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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 196 201
Rank change year-on-year -92 +5 +13
Contract jobs citing Web Services 165 180 209
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.81% 1.34% 1.28%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.08% 4.51% 4.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 124 133
10th Percentile £410 £350 £400
25th Percentile £450 £413 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £528 £595
Median % change year-on-year +4.27% -11.34% +3.48%
75th Percentile £650 £695 £675
90th Percentile £740 £700 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £540
% change year-on-year +5.00% -7.41% -1.82%
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 - - +12.01%

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 5,352 3,995 4,936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.32% 29.63% 30.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,596 2,747 3,388
10th Percentile £400 £368 £385
25th Percentile £452 £432 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £703
90th Percentile £763 £800 £850
England median daily rate £535 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +2.88% -5.45% -1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 32 22
10th Percentile £27.64 £31.77 £23.84
25th Percentile £36.19 £34.17 £36.25
Median hourly rate £44.75 £51.97 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% +22.28% -32.00%
75th Percentile £66.06 £62.81 £59.51
90th Percentile £82.00 £85.95 £74.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £62.93
% change year-on-year +18.18% -12.60% +4.88%

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 26 September 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 26 September 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 -28 29 £575 +21.05% 15
South London +4 15 £700 - 3
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 10 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.85%) Confluence
2 8 (4.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (2.42%) CICS
3 4 (2.42%) IIS
4 2 (1.21%) Apache
4 2 (1.21%) CMS
5 1 (0.61%) Appian
5 1 (0.61%) HCL Domino
5 1 (0.61%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.61%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.61%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.61%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.42%) Elite 3E
2 3 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.82%) Orchestrade
2 3 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.21%) Infor LN
3 2 (1.21%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.61%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.61%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.61%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.61%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 37 (22.42%) Azure
2 32 (19.39%) AWS
3 14 (8.48%) Power Platform
4 12 (7.27%) GitHub
5 10 (6.06%) Serverless
6 9 (5.45%) GCP
7 8 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (4.24%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (3.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 6 (3.64%) Amazon SQS
9 6 (3.64%) Power Automate
9 6 (3.64%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 5 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (3.03%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (3.03%) PaaS
10 5 (3.03%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (2.42%) AtomSphere
11 4 (2.42%) Boomi
11 4 (2.42%) IaaS
11 4 (2.42%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.64%) SSL
2 5 (3.03%) HTTP
3 2 (1.21%) DNS
3 2 (1.21%) Internet
3 2 (1.21%) Intranet
4 1 (0.61%) Broadband
4 1 (0.61%) DMZ
4 1 (0.61%) FTP
4 1 (0.61%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.61%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.61%) SAN
4 1 (0.61%) SSH
4 1 (0.61%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (16.97%) SQL Server
2 22 (13.33%) Relational Database
3 16 (9.70%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (5.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (4.85%) Oracle Database
5 8 (4.85%) Power BI
6 6 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (3.64%) Db2
6 6 (3.64%) DynamoDB
7 5 (3.03%) MySQL
8 4 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (2.42%) Tableau
9 3 (1.82%) MongoDB
9 3 (1.82%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (1.82%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (1.21%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (1.21%) RDBMS
10 2 (1.21%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 31 (18.79%) Git
2 22 (13.33%) Jenkins
3 15 (9.09%) JIRA
4 12 (7.27%) SonarQube
5 11 (6.67%) JUnit
6 9 (5.45%) eggPlant
7 8 (4.85%) Maven
8 7 (4.24%) Mockito
8 7 (4.24%) Selenium
9 6 (3.64%) Ant
9 6 (3.64%) Cucumber
9 6 (3.64%) Eclipse
9 6 (3.64%) JMeter
9 6 (3.64%) Postman
9 6 (3.64%) SoapUI
9 6 (3.64%) Visual Studio Code
10 5 (3.03%) LoadRunner
10 5 (3.03%) REST Assured
11 4 (2.42%) Bitbucket
11 4 (2.42%) GitLab
General
1 66 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 48 (29.09%) Analytical Skills
2 48 (29.09%) Finance
3 27 (16.36%) Banking
4 25 (15.15%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.03%) Financial Institution
