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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 359 206 209
Rank change year-on-year -153 +3 -2
Contract jobs citing Web Services 294 370 405
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.63% 1.34% 1.24%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.98% 5.36% 5.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 254 238
10th Percentile £387 £356 £367
25th Percentile £425 £405 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -7.41% -1.82%
75th Percentile £650 £612 £638
90th Percentile £737 £695 £775
UK median daily rate £529 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.80% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 20 27
10th Percentile £51.25 £55.00 £64.00
25th Percentile £55.00 £64.06 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £66.50 - -
90th Percentile £77.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

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 9,871 6,904 8,075
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.31% 25.02% 24.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,481 4,728 5,472
10th Percentile £380 £356 £363
25th Percentile £438 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% -5.64% -0.90%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 162 177
10th Percentile £29.81 £31.29 £27.45
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.63 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.50 £54.35 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.20% -13.04% -
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.20 £71.80 £74.65
UK median hourly rate £67.00 £52.50 £61.80
% change year-on-year +27.62% -15.05% -1.12%

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 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 9 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 9 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 -108 159 £575 +9.00% 143
South East -79 46 £500 +5.26% 31
Midlands -43 37 £447 +1.22% 12
North of England -84 33 £468 +3.89% 21
West Midlands -33 30 £449 -7.53% 9
Yorkshire -21 18 £450 -24.69% 4
South West -47 10 £425 -11.23% 13
North West -81 10 £650 +44.44% 13
East of England -44 8 £460 -15.60% 21
East Midlands -23 5 £428 +5.62% 3
North East -46 5 £425 -15.00% 5
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 17 (5.78%) Confluence
2 10 (3.40%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.72%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (1.70%) CICS
5 4 (1.36%) IIS
5 4 (1.36%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.68%) Apache
6 2 (0.68%) CMS
6 2 (0.68%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.68%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.34%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.34%) Appian
7 1 (0.34%) HCL Domino
7 1 (0.34%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.34%) JBoss
7 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.34%) Mule
7 1 (0.34%) Mule ESB
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 6 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.36%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.70%) Workday HCM
3 4 (1.36%) Elite 3E
4 3 (1.02%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (1.02%) Orchestrade
5 2 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.68%) Infor LN
5 2 (0.68%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.68%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.68%) Remedy AR System
5 2 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.68%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (0.68%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.34%) BASE24
6 1 (0.34%) Maximo
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.34%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 83 (28.23%) Azure
2 59 (20.07%) AWS
3 23 (7.82%) Entra ID
4 21 (7.14%) GitHub
5 19 (6.46%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (6.12%) Power Platform
7 15 (5.10%) Amazon SQS
7 15 (5.10%) Serverless
8 14 (4.76%) GCP
9 13 (4.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 13 (4.42%) SaaS
10 11 (3.74%) Amazon S3
11 9 (3.06%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (3.06%) AWS KMS
11 9 (3.06%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (3.06%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (3.06%) Route 53
12 7 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (2.38%) OCI
12 7 (2.38%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.72%) HTTP
2 6 (2.04%) SSL
3 5 (1.70%) Ethernet
3 5 (1.70%) FTP
3 5 (1.70%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.36%) Firewall
4 4 (1.36%) HTTPS
5 3 (1.02%) DNS
6 2 (0.68%) Internet
6 2 (0.68%) Intranet
6 2 (0.68%) VPN
7 1 (0.34%) ATM
7 1 (0.34%) DMZ
7 1 (0.34%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.34%) SAN
7 1 (0.34%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (12.59%) SQL Server
2 35 (11.90%) Relational Database
3 27 (9.18%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (4.42%) DynamoDB
5 9 (3.06%) Amazon Aurora
5 9 (3.06%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (3.06%) RDBMS
5 9 (3.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (2.72%) Db2
6 8 (2.72%) Oracle Database
6 8 (2.72%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (1.70%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.70%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 5 (1.70%) Power BI
8 4 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.36%) SAP HANA
8 4 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 61 (20.75%) Git
2 44 (14.97%) Jenkins
3 34 (11.56%) JIRA
4 24 (8.16%) SonarQube
5 20 (6.80%) Maven
6 19 (6.46%) JUnit
7 16 (5.44%) Mockito
8 13 (4.42%) LoadRunner
9 12 (4.08%) Eclipse
10 11 (3.74%) JMeter
10 11 (3.74%) Visual Studio
11 10 (3.40%) Selenium
12 9 (3.06%) eggPlant
12 9 (3.06%) Postman
13 8 (2.72%) GitLab
13 8 (2.72%) SoapUI
14 7 (2.38%) Bitbucket Server
14 7 (2.38%) DbUnit
14 7 (2.38%) Sonatype Nexus
