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 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 275 224 166
Rank change year-on-year -51 -58 +27
Contract jobs citing Web Services 291 318 568
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.92% 1.12% 1.55%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.14% 5.12% 7.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 185 318
10th Percentile £350 £322 £400
25th Percentile £413 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £638 £630 £630
90th Percentile £713 £783 £713
UK median daily rate £523 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -0.48% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 5 8
10th Percentile £40.88 - £55.61
25th Percentile - - £57.14
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year - +6.12% -6.49%
75th Percentile - - £90.06
90th Percentile - £66.80 £91.30
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £61.25
% change year-on-year - +6.12% -6.49%

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 7,028 6,212 7,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.25% 21.84% 21.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,694 3,978 5,743
10th Percentile £352 £360 £363
25th Percentile £413 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £633 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £763
UK median daily rate £505 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -6.48% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 73 164
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £32.90
25th Percentile £45.00 £43.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £60.50 £62.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% +20.45% -20.17%
75th Percentile £66.88 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.35 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -2.40% +19.05% -19.23%

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 28 December 2025.

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 28 December 2025.

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 28 December 2025. 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 -30 156 £488 -15.58% 71
North of England -31 39 £613 +28.95% 40
South East -23 31 £550 -4.43% 42
East of England -12 29 £675 +58.82% 29
North West -20 29 £625 +31.58% 24
South West +2 15 £550 -3.08% 31
Midlands -43 14 £565 +20.21% 27
Yorkshire -41 9 £598 +19.50% 15
East Midlands -17 7 £700 +100.00% 13
West Midlands -32 7 £430 -14.00% 14
North East -6 1 £450 - 1
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 18 (6.19%) Confluence
2 9 (3.09%) WebLogic
2 9 (3.09%) WebSphere
3 8 (2.75%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (1.72%) Jupyter
6 5 (1.72%) NetWeaver
7 4 (1.37%) CICS
7 4 (1.37%) Mule
7 4 (1.37%) Mule ESB
8 3 (1.03%) Anypoint
8 3 (1.03%) Appian
9 2 (0.69%) Apache
9 2 (0.69%) CMS
9 2 (0.69%) Documentum
9 2 (0.69%) Drupal
9 2 (0.69%) JBoss
9 2 (0.69%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.34%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 6 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.37%) Autodesk Inventor
3 2 (0.69%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 22 (7.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (3.78%) Remedy ITSM
3 10 (3.44%) Oracle ERP
4 8 (2.75%) SAP HCM
5 7 (2.41%) BusinessWorks
5 7 (2.41%) SAP Payroll
6 6 (2.06%) SAP MDG
7 5 (1.72%) SAP ERP
8 3 (1.03%) SAP MDG-F
8 3 (1.03%) SAP MDG-M
8 3 (1.03%) SAP MDG-S
8 3 (1.03%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.69%) Cloudability
9 2 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.69%) Maximo
9 2 (0.69%) Primavera
9 2 (0.69%) Remedy AR System
10 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.34%) SAP EWM
10 1 (0.34%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
Cloud Services
1 68 (23.37%) Azure
2 42 (14.43%) AWS
3 24 (8.25%) PaaS
4 21 (7.22%) OCI
5 14 (4.81%) GitHub
6 13 (4.47%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (3.78%) Power Platform
8 10 (3.44%) GCP
8 10 (3.44%) SaaS
9 9 (3.09%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (2.75%) Entra ID
10 8 (2.75%) IaaS
10 8 (2.75%) iPaaS
10 8 (2.75%) SuccessFactors
11 6 (2.06%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.72%) Sentry
13 4 (1.37%) Azure WebJobs
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.87%) TCP/IP
2 17 (5.84%) Ethernet
3 11 (3.78%) SSL
4 5 (1.72%) HTTP
5 4 (1.37%) ATM
5 4 (1.37%) NFC
5 4 (1.37%) PPP
6 3 (1.03%) DHCP
6 3 (1.03%) DNS
7 2 (0.69%) SMTP
8 1 (0.34%) Firewall
8 1 (0.34%) FTP
8 1 (0.34%) IPsec
8 1 (0.34%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.34%) POP3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.28%) SQL Server
2 21 (7.22%) Relational Database
3 18 (6.19%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (5.84%) SAP HANA
5 13 (4.47%) DB2
6 8 (2.75%) Oracle Database
6 8 (2.75%) Oracle Reports
6 8 (2.75%) Redis
7 7 (2.41%) MySQL
8 6 (2.06%) Power BI
9 5 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.37%) Data Hub
10 4 (1.37%) MongoDB
10 4 (1.37%) NoSQL
11 3 (1.03%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (1.03%) SAP BW
11 3 (1.03%) SAP Data Services
12 2 (0.69%) DTS
12 2 (0.69%) EDMS
12 2 (0.69%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 46 (15.81%) Git
2 30 (10.31%) Postman
3 28 (9.62%) Eclipse
3 28 (9.62%) JIRA
4 18 (6.19%) Visual Studio
5 16 (5.50%) Jenkins
6 14 (4.81%) Selenium
7 11 (3.78%) Cucumber
8 10 (3.44%) SoapUI
9 9 (3.09%) JUnit
10 7 (2.41%) Mockito
10 7 (2.41%) REST Assured
10 7 (2.41%) SonarQube
11 6 (2.06%) JMeter
11 6 (2.06%) Maven
11 6 (2.06%) Subversion
12 5 (1.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 5 (1.72%) Charles Proxy
12 5 (1.72%) IntelliJ
12 5 (1.72%) Xcode
General
1 85 (29.21%) Social Skills
2 53 (18.21%) Public Sector
3 43 (14.78%) Finance
