Web Development Contracts in England

Web Development
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Web Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Web Development 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 298 293 238
Rank change year-on-year -5 -55 -16
Contract jobs citing Web Development 274 428 836
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.75% 0.87% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.97% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 307 635
10th Percentile £300 £320 £350
25th Percentile £406 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.82% +4.76% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £688 £675
90th Percentile £750 £805 £800
UK median daily rate £479 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -4.25% -4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 29
10th Percentile £15.38 - £35.00
25th Percentile £20.91 £21.00 £48.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £22.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +81.82% -68.57% +194.74%
75th Percentile £50.81 £47.00 £75.84
90th Percentile £76.50 £67.25 £81.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £22.00 £68.68
% change year-on-year +81.82% -67.97% +189.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Web Development is in the Processes and Methodologies 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 process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,794 44,158 63,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.49% 90.16% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,826 30,977 45,197
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,562 1,739
10th Percentile £12.91 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.18 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% +50.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +4.82%

Web Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Web Development in England

Web Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Web Development in England

Web Development
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Web Development in England

Web Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Web Development in England

Web Development
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Web Development in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Web Development in England

Web Development
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 Development 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 +29 177 £520 -16.80% 96
North of England +17 26 £463 -12.94% 74
South East +1 21 £433 +1.76% 62
East of England +10 20 £400 -20.00% 23
Yorkshire +10 15 £463 -28.85% 25
Midlands +1 13 £169 -65.56% 60
North West +15 10 £425 -8.11% 42
South West +15 7 £475 +11.76% 37
West Midlands +11 7 £138 -69.14% 39
East Midlands +5 6 £419 -16.20% 21
North East +16 1 - - 8
Web Development
UK

