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 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 281 225 164
Rank change year-on-year -56 -61 +26
Contract jobs citing Web Services 292 326 572
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.93% 1.12% 1.54%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.16% 5.11% 7.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 189 323
10th Percentile £350 £313 £400
25th Percentile £415 £440 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.07% -1.36% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £631
90th Percentile £714 £748 £715
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £548
% change year-on-year - -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 11 8
10th Percentile £46.00 £62.50 £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 - - £90.06
90th Percentile - £67.50 £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 7,026 6,380 8,128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.37% 21.87% 21.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,694 4,091 5,916
10th Percentile £350 £358 £374
25th Percentile £413 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -5.09%
75th Percentile £630 £666 £675
90th Percentile £736 £800 £768
UK median daily rate £505 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.18% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 85 167
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £33.80
25th Percentile £43.75 £43.50 £46.18
Median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% +19.05% -19.23%
75th Percentile £67.00 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £54.50
% change year-on-year -2.40% +14.68% -16.15%

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 17 December 2025.

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 17 December 2025.

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 17 December 2025. 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 -36 149 £495 -13.91% 21
North of England -38 37 £600 +26.32% 16
East of England -3 35 £613 +22.50% 12
South East -26 34 £505 -12.17% 19
North West -25 27 £613 +29.63% 14
South West 0 15 £550 -0.90% 9
Midlands -30 14 £565 +28.41% 4
Yorkshire -39 9 £627 +25.45% 1
East Midlands -19 7 £700 +100.00% 1
West Midlands -36 7 £430 -28.33% 3
North East -7 1 £450 - 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 21 (7.19%) Confluence
2 10 (3.42%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (2.74%) WebSphere
5 7 (2.40%) WebLogic
6 5 (1.71%) Jupyter
6 5 (1.71%) NetWeaver
6 5 (1.71%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (1.37%) CICS
7 4 (1.37%) Mule
7 4 (1.37%) Mule ESB
8 3 (1.03%) Anypoint
8 3 (1.03%) Apache
9 2 (0.68%) CMS
9 2 (0.68%) Documentum
9 2 (0.68%) Drupal
9 2 (0.68%) IIS
9 2 (0.68%) JBoss
9 2 (0.68%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.34%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.37%) Autodesk Inventor
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 21 (7.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (5.14%) Remedy ITSM
3 10 (3.42%) Oracle ERP
4 8 (2.74%) SAP HCM
5 7 (2.40%) SAP Payroll
6 6 (2.05%) SAP MDG
6 6 (2.05%) Workday HCM
7 5 (1.71%) BusinessWorks
7 5 (1.71%) SAP ERP
8 4 (1.37%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (1.03%) Maximo
9 3 (1.03%) SAP MDG-F
9 3 (1.03%) SAP MDG-M
9 3 (1.03%) SAP MDG-S
10 2 (0.68%) Cloudability
10 2 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
10 2 (0.68%) Primavera
10 2 (0.68%) Remedy AR System
11 1 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
11 1 (0.34%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 68 (23.29%) Azure
2 44 (15.07%) AWS
3 26 (8.90%) PaaS
4 20 (6.85%) OCI
5 13 (4.45%) GitHub
6 12 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (3.77%) Entra ID
7 11 (3.77%) Power Platform
8 10 (3.42%) GCP
9 8 (2.74%) iPaaS
9 8 (2.74%) SaaS
9 8 (2.74%) SuccessFactors
10 7 (2.40%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (2.40%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (2.40%) IaaS
11 5 (1.71%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.71%) Sentry
12 4 (1.37%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (7.53%) TCP/IP
2 19 (6.51%) Ethernet
3 14 (4.79%) SSL
4 5 (1.71%) HTTP
4 5 (1.71%) NFC
4 5 (1.71%) PPP
5 4 (1.37%) ATM
6 3 (1.03%) DHCP
6 3 (1.03%) DNS
7 2 (0.68%) SMTP
8 1 (0.34%) FTP
8 1 (0.34%) POP3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (8.56%) SQL Server
2 20 (6.85%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (6.16%) Relational Database
4 16 (5.48%) SAP HANA
5 13 (4.45%) DB2
6 8 (2.74%) MySQL
6 8 (2.74%) Oracle Database
6 8 (2.74%) Oracle Reports
6 8 (2.74%) Redis
7 6 (2.05%) Power BI
8 4 (1.37%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.37%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.03%) Data Hub
9 3 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.03%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (1.03%) SAP BW
9 3 (1.03%) SAP Data Services
10 2 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.68%) EDMS
10 2 (0.68%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 42 (14.38%) Git
2 31 (10.62%) Eclipse
2 31 (10.62%) JIRA
3 30 (10.27%) Postman
4 20 (6.85%) Visual Studio
5 14 (4.79%) Jenkins
6 13 (4.45%) Selenium
7 10 (3.42%) Cucumber
7 10 (3.42%) SoapUI
8 9 (3.08%) JUnit
9 7 (2.40%) Mockito
10 6 (2.05%) JMeter
10 6 (2.05%) Maven
10 6 (2.05%) REST Assured
10 6 (2.05%) Subversion
11 5 (1.71%) Bitbucket
11 5 (1.71%) Charles Proxy
11 5 (1.71%) Katalon Studio
11 5 (1.71%) XCTest
11 5 (1.71%) XCUITest
General
1 85 (29.11%) Social Skills
2 51 (17.47%) Public Sector
3 45 (15.41%) Finance
4 39 (13.36%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (8.22%) Presentation Skills
