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 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 171 193
Rank change year-on-year -149 +22 +28
Contract jobs citing Web Services 298 402 452
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.69% 1.62% 1.20%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.63% 7.16% 5.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 265 292
10th Percentile £375 £358 £401
25th Percentile £422 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £644 £675 £638
90th Percentile £740 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £504 £550
% change year-on-year -0.74% -8.41% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 12 19
10th Percentile £51.25 - £60.00
25th Percentile £56.72 £55.00 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £63.75 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% -1.92% -13.33%
75th Percentile - £65.00 -
90th Percentile £65.57 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £63.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.96% -1.92% -13.33%

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 8,216 5,618 7,905
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.06% 22.59% 20.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,415 3,899 5,517
10th Percentile £363 £358 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £514 £537
% change year-on-year +2.14% -4.22% -2.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 110 261
10th Percentile £30.55 £32.10 £22.75
25th Percentile £52.50 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% +11.36% -15.38%
75th Percentile £74.06 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £81.05 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £56.25 £51.75
% change year-on-year +15.56% +8.70% -20.38%

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 19 June 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 19 June 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 19 June 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 -89 171 £550 -4.10% 20
South East -98 38 £500 +2.83% 14
Midlands -61 34 £475 +11.76% 2
North of England -82 31 £483 -3.50% 10
West Midlands -58 29 £475 - 1
Yorkshire -47 17 £461 -10.18% 3
South West -20 14 £425 - 3
East of England -31 14 £460 -16.36% 6
North West -59 13 £650 +44.44% 7
East Midlands -25 3 £525 +46.65% 1
North East -37 2 £425 -15.00%
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 (4.03%) Appian
2 11 (3.69%) CICS
2 11 (3.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.69%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.68%) JBoss
3 8 (2.68%) WebLogic
4 7 (2.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (2.01%) Confluence
5 6 (2.01%) IIS
6 4 (1.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (1.34%) Tomcat
7 3 (1.01%) Apache
7 3 (1.01%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.67%) CMS
8 2 (0.67%) Mule
8 2 (0.67%) Mule ESB
8 2 (0.67%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.67%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.01%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 7 (2.35%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (2.01%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.68%) SAP EWM
4 4 (1.34%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (1.34%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 4 (1.34%) Workday HCM
5 3 (1.01%) Elite 3E
5 3 (1.01%) Oracle Cash Management
5 3 (1.01%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (1.01%) Orchestrade
6 2 (0.67%) BusinessWorks
6 2 (0.67%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.67%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.67%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.67%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.34%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle FAH
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 92 (30.87%) Azure
2 72 (24.16%) AWS
3 31 (10.40%) Entra ID
4 25 (8.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 25 (8.39%) PaaS
4 25 (8.39%) Serverless
5 24 (8.05%) Amazon SQS
6 23 (7.72%) Amazon S3
7 22 (7.38%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (6.71%) Amazon EC2
9 18 (6.04%) AWS KMS
9 18 (6.04%) GitHub
9 18 (6.04%) Route 53
10 16 (5.37%) SaaS
11 15 (5.03%) GitHub Actions
12 14 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
12 14 (4.70%) OCI
13 13 (4.36%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (4.36%) Azure Key Vault
14 11 (3.69%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.36%) Ethernet
1 13 (4.36%) TCP/IP
2 6 (2.01%) SSL
3 5 (1.68%) IPsec
3 5 (1.68%) Kerberos
4 4 (1.34%) DNS
4 4 (1.34%) Firewall
4 4 (1.34%) FTP
5 3 (1.01%) HTTP
5 3 (1.01%) HTTPS
5 3 (1.01%) Internet
6 2 (0.67%) VPN
7 1 (0.34%) ATM
7 1 (0.34%) DMZ
7 1 (0.34%) Intranet
7 1 (0.34%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.34%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (10.74%) SQL Server
2 30 (10.07%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (8.72%) Relational Database
4 25 (8.39%) DynamoDB
5 19 (6.38%) Amazon RDS
6 18 (6.04%) Amazon Aurora
7 14 (4.70%) Db2
8 8 (2.68%) Pinecone
9 7 (2.35%) Oracle Database
9 7 (2.35%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (2.35%) SAP HANA
10 6 (2.01%) Power BI
11 5 (1.68%) MongoDB
11 5 (1.68%) MySQL
11 5 (1.68%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.34%) NoSQL
13 3 (1.01%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 48 (16.11%) Git
2 42 (14.09%) Jenkins
3 25 (8.39%) JUnit
4 24 (8.05%) Maven
5 23 (7.72%) SonarQube
6 21 (7.05%) JIRA
7 20 (6.71%) Eclipse
8 19 (6.38%) Mockito
9 18 (6.04%) Visual Studio
10 14 (4.70%) DbUnit
11 13 (4.36%) jMock
12 12 (4.03%) Bitbucket Server
13 9 (3.02%) GitLab
