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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 359 205 205
Rank change year-on-year -154 0 +3
Contract jobs citing Web Services 297 370 412
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.64% 1.33% 1.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.01% 5.30% 5.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 251 242
10th Percentile £384 £356 £369
25th Percentile £423 £405 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -7.41% -1.82%
75th Percentile £650 £608 £638
90th Percentile £738 £695 £774
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £540
% change year-on-year +5.00% -7.41% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 21 27
10th Percentile £51.25 £55.00 £64.00
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £77.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

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 9,867 6,979 8,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.29% 25.08% 24.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,481 4,774 5,525
10th Percentile £381 £355 £363
25th Percentile £440 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% -5.64% -0.90%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 164 176
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.36 £27.38
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.27 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.47 £54.35 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.14% -13.04% -0.79%
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £71.40 £74.47
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +23.81% -14.77% -1.44%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -100 153 £564 +7.33% 95
South East -68 46 £500 +5.26% 26
Midlands -42 39 £447 +1.22% 14
North of England -89 34 £468 +3.89% 22
West Midlands -35 32 £449 -7.53% 10
Yorkshire -31 18 £450 -24.69% 7
South West -41 12 £425 -15.00% 12
East of England -40 11 £470 -13.76% 18
North West -76 11 £650 +44.44% 11
East Midlands -25 5 £428 +5.62% 4
North East -45 5 £425 -15.00% 5
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 (6.06%) Confluence
2 10 (3.37%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (1.68%) CICS
5 4 (1.35%) IIS
5 4 (1.35%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.67%) Apache
6 2 (0.67%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.67%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.34%) Appian
7 1 (0.34%) CMS
7 1 (0.34%) HCL Domino
7 1 (0.34%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.34%) JBoss
7 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.34%) Mule
7 1 (0.34%) Mule ESB
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 6 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.35%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.68%) Workday HCM
3 4 (1.35%) Elite 3E
4 3 (1.01%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (1.01%) Orchestrade
5 2 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.67%) Infor LN
5 2 (0.67%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.67%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.67%) Remedy AR System
5 2 (0.67%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.67%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.34%) BASE24
6 1 (0.34%) Maximo
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.34%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.34%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.34%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 84 (28.28%) Azure
2 62 (20.88%) AWS
3 23 (7.74%) Entra ID
4 20 (6.73%) GitHub
5 19 (6.40%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (6.06%) Power Platform
7 15 (5.05%) Amazon SQS
7 15 (5.05%) GCP
7 15 (5.05%) Serverless
8 13 (4.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 12 (4.04%) SaaS
10 11 (3.70%) Amazon S3
11 9 (3.03%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (3.03%) AWS KMS
11 9 (3.03%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (3.03%) Route 53
12 7 (2.36%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (2.02%) PaaS
13 6 (2.02%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.70%) Ethernet
1 11 (3.70%) TCP/IP
2 8 (2.69%) HTTP
3 6 (2.02%) SSL
4 5 (1.68%) FTP
5 4 (1.35%) Firewall
5 4 (1.35%) HTTPS
6 3 (1.01%) DNS
7 2 (0.67%) Internet
7 2 (0.67%) Intranet
7 2 (0.67%) VPN
8 1 (0.34%) ATM
8 1 (0.34%) DMZ
8 1 (0.34%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.34%) SAN
8 1 (0.34%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (12.79%) Relational Database
1 38 (12.79%) SQL Server
2 30 (10.10%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (4.38%) DynamoDB
4 9 (3.03%) Amazon Aurora
4 9 (3.03%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (3.03%) Oracle Database
4 9 (3.03%) RDBMS
4 9 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (2.69%) Db2
6 7 (2.36%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (2.02%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.68%) NoSQL
8 5 (1.68%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 5 (1.68%) Power BI
9 4 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.35%) MySQL
9 4 (1.35%) SAP HANA
9 4 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 63 (21.21%) Git
2 46 (15.49%) Jenkins
3 35 (11.78%) JIRA
4 27 (9.09%) SonarQube
5 23 (7.74%) Maven
6 22 (7.41%) JUnit
7 19 (6.40%) Mockito
8 18 (6.06%) Eclipse
9 17 (5.72%) Visual Studio
10 13 (4.38%) LoadRunner
11 10 (3.37%) JMeter
12 9 (3.03%) eggPlant
12 9 (3.03%) Postman
13 8 (2.69%) Selenium
13 8 (2.69%) SoapUI
14 7 (2.36%) DbUnit
14 7 (2.36%) GitLab
14 7 (2.36%) Sonatype Nexus
15 6 (2.02%) Bitbucket Server
15 6 (2.02%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 109 (36.70%) Social Skills
2 68 (22.90%) Analytical Skills
3 66 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 58 (19.53%) Finance
