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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 176 199
Rank change year-on-year -145 +23 +21
Contract jobs citing Web Services 299 401 453
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.69% 1.61% 1.20%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.62% 7.11% 5.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 264 294
10th Percentile £375 £358 £400
25th Percentile £422 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £504 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% -8.41% -
75th Percentile £650 £672 £638
90th Percentile £740 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 13 22
10th Percentile £51.25 - £62.50
25th Percentile £56.72 £55.00 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £65.57 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - -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 8,259 5,640 7,899
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.08% 22.59% 20.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,445 3,912 5,512
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 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 113 264
10th Percentile £30.71 £32.50 £23.07
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £55.63
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +12.36% -14.42%
75th Percentile £74.26 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.92 £81.01 £74.48
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -94 172 £558 -2.53% 19
South East -96 38 £500 +5.26% 11
Midlands -56 34 £475 +11.76% 2
North of England -89 31 £483 -1.03% 11
West Midlands -53 29 £475 - 1
Yorkshire -42 17 £461 -10.18% 4
East of England -29 14 £460 -16.36% 6
South West -30 14 £425 - 5
North West -62 13 £650 +44.44% 7
East Midlands -26 3 £525 +46.65% 1
North East -40 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 (4.01%) Appian
2 11 (3.68%) CICS
2 11 (3.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.68%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.68%) JBoss
3 8 (2.68%) WebLogic
4 7 (2.34%) 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 (1.00%) Apache
7 3 (1.00%) 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 (0.33%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.33%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 7 (2.34%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (2.01%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.67%) SAP EWM
4 4 (1.34%) Elite 3E
4 4 (1.34%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (1.34%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 4 (1.34%) Workday HCM
5 3 (1.00%) Oracle Cash Management
5 3 (1.00%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (1.00%) 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 (0.33%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle FAH
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 92 (30.77%) Azure
2 72 (24.08%) AWS
3 31 (10.37%) Entra ID
4 25 (8.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 25 (8.36%) PaaS
4 25 (8.36%) Serverless
5 24 (8.03%) Amazon SQS
6 23 (7.69%) Amazon S3
7 22 (7.36%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (6.69%) Amazon EC2
9 18 (6.02%) AWS KMS
9 18 (6.02%) GitHub
9 18 (6.02%) Route 53
10 16 (5.35%) SaaS
11 15 (5.02%) GitHub Actions
12 14 (4.68%) Microsoft 365
12 14 (4.68%) OCI
13 13 (4.35%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (4.35%) Azure Key Vault
14 11 (3.68%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.35%) Ethernet
1 13 (4.35%) TCP/IP
2 6 (2.01%) SSL
3 5 (1.67%) IPsec
3 5 (1.67%) Kerberos
4 4 (1.34%) DNS
4 4 (1.34%) Firewall
4 4 (1.34%) FTP
5 3 (1.00%) HTTP
5 3 (1.00%) HTTPS
5 3 (1.00%) Internet
6 2 (0.67%) VPN
7 1 (0.33%) ATM
7 1 (0.33%) DMZ
7 1 (0.33%) Intranet
7 1 (0.33%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (11.04%) SQL Server
2 30 (10.03%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (8.70%) Relational Database
4 25 (8.36%) DynamoDB
5 19 (6.35%) Amazon RDS
6 18 (6.02%) Amazon Aurora
7 14 (4.68%) Db2
8 8 (2.68%) Pinecone
9 7 (2.34%) Oracle Database
9 7 (2.34%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (2.34%) SAP HANA
10 6 (2.01%) Power BI
10 6 (2.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (1.67%) MongoDB
11 5 (1.67%) MySQL
11 5 (1.67%) RDBMS
12 4 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.34%) NoSQL
13 3 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 47 (15.72%) Git
2 42 (14.05%) Jenkins
3 25 (8.36%) JUnit
4 24 (8.03%) Maven
5 23 (7.69%) SonarQube
6 21 (7.02%) JIRA
7 20 (6.69%) Eclipse
8 19 (6.35%) Mockito
9 18 (6.02%) Visual Studio
10 14 (4.68%) DbUnit
11 13 (4.35%) jMock
12 12 (4.01%) Bitbucket Server
13 9 (3.01%) GitLab
13 9 (3.01%) Postman
14 8 (2.68%) LoadRunner
15 7 (2.34%) Ant
15 7 (2.34%) MLflow
15 7 (2.34%) SoapUI
16 6 (2.01%) Cucumber
16 6 (2.01%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 90 (30.10%) Social Skills
2 65 (21.74%) Public Sector
3 53 (17.73%) Finance
4 42 (14.05%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (7.36%) Military
6 20 (6.69%) Banking