13 9 (3.02%) Postman
14 8 (2.68%) LoadRunner
15 7 (2.35%) Ant
15 7 (2.35%) MLflow
15 7 (2.35%) SoapUI
16 6 (2.01%) Cucumber
16 6 (2.01%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 88 (29.53%) Social Skills
2 65 (21.81%) Public Sector
3 52 (17.45%) Finance
4 42 (14.09%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (7.38%) Military
6 20 (6.71%) Banking
7 12 (4.03%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.35%) Billing
10 5 (1.68%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.34%) Retail
12 3 (1.01%) Automotive
12 3 (1.01%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.01%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.01%) Legal
12 3 (1.01%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.67%) Front Office
13 2 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 143 (47.99%) Developer
2 49 (16.44%) Senior
3 36 (12.08%) Java Developer
4 33 (11.07%) Senior Developer
5 30 (10.07%) Architect
6 23 (7.72%) Consultant
7 17 (5.70%) Software Engineer
8 16 (5.37%) Lead
9 13 (4.36%) Azure Developer
10 11 (3.69%) C# Developer
10 11 (3.69%) Technical Architect
11 10 (3.36%) C# Software Engineer
11 10 (3.36%) Salesforce Developer
11 10 (3.36%) Senior Architect
12 9 (3.02%) Analyst
12 9 (3.02%) Python Developer
12 9 (3.02%) Technical Consultant
13 8 (2.68%) .NET Developer
13 8 (2.68%) Automation Engineer
13 8 (2.68%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (43.62%) REST
2 99 (33.22%) SOAP
3 50 (16.78%) RESTful
4 44 (14.77%) Spring
5 43 (14.43%) XML
6 40 (13.42%) .NET
7 36 (12.08%) JSON
8 35 (11.74%) Spring Boot
9 33 (11.07%) OAuth
10 31 (10.40%) Node.js
11 28 (9.40%) AngularJS
12 26 (8.72%) HTML
13 23 (7.72%) Hibernate
13 23 (7.72%) JPA
14 20 (6.71%) Spring Batch
14 20 (6.71%) Spring Integration
15 19 (6.38%) ActiveMQ
16 18 (6.04%) OpenID
16 18 (6.04%) SAML
17 17 (5.70%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.72%) Distributed Systems
2 14 (4.70%) Mobile App
2 14 (4.70%) Product Ownership
3 12 (4.03%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.69%) Mainframe
5 10 (3.36%) CMDB
6 9 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (2.68%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.35%) DataPower
8 7 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.35%) Low-Code
9 6 (2.01%) Client/Server
9 6 (2.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (2.01%) Management Information System
9 6 (2.01%) Online Banking
9 6 (2.01%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (1.68%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.34%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 45 (15.10%) Linux
2 27 (9.06%) Windows
3 13 (4.36%) Unix
4 10 (3.36%) zOS
5 2 (0.67%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.67%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.34%) Android
6 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (38.93%) Agile
2 90 (30.20%) CI/CD
3 81 (27.18%) DevOps
4 62 (20.81%) Microservices
5 54 (18.12%) Problem-Solving
6 46 (15.44%) Continuous Integration
7 43 (14.43%) TDD
8 42 (14.09%) Scrum
9 41 (13.76%) Containerisation
10 36 (12.08%) Software Engineering
11 34 (11.41%) Design Patterns
11 34 (11.41%) Workflow
12 32 (10.74%) Analytics
12 32 (10.74%) Validation
13 30 (10.07%) AI
13 30 (10.07%) Continuous Delivery
13 30 (10.07%) Stakeholder Management
14 28 (9.40%) Performance Tuning
14 28 (9.40%) SOA
15 27 (9.06%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 93 (31.21%) SQL
2 74 (24.83%) Java
3 62 (20.81%) Python
4 59 (19.80%) JavaScript
5 48 (16.11%) C#
6 30 (10.07%) PowerShell
7 21 (7.05%) C++
8 13 (4.36%) Apex Code
8 13 (4.36%) PL/SQL
9 8 (2.68%) ABAP
9 8 (2.68%) Kusto Query Language
9 8 (2.68%) Shell Script
9 8 (2.68%) TypeScript
10 7 (2.35%) XPath
11 6 (2.01%) JCL
11 6 (2.01%) SOQL
11 6 (2.01%) SOSL
12 4 (1.34%) T-SQL
12 4 (1.34%) VB.NET
12 4 (1.34%) X++
Qualifications
1 94 (31.54%) Security Cleared
2 85 (28.52%) SC Cleared
3 28 (9.40%) Degree
4 11 (3.69%) AWS Certification
5 9 (3.02%) Azure Certification
6 8 (2.68%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.35%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.34%) MBA
10 3 (1.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.67%) PhD
12 1 (0.34%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.34%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.34%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.38%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.68%) NIST
3 8 (2.68%) SLA
4 6 (2.01%) QA
5 4 (1.34%) NCSC
6 3 (1.01%) GDPR
6 3 (1.01%) GRC
7 2 (0.67%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.34%) PMO
8 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 44 (14.77%) Docker
2 26 (8.72%) Active Directory
3 13 (4.36%) Postfix
4 5 (1.68%) RACF
5 2 (0.67%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 2 (0.67%) NFS
5 2 (0.67%) Sendmail
5 2 (0.67%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 22 (7.38%) Grafana
2 19 (6.38%) Kubernetes
3 12 (4.03%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (2.35%) Ansible
5 6 (2.01%) Terraform
6 5 (1.68%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.67%) HAProxy
8 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.67%) TIBCO Hawk
9 1 (0.34%) Argo
9 1 (0.34%) CA Endevor
9 1 (0.34%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 72 (24.16%) Microsoft
2 51 (17.11%) Oracle
3 25 (8.39%) ServiceNow
4 17 (5.70%) Jaspersoft
4 17 (5.70%) SAP
5 15 (5.03%) Salesforce
6 14 (4.70%) Atlassian
7 9 (3.02%) OpenAI
8 8 (2.68%) UiPath
9 7 (2.35%) Adobe
9 7 (2.35%) Automation Anywhere
9 7 (2.35%) IBM
10 6 (2.01%) Guidewire
10 6 (2.01%) Workday
11 5 (1.68%) Google
11 5 (1.68%) MuleSoft
12 4 (1.34%) Citrix
12 4 (1.34%) Sybase
13 3 (1.01%) Cognizant
13 3 (1.01%) Intapp