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 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 181 186
Rank change year-on-year -141 +5 +34
Contract jobs citing Web Services 279 372 456
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.68% 1.52% 1.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.54% 6.82% 6.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 239 304
10th Percentile £375 £362 £413
25th Percentile £432 £419 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.22% -3.01% -
75th Percentile £638 £695 £638
90th Percentile £718 £768 £744
UK median daily rate £501 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 6 13
10th Percentile £44.68 £52.50 -
25th Percentile £51.88 £56.56 -
Median hourly rate £63.14 £63.75 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -1.92% -10.34%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £63.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year -0.96% -1.92% -10.34%

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 7,884 5,455 7,519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.24% 22.29% 20.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,228 3,776 5,342
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £629 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £799 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 99 230
10th Percentile £30.98 £32.65 £22.42
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £65.95
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.50 £75.00
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 18 May 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 18 May 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 18 May 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 -81 163 £565 -5.83% 20
South East -91 35 £500 - 16
North of England -85 30 £490 +0.51% 12
Midlands -66 25 £475 +13.10% 8
West Midlands -55 21 £475 +11.76% 5
South West -15 16 £554 - 12
Yorkshire -48 16 £463 +25.00% 6
East of England -26 13 £470 -8.29% 11
North West -59 13 £625 +25.00% 4
East Midlands -33 3 £563 +57.12% 3
North East -19 2 £425 -10.53% 2
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 13 (4.66%) Appian
1 13 (4.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (4.30%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.58%) CICS
4 8 (2.87%) JBoss
5 7 (2.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 7 (2.51%) WebLogic
6 6 (2.15%) Confluence
7 4 (1.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (1.43%) IIS
7 4 (1.43%) Tomcat
8 3 (1.08%) Apache
8 3 (1.08%) Mule
8 3 (1.08%) Mule ESB
9 2 (0.72%) CMS
9 2 (0.72%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.72%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.36%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.08%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.72%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 12 (4.30%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (2.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.79%) SAP EWM
4 4 (1.43%) Workday HCM
5 3 (1.08%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (1.08%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 3 (1.08%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.72%) BusinessWorks
6 2 (0.72%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.72%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.72%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.72%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.72%) Remedy AR System
6 2 (0.72%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.36%) Maximo
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.36%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 78 (27.96%) Azure
2 65 (23.30%) AWS
3 34 (12.19%) PaaS
4 29 (10.39%) Entra ID
5 21 (7.53%) OCI
5 21 (7.53%) Serverless
6 20 (7.17%) Amazon SQS
6 20 (7.17%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (6.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 19 (6.81%) Amazon S3
7 19 (6.81%) GitHub
8 17 (6.09%) SaaS
9 16 (5.73%) Amazon EC2
9 16 (5.73%) GitHub Actions
9 16 (5.73%) Microsoft 365
10 15 (5.38%) Azure Key Vault
10 15 (5.38%) IaaS
11 14 (5.02%) AWS KMS
11 14 (5.02%) Route 53
12 13 (4.66%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.66%) TCP/IP
2 12 (4.30%) Ethernet
3 7 (2.51%) SSL
4 5 (1.79%) DNS
4 5 (1.79%) IPsec
4 5 (1.79%) Kerberos
5 4 (1.43%) Firewall
5 4 (1.43%) FTP
6 2 (0.72%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.72%) Internet
6 2 (0.72%) VPN
7 1 (0.36%) DHCP
7 1 (0.36%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (8.96%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (8.24%) Relational Database
2 23 (8.24%) SQL Server
3 19 (6.81%) DynamoDB
4 15 (5.38%) Amazon Aurora
4 15 (5.38%) Amazon RDS
5 13 (4.66%) DB2
6 9 (3.23%) Pinecone
7 6 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (2.15%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (2.15%) Power BI
7 6 (2.15%) SAP HANA
8 5 (1.79%) MySQL
8 5 (1.79%) Oracle Database
9 4 (1.43%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.43%) NoSQL
10 3 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (1.08%) Data Hub
10 3 (1.08%) Metadata
10 3 (1.08%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 44 (15.77%) Git
2 34 (12.19%) Jenkins
3 21 (7.53%) JUnit
4 20 (7.17%) Maven
5 19 (6.81%) SonarQube
6 18 (6.45%) JIRA
7 16 (5.73%) Eclipse
8 15 (5.38%) Mockito
8 15 (5.38%) Postman
9 14 (5.02%) Visual Studio
10 11 (3.94%) DbUnit
10 11 (3.94%) jMock
11 10 (3.58%) Bitbucket Server
12 8 (2.87%) MLflow
12 8 (2.87%) SoapUI
13 7 (2.51%) GitLab
14 6 (2.15%) Cucumber
14 6 (2.15%) Selenium
15 4 (1.43%) Ant
16 3 (1.08%) LoadRunner
General
1 74 (26.52%) Social Skills
2 66 (23.66%) Public Sector
3 44 (15.77%) Finance
