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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 342 213 208
Rank change year-on-year -129 -5 -3
Contract jobs citing Web Services 326 370 397
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 1.32% 1.23%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.30% 5.17% 4.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 248 225
10th Percentile £359 £354 £350
25th Percentile £418 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -7.41% -1.82%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £533
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.19% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 22 27
10th Percentile £52.38 £55.00 £64.00
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £65.75 - -
90th Percentile £77.35 - -
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 9,886 7,159 8,026
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.24% 25.62% 24.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,508 4,850 5,253
10th Percentile £381 £355 £363
25th Percentile £447 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% -5.45% -0.68%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £669
90th Percentile £738 £738 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 171 176
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.61 £35.50
25th Percentile £53.43 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £76.50 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £74.68
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.35 £62.50
% change year-on-year +19.60% -13.04% +4.17%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -93 162 £550 +4.76% 113
South East -59 51 £500 +5.26% 33
Midlands -42 39 £449 +1.56% 21
North of England -91 38 £475 -3.75% 33
West Midlands -25 32 £450 -9.09% 18
Yorkshire -28 20 £450 -31.51% 11
East of England -39 17 £525 -3.67% 19
South West -32 14 £545 +9.00% 13
North West -79 11 £650 +42.86% 16
North East -35 7 £675 +35.00% 7
East Midlands -23 5 £428 +10.67% 3
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 24 (7.36%) Confluence
2 10 (3.07%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 7 (2.15%) IIS
5 5 (1.53%) Apache
6 4 (1.23%) CICS
6 4 (1.23%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.92%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.61%) CMS
8 2 (0.61%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.61%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.31%) Appian
9 1 (0.31%) HCL Domino
9 1 (0.31%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.31%) JBoss
9 1 (0.31%) Mule
9 1 (0.31%) Mule ESB
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 8 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (1.84%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (2.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.45%) Workday HCM
3 4 (1.23%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.92%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.92%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.92%) Orchestrade
4 3 (0.92%) SAP HR
5 2 (0.61%) Infor LN
5 2 (0.61%) iTrent
5 2 (0.61%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.61%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.61%) Remedy AR System
5 2 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.61%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.61%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.31%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 94 (28.83%) Azure
2 68 (20.86%) AWS
3 23 (7.06%) GitHub
4 21 (6.44%) Entra ID
4 21 (6.44%) Power Platform
5 20 (6.13%) GCP
6 19 (5.83%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (4.29%) Serverless
8 13 (3.99%) Amazon SQS
8 13 (3.99%) SaaS
9 12 (3.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 10 (3.07%) Amazon S3
10 10 (3.07%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (2.45%) Amazon EC2
11 8 (2.45%) AWS KMS
11 8 (2.45%) Route 53
11 8 (2.45%) SuccessFactors
12 7 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (2.15%) Boomi
12 7 (2.15%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.68%) Ethernet
1 12 (3.68%) TCP/IP
2 8 (2.45%) HTTP
3 7 (2.15%) FTP
3 7 (2.15%) SSL
4 5 (1.53%) HTTPS
5 4 (1.23%) Firewall
6 2 (0.61%) DNS
6 2 (0.61%) Internet
6 2 (0.61%) Intranet
6 2 (0.61%) VPN
6 2 (0.61%) X.509
7 1 (0.31%) ATM
7 1 (0.31%) Broadband
7 1 (0.31%) DMZ
7 1 (0.31%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.31%) SAN
7 1 (0.31%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (13.19%) SQL Server
2 39 (11.96%) Relational Database
3 32 (9.82%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (3.68%) DynamoDB
5 11 (3.37%) Oracle Database
6 9 (2.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (2.45%) Amazon Aurora
7 8 (2.45%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (2.45%) RDBMS
8 7 (2.15%) Db2
8 7 (2.15%) MySQL
8 7 (2.15%) Power BI
9 6 (1.84%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.53%) NoSQL
10 5 (1.53%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 5 (1.53%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (1.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 74 (22.70%) Git
2 47 (14.42%) Jenkins
3 46 (14.11%) JIRA
4 28 (8.59%) SonarQube
5 25 (7.67%) JUnit
5 25 (7.67%) Maven
6 20 (6.13%) Mockito
6 20 (6.13%) Visual Studio
7 19 (5.83%) Eclipse
8 13 (3.99%) LoadRunner
9 9 (2.76%) eggPlant
9 9 (2.76%) JMeter
10 8 (2.45%) Cucumber
10 8 (2.45%) Postman
10 8 (2.45%) Selenium
10 8 (2.45%) SoapUI
10 8 (2.45%) Sonatype Nexus
11 6 (1.84%) DbUnit
11 6 (1.84%) GitLab
11 6 (1.84%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 120 (36.81%) Social Skills
2 74 (22.70%) Analytical Skills
3 69 (21.17%) Finance
4 68 (20.86%) Public Sector
