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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 347 199 190
Rank change year-on-year -148 -9 +16
Contract jobs citing Web Services 304 384 439
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.66% 1.39% 1.32%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.08% 5.59% 5.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 263 272
10th Percentile £400 £358 £362
25th Percentile £450 £405 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £650 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 19 27
10th Percentile £51.63 £55.00 £64.00
25th Percentile £56.56 £63.13 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £76.55 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - -0.81%

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 9,865 6,864 8,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.51% 24.88% 24.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,497 4,717 5,610
10th Percentile £375 £355 £363
25th Percentile £438 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -1.79%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £514 £550
% change year-on-year +2.14% -6.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 165 197
10th Percentile £30.00 £31.25 £26.36
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.50 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -10.71% -3.75%
75th Percentile £75.00 £66.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.16 £77.22 £74.46
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £58.91
% change year-on-year +20.37% -8.33% -5.75%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 -107 165 £575 +6.48% 125
South East -82 46 £500 +5.26% 25
North of England -82 34 £457 +1.56% 21
Midlands -50 31 £443 +1.65% 8
West Midlands -42 24 £447 -5.89% 5
Yorkshire -21 20 £452 -11.98% 3
South West -35 14 £485 -4.39% 15
East of England -35 13 £460 -15.98% 8
North West -81 9 £650 +44.44% 16
East Midlands -25 5 £428 +5.62% 3
North East -43 5 £425 -15.00% 3
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 17 (5.59%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.62%) Confluence
3 9 (2.96%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (2.30%) CICS
4 7 (2.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (1.32%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.99%) IIS
6 3 (0.99%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.66%) Apache
7 2 (0.66%) CMS
7 2 (0.66%) JBoss
7 2 (0.66%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.33%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.33%) Appian
8 1 (0.33%) HCL Domino
8 1 (0.33%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.33%) Mule
8 1 (0.33%) Mule ESB
8 1 (0.33%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 5 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.99%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.32%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.99%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.99%) Orchestrade
3 3 (0.99%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.99%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.66%) Infor LN
4 2 (0.66%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.66%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.66%) Remedy AR System
4 2 (0.66%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.33%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.33%) BASE24
5 1 (0.33%) Maximo
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 88 (28.95%) Azure
2 58 (19.08%) AWS
3 31 (10.20%) Entra ID
4 27 (8.88%) GitHub
5 26 (8.55%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (6.58%) Power Platform
7 19 (6.25%) Amazon SQS
7 19 (6.25%) Serverless
8 17 (5.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 15 (4.93%) Amazon S3
10 14 (4.61%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (4.61%) PaaS
10 14 (4.61%) SaaS
11 12 (3.95%) Azure Key Vault
12 11 (3.62%) Amazon EC2
12 11 (3.62%) AWS KMS
12 11 (3.62%) AWS Lambda
12 11 (3.62%) Azure Service Bus
12 11 (3.62%) GCP
12 11 (3.62%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.28%) Ethernet
1 13 (4.28%) TCP/IP
2 7 (2.30%) HTTP
3 6 (1.97%) SSL
4 4 (1.32%) DNS
4 4 (1.32%) FTP
4 4 (1.32%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.99%) Internet
6 2 (0.66%) Firewall
6 2 (0.66%) Intranet
6 2 (0.66%) VPN
7 1 (0.33%) ATM
7 1 (0.33%) DMZ
7 1 (0.33%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (12.83%) SQL Server
2 29 (9.54%) Relational Database
3 24 (7.89%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (5.59%) DynamoDB
5 11 (3.62%) Amazon Aurora
5 11 (3.62%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (3.29%) Db2
7 9 (2.96%) RDBMS
7 9 (2.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (2.63%) Oracle Database
9 7 (2.30%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (2.30%) Power BI
10 5 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (1.64%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.64%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 4 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.32%) NoSQL
11 4 (1.32%) SAP HANA
11 4 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (1.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 55 (18.09%) Git
2 39 (12.83%) Jenkins
3 28 (9.21%) JIRA
4 20 (6.58%) Eclipse
5 19 (6.25%) Visual Studio
6 17 (5.59%) SonarQube
7 15 (4.93%) JUnit
7 15 (4.93%) Maven
8 13 (4.28%) LoadRunner
9 12 (3.95%) Mockito
10 11 (3.62%) JMeter
11 10 (3.29%) GitLab
12 9 (2.96%) Postman
12 9 (2.96%) Selenium
13 8 (2.63%) Bitbucket Server
13 8 (2.63%) DbUnit
13 8 (2.63%) eggPlant
13 8 (2.63%) SoapUI
14 7 (2.30%) jMock
15 6 (1.97%) Cucumber
General
1 105 (34.54%) Social Skills
2 69 (22.70%) Public Sector
