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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 236 232 169
Rank change year-on-year -4 -63 +10
Contract jobs citing Web Services 347 328 602
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.17% 1.05% 1.51%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.11% 4.84% 6.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 184 342
10th Percentile £350 £315 £381
25th Percentile £413 £440 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £635 £625 £630
90th Percentile £712 £743 £702
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 17 10
10th Percentile £55.00 £62.50 £54.40
25th Percentile - - £56.42
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year - +6.12% -6.49%
75th Percentile - - £89.14
90th Percentile - £67.50 £90.60
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 6,787 6,781 8,846
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.80% 21.77% 22.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,590 4,326 6,483
10th Percentile £350 £356 £375
25th Percentile £413 £434 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.68%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £733 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -7.34% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 100 179
10th Percentile £30.08 £26.48 £37.29
25th Percentile £42.50 £45.51 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £73.78 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £63.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year -15.29% +15.91% -15.38%

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 8 November 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 8 November 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 8 November 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 +7 175 £488 -14.66% 113
North of England -9 47 £550 +15.79% 73
South East -2 40 £475 -11.63% 109
East of England -9 35 £550 +30.18% 27
North West -5 34 £550 +27.17% 59
Midlands -21 27 £436 -0.95% 19
West Midlands -28 16 £475 -20.83% 15
South West -4 14 £488 -2.50% 7
East Midlands -8 11 £417 +30.93% 3
Yorkshire -27 9 £627 +25.45% 13
North East -6 4 £500 - 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 27 (7.78%) Confluence
2 12 (3.46%) WebSphere
3 8 (2.31%) Apache
3 8 (2.31%) IIS
3 8 (2.31%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (2.02%) WebLogic
5 6 (1.73%) CMS
5 6 (1.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 5 (1.44%) Jupyter
6 5 (1.44%) Mule
7 4 (1.15%) Anypoint
7 4 (1.15%) JBoss
8 3 (0.86%) CICS
8 3 (0.86%) Mule ESB
8 3 (0.86%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.58%) Documentum
9 2 (0.58%) Drupal
9 2 (0.58%) NetWeaver
9 2 (0.58%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 4 (1.15%) Autodesk Inventor
2 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 31 (8.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (3.75%) Remedy ITSM
3 8 (2.31%) Maximo
4 6 (1.73%) SAP HCM
4 6 (1.73%) SAP Payroll
4 6 (1.73%) Workday HCM
5 5 (1.44%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (1.44%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (1.44%) SAP ERP
6 4 (1.15%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (1.15%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.86%) BusinessWorks
7 3 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (0.58%) Primavera
8 2 (0.58%) SAP HR
9 1 (0.29%) Cloudability
9 1 (0.29%) SAP Convergent Charging
9 1 (0.29%) SAP CRM
9 1 (0.29%) Shopify
9 1 (0.29%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 86 (24.78%) Azure
2 59 (17.00%) AWS
3 16 (4.61%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (4.32%) PaaS
5 14 (4.03%) GitHub
6 13 (3.75%) OCI
6 13 (3.75%) Power Platform
7 12 (3.46%) GCP
7 12 (3.46%) SaaS
8 10 (2.88%) Amazon EC2
8 10 (2.88%) Amazon S3
