Web Services Contracts in England

Web Services
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Web Services skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Web Services over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 188 225
Rank change year-on-year +15 +37 -72
Contract jobs citing Web Services 404 468 559
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.52% 1.26% 1.17%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.78% 5.89% 5.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 302 369
10th Percentile £358 £393 £410
25th Percentile £413 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.41% - -
75th Percentile £660 £638 £644
90th Percentile £750 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £508 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.73% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 26 7
10th Percentile £55.00 £62.50 £52.30
25th Percentile £56.56 - £58.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - -13.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £79.62
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year - -13.33% +15.38%

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 5,958 7,946 10,794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.47% 21.32% 22.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,103 5,538 8,031
10th Percentile £355 £350 £385
25th Percentile £413 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £780 £800 £798
UK median daily rate £513 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -5.09% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 266 142
10th Percentile £30.55 £23.80 £31.18
25th Percentile £44.38 £43.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £57.75 £58.30 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -10.31% +21.50%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £80.41 £74.47 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +23.81%

Web Services
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Web Services as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Web Services in England

Web Services
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Web Services in England.

Daily rate trend for Web Services in England

Web Services
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Services in England over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Web Services in England

Web Services
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Web Services in England.

Hourly rate trend for Web Services in England

Web Services
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Web Services in England over the 6 months to 5 July 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 5 July 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 +16 203 £550 -4.35% 597
South East +27 77 £475 -18.10% 140
North of England -4 48 £450 -16.28% 138
North West +17 38 £449 -5.58% 72
Midlands +12 33 £425 -33.33% 102
East of England +19 23 £548 +56.43% 95
West Midlands +6 22 £475 -32.14% 61
South West +31 11 - - 63
East Midlands +8 11 £358 -1.24% 41
North East +3 5 £500 -9.09% 11
Yorkshire -22 5 £514 -6.64% 55
Web Services
UK

