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

 6 months to
1 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 221 177
Rank change year-on-year -65 -44 +21
Contract jobs citing Web Services 307 299 512
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.87% 1.17% 1.35%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.00% 5.17% 6.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 181 280
10th Percentile £363 £363 £412
25th Percentile £414 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £638
90th Percentile £721 £825 £725
UK median daily rate £511 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -4.49% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 3 6
10th Percentile £46.00 £62.00 £52.28
25th Percentile £58.43 £63.13 £55.30
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year - +6.12% -6.49%
75th Percentile - £66.50 £84.25
90th Percentile - £67.40 £92.00
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 7,673 5,786 7,715
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.67% 22.66% 20.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,149 3,814 5,491
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £419 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -1.95% -1.69% -6.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 79 213
10th Percentile £35.13 £26.98 £21.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £48.00 £40.31
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.38 £66.25
90th Percentile £80.00 £81.23 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 -53 168 £450 -23.08% 44
South East -38 36 £589 +17.80% 38
North of England -48 36 £684 +36.80% 35
East of England -10 26 £750 +36.36% 20
Midlands -45 23 £475 +13.10% 19
North West -39 20 £684 +36.80% 20
West Midlands -42 19 £475 +3.26% 11
South West -21 16 £550 -5.17% 17
Yorkshire -55 16 £661 - 10
East Midlands -25 4 £525 +61.04% 8
North East -12 1 - - 5
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 (4.23%) Appian
2 11 (3.58%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 11 (3.58%) WebLogic
3 10 (3.26%) Confluence
4 9 (2.93%) SharePoint
5 8 (2.61%) CICS
5 8 (2.61%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (2.28%) WebSphere
7 6 (1.95%) JBoss
8 5 (1.63%) Jupyter
9 4 (1.30%) IIS
9 4 (1.30%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.98%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.98%) NetWeaver
11 2 (0.65%) Apache
11 2 (0.65%) Documentum
11 2 (0.65%) Drupal
11 2 (0.65%) Mule
11 2 (0.65%) Mule ESB
12 1 (0.33%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 7 (2.28%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.30%) Autodesk Inventor
3 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.65%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 20 (6.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (4.89%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (2.61%) SAP HCM
4 7 (2.28%) BusinessWorks
4 7 (2.28%) SAP Payroll
5 6 (1.95%) SAP MDG
6 5 (1.63%) SAP ERP
7 4 (1.30%) SAP EWM
8 3 (0.98%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.98%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.98%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.98%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 3 (0.98%) Remedy ITSM
8 3 (0.98%) SAP MDG-F
8 3 (0.98%) SAP MDG-M
8 3 (0.98%) SAP MDG-S
8 3 (0.98%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.65%) Cloudability
9 2 (0.65%) Oracle Assets
9 2 (0.65%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 76 (24.76%) Azure
2 61 (19.87%) AWS
3 32 (10.42%) PaaS
4 26 (8.47%) OCI
5 18 (5.86%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (5.21%) GitHub
7 15 (4.89%) IaaS
8 14 (4.56%) SaaS
9 13 (4.23%) GCP
10 12 (3.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 12 (3.91%) Amazon S3
10 12 (3.91%) Serverless
11 11 (3.58%) Amazon EC2
11 11 (3.58%) Entra ID
11 11 (3.58%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (3.26%) Amazon SQS
12 10 (3.26%) Power Platform
13 9 (2.93%) AWS KMS
13 9 (2.93%) Azure AI
13 9 (2.93%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.19%) TCP/IP
2 16 (5.21%) Ethernet
3 6 (1.95%) SSL
4 5 (1.63%) IPsec
4 5 (1.63%) Kerberos
5 3 (0.98%) DHCP
5 3 (0.98%) DNS
5 3 (0.98%) FTP
5 3 (0.98%) HTTP
5 3 (0.98%) NFC
5 3 (0.98%) PPP
6 2 (0.65%) Firewall
6 2 (0.65%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.33%) Internet
7 1 (0.33%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (9.77%) SQL Server
2 24 (7.82%) Relational Database
3 20 (6.51%) SAP HANA
4 18 (5.86%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (4.89%) DB2
6 12 (3.91%) DynamoDB
7 10 (3.26%) Amazon Aurora
7 10 (3.26%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (2.93%) Oracle Reports
8 9 (2.93%) Pinecone
9 7 (2.28%) MySQL
9 7 (2.28%) Power BI
10 6 (1.95%) Oracle Database
11 5 (1.63%) Data Hub
11 5 (1.63%) MongoDB
12 4 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 3 (0.98%) SAP Data Services
13 3 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.65%) Redis
Development Applications
1 51 (16.61%) Git
2 26 (8.47%) Postman
3 23 (7.49%) Jenkins
4 22 (7.17%) JIRA
5 19 (6.19%) Eclipse
6 17 (5.54%) JUnit
6 17 (5.54%) Visual Studio
7 16 (5.21%) Maven
8 15 (4.89%) SonarQube
9 13 (4.23%) Mockito
9 13 (4.23%) Selenium
10 10 (3.26%) Cucumber
10 10 (3.26%) SoapUI
11 8 (2.61%) MLflow
12 7 (2.28%) DbUnit
12 7 (2.28%) jMock
13 5 (1.63%) Bitbucket Server
13 5 (1.63%) GitLab
13 5 (1.63%) JMeter
13 5 (1.63%) REST Assured
General
1 92 (29.97%) Social Skills
2 66 (21.50%) Public Sector
3 46 (14.98%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (14.66%) Finance
5 22 (7.17%) Military
6 18 (5.86%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (4.23%) Banking
8 7 (2.28%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.63%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.98%) Billing