Web Development
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 21 (7.66%) CMS
2 17 (6.20%) nginx
3 15 (5.47%) WordPress
4 6 (2.19%) IIS
4 6 (2.19%) Tornado
5 5 (1.82%) Headless CMS
5 5 (1.82%) Moodle
6 4 (1.46%) Confluence
6 4 (1.46%) Drupal
6 4 (1.46%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.73%) Apache
7 2 (0.73%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.73%) Gunicorn
8 1 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.36%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.36%) CoreMedia CMS
8 1 (0.36%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.36%) Kentico
8 1 (0.36%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (2.19%) Sketch
2 3 (1.09%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.73%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.73%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.73%) InVision
4 1 (0.36%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.46%) Aladdin
1 4 (1.46%) SimCorp Dimension
2 2 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.73%) Shopify
3 1 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 55 (20.07%) AWS
2 44 (16.06%) Azure
3 17 (6.20%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
4 16 (5.84%) SaaS
5 13 (4.74%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (4.74%) Figma
6 9 (3.28%) GCP
6 9 (3.28%) GitHub
7 8 (2.92%) Serverless
8 7 (2.55%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (2.19%) Azure Key Vault
9 6 (2.19%) npm
10 5 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (1.82%) Yarn
11 4 (1.46%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.46%) Power Platform
11 4 (1.46%) PowerApps
12 3 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.73%) IaaS
13 2 (0.73%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.73%) HTTP
2 1 (0.36%) Intranet
2 1 (0.36%) SSH
2 1 (0.36%) SSL
2 1 (0.36%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (10.22%) SQL Server
2 26 (9.49%) MongoDB
3 18 (6.57%) NoSQL
4 16 (5.84%) Relational Database
5 12 (4.38%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (3.65%) MySQL
7 7 (2.55%) MariaDB
8 4 (1.46%) DynamoDB
8 4 (1.46%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (1.46%) GIS
9 2 (0.73%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.73%) CouchDB
9 2 (0.73%) Looker
9 2 (0.73%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.36%) Big Data
10 1 (0.36%) Couchbase
10 1 (0.36%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 37 (13.50%) Git
2 17 (6.20%) Mockito
3 12 (4.38%) webpack
4 7 (2.55%) JIRA
4 7 (2.55%) Visual Studio Code
5 4 (1.46%) git-flow
5 4 (1.46%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.46%) SonarQube
5 4 (1.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (1.09%) Babel
6 3 (1.09%) Jasmine
6 3 (1.09%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.73%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.73%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.73%) Gradle
7 2 (0.73%) gulp
7 2 (0.73%) Karma Test Runner
7 2 (0.73%) Maven
8 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.36%) Moq
General
1 59 (21.53%) Social Skills
2 34 (12.41%) Finance
3 26 (9.49%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (9.12%) Public Sector
5 23 (8.39%) Marketing
6 16 (5.84%) Games
7 13 (4.74%) Banking
8 7 (2.55%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.19%) Front Office
9 6 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.82%) Advertising
11 4 (1.46%) Automotive
11 4 (1.46%) Digital Healthcare
12 3 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.09%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.09%) Retail
13 2 (0.73%) French Language
13 2 (0.73%) Legal
13 2 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 187 (68.25%) Developer
2 48 (17.52%) Senior
3 40 (14.60%) Full Stack Developer
4 37 (13.50%) Senior Developer
5 32 (11.68%) Web Developer
6 29 (10.58%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 21 (7.66%) Java Developer
8 18 (6.57%) JavaScript Developer
9 17 (6.20%) React Developer
10 15 (5.47%) UI Developer
11 13 (4.74%) Senior Java Developer
12 12 (4.38%) .NET Developer
13 11 (4.01%) Architect
14 9 (3.28%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
14 9 (3.28%) Lead
14 9 (3.28%) Senior Front-End Developer
15 8 (2.92%) Full Stack Engineer
16 7 (2.55%) Applications Developer
16 7 (2.55%) Lead Developer
16 7 (2.55%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (45.99%) CSS
2 125 (45.62%) HTML
3 77 (28.10%) React
4 55 (20.07%) Node.js
5 45 (16.42%) REST
6 44 (16.06%) .NET
7 40 (14.60%) Vue
8 39 (14.23%) AngularJS
9 31 (11.31%) Web Services
10 28 (10.22%) Sass
11 26 (9.49%) Laravel
12 23 (8.39%) Kafka
13 22 (8.03%) ASP.NET
14 20 (7.30%) WebSockets
15 18 (6.57%) HTML5
15 18 (6.57%) JAX-RS
16 17 (6.20%) ActiveMQ
17 15 (5.47%) CSS3
18 14 (5.11%) Next.js
18 14 (5.11%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.74%) Product Ownership
2 8 (2.92%) Mobile App
3 6 (2.19%) Algorithms
3 6 (2.19%) Derivative
3 6 (2.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (1.82%) Data Structures
4 5 (1.82%) Learning Management System
4 5 (1.82%) Legacy Applications
4 5 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.46%) Distributed Applications
5 4 (1.46%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.46%) Social Media
6 3 (1.09%) CMDB
6 3 (1.09%) Equity Derivative
6 3 (1.09%) Fixed Income
7 2 (0.73%) Animation
7 2 (0.73%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.73%) FMCG
7 2 (0.73%) Graphic Design
7 2 (0.73%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 44 (16.06%) Linux
2 35 (12.77%) Unix
3 16 (5.84%) Mac OS X
4 12 (4.38%) Android
5 8 (2.92%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.82%) Windows
7 2 (0.73%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (32.48%) Agile
2 66 (24.09%) Full Stack Development
3 48 (17.52%) Microservices
3 48 (17.52%) Problem-Solving
4 47 (17.15%) TDD
5 46 (16.79%) Front End Development
5 46 (16.79%) Test Automation
6 36 (13.14%) DevOps
7 33 (12.04%) Responsive Web Design
7 33 (12.04%) User Experience
8 28 (10.22%) Design Patterns
9 27 (9.85%) MVC
10 25 (9.12%) OO
11 23 (8.39%) Computer Science
11 23 (8.39%) Scrum
12 22 (8.03%) BDD
12 22 (8.03%) CI/CD
13 21 (7.66%) Pair Programming
14 20 (7.30%) Software Engineering
14 20 (7.30%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 147 (53.65%) JavaScript
2 52 (18.98%) C#
3 50 (18.25%) SQL
4 43 (15.69%) Java
5 38 (13.87%) TypeScript
6 35 (12.77%) Python
7 31 (11.31%) PHP
8 8 (2.92%) Apex Code
8 8 (2.92%) C++
8 8 (2.92%) PowerShell
9 6 (2.19%) C
10 5 (1.82%) Bash
11 3 (1.09%) Go
12 2 (0.73%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.73%) R
12 2 (0.73%) Rust
12 2 (0.73%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.73%) VBA
13 1 (0.36%) Groovy
13 1 (0.36%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 33 (12.04%) Security Cleared
2 27 (9.85%) Degree
3 25 (9.12%) SC Cleared
4 14 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.19%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.46%) PMP
8 3 (1.09%) CTC Cleared
8 3 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.36%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.36%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.36%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.22%) Accessibility
2 16 (5.84%) QA
3 8 (2.92%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.82%) WCAG
5 3 (1.09%) MiFID
6 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.36%) GRC
6 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.36%) NIST
6 1 (0.36%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (5.11%) Docker
2 2 (0.73%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.73%) VirtualBox
2 2 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (4.38%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.19%) Terraform
3 4 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.36%) Ansible
4 1 (0.36%) Docker Swarm
4 1 (0.36%) Grafana
Vendors
1 19 (6.93%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.01%) Oracle
3 8 (2.92%) Salesforce
3 8 (2.92%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.19%) Databricks
5 5 (1.82%) Confluent
5 5 (1.82%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 4 (1.46%) Atlassian
6 4 (1.46%) ESRI
6 4 (1.46%) Google
6 4 (1.46%) SimCorp
6 4 (1.46%) Xamarin
7 3 (1.09%) Adobe
7 3 (1.09%) WooCommerce
8 2 (0.73%) Optimizely
8 2 (0.73%) Virgin Media
8 2 (0.73%) VMware
9 1 (0.36%) Compaq
9 1 (0.36%) SAP
9 1 (0.36%) Sun