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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 197 205 205
Rank change year-on-year +8 0 -48
Contract jobs citing Web Services 373 407 534
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.34% 1.24% 1.26%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.00% 5.56% 5.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 233 363
10th Percentile £356 £364 £400
25th Percentile £411 £450 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% -1.36% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £645
90th Percentile £700 £775 £715
UK median daily rate £500 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 27 7
10th Percentile £55.00 £64.00 £52.30
25th Percentile - - £54.53
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile - - £74.53
90th Percentile - - £87.94
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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 6,219 7,320 9,255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.40% 22.39% 21.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,216 4,831 6,797
10th Percentile £350 £357 £380
25th Percentile £413 £446 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £553
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% -0.45% -3.91%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £810 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 176 164
10th Percentile £31.29 £27.38 £36.84
25th Percentile £43.00 £43.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £54.85 £62.93 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -12.84% +2.74% -2.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £73.67
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.47 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year -12.34% +2.67% -3.23%

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
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 September 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 September 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 September 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 +7 187 £530 -11.67% 81
South East +16 54 £475 -5.00% 54
North of England +13 53 £465 -3.38% 32
North West +6 43 £453 -4.74% 21
Midlands -11 31 £442 -30.73% 11
East of England -7 30 £545 +55.71% 18
West Midlands -16 18 £485 -33.10% 7
East Midlands +2 13 £405 +18.94% 4
South West +16 11 £500 - 13
North East +1 5 £500 -9.09% 4
Yorkshire -10 5 £598 -6.27% 7
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 26 (6.97%) Confluence
2 17 (4.56%) WebSphere
3 10 (2.68%) IIS
3 10 (2.68%) JBoss
4 9 (2.41%) Apache
4 9 (2.41%) WebLogic
5 8 (2.14%) CICS
5 8 (2.14%) Tomcat
6 7 (1.88%) CMS
6 7 (1.88%) SharePoint
7 6 (1.61%) Mule
8 5 (1.34%) Anypoint
8 5 (1.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (1.07%) Mule ESB
10 3 (0.80%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.54%) Appian
11 2 (0.54%) NetWeaver
11 2 (0.54%) Oracle Service Bus
12 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (0.54%) Autodesk Inventor
1 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 37 (9.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (3.49%) Remedy ITSM
3 8 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (2.14%) Maximo
4 7 (1.88%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (1.61%) Workday HCM
6 5 (1.34%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (1.07%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.54%) Magento
8 2 (0.54%) Oracle Retail
8 2 (0.54%) SAP CX
8 2 (0.54%) SAP HR
8 2 (0.54%) Shopify
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.27%) Primavera
9 1 (0.27%) SAP CRM
9 1 (0.27%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.27%) SAP Retail
9 1 (0.27%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 81 (21.72%) Azure
2 61 (16.35%) AWS
