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 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 206 178
Rank change year-on-year -114 -28 +35
Contract jobs citing Web Services 296 309 490
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.76% 1.27% 1.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.69% 5.64% 6.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 190 288
10th Percentile £377 £358 £420
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £644 £675 £638
90th Percentile £738 £794 £738
UK median daily rate £548 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.29% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 5 1
10th Percentile £38.31 £62.75 -
25th Percentile £55.86 - £50.00
Median hourly rate £64.07 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% +18.18% -21.43%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £60.00
90th Percentile - £66.80 -
UK median hourly rate £64.07 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -1.43% +18.18% -21.43%

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 8,020 5,479 7,471
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.50% 22.50% 19.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,365 3,800 5,372
10th Percentile £358 £367 £350
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -3.51%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £799 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 89 162
10th Percentile £34.00 £27.42 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.50 £35.44
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £62.96
90th Percentile £78.85 £83.17 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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 9 April 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 -53 180 £500 -16.67% 29
South East -69 33 £591 +18.50% 22
North of England -78 24 £625 +25.00% 18
East of England -20 23 £750 +36.36% 6
Midlands -58 22 £475 +13.10% 6
West Midlands -52 19 £475 +12.43% 5
South West -20 16 £550 -5.17% 8
North West -46 12 £625 +25.00% 8
Yorkshire -48 12 £461 +24.66% 9
East Midlands -35 3 £563 +72.55% 1
North East -16 1 - - 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 15 (5.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.73%) SharePoint
3 13 (4.39%) Appian
4 11 (3.72%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 11 (3.72%) WebLogic
5 10 (3.38%) CICS
6 9 (3.04%) Confluence
7 7 (2.36%) JBoss
7 7 (2.36%) WebSphere
8 5 (1.69%) Jupyter
9 4 (1.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (1.35%) IIS
9 4 (1.35%) Tomcat
10 3 (1.01%) NetWeaver
11 2 (0.68%) Apache
11 2 (0.68%) Documentum
11 2 (0.68%) Drupal
11 2 (0.68%) Mule
11 2 (0.68%) Mule ESB
11 2 (0.68%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.68%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.68%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 14 (4.73%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (2.70%) SAP HCM
2 8 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (2.36%) BusinessWorks
3 7 (2.36%) SAP Payroll
4 5 (1.69%) SAP EWM
5 4 (1.35%) SAP MDG
6 3 (1.01%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (1.01%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (1.01%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (1.01%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 3 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (1.01%) SAP ERP
6 3 (1.01%) SAP MDG-F
6 3 (1.01%) SAP MDG-M
6 3 (1.01%) SAP MDG-S
6 3 (1.01%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.68%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.68%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.68%) Remedy AR System
Cloud Services
1 72 (24.32%) Azure
2 70 (23.65%) AWS
3 40 (13.51%) PaaS
4 26 (8.78%) OCI
5 25 (8.45%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (7.09%) GitHub
7 18 (6.08%) Entra ID
7 18 (6.08%) Serverless
8 17 (5.74%) Amazon SQS
8 17 (5.74%) Microsoft 365
9 16 (5.41%) Amazon S3
9 16 (5.41%) GitHub Actions
9 16 (5.41%) IaaS
10 15 (5.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 15 (5.07%) Power Platform
10 15 (5.07%) SaaS
11 14 (4.73%) Azure Key Vault
12 13 (4.39%) Amazon EC2
12 13 (4.39%) Azure App Service
13 12 (4.05%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.41%) TCP/IP
2 14 (4.73%) Ethernet
3 6 (2.03%) SSL
4 5 (1.69%) DNS
4 5 (1.69%) IPsec
4 5 (1.69%) Kerberos
5 3 (1.01%) Firewall
5 3 (1.01%) FTP
6 2 (0.68%) DHCP
6 2 (0.68%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.68%) Internet
7 1 (0.34%) HTTP
7 1 (0.34%) NFC
7 1 (0.34%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (9.80%) SQL Server
2 27 (9.12%) Relational Database
3 20 (6.76%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (5.74%) DB2
5 15 (5.07%) DynamoDB
6 12 (4.05%) Amazon Aurora
6 12 (4.05%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (3.72%) Power BI
8 10 (3.38%) SAP HANA
9 9 (3.04%) Pinecone
10 7 (2.36%) MySQL
10 7 (2.36%) Oracle Reports
11 6 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (1.69%) MongoDB
13 4 (1.35%) Data Hub
13 4 (1.35%) Oracle Database
14 3 (1.01%) Metadata
14 3 (1.01%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 3 (1.01%) SAP Data Services
14 3 (1.01%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 49 (16.55%) Git
2 26 (8.78%) Jenkins
3 22 (7.43%) JIRA
4 21 (7.09%) Postman
5 17 (5.74%) JUnit
5 17 (5.74%) Maven
6 16 (5.41%) SonarQube
7 15 (5.07%) Eclipse
7 15 (5.07%) Visual Studio
8 12 (4.05%) Mockito
8 12 (4.05%) Selenium
9 9 (3.04%) DbUnit
9 9 (3.04%) jMock
9 9 (3.04%) SoapUI
10 8 (2.70%) Bitbucket Server
10 8 (2.70%) MLflow
11 7 (2.36%) Cucumber
12 6 (2.03%) JMeter
13 5 (1.69%) GitLab
14 3 (1.01%) REST Assured
General
1 83 (28.04%) Social Skills
2 68 (22.97%) Public Sector
3 53 (17.91%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (14.19%) Finance
5 20 (6.76%) Military
6 16 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (4.05%) Banking
8 4 (1.35%) Billing