10 3 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.98%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.98%) Law
10 3 (0.98%) Retail
11 2 (0.65%) Dutch Language
11 2 (0.65%) Front Office
11 2 (0.65%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.65%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.33%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 124 (40.39%) Developer
2 47 (15.31%) Senior
3 43 (14.01%) Consultant
4 26 (8.47%) Senior Developer
5 23 (7.49%) SAP Consultant
6 22 (7.17%) Java Developer
6 22 (7.17%) Software Engineer
7 21 (6.84%) Architect
8 20 (6.51%) Lead
9 16 (5.21%) Cloud Specialist
9 16 (5.21%) Python Developer
10 14 (4.56%) Integration Specialist
10 14 (4.56%) Oracle Specialist
11 13 (4.23%) Analyst
12 12 (3.91%) Automation Engineer
12 12 (3.91%) C# Software Engineer
13 11 (3.58%) Python Engineer
14 10 (3.26%) ABAP Consultant
14 10 (3.26%) C++ Software Engineer
14 10 (3.26%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (41.04%) REST
2 103 (33.55%) SOAP
3 50 (16.29%) XML
4 40 (13.03%) JSON
5 38 (12.38%) RESTful
6 33 (10.75%) Node.js
7 31 (10.10%) Spring
8 30 (9.77%) OAuth
9 27 (8.79%) Oracle Fusion
10 26 (8.47%) AngularJS
11 24 (7.82%) XSLT
12 23 (7.49%) .NET
13 22 (7.17%) Spring Boot
14 19 (6.19%) JWT
15 18 (5.86%) CSS
16 17 (5.54%) BAPI
17 15 (4.89%) Hibernate
17 15 (4.89%) HTML
17 15 (4.89%) J2EE
17 15 (4.89%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.56%) Legacy Systems
2 13 (4.23%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (3.26%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (3.26%) Public Cloud
4 9 (2.93%) Low-Code
5 8 (2.61%) Mainframe
5 8 (2.61%) Replication
6 7 (2.28%) CMDB
6 7 (2.28%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.95%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.95%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.63%) Client/Server
8 5 (1.63%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (1.63%) N-Tier
9 4 (1.30%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.30%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.30%) DataPower
9 4 (1.30%) Hedge funds
10 3 (0.98%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 41 (13.36%) Linux
2 32 (10.42%) Windows
3 10 (3.26%) Android
4 8 (2.61%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.28%) zOS
6 6 (1.95%) Unix
7 4 (1.30%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.30%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.65%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (40.07%) Agile
2 75 (24.43%) CI/CD
3 65 (21.17%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (18.24%) DevOps
5 48 (15.64%) Continuous Integration
5 48 (15.64%) Unit Testing
6 47 (15.31%) Microservices
7 43 (14.01%) Test Automation
8 42 (13.68%) ERP
9 37 (12.05%) Containerisation
10 36 (11.73%) Design Patterns
10 36 (11.73%) Software Engineering
10 36 (11.73%) TDD
11 35 (11.40%) Scrum
12 34 (11.07%) Performance Tuning
13 32 (10.42%) Validation
14 30 (9.77%) Data Modelling
15 29 (9.45%) Continuous Delivery
16 28 (9.12%) OO
17 27 (8.79%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 69 (22.48%) SQL
2 60 (19.54%) Java
2 60 (19.54%) JavaScript
3 58 (18.89%) Python
4 44 (14.33%) C#
5 31 (10.10%) ABAP
6 25 (8.14%) C++
7 15 (4.89%) PowerShell
8 12 (3.91%) Ruby
9 8 (2.61%) Apex Code
9 8 (2.61%) PHP
9 8 (2.61%) TypeScript
9 8 (2.61%) XPath
10 7 (2.28%) Kotlin
11 6 (1.95%) Go
11 6 (1.95%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (1.63%) Swift
13 4 (1.30%) Groovy
13 4 (1.30%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.98%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 96 (31.27%) Security Cleared
2 75 (24.43%) SC Cleared
3 17 (5.54%) Degree
4 10 (3.26%) DV Cleared
5 6 (1.95%) Azure Certification
5 6 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.95%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.30%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.30%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.98%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.33%) CISA
9 1 (0.33%) CISM
9 1 (0.33%) CISSP
9 1 (0.33%) ISEB
9 1 (0.33%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.33%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.33%) PMP
9 1 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.21%) QA
2 12 (3.91%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.28%) SLA
4 6 (1.95%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.65%) GDPR
5 2 (0.65%) PMO
6 1 (0.33%) GRC
6 1 (0.33%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.33%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 36 (11.73%) Docker
2 13 (4.23%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.95%) Postfix
4 5 (1.63%) RACF
5 3 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (8.14%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.58%) Grafana
3 7 (2.28%) Ansible
3 7 (2.28%) TIBCO Hawk
4 5 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.63%) Terraform
5 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.65%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.33%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.33%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.33%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.33%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 59 (19.22%) Oracle
2 49 (15.96%) Microsoft
3 44 (14.33%) SAP
4 14 (4.56%) Adobe
5 11 (3.58%) OpenAI
5 11 (3.58%) ServiceNow
6 10 (3.26%) Atlassian
6 10 (3.26%) IBM
6 10 (3.26%) Salesforce
7 9 (2.93%) Jaspersoft
7 9 (2.93%) UiPath
8 8 (2.61%) Automation Anywhere
9 7 (2.28%) BEA
9 7 (2.28%) Google
9 7 (2.28%) Guidewire
9 7 (2.28%) TIBCO
10 6 (1.95%) MuleSoft
10 6 (1.95%) Workday
11 5 (1.63%) Computacenter
11 5 (1.63%) Splunk
161 Web Services jobs in England