3 18 (4.83%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (4.29%) SaaS
5 15 (4.02%) Serverless
6 14 (3.75%) Amazon EC2
7 12 (3.22%) Amazon S3
7 12 (3.22%) Amazon SQS
7 12 (3.22%) AWS KMS
7 12 (3.22%) Power Platform
8 11 (2.95%) OCI
8 11 (2.95%) PaaS
9 9 (2.41%) GCP
10 8 (2.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 8 (2.14%) Azure Service Bus
10 8 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (2.14%) GitHub
10 8 (2.14%) OpenShift
10 8 (2.14%) Route 53
11 7 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.90%) SSL
2 20 (5.36%) TCP/IP
3 19 (5.09%) Ethernet
4 18 (4.83%) HTTP
5 7 (1.88%) HTTPS
5 7 (1.88%) NFC
5 7 (1.88%) PPP
6 4 (1.07%) ATM
6 4 (1.07%) POP3
6 4 (1.07%) SMTP
7 2 (0.54%) DMZ
7 2 (0.54%) Internet
7 2 (0.54%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.27%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.27%) DHCP
8 1 (0.27%) DNS
8 1 (0.27%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (9.92%) SQL Server
2 36 (9.65%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (7.24%) Relational Database
4 26 (6.97%) SAP HANA
5 24 (6.43%) DB2
6 17 (4.56%) Amazon RDS
7 15 (4.02%) Oracle Database
8 14 (3.75%) Redis
9 13 (3.49%) NoSQL
10 10 (2.68%) Amazon Aurora
10 10 (2.68%) DynamoDB
10 10 (2.68%) MongoDB
11 8 (2.14%) MySQL
12 7 (1.88%) Oracle Reports
12 7 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (1.61%) RDBMS
14 5 (1.34%) Power BI
15 4 (1.07%) BusinessObjects
15 4 (1.07%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 68 (18.23%) Git
2 47 (12.60%) Jenkins
2 47 (12.60%) JIRA
3 35 (9.38%) Eclipse
4 25 (6.70%) JUnit
5 24 (6.43%) Maven
5 24 (6.43%) Postman
6 22 (5.90%) Visual Studio
7 16 (4.29%) SonarQube
8 15 (4.02%) Mockito
9 14 (3.75%) GitLab
9 14 (3.75%) Selenium
10 12 (3.22%) SoapUI
11 11 (2.95%) Bitbucket
12 10 (2.68%) REST Assured
13 9 (2.41%) Cucumber
14 8 (2.14%) IntelliJ
14 8 (2.14%) Subversion
15 7 (1.88%) Valgrind
16 6 (1.61%) DbUnit
General
1 108 (28.95%) Social Skills
2 72 (19.30%) Finance
3 54 (14.48%) Banking
4 43 (11.53%) Public Sector
5 38 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (6.70%) Presentation Skills
7 21 (5.63%) Military
8 13 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.68%) Telecoms
10 9 (2.41%) Retail
11 7 (1.88%) Back Office
12 6 (1.61%) Billing
13 3 (0.80%) Law
13 3 (0.80%) Marketing
14 2 (0.54%) Front Office
14 2 (0.54%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.54%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.54%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.54%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 140 (37.53%) Developer
2 71 (19.03%) Architect
3 51 (13.67%) Senior
4 37 (9.92%) Java Developer
4 37 (9.92%) Software Engineer
5 26 (6.97%) Consultant
6 25 (6.70%) SAP Architect
7 22 (5.90%) C++ Software Engineer
8 21 (5.63%) Senior Developer
9 20 (5.36%) Analyst
9 20 (5.36%) C# Software Engineer
9 20 (5.36%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
10 17 (4.56%) ServiceNow Architect
11 14 (3.75%) Full-Stack Developer
11 14 (3.75%) Lead
12 13 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
13 11 (2.95%) Tester
14 9 (2.41%) Designer
14 9 (2.41%) SAP Consultant
14 9 (2.41%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (39.14%) REST
2 111 (29.76%) SOAP
3 75 (20.11%) RESTful
4 63 (16.89%) HTML
5 58 (15.55%) Spring
6 51 (13.67%) JSON
6 51 (13.67%) Spring Boot
7 49 (13.14%) AngularJS
8 44 (11.80%) .NET
8 44 (11.80%) CSS
9 43 (11.53%) Node.js
9 43 (11.53%) XML
10 29 (7.77%) Middleware
11 27 (7.24%) Hibernate
12 22 (5.90%) HTML5
12 22 (5.90%) jQuery
12 22 (5.90%) LDAP
13 20 (5.36%) JPA
14 19 (5.09%) Bootstrap
15 18 (4.83%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.43%) Distributed Systems
2 20 (5.36%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.75%) Mobile App
4 10 (2.68%) Data Structures
