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 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 196 183
Rank change year-on-year -33 -13 +6
Contract jobs citing Web Services 156 176 228
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.09% 1.25% 1.28%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.10% 4.85% 5.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 110 146
10th Percentile £350 £396 £428
25th Percentile £400 £500 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £585 £560
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.46% -2.61%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £675
90th Percentile £678 £825 £813
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £90.13
25th Percentile - - £90.31
Median hourly rate £46.00 - £91.25
75th Percentile - - £92.81
90th Percentile - - £93.38
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £61.25
% change year-on-year - +6.12% -6.49%

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 3,803 3,626 4,477
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.47% 25.82% 25.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,579 2,374 3,374
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% -2.13% -3.69%
75th Percentile £670 £700 £700
90th Percentile £763 £825 £800
England median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 19 31
10th Percentile £35.00 £34.65 £29.72
25th Percentile £42.19 £38.38 £35.94
Median hourly rate £54.50 £52.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% +5.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £63.19 £63.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £71.40 £72.80 £75.00
England median hourly rate £57.75 £62.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -7.60% +16.82% -17.69%

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 15 January 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 15 January 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 -14 18 £525 -9.87% 6
East London -2 2 £538 +8.59% 1
West London -17 2 £350 -30.00% 1
South London -6 1 £500 +53.85%
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 (6.41%) Confluence
2 7 (4.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 7 (4.49%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.49%) WebLogic
2 7 (4.49%) WebSphere
3 5 (3.21%) Appian
3 5 (3.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (2.56%) Jupyter
5 3 (1.92%) CICS
6 2 (1.28%) Anypoint
6 2 (1.28%) Mule
6 2 (1.28%) Mule ESB
7 1 (0.64%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.64%) GeoServer
Applications
1 4 (2.56%) Autodesk Inventor
2 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (6.41%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (4.49%) BusinessWorks
3 5 (3.21%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (2.56%) SAP EWM
5 3 (1.92%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (1.28%) Cloudability
6 2 (1.28%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.64%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.64%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.64%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.64%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.64%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.64%) Shopify
7 1 (0.64%) Siebel CRM
7 1 (0.64%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
Cloud Services
1 36 (23.08%) Azure
2 22 (14.10%) PaaS
3 21 (13.46%) OCI
4 17 (10.90%) AWS
5 10 (6.41%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (5.77%) GitHub
7 8 (5.13%) Power Platform
8 7 (4.49%) Entra ID
8 7 (4.49%) IaaS
8 7 (4.49%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (3.85%) iPaaS
10 5 (3.21%) Azure AI
10 5 (3.21%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (3.21%) Power Automate
10 5 (3.21%) SaaS
10 5 (3.21%) Sentry
11 4 (2.56%) Azure App Service
11 4 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (2.56%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.21%) HTTP
2 4 (2.56%) SSL
3 2 (1.28%) DHCP
3 2 (1.28%) DNS
3 2 (1.28%) Firewall
3 2 (1.28%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.64%) FTP
4 1 (0.64%) Internet
4 1 (0.64%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 16 (10.26%) Relational Database
3 9 (5.77%) DB2
4 8 (5.13%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (3.21%) Data Hub
5 5 (3.21%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (2.56%) Pinecone
6 4 (2.56%) Power BI
6 4 (2.56%) SAP HANA
7 3 (1.92%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 3 (1.92%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.92%) Redis
8 2 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.28%) MySQL
8 2 (1.28%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.64%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.64%) Hazelcast
9 1 (0.64%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (19.23%) Git
2 25 (16.03%) Postman
3 15 (9.62%) JIRA
4 11 (7.05%) Selenium
5 8 (5.13%) Jenkins
6 7 (4.49%) Cucumber
6 7 (4.49%) SonarQube
7 6 (3.85%) SoapUI
8 5 (3.21%) Appium
8 5 (3.21%) Charles Proxy
8 5 (3.21%) Eclipse
8 5 (3.21%) JMeter
8 5 (3.21%) Katalon Studio
8 5 (3.21%) XCUITest
9 4 (2.56%) Bitbucket
9 4 (2.56%) GitLab
9 4 (2.56%) IntelliJ
9 4 (2.56%) MLflow
10 3 (1.92%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (1.92%) REST Assured
