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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 310 195 173
Rank change year-on-year -115 -22 +28
Contract jobs citing Web Services 298 315 513
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.79% 1.30% 1.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.80% 5.75% 6.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 190 285
10th Percentile £375 £362 £405
25th Percentile £421 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £638
90th Percentile £713 £825 £712
UK median daily rate £525 £529 £540
% change year-on-year -0.80% -2.00% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 4 4
10th Percentile £38.31 £62.38 £52.63
25th Percentile £55.86 £64.06 £56.56
Median hourly rate £64.07 £65.00 £75.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -13.91% +15.27%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.75 £91.13
90th Percentile - £67.10 £92.70
UK median hourly rate £64.07 £65.00 £75.50
% change year-on-year -1.43% -13.91% +15.27%

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 7,832 5,477 7,513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.88% 22.56% 19.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,258 3,762 5,367
10th Percentile £359 £363 £343
25th Percentile £420 £425 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £537 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% -0.56% -6.09%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £670
90th Percentile £738 £790 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 86 178
10th Percentile £35.25 £27.30 £20.81
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.56 £39.92
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% +32.39% -25.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.55 £82.53 £75.00
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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -68 175 £485 -15.65% 31
South East -61 36 £590 +18.00% 21
North of England -70 26 £625 +25.00% 18
East of England -18 23 £750 +36.36% 6
Midlands -62 23 £475 +13.10% 4
West Midlands -44 20 £475 +3.26% 3
South West -17 15 £556 -4.09% 9
Yorkshire -49 15 £460 +24.32% 9
North West -49 11 £625 +25.00% 8
East Midlands -35 3 £563 +72.55% 1
North East -11 1 - - 1
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 15 (5.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.70%) SharePoint
3 13 (4.36%) Appian
4 11 (3.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 11 (3.69%) WebLogic
5 9 (3.02%) Confluence
6 8 (2.68%) CICS
7 7 (2.35%) JBoss
7 7 (2.35%) WebSphere
8 5 (1.68%) Jupyter
9 4 (1.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (1.34%) IIS
9 4 (1.34%) Tomcat
10 3 (1.01%) NetWeaver
11 2 (0.67%) Apache
11 2 (0.67%) Documentum
11 2 (0.67%) Drupal
11 2 (0.67%) Mule
11 2 (0.67%) Mule ESB
11 2 (0.67%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.67%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.67%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.34%) Autodesk Inventor
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 14 (4.70%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (3.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (2.68%) SAP HCM
4 7 (2.35%) BusinessWorks
4 7 (2.35%) SAP Payroll
5 6 (2.01%) SAP MDG
6 5 (1.68%) SAP EWM
7 4 (1.34%) SAP ERP
8 3 (1.01%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (1.01%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (1.01%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (1.01%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 3 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
8 3 (1.01%) SAP MDG-F
8 3 (1.01%) SAP MDG-M
8 3 (1.01%) SAP MDG-S
8 3 (1.01%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.67%) Cloudability
9 2 (0.67%) Oracle Assets
9 2 (0.67%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 74 (24.83%) Azure
2 66 (22.15%) AWS
3 38 (12.75%) PaaS