5 9 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.14%) Cloud Native
6 8 (2.14%) CMDB
7 7 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.88%) Mainframe
7 7 (1.88%) Private Cloud
7 7 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.88%) Smartcard
8 6 (1.61%) PKI
8 6 (1.61%) VSAM
9 5 (1.34%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.34%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.07%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.07%) N-Tier
10 4 (1.07%) PACS
10 4 (1.07%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 46 (12.33%) Linux
2 36 (9.65%) Windows
3 15 (4.02%) Unix
4 9 (2.41%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.88%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.61%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.34%) Android
8 4 (1.07%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (43.70%) Agile
2 88 (23.59%) Problem-Solving
3 79 (21.18%) CI/CD
4 78 (20.91%) DevOps
5 77 (20.64%) Microservices
6 69 (18.50%) Scrum
7 51 (13.67%) TDD
8 48 (12.87%) Continuous Improvement
9 45 (12.06%) Unit Testing
10 42 (11.26%) SDLC
11 41 (10.99%) Software Engineering
12 38 (10.19%) Continuous Integration
13 37 (9.92%) Test Automation
14 36 (9.65%) Integration Patterns
14 36 (9.65%) Stakeholder Management
15 34 (9.12%) ITSM
15 34 (9.12%) Validation
16 33 (8.85%) Project Delivery
17 31 (8.31%) Computer Science
18 30 (8.04%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 131 (35.12%) JavaScript
2 111 (29.76%) SQL
3 107 (28.69%) Java
4 59 (15.82%) C#
5 48 (12.87%) Python
6 30 (8.04%) C++
7 26 (6.97%) PL/SQL
8 17 (4.56%) ABAP
8 17 (4.56%) TypeScript
9 12 (3.22%) PowerShell
10 10 (2.68%) Groovy
10 10 (2.68%) Shell Script
11 9 (2.41%) COBOL
12 8 (2.14%) T-SQL
13 7 (1.88%) JCL
13 7 (1.88%) Ruby
14 6 (1.61%) PHP
15 5 (1.34%) Swift
16 4 (1.07%) Kotlin
16 4 (1.07%) XPath
Qualifications
1 81 (21.72%) Security Cleared
2 66 (17.69%) SC Cleared
3 46 (12.33%) Degree
4 19 (5.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (1.88%) DV Cleared
5 7 (1.88%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.07%) CISSP
6 4 (1.07%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.80%) MCPD
7 3 (0.80%) MCSD
8 2 (0.54%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.54%) CISM
8 2 (0.54%) Tableau Certification
9 1 (0.27%) CISA
9 1 (0.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.27%) OCP
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (9.65%) QA
2 9 (2.41%) GDPR
3 6 (1.61%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.07%) COBIT
4 4 (1.07%) ISO 8583
5 3 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.54%) GRC
6 2 (0.54%) HL7
6 2 (0.54%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.27%) DICOM
7 1 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 36 (9.65%) Docker
2 13 (3.49%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.61%) Postfix
4 5 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 28 (7.51%) Kubernetes
2 21 (5.63%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (2.41%) Grafana
4 7 (1.88%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.61%) Ansible
5 6 (1.61%) Terraform
6 4 (1.07%) CloudHub
7 3 (0.80%) Kibana
8 2 (0.54%) CA Endevor
9 1 (0.27%) Control-M
9 1 (0.27%) HP Operations Orchestration
9 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle Identity Management
9 1 (0.27%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 69 (18.50%) Microsoft
2 66 (17.69%) Oracle
3 50 (13.40%) SAP
4 47 (12.60%) ServiceNow
5 22 (5.90%) Splunk
6 17 (4.56%) Salesforce
7 16 (4.29%) Dynatrace
8 13 (3.49%) BMC
8 13 (3.49%) HP
8 13 (3.49%) Ivanti
8 13 (3.49%) Remedy
9 12 (3.22%) IBM
10 10 (2.68%) Adobe
11 9 (2.41%) Axway
11 9 (2.41%) Workday
12 8 (2.14%) CA Agile Central
13 7 (1.88%) Atlassian
13 7 (1.88%) MuleSoft
14 6 (1.61%) Jaspersoft
14 6 (1.61%) webMethods