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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 346 212 201
Rank change year-on-year -134 -11 +10
Contract jobs citing Web Services 319 370 398
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.68% 1.33% 1.22%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.21% 5.21% 4.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 252 228
10th Percentile £387 £351 £361
25th Percentile £422 £411 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -7.41% -1.82%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £638
90th Percentile £735 £700 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £535
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.54% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 22 27
10th Percentile £52.00 £55.00 £64.00
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £77.40 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +12.01%

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 9,929 7,105 8,090
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.32% 25.53% 24.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,522 4,828 5,354
10th Percentile £380 £354 £363
25th Percentile £445 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% -5.45% -1.79%
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 281 169 180
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.54 £27.68
25th Percentile £52.50 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.00 £55.00 £62.93
Median % change year-on-year +21.82% -12.60% +2.74%
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £74.54
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.70 £61.60
% change year-on-year +18.83% -11.20% +2.67%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -98 164 £564 +7.33% 134
South East -65 49 £500 +5.26% 36
Midlands -40 38 £443 +1.65% 21
North of England -84 37 £475 -3.46% 29
West Midlands -32 31 £447 -7.84% 17
Yorkshire -21 20 £450 -31.51% 10
East of England -44 16 £510 -6.42% 23
South West -38 11 £425 -15.00% 15
North West -84 11 £650 +42.86% 13
North East -43 6 £550 +10.00% 7
East Midlands -26 5 £428 +10.67% 4
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 22 (6.90%) Confluence
2 10 (3.13%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (1.57%) CICS
5 4 (1.25%) IIS
5 4 (1.25%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.63%) Apache
6 2 (0.63%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.63%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.31%) Appian
7 1 (0.31%) CMS
7 1 (0.31%) HCL Domino
7 1 (0.31%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.31%) JBoss
7 1 (0.31%) Mule
7 1 (0.31%) Mule ESB
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 7 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (1.57%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (2.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.88%) Workday HCM
3 4 (1.25%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.94%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.94%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.94%) Orchestrade
5 2 (0.63%) Infor LN
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.63%) Remedy AR System
5 2 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.63%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.63%) SAP HR
5 2 (0.63%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.31%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 89 (27.90%) Azure
2 67 (21.00%) AWS
3 22 (6.90%) Entra ID
3 22 (6.90%) Power Platform
4 20 (6.27%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (6.27%) GitHub
5 18 (5.64%) GCP
6 15 (4.70%) Amazon SQS
6 15 (4.70%) Serverless
7 14 (4.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 13 (4.08%) SaaS
9 11 (3.45%) Amazon S3
10 10 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (2.82%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (2.82%) AWS KMS
11 9 (2.82%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (2.82%) Route 53
12 7 (2.19%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (2.19%) SuccessFactors
13 6 (1.88%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.76%) Ethernet
1 12 (3.76%) TCP/IP
2 8 (2.51%) HTTP
3 7 (2.19%) SSL
4 6 (1.88%) FTP
5 5 (1.57%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.94%) Firewall
7 2 (0.63%) DNS
7 2 (0.63%) Internet
7 2 (0.63%) Intranet
7 2 (0.63%) VPN
8 1 (0.31%) ATM
8 1 (0.31%) Broadband
8 1 (0.31%) DMZ
8 1 (0.31%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.31%) SAN
8 1 (0.31%) SSH
8 1 (0.31%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (12.23%) Relational Database
1 39 (12.23%) SQL Server
2 30 (9.40%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (4.39%) DynamoDB
4 11 (3.45%) Oracle Database
5 9 (2.82%) Amazon Aurora
5 9 (2.82%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (2.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (2.51%) Db2
6 8 (2.51%) Power BI
6 8 (2.51%) RDBMS
7 6 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.88%) MongoDB
7 6 (1.88%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (1.57%) NoSQL
8 5 (1.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 4 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.25%) MySQL
9 4 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 69 (21.63%) Git
2 47 (14.73%) Jenkins
3 42 (13.17%) JIRA
4 28 (8.78%) SonarQube
5 26 (8.15%) JUnit
6 25 (7.84%) Maven
7 21 (6.58%) Mockito
8 20 (6.27%) Visual Studio
9 19 (5.96%) Eclipse
10 13 (4.08%) LoadRunner
11 9 (2.82%) eggPlant
11 9 (2.82%) JMeter
12 8 (2.51%) Cucumber
12 8 (2.51%) Postman
12 8 (2.51%) Selenium
12 8 (2.51%) SoapUI
13 7 (2.19%) DbUnit
13 7 (2.19%) GitLab
13 7 (2.19%) Sonatype Nexus
