Web Services Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Web Services
North West > Lancashire

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 27 33
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 +3
Contract jobs citing Web Services 5 2 8
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 2.33% 1.04% 3.19%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.82% 12.50% 11.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 7
10th Percentile - - £612
25th Percentile £425 - £623
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £645
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.42%
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile £605 - -
North West median daily rate £550 £433 £575
% change year-on-year +27.17% -24.78% -4.17%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 39 16 67
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 18.14% 8.29% 26.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 10 36
10th Percentile £363 £363 £583
25th Percentile £425 £372 £611
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £406 £645
Median % change year-on-year +35.38% -37.02% +35.79%
75th Percentile £635 £480 £720
90th Percentile £682 £504 -
North West median daily rate £450 £455 £525
% change year-on-year -1.10% -13.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 23
10th Percentile £65.55 - £45.88
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £74.26 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +60.81% - +22.17%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £78.60 - -
North West median hourly rate £74.26 £56.59 £46.18
% change year-on-year +31.22% +22.54% -36.52%

Web Services
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Web Services job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Web Services
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Web Services
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Services in Lancashire over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Web Services in Lancashire

Web Services
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Web Services
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 6 November 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
Preston -3 3 £450 -
Web Services
North West

Web Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 (40.00%) Apache
1 2 (40.00%) IIS
1 2 (40.00%) NetWeaver
1 2 (40.00%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (40.00%) DB2
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (60.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Integration Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) SAP Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Systems Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Systems Integration Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Maximo Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) SOAP
1 2 (40.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) DevOps
2 3 (60.00%) ERP
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) CAFM
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) Facilities Management
3 2 (40.00%) ITSM
3 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (40.00%) Service Design
3 2 (40.00%) Service Management
3 2 (40.00%) System Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (40.00%) Python
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Axway
2 3 (60.00%) SAP
3 2 (40.00%) IBM