Web Applications Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Web Application Engineer
England > London

The median Web Application Engineer daily rate in London is £470, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Web Applications Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.024% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £444 - -
25th Percentile £454 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £470 - £500

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 15,438 11,847 16,873
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.58% 93.67% 93.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,345 8,091 12,193
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £428 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 147 335
10th Percentile £18.20 £21.13 £15.97
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.52
Median hourly rate £35.71 £35.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.03% +25.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £61.00 £52.88 £48.03
90th Percentile £76.58 £67.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £34.06 £32.70
% change year-on-year +17.46% +4.15% -23.68%

Web Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Web Applications Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Web Applications Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Web Applications Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Web Applications Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Web Applications Engineer job vacancies in London

Web Applications Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Web Applications Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Web Applications Engineer job vacancies in London

Web Applications Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 26 March 2026, Web Applications Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Web Applications Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Browser DevTools
1 3 (75.00%) HTTP
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (50.00%) Bash
2 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (50.00%) GCP
2 2 (50.00%) Netskope
2 2 (50.00%) OAuth
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) Runbook
2 2 (50.00%) SAML
2 2 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (50.00%) Web Development
2 2 (50.00%) Zscaler
3 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) API Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Cypress.io
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (25.00%) GitHub
3 1 (25.00%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (25.00%) HTTPS

Web Applications Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (50.00%) GCP
3 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (25.00%) GitHub
3 1 (25.00%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) HTTP
2 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (25.00%) HTTPS
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (25.00%) Cypress.io
2 1 (25.00%) JMeter
2 1 (25.00%) Postman
2 1 (25.00%) REST Assured
2 1 (25.00%) Selenium
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) OAuth
1 2 (50.00%) SAML
2 1 (25.00%) Next.js
2 1 (25.00%) Playwright
2 1 (25.00%) React
2 1 (25.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Runbook
1 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
1 2 (50.00%) Web Development
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) API Testing
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Bash
1 2 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Netskope
1 2 (50.00%) Zscaler