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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 188 190
Rank change year-on-year -156 +2 +17
Contract jobs citing Web Services 303 399 443
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.67% 1.45% 1.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.55% 6.51% 6.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 274 285
10th Percentile £387 £358 £384
25th Percentile £436 £405 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.75% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £630 £638
90th Percentile £740 £737 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 16 27
10th Percentile £51.75 £55.00 £62.50
25th Percentile £55.00 £59.69 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £73.70 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +15.95%

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 8,530 6,128 7,317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.74% 22.20% 21.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,584 4,228 5,077
10th Percentile £363 £350 £360
25th Percentile £431 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £649 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £824
UK median daily rate £525 £505 £550
% change year-on-year +3.96% -8.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 145 231
10th Percentile £29.00 £31.25 £24.00
25th Percentile £47.60 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £73.94 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.36 £79.48 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £53.75
% change year-on-year +18.18% +2.33% -10.42%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -101 161 £575 +4.55% 47
South East -88 45 £500 +5.26% 26
Midlands -48 36 £475 +11.76% 7
North of England -83 34 £463 +2.78% 12
West Midlands -53 30 £475 - 5
Yorkshire -22 20 £460 -10.42% 2
East of England -28 14 £470 -14.16%
South West -34 14 £485 -4.39% 10
North West -78 12 £650 +45.41% 8
East Midlands -22 4 £482 +34.50% 2
North East -41 3 £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 12 (3.96%) Confluence
2 11 (3.63%) CICS
3 10 (3.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (3.30%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.65%) JBoss
5 4 (1.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (1.32%) Appian
5 4 (1.32%) IIS
5 4 (1.32%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.99%) Apache
6 3 (0.99%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.99%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.66%) CMS
7 2 (0.66%) Mule
7 2 (0.66%) Mule ESB
7 2 (0.66%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.33%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.33%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.33%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.66%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 6 (1.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.32%) Elite 3E
2 4 (1.32%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.99%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (0.99%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.99%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 3 (0.99%) Orchestrade
4 2 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.66%) Infor LN
4 2 (0.66%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.66%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.66%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.66%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.66%) SAP Hybris
4 2 (0.66%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.33%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 92 (30.36%) Azure
2 74 (24.42%) AWS
3 33 (10.89%) Entra ID
4 26 (8.58%) Amazon SQS
5 25 (8.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 25 (8.25%) Amazon S3
6 24 (7.92%) Serverless
7 23 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (7.59%) GitHub
8 20 (6.60%) Amazon EC2
8 20 (6.60%) PaaS
9 18 (5.94%) AWS KMS
9 18 (5.94%) Route 53
9 18 (5.94%) SaaS
10 14 (4.62%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (4.62%) Power Platform
11 13 (4.29%) AWS Lambda
12 12 (3.96%) Azure Key Vault
12 12 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
13 11 (3.63%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.29%) Ethernet
1 13 (4.29%) TCP/IP
2 8 (2.64%) SSL
3 7 (2.31%) HTTP
4 6 (1.98%) HTTPS
5 4 (1.32%) DNS
6 3 (0.99%) FTP
6 3 (0.99%) Internet
6 3 (0.99%) IPsec
6 3 (0.99%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.66%) Firewall
7 2 (0.66%) Intranet
7 2 (0.66%) VPN
8 1 (0.33%) ATM
8 1 (0.33%) DMZ
8 1 (0.33%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (12.54%) SQL Server
2 34 (11.22%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (8.58%) Relational Database
4 25 (8.25%) DynamoDB
5 19 (6.27%) Amazon RDS
6 18 (5.94%) Amazon Aurora
7 15 (4.95%) Db2
8 9 (2.97%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (2.31%) Power BI
9 7 (2.31%) RDBMS
9 7 (2.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (1.98%) MongoDB
11 5 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.65%) MySQL
11 5 (1.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 5 (1.65%) Oracle Database
12 4 (1.32%) NoSQL
12 4 (1.32%) SAP HANA
13 3 (0.99%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 53 (17.49%) Git
2 49 (16.17%) Jenkins
3 34 (11.22%) JIRA
4 26 (8.58%) JUnit
5 25 (8.25%) Maven
6 20 (6.60%) Eclipse
6 20 (6.60%) Mockito
7 19 (6.27%) SonarQube
7 19 (6.27%) Visual Studio
8 14 (4.62%) DbUnit
9 13 (4.29%) jMock
10 12 (3.96%) Bitbucket Server
11 9 (2.97%) GitLab
12 8 (2.64%) LoadRunner
13 7 (2.31%) Ant
14 6 (1.98%) Cucumber
14 6 (1.98%) Postman
14 6 (1.98%) REST Assured
14 6 (1.98%) SoapUI
14 6 (1.98%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 95 (31.35%) Social Skills
2 62 (20.46%) Public Sector
