Web Services Contracts in England

Web Services
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Web Services skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Web Services over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 200 216 145
Rank change year-on-year +16 -71 -27
Contract jobs citing Web Services 452 612 1,336
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.23% 1.25% 1.91%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.03% 5.41% 7.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 404 883
10th Percentile £412 £413 £380
25th Percentile £463 £467 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £638
90th Percentile £739 £741 £690
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 25
10th Percentile - £57.88 £48.50
25th Percentile - £65.88 £60.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £63.62
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +13.97% +42.96%
75th Percentile - £75.00 £75.00
90th Percentile - - £76.20
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £63.25
% change year-on-year -10.34% +14.62% +58.13%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

Web Services is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,500 11,303 18,926
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.40% 23.08% 27.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,319 8,376 14,199
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £431 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £570
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -1.75% +14.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £788 £788 £763
UK median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.91% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 138 217
10th Percentile £22.27 £28.73 £24.00
25th Percentile £43.00 £50.35 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +28.71% +12.22%
75th Percentile £65.01 £75.00 £67.80
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%

Web Services
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Web Services as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Web Services in England

Web Services
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Web Services in England.

Daily rate trend for Web Services in England

Web Services
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Services in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Web Services in England

Web Services
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Web Services in England.

Hourly rate trend 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 10 May 2024. 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 +27 243 £575 +4.55% 78
South East -3 81 £540 +2.86% 34
North of England +45 69 £525 +5.00% 34
Yorkshire +37 37 £550 +2.33% 12
North West +16 29 £450 -10.00% 18
Midlands +5 26 £625 +4.17% 27
West Midlands +5 18 £638 +8.51% 14
East of England +7 15 £350 -30.00% 8
South West -2 10 £475 -13.64% 9
East Midlands +17 8 £600 - 13
North East +17 3 £491 -1.90% 4
Web Services
UK

