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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 346 217 211
Rank change year-on-year -129 -6 -5
Contract jobs citing Web Services 315 364 398
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.68% 1.30% 1.22%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.20% 5.12% 4.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 247 225
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £415 £413 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £535
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.54% -2.73%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £638
90th Percentile £724 £700 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £533
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.19% -3.09%
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 9,841 7,108 8,103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.23% 25.45% 24.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,484 4,826 5,333
10th Percentile £380 £354 £363
25th Percentile £446 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% -5.64% -0.90%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £666
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 260 171 179
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £27.60
25th Percentile £53.90 £42.75 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.83 £55.00 £63.36
Median % change year-on-year +19.69% -13.19% +5.59%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.10 £70.00 £74.57
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.35 £61.60
% change year-on-year +19.60% -11.77% +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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -91 161 £550 +4.27% 102
South East -66 50 £500 +5.26% 30
Midlands -31 37 £443 +0.20% 19
North of England -86 36 £475 -3.46% 31
West Midlands -33 30 £447 -9.70% 15
Yorkshire -33 20 £450 -31.51% 10
East of England -34 16 £510 -6.42% 18
South West -32 11 £425 -15.00% 13
North West -86 10 £650 +42.86% 14
North East -36 6 £550 +10.00% 8
East Midlands -23 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 (6.98%) Confluence
2 10 (3.17%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (1.27%) CICS
4 4 (1.27%) IIS
4 4 (1.27%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.63%) Apache
5 2 (0.63%) CMS
5 2 (0.63%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.63%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.32%) Appian
6 1 (0.32%) HCL Domino
6 1 (0.32%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.32%) JBoss
6 1 (0.32%) Mule
6 1 (0.32%) Mule ESB
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 7 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (1.59%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.22%) Workday HCM
3 4 (1.27%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.95%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.95%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.95%) 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 (0.32%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.32%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 92 (29.21%) Azure
2 64 (20.32%) AWS
3 22 (6.98%) GitHub
4 21 (6.67%) Entra ID
4 21 (6.67%) Power Platform
5 19 (6.03%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (5.71%) GCP
7 13 (4.13%) Amazon SQS
7 13 (4.13%) SaaS
7 13 (4.13%) Serverless
8 12 (3.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 10 (3.17%) Amazon S3
9 10 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (2.54%) Amazon EC2
10 8 (2.54%) AWS KMS
10 8 (2.54%) Route 53
11 7 (2.22%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (2.22%) iPaaS
11 7 (2.22%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.81%) Ethernet
1 12 (3.81%) TCP/IP
2 8 (2.54%) HTTP
3 7 (2.22%) SSL
4 6 (1.90%) FTP
5 5 (1.59%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.95%) Firewall
7 2 (0.63%) DNS
7 2 (0.63%) Internet
7 2 (0.63%) Intranet
7 2 (0.63%) VPN
7 2 (0.63%) X.509
8 1 (0.32%) ATM
8 1 (0.32%) Broadband
8 1 (0.32%) DMZ
8 1 (0.32%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.32%) SAN
8 1 (0.32%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 38 (12.06%) Relational Database
3 31 (9.84%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (3.81%) DynamoDB
5 11 (3.49%) Oracle Database
6 9 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (2.54%) Amazon Aurora
7 8 (2.54%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (2.54%) RDBMS
8 7 (2.22%) Db2
8 7 (2.22%) Power BI
9 6 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.90%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.90%) MySQL
9 6 (1.90%) Oracle Reports
10 5 (1.59%) NoSQL
10 5 (1.59%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 4 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (1.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 71 (22.54%) Git
2 46 (14.60%) Jenkins
3 42 (13.33%) JIRA
4 27 (8.57%) SonarQube
5 25 (7.94%) JUnit
6 24 (7.62%) Maven
7 20 (6.35%) Mockito
7 20 (6.35%) Visual Studio
8 19 (6.03%) Eclipse
9 13 (4.13%) LoadRunner
10 9 (2.86%) eggPlant
10 9 (2.86%) JMeter
11 8 (2.54%) Cucumber
11 8 (2.54%) Postman
11 8 (2.54%) Selenium
11 8 (2.54%) SoapUI
12 7 (2.22%) Sonatype Nexus
13 6 (1.90%) DbUnit
13 6 (1.90%) GitLab
13 6 (1.90%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 117 (37.14%) Social Skills
2 73 (23.17%) Analytical Skills
3 69 (21.90%) Finance
4 65 (20.63%) Public Sector
5 28 (8.89%) Banking
6 22 (6.98%) Military