5 5 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (3.03%) Investment Banking
6 4 (2.42%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.42%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.82%) Automotive
7 3 (1.82%) Legal
7 3 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.61%) Military
Job Titles
1 93 (56.36%) Developer
2 34 (20.61%) Senior
3 21 (12.73%) Senior Developer
4 16 (9.70%) Architect
5 15 (9.09%) Java Developer
6 14 (8.48%) C# Developer
7 12 (7.27%) Lead
8 10 (6.06%) .NET Developer
8 10 (6.06%) Consultant
9 7 (4.24%) C# .NET Developer
10 6 (3.64%) Delivery Manager
10 6 (3.64%) Full-Stack Developer
10 6 (3.64%) Senior C# Developer
11 5 (3.03%) Applications Developer
11 5 (3.03%) Salesforce Developer
11 5 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
12 4 (2.42%) Designer
12 4 (2.42%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 4 (2.42%) ITSM Consultant
12 4 (2.42%) Programme Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (41.21%) SOAP
2 61 (36.97%) REST
3 47 (28.48%) .NET
4 39 (23.64%) XML
5 34 (20.61%) RESTful
6 33 (20.00%) HTML
7 20 (12.12%) AngularJS
8 19 (11.52%) Spring
9 17 (10.30%) CSS
9 17 (10.30%) Spring Boot
10 16 (9.70%) JSON
11 15 (9.09%) Middleware
12 14 (8.48%) React
13 12 (7.27%) XSLT
14 11 (6.67%) ASP.NET
14 11 (6.67%) Kafka
15 10 (6.06%) .NET Framework
16 8 (4.85%) Lightning Web Components
17 7 (4.24%) Terraform
18 6 (3.64%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.27%) Enterprise Software
2 11 (6.67%) Cloud Native
3 9 (5.45%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (4.85%) Product Ownership
5 7 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (3.64%) CMDB
6 6 (3.64%) Data Structures
6 6 (3.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (3.64%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.42%) AI Agents
7 4 (2.42%) Mainframe
7 4 (2.42%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.42%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.42%) Public Cloud
7 4 (2.42%) Replication
8 3 (1.82%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.82%) DataPower
8 3 (1.82%) Distributed Applications
8 3 (1.82%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.82%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 22 (13.33%) Linux
2 16 (9.70%) Unix
3 3 (1.82%) zOS
4 2 (1.21%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.61%) VMS
5 1 (0.61%) Windows
5 1 (0.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (45.45%) Agile
2 55 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (27.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 44 (26.67%) CI/CD
5 36 (21.82%) DevOps
6 31 (18.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 28 (16.97%) AI
8 25 (15.15%) Scrum
8 25 (15.15%) SDLC
9 24 (14.55%) Test Automation
10 23 (13.94%) Migration
11 22 (13.33%) Data Modelling
12 21 (12.73%) Microservices
13 20 (12.12%) Software Engineering
13 20 (12.12%) Validation
14 18 (10.91%) ERP
14 18 (10.91%) OO
14 18 (10.91%) Workflow
15 17 (10.30%) Containerisation
16 16 (9.70%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 67 (40.61%) SQL
2 43 (26.06%) Java
3 42 (25.45%) JavaScript
4 39 (23.64%) Python
5 36 (21.82%) C#
6 11 (6.67%) PL/SQL
7 10 (6.06%) T-SQL
8 9 (5.45%) TypeScript
8 9 (5.45%) VB.NET
9 8 (4.85%) Apex Code
9 8 (4.85%) Shell Script
10 6 (3.64%) SOQL
10 6 (3.64%) SOSL
11 5 (3.03%) C++
11 5 (3.03%) Groovy
11 5 (3.03%) PowerShell
11 5 (3.03%) XPath
12 4 (2.42%) ABAP
13 3 (1.82%) Bash
13 3 (1.82%) JCL
Qualifications
1 43 (26.06%) Security Cleared
2 38 (23.03%) SC Cleared
3 20 (12.12%) Degree
4 7 (4.24%) AWS Certification
4 7 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.64%) DV Cleared
6 5 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (3.03%) ISTQB
7 4 (2.42%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.42%) ISEB
7 4 (2.42%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.42%) PMP
8 3 (1.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.82%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.82%) MBA
9 2 (1.21%) CISSP
9 2 (1.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.61%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.91%) Data Quality
2 9 (5.45%) QA
3 3 (1.82%) GRC
4 2 (1.21%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.61%) GDPR
5 1 (0.61%) HL7
5 1 (0.61%) NIST
5 1 (0.61%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 19 (11.52%) Docker
2 4 (2.42%) Postfix
3 3 (1.82%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.21%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (1.21%) NFS
4 2 (1.21%) Sendmail
4 2 (1.21%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 6 (3.64%) Grafana
2 5 (3.03%) HP Fortify
2 5 (3.03%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.42%) Control-M
4 2 (1.21%) Ansible
4 2 (1.21%) HAProxy
4 2 (1.21%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.61%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (21.82%) Oracle
2 27 (16.36%) Microsoft
3 17 (10.30%) SAP
4 11 (6.67%) IBM
4 11 (6.67%) Salesforce
4 11 (6.67%) UiPath
5 8 (4.85%) ServiceNow
6 7 (4.24%) Google
7 5 (3.03%) Pega
8 4 (2.42%) Citrix
8 4 (2.42%) Intapp
8 4 (2.42%) Planview
8 4 (2.42%) Workday
9 3 (1.82%) Adobe
9 3 (1.82%) OpenAI
10 2 (1.21%) Atlassian
10 2 (1.21%) Baan
10 2 (1.21%) Infor
10 2 (1.21%) ION Trading
10 2 (1.21%) Sybase