8 10 (2.88%) Amazon SQS
8 10 (2.88%) Entra ID
8 10 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (2.31%) Serverless
9 8 (2.31%) SuccessFactors
10 7 (2.02%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (1.73%) AWS KMS
11 6 (1.73%) OpenShift
11 6 (1.73%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.76%) TCP/IP
2 18 (5.19%) Ethernet
3 16 (4.61%) SSL
4 9 (2.59%) NFC
4 9 (2.59%) PPP
5 8 (2.31%) HTTP
6 4 (1.15%) ATM
7 3 (0.86%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.58%) DHCP
8 2 (0.58%) DMZ
8 2 (0.58%) DNS
8 2 (0.58%) Internet
8 2 (0.58%) SMTP
9 1 (0.29%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.29%) FTP
9 1 (0.29%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.29%) POP3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (9.51%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (8.65%) SQL Server
3 26 (7.49%) SAP HANA
4 20 (5.76%) Relational Database
5 16 (4.61%) DB2
6 15 (4.32%) Amazon RDS
7 13 (3.75%) Redis
8 12 (3.46%) MySQL
9 10 (2.88%) Oracle Database
10 9 (2.59%) MongoDB
10 9 (2.59%) NoSQL
11 8 (2.31%) Amazon Aurora
11 8 (2.31%) DynamoDB
12 7 (2.02%) Oracle Reports
13 5 (1.44%) Power BI
14 3 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.86%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.86%) SAP BW
15 2 (0.58%) BusinessObjects
15 2 (0.58%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 66 (19.02%) Git
2 42 (12.10%) JIRA
3 35 (10.09%) Eclipse
3 35 (10.09%) Jenkins
4 22 (6.34%) Postman
5 20 (5.76%) JUnit
5 20 (5.76%) Visual Studio
6 18 (5.19%) Maven
6 18 (5.19%) Selenium
7 14 (4.03%) SonarQube
8 12 (3.46%) Mockito
9 11 (3.17%) Cucumber
9 11 (3.17%) GitLab
10 9 (2.59%) Valgrind
11 8 (2.31%) SoapUI
12 7 (2.02%) Bitbucket
12 7 (2.02%) REST Assured
12 7 (2.02%) Subversion
13 6 (1.73%) Xcode
13 6 (1.73%) XCTest
General
1 106 (30.55%) Social Skills
2 56 (16.14%) Finance
3 52 (14.99%) Public Sector
4 42 (12.10%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (10.66%) Banking
6 24 (6.92%) Presentation Skills
7 21 (6.05%) Military
8 12 (3.46%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.02%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.73%) Back Office
11 5 (1.44%) Retail
12 3 (0.86%) Billing
12 3 (0.86%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.86%) Law
12 3 (0.86%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.58%) Marketing
13 2 (0.58%) Police
14 1 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.29%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 136 (39.19%) Developer
2 58 (16.71%) Senior
3 52 (14.99%) Architect
4 38 (10.95%) Consultant
5 35 (10.09%) Software Engineer
6 27 (7.78%) Java Developer
7 25 (7.20%) Senior Developer
8 23 (6.63%) C++ Software Engineer
9 21 (6.05%) Lead
10 19 (5.48%) C# Software Engineer
11 18 (5.19%) SAP Consultant
12 16 (4.61%) SAP Architect
13 15 (4.32%) Solutions Architect
14 14 (4.03%) Full-Stack Developer
14 14 (4.03%) ServiceNow Architect
15 12 (3.46%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
15 12 (3.46%) Tester
16 11 (3.17%) Senior Software Engineer
17 10 (2.88%) ABAP Consultant
17 10 (2.88%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (37.46%) REST
2 114 (32.85%) SOAP
3 57 (16.43%) RESTful
4 52 (14.99%) HTML
5 46 (13.26%) XML
6 44 (12.68%) Node.js
7 43 (12.39%) JSON
8 42 (12.10%) .NET
9 41 (11.82%) Spring
10 40 (11.53%) AngularJS
11 38 (10.95%) CSS
12 34 (9.80%) Spring Boot
13 23 (6.63%) HTML5
14 21 (6.05%) jQuery
14 21 (6.05%) Middleware
15 20 (5.76%) BAPI
15 20 (5.76%) Hibernate
16 19 (5.48%) LDAP
17 15 (4.32%) JPA
17 15 (4.32%) React
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.32%) Distributed Systems
1 15 (4.32%) Mobile App
2 12 (3.46%) Product Ownership
3 11 (3.17%) Cloud Native
4 10 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (2.59%) Replication
5 9 (2.59%) Smartcard
