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 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 292 227 176
Rank change year-on-year -65 -51 +19
Contract jobs citing Web Services 289 290 507
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.86% 1.12% 1.33%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.94% 5.01% 6.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 162 276
10th Percentile £353 £363 £400
25th Percentile £413 £453 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £536
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% +1.63% -2.50%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £626
90th Percentile £715 £825 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £534 £525
% change year-on-year -1.72% +1.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 7
10th Percentile £28.06 £62.00 £52.74
25th Percentile £56.56 £63.13 £56.03
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -8.40%
75th Percentile - £66.50 £78.25
90th Percentile - £67.40 £91.65
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -8.40%

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 7,344 5,793 7,794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.86% 22.41% 20.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,918 3,715 5,598
10th Percentile £358 £363 £355
25th Percentile £415 £430 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.36% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £662
90th Percentile £738 £788 £763
UK median daily rate £513 £538 £535
% change year-on-year -4.65% +0.47% -6.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 74 181
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.33 £24.00
25th Percentile £50.00 £45.44 £45.88
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £69.25 £67.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £76.49 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £64.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +2.40% +13.64% -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 10 February 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 10 February 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 10 February 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 -44 165 £470 -19.31% 37
North of England -58 36 £650 +31.31% 20
South East -20 33 £590 +18.00% 27
East of England -10 21 £737 +34.05% 11
North West -33 21 £625 +26.26% 11
South West -13 15 £525 -9.48% 9
Yorkshire -46 15 £725 +45.00% 7
Midlands -57 14 £478 +8.52% 15
West Midlands -49 10 £430 -14.00% 13
East Midlands -30 4 £525 +61.29% 2
North East -11 1 - - 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 13 (4.50%) Appian
2 11 (3.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 11 (3.81%) WebLogic
3 10 (3.46%) Confluence
4 8 (2.77%) SharePoint
5 7 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (2.42%) WebSphere
6 5 (1.73%) Jupyter
7 4 (1.38%) CICS
7 4 (1.38%) IIS
7 4 (1.38%) JBoss
7 4 (1.38%) Tomcat
8 3 (1.04%) NetWeaver
9 2 (0.69%) Apache
9 2 (0.69%) Documentum
9 2 (0.69%) Drupal
10 1 (0.35%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.35%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.35%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.35%) Mule
Applications
1 7 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.38%) Autodesk Inventor
3 2 (0.69%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.69%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (7.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (4.84%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (2.77%) SAP HCM
4 7 (2.42%) BusinessWorks
4 7 (2.42%) SAP Payroll
5 6 (2.08%) SAP MDG
6 5 (1.73%) SAP ERP
7 4 (1.38%) SAP EWM
8 3 (1.04%) SAP MDG-F
8 3 (1.04%) SAP MDG-M
8 3 (1.04%) SAP MDG-S
8 3 (1.04%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.69%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.69%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.69%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 2 (0.69%) Primavera
9 2 (0.69%) Remedy AR System
9 2 (0.69%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 76 (26.30%) Azure
2 47 (16.26%) AWS
3 32 (11.07%) PaaS
4 26 (9.00%) OCI
5 16 (5.54%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (5.19%) IaaS
6 15 (5.19%) SaaS
7 14 (4.84%) GitHub
8 13 (4.50%) GCP
9 11 (3.81%) Power Platform
10 10 (3.46%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (3.11%) Azure AI
11 9 (3.11%) Entra ID
11 9 (3.11%) Power Automate
11 9 (3.11%) Serverless
12 8 (2.77%) Anthropic Claude
12 8 (2.77%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (2.77%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (2.77%) SuccessFactors
13 6 (2.08%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.50%) TCP/IP
2 10 (3.46%) Ethernet
3 6 (2.08%) SSL
4 5 (1.73%) HTTP
4 5 (1.73%) IPsec
4 5 (1.73%) Kerberos
5 4 (1.38%) ATM
6 3 (1.04%) DHCP
6 3 (1.04%) DNS
6 3 (1.04%) FTP
6 3 (1.04%) NFC
6 3 (1.04%) PPP
7 2 (0.69%) Firewall
8 1 (0.35%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.35%) Internet
8 1 (0.35%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 26 (9.00%) Relational Database
3 20 (6.92%) SAP HANA
4 13 (4.50%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (3.81%) DB2
6 9 (3.11%) Oracle Reports
6 9 (3.11%) Pinecone
7 8 (2.77%) Oracle Database
8 6 (2.08%) Power BI
9 5 (1.73%) Data Hub
9 5 (1.73%) MongoDB
10 4 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.38%) MySQL
11 3 (1.04%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.04%) DynamoDB
11 3 (1.04%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (1.04%) Redis
11 3 (1.04%) SAP Data Services
11 3 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 46 (15.92%) Git
2 30 (10.38%) Postman
3 21 (7.27%) JIRA
4 17 (5.88%) Eclipse
5 14 (4.84%) Jenkins
6 13 (4.50%) Selenium
7 11 (3.81%) Visual Studio
8 10 (3.46%) SoapUI
9 9 (3.11%) Cucumber
9 9 (3.11%) SonarQube
10 8 (2.77%) JUnit
10 8 (2.77%) MLflow
11 7 (2.42%) Maven
11 7 (2.42%) Mockito
12 5 (1.73%) Appium
12 5 (1.73%) Charles Proxy
12 5 (1.73%) GitLab
12 5 (1.73%) Katalon Studio
12 5 (1.73%) REST Assured
12 5 (1.73%) XCUITest
General
1 85 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 58 (20.07%) Public Sector