5 28 (8.59%) Banking
6 22 (6.75%) Military
7 13 (3.99%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.84%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.53%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.53%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.53%) Legal
12 5 (1.53%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.53%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.23%) Automotive
13 4 (1.23%) Billing
14 2 (0.61%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 168 (51.53%) Developer
2 54 (16.56%) Senior
3 36 (11.04%) Java Developer
4 32 (9.82%) Senior Developer
5 30 (9.20%) Consultant
6 22 (6.75%) Architect
7 21 (6.44%) .NET Developer
7 21 (6.44%) C# Developer
8 17 (5.21%) Lead
8 17 (5.21%) Software Engineer
9 12 (3.68%) Senior Java Developer
10 11 (3.37%) C# .NET Developer
10 11 (3.37%) IAM Specialist
11 10 (3.07%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
12 9 (2.76%) C# Software Engineer
12 9 (2.76%) ServiceNow Developer
12 9 (2.76%) Technical Consultant
13 8 (2.45%) Full-Stack Developer
13 8 (2.45%) Integration Developer
13 8 (2.45%) Workday Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (34.36%) REST
2 104 (31.90%) SOAP
3 76 (23.31%) .NET
4 67 (20.55%) RESTful
5 63 (19.33%) XML
6 45 (13.80%) HTML
7 43 (13.19%) AngularJS
8 42 (12.88%) Spring
9 40 (12.27%) Spring Boot
10 34 (10.43%) JSON
11 31 (9.51%) Middleware
12 28 (8.59%) CSS
13 27 (8.28%) React
14 26 (7.98%) OAuth
14 26 (7.98%) SailPoint
15 25 (7.67%) Hibernate
15 25 (7.67%) Node.js
16 21 (6.44%) ASP.NET
16 21 (6.44%) LDAP
16 21 (6.44%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 33 (10.12%) Enterprise Software
2 30 (9.20%) Cloud Native
3 21 (6.44%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (4.60%) Mobile App
5 14 (4.29%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (3.07%) CMDB
8 9 (2.76%) AI Agents
9 7 (2.15%) Data Structures
9 7 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (2.15%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.15%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.84%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.53%) Replication
12 4 (1.23%) Mainframe
13 3 (0.92%) Algorithms
13 3 (0.92%) Client/Server
13 3 (0.92%) DataPower
13 3 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 50 (15.34%) Linux
2 22 (6.75%) Unix
2 22 (6.75%) Windows
3 4 (1.23%) VMS
4 3 (0.92%) zOS
5 2 (0.61%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (46.32%) Agile
2 105 (32.21%) CI/CD
3 97 (29.75%) Problem-Solving
4 80 (24.54%) DevOps
5 66 (20.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 54 (16.56%) Test Automation
7 51 (15.64%) Software Engineering
8 50 (15.34%) Scrum
9 49 (15.03%) SDLC
10 48 (14.72%) Microservices
11 43 (13.19%) Unit Testing
12 41 (12.58%) Validation
13 40 (12.27%) Stakeholder Management
13 40 (12.27%) TDD
14 39 (11.96%) API Integration
15 38 (11.66%) Containerisation
16 37 (11.35%) AI
17 36 (11.04%) ITSM
18 33 (10.12%) Data Modelling
18 33 (10.12%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 104 (31.90%) SQL
2 85 (26.07%) Java
3 81 (24.85%) JavaScript
4 67 (20.55%) C#
5 62 (19.02%) Python
6 26 (7.98%) PowerShell
6 26 (7.98%) TypeScript
7 19 (5.83%) C++
8 13 (3.99%) PL/SQL
9 12 (3.68%) ABAP
9 12 (3.68%) Bash
9 12 (3.68%) Shell Script
10 11 (3.37%) T-SQL
11 9 (2.76%) Groovy
11 9 (2.76%) VB.NET
12 7 (2.15%) Apex Code
12 7 (2.15%) XPath
13 6 (1.84%) SOQL
13 6 (1.84%) SOSL
14 5 (1.53%) X++
Qualifications
1 97 (29.75%) Security Cleared
2 87 (26.69%) SC Cleared
3 40 (12.27%) Degree
4 15 (4.60%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.76%) AWS Certification
6 8 (2.45%) Azure Certification
6 8 (2.45%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.53%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.53%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.53%) PMP
9 4 (1.23%) ISEB
9 4 (1.23%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.23%) PhD
10 2 (0.61%) CISSP
10 2 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.61%) SAP Certification
11 1 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.67%) Data Quality
2 22 (6.75%) QA
3 13 (3.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (3.68%) NIST
5 6 (1.84%) HL7
5 6 (1.84%) NCSC
6 4 (1.23%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.23%) GRC
7 3 (0.92%) GDPR
8 1 (0.31%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.31%) GMP
8 1 (0.31%) GxP
8 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.31%) PMO
8 1 (0.31%) SLA
8 1 (0.31%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 54 (16.56%) Docker
2 32 (9.82%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.84%) Postfix
4 3 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.61%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 2 (0.61%) IAG
5 2 (0.61%) NFS
5 2 (0.61%) Sendmail
5 2 (0.61%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 25 (7.67%) Kubernetes
2 21 (6.44%) Grafana
3 12 (3.68%) Ansible
3 12 (3.68%) Prometheus
3 12 (3.68%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.53%) HP Fortify
5 4 (1.23%) Control-M
6 3 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.61%) Argo
7 2 (0.61%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.31%) Istio
8 1 (0.31%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 81 (24.85%) Microsoft
2 52 (15.95%) Oracle
3 30 (9.20%) SAP
4 19 (5.83%) ServiceNow
5 15 (4.60%) UiPath
6 13 (3.99%) Workday
7 12 (3.68%) IBM
7 12 (3.68%) Salesforce
8 11 (3.37%) Google
9 8 (2.45%) CyberArk
10 7 (2.15%) Atlassian
10 7 (2.15%) Jaspersoft
10 7 (2.15%) Pega
11 6 (1.84%) Adobe
11 6 (1.84%) Centrify
12 5 (1.53%) MuleSoft
13 4 (1.23%) Ariba
13 4 (1.23%) Citrix
13 4 (1.23%) Intapp
13 4 (1.23%) Planview