Web Services Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Web Services
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Web Services skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 30 67
Rank change year-on-year -10 +37 -6
Contract jobs citing Web Services 26 15 1
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 3.91% 3.95% 0.15%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 19.12% 31.91% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 1
10th Percentile £525 - -
25th Percentile £581 £313 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £325 £625
Median % change year-on-year +107.69% -48.00% +38.89%
75th Percentile £800 £338 -
90th Percentile £800 - -
East of England median daily rate £613 £500 £625
% change year-on-year +22.50% -20.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 136 47 45
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 20.45% 12.37% 6.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 24 26
10th Percentile £463 £306 £300
25th Percentile £475 £350 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £538 £481
Median % change year-on-year +5.12% +11.69% -12.50%
75th Percentile £736 £600 £500
90th Percentile £825 £671 £594
East of England median daily rate £500 £420 £500
% change year-on-year +19.05% -16.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 5 0
10th Percentile £43.00 - -
25th Percentile £44.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -
75th Percentile £67.00 - -
90th Percentile £76.25 £70.25 -
East of England median hourly rate £63.50 £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -2.31% +23.81% -19.85%

Web Services
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Web Services relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Web Services job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Web Services
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Web Services.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Web Services

Web Services
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Services in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Web Services in Hertfordshire

Web Services
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Web Services.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Web Services

Web Services
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 21 December 2025. 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
Stevenage -10 16 - -
Hatfield - 8 £800 -
Watford - 2 £550 -
Web Services
East of England

Web Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 2 (7.69%) Apache
1 2 (7.69%) IIS
1 2 (7.69%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 8 (30.77%) SAP HCM
2 7 (26.92%) SAP Payroll
3 2 (7.69%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 8 (30.77%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 16 (61.54%) Ethernet
1 16 (61.54%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (7.69%) DB2
1 2 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (61.54%) Eclipse
1 16 (61.54%) Visual Studio
General
1 23 (88.46%) Social Skills
2 16 (61.54%) Military
2 16 (61.54%) Presentation Skills
3 7 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Law
5 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (53.85%) C# Software Engineer
1 14 (53.85%) Software Engineer
2 10 (38.46%) C++ Software Engineer
2 10 (38.46%) Consultant
3 7 (26.92%) SAP Consultant
3 7 (26.92%) SAP HCM Consultant
4 5 (19.23%) SAP Functional Consultant
5 4 (15.38%) Functional Consultant
6 2 (7.69%) C# Developer
6 2 (7.69%) Developer
6 2 (7.69%) Maximo Consultant
6 2 (7.69%) Senior
6 2 (7.69%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (7.69%) Senior Functional Consultant
6 2 (7.69%) Senior SAP Consultant
6 2 (7.69%) Senior SAP HCM Consultant
7 1 (3.85%) C++/C# Developer
7 1 (3.85%) SAP Technical Consultant
7 1 (3.85%) Synthetic Environment Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (61.54%) Node.js
2 10 (38.46%) SOAP
3 9 (34.62%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (30.77%) Replication
2 1 (3.85%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 18 (69.23%) Windows
2 16 (61.54%) Linux
3 2 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (65.38%) CI/CD
2 16 (61.54%) Synthetic Environment
2 16 (61.54%) Validation
2 16 (61.54%) Verification and Validation
2 16 (61.54%) Visualisation
3 15 (57.69%) Agile
3 15 (57.69%) Continuous Delivery
3 15 (57.69%) Continuous Integration
3 15 (57.69%) Digital Twin
3 15 (57.69%) TDD
3 15 (57.69%) Unit Testing
4 14 (53.85%) Software Engineering
5 9 (34.62%) Requirements Gathering
6 7 (26.92%) Data Modelling
6 7 (26.92%) Process Improvement
6 7 (26.92%) Requirements Workshops
6 7 (26.92%) Root Cause Analysis
6 7 (26.92%) Time Management
6 7 (26.92%) Workshop Facilitation
7 2 (7.69%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (69.23%) JavaScript
2 16 (61.54%) C#
2 16 (61.54%) C++
3 8 (30.77%) ABAP
4 2 (7.69%) Python
4 2 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
2 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 18 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 8 (30.77%) SAP
3 5 (19.23%) Computacenter
4 2 (7.69%) IBM
5 1 (3.85%) Workday