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 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 350 194 182
Rank change year-on-year -156 -12 +22
Contract jobs citing Web Services 299 388 444
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.65% 1.40% 1.34%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.52% 6.34% 6.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 265 281
10th Percentile £400 £358 £381
25th Percentile £448 £405 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £650 £630 £638
90th Percentile £731 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £529 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.80% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 18 27
10th Percentile £51.63 £55.00 £64.00
25th Percentile £55.00 £62.19 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £74.65 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - -0.81%

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 8,502 6,121 7,338
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.54% 22.02% 22.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,556 4,186 5,034
10th Percentile £365 £350 £360
25th Percentile £431 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -6.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £816
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 158 225
10th Percentile £28.79 £31.25 £24.51
25th Percentile £46.53 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £73.00 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.70 £81.01 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.88 £50.00
% change year-on-year +18.45% +9.75% -16.67%

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 16 August 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 16 August 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 16 August 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 -100 164 £588 +6.82% 64
South East -92 46 £500 +5.26% 29
Midlands -47 32 £449 +3.03% 11
North of England -91 31 £460 +2.22% 17
West Midlands -43 27 £449 -5.58% 8
Yorkshire -30 17 £454 -11.59% 6
South West -42 14 £485 -4.39% 11
East of England -36 13 £460 -15.98% 7
North West -69 10 £650 +45.41% 10
North East -41 4 £425 -15.00% 1
East Midlands -28 3 £438 +8.15% 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 16 (5.35%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.34%) Confluence
3 9 (3.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (2.68%) CICS
5 7 (2.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (1.34%) OpenStack
7 3 (1.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (1.00%) IIS
7 3 (1.00%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.67%) Apache
8 2 (0.67%) CMS
8 2 (0.67%) JBoss
8 2 (0.67%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.33%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.33%) Appian
9 1 (0.33%) HCL Domino
9 1 (0.33%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.33%) Mule
9 1 (0.33%) Mule ESB
9 1 (0.33%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.67%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.34%) Elite 3E
3 3 (1.00%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.00%) Orchestrade
3 3 (1.00%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.67%) Infor LN
4 2 (0.67%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.67%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.67%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.67%) Remedy AR System
4 2 (0.67%) SAP Hybris
4 2 (0.67%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.33%) BASE24
5 1 (0.33%) Maximo
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 85 (28.43%) Azure
2 63 (21.07%) AWS
3 32 (10.70%) Entra ID
4 26 (8.70%) GitHub
5 24 (8.03%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (7.36%) Amazon SQS
7 21 (7.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 20 (6.69%) Serverless
9 19 (6.35%) Amazon S3
10 18 (6.02%) Power Platform
11 15 (5.02%) Amazon EC2
11 15 (5.02%) PaaS
12 14 (4.68%) AWS KMS
12 14 (4.68%) GitHub Actions
12 14 (4.68%) Route 53
12 14 (4.68%) SaaS
13 12 (4.01%) AWS Lambda
14 11 (3.68%) Azure Key Vault
14 11 (3.68%) GCP
14 11 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.35%) Ethernet
1 13 (4.35%) TCP/IP
2 7 (2.34%) HTTP
3 5 (1.67%) HTTPS
3 5 (1.67%) SSL
4 4 (1.34%) DNS
5 3 (1.00%) FTP
5 3 (1.00%) Internet
6 2 (0.67%) Firewall
6 2 (0.67%) Intranet
6 2 (0.67%) 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 37 (12.37%) SQL Server
2 28 (9.36%) Relational Database
3 27 (9.03%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (6.69%) DynamoDB
5 14 (4.68%) Amazon Aurora
5 14 (4.68%) Amazon RDS
6 11 (3.68%) Db2
7 8 (2.68%) Oracle Database
7 8 (2.68%) RDBMS
7 8 (2.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (2.34%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (2.34%) Power BI
9 5 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (1.67%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.67%) MySQL
9 5 (1.67%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 4 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.34%) NoSQL
10 4 (1.34%) SAP HANA
10 4 (1.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 54 (18.06%) Git
2 41 (13.71%) Jenkins
3 27 (9.03%) JIRA
4 20 (6.69%) Eclipse
4 20 (6.69%) SonarQube
5 19 (6.35%) Maven
5 19 (6.35%) Visual Studio
6 18 (6.02%) JUnit
7 15 (5.02%) Mockito
8 13 (4.35%) LoadRunner
9 11 (3.68%) Bitbucket Server
9 11 (3.68%) DbUnit
10 10 (3.34%) JMeter
10 10 (3.34%) jMock
10 10 (3.34%) Postman
11 9 (3.01%) GitLab
11 9 (3.01%) SoapUI
12 7 (2.34%) eggPlant
12 7 (2.34%) Selenium
13 6 (2.01%) Ant
General
1 102 (34.11%) Social Skills
2 66 (22.07%) Public Sector