8 4 (1.35%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.35%) Retail
9 3 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.01%) Law
9 3 (1.01%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.68%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.68%) Front Office
10 2 (0.68%) General Ledger
10 2 (0.68%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.34%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 129 (43.58%) Developer
2 43 (14.53%) Senior
3 28 (9.46%) Architect
4 26 (8.78%) Consultant
4 26 (8.78%) Senior Developer
5 25 (8.45%) Java Developer
6 20 (6.76%) Lead
7 18 (6.08%) Software Engineer
8 17 (5.74%) Python Developer
9 14 (4.73%) Cloud Specialist
10 13 (4.39%) Automation Engineer
11 12 (4.05%) Integration Specialist
11 12 (4.05%) Oracle Specialist
12 11 (3.72%) Python Engineer
12 11 (3.72%) SAP Consultant
13 10 (3.38%) Analyst
13 10 (3.38%) Azure Developer
13 10 (3.38%) C# Software Engineer
13 10 (3.38%) Salesforce Developer
14 9 (3.04%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (47.64%) REST
2 110 (37.16%) SOAP
3 51 (17.23%) XML
4 38 (12.84%) JSON
5 36 (12.16%) RESTful
6 34 (11.49%) Spring
7 30 (10.14%) Node.js
8 29 (9.80%) OAuth
9 25 (8.45%) Oracle Fusion
9 25 (8.45%) Spring Boot
10 24 (8.11%) .NET
10 24 (8.11%) XSLT
11 23 (7.77%) AngularJS
12 19 (6.42%) JWT
13 16 (5.41%) .NET Framework
13 16 (5.41%) Hibernate
13 16 (5.41%) J2EE
13 16 (5.41%) JPA
13 16 (5.41%) Pandas
14 13 (4.39%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.07%) Product Ownership
2 13 (4.39%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (3.72%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (3.72%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (3.72%) Public Cloud
4 10 (3.38%) CMDB
4 10 (3.38%) Mainframe
4 10 (3.38%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.04%) Low-Code
6 8 (2.70%) Replication
7 7 (2.36%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.69%) Client/Server
8 5 (1.69%) DataPower
8 5 (1.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (1.69%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.35%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.35%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.35%) N-Tier
9 4 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.01%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 38 (12.84%) Linux
2 26 (8.78%) Windows
3 8 (2.70%) zOS
4 7 (2.36%) Unix
5 3 (1.01%) Android
5 3 (1.01%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.01%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.68%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.68%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (38.18%) Agile
2 71 (23.99%) CI/CD
3 69 (23.31%) DevOps
4 58 (19.59%) Microservices
4 58 (19.59%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (16.22%) Continuous Integration
6 41 (13.85%) Design Patterns
6 41 (13.85%) Unit Testing
7 40 (13.51%) Containerisation
8 37 (12.50%) Software Engineering
8 37 (12.50%) TDD
8 37 (12.50%) Test Automation
9 36 (12.16%) ERP
10 34 (11.49%) Scrum
11 31 (10.47%) Continuous Delivery
12 30 (10.14%) Data Modelling
12 30 (10.14%) SOA
12 30 (10.14%) Validation
13 28 (9.46%) Stakeholder Management
14 27 (9.12%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 76 (25.68%) SQL
2 59 (19.93%) Java
3 57 (19.26%) Python
4 54 (18.24%) JavaScript
5 42 (14.19%) C#
6 22 (7.43%) ABAP
7 20 (6.76%) PowerShell
8 19 (6.42%) C++
9 12 (4.05%) Kusto Query Language
9 12 (4.05%) Ruby
10 10 (3.38%) Apex Code
11 9 (3.04%) TypeScript
12 8 (2.70%) XPath
13 7 (2.36%) PHP
13 7 (2.36%) PL/SQL
14 5 (1.69%) Go
15 4 (1.35%) JCL
15 4 (1.35%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.68%) COBOL
16 2 (0.68%) VBA
Qualifications
1 105 (35.47%) Security Cleared
2 87 (29.39%) SC Cleared
3 16 (5.41%) Degree
4 15 (5.07%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.36%) AWS Certification
7 6 (2.03%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.69%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.35%) ISTQB
9 4 (1.35%) MBA
10 3 (1.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.01%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.34%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.34%) ISEB
11 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.34%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.34%) PMP
11 1 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.34%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.07%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.70%) QA
3 7 (2.36%) SLA
4 2 (0.68%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.68%) GDPR
4 2 (0.68%) PMO
5 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.34%) NCSC
5 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 37 (12.50%) Docker
2 13 (4.39%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.04%) Postfix
4 5 (1.69%) RACF
5 2 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.34%) NFS
6 1 (0.34%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.34%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 26 (8.78%) Kubernetes
2 16 (5.41%) Grafana
3 7 (2.36%) TIBCO Hawk
4 6 (2.03%) Ansible
4 6 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.35%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.35%) Terraform
6 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.34%) CA Endevor
7 1 (0.34%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.34%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.34%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.34%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 57 (19.26%) Microsoft
2 54 (18.24%) Oracle
3 31 (10.47%) SAP
4 15 (5.07%) ServiceNow
5 11 (3.72%) Atlassian
5 11 (3.72%) Jaspersoft
5 11 (3.72%) Salesforce
6 10 (3.38%) IBM
6 10 (3.38%) OpenAI
7 9 (3.04%) UiPath
8 8 (2.70%) Automation Anywhere
9 7 (2.36%) BEA
9 7 (2.36%) Google
9 7 (2.36%) MuleSoft
9 7 (2.36%) TIBCO
10 6 (2.03%) Guidewire
10 6 (2.03%) Workday
11 5 (1.69%) Adobe
11 5 (1.69%) Computacenter
12 4 (1.35%) Dataiku