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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 198 190
Rank change year-on-year -157 -8 +16
Contract jobs citing Web Services 297 382 434
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.65% 1.39% 1.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.04% 5.59% 5.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 262 266
10th Percentile £400 £356 £360
25th Percentile £450 £405 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £543
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -7.83% -1.36%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £638
90th Percentile £736 £700 £748
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £540
% change year-on-year +5.00% -7.41% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 19 27
10th Percentile £51.25 £55.00 £64.00
25th Percentile £55.00 £63.13 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £77.50 - -
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 9,769 6,838 8,137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.38% 24.82% 24.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,433 4,701 5,588
10th Percentile £375 £355 £363
25th Percentile £438 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 164 190
10th Percentile £29.26 £31.25 £26.84
25th Percentile £50.00 £42.27 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.00 £54.79 £61.80
Median % change year-on-year +22.29% -11.35% -4.92%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.44 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.80 £77.59 £74.54
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year +20.37% -12.34% -2.22%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -91 165 £575 +4.55% 27
South East -80 46 £500 +5.26% 17
North of England -81 34 £457 +1.56% 12
Midlands -65 29 £443 +1.65% 9
West Midlands -42 22 £447 -5.89% 7
Yorkshire -21 20 £452 -11.98% 3
South West -39 12 £485 +6.01% 7
East of England -39 9 £460 -15.98% 6
North West -71 9 £650 +44.44% 8
East Midlands -26 5 £428 +5.62% 2
North East -39 5 £425 -15.00% 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 17 (5.72%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.70%) Confluence
3 9 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (2.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (2.02%) CICS
6 4 (1.35%) OpenStack
7 3 (1.01%) IIS
7 3 (1.01%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.67%) Apache
8 2 (0.67%) CMS
8 2 (0.67%) JBoss
8 2 (0.67%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.34%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.34%) Appian
9 1 (0.34%) HCL Domino
9 1 (0.34%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.34%) Mule
9 1 (0.34%) Mule ESB
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 5 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.01%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.35%) Elite 3E
3 3 (1.01%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.01%) Orchestrade
3 3 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (1.01%) 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 (0.34%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.34%) BASE24
5 1 (0.34%) Maximo
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 89 (29.97%) Azure
2 55 (18.52%) AWS
3 31 (10.44%) Entra ID
4 27 (9.09%) GitHub
5 26 (8.75%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (6.73%) Power Platform
7 18 (6.06%) Serverless
8 17 (5.72%) Amazon SQS
9 14 (4.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 14 (4.71%) GitHub Actions
9 14 (4.71%) PaaS
9 14 (4.71%) SaaS
10 13 (4.38%) Amazon S3
11 12 (4.04%) Azure Key Vault
12 11 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
12 11 (3.70%) GCP
12 11 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
13 10 (3.37%) AWS Lambda
13 10 (3.37%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (3.03%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.36%) Ethernet
1 7 (2.36%) HTTP
1 7 (2.36%) TCP/IP
2 6 (2.02%) SSL
3 4 (1.35%) DNS
3 4 (1.35%) FTP
3 4 (1.35%) HTTPS
4 3 (1.01%) Internet
5 2 (0.67%) Firewall
5 2 (0.67%) Intranet
5 2 (0.67%) VPN
6 1 (0.34%) ATM
6 1 (0.34%) DMZ
6 1 (0.34%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.34%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (13.13%) SQL Server
2 29 (9.76%) Relational Database
3 22 (7.41%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (4.71%) DynamoDB
5 9 (3.03%) Amazon Aurora
5 9 (3.03%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (3.03%) Db2
5 9 (3.03%) RDBMS
5 9 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (2.69%) Oracle Database
7 7 (2.36%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (2.36%) Power BI
8 5 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.68%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.68%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 4 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.35%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.35%) SAP HANA
9 4 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 53 (17.85%) Git
2 37 (12.46%) Jenkins
3 28 (9.43%) JIRA
4 15 (5.05%) SonarQube
5 14 (4.71%) Eclipse
6 13 (4.38%) JUnit
6 13 (4.38%) LoadRunner
6 13 (4.38%) Maven
6 13 (4.38%) Visual Studio
7 11 (3.70%) JMeter
8 10 (3.37%) Mockito
9 9 (3.03%) GitLab
9 9 (3.03%) Postman
9 9 (3.03%) Selenium
10 8 (2.69%) eggPlant
10 8 (2.69%) SoapUI
11 7 (2.36%) Bitbucket Server
11 7 (2.36%) DbUnit
12 6 (2.02%) Cucumber
12 6 (2.02%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 100 (33.67%) Social Skills
2 67 (22.56%) Public Sector