7 12 (4.01%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.34%) Billing
10 5 (1.67%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.34%) Legal
11 4 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.34%) Retail
12 3 (1.00%) Automotive
12 3 (1.00%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.00%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.00%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.67%) Front Office
13 2 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 144 (48.16%) Developer
2 49 (16.39%) Senior
3 36 (12.04%) Java Developer
4 33 (11.04%) Senior Developer
5 31 (10.37%) Architect
6 23 (7.69%) Consultant
7 16 (5.35%) Lead
7 16 (5.35%) Software Engineer
8 13 (4.35%) Azure Developer
9 11 (3.68%) C# Developer
9 11 (3.68%) Technical Architect
10 10 (3.34%) C# Software Engineer
10 10 (3.34%) Salesforce Developer
10 10 (3.34%) Senior Architect
11 9 (3.01%) Analyst
11 9 (3.01%) Python Developer
11 9 (3.01%) Technical Consultant
12 8 (2.68%) .NET Developer
12 8 (2.68%) Automation Engineer
12 8 (2.68%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (44.15%) REST
2 100 (33.44%) SOAP
3 50 (16.72%) RESTful
4 44 (14.72%) Spring
4 44 (14.72%) XML
5 41 (13.71%) .NET
6 36 (12.04%) JSON
7 35 (11.71%) Spring Boot
8 33 (11.04%) OAuth
9 31 (10.37%) Node.js
10 28 (9.36%) AngularJS
11 26 (8.70%) HTML
12 23 (7.69%) Hibernate
12 23 (7.69%) JPA
13 20 (6.69%) Spring Batch
13 20 (6.69%) Spring Integration
14 19 (6.35%) ActiveMQ
15 18 (6.02%) OpenID
15 18 (6.02%) SAML
15 18 (6.02%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
2 14 (4.68%) Mobile App
2 14 (4.68%) Product Ownership
3 13 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.68%) Mainframe
5 10 (3.34%) CMDB
6 9 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (2.68%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.34%) DataPower
8 7 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.34%) 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 (1.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (1.67%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.34%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 45 (15.05%) Linux
2 27 (9.03%) Windows
3 13 (4.35%) Unix
4 10 (3.34%) zOS
5 2 (0.67%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.67%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.33%) Android
6 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (38.80%) Agile
2 90 (30.10%) CI/CD
3 81 (27.09%) DevOps
4 62 (20.74%) Microservices
5 55 (18.39%) Problem-Solving
6 46 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
7 43 (14.38%) TDD
8 42 (14.05%) Scrum
9 40 (13.38%) Containerisation
10 35 (11.71%) Software Engineering
10 35 (11.71%) Workflow
11 33 (11.04%) Design Patterns
12 32 (10.70%) Analytics
12 32 (10.70%) Stakeholder Management
12 32 (10.70%) Validation
13 30 (10.03%) AI
13 30 (10.03%) Continuous Delivery
14 28 (9.36%) Performance Tuning
14 28 (9.36%) SOA
15 27 (9.03%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 94 (31.44%) SQL
2 74 (24.75%) Java
3 61 (20.40%) Python
4 59 (19.73%) JavaScript
5 48 (16.05%) C#
6 30 (10.03%) PowerShell
7 21 (7.02%) C++
8 13 (4.35%) Apex Code
8 13 (4.35%) 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
9 8 (2.68%) XPath
10 6 (2.01%) JCL
10 6 (2.01%) SOQL
10 6 (2.01%) SOSL
11 5 (1.67%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.67%) VB.NET
12 4 (1.34%) X++
Qualifications
1 93 (31.10%) Security Cleared
2 84 (28.09%) SC Cleared
3 28 (9.36%) Degree
4 11 (3.68%) AWS Certification
5 9 (3.01%) Azure Certification
6 8 (2.68%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.34%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.34%) MBA
10 3 (1.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.67%) PhD
12 1 (0.33%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.33%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.33%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.36%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.01%) 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 (1.00%) GDPR
6 3 (1.00%) GRC
7 2 (0.67%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.33%) PMO
8 1 (0.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 44 (14.72%) Docker
2 26 (8.70%) Active Directory
3 13 (4.35%) Postfix
4 5 (1.67%) 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 (7.36%) Grafana
2 19 (6.35%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (2.34%) Ansible
5 6 (2.01%) Terraform
6 5 (1.67%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.67%) HAProxy
8 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.67%) TIBCO Hawk
9 1 (0.33%) Argo
9 1 (0.33%) CA Endevor
9 1 (0.33%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 72 (24.08%) Microsoft
2 51 (17.06%) Oracle
3 25 (8.36%) ServiceNow
4 17 (5.69%) Jaspersoft
4 17 (5.69%) SAP
5 15 (5.02%) Salesforce
6 14 (4.68%) Atlassian
7 9 (3.01%) OpenAI
8 8 (2.68%) UiPath
9 7 (2.34%) Adobe
9 7 (2.34%) Automation Anywhere
9 7 (2.34%) IBM
10 6 (2.01%) Guidewire
10 6 (2.01%) Workday
11 5 (1.67%) Google
11 5 (1.67%) MuleSoft
12 4 (1.34%) Citrix
12 4 (1.34%) Intapp
12 4 (1.34%) Sybase
13 3 (1.00%) Cognizant