7 11 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.90%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.59%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.59%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.59%) Legal
12 5 (1.59%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.59%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.27%) Automotive
13 4 (1.27%) Billing
14 2 (0.63%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 166 (52.70%) Developer
2 53 (16.83%) Senior
3 36 (11.43%) Java Developer
4 32 (10.16%) Senior Developer
5 28 (8.89%) Consultant
6 21 (6.67%) .NET Developer
6 21 (6.67%) Architect
6 21 (6.67%) C# Developer
7 17 (5.40%) Lead
7 17 (5.40%) Software Engineer
8 12 (3.81%) Senior Java Developer
9 11 (3.49%) C# .NET Developer
9 11 (3.49%) IAM Specialist
10 10 (3.17%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
11 9 (2.86%) C# Software Engineer
11 9 (2.86%) ServiceNow Developer
11 9 (2.86%) Technical Consultant
12 7 (2.22%) C++ Software Engineer
12 7 (2.22%) Software Developer
12 7 (2.22%) Workday Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (34.92%) REST
2 103 (32.70%) SOAP
3 76 (24.13%) .NET
4 65 (20.63%) RESTful
5 60 (19.05%) XML
6 44 (13.97%) HTML
7 42 (13.33%) AngularJS
7 42 (13.33%) Spring
8 40 (12.70%) Spring Boot
9 32 (10.16%) JSON
10 27 (8.57%) CSS
10 27 (8.57%) Middleware
11 25 (7.94%) Hibernate
11 25 (7.94%) Node.js
11 25 (7.94%) OAuth
11 25 (7.94%) React
12 24 (7.62%) SailPoint
13 21 (6.67%) ASP.NET
14 20 (6.35%) .NET Core
14 20 (6.35%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.52%) Enterprise Software
2 26 (8.25%) Cloud Native
3 20 (6.35%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (4.44%) Mobile App
5 13 (4.13%) Onboarding
5 13 (4.13%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (3.17%) CMDB
7 8 (2.54%) AI Agents
7 8 (2.54%) Data Structures
8 7 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.22%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.90%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.90%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.27%) Mainframe
10 4 (1.27%) Replication
11 3 (0.95%) Client/Server
11 3 (0.95%) Derivative
11 3 (0.95%) Online Banking
11 3 (0.95%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 45 (14.29%) Linux
2 21 (6.67%) Unix
3 19 (6.03%) Windows
4 3 (0.95%) VMS
4 3 (0.95%) zOS
5 2 (0.63%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (46.35%) Agile
2 98 (31.11%) CI/CD
3 96 (30.48%) Problem-Solving
4 75 (23.81%) DevOps
5 64 (20.32%) Continuous Improvement
6 53 (16.83%) Test Automation
7 50 (15.87%) Scrum
8 49 (15.56%) SDLC
8 49 (15.56%) Software Engineering
9 47 (14.92%) Microservices
10 42 (13.33%) Unit Testing
11 41 (13.02%) Stakeholder Management
12 39 (12.38%) API Integration
12 39 (12.38%) TDD
13 38 (12.06%) Validation
14 36 (11.43%) ITSM
15 34 (10.79%) AI
16 33 (10.48%) Containerisation
16 33 (10.48%) Data Modelling
16 33 (10.48%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 104 (33.02%) SQL
2 83 (26.35%) Java
3 79 (25.08%) JavaScript
4 67 (21.27%) C#
5 59 (18.73%) Python
6 24 (7.62%) TypeScript
7 23 (7.30%) PowerShell
8 19 (6.03%) C++
9 14 (4.44%) PL/SQL
10 11 (3.49%) ABAP
11 10 (3.17%) Shell Script
11 10 (3.17%) T-SQL
12 9 (2.86%) VB.NET
13 8 (2.54%) Apex Code
13 8 (2.54%) Groovy
14 7 (2.22%) Bash
14 7 (2.22%) XPath
15 6 (1.90%) SOQL
15 6 (1.90%) SOSL
16 5 (1.59%) X++
Qualifications
1 94 (29.84%) Security Cleared
2 85 (26.98%) SC Cleared
3 39 (12.38%) Degree
4 13 (4.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.22%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.22%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.90%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.59%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.59%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.59%) PMP
9 4 (1.27%) ISEB
9 4 (1.27%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.27%) PhD
10 2 (0.63%) CISSP
10 2 (0.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.63%) SAP Certification
11 1 (0.32%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 1 (0.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.94%) Data Quality
2 21 (6.67%) QA
3 13 (4.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (3.81%) NIST
5 6 (1.90%) HL7
6 4 (1.27%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.27%) GRC
6 4 (1.27%) NCSC
7 3 (0.95%) GDPR
8 1 (0.32%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.32%) GMP
8 1 (0.32%) GxP
8 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.32%) SLA
8 1 (0.32%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 49 (15.56%) Docker
2 29 (9.21%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.90%) 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 21 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 20 (6.35%) Grafana
3 12 (3.81%) Prometheus
3 12 (3.81%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (3.49%) Ansible
5 5 (1.59%) HP Fortify
6 4 (1.27%) Control-M
7 3 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.63%) Argo
8 2 (0.63%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.32%) Istio
9 1 (0.32%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 80 (25.40%) Microsoft
2 51 (16.19%) Oracle
3 29 (9.21%) SAP
4 19 (6.03%) ServiceNow
5 15 (4.76%) UiPath
6 13 (4.13%) Salesforce
7 12 (3.81%) IBM
7 12 (3.81%) Workday
8 10 (3.17%) Google
9 8 (2.54%) CyberArk
10 7 (2.22%) Jaspersoft
10 7 (2.22%) Pega
11 6 (1.90%) Adobe
11 6 (1.90%) Atlassian
11 6 (1.90%) Centrify
12 5 (1.59%) MuleSoft
13 4 (1.27%) Ariba
13 4 (1.27%) Citrix
13 4 (1.27%) Intapp
13 4 (1.27%) Planview