4 26 (8.72%) OCI
5 24 (8.05%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (7.72%) GitHub
7 17 (5.70%) Entra ID
7 17 (5.70%) GitHub Actions
7 17 (5.70%) Microsoft 365
8 15 (5.03%) Amazon S3
8 15 (5.03%) IaaS
8 15 (5.03%) SaaS
8 15 (5.03%) Serverless
9 14 (4.70%) Amazon SQS
10 13 (4.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 13 (4.36%) Azure App Service
10 13 (4.36%) Azure Key Vault
11 12 (4.03%) Azure Monitor
11 12 (4.03%) Azure Service Bus
11 12 (4.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.37%) TCP/IP
2 14 (4.70%) Ethernet
3 6 (2.01%) SSL
4 5 (1.68%) IPsec
4 5 (1.68%) Kerberos
5 4 (1.34%) DNS
6 3 (1.01%) Firewall
6 3 (1.01%) FTP
7 2 (0.67%) DHCP
7 2 (0.67%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.67%) Internet
7 2 (0.67%) NFC
7 2 (0.67%) PPP
8 1 (0.34%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (9.40%) SQL Server
2 25 (8.39%) Relational Database
3 19 (6.38%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (5.37%) DB2
5 13 (4.36%) DynamoDB
6 12 (4.03%) SAP HANA
7 11 (3.69%) Amazon Aurora
7 11 (3.69%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (3.02%) Pinecone
8 9 (3.02%) Power BI
9 8 (2.68%) MySQL
10 7 (2.35%) Oracle Reports
11 5 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.68%) MongoDB
12 4 (1.34%) Data Hub
12 4 (1.34%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 4 (1.34%) Oracle Database
13 3 (1.01%) SAP Data Services
14 2 (0.67%) Apache Cassandra
14 2 (0.67%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 52 (17.45%) Git
2 26 (8.72%) Jenkins
3 22 (7.38%) JIRA
4 21 (7.05%) Postman
5 17 (5.70%) JUnit
6 16 (5.37%) Eclipse
6 16 (5.37%) Maven
7 15 (5.03%) SonarQube
7 15 (5.03%) Visual Studio
8 13 (4.36%) Selenium
9 12 (4.03%) Mockito
10 9 (3.02%) Cucumber
10 9 (3.02%) SoapUI
11 8 (2.68%) DbUnit
11 8 (2.68%) jMock
11 8 (2.68%) MLflow
12 7 (2.35%) Bitbucket Server
13 6 (2.01%) GitLab
13 6 (2.01%) JMeter
14 4 (1.34%) REST Assured
General
1 83 (27.85%) Social Skills
2 66 (22.15%) Public Sector
3 52 (17.45%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (14.09%) Finance
5 20 (6.71%) Military
6 16 (5.37%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (3.36%) Banking
8 4 (1.34%) Retail
8 4 (1.34%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.01%) Billing
9 3 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.01%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.01%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.01%) Law
10 2 (0.67%) Dutch Language
10 2 (0.67%) Front Office
10 2 (0.67%) General Ledger
10 2 (0.67%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 129 (43.29%) Developer
2 44 (14.77%) Senior
3 29 (9.73%) Consultant
4 26 (8.72%) Senior Developer
5 25 (8.39%) Java Developer
6 24 (8.05%) Architect
7 22 (7.38%) Lead
8 19 (6.38%) Software Engineer
9 16 (5.37%) Python Developer
10 14 (4.70%) Cloud Specialist
11 13 (4.36%) Automation Engineer
11 13 (4.36%) SAP Consultant
12 12 (4.03%) Integration Specialist
12 12 (4.03%) Oracle Specialist
13 11 (3.69%) Analyst
13 11 (3.69%) Python Engineer
14 10 (3.36%) Azure Developer
14 10 (3.36%) C# Software Engineer
14 10 (3.36%) Software Developer
15 9 (3.02%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (46.98%) REST
2 110 (36.91%) SOAP
3 51 (17.11%) XML
4 37 (12.42%) JSON
5 33 (11.07%) RESTful
5 33 (11.07%) Spring
6 30 (10.07%) Node.js
7 29 (9.73%) OAuth
8 26 (8.72%) Oracle Fusion
9 24 (8.05%) Spring Boot
9 24 (8.05%) XSLT
10 23 (7.72%) .NET
11 22 (7.38%) AngularJS
12 19 (6.38%) JWT
13 16 (5.37%) .NET Framework
13 16 (5.37%) CSS
13 16 (5.37%) J2EE
14 15 (5.03%) Hibernate
14 15 (5.03%) JPA
15 14 (4.70%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.36%) Enterprise Software
1 13 (4.36%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (4.03%) CMDB
2 12 (4.03%) Distributed Systems
2 12 (4.03%) Product Ownership
3 10 (3.36%) Public Cloud
4 9 (3.02%) Low-Code
