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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 346 197 179
Rank change year-on-year -149 -18 +29
Contract jobs citing Web Services 300 384 444
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.66% 1.39% 1.34%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.55% 6.32% 6.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 264 275
10th Percentile £400 £358 £378
25th Percentile £450 £405 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £650 £632 £638
90th Percentile £738 £700 £758
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 18 27
10th Percentile £52.00 £55.00 £64.00
25th Percentile £56.72 £62.19 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £75.60 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - -0.81%

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 8,460 6,078 7,353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.50% 22.04% 22.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,523 4,158 5,022
10th Percentile £368 £350 £359
25th Percentile £432 £410 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.41% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 158 214
10th Percentile £28.44 £31.25 £24.05
25th Percentile £45.31 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £58.91
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -6.63% -1.83%
75th Percentile £73.00 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £81.01 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.88 £55.63
% change year-on-year +18.45% -1.35% -6.54%

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 19 August 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 19 August 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 19 August 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 -104 163 £588 +6.82% 114
South East -85 46 £500 +5.26% 26
North of England -92 33 £460 +2.22% 23
Midlands -42 31 £449 +3.03% 9
West Midlands -48 26 £449 -5.58% 5
Yorkshire -29 18 £454 -11.59% 6
South West -36 14 £485 -4.39% 12
East of England -41 13 £460 -15.98% 8
North West -80 10 £650 +45.41% 15
North East -38 5 £425 -15.00% 4
East Midlands -26 3 £438 +8.15% 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 17 (5.67%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.67%) Confluence
3 9 (3.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (2.33%) CICS
4 7 (2.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (1.33%) OpenStack
6 3 (1.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (1.00%) IIS
6 3 (1.00%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.67%) Apache
7 2 (0.67%) CMS
7 2 (0.67%) JBoss
7 2 (0.67%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.33%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.33%) Appian
8 1 (0.33%) HCL Domino
8 1 (0.33%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.33%) Mule
8 1 (0.33%) Mule ESB
8 1 (0.33%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 5 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.00%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.33%) Elite 3E
3 3 (1.00%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.00%) Orchestrade
3 3 (1.00%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (1.00%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.67%) Infor LN
4 2 (0.67%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.67%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.67%) Remedy AR System
4 2 (0.67%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.33%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.33%) BASE24
5 1 (0.33%) Maximo
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 88 (29.33%) Azure
2 60 (20.00%) AWS
3 32 (10.67%) Entra ID
4 27 (9.00%) GitHub
5 26 (8.67%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (7.00%) Amazon SQS
7 20 (6.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 20 (6.67%) Power Platform
8 19 (6.33%) Serverless
9 18 (6.00%) Amazon S3
10 14 (4.67%) Amazon EC2
10 14 (4.67%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (4.67%) PaaS
10 14 (4.67%) SaaS
11 13 (4.33%) AWS KMS
11 13 (4.33%) Route 53
12 11 (3.67%) AWS Lambda
12 11 (3.67%) Azure Key Vault
12 11 (3.67%) GCP
12 11 (3.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.33%) Ethernet
1 13 (4.33%) TCP/IP
2 7 (2.33%) HTTP
3 5 (1.67%) SSL
4 4 (1.33%) DNS
4 4 (1.33%) FTP
4 4 (1.33%) HTTPS
5 3 (1.00%) Internet
6 2 (0.67%) Firewall
6 2 (0.67%) Intranet
6 2 (0.67%) VPN
7 1 (0.33%) ATM
7 1 (0.33%) DMZ
7 1 (0.33%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (13.00%) SQL Server
2 28 (9.33%) Relational Database
3 26 (8.67%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (6.33%) DynamoDB
5 13 (4.33%) Amazon Aurora
5 13 (4.33%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (3.33%) Db2
7 9 (3.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (2.67%) Oracle Database
8 8 (2.67%) RDBMS
9 7 (2.33%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (2.33%) Power BI
10 5 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (1.67%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.67%) MySQL
10 5 (1.67%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 4 (1.33%) NoSQL
11 4 (1.33%) SAP HANA
11 4 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (1.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 55 (18.33%) Git
2 41 (13.67%) Jenkins
3 28 (9.33%) JIRA
4 20 (6.67%) Eclipse
5 19 (6.33%) SonarQube
5 19 (6.33%) Visual Studio
6 18 (6.00%) Maven
7 17 (5.67%) JUnit
8 14 (4.67%) Mockito
9 13 (4.33%) LoadRunner
10 11 (3.67%) JMeter
11 10 (3.33%) Bitbucket Server
11 10 (3.33%) DbUnit
12 9 (3.00%) GitLab
12 9 (3.00%) jMock
12 9 (3.00%) Postman
12 9 (3.00%) Selenium
13 8 (2.67%) eggPlant
13 8 (2.67%) SoapUI
14 6 (2.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 107 (35.67%) Social Skills
