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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 336 171 202
Rank change year-on-year -165 +31 +22
Contract jobs citing Web Services 286 399 454
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.66% 1.59% 1.21%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.45% 7.02% 5.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 265 294
10th Percentile £373 £358 £402
25th Percentile £423 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -7.73% -
75th Percentile £650 £671 £638
90th Percentile £742 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £508 £550
% change year-on-year -1.48% -7.73% -
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 8,282 5,682 7,902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.07% 22.64% 21.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,471 3,948 5,519
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 £538
% change year-on-year +2.14% -4.37% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 116 263
10th Percentile £30.61 £31.78 £22.96
25th Percentile £51.25 £49.06 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £58.88 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +10.40% +4.67% -13.46%
75th Percentile £74.26 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.14 £81.01 £74.49
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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -100 160 £570 +2.89% 18
South East -97 38 £500 +5.26% 10
Midlands -60 34 £475 +11.76% 1
West Midlands -52 29 £475 -
North of England -89 29 £483 +1.58% 12
Yorkshire -43 16 £461 -10.18% 4
East of England -33 14 £460 -15.60% 5
South West -41 14 £425 - 7
North West -62 12 £650 +44.44% 8
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 11 (3.85%) Appian
1 11 (3.85%) CICS
1 11 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.50%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.80%) JBoss
4 6 (2.10%) IIS
4 6 (2.10%) WebLogic
5 5 (1.75%) Confluence
5 5 (1.75%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (1.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (1.40%) Tomcat
7 3 (1.05%) Apache
7 3 (1.05%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.70%) CMS
8 2 (0.70%) Mule
8 2 (0.70%) Mule ESB
8 2 (0.70%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.35%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.35%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.05%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 7 (2.45%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (2.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.40%) Elite 3E
3 4 (1.40%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (1.40%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 4 (1.40%) SAP EWM
3 4 (1.40%) Workday HCM
4 3 (1.05%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (1.05%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.05%) Orchestrade
5 2 (0.70%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.70%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.70%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.70%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.35%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.35%) BASE24
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 88 (30.77%) Azure
2 70 (24.48%) AWS
3 31 (10.84%) Entra ID
4 25 (8.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 24 (8.39%) Amazon SQS
5 24 (8.39%) PaaS
5 24 (8.39%) Serverless
6 23 (8.04%) Amazon S3
7 21 (7.34%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (6.99%) Amazon EC2
9 18 (6.29%) AWS KMS
9 18 (6.29%) Route 53
10 16 (5.59%) GitHub
11 15 (5.24%) SaaS
12 14 (4.90%) OCI
13 13 (4.55%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (4.55%) Azure Key Vault
13 13 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
13 13 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
14 11 (3.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.55%) Ethernet
1 13 (4.55%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.75%) SSL
3 4 (1.40%) DNS
3 4 (1.40%) FTP
3 4 (1.40%) IPsec
3 4 (1.40%) Kerberos
4 3 (1.05%) Firewall
4 3 (1.05%) HTTP
4 3 (1.05%) HTTPS
4 3 (1.05%) Internet
5 2 (0.70%) VPN
6 1 (0.35%) ATM
6 1 (0.35%) DMZ
6 1 (0.35%) Intranet
6 1 (0.35%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.35%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (10.84%) SQL Server
2 30 (10.49%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (8.74%) DynamoDB
4 24 (8.39%) Relational Database
5 19 (6.64%) Amazon RDS
6 18 (6.29%) Amazon Aurora
7 12 (4.20%) Db2
8 8 (2.80%) Pinecone
9 7 (2.45%) Oracle Database
9 7 (2.45%) Oracle Reports
10 6 (2.10%) Power BI
10 6 (2.10%) SAP HANA
10 6 (2.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (1.75%) MongoDB
11 5 (1.75%) MySQL
11 5 (1.75%) RDBMS
12 4 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.40%) NoSQL
13 3 (1.05%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 43 (15.03%) Git
2 40 (13.99%) Jenkins
3 25 (8.74%) JUnit
4 24 (8.39%) Maven
5 21 (7.34%) JIRA
5 21 (7.34%) SonarQube
6 20 (6.99%) Eclipse
7 19 (6.64%) Mockito
8 18 (6.29%) Visual Studio
9 14 (4.90%) DbUnit
10 13 (4.55%) jMock
11 12 (4.20%) Bitbucket Server
12 9 (3.15%) GitLab
13 8 (2.80%) LoadRunner
13 8 (2.80%) Postman
14 7 (2.45%) Ant
14 7 (2.45%) MLflow
14 7 (2.45%) SoapUI
15 6 (2.10%) Visual Studio Code
16 5 (1.75%) Cucumber
General
1 88 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 60 (20.98%) Public Sector
3 51 (17.83%) Finance
