Web Development Contract Job Trends in London

Web Development
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Web Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 339 260 258
Rank change year-on-year -79 -2 +22
Contract jobs citing Web Development 42 117 152
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.29% 0.75% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.83% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 83 110
10th Percentile £330 £363 £361
25th Percentile £422 £409 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £508 £585
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -13.25% -9.86%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £734
90th Percentile £788 £848 £800
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £39.58 -
25th Percentile £50.72 £40.46 -
Median hourly rate £51.44 £41.91 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.74% - -
75th Percentile £52.16 £42.46 -
90th Percentile - £42.78 -
England median hourly rate £37.20 £41.91 £17.34
% change year-on-year -11.24% +141.70% -47.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,110 14,014 17,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.71% 89.83% 89.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,647 9,052 12,526
10th Percentile £338 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -3.08% -3.81%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £766 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 165 236
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.68
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £29.25 £37.50 £35.32
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +6.19% -11.16%
75th Percentile £47.56 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%

Web Development
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Web Development job vacancy trend in London

Web Development
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Web Development
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Development in London over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Web Development in London

Web Development
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Web Development
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Development within the London region over the 6 months to 13 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
Central London +8 10 £517 -11.71% 16
East London - 2 £450 - 35
Web Development
England

Web Development
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (2.38%) CMS
2 1 (2.38%) Moodle
2 1 (2.38%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Chatbot
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.38%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (19.05%) Figma
2 7 (16.67%) GCP
2 7 (16.67%) GitHub
3 5 (11.90%) Azure
4 4 (9.52%) AWS
4 4 (9.52%) Google Analytics
5 3 (7.14%) Cloud Run
5 3 (7.14%) Commercetools
5 3 (7.14%) Contentful
5 3 (7.14%) npm
5 3 (7.14%) OpenShift
5 3 (7.14%) SaaS
5 3 (7.14%) Yarn
6 2 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (4.76%) Power Platform
6 2 (4.76%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.38%) Asana
7 1 (2.38%) Firebase
7 1 (2.38%) Flurry Analytics
7 1 (2.38%) PubNub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.38%) Internet
1 1 (2.38%) Intranet
1 1 (2.38%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.90%) NoSQL
2 3 (7.14%) Mixpanel
3 2 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (4.76%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (40.48%) Git
2 3 (7.14%) Cypress.io
2 3 (7.14%) webpack
3 2 (4.76%) Visual Website Optimizer
4 1 (2.38%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.38%) JIRA
General
1 22 (52.38%) Social Skills
2 7 (16.67%) Finance
2 7 (16.67%) Marketing
3 5 (11.90%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.14%) Banking
4 3 (7.14%) Investment Banking
4 3 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Automotive
6 1 (2.38%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.38%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 26 (61.90%) Developer
2 9 (21.43%) Full-Stack Developer
3 6 (14.29%) Python Developer
4 5 (11.90%) Full-Stack Python Developer
4 5 (11.90%) React Developer
5 4 (9.52%) Web Developer
6 3 (7.14%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Salesforce Developer
6 3 (7.14%) Senior
6 3 (7.14%) Senior Developer
6 3 (7.14%) Senior UI Developer
6 3 (7.14%) Software Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) UI Developer
7 2 (4.76%) Conversion Specialist
7 2 (4.76%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 2 (4.76%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
7 2 (4.76%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Marketing Business Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) Software Developer
7 2 (4.76%) Web Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (54.76%) CSS
2 21 (50.00%) React
3 20 (47.62%) HTML
4 8 (19.05%) AngularJS
4 8 (19.05%) FastAPI
4 8 (19.05%) RESTful
5 6 (14.29%) Next.js
6 5 (11.90%) Jest
6 5 (11.90%) pytest
7 4 (9.52%) .NET
7 4 (9.52%) HTML5
7 4 (9.52%) Node.js
7 4 (9.52%) REST
8 3 (7.14%) CSS3
8 3 (7.14%) GraphQL
8 3 (7.14%) Playwright
8 3 (7.14%) Ruby on Rails
8 3 (7.14%) Spring
8 3 (7.14%) Visualforce
8 3 (7.14%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Cloud Native
2 4 (9.52%) Mobile App
3 3 (7.14%) Derivative
3 3 (7.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (7.14%) Genomics
3 3 (7.14%) Life Science
3 3 (7.14%) Low-Code
3 3 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (7.14%) Social Media
4 2 (4.76%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.38%) e-Learning
5 1 (2.38%) Learning Management System
5 1 (2.38%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.76%) Windows
2 1 (2.38%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (59.52%) Agile
2 19 (45.24%) Full-Stack Development
3 15 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (28.57%) User Experience
5 11 (26.19%) CI/CD
5 11 (26.19%) Code Quality
5 11 (26.19%) Containerisation
6 10 (23.81%) DevOps
7 8 (19.05%) AI
7 8 (19.05%) Analytics
8 7 (16.67%) Front End Development
8 7 (16.67%) Machine Learning
8 7 (16.67%) TDD
8 7 (16.67%) UX Design
9 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (11.90%) Computer Science
10 5 (11.90%) E-Commerce
10 5 (11.90%) Funnel Analysis
10 5 (11.90%) Scrum
10 5 (11.90%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 27 (64.29%) JavaScript
2 16 (38.10%) Python
3 15 (35.71%) TypeScript
4 11 (26.19%) SQL
5 10 (23.81%) Java
6 3 (7.14%) Apex Code
6 3 (7.14%) PHP
6 3 (7.14%) Ruby
7 2 (4.76%) C#
7 2 (4.76%) PowerShell
8 1 (2.38%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 9 (21.43%) Degree
2 6 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 6 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 4 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.38%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.90%) Accessibility
2 3 (7.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 3 (7.14%) GDPR
3 2 (4.76%) WCAG
4 1 (2.38%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.38%) MiFID
4 1 (2.38%) QA
System Software
1 12 (28.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (19.05%) Kubernetes
2 3 (7.14%) Argo
2 3 (7.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 11 (26.19%) Google
2 5 (11.90%) Optimizely
3 3 (7.14%) Atlassian
3 3 (7.14%) OneTrust
3 3 (7.14%) Red Hat
3 3 (7.14%) Salesforce
3 3 (7.14%) SAP
4 2 (4.76%) Adobe
4 2 (4.76%) Amplitude
4 2 (4.76%) Hotjar
4 2 (4.76%) Marketo
4 2 (4.76%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.38%) Bloomberg
5 1 (2.38%) Cloudera
5 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.38%) Sitecore