Web Services
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (2.43%) Confluence
1 11 (2.43%) IIS
2 9 (1.99%) Mule
3 6 (1.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 6 (1.33%) WebSphere
4 5 (1.11%) Anypoint
4 5 (1.11%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.11%) JBoss
4 5 (1.11%) Mule ESB
4 5 (1.11%) OpenStack
4 5 (1.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (1.11%) Oracle Workflow
4 5 (1.11%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.88%) CMS
5 4 (0.88%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.88%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.66%) Apache
7 2 (0.44%) Appian
7 2 (0.44%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (1.99%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.11%) Chatbot
2 5 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.22%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 11 (2.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.55%) SAP EWM
4 6 (1.33%) Temenos T24
5 4 (0.88%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.66%) Shopify
7 1 (0.22%) BusinessWorks
7 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.22%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.22%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 147 (32.52%) Azure
2 114 (25.22%) AWS
3 31 (6.86%) GitHub
4 25 (5.53%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (4.87%) Power Platform
6 18 (3.98%) Azure API Management
6 18 (3.98%) Serverless
7 17 (3.76%) PaaS
8 16 (3.54%) Azure Service Bus
8 16 (3.54%) Entra ID
9 15 (3.32%) Azure Key Vault
9 15 (3.32%) Azure Storage
10 14 (3.10%) PowerApps
11 13 (2.88%) Power Automate
12 12 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (2.21%) Amazon EKS
13 10 (2.21%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 10 (2.21%) WhatsApp
14 9 (1.99%) Azure Logic Apps
14 9 (1.99%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (9.51%) SSL
2 15 (3.32%) TCP/IP
2 15 (3.32%) VoIP
3 13 (2.88%) Firewall
4 12 (2.65%) Ethernet
4 12 (2.65%) Internet
4 12 (2.65%) VPN
5 9 (1.99%) HTTP
5 9 (1.99%) LAN
5 9 (1.99%) MPLS
5 9 (1.99%) PBX
5 9 (1.99%) WAN
5 9 (1.99%) WLAN
6 7 (1.55%) DNS
6 7 (1.55%) SSH
7 5 (1.11%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (1.11%) CTI
7 5 (1.11%) DHCP
7 5 (1.11%) Network Security
7 5 (1.11%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (12.61%) SQL Server
2 34 (7.52%) MySQL
3 33 (7.30%) NoSQL
4 24 (5.31%) MongoDB
5 23 (5.09%) Relational Database
6 17 (3.76%) Oracle Reports
7 15 (3.32%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (2.65%) SAP HANA
9 11 (2.43%) OLTP
9 11 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (2.43%) Power BI
10 10 (2.21%) Big Data
11 8 (1.77%) Apache Cassandra
11 8 (1.77%) Oracle Database
12 7 (1.55%) Data Lake
12 7 (1.55%) Redis
13 6 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (1.33%) Siebel EIM
14 5 (1.11%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 60 (13.27%) Git
2 41 (9.07%) JIRA
3 34 (7.52%) Jenkins
4 20 (4.42%) Visual Studio
5 17 (3.76%) Postman
6 16 (3.54%) JUnit
7 15 (3.32%) Cucumber
7 15 (3.32%) Eclipse
8 14 (3.10%) Selenium
9 9 (1.99%) Gatling
9 9 (1.99%) JMeter
10 7 (1.55%) TeamCity
11 6 (1.33%) SoapUI
11 6 (1.33%) Visual Studio Team System
12 5 (1.11%) GitLab
12 5 (1.11%) Katalon Studio
12 5 (1.11%) Liquibase
12 5 (1.11%) Maven
12 5 (1.11%) Mockito
12 5 (1.11%) webpack
General
1 101 (22.35%) Social Skills
2 94 (20.80%) Finance
3 41 (9.07%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (7.30%) Banking
5 30 (6.64%) Public Sector
6 24 (5.31%) Presentation Skills
7 22 (4.87%) Telecoms
8 16 (3.54%) Marketing
9 14 (3.10%) Military
10 12 (2.65%) Financial Institution
10 12 (2.65%) Retail
11 9 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.99%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.77%) Billing
13 7 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (1.33%) Investment Banking
15 5 (1.11%) Front Office
16 4 (0.88%) Electronics
17 2 (0.44%) Law
18 1 (0.22%) Legal
Job Titles
1 187 (41.37%) Developer
2 96 (21.24%) Architect
3 48 (10.62%) Senior
4 45 (9.96%) Consultant
5 30 (6.64%) Java Developer
5 30 (6.64%) Senior Developer
6 29 (6.42%) Lead
7 28 (6.19%) Software Engineer
8 25 (5.53%) ServiceNow Developer
9 19 (4.20%) .NET Developer
9 19 (4.20%) Full Stack Developer
10 17 (3.76%) Python Developer
10 17 (3.76%) Solutions Architect
11 16 (3.54%) C# Developer
12 14 (3.10%) Technical Consultant
13 13 (2.88%) C# Software Engineer
13 13 (2.88%) Lead Developer
14 10 (2.21%) C++ Software Engineer
14 10 (2.21%) ServiceNow Consultant
14 10 (2.21%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (19.25%) REST
2 81 (17.92%) HTML
3 71 (15.71%) SOAP
4 69 (15.27%) .NET
5 67 (14.82%) XML
6 63 (13.94%) CSS
7 59 (13.05%) RESTful
8 46 (10.18%) Spring