5 27 (9.09%) Banking
6 20 (6.73%) Military
7 10 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.68%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.68%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.68%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.68%) Legal
11 5 (1.68%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.35%) Automotive
12 4 (1.35%) Billing
12 4 (1.35%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.67%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.34%) Law
Job Titles
1 153 (51.52%) Developer
2 53 (17.85%) Senior
3 36 (12.12%) Java Developer
4 34 (11.45%) Senior Developer
5 25 (8.42%) Consultant
6 20 (6.73%) Architect
7 18 (6.06%) .NET Developer
7 18 (6.06%) Lead
8 17 (5.72%) C# Developer
9 16 (5.39%) Software Engineer
10 13 (4.38%) Senior Java Developer
11 11 (3.70%) IAM Specialist
12 10 (3.37%) C# Software Engineer
12 10 (3.37%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
13 9 (3.03%) C# .NET Developer
13 9 (3.03%) Technical Consultant
14 8 (2.69%) C++ Software Engineer
14 8 (2.69%) Full-Stack Developer
15 7 (2.36%) Integration Developer
15 7 (2.36%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (37.37%) REST
2 95 (31.99%) SOAP
3 71 (23.91%) .NET
4 59 (19.87%) RESTful
5 54 (18.18%) XML
6 43 (14.48%) Spring
7 41 (13.80%) Spring Boot
8 39 (13.13%) AngularJS
8 39 (13.13%) HTML
9 26 (8.75%) Hibernate
10 25 (8.42%) JSON
10 25 (8.42%) SailPoint
11 24 (8.08%) Middleware
12 23 (7.74%) OAuth
13 22 (7.41%) Node.js
14 21 (7.07%) ASP.NET
14 21 (7.07%) CSS
14 21 (7.07%) JPA
15 19 (6.40%) ActiveMQ
15 19 (6.40%) React
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.75%) Enterprise Software
2 23 (7.74%) Cloud Native
3 18 (6.06%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (4.71%) Mobile App
5 13 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (4.04%) Onboarding
7 11 (3.70%) CMDB
8 10 (3.37%) Data Structures
9 8 (2.69%) Management Information System
10 7 (2.36%) AI Agents
10 7 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (2.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (2.02%) Product Ownership
12 5 (1.68%) Mainframe
13 4 (1.35%) Algorithms
13 4 (1.35%) DataPower
13 4 (1.35%) Online Banking
13 4 (1.35%) Public Cloud
14 3 (1.01%) Derivative
14 3 (1.01%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 40 (13.47%) Linux
2 20 (6.73%) Unix
3 16 (5.39%) Windows
4 4 (1.35%) zOS
5 3 (1.01%) VMS
6 2 (0.67%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.34%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (45.12%) Agile
2 91 (30.64%) CI/CD
2 91 (30.64%) Problem-Solving
3 74 (24.92%) DevOps
4 58 (19.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 52 (17.51%) Microservices
6 47 (15.82%) SDLC
7 45 (15.15%) Software Engineering
7 45 (15.15%) Test Automation
8 43 (14.48%) Scrum
9 40 (13.47%) API Integration
10 38 (12.79%) TDD
11 37 (12.46%) ITSM
12 35 (11.78%) Stakeholder Management
13 33 (11.11%) Unit Testing
14 32 (10.77%) Containerisation
15 31 (10.44%) Validation
16 30 (10.10%) AI
17 28 (9.43%) Analytics
17 28 (9.43%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 100 (33.67%) SQL
2 80 (26.94%) Java
3 68 (22.90%) JavaScript
4 61 (20.54%) C#
5 57 (19.19%) Python
6 24 (8.08%) PowerShell
7 18 (6.06%) C++
7 18 (6.06%) TypeScript
8 14 (4.71%) PL/SQL
9 9 (3.03%) ABAP
9 9 (3.03%) Apex Code
9 9 (3.03%) VB.NET
10 8 (2.69%) Shell Script
10 8 (2.69%) T-SQL
11 6 (2.02%) Groovy
11 6 (2.02%) SOQL
11 6 (2.02%) SOSL
11 6 (2.02%) XPath
12 5 (1.68%) Bash
12 5 (1.68%) X++
Qualifications
1 97 (32.66%) Security Cleared
2 89 (29.97%) SC Cleared
3 34 (11.45%) Degree
4 12 (4.04%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.36%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.36%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.68%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.68%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.68%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.35%) ISEB
10 3 (1.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (1.01%) MBA
11 2 (0.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.67%) PhD
11 2 (0.67%) SAP Certification
12 1 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.34%) PMP
12 1 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.73%) Data Quality
1 20 (6.73%) QA
2 12 (4.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (3.70%) NIST
4 5 (1.68%) HL7
5 4 (1.35%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.35%) GRC
6 3 (1.01%) NCSC
7 2 (0.67%) GDPR
8 1 (0.34%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.34%) GMP
8 1 (0.34%) GxP
8 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.34%) SLA
8 1 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 46 (15.49%) Docker
2 29 (9.76%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.36%) Postfix
4 2 (0.67%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.67%) IAG
4 2 (0.67%) NFS
4 2 (0.67%) Sendmail
4 2 (0.67%) Varnish
4 2 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (7.74%) Grafana
2 19 (6.40%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.38%) Prometheus
4 12 (4.04%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (3.70%) Ansible
6 5 (1.68%) HP Fortify
7 4 (1.35%) Control-M
8 3 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.67%) Argo
9 2 (0.67%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.34%) Istio
10 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 74 (24.92%) Microsoft
2 49 (16.50%) Oracle
3 27 (9.09%) SAP
4 19 (6.40%) ServiceNow
5 13 (4.38%) Salesforce
6 12 (4.04%) IBM
7 10 (3.37%) UiPath
7 10 (3.37%) Workday
8 8 (2.69%) Google
8 8 (2.69%) Jaspersoft
8 8 (2.69%) Pega
9 7 (2.36%) Adobe
9 7 (2.36%) Atlassian
9 7 (2.36%) CyberArk
10 6 (2.02%) Centrify
11 4 (1.35%) Ariba
11 4 (1.35%) Citrix
11 4 (1.35%) Intapp
11 4 (1.35%) MuleSoft
12 3 (1.01%) OpenAI