WebAssembly Contract Job Trends in England

WebAssembly (Wasm)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring WebAssembly skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 548 476 -
Rank change year-on-year -72 - -
Contract jobs citing WebAssembly 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.006% 0.008% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.028% 0.034% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £297 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.80% - -
UK median daily rate £297 £375 -
% change year-on-year -20.80% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

WebAssembly 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 7,262 5,829 7,838
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.96% 22.36% 20.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,866 3,693 5,643
10th Percentile £358 £363 £355
25th Percentile £415 £430 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £656 £659
90th Percentile £738 £788 £753
UK median daily rate £513 £537 £534
% change year-on-year -4.61% +0.61% -7.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 76 181
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.38 £25.75
25th Percentile £50.00 £45.51 £46.18
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £68.75 £66.19 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £76.03 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £64.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +2.40% +13.64% -15.38%

WebAssembly
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WebAssembly relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

WebAssembly job vacancy trend in England

WebAssembly
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing WebAssembly.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing WebAssembly

WebAssembly
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 WebAssembly within the England region over the 6 months to 3 February 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 - 1 £297 -
North East - 1 - - 1
North of England - 1 - - 3
WebAssembly
UK

WebAssembly
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 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) Vite
1 1 (50.00%) webpack
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) React Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (50.00%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Blazor
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) Jest
2 1 (50.00%) OpenAPI
2 1 (50.00%) Parceljs
2 1 (50.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) REST
2 1 (50.00%) RESTful
2 1 (50.00%) Sass
2 1 (50.00%) SignalR
2 1 (50.00%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (50.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) API Integration
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (50.00%) Document Management
1 1 (50.00%) Fintech
1 1 (50.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Responsive Web Design
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) DevExpress
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Telerik