6 22 (7.53%) Banking
7 21 (7.19%) Military
8 8 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.40%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.03%) Billing
10 3 (1.03%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.03%) Law
10 3 (1.03%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.68%) Back Office
11 2 (0.68%) Dutch Language
11 2 (0.68%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.68%) Marketing
11 2 (0.68%) Retail
12 1 (0.34%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 109 (37.33%) Developer
2 47 (16.10%) Senior
3 37 (12.67%) Consultant
4 34 (11.64%) Architect
5 28 (9.59%) Software Engineer
6 23 (7.88%) Senior Developer
7 20 (6.85%) SAP Consultant
8 18 (6.16%) C# Software Engineer
9 17 (5.82%) C++ Software Engineer
9 17 (5.82%) Lead
10 13 (4.45%) Java Developer
10 13 (4.45%) ServiceNow Architect
10 13 (4.45%) Solutions Architect
11 11 (3.77%) Python Developer
12 10 (3.42%) ABAP Consultant
12 10 (3.42%) Analyst
12 10 (3.42%) Cloud Specialist
12 10 (3.42%) Integration Specialist
12 10 (3.42%) Oracle Specialist
13 8 (2.74%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (38.36%) REST
2 105 (35.96%) SOAP
3 45 (15.41%) JSON
4 41 (14.04%) XML
5 37 (12.67%) HTML
6 34 (11.64%) .NET
7 33 (11.30%) AngularJS
8 30 (10.27%) Node.js
8 30 (10.27%) RESTful
9 24 (8.22%) CSS
10 23 (7.88%) HTML5
11 22 (7.53%) Oracle Fusion
12 21 (7.19%) jQuery
12 21 (7.19%) Spring
13 20 (6.85%) BAPI
14 18 (6.16%) XSLT
15 17 (5.82%) Middleware
16 16 (5.48%) LDAP
17 14 (4.79%) JDBC
17 14 (4.79%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.77%) Mobile App
2 10 (3.42%) CMDB
2 10 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (2.74%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.74%) Replication
5 7 (2.40%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.05%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.71%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.71%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.71%) Smartcard
8 4 (1.37%) Hedge funds
8 4 (1.37%) PACS
8 4 (1.37%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 3 (1.03%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.03%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.68%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.68%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (0.68%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 32 (10.96%) Linux
2 30 (10.27%) Windows
3 11 (3.77%) Android
4 9 (3.08%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.71%) Ubuntu
5 5 (1.71%) Unix
5 5 (1.71%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.68%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (40.07%) Agile
2 64 (21.92%) Problem-Solving
3 59 (20.21%) DevOps
4 51 (17.47%) CI/CD
5 50 (17.12%) Unit Testing
6 44 (15.07%) Microservices
7 39 (13.36%) Scrum
8 37 (12.67%) ERP
8 37 (12.67%) Software Engineering
9 34 (11.64%) Continuous Integration
9 34 (11.64%) TDD
10 32 (10.96%) Test Automation
11 30 (10.27%) Integration Patterns
12 28 (9.59%) OO
13 27 (9.25%) ITSM
13 27 (9.25%) Performance Tuning
14 26 (8.90%) Computer Science
14 26 (8.90%) Validation
14 26 (8.90%) Visualisation
15 23 (7.88%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 90 (30.82%) JavaScript
2 66 (22.60%) SQL
3 52 (17.81%) Java
4 48 (16.44%) C#
5 43 (14.73%) Python
6 31 (10.62%) ABAP
7 28 (9.59%) C++
8 11 (3.77%) PL/SQL
9 10 (3.42%) Ruby
9 10 (3.42%) TypeScript
10 9 (3.08%) PHP
10 9 (3.08%) PowerShell
11 8 (2.74%) Groovy
11 8 (2.74%) Kotlin
12 7 (2.40%) XPath
13 6 (2.05%) Swift
13 6 (2.05%) T-SQL
14 5 (1.71%) Apex Code
14 5 (1.71%) COBOL
14 5 (1.71%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 90 (30.82%) Security Cleared
2 72 (24.66%) SC Cleared
3 30 (10.27%) Degree
4 16 (5.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.08%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.40%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.03%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.03%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.68%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.34%) CISA
9 1 (0.34%) CISM
9 1 (0.34%) CISSP
9 1 (0.34%) ISEB
9 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.34%) OCP
9 1 (0.34%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.34%) PMP
9 1 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.34%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.53%) QA
2 7 (2.40%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.37%) COBIT
3 4 (1.37%) GDPR
3 4 (1.37%) ISO 8583
4 3 (1.03%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.68%) GRC
5 2 (0.68%) HL7
6 1 (0.34%) DICOM
6 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.34%) PMO
6 1 (0.34%) SLA
6 1 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (5.82%) Docker
2 10 (3.42%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (5.82%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.79%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (1.71%) Ansible
3 5 (1.71%) TIBCO Hawk
4 4 (1.37%) Terraform
5 2 (0.68%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.34%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.34%) Control-M
6 1 (0.34%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.34%) HP Operations Orchestration
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 57 (19.52%) Oracle
2 54 (18.49%) Microsoft
3 50 (17.12%) SAP
4 27 (9.25%) ServiceNow
5 15 (5.14%) BMC
5 15 (5.14%) Remedy
5 15 (5.14%) Splunk
6 14 (4.79%) HP
7 13 (4.45%) Ivanti
8 11 (3.77%) IBM
8 11 (3.77%) Salesforce
9 10 (3.42%) Adobe
9 10 (3.42%) Dynatrace
10 9 (3.08%) Workday
11 7 (2.40%) Axway
11 7 (2.40%) Google
12 6 (2.05%) MuleSoft
13 5 (1.71%) BEA
13 5 (1.71%) CA Agile Central
13 5 (1.71%) TIBCO