Web Services
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (5.69%) Confluence
2 19 (4.70%) WebSphere
3 16 (3.96%) Apache
4 13 (3.22%) CMS
5 12 (2.97%) JBoss
6 10 (2.48%) IIS
6 10 (2.48%) SharePoint
7 9 (2.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 9 (2.23%) Tomcat
8 8 (1.98%) WebLogic
9 6 (1.49%) CICS
9 6 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (1.24%) Anypoint
10 5 (1.24%) Apache Spark
10 5 (1.24%) Mule
10 5 (1.24%) Oracle Service Bus
11 4 (0.99%) Drupal
11 4 (0.99%) WordPress
12 3 (0.74%) Oracle Application Server
12 3 (0.74%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.50%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 27 (6.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (3.22%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (2.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (1.49%) Maximo
5 4 (0.99%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.99%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.99%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.50%) Magento
6 2 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.50%) Oracle Retail
6 2 (0.50%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.50%) SAP Convergent Charging
6 2 (0.50%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.50%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.50%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.50%) Shopify
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.25%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.25%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 92 (22.77%) Azure
2 78 (19.31%) AWS
3 20 (4.95%) Amazon SQS
3 20 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
3 20 (4.95%) Serverless
4 18 (4.46%) Amazon EC2
5 17 (4.21%) GitHub
6 16 (3.96%) Amazon S3
6 16 (3.96%) Power Platform
6 16 (3.96%) SaaS
7 14 (3.47%) AWS KMS
7 14 (3.47%) GCP
8 12 (2.97%) Azure Service Bus
8 12 (2.97%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (2.72%) Route 53
10 10 (2.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 10 (2.48%) OCI
10 10 (2.48%) Power Automate
11 8 (1.98%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (1.98%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 27 (6.68%) HTTP
2 18 (4.46%) SSL
3 12 (2.97%) Ethernet
3 12 (2.97%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.73%) HTTPS
5 6 (1.49%) Firewall
5 6 (1.49%) Internet
6 5 (1.24%) NFC
6 5 (1.24%) PPP
7 4 (0.99%) POP3
7 4 (0.99%) SMTP
8 3 (0.74%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.50%) DMZ
9 2 (0.50%) Network Security
10 1 (0.25%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (0.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (10.15%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (8.91%) SQL Server
3 33 (8.17%) Relational Database
4 26 (6.44%) DB2
5 25 (6.19%) SAP HANA
6 21 (5.20%) NoSQL
7 20 (4.95%) Amazon RDS
8 18 (4.46%) DynamoDB
9 17 (4.21%) MongoDB
10 15 (3.71%) Amazon Aurora
10 15 (3.71%) MySQL
11 11 (2.72%) Oracle Database
12 10 (2.48%) Redis
13 9 (2.23%) Power BI
14 8 (1.98%) Big Data
14 8 (1.98%) Siebel EIM
14 8 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 7 (1.73%) Hadoop
15 7 (1.73%) MS Access
16 5 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 75 (18.56%) Git
2 55 (13.61%) Jenkins
3 46 (11.39%) JIRA
4 29 (7.18%) JUnit
4 29 (7.18%) Maven
5 20 (4.95%) Eclipse
6 16 (3.96%) Selenium
7 15 (3.71%) Mockito
7 15 (3.71%) SonarQube
8 14 (3.47%) GitLab
8 14 (3.47%) Visual Studio
9 13 (3.22%) Postman
10 12 (2.97%) Bitbucket Server
11 9 (2.23%) SoapUI
11 9 (2.23%) Subversion
11 9 (2.23%) webpack
12 8 (1.98%) Bitbucket
12 8 (1.98%) DbUnit
12 8 (1.98%) jMock
13 7 (1.73%) REST Assured
General
1 138 (34.16%) Social Skills
2 92 (22.77%) Finance
3 62 (15.35%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (14.60%) Banking
5 44 (10.89%) Public Sector
6 23 (5.69%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (3.47%) Military
8 12 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (2.72%) Telecoms
10 10 (2.48%) Retail
11 6 (1.49%) Back Office
11 6 (1.49%) Billing
12 4 (0.99%) Front Office
13 3 (0.74%) Law
13 3 (0.74%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.74%) Marketing
14 2 (0.50%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.50%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.50%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 172 (42.57%) Developer
2 71 (17.57%) Architect
3 62 (15.35%) Senior
4 42 (10.40%) Java Developer
5 29 (7.18%) Software Engineer
6 28 (6.93%) Senior Developer
7 22 (5.45%) Analyst
8 21 (5.20%) SAP Architect
9 20 (4.95%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
10 19 (4.70%) Lead
11 18 (4.46%) ServiceNow Architect
12 15 (3.71%) C# Developer
13 14 (3.47%) Full-Stack Developer
14 13 (3.22%) Solutions Architect
15 12 (2.97%) C++ Developer
15 12 (2.97%) C++ Software Engineer
