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

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 276 222 168
Rank change year-on-year -54 -54 +25
Contract jobs citing Web Services 294 321 570
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.93% 1.12% 1.56%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.18% 5.10% 7.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 186 320
10th Percentile £350 £316 £400
25th Percentile £417 £440 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £541 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.59% -1.17%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £631
90th Percentile £714 £769 £713
UK median daily rate £535 £525 £548
% change year-on-year +1.90% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 7 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 - £66.20 £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 7,030 6,295 7,934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.25% 21.87% 21.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,686 4,020 5,761
10th Percentile £351 £358 £363
25th Percentile £413 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.39%
75th Percentile £633 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £763
UK median daily rate £508 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -6.45% -1.36% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 77 165
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £33.20
25th Percentile £44.01 £43.50 £46.18
Median hourly rate £57.75 £62.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% +20.45% -20.17%
75th Percentile £66.88 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.18 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £58.73 £62.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -6.04% +16.82% -17.69%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -40 153 £495 -13.91% 54
North of England -39 39 £613 +28.95% 32
East of England -6 32 £613 +22.50% 26
South East -20 32 £550 -2.31% 33
North West -25 29 £625 +31.58% 19
South West -2 15 £550 -0.90% 23
Midlands -45 14 £565 +20.21% 24
Yorkshire -32 9 £598 +19.50% 12
East Midlands -12 7 £700 +100.00% 12
West Midlands -30 7 £430 -14.00% 12
North East -7 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 (6.12%) Confluence
2 10 (3.40%) WebSphere
3 9 (3.06%) WebLogic
4 8 (2.72%) SharePoint
5 7 (2.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (1.70%) Jupyter
7 5 (1.70%) NetWeaver
8 4 (1.36%) CICS
8 4 (1.36%) Mule
8 4 (1.36%) Mule ESB
9 3 (1.02%) Anypoint
9 3 (1.02%) Apache
10 2 (0.68%) Appian
10 2 (0.68%) CMS
10 2 (0.68%) Documentum
10 2 (0.68%) Drupal
10 2 (0.68%) IIS
10 2 (0.68%) JBoss
10 2 (0.68%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.36%) Autodesk Inventor
3 2 (0.68%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 21 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (3.74%) Remedy ITSM
3 10 (3.40%) Oracle ERP
4 8 (2.72%) SAP HCM
5 7 (2.38%) BusinessWorks
5 7 (2.38%) SAP Payroll
6 6 (2.04%) SAP MDG
7 5 (1.70%) SAP ERP
8 3 (1.02%) Maximo
8 3 (1.02%) SAP MDG-F
8 3 (1.02%) SAP MDG-M
8 3 (1.02%) SAP MDG-S
8 3 (1.02%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.68%) Cloudability
9 2 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.68%) Primavera
9 2 (0.68%) Remedy AR System
10 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
10 1 (0.34%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
Cloud Services
1 68 (23.13%) Azure
2 44 (14.97%) AWS
3 24 (8.16%) PaaS
4 20 (6.80%) OCI
5 15 (5.10%) GitHub
6 13 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (3.74%) Power Platform
7 11 (3.74%) SaaS
8 10 (3.40%) GCP
9 9 (3.06%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (2.72%) Entra ID
10 8 (2.72%) IaaS
10 8 (2.72%) iPaaS
10 8 (2.72%) SuccessFactors
11 7 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (1.70%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.70%) Sentry
13 4 (1.36%) Azure WebJobs
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.80%) TCP/IP
2 17 (5.78%) Ethernet
3 11 (3.74%) SSL
4 5 (1.70%) HTTP
5 4 (1.36%) ATM
5 4 (1.36%) NFC
5 4 (1.36%) PPP
6 3 (1.02%) DHCP
6 3 (1.02%) DNS
7 2 (0.68%) 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 28 (9.52%) SQL Server
2 22 (7.48%) Relational Database
3 19 (6.46%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (5.44%) SAP HANA
5 14 (4.76%) DB2
6 8 (2.72%) MySQL
6 8 (2.72%) Oracle Database
6 8 (2.72%) Oracle Reports
6 8 (2.72%) Redis
7 6 (2.04%) Power BI
8 5 (1.70%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.36%) Data Hub
9 4 (1.36%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.36%) NoSQL
10 3 (1.02%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (1.02%) SAP BW
10 3 (1.02%) SAP Data Services
11 2 (0.68%) DTS
11 2 (0.68%) EDMS
11 2 (0.68%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 47 (15.99%) Git
2 31 (10.54%) Postman
3 28 (9.52%) Eclipse
3 28 (9.52%) JIRA
4 18 (6.12%) Visual Studio
5 16 (5.44%) Jenkins
6 14 (4.76%) Selenium
7 11 (3.74%) Cucumber
8 10 (3.40%) SoapUI
9 9 (3.06%) JUnit
10 7 (2.38%) Mockito
10 7 (2.38%) REST Assured
11 6 (2.04%) JMeter
11 6 (2.04%) Maven
11 6 (2.04%) Subversion
12 5 (1.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 5 (1.70%) Charles Proxy
12 5 (1.70%) IntelliJ
12 5 (1.70%) Katalon Studio
12 5 (1.70%) Xcode
General
1 86 (29.25%) Social Skills
2 56 (19.05%) Public Sector
3 44 (14.97%) Finance
4 41 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (7.48%) Banking