4 9 (3.02%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.68%) Mainframe
5 8 (2.68%) Replication
6 6 (2.01%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.01%) Security Posture
7 5 (1.68%) Client/Server
7 5 (1.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (1.34%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.34%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.34%) DataPower
8 4 (1.34%) Hedge funds
8 4 (1.34%) N-Tier
9 3 (1.01%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 39 (13.09%) Linux
2 29 (9.73%) Windows
3 7 (2.35%) zOS
4 6 (2.01%) Unix
5 5 (1.68%) Android
6 3 (1.01%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.01%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.01%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.67%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (39.26%) Agile
2 75 (25.17%) CI/CD
3 64 (21.48%) DevOps
4 62 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
5 52 (17.45%) Microservices
6 47 (15.77%) Continuous Integration
7 42 (14.09%) Design Patterns
7 42 (14.09%) Unit Testing
8 39 (13.09%) Containerisation
8 39 (13.09%) ERP
8 39 (13.09%) Test Automation
9 37 (12.42%) TDD
10 36 (12.08%) Scrum
11 32 (10.74%) Software Engineering
11 32 (10.74%) Validation
12 31 (10.40%) Data Modelling
13 30 (10.07%) Continuous Delivery
14 26 (8.72%) Analytics
14 26 (8.72%) OO
14 26 (8.72%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 72 (24.16%) SQL
2 60 (20.13%) Java
3 58 (19.46%) JavaScript
3 58 (19.46%) Python
4 43 (14.43%) C#
5 22 (7.38%) ABAP
6 21 (7.05%) PowerShell
7 19 (6.38%) C++
8 12 (4.03%) Kusto Query Language
8 12 (4.03%) Ruby
9 9 (3.02%) Apex Code
10 8 (2.68%) PHP
10 8 (2.68%) TypeScript
10 8 (2.68%) XPath
11 6 (2.01%) PL/SQL
12 5 (1.68%) Go
13 4 (1.34%) Kotlin
14 3 (1.01%) Groovy
14 3 (1.01%) JCL
15 2 (0.67%) Scala
Qualifications
1 98 (32.89%) Security Cleared
2 81 (27.18%) SC Cleared
3 15 (5.03%) DV Cleared
4 13 (4.36%) Degree
5 5 (1.68%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.34%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.34%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.01%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 3 (1.01%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.34%) ISEB
8 1 (0.34%) MBA
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.34%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.34%) PMP
8 1 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.34%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.03%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.02%) QA
3 8 (2.68%) SLA
4 3 (1.01%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.67%) GDPR
5 2 (0.67%) PMO
6 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.34%) NCSC
6 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.34%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 39 (13.09%) Docker
2 12 (4.03%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.35%) Postfix
4 5 (1.68%) RACF
5 2 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (9.06%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.36%) Grafana
3 8 (2.68%) Ansible
4 7 (2.35%) TIBCO Hawk
5 5 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.68%) Terraform
6 3 (1.01%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.34%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.34%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.34%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.34%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 55 (18.46%) Oracle
2 54 (18.12%) Microsoft
3 34 (11.41%) SAP
4 17 (5.70%) ServiceNow
5 10 (3.36%) Atlassian
5 10 (3.36%) IBM
5 10 (3.36%) Jaspersoft
5 10 (3.36%) OpenAI
5 10 (3.36%) Salesforce
6 9 (3.02%) UiPath
7 8 (2.68%) Automation Anywhere
7 8 (2.68%) Google
8 7 (2.35%) BEA
8 7 (2.35%) MuleSoft
8 7 (2.35%) TIBCO
9 6 (2.01%) Guidewire
9 6 (2.01%) Workday
10 5 (1.68%) Adobe
10 5 (1.68%) Computacenter
11 4 (1.34%) Dataiku