3 60 (20.20%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (18.86%) Finance
5 27 (9.09%) Banking
6 15 (5.05%) Military
7 10 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.68%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.68%) Legal
10 5 (1.68%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.35%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.35%) Automotive
11 4 (1.35%) Billing
11 4 (1.35%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.35%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.67%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 150 (50.51%) Developer
2 49 (16.50%) Senior
3 29 (9.76%) Java Developer
3 29 (9.76%) Senior Developer
4 24 (8.08%) Architect
5 23 (7.74%) Consultant
6 20 (6.73%) .NET Developer
7 16 (5.39%) C# Developer
8 15 (5.05%) Lead
9 12 (4.04%) Azure Developer
10 11 (3.70%) IAM Specialist
10 11 (3.70%) Software Engineer
11 10 (3.37%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
12 9 (3.03%) C# .NET Developer
12 9 (3.03%) Designer
12 9 (3.03%) Technical Consultant
13 8 (2.69%) Delivery Manager
13 8 (2.69%) Salesforce Developer
13 8 (2.69%) Senior Java Developer
14 7 (2.36%) Integration Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (41.41%) REST
2 104 (35.02%) SOAP
3 76 (25.59%) .NET
4 53 (17.85%) XML
5 47 (15.82%) RESTful
6 38 (12.79%) Spring
7 35 (11.78%) HTML
8 34 (11.45%) AngularJS
9 33 (11.11%) Spring Boot
10 28 (9.43%) JSON
11 25 (8.42%) SailPoint
12 22 (7.41%) OAuth
13 21 (7.07%) Middleware
14 20 (6.73%) ASP.NET
15 19 (6.40%) CSS
15 19 (6.40%) LDAP
16 18 (6.06%) .NET Core
16 18 (6.06%) .NET Framework
16 18 (6.06%) Hibernate
17 17 (5.72%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
2 19 (6.40%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (5.39%) CMDB
4 13 (4.38%) Mobile App
4 13 (4.38%) Onboarding
5 12 (4.04%) Cloud Native
6 11 (3.70%) Data Structures
6 11 (3.70%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.36%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.02%) Mainframe
10 5 (1.68%) DataPower
10 5 (1.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.68%) Online Banking
10 5 (1.68%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.35%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.35%) Algorithms
12 3 (1.01%) Derivative
12 3 (1.01%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 35 (11.78%) Linux
2 19 (6.40%) Unix
3 14 (4.71%) Windows
4 5 (1.68%) zOS
5 2 (0.67%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (40.74%) Agile
2 82 (27.61%) Problem-Solving
3 76 (25.59%) DevOps
4 73 (24.58%) CI/CD
5 46 (15.49%) Continuous Improvement
6 44 (14.81%) Microservices
7 43 (14.48%) ITSM
8 39 (13.13%) Scrum
9 35 (11.78%) SDLC
9 35 (11.78%) Test Automation
10 34 (11.45%) Software Engineering
11 33 (11.11%) Analytics
12 32 (10.77%) Stakeholder Management
13 30 (10.10%) API Integration
14 29 (9.76%) ITIL
15 28 (9.43%) AI
15 28 (9.43%) TDD
15 28 (9.43%) Workflow
16 27 (9.09%) Unit Testing
17 26 (8.75%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 103 (34.68%) SQL
2 71 (23.91%) Java
3 67 (22.56%) JavaScript
4 62 (20.88%) C#
5 56 (18.86%) Python
6 33 (11.11%) PowerShell
7 16 (5.39%) PL/SQL
8 14 (4.71%) C++
9 11 (3.70%) Apex Code
10 10 (3.37%) VB.NET
11 8 (2.69%) T-SQL
12 7 (2.36%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (2.36%) Shell Script
12 7 (2.36%) TypeScript
13 6 (2.02%) ABAP
13 6 (2.02%) SOQL
13 6 (2.02%) SOSL
14 5 (1.68%) JCL
14 5 (1.68%) X++
14 5 (1.68%) XPath
Qualifications
1 110 (37.04%) Security Cleared
2 102 (34.34%) SC Cleared
3 32 (10.77%) Degree
4 10 (3.37%) DV Cleared
5 9 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.36%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.68%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.68%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.35%) ISEB
8 4 (1.35%) ISTQB
9 3 (1.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.01%) MBA
10 2 (0.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.67%) PhD
11 1 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.34%) PMP
11 1 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.34%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.07%) Data Quality
2 19 (6.40%) QA
3 12 (4.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (3.70%) NIST
5 5 (1.68%) HL7
6 4 (1.35%) GRC
6 4 (1.35%) NCSC
7 3 (1.01%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.01%) SLA
8 2 (0.67%) GDPR
9 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 34 (11.45%) Docker
2 32 (10.77%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.36%) Postfix
4 2 (0.67%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.67%) NFS
4 2 (0.67%) Sendmail
4 2 (0.67%) Varnish
5 1 (0.34%) IAG
Systems Management
1 15 (5.05%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.38%) Grafana
3 12 (4.04%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (3.70%) Ansible
5 5 (1.68%) HP Fortify
5 5 (1.68%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.35%) Control-M
7 3 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.67%) Argo
8 2 (0.67%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.34%) Istio
9 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 75 (25.25%) Microsoft
2 49 (16.50%) Oracle
3 28 (9.43%) ServiceNow
4 24 (8.08%) SAP
5 15 (5.05%) Salesforce
6 12 (4.04%) IBM
7 9 (3.03%) UiPath
8 8 (2.69%) Jaspersoft
8 8 (2.69%) Pega
8 8 (2.69%) Workday
9 7 (2.36%) Adobe
9 7 (2.36%) Atlassian
9 7 (2.36%) CyberArk
10 6 (2.02%) Centrify
11 4 (1.35%) Citrix
11 4 (1.35%) Google
11 4 (1.35%) Intapp
11 4 (1.35%) MuleSoft
12 3 (1.01%) Ariba
12 3 (1.01%) BMC