4 40 (14.34%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (6.81%) Military
6 12 (4.30%) Banking
7 11 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.43%) Billing
9 4 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.43%) Retail
10 3 (1.08%) Automotive
10 3 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.08%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.08%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.72%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.72%) Front Office
11 2 (0.72%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.72%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.36%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 119 (42.65%) Developer
2 39 (13.98%) Senior
3 30 (10.75%) Java Developer
4 29 (10.39%) Architect
5 26 (9.32%) Senior Developer
6 19 (6.81%) Consultant
7 18 (6.45%) Lead
8 17 (6.09%) Software Engineer
9 13 (4.66%) Analyst
9 13 (4.66%) Automation Engineer
9 13 (4.66%) Azure Developer
10 12 (4.30%) Cloud Specialist
11 11 (3.94%) Python Developer
12 10 (3.58%) Integration Specialist
12 10 (3.58%) Oracle Specialist
13 9 (3.23%) C# Software Engineer
13 9 (3.23%) Python Engineer
13 9 (3.23%) Salesforce Developer
13 9 (3.23%) Senior Architect
13 9 (3.23%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (45.52%) REST
2 94 (33.69%) SOAP
3 41 (14.70%) XML
4 40 (14.34%) RESTful
5 39 (13.98%) Spring
6 38 (13.62%) JSON
7 34 (12.19%) OAuth
8 31 (11.11%) Spring Boot
9 27 (9.68%) .NET
9 27 (9.68%) Node.js
10 26 (9.32%) AngularJS
11 23 (8.24%) HTML
12 21 (7.53%) Oracle Fusion
13 19 (6.81%) Hibernate
13 19 (6.81%) JPA
14 18 (6.45%) XSLT
15 17 (6.09%) CSS
15 17 (6.09%) JWT
16 16 (5.73%) Spring Batch
16 16 (5.73%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.38%) Distributed Systems
2 14 (5.02%) Product Ownership
3 10 (3.58%) CMDB
3 10 (3.58%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (3.58%) Mainframe
3 10 (3.58%) Onboarding
3 10 (3.58%) Public Cloud
4 8 (2.87%) Low-Code
4 8 (2.87%) Mobile App
5 7 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.15%) DataPower
7 5 (1.79%) Client/Server
7 5 (1.79%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.79%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 5 (1.79%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.79%) Security Posture
7 5 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.43%) N-Tier
8 4 (1.43%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 39 (13.98%) Linux
2 23 (8.24%) Windows
3 11 (3.94%) Unix
4 9 (3.23%) zOS
5 2 (0.72%) Android
5 2 (0.72%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.72%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.72%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (37.99%) Agile
2 76 (27.24%) CI/CD
3 69 (24.73%) DevOps
4 55 (19.71%) Microservices
5 52 (18.64%) Problem-Solving
6 43 (15.41%) Continuous Integration
7 41 (14.70%) Containerisation
8 39 (13.98%) TDD
9 33 (11.83%) Design Patterns
9 33 (11.83%) Scrum
9 33 (11.83%) Software Engineering
10 30 (10.75%) Test Automation
10 30 (10.75%) Unit Testing
11 29 (10.39%) Validation
12 28 (10.04%) Analytics
12 28 (10.04%) Continuous Delivery
12 28 (10.04%) ERP
13 27 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
14 26 (9.32%) Architectural Patterns
14 26 (9.32%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 74 (26.52%) SQL
2 66 (23.66%) Java
3 59 (21.15%) JavaScript
4 57 (20.43%) Python
5 40 (14.34%) C#
6 27 (9.68%) PowerShell
7 16 (5.73%) C++
8 12 (4.30%) Apex Code
9 10 (3.58%) Kusto Query Language
9 10 (3.58%) PL/SQL
10 8 (2.87%) ABAP
11 7 (2.51%) Ruby
12 6 (2.15%) Shell Script
12 6 (2.15%) TypeScript
13 5 (1.79%) JCL
13 5 (1.79%) PHP
14 4 (1.43%) XPath
15 3 (1.08%) Groovy
15 3 (1.08%) SOQL
15 3 (1.08%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 99 (35.48%) Security Cleared
2 90 (32.26%) SC Cleared
3 24 (8.60%) Degree
4 10 (3.58%) DV Cleared
5 9 (3.23%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.51%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.79%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.43%) MBA
8 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.36%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.36%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.45%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.87%) SLA
3 6 (2.15%) QA
4 5 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.79%) NIST
5 2 (0.72%) GDPR
5 2 (0.72%) NCSC
5 2 (0.72%) PMO
6 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.36%) GRC
6 1 (0.36%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 39 (13.98%) Docker
2 23 (8.24%) Active Directory
3 12 (4.30%) Postfix
4 5 (1.79%) RACF
5 2 (0.72%) NFS
5 2 (0.72%) Sendmail
5 2 (0.72%) Varnish
6 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (7.17%) Kubernetes
2 19 (6.81%) Grafana
3 11 (3.94%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (2.51%) Ansible
5 6 (2.15%) Terraform
6 5 (1.79%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.72%) HAProxy
7 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.72%) TIBCO Hawk
8 1 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.36%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.36%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.36%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.36%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 65 (23.30%) Microsoft
2 49 (17.56%) Oracle
3 23 (8.24%) ServiceNow
4 14 (5.02%) Jaspersoft
4 14 (5.02%) SAP
5 13 (4.66%) Salesforce
6 12 (4.30%) Atlassian
7 10 (3.58%) OpenAI
8 9 (3.23%) UiPath
9 8 (2.87%) Automation Anywhere
9 8 (2.87%) Workday
10 7 (2.51%) MuleSoft
11 6 (2.15%) Guidewire
12 5 (1.79%) Adobe
12 5 (1.79%) Google
12 5 (1.79%) IBM
13 3 (1.08%) BMC
13 3 (1.08%) Cognizant
13 3 (1.08%) Remedy
14 2 (0.72%) Charles River