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 27 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 305 198 192
Rank change year-on-year -107 -6 +16
Contract jobs citing Web Services 298 324 467
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.74% 1.32% 1.26%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.75% 5.91% 6.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 199 286
10th Percentile £376 £360 £413
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +0.92%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £638
90th Percentile £718 £790 £748
UK median daily rate £525 £528 £550
% change year-on-year -0.47% -4.09% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 5 7
10th Percentile £43.44 £57.50 £59.00
25th Percentile £52.19 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £62.82 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.36% - -10.34%
75th Percentile £65.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £62.82 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -3.36% - -10.34%

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 7,945 5,482 7,503
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.84% 22.40% 20.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,312 3,805 5,342
10th Percentile £358 £370 £350
25th Percentile £419 £425 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £534 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% -3.00% -2.22%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 99 207
10th Percentile £32.50 £30.01 £21.54
25th Percentile £52.25 £51.25 £40.16
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.00 £82.27 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 27 April 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 -74 173 £500 -16.63% 28
South East -82 37 £513 +2.76% 24
North of England -65 29 £625 +25.00% 12
Midlands -53 25 £475 +13.10% 1
East of England -20 22 £775 +47.57% 9
West Midlands -51 21 £475 +11.76% 1
South West -23 15 £556 -4.09% 4
North West -48 15 £625 +25.00% 8
Yorkshire -55 13 £461 +24.66% 4
East Midlands -39 3 £563 +72.55%
North East -18 2 £425 -10.53%
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 15 (5.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.70%) SharePoint
3 13 (4.36%) Appian
4 12 (4.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 12 (4.03%) WebLogic
5 11 (3.69%) CICS
6 8 (2.68%) JBoss
7 7 (2.35%) Confluence
7 7 (2.35%) WebSphere
8 4 (1.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (1.34%) IIS
8 4 (1.34%) Tomcat
9 3 (1.01%) Mule
9 3 (1.01%) Mule ESB
9 3 (1.01%) NetWeaver
10 2 (0.67%) Apache
10 2 (0.67%) CMS
10 2 (0.67%) Documentum
10 2 (0.67%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.34%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 8 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.01%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.67%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 13 (4.36%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (2.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (2.35%) BusinessWorks
3 7 (2.35%) SAP HCM
4 6 (2.01%) SAP Payroll
5 5 (1.68%) SAP EWM
6 4 (1.34%) SAP MDG
6 4 (1.34%) Workday HCM
7 3 (1.01%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (1.01%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (1.01%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (1.01%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 3 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (1.01%) SAP MDG-F
7 3 (1.01%) SAP MDG-M
7 3 (1.01%) SAP MDG-S
8 2 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (0.67%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.67%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.67%) Remedy AR System
Cloud Services
1 74 (24.83%) Azure
2 68 (22.82%) AWS
3 38 (12.75%) PaaS
4 27 (9.06%) Entra ID
5 24 (8.05%) OCI
6 23 (7.72%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (7.05%) GitHub
8 20 (6.71%) Amazon SQS
8 20 (6.71%) Serverless
9 19 (6.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 19 (6.38%) Amazon S3
10 18 (6.04%) GitHub Actions
10 18 (6.04%) Microsoft 365
10 18 (6.04%) SaaS
11 16 (5.37%) Amazon EC2
12 15 (5.03%) IaaS
13 14 (4.70%) AWS KMS
13 14 (4.70%) Azure Key Vault
13 14 (4.70%) Route 53
14 13 (4.36%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.03%) TCP/IP
2 14 (4.70%) Ethernet
3 6 (2.01%) SSL
4 5 (1.68%) FTP
4 5 (1.68%) IPsec
4 5 (1.68%) Kerberos
5 4 (1.34%) DNS
6 3 (1.01%) Firewall
7 2 (0.67%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.67%) Internet
8 1 (0.34%) DHCP
8 1 (0.34%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (9.73%) SQL Server
2 24 (8.05%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (7.38%) Relational Database
4 19 (6.38%) DynamoDB
5 18 (6.04%) DB2
6 15 (5.03%) Amazon Aurora
6 15 (5.03%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (3.02%) Pinecone
7 9 (3.02%) SAP HANA
8 7 (2.35%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (2.01%) Power BI
10 5 (1.68%) MySQL
11 4 (1.34%) Data Hub
11 4 (1.34%) MongoDB
11 4 (1.34%) Oracle Database
12 3 (1.01%) Metadata
12 3 (1.01%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 3 (1.01%) SAP Data Services
12 3 (1.01%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 43 (14.43%) Git
2 30 (10.07%) Jenkins
3 21 (7.05%) JUnit
4 20 (6.71%) Maven
5 19 (6.38%) JIRA
5 19 (6.38%) SonarQube
6 17 (5.70%) Postman
7 15 (5.03%) Eclipse
7 15 (5.03%) Mockito
7 15 (5.03%) Visual Studio
8 11 (3.69%) DbUnit
8 11 (3.69%) jMock
9 10 (3.36%) Bitbucket Server
10 8 (2.68%) MLflow
10 8 (2.68%) SoapUI
11 7 (2.35%) Cucumber
11 7 (2.35%) GitLab
11 7 (2.35%) Selenium
12 3 (1.01%) JMeter
12 3 (1.01%) REST Assured
General
1 86 (28.86%) Social Skills
2 71 (23.83%) Public Sector
3 50 (16.78%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (14.09%) Finance
5 20 (6.71%) Military
6 15 (5.03%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (3.69%) Banking