4 43 (15.03%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (7.34%) Military
6 20 (6.99%) Banking
7 11 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.45%) Billing
10 5 (1.75%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.40%) Legal
11 4 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.40%) Retail
12 3 (1.05%) Automotive
12 3 (1.05%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.05%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.05%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.70%) Front Office
13 2 (0.70%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.35%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 138 (48.25%) Developer
2 44 (15.38%) Senior
3 35 (12.24%) Java Developer
4 30 (10.49%) Architect
4 30 (10.49%) Senior Developer
5 23 (8.04%) Consultant
6 16 (5.59%) Software Engineer
7 14 (4.90%) Lead
8 13 (4.55%) Azure Developer
9 11 (3.85%) C# Developer
10 10 (3.50%) C# Software Engineer
10 10 (3.50%) Technical Architect
11 9 (3.15%) Salesforce Developer
11 9 (3.15%) Senior Architect
12 8 (2.80%) .NET Developer
12 8 (2.80%) Analyst
12 8 (2.80%) Automation Engineer
12 8 (2.80%) C++ Software Engineer
12 8 (2.80%) Python Developer
12 8 (2.80%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (45.45%) REST
2 99 (34.62%) SOAP
3 50 (17.48%) RESTful
4 44 (15.38%) Spring
5 42 (14.69%) XML
6 40 (13.99%) .NET
7 36 (12.59%) JSON
8 35 (12.24%) Spring Boot
9 32 (11.19%) OAuth
10 31 (10.84%) Node.js
11 28 (9.79%) AngularJS
12 25 (8.74%) HTML
13 23 (8.04%) Hibernate
13 23 (8.04%) JPA
14 20 (6.99%) Spring Batch
14 20 (6.99%) Spring Integration
15 19 (6.64%) ActiveMQ
16 17 (5.94%) LDAP
16 17 (5.94%) OpenID
16 17 (5.94%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.04%) Distributed Systems
2 14 (4.90%) Mobile App
2 14 (4.90%) Product Ownership
3 11 (3.85%) Mainframe
3 11 (3.85%) Onboarding
4 10 (3.50%) CMDB
5 9 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.80%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.45%) DataPower
7 7 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.45%) Low-Code
8 6 (2.10%) Client/Server
8 6 (2.10%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.10%) Online Banking
8 6 (2.10%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (1.75%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.40%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 43 (15.03%) Linux
2 26 (9.09%) Windows
3 13 (4.55%) Unix
4 10 (3.50%) zOS
5 2 (0.70%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.35%) Android
6 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (38.46%) Agile
2 86 (30.07%) CI/CD
3 78 (27.27%) DevOps
4 61 (21.33%) Microservices
5 51 (17.83%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (15.73%) Continuous Integration
7 42 (14.69%) TDD
8 41 (14.34%) Scrum
9 37 (12.94%) Containerisation
10 34 (11.89%) Software Engineering
10 34 (11.89%) Workflow
11 33 (11.54%) Analytics
11 33 (11.54%) Validation
12 31 (10.84%) Stakeholder Management
13 30 (10.49%) AI
14 29 (10.14%) Design Patterns
14 29 (10.14%) Performance Tuning
15 27 (9.44%) Continuous Delivery
15 27 (9.44%) ITSM
15 27 (9.44%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 93 (32.52%) SQL
2 73 (25.52%) Java
3 59 (20.63%) Python
4 56 (19.58%) JavaScript
5 48 (16.78%) C#
6 30 (10.49%) PowerShell
7 21 (7.34%) C++
8 13 (4.55%) PL/SQL
9 12 (4.20%) Apex Code
10 8 (2.80%) ABAP
10 8 (2.80%) Kusto Query Language
10 8 (2.80%) Shell Script
10 8 (2.80%) TypeScript
11 6 (2.10%) JCL
11 6 (2.10%) SOQL
11 6 (2.10%) SOSL
11 6 (2.10%) XPath
12 5 (1.75%) T-SQL
12 5 (1.75%) VB.NET
13 4 (1.40%) X++
Qualifications
1 89 (31.12%) Security Cleared
2 82 (28.67%) SC Cleared
3 27 (9.44%) Degree
4 11 (3.85%) AWS Certification
5 9 (3.15%) Azure Certification
6 8 (2.80%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.45%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.40%) MBA
10 3 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.70%) PhD
12 1 (0.35%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.35%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.69%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.80%) NIST
3 8 (2.80%) SLA
4 4 (1.40%) NCSC
4 4 (1.40%) QA
5 3 (1.05%) GDPR
5 3 (1.05%) GRC
6 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 41 (14.34%) Docker
2 25 (8.74%) Active Directory
3 13 (4.55%) Postfix
4 4 (1.40%) RACF
5 2 (0.70%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 2 (0.70%) NFS
5 2 (0.70%) Sendmail
5 2 (0.70%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 22 (7.69%) Grafana
2 16 (5.59%) Kubernetes
3 12 (4.20%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (2.10%) Ansible
5 5 (1.75%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.75%) Terraform
6 3 (1.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.70%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.35%) Argo
8 1 (0.35%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.35%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.35%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 69 (24.13%) Microsoft
2 48 (16.78%) Oracle
3 25 (8.74%) ServiceNow
4 17 (5.94%) Jaspersoft
4 17 (5.94%) SAP
5 14 (4.90%) Atlassian
5 14 (4.90%) Salesforce
6 9 (3.15%) OpenAI
7 7 (2.45%) Adobe
7 7 (2.45%) Automation Anywhere
7 7 (2.45%) UiPath
8 6 (2.10%) Workday
9 5 (1.75%) Google
9 5 (1.75%) IBM
10 4 (1.40%) Guidewire
10 4 (1.40%) Intapp
10 4 (1.40%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.40%) Sybase
11 3 (1.05%) Citrix
12 2 (0.70%) webMethods