6 8 (2.31%) CMDB
6 8 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.02%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.73%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.15%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.15%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.15%) PACS
9 4 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.15%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 4 (1.15%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.15%) Web Conferencing
10 3 (0.86%) Hedge funds
10 3 (0.86%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 42 (12.10%) Linux
2 37 (10.66%) Windows
3 10 (2.88%) Android
3 10 (2.88%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.59%) Ubuntu
5 8 (2.31%) Apple iOS
5 8 (2.31%) Unix
6 1 (0.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (41.50%) Agile
2 85 (24.50%) Problem-Solving
3 77 (22.19%) CI/CD
4 74 (21.33%) DevOps
5 62 (17.87%) Microservices
6 58 (16.71%) Scrum
7 44 (12.68%) Unit Testing
8 43 (12.39%) TDD
9 42 (12.10%) Continuous Improvement
9 42 (12.10%) Software Engineering
10 41 (11.82%) Continuous Integration
11 39 (11.24%) Test Automation
12 35 (10.09%) Integration Patterns
13 34 (9.80%) ITSM
14 32 (9.22%) Computer Science
15 31 (8.93%) OO
16 29 (8.36%) Data Modelling
16 29 (8.36%) Performance Tuning
17 28 (8.07%) Design Patterns
17 28 (8.07%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 116 (33.43%) JavaScript
2 93 (26.80%) Java
3 90 (25.94%) SQL
4 56 (16.14%) Python
5 52 (14.99%) C#
6 31 (8.93%) C++
7 28 (8.07%) ABAP
8 17 (4.90%) PL/SQL
9 16 (4.61%) TypeScript
10 12 (3.46%) Ruby
11 11 (3.17%) Groovy
12 10 (2.88%) PHP
13 8 (2.31%) Kotlin
14 7 (2.02%) PowerShell
15 6 (1.73%) Shell Script
15 6 (1.73%) Swift
15 6 (1.73%) T-SQL
16 5 (1.44%) Apex Code
16 5 (1.44%) XPath
17 4 (1.15%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 92 (26.51%) Security Cleared
2 74 (21.33%) SC Cleared
3 36 (10.37%) Degree
4 18 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.31%) Master's Degree
6 7 (2.02%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.02%) ISTQB
7 6 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (0.86%) CISSP
10 1 (0.29%) CISA
10 1 (0.29%) CISM
10 1 (0.29%) ISEB
10 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.29%) OCP
10 1 (0.29%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.29%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.29%) PMP
10 1 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.29%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (9.80%) QA
2 7 (2.02%) Accessibility
2 7 (2.02%) GDPR
3 4 (1.15%) COBIT
3 4 (1.15%) ISO 8583
4 2 (0.58%) GRC
4 2 (0.58%) HL7
5 1 (0.29%) DICOM
5 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.29%) SLA
5 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 33 (9.51%) Docker
2 7 (2.02%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.15%) Postfix
4 2 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 21 (6.05%) Kubernetes
2 18 (5.19%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (2.02%) Terraform
4 6 (1.73%) Ansible
5 4 (1.15%) Grafana
5 4 (1.15%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.86%) CloudHub
6 3 (0.86%) TIBCO Hawk
7 1 (0.29%) CA Endevor
7 1 (0.29%) Control-M
7 1 (0.29%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.29%) HP Operations Orchestration
7 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 59 (17.00%) SAP
2 58 (16.71%) Microsoft
3 54 (15.56%) Oracle
4 32 (9.22%) ServiceNow
5 18 (5.19%) Splunk
6 14 (4.03%) Dynatrace
6 14 (4.03%) HP
6 14 (4.03%) Salesforce
7 13 (3.75%) BMC
7 13 (3.75%) IBM
7 13 (3.75%) Ivanti
7 13 (3.75%) Remedy
8 10 (2.88%) Adobe
9 9 (2.59%) Axway
10 8 (2.31%) Google
10 8 (2.31%) Workday
11 7 (2.02%) CA Agile Central
12 6 (1.73%) Atlassian
12 6 (1.73%) MuleSoft
12 6 (1.73%) webMethods