2 67 (22.33%) Public Sector
3 61 (20.33%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (18.33%) Finance
5 27 (9.00%) Banking
6 21 (7.00%) Military
7 12 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.67%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.67%) Legal
10 5 (1.67%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.33%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.33%) Automotive
11 4 (1.33%) Billing
11 4 (1.33%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.33%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.00%) Retail
13 2 (0.67%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 150 (50.00%) Developer
2 47 (15.67%) Senior
3 31 (10.33%) Java Developer
4 30 (10.00%) Senior Developer
5 23 (7.67%) Architect
5 23 (7.67%) Consultant
6 20 (6.67%) .NET Developer
7 17 (5.67%) C# Developer
8 15 (5.00%) Lead
9 14 (4.67%) Software Engineer
10 12 (4.00%) Azure Developer
11 11 (3.67%) IAM Specialist
12 10 (3.33%) C# Software Engineer
12 10 (3.33%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
13 9 (3.00%) C# .NET Developer
13 9 (3.00%) Delivery Manager
13 9 (3.00%) Designer
13 9 (3.00%) Senior Java Developer
13 9 (3.00%) Technical Consultant
14 8 (2.67%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (41.00%) REST
2 103 (34.33%) SOAP
3 72 (24.00%) .NET
4 51 (17.00%) XML
5 47 (15.67%) RESTful
6 41 (13.67%) Spring
7 38 (12.67%) AngularJS
8 35 (11.67%) Spring Boot
9 34 (11.33%) HTML
10 29 (9.67%) JSON
11 26 (8.67%) Node.js
12 25 (8.33%) SailPoint
13 21 (7.00%) OAuth
14 20 (6.67%) Hibernate
14 20 (6.67%) Middleware
15 19 (6.33%) ASP.NET
15 19 (6.33%) CSS
15 19 (6.33%) LDAP
16 18 (6.00%) .NET Core
16 18 (6.00%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.67%) Enterprise Software
2 22 (7.33%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (5.33%) CMDB
4 13 (4.33%) Mobile App
4 13 (4.33%) Onboarding
5 11 (3.67%) Data Structures
5 11 (3.67%) Product Ownership
6 10 (3.33%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.33%) Mainframe
7 7 (2.33%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.00%) DataPower
8 6 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.00%) Online Banking
9 5 (1.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (1.67%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.33%) Algorithms
11 3 (1.00%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.00%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.00%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 46 (15.33%) Linux
2 21 (7.00%) Unix
2 21 (7.00%) Windows
3 6 (2.00%) zOS
4 2 (0.67%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (41.67%) Agile
2 80 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 78 (26.00%) CI/CD
4 74 (24.67%) DevOps
5 46 (15.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 45 (15.00%) Microservices
7 43 (14.33%) ITSM
7 43 (14.33%) Scrum
8 38 (12.67%) TDD
9 37 (12.33%) Software Engineering
10 34 (11.33%) Analytics
10 34 (11.33%) SDLC
10 34 (11.33%) Stakeholder Management
11 33 (11.00%) Unit Testing
12 32 (10.67%) Continuous Integration
12 32 (10.67%) Test Automation
13 31 (10.33%) API Integration
13 31 (10.33%) ITIL
14 30 (10.00%) Validation
15 28 (9.33%) AI
Programming Languages
1 108 (36.00%) SQL
2 73 (24.33%) Java
2 73 (24.33%) JavaScript
3 65 (21.67%) C#
4 55 (18.33%) Python
5 33 (11.00%) PowerShell
6 21 (7.00%) C++
7 16 (5.33%) PL/SQL
8 11 (3.67%) Apex Code
9 10 (3.33%) VB.NET
10 8 (2.67%) Shell Script
10 8 (2.67%) T-SQL
11 7 (2.33%) Kusto Query Language
12 6 (2.00%) ABAP
12 6 (2.00%) JCL
12 6 (2.00%) SOQL
12 6 (2.00%) SOSL
12 6 (2.00%) TypeScript
13 5 (1.67%) XPath
14 4 (1.33%) X++
Qualifications
1 114 (38.00%) Security Cleared
2 104 (34.67%) SC Cleared
3 32 (10.67%) Degree
4 10 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (3.33%) DV Cleared
5 9 (3.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.67%) AWS Certification
7 6 (2.00%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.67%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.33%) ISEB
9 4 (1.33%) ISTQB
10 3 (1.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (1.00%) MBA
11 2 (0.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.67%) PhD
12 1 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.33%) PMP
12 1 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.00%) Data Quality
2 18 (6.00%) QA
3 12 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (3.67%) NIST
5 4 (1.33%) GRC
5 4 (1.33%) NCSC
5 4 (1.33%) SLA
6 3 (1.00%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.67%) GDPR
7 2 (0.67%) HL7
8 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.33%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 37 (12.33%) Docker
2 33 (11.00%) Active Directory
3 10 (3.33%) Postfix
4 2 (0.67%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.67%) NFS
4 2 (0.67%) Sendmail
4 2 (0.67%) Varnish
5 1 (0.33%) IAG
Systems Management
1 18 (6.00%) Grafana
2 15 (5.00%) Kubernetes
3 12 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (3.67%) Ansible
5 7 (2.33%) Terraform
6 6 (2.00%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.67%) HP Fortify
8 4 (1.33%) Control-M
9 3 (1.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.67%) Argo
10 2 (0.67%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.33%) Istio
11 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 78 (26.00%) Microsoft
2 49 (16.33%) Oracle
3 29 (9.67%) ServiceNow
4 24 (8.00%) SAP
5 15 (5.00%) Salesforce
6 12 (4.00%) IBM
6 12 (4.00%) Jaspersoft
7 10 (3.33%) Atlassian
8 9 (3.00%) UiPath
9 7 (2.33%) Adobe
9 7 (2.33%) CyberArk
9 7 (2.33%) Pega
10 6 (2.00%) Centrify
10 6 (2.00%) Workday
11 4 (1.33%) Citrix
11 4 (1.33%) Google
11 4 (1.33%) Intapp
11 4 (1.33%) MuleSoft
12 3 (1.00%) Ariba
12 3 (1.00%) Splunk