3 59 (19.73%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (17.73%) Finance
5 26 (8.70%) Banking
6 21 (7.02%) Military
7 12 (4.01%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.34%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.67%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.67%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.67%) Legal
10 5 (1.67%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.34%) Automotive
11 4 (1.34%) Billing
11 4 (1.34%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.34%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.00%) Retail
13 2 (0.67%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 149 (49.83%) Developer
2 47 (15.72%) Senior
3 33 (11.04%) Java Developer
4 30 (10.03%) Senior Developer
5 23 (7.69%) Architect
6 22 (7.36%) Consultant
7 18 (6.02%) .NET Developer
8 17 (5.69%) C# Developer
9 15 (5.02%) Lead
10 14 (4.68%) Software Engineer
11 12 (4.01%) Azure Developer
12 11 (3.68%) IAM Specialist
13 10 (3.34%) C# Software Engineer
14 9 (3.01%) C# .NET Developer
14 9 (3.01%) Delivery Manager
14 9 (3.01%) Designer
14 9 (3.01%) Senior Java Developer
14 9 (3.01%) Technical Consultant
15 8 (2.68%) C++ Software Engineer
15 8 (2.68%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (41.81%) REST
2 104 (34.78%) SOAP
3 67 (22.41%) .NET
4 50 (16.72%) XML
5 48 (16.05%) RESTful
6 43 (14.38%) Spring
7 37 (12.37%) AngularJS
7 37 (12.37%) Spring Boot
8 33 (11.04%) HTML
9 29 (9.70%) JSON
10 27 (9.03%) Node.js
11 24 (8.03%) SailPoint
12 22 (7.36%) Hibernate
12 22 (7.36%) OAuth
13 20 (6.69%) Middleware
14 19 (6.35%) LDAP
15 18 (6.02%) CSS
15 18 (6.02%) JPA
16 17 (5.69%) Kafka
16 17 (5.69%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.03%) Distributed Systems
2 22 (7.36%) Enterprise Software
3 16 (5.35%) CMDB
4 13 (4.35%) Mobile App
4 13 (4.35%) Onboarding
5 11 (3.68%) Product Ownership
6 10 (3.34%) Cloud Native
6 10 (3.34%) Data Structures
7 8 (2.68%) Mainframe
8 7 (2.34%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.01%) DataPower
9 6 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.01%) Online Banking
10 5 (1.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.67%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.34%) Algorithms
12 3 (1.00%) AI Agents
12 3 (1.00%) Distributed Applications
12 3 (1.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 46 (15.38%) Linux
2 21 (7.02%) Windows
3 20 (6.69%) Unix
4 7 (2.34%) zOS
5 2 (0.67%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (42.47%) Agile
2 77 (25.75%) CI/CD
3 75 (25.08%) Problem-Solving
4 73 (24.41%) DevOps
5 50 (16.72%) Microservices
6 45 (15.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 45 (15.05%) Scrum
7 43 (14.38%) ITSM
8 39 (13.04%) TDD
9 38 (12.71%) Software Engineering
10 35 (11.71%) Continuous Integration
10 35 (11.71%) SDLC
11 34 (11.37%) Analytics
12 33 (11.04%) Stakeholder Management
13 32 (10.70%) Unit Testing
14 30 (10.03%) ITIL
14 30 (10.03%) Test Automation
15 29 (9.70%) Validation
16 28 (9.36%) Performance Tuning
17 27 (9.03%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 105 (35.12%) SQL
2 74 (24.75%) Java
3 71 (23.75%) JavaScript
4 61 (20.40%) C#
5 57 (19.06%) Python
6 33 (11.04%) PowerShell
7 21 (7.02%) C++
8 16 (5.35%) PL/SQL
9 11 (3.68%) Apex Code
10 10 (3.34%) VB.NET
11 8 (2.68%) Shell Script
12 7 (2.34%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (2.34%) T-SQL
13 6 (2.01%) ABAP
13 6 (2.01%) JCL
13 6 (2.01%) SOQL
13 6 (2.01%) SOSL
14 5 (1.67%) TypeScript
14 5 (1.67%) XPath
15 4 (1.34%) X++
Qualifications
1 112 (37.46%) Security Cleared
2 102 (34.11%) SC Cleared
3 31 (10.37%) Degree
4 10 (3.34%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (3.34%) DV Cleared
5 9 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.68%) AWS Certification
7 6 (2.01%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.67%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (1.00%) ISEB
10 3 (1.00%) ISTQB
10 3 (1.00%) MBA
11 2 (0.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.67%) PhD
12 1 (0.33%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.33%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.33%) PMP
12 1 (0.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.02%) Data Quality
2 15 (5.02%) QA
3 12 (4.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (3.68%) NIST
5 4 (1.34%) GRC
5 4 (1.34%) NCSC
5 4 (1.34%) SLA
6 3 (1.00%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.67%) GDPR
8 1 (0.33%) HL7
8 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.33%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 37 (12.37%) Docker
2 32 (10.70%) Active Directory
3 10 (3.34%) Postfix
4 2 (0.67%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.67%) NFS
4 2 (0.67%) Sendmail
4 2 (0.67%) Varnish
5 1 (0.33%) IAG
Systems Management
1 19 (6.35%) Grafana
2 14 (4.68%) Kubernetes
3 12 (4.01%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (3.34%) Ansible
5 7 (2.34%) Terraform
6 6 (2.01%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.67%) HP Fortify
8 4 (1.34%) Control-M
9 3 (1.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.67%) Argo
10 2 (0.67%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.33%) Istio
11 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 78 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 49 (16.39%) Oracle
3 29 (9.70%) ServiceNow
4 24 (8.03%) SAP
5 15 (5.02%) Salesforce
6 13 (4.35%) Jaspersoft
7 12 (4.01%) IBM
8 11 (3.68%) Atlassian
9 7 (2.34%) Adobe
9 7 (2.34%) Pega
9 7 (2.34%) UiPath
10 6 (2.01%) CyberArk
11 5 (1.67%) Centrify
11 5 (1.67%) Workday
12 4 (1.34%) Citrix
12 4 (1.34%) Google
12 4 (1.34%) Intapp
12 4 (1.34%) MuleSoft
13 3 (1.00%) Ariba
13 3 (1.00%) BMC