16 11 (2.72%) C# Software Engineer
16 11 (2.72%) C++/C# Developer
16 11 (2.72%) Consultant
16 11 (2.72%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (35.64%) REST
2 122 (30.20%) SOAP
3 98 (24.26%) RESTful
4 80 (19.80%) HTML
5 66 (16.34%) CSS
6 65 (16.09%) Spring
7 61 (15.10%) AngularJS
8 55 (13.61%) .NET
9 54 (13.37%) Spring Boot
10 46 (11.39%) JSON
10 46 (11.39%) XML
11 43 (10.64%) Node.js
12 34 (8.42%) Hibernate
13 29 (7.18%) Kafka
13 29 (7.18%) Middleware
14 26 (6.44%) React
15 25 (6.19%) ASP.NET
16 22 (5.45%) JPA
17 21 (5.20%) Bootstrap
18 20 (4.95%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.94%) Distributed Systems
2 18 (4.46%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.47%) CMDB
3 14 (3.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 12 (2.97%) Data Structures
5 11 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.48%) Legacy Applications
7 9 (2.23%) Mainframe
8 8 (1.98%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.98%) Private Cloud
9 7 (1.73%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.49%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.49%) PKI
11 5 (1.24%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.24%) Frameworx
11 5 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.24%) N-Tier
11 5 (1.24%) Smartcard
11 5 (1.24%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 51 (12.62%) Linux
2 37 (9.16%) Windows
3 28 (6.93%) Unix
4 8 (1.98%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.24%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.74%) zOS
7 2 (0.50%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.25%) AIX
8 1 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (46.78%) Agile
2 103 (25.50%) Problem-Solving
3 88 (21.78%) Microservices
4 85 (21.04%) CI/CD
5 82 (20.30%) DevOps
6 79 (19.55%) Scrum
7 49 (12.13%) SDLC
7 49 (12.13%) TDD
8 44 (10.89%) Test Automation
9 42 (10.40%) Continuous Improvement
10 40 (9.90%) ITSM
10 40 (9.90%) Stakeholder Management
11 37 (9.16%) Service Management
12 36 (8.91%) Continuous Integration
13 35 (8.66%) ITIL
13 35 (8.66%) Unit Testing
14 34 (8.42%) Analytics
15 33 (8.17%) Software Engineering
16 32 (7.92%) MVC
16 32 (7.92%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 144 (35.64%) JavaScript
2 127 (31.44%) SQL
3 117 (28.96%) Java
4 66 (16.34%) C#
5 59 (14.60%) Python
6 32 (7.92%) TypeScript
7 29 (7.18%) C++
8 27 (6.68%) PL/SQL
9 16 (3.96%) PowerShell
10 12 (2.97%) PHP
10 12 (2.97%) T-SQL
11 11 (2.72%) Shell Script
12 10 (2.48%) ABAP
13 8 (1.98%) Ruby
14 7 (1.73%) Groovy
15 6 (1.49%) COBOL
15 6 (1.49%) JCL
15 6 (1.49%) Scala
16 5 (1.24%) DataWeave
16 5 (1.24%) REXX
Qualifications
1 82 (20.30%) Security Cleared
2 69 (17.08%) SC Cleared
3 45 (11.14%) Degree
4 18 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.23%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.98%) CISSP
7 6 (1.49%) CISM
7 6 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.24%) MCPD
8 5 (1.24%) MCSD
9 4 (0.99%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.50%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.50%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.50%) OCP
10 2 (0.50%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.50%) Sun Certification
10 2 (0.50%) Tableau Certification
11 1 (0.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (7.92%) QA
2 9 (2.23%) GDPR
3 5 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.99%) COBIT
5 3 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.50%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.50%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.50%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.25%) HL7
7 1 (0.25%) SLA
7 1 (0.25%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 45 (11.14%) Docker
2 11 (2.72%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.23%) Postfix
4 5 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (7.67%) Kubernetes
2 21 (5.20%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (2.97%) Grafana
4 10 (2.48%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.73%) Terraform
6 6 (1.49%) Puppet
7 5 (1.24%) Ansible
7 5 (1.24%) CloudHub
8 4 (0.99%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.74%) Kibana
9 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.25%) Apache Ranger
10 1 (0.25%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.25%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 76 (18.81%) Oracle
2 72 (17.82%) Microsoft
3 58 (14.36%) ServiceNow
4 46 (11.39%) SAP
5 18 (4.46%) Salesforce
6 12 (2.97%) IBM
7 11 (2.72%) Siebel
7 11 (2.72%) Splunk
8 10 (2.48%) Jaspersoft
9 9 (2.23%) Atlassian
9 9 (2.23%) MuleSoft
10 8 (1.98%) CA Agile Central
10 8 (1.98%) Dynatrace
11 7 (1.73%) Citrix
11 7 (1.73%) Workday
12 6 (1.49%) Zend
13 5 (1.24%) Ab Initio
13 5 (1.24%) Axway
13 5 (1.24%) HP
13 5 (1.24%) Sybase