15 6 (2.04%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 103 (35.03%) Social Skills
2 66 (22.45%) Analytical Skills
2 66 (22.45%) Public Sector
3 57 (19.39%) Finance
4 26 (8.84%) Banking
5 14 (4.76%) Military
6 10 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.70%) Financial Institution
9 5 (1.70%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.70%) Legal
9 5 (1.70%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.36%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.36%) Automotive
10 4 (1.36%) Billing
10 4 (1.36%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.68%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.34%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 151 (51.36%) Developer
2 52 (17.69%) Senior
3 33 (11.22%) Java Developer
3 33 (11.22%) Senior Developer
4 25 (8.50%) Consultant
5 22 (7.48%) Architect
6 18 (6.12%) .NET Developer
6 18 (6.12%) Lead
7 17 (5.78%) C# Developer
8 12 (4.08%) Senior Java Developer
9 11 (3.74%) IAM Specialist
10 10 (3.40%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
10 10 (3.40%) Software Engineer
11 9 (3.06%) C# .NET Developer
11 9 (3.06%) Technical Consultant
12 8 (2.72%) Designer
13 7 (2.38%) Full-Stack Developer
13 7 (2.38%) Integration Developer
13 7 (2.38%) Salesforce Developer
13 7 (2.38%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (39.12%) REST
2 99 (33.67%) SOAP
3 70 (23.81%) .NET
4 55 (18.71%) RESTful
5 53 (18.03%) XML
6 41 (13.95%) Spring
7 39 (13.27%) Spring Boot
8 38 (12.93%) HTML
9 36 (12.24%) AngularJS
10 25 (8.50%) JSON
10 25 (8.50%) Middleware
10 25 (8.50%) SailPoint
11 24 (8.16%) Hibernate
12 23 (7.82%) OAuth
13 21 (7.14%) ASP.NET
14 20 (6.80%) CSS
15 19 (6.46%) JPA
16 18 (6.12%) LDAP
16 18 (6.12%) OAuth2
16 18 (6.12%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.84%) Enterprise Software
2 20 (6.80%) Cloud Native
3 17 (5.78%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (5.10%) CMDB
5 14 (4.76%) Mobile App
6 12 (4.08%) Onboarding
7 11 (3.74%) Data Structures
7 11 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (3.40%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (2.72%) Management Information System
10 6 (2.04%) AI Agents
10 6 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.70%) Mainframe
12 4 (1.36%) Algorithms
12 4 (1.36%) DataPower
12 4 (1.36%) Online Banking
12 4 (1.36%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.36%) Security Posture
13 3 (1.02%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 33 (11.22%) Linux
2 19 (6.46%) Unix
3 10 (3.40%) Windows
4 4 (1.36%) zOS
5 3 (1.02%) VMS
6 2 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (42.86%) Agile
2 89 (30.27%) Problem-Solving
3 81 (27.55%) CI/CD
4 73 (24.83%) DevOps
5 54 (18.37%) Continuous Improvement
6 49 (16.67%) Microservices
7 45 (15.31%) SDLC
8 42 (14.29%) Test Automation
9 41 (13.95%) ITSM
9 41 (13.95%) Scrum
10 37 (12.59%) API Integration
10 37 (12.59%) Software Engineering
11 35 (11.90%) Stakeholder Management
12 30 (10.20%) Containerisation
12 30 (10.20%) TDD
12 30 (10.20%) Workflow
13 29 (9.86%) AI
14 28 (9.52%) Analytics
14 28 (9.52%) Data Modelling
14 28 (9.52%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 102 (34.69%) SQL
2 77 (26.19%) Java
3 62 (21.09%) JavaScript
4 57 (19.39%) Python
5 54 (18.37%) C#
6 24 (8.16%) PowerShell
7 16 (5.44%) PL/SQL
8 15 (5.10%) TypeScript
9 12 (4.08%) C++
10 10 (3.40%) Apex Code
11 9 (3.06%) VB.NET
12 8 (2.72%) ABAP
12 8 (2.72%) Shell Script
12 8 (2.72%) T-SQL
13 6 (2.04%) Groovy
13 6 (2.04%) SOQL
13 6 (2.04%) SOSL
13 6 (2.04%) XPath
14 5 (1.70%) Bash
14 5 (1.70%) X++
Qualifications
1 99 (33.67%) Security Cleared
2 91 (30.95%) SC Cleared
3 33 (11.22%) Degree
4 10 (3.40%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (3.06%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.72%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.38%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.70%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.70%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.70%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.36%) ISEB
10 3 (1.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (1.02%) MBA
11 2 (0.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.68%) PhD
11 2 (0.68%) SAP Certification
12 1 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.34%) PMP
12 1 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.48%) Data Quality
2 20 (6.80%) QA
3 12 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (3.74%) NIST
5 5 (1.70%) HL7
6 4 (1.36%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.36%) GRC
7 3 (1.02%) NCSC
8 2 (0.68%) GDPR
9 1 (0.34%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.34%) GMP
9 1 (0.34%) GxP
9 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.34%) SLA
9 1 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 43 (14.63%) Docker
2 29 (9.86%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.38%) Postfix
4 2 (0.68%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.68%) IAG
4 2 (0.68%) NFS
4 2 (0.68%) Sendmail
4 2 (0.68%) Varnish
4 2 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (7.14%) Grafana
2 18 (6.12%) Kubernetes
3 12 (4.08%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (3.74%) Ansible
4 11 (3.74%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.70%) HP Fortify
6 4 (1.36%) Control-M
7 3 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.68%) Argo
8 2 (0.68%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.34%) Istio
9 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 67 (22.79%) Microsoft
2 50 (17.01%) Oracle
3 28 (9.52%) SAP
4 23 (7.82%) ServiceNow
5 14 (4.76%) Salesforce
6 12 (4.08%) IBM
7 10 (3.40%) Workday
8 9 (3.06%) UiPath
9 8 (2.72%) Jaspersoft
9 8 (2.72%) Pega
10 7 (2.38%) Adobe
10 7 (2.38%) Atlassian
10 7 (2.38%) CyberArk
10 7 (2.38%) Google
11 6 (2.04%) Centrify
12 5 (1.70%) MuleSoft
13 4 (1.36%) Ariba
13 4 (1.36%) Citrix
13 4 (1.36%) Intapp
14 3 (1.02%) OpenAI