8 6 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.34%) Billing
9 4 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.34%) Retail
10 3 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.01%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.01%) Law
10 3 (1.01%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.01%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.67%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.67%) Front Office
11 2 (0.67%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.34%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 129 (43.29%) Developer
2 40 (13.42%) Senior
3 29 (9.73%) Architect
3 29 (9.73%) Java Developer
4 26 (8.72%) Consultant
4 26 (8.72%) Senior Developer
5 19 (6.38%) Lead
6 17 (5.70%) Software Engineer
7 13 (4.36%) Automation Engineer
7 13 (4.36%) Cloud Specialist
8 12 (4.03%) Python Developer
9 11 (3.69%) Azure Developer
9 11 (3.69%) Integration Specialist
9 11 (3.69%) Oracle Specialist
9 11 (3.69%) Python Engineer
10 10 (3.36%) Analyst
10 10 (3.36%) C# Software Engineer
10 10 (3.36%) SAP Consultant
11 9 (3.02%) Salesforce Developer
11 9 (3.02%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (44.97%) REST
2 110 (36.91%) SOAP
3 54 (18.12%) XML
4 39 (13.09%) JSON
5 38 (12.75%) Spring
6 37 (12.42%) RESTful
7 33 (11.07%) OAuth
8 30 (10.07%) Node.js
8 30 (10.07%) Spring Boot
9 26 (8.72%) AngularJS
9 26 (8.72%) XSLT
10 25 (8.39%) Oracle Fusion
11 23 (7.72%) .NET
12 19 (6.38%) Hibernate
12 19 (6.38%) JPA
13 18 (6.04%) JWT
14 17 (5.70%) J2EE
15 16 (5.37%) Spring Batch
15 16 (5.37%) Spring Integration
16 15 (5.03%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.03%) Distributed Systems
1 15 (5.03%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.03%) Onboarding
3 11 (3.69%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (3.69%) Mainframe
4 10 (3.36%) CMDB
4 10 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (3.36%) Public Cloud
5 9 (3.02%) Low-Code
6 7 (2.35%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.35%) Replication
7 6 (2.01%) DataPower
8 5 (1.68%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (1.68%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.68%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.68%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.34%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.34%) Online Banking
9 4 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 38 (12.75%) Linux
2 25 (8.39%) Windows
3 9 (3.02%) zOS
4 8 (2.68%) Unix
5 2 (0.67%) Android
5 2 (0.67%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.67%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.67%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (37.92%) Agile
2 73 (24.50%) CI/CD
3 69 (23.15%) DevOps
4 58 (19.46%) Microservices
5 51 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (16.78%) Continuous Integration
7 43 (14.43%) Containerisation
8 41 (13.76%) TDD
9 38 (12.75%) Design Patterns
10 36 (12.08%) Software Engineering
10 36 (12.08%) Unit Testing
11 33 (11.07%) ERP
11 33 (11.07%) Scrum
12 31 (10.40%) SOA
13 30 (10.07%) Continuous Delivery
13 30 (10.07%) Test Automation
13 30 (10.07%) Validation
14 29 (9.73%) Analytics
15 28 (9.40%) Performance Tuning
16 27 (9.06%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 73 (24.50%) SQL
2 65 (21.81%) Java
3 57 (19.13%) JavaScript
4 56 (18.79%) Python
5 39 (13.09%) C#
6 27 (9.06%) PowerShell
7 21 (7.05%) ABAP
8 18 (6.04%) C++
9 12 (4.03%) Kusto Query Language
10 9 (3.02%) Apex Code
10 9 (3.02%) Ruby
10 9 (3.02%) XPath
11 8 (2.68%) PL/SQL
12 7 (2.35%) TypeScript
13 5 (1.68%) JCL
13 5 (1.68%) PHP
13 5 (1.68%) Shell Script
14 4 (1.34%) Go
15 3 (1.01%) Groovy
16 2 (0.67%) Rust
Qualifications
1 105 (35.23%) Security Cleared
2 90 (30.20%) SC Cleared
3 21 (7.05%) Degree
4 13 (4.36%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.68%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.01%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.68%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.34%) MBA
8 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.67%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.34%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.34%) ISEB
11 1 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.34%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.34%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.70%) Data Quality
2 7 (2.35%) QA
2 7 (2.35%) SLA
3 5 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.68%) NIST
4 2 (0.67%) GDPR
4 2 (0.67%) PMO
5 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.34%) GRC
5 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.34%) NCSC
5 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 37 (12.42%) Docker
2 20 (6.71%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.69%) Postfix
4 5 (1.68%) RACF
5 1 (0.34%) NFS
5 1 (0.34%) Sendmail
5 1 (0.34%) Varnish
5 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (7.38%) Kubernetes
2 19 (6.38%) Grafana
3 9 (3.02%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (2.35%) TIBCO Hawk
5 6 (2.01%) Ansible
5 6 (2.01%) Terraform
6 5 (1.68%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.34%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.34%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.34%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.34%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.34%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 64 (21.48%) Microsoft
2 56 (18.79%) Oracle
3 27 (9.06%) SAP
4 19 (6.38%) ServiceNow
5 14 (4.70%) Jaspersoft
6 12 (4.03%) Atlassian
7 10 (3.36%) IBM
7 10 (3.36%) OpenAI
8 9 (3.02%) Salesforce
8 9 (3.02%) UiPath
9 8 (2.68%) Automation Anywhere
9 8 (2.68%) Workday
10 7 (2.35%) BEA
10 7 (2.35%) TIBCO
11 6 (2.01%) Guidewire
11 6 (2.01%) MuleSoft
12 5 (1.68%) Adobe
12 5 (1.68%) Google
13 4 (1.34%) Computacenter
14 3 (1.01%) BMC