.44%) Hedge funds
7 4 (1.44%) N-Tier
7 4 (1.44%) PACS
7 4 (1.44%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (1.08%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.08%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 23 (8.27%) Linux
2 22 (7.91%) Windows
3 11 (3.96%) Android
4 9 (3.24%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.08%) Ubuntu
5 3 (1.08%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.72%) Unix
6 2 (0.72%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.72%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (35.61%) Agile
2 59 (21.22%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (20.14%) CI/CD
4 47 (16.91%) DevOps
5 43 (15.47%) Test Automation
5 43 (15.47%) Unit Testing
6 40 (14.39%) ERP
7 33 (11.87%) Design Patterns
8 31 (11.15%) Continuous Integration
8 31 (11.15%) Data Modelling
9 29 (10.43%) Microservices
10 28 (10.07%) Performance Tuning
10 28 (10.07%) Software Engineering
11 27 (9.71%) Containerisation
11 27 (9.71%) Validation
12 26 (9.35%) OO
13 23 (8.27%) Process Improvement
13 23 (8.27%) Requirements Gathering
13 23 (8.27%) TDD
14 22 (7.91%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 62 (22.30%) SQL
2 54 (19.42%) JavaScript
3 52 (18.71%) Python
4 46 (16.55%) Java
5 36 (12.95%) C#
6 33 (11.87%) ABAP
7 17 (6.12%) C++
8 12 (4.32%) PowerShell
8 12 (4.32%) Ruby
9 8 (2.88%) Kotlin
9 8 (2.88%) PHP
9 8 (2.88%) TypeScript
9 8 (2.88%) XPath
10 7 (2.52%) Apex Code
11 6 (2.16%) Go
11 6 (2.16%) Groovy
11 6 (2.16%) PL/SQL
11 6 (2.16%) Swift
12 4 (1.44%) COBOL
12 4 (1.44%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 78 (28.06%) Security Cleared
2 59 (21.22%) SC Cleared
3 21 (7.55%) Degree
4 9 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (3.24%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.88%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.44%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.08%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.72%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.36%) AWS 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
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.83%) QA
2 10 (3.60%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.88%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.44%) ISO 8583
5 3 (1.08%) SLA
6 2 (0.72%) GDPR
7 1 (0.36%) DICOM
7 1 (0.36%) GRC
7 1 (0.36%) HL7
7 1 (0.36%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.36%) PMO
7 1 (0.36%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 26 (9.35%) Docker
2 12 (4.32%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.44%) RACF
4 3 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (9.35%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.52%) Ansible
2 7 (2.52%) TIBCO Hawk
3 4 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.44%) Terraform
4 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.36%) CA Endevor
5 1 (0.36%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.36%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.36%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 59 (21.22%) Oracle
2 49 (17.63%) SAP
3 43 (15.47%) Microsoft
4 14 (5.04%) Adobe
5 11 (3.96%) IBM
6 10 (3.60%) OpenAI
7 9 (3.24%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.88%) Guidewire
8 8 (2.88%) ServiceNow
8 8 (2.88%) Splunk
8 8 (2.88%) UiPath
9 7 (2.52%) Automation Anywhere
9 7 (2.52%) BEA
9 7 (2.52%) Google
9 7 (2.52%) TIBCO
10 6 (2.16%) MuleSoft
11 5 (1.80%) Computacenter
11 5 (1.80%) Workday
12 4 (1.44%) Dataiku
13 3 (1.08%) Dynatrace