14 6 (1.88%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 121 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 74 (23.20%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (21.32%) Finance
4 66 (20.69%) Public Sector
5 29 (9.09%) Banking
6 22 (6.90%) Military
7 11 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.88%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.57%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.57%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.57%) Legal
12 5 (1.57%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.57%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.25%) Automotive
13 4 (1.25%) Billing
14 2 (0.63%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 164 (51.41%) Developer
2 55 (17.24%) Senior
3 37 (11.60%) Java Developer
4 34 (10.66%) Senior Developer
5 27 (8.46%) Consultant
6 22 (6.90%) Architect
7 21 (6.58%) .NET Developer
7 21 (6.58%) C# Developer
8 17 (5.33%) Lead
8 17 (5.33%) Software Engineer
9 13 (4.08%) Senior Java Developer
10 11 (3.45%) C# .NET Developer
10 11 (3.45%) IAM Specialist
11 10 (3.13%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
12 9 (2.82%) C# Software Engineer
12 9 (2.82%) ServiceNow Developer
12 9 (2.82%) Technical Consultant
13 7 (2.19%) C++ Software Engineer
13 7 (2.19%) Full-Stack Developer
13 7 (2.19%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (36.36%) REST
2 104 (32.60%) SOAP
3 75 (23.51%) .NET
4 68 (21.32%) RESTful
5 57 (17.87%) XML
6 43 (13.48%) Spring
7 42 (13.17%) HTML
8 41 (12.85%) AngularJS
8 41 (12.85%) Spring Boot
9 30 (9.40%) JSON
10 26 (8.15%) Hibernate
10 26 (8.15%) Middleware
11 25 (7.84%) CSS
11 25 (7.84%) Node.js
11 25 (7.84%) SailPoint
12 24 (7.52%) OAuth
13 23 (7.21%) React
14 21 (6.58%) ASP.NET
15 20 (6.27%) ActiveMQ
15 20 (6.27%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.40%) Enterprise Software
2 26 (8.15%) Cloud Native
3 20 (6.27%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (4.39%) Mobile App
4 14 (4.39%) Onboarding
5 13 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (3.76%) CMDB
7 11 (3.45%) Product Ownership
8 10 (3.13%) Management Information System
9 8 (2.51%) AI Agents
9 8 (2.51%) Data Structures
10 7 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (1.88%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.57%) Mainframe
13 4 (1.25%) DataPower
13 4 (1.25%) Online Banking
13 4 (1.25%) Replication
14 3 (0.94%) Derivative
14 3 (0.94%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 43 (13.48%) Linux
2 21 (6.58%) Unix
3 19 (5.96%) Windows
4 4 (1.25%) zOS
5 3 (0.94%) VMS
6 2 (0.63%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (46.71%) Agile
2 99 (31.03%) CI/CD
3 97 (30.41%) Problem-Solving
4 80 (25.08%) DevOps
5 63 (19.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 53 (16.61%) Test Automation
7 52 (16.30%) Software Engineering
8 51 (15.99%) Scrum
9 50 (15.67%) Microservices
10 47 (14.73%) SDLC
11 42 (13.17%) Stakeholder Management
12 40 (12.54%) TDD
13 39 (12.23%) API Integration
13 39 (12.23%) Unit Testing
14 38 (11.91%) ITSM
14 38 (11.91%) Validation
15 34 (10.66%) AI
16 33 (10.34%) Containerisation
17 32 (10.03%) Analytics
17 32 (10.03%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 104 (32.60%) SQL
2 84 (26.33%) Java
3 76 (23.82%) JavaScript
4 66 (20.69%) C#
5 59 (18.50%) Python
6 23 (7.21%) PowerShell
7 22 (6.90%) TypeScript
8 19 (5.96%) C++
9 14 (4.39%) PL/SQL
10 11 (3.45%) ABAP
11 9 (2.82%) Shell Script
11 9 (2.82%) VB.NET
12 8 (2.51%) Apex Code
12 8 (2.51%) Groovy
12 8 (2.51%) T-SQL
13 6 (1.88%) SOQL
13 6 (1.88%) SOSL
13 6 (1.88%) XPath
14 5 (1.57%) Bash
14 5 (1.57%) X++
Qualifications
1 99 (31.03%) Security Cleared
2 90 (28.21%) SC Cleared
3 42 (13.17%) Degree
4 13 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (3.13%) AWS Certification
6 8 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.51%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (2.19%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.19%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.57%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.57%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.57%) PMP
9 4 (1.25%) ISEB
9 4 (1.25%) PhD
10 3 (0.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.94%) MBA
11 2 (0.63%) CISSP
11 2 (0.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.63%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.84%) Data Quality
2 21 (6.58%) QA
3 13 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (3.76%) NIST
5 6 (1.88%) HL7
6 4 (1.25%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.25%) GRC
6 4 (1.25%) NCSC
7 3 (0.94%) 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%) SLA
8 1 (0.31%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 48 (15.05%) Docker
2 30 (9.40%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.19%) Postfix
4 2 (0.63%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.63%) IAG
4 2 (0.63%) NFS
4 2 (0.63%) Sendmail
4 2 (0.63%) Varnish
4 2 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (6.90%) Grafana
2 21 (6.58%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.08%) Prometheus
3 13 (4.08%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (3.45%) Ansible
5 5 (1.57%) HP Fortify
6 4 (1.25%) Control-M
7 3 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.63%) Argo
8 2 (0.63%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.31%) Istio
9 1 (0.31%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 78 (24.45%) Microsoft
2 50 (15.67%) Oracle
3 29 (9.09%) SAP
4 21 (6.58%) ServiceNow
5 15 (4.70%) UiPath
6 13 (4.08%) Salesforce
7 12 (3.76%) IBM
8 11 (3.45%) Workday
9 10 (3.13%) Google
10 8 (2.51%) CyberArk
10 8 (2.51%) Jaspersoft
11 7 (2.19%) Atlassian
11 7 (2.19%) Pega
12 6 (1.88%) Adobe
12 6 (1.88%) Centrify
13 4 (1.25%) Ariba
13 4 (1.25%) Citrix
13 4 (1.25%) Intapp
13 4 (1.25%) MuleSoft
13 4 (1.25%) Planview