3 61 (20.07%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (18.42%) Finance
5 28 (9.21%) Banking
6 21 (6.91%) Military
7 11 (3.62%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.64%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.64%) Legal
10 5 (1.64%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.32%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.32%) Automotive
11 4 (1.32%) Billing
11 4 (1.32%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.32%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.66%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.66%) Retail
Job Titles
1 153 (50.33%) Developer
2 50 (16.45%) Senior
3 31 (10.20%) Java Developer
4 30 (9.87%) Senior Developer
5 23 (7.57%) Architect
5 23 (7.57%) Consultant
6 20 (6.58%) .NET Developer
7 17 (5.59%) C# Developer
8 15 (4.93%) Lead
8 15 (4.93%) Software Engineer
9 12 (3.95%) Azure Developer
10 11 (3.62%) IAM Specialist
11 10 (3.29%) C# Software Engineer
11 10 (3.29%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
12 9 (2.96%) C# .NET Developer
12 9 (2.96%) Designer
12 9 (2.96%) Senior Java Developer
12 9 (2.96%) Technical Consultant
13 8 (2.63%) C++ Software Engineer
13 8 (2.63%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (40.79%) REST
2 106 (34.87%) SOAP
3 75 (24.67%) .NET
4 52 (17.11%) XML
5 49 (16.12%) RESTful
6 40 (13.16%) Spring
7 36 (11.84%) AngularJS
8 35 (11.51%) HTML
8 35 (11.51%) Spring Boot
9 29 (9.54%) JSON
10 25 (8.22%) SailPoint
11 24 (7.89%) Node.js
12 22 (7.24%) OAuth
13 21 (6.91%) Middleware
14 20 (6.58%) ASP.NET
14 20 (6.58%) Hibernate
15 19 (6.25%) CSS
15 19 (6.25%) LDAP
16 18 (5.92%) .NET Core
16 18 (5.92%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.88%) Enterprise Software
2 20 (6.58%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (5.26%) CMDB
4 13 (4.28%) Mobile App
4 13 (4.28%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.95%) Cloud Native
6 11 (3.62%) Data Structures
6 11 (3.62%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.30%) Mainframe
8 7 (2.30%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.97%) DataPower
9 6 (1.97%) Online Banking
10 5 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.64%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.32%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.32%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.99%) Client/Server
12 3 (0.99%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 42 (13.82%) Linux
2 20 (6.58%) Windows
3 19 (6.25%) Unix
4 6 (1.97%) zOS
5 2 (0.66%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (42.43%) Agile
2 83 (27.30%) Problem-Solving
3 80 (26.32%) CI/CD
4 78 (25.66%) DevOps
5 46 (15.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 46 (15.13%) Microservices
6 43 (14.14%) ITSM
7 41 (13.49%) Scrum
8 39 (12.83%) Software Engineering
9 36 (11.84%) TDD
10 35 (11.51%) SDLC
10 35 (11.51%) Test Automation
11 33 (10.86%) Analytics
11 33 (10.86%) Stakeholder Management
11 33 (10.86%) Unit Testing
12 30 (9.87%) API Integration
12 30 (9.87%) Continuous Integration
12 30 (9.87%) Validation
13 29 (9.54%) AI
13 29 (9.54%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 106 (34.87%) SQL
2 73 (24.01%) JavaScript
3 72 (23.68%) Java
4 67 (22.04%) C#
5 56 (18.42%) Python
6 33 (10.86%) PowerShell
7 20 (6.58%) C++
8 16 (5.26%) PL/SQL
9 11 (3.62%) Apex Code
10 10 (3.29%) VB.NET
11 8 (2.63%) Shell Script
11 8 (2.63%) T-SQL
12 7 (2.30%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (2.30%) TypeScript
13 6 (1.97%) ABAP
13 6 (1.97%) JCL
13 6 (1.97%) SOQL
13 6 (1.97%) SOSL
14 5 (1.64%) X++
14 5 (1.64%) XPath
Qualifications
1 114 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 105 (34.54%) SC Cleared
3 32 (10.53%) Degree
4 11 (3.62%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (3.29%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (2.30%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.64%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.64%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.32%) ISEB
9 4 (1.32%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.99%) MBA
11 2 (0.66%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.66%) PhD
12 1 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.33%) PMP
12 1 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.91%) Data Quality
2 19 (6.25%) QA
3 12 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (3.62%) NIST
5 5 (1.64%) HL7
6 4 (1.32%) GRC
6 4 (1.32%) NCSC
7 3 (0.99%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.99%) SLA
8 2 (0.66%) GDPR
9 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.33%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 36 (11.84%) Docker
2 32 (10.53%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.63%) Postfix
4 2 (0.66%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.66%) NFS
4 2 (0.66%) Sendmail
4 2 (0.66%) Varnish
5 1 (0.33%) IAG
Systems Management
1 15 (4.93%) Grafana
1 15 (4.93%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.95%) Single Sign-On
3 11 (3.62%) Ansible
4 6 (1.97%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.64%) HP Fortify
6 4 (1.32%) Control-M
7 3 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.66%) Argo
8 2 (0.66%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.33%) Istio
9 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 80 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 49 (16.12%) Oracle
3 28 (9.21%) ServiceNow
4 24 (7.89%) SAP
5 15 (4.93%) Salesforce
6 12 (3.95%) IBM
7 10 (3.29%) Jaspersoft
8 9 (2.96%) UiPath
9 8 (2.63%) Atlassian
9 8 (2.63%) Pega
10 7 (2.30%) Adobe
10 7 (2.30%) CyberArk
10 7 (2.30%) Workday
11 6 (1.97%) Centrify
12 4 (1.32%) Citrix
12 4 (1.32%) Google
12 4 (1.32%) Intapp
12 4 (1.32%) MuleSoft
13 3 (0.99%) Ariba
13 3 (0.99%) BMC