3 59 (19.47%) Finance
4 53 (17.49%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (8.58%) Banking
6 22 (7.26%) Military
7 12 (3.96%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (3.63%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.31%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.65%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.65%) Billing
10 5 (1.65%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.65%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.65%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.32%) Automotive
11 4 (1.32%) Legal
11 4 (1.32%) Retail
12 3 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.66%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 154 (50.83%) Developer
2 44 (14.52%) Senior
3 39 (12.87%) Java Developer
4 30 (9.90%) Senior Developer
5 29 (9.57%) Architect
6 22 (7.26%) Consultant
7 17 (5.61%) .NET Developer
7 17 (5.61%) C# Developer
8 16 (5.28%) Software Engineer
9 13 (4.29%) Azure Developer
10 12 (3.96%) Lead
11 11 (3.63%) IAM Specialist
12 10 (3.30%) C# Software Engineer
12 10 (3.30%) Technical Architect
13 9 (2.97%) C# .NET Developer
13 9 (2.97%) Designer
13 9 (2.97%) Senior Java Developer
14 8 (2.64%) C++ Software Engineer
14 8 (2.64%) Salesforce Developer
14 8 (2.64%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (45.87%) REST
2 106 (34.98%) SOAP
3 53 (17.49%) .NET
4 52 (17.16%) Spring
5 49 (16.17%) RESTful
6 46 (15.18%) XML
7 42 (13.86%) Spring Boot
8 38 (12.54%) AngularJS
9 34 (11.22%) JSON
10 31 (10.23%) Node.js
11 29 (9.57%) Hibernate
12 27 (8.91%) OAuth
13 26 (8.58%) HTML
14 23 (7.59%) JPA
14 23 (7.59%) SailPoint
15 20 (6.60%) ActiveMQ
15 20 (6.60%) Spring Batch
15 20 (6.60%) Spring Integration
16 19 (6.27%) LDAP
16 19 (6.27%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.24%) Distributed Systems
2 17 (5.61%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (4.95%) CMDB
4 13 (4.29%) Mobile App
4 13 (4.29%) Onboarding
4 13 (4.29%) Product Ownership
5 11 (3.63%) Mainframe
6 10 (3.30%) Data Structures
7 9 (2.97%) Cloud Native
8 8 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.31%) DataPower
9 7 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (2.31%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.98%) Online Banking
11 5 (1.65%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.65%) Security Posture
12 4 (1.32%) AI Agents
12 4 (1.32%) Public Cloud
13 3 (0.99%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 46 (15.18%) Linux
2 24 (7.92%) Windows
3 14 (4.62%) Unix
4 10 (3.30%) zOS
5 2 (0.66%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.33%) Android
6 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (41.58%) Agile
2 89 (29.37%) CI/CD
3 80 (26.40%) DevOps
4 64 (21.12%) Problem-Solving
5 63 (20.79%) Microservices
6 53 (17.49%) Scrum
7 46 (15.18%) TDD
8 43 (14.19%) Continuous Integration
9 41 (13.53%) ITSM
10 39 (12.87%) Analytics
11 35 (11.55%) Software Engineering
11 35 (11.55%) Stakeholder Management
12 32 (10.56%) Performance Tuning
13 31 (10.23%) Continuous Improvement
14 30 (9.90%) ITIL
14 30 (9.90%) Unit Testing
14 30 (9.90%) Workflow
15 29 (9.57%) Containerisation
15 29 (9.57%) Design Patterns
15 29 (9.57%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 102 (33.66%) SQL
2 80 (26.40%) Java
3 66 (21.78%) JavaScript
4 57 (18.81%) C#
5 53 (17.49%) Python
6 33 (10.89%) PowerShell
7 23 (7.59%) C++
8 18 (5.94%) PL/SQL
9 11 (3.63%) Apex Code
10 8 (2.64%) Kusto Query Language
10 8 (2.64%) Shell Script
11 7 (2.31%) TypeScript
12 6 (1.98%) ABAP
12 6 (1.98%) JCL
12 6 (1.98%) SOQL
12 6 (1.98%) SOSL
12 6 (1.98%) T-SQL
12 6 (1.98%) XPath
13 5 (1.65%) Groovy
13 5 (1.65%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 105 (34.65%) Security Cleared
2 95 (31.35%) SC Cleared
3 30 (9.90%) Degree
4 10 (3.30%) AWS Certification
4 10 (3.30%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (3.30%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.97%) Azure Certification
5 9 (2.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.65%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (0.99%) MBA
9 2 (0.66%) PhD
10 1 (0.33%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.33%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.33%) PMP
10 1 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.92%) Data Quality
2 12 (3.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (3.63%) NIST
3 11 (3.63%) QA
4 6 (1.98%) SLA
5 4 (1.32%) GRC
5 4 (1.32%) NCSC
6 3 (0.99%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.99%) GDPR
7 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.33%) PMO
7 1 (0.33%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 41 (13.53%) Docker
2 31 (10.23%) Active Directory
3 13 (4.29%) Postfix
4 3 (0.99%) RACF
5 2 (0.66%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 2 (0.66%) NFS
5 2 (0.66%) Sendmail
5 2 (0.66%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 23 (7.59%) Grafana
2 15 (4.95%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.95%) Single Sign-On
3 11 (3.63%) Ansible
4 6 (1.98%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.65%) Terraform
6 3 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.66%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.33%) Argo
8 1 (0.33%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.33%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.33%) Istio
8 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 77 (25.41%) Microsoft
2 47 (15.51%) Oracle
3 29 (9.57%) ServiceNow
4 17 (5.61%) Jaspersoft
5 16 (5.28%) SAP
6 14 (4.62%) Atlassian
6 14 (4.62%) Salesforce
7 9 (2.97%) IBM
8 7 (2.31%) Adobe
8 7 (2.31%) Pega
9 5 (1.65%) CyberArk
9 5 (1.65%) UiPath
9 5 (1.65%) Workday
10 4 (1.32%) Centrify
10 4 (1.32%) Citrix
10 4 (1.32%) Google
10 4 (1.32%) Intapp
10 4 (1.32%) OpenAI
10 4 (1.32%) Sybase
11 3 (0.99%) Splunk