Web Development Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Web Development
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Web Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 52 63
Rank change year-on-year -10 +11 +7
Contract jobs citing Web Development 12 15 21
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 1.85% 2.15% 1.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 2.51% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 13 18
10th Percentile £350 £370 £421
25th Percentile £556 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £562 £663
Median % change year-on-year +15.76% -15.25% +32.50%
75th Percentile £675 £567 £700
90th Percentile £683 £572 -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £650 £562 £663
% change year-on-year +15.76% -15.25% +32.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

Web Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 581 598 996
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 89.38% 85.55% 90.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 391 686
10th Percentile £300 £350 £350
25th Percentile £400 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £539
Median % change year-on-year - -7.19% +5.12%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 18 14
10th Percentile £25.05 £12.15 £12.00
25th Percentile £25.13 £14.03 £15.94
Median hourly rate £25.50 £22.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.91% +15.79% -10.59%
75th Percentile £26.13 £37.50 £21.31
90th Percentile £26.35 £44.00 £23.75
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £22.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -1.60% +18.42% +1.60%

Web Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Web Development job vacancy trend in Leeds

Web Development
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Web Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Web Development

Web Development
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Development in Leeds over the 6 months to 3 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Web Development in Leeds

Web Development
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Web Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Web Development

Web Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (75.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (8.33%) GIS
Development Applications
1 9 (75.00%) Mockito
General
1 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Developer
2 9 (75.00%) Java Developer
2 9 (75.00%) Senior
3 8 (66.67%) Senior Developer
3 8 (66.67%) Senior Java Developer
4 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Agile Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Agile Java Developer
5 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared Java Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Agile Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Agile Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (75.00%) ActiveMQ
1 9 (75.00%) JAX-RS
1 9 (75.00%) Kafka
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) Linux
1 10 (83.33%) Mac OS X
1 10 (83.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Agile
1 10 (83.33%) BDD
1 10 (83.33%) Continuous Deployment
1 10 (83.33%) Microservices
1 10 (83.33%) TDD
1 10 (83.33%) Test Automation
2 9 (75.00%) Pair Programming
2 9 (75.00%) Responsive Web Design
2 9 (75.00%) Web Design
3 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 2 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (16.67%) ITIL
4 2 (16.67%) ITSM
4 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 2 (16.67%) Service Management
4 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 1 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow