Web Specialist Contract Job Trends in England

Web Specialist
UK > England

The median Web Specialist daily rate in England is £310, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 637 - 531
Rank change year-on-year - - +67
Contract jobs requiring a Web Specialist 14 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.030% - 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% - 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £305 - £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 - £263
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.00%
75th Percentile £315 - £269
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £310 - £263
% change year-on-year - - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.54
Median hourly rate - - £43.08
75th Percentile - - £44.61
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £43.08

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 43,038 25,712 29,854
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 91.15% 93.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,329 16,534 18,240
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -2.78%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,814 1,462 1,240
10th Percentile £14.45 £13.84 £15.10
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.48 £21.25
Median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.84% -41.51% -6.89%
75th Percentile £67.85 £51.61 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.06 £25.15 £41.08
% change year-on-year +63.24% -38.77% -8.72%

Web Specialist Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Web Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Web Specialist job vacancy trend in England

Web Specialist Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Web Specialist job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Web Specialist job vacancies in England

Web Specialist Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Web Specialist job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Web Specialist job vacancies in England

Web Specialist 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 Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 16 October 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 - 13 £310 - 8
Web Specialist
UK

Web Specialist Skill Set Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, Web Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Web Specialist in the job title.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1CSS100.0%14
1HTML100.0%14
3JavaScript78.6%11
4Adobe64.3%9
4Adobe Analytics64.3%9
4Adobe Experience Manager64.3%9
4AI64.3%9
4Analytics64.3%9
4CMS64.3%9
4Content Management64.3%9
11Translating Business Requirements42.9%6
11Workflow42.9%6
13Apple35.7%5
13Computer Science35.7%5
13Computer Science Degree35.7%5
13Degree35.7%5
17Digital Marketing21.4%3
17SEO21.4%3
17Umbraco21.4%3
20Accessibility14.3%2
20Microsoft14.3%2
20Semantic HTML14.3%2
20WCAG14.3%2
20Web Accessibility14.3%2

Web Specialist Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.