Web Services Contract Job Trends in London

Web Services
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Web Services skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 167 191
Rank change year-on-year -106 +24 +24
Contract jobs citing Web Services 160 215 231
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.81% 1.58% 1.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.57% 6.04% 5.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 148 150
10th Percentile £403 £359 £413
25th Percentile £450 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -1.71%
75th Percentile £650 £695 £675
90th Percentile £740 £766 £791
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50.75 - -
Median hourly rate £51.50 - -
75th Percentile £52.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - -13.33%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,486 3,560 4,587
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.65% 26.09% 26.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,966 2,474 3,339
10th Percentile £393 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £673 £700 £725
90th Percentile £788 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £521 £550
% change year-on-year +0.86% -5.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 24 26
10th Percentile £24.30 £31.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.25 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.50 £48.22 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.86% +20.55% -38.46%
75th Percentile £73.00 £62.81 £58.76
90th Percentile £92.50 £81.88 £71.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £58.15
% change year-on-year +8.33% +3.18% -6.96%

Web Services
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Web Services job vacancy trend in London

Web Services
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Web Services
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Services in London over the 6 months to 20 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Web Services in London

Web Services
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Web Services
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 Services within the London region over the 6 months to 20 July 2026. 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 -25 23 £599 +33.06% 1
South London -7 11 £537 - 7
West London -27 3 - - 1
Web Services
England