6 20 (6.80%) Military
6 20 (6.80%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (2.38%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.02%) Billing
9 3 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.02%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.02%) Law
9 3 (1.02%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.68%) Back Office
10 2 (0.68%) Dutch Language
10 2 (0.68%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.68%) Marketing
10 2 (0.68%) Retail
11 1 (0.34%) Legal
Job Titles
1 112 (38.10%) Developer
2 46 (15.65%) Senior
3 37 (12.59%) Consultant
4 28 (9.52%) Architect
5 26 (8.84%) Software Engineer
6 24 (8.16%) Senior Developer
7 20 (6.80%) SAP Consultant
8 19 (6.46%) Lead
9 16 (5.44%) C# Software Engineer
10 15 (5.10%) C++ Software Engineer
11 13 (4.42%) Java Developer
12 12 (4.08%) Analyst
12 12 (4.08%) Python Developer
13 10 (3.40%) ABAP Consultant
13 10 (3.40%) Cloud Specialist
13 10 (3.40%) Integration Specialist
13 10 (3.40%) Oracle Specialist
13 10 (3.40%) Solutions Architect
14 8 (2.72%) .NET Developer
14 8 (2.72%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (37.07%) REST
2 103 (35.03%) SOAP
3 45 (15.31%) XML
4 40 (13.61%) JSON
5 33 (11.22%) HTML
6 31 (10.54%) .NET
7 29 (9.86%) AngularJS
8 28 (9.52%) RESTful
9 27 (9.18%) Node.js
10 24 (8.16%) CSS
11 22 (7.48%) Oracle Fusion
12 21 (7.14%) Spring
13 20 (6.80%) BAPI
13 20 (6.80%) XSLT
14 19 (6.46%) HTML5
15 18 (6.12%) Middleware
16 17 (5.78%) jQuery
17 16 (5.44%) J2EE
18 14 (4.76%) OAuth
18 14 (4.76%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
1 10 (3.40%) Legacy Systems
1 10 (3.40%) Mobile App
2 9 (3.06%) CMDB
3 8 (2.72%) Product Ownership
3 8 (2.72%) Replication
4 7 (2.38%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.38%) Public Cloud
5 6 (2.04%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (1.70%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.36%) Hedge funds
7 4 (1.36%) PACS
7 4 (1.36%) Smartcard
7 4 (1.36%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (1.02%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.02%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.68%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.68%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 31 (10.54%) Linux
2 29 (9.86%) Windows
3 11 (3.74%) Android
4 9 (3.06%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.70%) Unix
5 5 (1.70%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.36%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.68%) zOS
8 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (39.80%) Agile
2 69 (23.47%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (19.39%) DevOps
4 54 (18.37%) CI/CD
5 48 (16.33%) Unit Testing
6 41 (13.95%) Microservices
7 36 (12.24%) ERP
7 36 (12.24%) Scrum
7 36 (12.24%) Software Engineering
7 36 (12.24%) Test Automation
8 33 (11.22%) Continuous Integration
8 33 (11.22%) TDD
9 29 (9.86%) OO
9 29 (9.86%) Performance Tuning
10 27 (9.18%) Design Patterns
11 26 (8.84%) Integration Patterns
12 25 (8.50%) Validation
13 24 (8.16%) Data Modelling
14 23 (7.82%) OOP
14 23 (7.82%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 83 (28.23%) JavaScript
2 67 (22.79%) SQL
3 53 (18.03%) Java
4 45 (15.31%) C#
4 45 (15.31%) Python
5 31 (10.54%) ABAP
6 25 (8.50%) C++
7 11 (3.74%) PL/SQL
7 11 (3.74%) Ruby
8 10 (3.40%) PowerShell
8 10 (3.40%) TypeScript
9 9 (3.06%) XPath
10 8 (2.72%) Groovy
10 8 (2.72%) Kotlin
10 8 (2.72%) PHP
11 7 (2.38%) Apex Code
12 6 (2.04%) Swift
12 6 (2.04%) T-SQL
13 5 (1.70%) COBOL
13 5 (1.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 91 (30.95%) Security Cleared
2 71 (24.15%) SC Cleared
3 27 (9.18%) Degree
4 15 (5.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.06%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.38%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.36%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.02%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.68%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.34%) CISA
10 1 (0.34%) CISM
10 1 (0.34%) CISSP
10 1 (0.34%) ISEB
10 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.34%) OCP
10 1 (0.34%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.34%) PMP
10 1 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.34%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.16%) QA
2 8 (2.72%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.36%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.36%) ISO 8583
4 2 (0.68%) GDPR
4 2 (0.68%) GRC
4 2 (0.68%) HL7
5 1 (0.34%) COBIT
5 1 (0.34%) DICOM
5 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.34%) PMO
5 1 (0.34%) SLA
5 1 (0.34%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (7.14%) Docker
2 11 (3.74%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.34%) RACF
Systems Management
1 21 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.74%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (2.38%) TIBCO Hawk
4 6 (2.04%) Ansible
5 5 (1.70%) Terraform
6 2 (0.68%) 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 (20.41%) Oracle
2 51 (17.35%) Microsoft
3 49 (16.67%) SAP
4 19 (6.46%) ServiceNow
5 15 (5.10%) Splunk
6 12 (4.08%) IBM
7 11 (3.74%) BMC
7 11 (3.74%) Remedy
8 10 (3.40%) Adobe
8 10 (3.40%) Dynatrace
8 10 (3.40%) HP
8 10 (3.40%) Salesforce
9 9 (3.06%) Ivanti
10 8 (2.72%) Workday
11 7 (2.38%) BEA
11 7 (2.38%) Google
11 7 (2.38%) MuleSoft
11 7 (2.38%) TIBCO
12 6 (2.04%) Axway
13 5 (1.70%) Computacenter