9 44 (9.73%) Node.js
10 38 (8.41%) AngularJS
11 37 (8.19%) JSON
12 33 (7.30%) ASP.NET
13 31 (6.86%) Kafka
14 29 (6.42%) LDAP
15 28 (6.19%) SailPoint
16 27 (5.97%) .NET Framework
17 26 (5.75%) Spring Boot
18 23 (5.09%) J2EE
19 21 (4.65%) React
20 20 (4.42%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 43 (9.51%) PKI
2 21 (4.65%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.32%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (2.88%) Data Centre
4 13 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (2.88%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.65%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.43%) Linux Command Line
7 9 (1.99%) Mobile App
8 8 (1.77%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (1.55%) Life Science
10 6 (1.33%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.11%) CMDB
11 5 (1.11%) DataPower
11 5 (1.11%) Hedge funds
11 5 (1.11%) IVR
11 5 (1.11%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 55 (12.17%) Linux
2 37 (8.19%) Windows
3 22 (4.87%) Unix
4 11 (2.43%) Android
4 11 (2.43%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.11%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.88%) Mac OS X
7 3 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.44%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.44%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.44%) zOS
9 1 (0.22%) AIX
9 1 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (36.28%) Agile
2 72 (15.93%) TDD
3 71 (15.71%) DevOps
4 66 (14.60%) Scrum
5 61 (13.50%) Software Engineering
6 60 (13.27%) Continuous Integration
7 56 (12.39%) CI/CD
7 56 (12.39%) Test Automation
8 54 (11.95%) Microservices
9 53 (11.73%) Problem-Solving
10 46 (10.18%) Unit Testing
11 45 (9.96%) Cryptography
12 44 (9.73%) Key Management
13 41 (9.07%) Migration
13 41 (9.07%) SDLC
14 38 (8.41%) BDD
15 37 (8.19%) ITSM
16 35 (7.74%) Design Patterns
17 34 (7.52%) Analytics
17 34 (7.52%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 127 (28.10%) Java
2 124 (27.43%) JavaScript
3 100 (22.12%) SQL
4 89 (19.69%) C#
5 58 (12.83%) Python
6 23 (5.09%) Scala
7 18 (3.98%) PowerShell
8 17 (3.76%) C++
9 16 (3.54%) TypeScript
10 10 (2.21%) ABAP
11 7 (1.55%) Perl
11 7 (1.55%) Shell Script
12 6 (1.33%) PHP
12 6 (1.33%) Ruby
13 5 (1.11%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.88%) Bash
14 4 (0.88%) Groovy
15 3 (0.66%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.66%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.66%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 101 (22.35%) Security Cleared
2 74 (16.37%) SC Cleared
3 73 (16.15%) Degree
4 25 (5.53%) DV Cleared
5 19 (4.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (1.99%) CCIE
7 9 (1.99%) CCIE Data Center
7 9 (1.99%) ISTQB
8 8 (1.77%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.55%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.33%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.88%) CCNP
12 3 (0.66%) CISSP
13 2 (0.44%) CISA
13 2 (0.44%) CISM
14 1 (0.22%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.74%) QA
2 7 (1.55%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.33%) HL7
3 6 (1.33%) SLA
4 5 (1.11%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.88%) GDPR
5 4 (0.88%) HIPAA
5 4 (0.88%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.44%) GRC
6 2 (0.44%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.22%) ISO 15022
7 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 85 (18.81%) Active Directory
2 35 (7.74%) Docker
3 17 (3.76%) ACF2
3 17 (3.76%) IAG
3 17 (3.76%) RACF
4 6 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.88%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.22%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (7.74%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.10%) Single Sign-On
2 14 (3.10%) Terraform
3 11 (2.43%) Grafana
4 8 (1.77%) Ansible
4 8 (1.77%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.33%) Kibana
6 5 (1.11%) CloudHub
7 3 (0.66%) logstash
8 2 (0.44%) Matomo
8 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.22%) Anchore
9 1 (0.22%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.22%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.22%) MOM
9 1 (0.22%) Packer
9 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.22%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.22%) TIBCO Hawk
Vendors
1 84 (18.58%) Microsoft
2 58 (12.83%) ServiceNow
3 56 (12.39%) Oracle
4 26 (5.75%) SAP
5 18 (3.98%) Salesforce
6 17 (3.76%) Sybase
7 16 (3.54%) Adobe
8 15 (3.32%) Google
8 15 (3.32%) IBM
9 14 (3.10%) Cisco
10 8 (1.77%) Guidewire
11 7 (1.55%) Genesys
12 6 (1.33%) MuleSoft
12 6 (1.33%) Siebel
12 6 (1.33%) VMware
13 5 (1.11%) CA Agile Central
13 5 (1.11%) Okta
13 5 (1.11%) Palo Alto
13 5 (1.11%) Splunk
13 5 (1.11%) Zscaler