Web Services
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 11 (6.88%) CICS
2 7 (4.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.38%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (2.50%) Appian
3 4 (2.50%) Confluence
3 4 (2.50%) IIS
3 4 (2.50%) JBoss
4 3 (1.88%) Apache
5 2 (1.25%) CMS
5 2 (1.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (1.25%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.63%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.63%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.63%) HCL Domino
6 1 (0.63%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.63%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.63%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.63%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.50%) Elite 3E
1 4 (2.50%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (1.88%) Orchestrade
3 2 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.25%) Infor LN
3 2 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.63%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.63%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.63%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.63%) SDL Web 8
4 1 (0.63%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 35 (21.88%) AWS
1 35 (21.88%) Azure
2 16 (10.00%) Serverless
3 13 (8.13%) PaaS
4 12 (7.50%) AWS Lambda
4 12 (7.50%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (6.88%) GitHub
6 10 (6.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 10 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
7 9 (5.63%) Entra ID
7 9 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (5.00%) Amazon SQS
8 8 (5.00%) Azure Key Vault
8 8 (5.00%) Azure Service Bus
9 7 (4.38%) OCI
9 7 (4.38%) Power Platform
10 6 (3.75%) Amazon S3
10 6 (3.75%) Azure App Service
10 6 (3.75%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (3.75%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.50%) DNS
1 4 (2.50%) HTTP
2 3 (1.88%) Internet
2 3 (1.88%) SSL
3 2 (1.25%) Intranet
4 1 (0.63%) DMZ
4 1 (0.63%) Firewall
4 1 (0.63%) FTP
4 1 (0.63%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.63%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.63%) SAN
4 1 (0.63%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (15.63%) SQL Server
2 15 (9.38%) Relational Database
3 12 (7.50%) Db2
3 12 (7.50%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (6.25%) DynamoDB
5 7 (4.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (3.75%) Power BI
7 5 (3.13%) MySQL
8 4 (2.50%) Amazon Aurora
8 4 (2.50%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (2.50%) Pinecone
9 3 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (1.88%) Metadata
9 3 (1.88%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (1.88%) SQLite
10 2 (1.25%) MongoDB
10 2 (1.25%) NoSQL
10 2 (1.25%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 24 (15.00%) Jenkins
2 21 (13.13%) Git
3 12 (7.50%) JIRA
4 9 (5.63%) GitLab
4 9 (5.63%) Maven
5 8 (5.00%) JUnit
6 7 (4.38%) Ant
7 6 (3.75%) Eclipse
7 6 (3.75%) Visual Studio Code
8 4 (2.50%) Bitbucket Server
8 4 (2.50%) DbUnit
8 4 (2.50%) jMock
8 4 (2.50%) Mockito
8 4 (2.50%) Postman
8 4 (2.50%) REST Assured
8 4 (2.50%) SoapUI
8 4 (2.50%) SonarQube
9 3 (1.88%) MLflow
9 3 (1.88%) Selenium
9 3 (1.88%) Visual Studio
General
1 52 (32.50%) Social Skills
2 40 (25.00%) Finance
3 37 (23.13%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (15.00%) Banking
5 21 (13.13%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.75%) Investment Banking
7 4 (2.50%) Financial Institution
7 4 (2.50%) Retail
7 4 (2.50%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.88%) Automotive
8 3 (1.88%) Legal
8 3 (1.88%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.25%) Military
9 2 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 89 (55.63%) Developer
2 24 (15.00%) Senior
3 19 (11.88%) Senior Developer
4 15 (9.38%) Architect
5 12 (7.50%) Java Developer
6 11 (6.88%) C# Developer
7 10 (6.25%) Lead
8 8 (5.00%) Designer
8 8 (5.00%) Salesforce Developer
9 7 (4.38%) Azure Developer
9 7 (4.38%) Consultant
9 7 (4.38%) Mainframe Developer
10 6 (3.75%) AWS Developer
10 6 (3.75%) Python Developer
11 5 (3.13%) .NET Developer
11 5 (3.13%) C# .NET Developer
11 5 (3.13%) Microsoft 365 Developer
11 5 (3.13%) Python Engineer
11 5 (3.13%) Senior C# Developer
11 5 (3.13%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (53.13%) REST
2 67 (41.88%) SOAP
3 32 (20.00%) RESTful
4 30 (18.75%) .NET
5 29 (18.13%) XML
6 22 (13.75%) HTML
6 22 (13.75%) JSON
7 21 (13.13%) Spring
8 15 (9.38%) CSS
9 13 (8.13%) XSLT
10 12 (7.50%) AngularJS
11 11 (6.88%) Lightning Web Components
11 11 (6.88%) Spring Boot
12 10 (6.25%) .NET Framework
12 10 (6.25%) Middleware
12 10 (6.25%) OAuth
12 10 (6.25%) React
13 8 (5.00%) ASP.NET
13 8 (5.00%) Bootstrap
13 8 (5.00%) Jakarta EE
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.13%) CMDB
2 12 (7.50%) Product Ownership
3 11 (6.88%) Mainframe
4 9 (5.63%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (4.38%) DataPower
6 6 (3.75%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (3.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (3.75%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (3.75%) Online Banking
7 5 (3.13%) Data Structures
7 5 (3.13%) Public Cloud
7 5 (3.13%) Security Posture
7 5 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.50%) AI Agents
8 4 (2.50%) Client/Server
8 4 (2.50%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.50%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.50%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.88%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.88%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.00%) Linux
2 10 (6.25%) Unix
2 10 (6.25%) zOS
3 8 (5.00%) Windows
4 1 (0.63%) VMS
4 1 (0.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (34.38%) Agile
2 41 (25.63%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (23.13%) CI/CD
3 37 (23.13%) DevOps
4 27 (16.88%) Workflow
5 25 (15.63%) AI
5 25 (15.63%) ITIL
6 24 (15.00%) Microservices
7 23 (14.38%) Integration Patterns
7 23 (14.38%) Scrum
8 22 (13.75%) Analytics
9 21 (13.13%) Continuous Improvement
10 20 (12.50%) Data Modelling
10 20 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
11 19 (11.88%) ERP
11 19 (11.88%) ITSM
12 18 (11.25%) Design Patterns
12 18 (11.25%) Performance Tuning
12 18 (11.25%) Software Engineering
13 16 (10.00%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 54 (33.75%) SQL
2 40 (25.00%) Python
3 34 (21.25%) JavaScript
4 33 (20.63%) Java
5 29 (18.13%) C#
6 12 (7.50%) PowerShell
7 11 (6.88%) Apex Code
8 9 (5.63%) PL/SQL
9 8 (5.00%) Shell Script
10 7 (4.38%) C++
11 6 (3.75%) JCL
11 6 (3.75%) SOQL
11 6 (3.75%) SOSL
11 6 (3.75%) T-SQL
11 6 (3.75%) TypeScript
11 6 (3.75%) XPath
12 5 (3.13%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (3.13%) VB.NET
13 3 (1.88%) Groovy
14 2 (1.25%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 42 (26.25%) Security Cleared
2 37 (23.13%) SC Cleared
3 12 (7.50%) Degree
4 7 (4.38%) DV Cleared
5 6 (3.75%) AWS Certification
6 4 (2.50%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.50%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.88%) MBA
8 1 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.38%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.75%) QA
3 5 (3.13%) SLA
4 3 (1.88%) GRC
5 2 (1.25%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.63%) GDPR
6 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.63%) NCSC
6 1 (0.63%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 17 (10.63%) Docker
2 5 (3.13%) Postfix
3 4 (2.50%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.25%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (1.25%) NFS
4 2 (1.25%) Sendmail
4 2 (1.25%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 7 (4.38%) Grafana
1 7 (4.38%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.75%) Ansible
3 4 (2.50%) Terraform
4 2 (1.25%) HAProxy
5 1 (0.63%) CA Endevor
5 1 (0.63%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.63%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.63%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 28 (17.50%) Oracle
2 25 (15.63%) Microsoft
3 15 (9.38%) ServiceNow
4 13 (8.13%) Salesforce
5 9 (5.63%) SAP
6 7 (4.38%) IBM
7 5 (3.13%) OpenAI
7 5 (3.13%) Pega
8 4 (2.50%) Atlassian
8 4 (2.50%) Citrix
8 4 (2.50%) Intapp
8 4 (2.50%) Jaspersoft
9 3 (1.88%) Automation Anywhere
9 3 (1.88%) Google
9 3 (1.88%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.88%) Sybase
9 3 (1.88%) UiPath
9 3 (1.88%) Workday
10 2 (1.25%) Infor
10 2 (1.25%) Sitecore