4 37 (12.71%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (7.56%) Banking
6 20 (6.87%) Military
6 20 (6.87%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (2.41%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.37%) Billing
8 4 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.03%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.03%) Law
9 3 (1.03%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.69%) Back Office
10 2 (0.69%) Dutch Language
10 2 (0.69%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.69%) Marketing
10 2 (0.69%) Retail
11 1 (0.34%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 110 (37.80%) Developer
2 48 (16.49%) Senior
3 38 (13.06%) Consultant
4 28 (9.62%) Architect
5 26 (8.93%) Senior Developer
5 26 (8.93%) Software Engineer
6 21 (7.22%) SAP Consultant
7 19 (6.53%) Lead
8 16 (5.50%) C# Software Engineer
9 15 (5.15%) C++ Software Engineer
10 12 (4.12%) Analyst
10 12 (4.12%) Java Developer
10 12 (4.12%) Python Developer
11 10 (3.44%) ABAP Consultant
11 10 (3.44%) Cloud Specialist
11 10 (3.44%) Integration Specialist
11 10 (3.44%) Oracle Specialist
11 10 (3.44%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (2.75%) .NET Developer
12 8 (2.75%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (37.11%) REST
2 98 (33.68%) SOAP
3 43 (14.78%) XML
4 39 (13.40%) JSON
5 33 (11.34%) HTML
6 30 (10.31%) .NET
7 28 (9.62%) AngularJS
8 27 (9.28%) Node.js
9 25 (8.59%) RESTful
10 24 (8.25%) CSS
11 22 (7.56%) Oracle Fusion
12 20 (6.87%) BAPI
12 20 (6.87%) Spring
12 20 (6.87%) XSLT
13 19 (6.53%) HTML5
14 17 (5.84%) jQuery
14 17 (5.84%) Middleware
15 16 (5.50%) J2EE
16 15 (5.15%) OAuth
17 13 (4.47%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.78%) Legacy Systems
2 10 (3.44%) Mobile App
3 9 (3.09%) CMDB
3 9 (3.09%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (2.75%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.75%) Replication
5 7 (2.41%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.41%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.06%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.72%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.37%) Hedge funds
8 4 (1.37%) PACS
8 4 (1.37%) Smartcard
8 4 (1.37%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 3 (1.03%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.03%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.03%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 31 (10.65%) Linux
2 28 (9.62%) Windows
3 11 (3.78%) Android
4 9 (3.09%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.72%) Unix
6 4 (1.37%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.37%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.69%) zOS
8 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (39.86%) Agile
2 65 (22.34%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (19.24%) DevOps
4 54 (18.56%) CI/CD
5 48 (16.49%) Unit Testing
6 39 (13.40%) Microservices
7 38 (13.06%) Test Automation
8 36 (12.37%) ERP
8 36 (12.37%) Scrum
8 36 (12.37%) Software Engineering
9 33 (11.34%) Continuous Integration
9 33 (11.34%) TDD
10 29 (9.97%) Performance Tuning
11 28 (9.62%) OO
12 27 (9.28%) Data Modelling
12 27 (9.28%) Design Patterns
13 26 (8.93%) Integration Patterns
14 25 (8.59%) Validation
15 23 (7.90%) Visualisation
16 22 (7.56%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 79 (27.15%) JavaScript
2 64 (21.99%) SQL
3 52 (17.87%) Java
4 44 (15.12%) C#
4 44 (15.12%) Python
5 32 (11.00%) ABAP
6 25 (8.59%) C++
7 11 (3.78%) PL/SQL
7 11 (3.78%) Ruby
8 10 (3.44%) PowerShell
8 10 (3.44%) TypeScript
9 9 (3.09%) XPath
10 8 (2.75%) Groovy
10 8 (2.75%) Kotlin
10 8 (2.75%) PHP
11 7 (2.41%) Apex Code
12 6 (2.06%) Swift
13 5 (1.72%) COBOL
13 5 (1.72%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.72%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 88 (30.24%) Security Cleared
2 69 (23.71%) SC Cleared
3 26 (8.93%) Degree
4 14 (4.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.09%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.41%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.37%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.03%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.34%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.34%) CISA
9 1 (0.34%) CISM
9 1 (0.34%) CISSP
9 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.34%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.34%) PMP
9 1 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.34%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.90%) QA
2 8 (2.75%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.72%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.37%) ISO 8583
5 2 (0.69%) GDPR
5 2 (0.69%) GRC
5 2 (0.69%) HL7
6 1 (0.34%) COBIT
6 1 (0.34%) DICOM
6 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.34%) PMO
6 1 (0.34%) SLA
6 1 (0.34%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 22 (7.56%) Docker
2 11 (3.78%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.34%) RACF
4 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (7.56%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.78%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (2.41%) TIBCO Hawk
4 6 (2.06%) Ansible
5 5 (1.72%) Terraform
6 2 (0.69%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.34%) CA Endevor
7 1 (0.34%) Control-M
7 1 (0.34%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.34%) HP Operations Orchestration
7 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 60 (20.62%) Oracle
2 50 (17.18%) Microsoft
2 50 (17.18%) SAP
3 19 (6.53%) ServiceNow
4 15 (5.15%) Splunk
5 11 (3.78%) Adobe
5 11 (3.78%) BMC
5 11 (3.78%) IBM
5 11 (3.78%) Remedy
6 10 (3.44%) Dynatrace
6 10 (3.44%) HP
6 10 (3.44%) Salesforce
7 9 (3.09%) Ivanti
8 7 (2.41%) BEA
8 7 (2.41%) Google
8 7 (2.41%) MuleSoft
8 7 (2.41%) TIBCO
9 6 (2.06%) Axway
9 6 (2.06%) Workday
10 5 (1.72%) Computacenter