3 43 (14.88%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (14.19%) Finance
5 17 (5.88%) Banking
6 16 (5.54%) Military
7 12 (4.15%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (3.11%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.73%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.04%) Billing
10 3 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.04%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.04%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.69%) Dutch Language
11 2 (0.69%) Front Office
11 2 (0.69%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.69%) Law
11 2 (0.69%) Marketing
12 1 (0.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 113 (39.10%) Developer
2 48 (16.61%) Senior
3 42 (14.53%) Consultant
4 26 (9.00%) Senior Developer
5 24 (8.30%) Architect
6 23 (7.96%) SAP Consultant
7 19 (6.57%) Lead
8 18 (6.23%) Software Engineer
9 16 (5.54%) Cloud Specialist
10 15 (5.19%) Analyst
10 15 (5.19%) Python Developer
11 14 (4.84%) Integration Specialist
11 14 (4.84%) Oracle Specialist
12 12 (4.15%) Automation Engineer
12 12 (4.15%) Java Developer
13 10 (3.46%) ABAP Consultant
13 10 (3.46%) Software Developer
13 10 (3.46%) Technical Consultant
14 9 (3.11%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 9 (3.11%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (40.48%) REST
2 94 (32.53%) SOAP
3 45 (15.57%) XML
4 32 (11.07%) JSON
5 30 (10.38%) OAuth
6 29 (10.03%) RESTful
7 27 (9.34%) .NET
7 27 (9.34%) Oracle Fusion
8 25 (8.65%) XSLT
9 21 (7.27%) Node.js
10 20 (6.92%) CSS
10 20 (6.92%) HTML
10 20 (6.92%) Spring
11 19 (6.57%) JWT
12 18 (6.23%) BAPI
13 17 (5.88%) AngularJS
14 16 (5.54%) Middleware
15 14 (4.84%) Spring Boot
16 13 (4.50%) NumPy
16 13 (4.50%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.19%) Legacy Systems
2 13 (4.50%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (3.46%) Public Cloud
4 9 (3.11%) Low-Code
4 9 (3.11%) Mobile App
5 8 (2.77%) CMDB
5 8 (2.77%) Replication
6 7 (2.42%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.73%) Client/Server
7 5 (1.73%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.73%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 5 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.73%) N-Tier
7 5 (1.73%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.38%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.38%) Hedge funds
8 4 (1.38%) Mainframe
8 4 (1.38%) PACS
8 4 (1.38%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 27 (9.34%) Linux
2 22 (7.61%) Windows
3 11 (3.81%) Android
4 9 (3.11%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.04%) Ubuntu
5 3 (1.04%) Unix
5 3 (1.04%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.04%) zOS
6 2 (0.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (36.33%) Agile
2 63 (21.80%) CI/CD
3 59 (20.42%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (18.69%) DevOps
5 44 (15.22%) Test Automation
6 43 (14.88%) Unit Testing
7 42 (14.53%) ERP
8 36 (12.46%) Microservices
9 35 (12.11%) Design Patterns
10 32 (11.07%) Continuous Integration
11 31 (10.73%) Data Modelling
11 31 (10.73%) Performance Tuning
12 30 (10.38%) Containerisation
13 29 (10.03%) Software Engineering
14 27 (9.34%) OO
14 27 (9.34%) Validation
15 24 (8.30%) Requirements Gathering
15 24 (8.30%) Scrum
15 24 (8.30%) SOA
16 23 (7.96%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 65 (22.49%) SQL
2 55 (19.03%) JavaScript
3 52 (17.99%) Python
4 49 (16.96%) Java
5 37 (12.80%) C#
6 32 (11.07%) ABAP
7 17 (5.88%) C++
8 13 (4.50%) PowerShell
9 12 (4.15%) Ruby
10 10 (3.46%) TypeScript
11 8 (2.77%) Kotlin
11 8 (2.77%) PHP
11 8 (2.77%) XPath
12 7 (2.42%) Apex Code
12 7 (2.42%) PL/SQL
13 6 (2.08%) Go
13 6 (2.08%) Groovy
13 6 (2.08%) Swift
14 5 (1.73%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (1.38%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 80 (27.68%) Security Cleared
2 62 (21.45%) SC Cleared
3 21 (7.27%) Degree
4 9 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (3.11%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.77%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.73%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.38%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.04%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.35%) CISA
9 1 (0.35%) CISSP
9 1 (0.35%) ISEB
9 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.35%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.35%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.35%) PMP
9 1 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.35%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.57%) QA
2 12 (4.15%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.77%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.38%) ISO 8583
5 3 (1.04%) SLA
6 2 (0.69%) GDPR
7 1 (0.35%) DICOM
7 1 (0.35%) GRC
7 1 (0.35%) HL7
7 1 (0.35%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.35%) PMO
7 1 (0.35%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (10.38%) Docker
2 11 (3.81%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.73%) RACF
4 3 (1.04%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.69%) Postfix
6 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (9.00%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.42%) TIBCO Hawk
3 5 (1.73%) Ansible
3 5 (1.73%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.38%) Terraform
5 3 (1.04%) Grafana
6 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.35%) CA Endevor
7 1 (0.35%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.35%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.35%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Identity Management
7 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 61 (21.11%) Oracle
2 47 (16.26%) SAP
3 44 (15.22%) Microsoft
4 14 (4.84%) Adobe
5 11 (3.81%) IBM
5 11 (3.81%) OpenAI
6 9 (3.11%) Salesforce
6 9 (3.11%) UiPath
7 8 (2.77%) Automation Anywhere
7 8 (2.77%) Guidewire
7 8 (2.77%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.42%) BEA
8 7 (2.42%) Google
8 7 (2.42%) Splunk
8 7 (2.42%) TIBCO
9 6 (2.08%) MuleSoft
9 6 (2.08%) Workday
10 5 (1.73%) Atlassian
10 5 (1.73%) Computacenter
11 4 (1.38%) Dataiku