General
1 40 (25.64%) Social Skills
2 32 (20.51%) Public Sector
3 28 (17.95%) Finance
4 13 (8.33%) Banking
5 12 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.85%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.56%) Billing
8 3 (1.92%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.28%) Dutch Language
9 2 (1.28%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.28%) Front Office
9 2 (1.28%) Military
10 1 (0.64%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.64%) Law
10 1 (0.64%) Legal
10 1 (0.64%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.64%) Marketing
10 1 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.64%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 75 (48.08%) Developer
2 31 (19.87%) Senior
3 21 (13.46%) Senior Developer
4 13 (8.33%) Consultant
5 11 (7.05%) Cloud Specialist
5 11 (7.05%) Python Developer
6 10 (6.41%) Integration Specialist
6 10 (6.41%) Oracle Specialist
7 9 (5.77%) Java Developer
8 8 (5.13%) Senior Python Developer
9 6 (3.85%) .NET Developer
9 6 (3.85%) Analyst
9 6 (3.85%) Architect
9 6 (3.85%) Lead
9 6 (3.85%) Salesforce Developer
9 6 (3.85%) Software Developer
9 6 (3.85%) TIBCO Developer
10 5 (3.21%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 5 (3.21%) Cloud Consultant
10 5 (3.21%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (47.44%) REST
2 57 (36.54%) SOAP
3 24 (15.38%) JSON
4 21 (13.46%) .NET
5 20 (12.82%) HTML
5 20 (12.82%) Oracle Fusion
5 20 (12.82%) XML
6 17 (10.90%) XSLT
7 16 (10.26%) AngularJS
7 16 (10.26%) CSS
8 14 (8.97%) OAuth
9 13 (8.33%) JWT
10 12 (7.69%) RESTful
11 10 (6.41%) J2EE
11 10 (6.41%) Spring
12 8 (5.13%) .NET Framework
12 8 (5.13%) NumPy
12 8 (5.13%) Pandas
12 8 (5.13%) WSDL
13 7 (4.49%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.13%) Mobile App
2 7 (4.49%) Legacy Systems
2 7 (4.49%) Public Cloud
3 6 (3.85%) CMDB
4 5 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.21%) Low-Code
4 5 (3.21%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.21%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.56%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.56%) Hedge funds
6 3 (1.92%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.92%) Legacy Code
7 2 (1.28%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.28%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.28%) DataPower
7 2 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.28%) Life Science
7 2 (1.28%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.28%) Social Media
8 1 (0.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.85%) Android
1 6 (3.85%) Apple iOS
2 5 (3.21%) Linux
2 5 (3.21%) Windows
3 2 (1.28%) Unix
3 2 (1.28%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.28%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (40.38%) Agile
2 36 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (23.08%) Test Automation
3 29 (18.59%) DevOps
4 21 (13.46%) CI/CD
4 21 (13.46%) ERP
5 20 (12.82%) Unit Testing
6 19 (12.18%) Full-Stack Development
6 19 (12.18%) Scrum
7 18 (11.54%) Design Patterns
8 16 (10.26%) Data Modelling
9 15 (9.62%) Microservices
10 14 (8.97%) OO
11 13 (8.33%) Analytics
11 13 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
12 12 (7.69%) AI
12 12 (7.69%) Containerisation
12 12 (7.69%) SDLC
12 12 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
13 11 (7.05%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 37 (23.72%) SQL
2 30 (19.23%) JavaScript
3 28 (17.95%) Python
4 22 (14.10%) Java
5 19 (12.18%) C#
6 9 (5.77%) PowerShell
6 9 (5.77%) XPath
7 8 (5.13%) TypeScript
8 6 (3.85%) Apex Code
8 6 (3.85%) Ruby
9 5 (3.21%) ABAP
9 5 (3.21%) Kotlin
9 5 (3.21%) Swift
10 4 (2.56%) C++
10 4 (2.56%) Groovy
10 4 (2.56%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (2.56%) PL/SQL
10 4 (2.56%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.92%) COBOL
12 2 (1.28%) PHP
Qualifications
1 44 (28.21%) Security Cleared
2 38 (24.36%) SC Cleared
3 13 (8.33%) Degree
4 7 (4.49%) Master's Degree
5 5 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.56%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.92%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.64%) CISA
8 1 (0.64%) CISM
8 1 (0.64%) CISSP
8 1 (0.64%) ISEB
8 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.64%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.64%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.64%) PMP
8 1 (0.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.64%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (12.18%) QA
2 6 (3.85%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.56%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.28%) GRC
5 1 (0.64%) GDPR
5 1 (0.64%) HL7
5 1 (0.64%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.64%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (8.97%) Docker
2 9 (5.77%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.49%) TIBCO Hawk
3 5 (3.21%) Ansible
4 3 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.28%) CloudHub
5 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.64%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.64%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.64%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 43 (27.56%) Oracle
2 21 (13.46%) Microsoft
3 10 (6.41%) SAP
3 10 (6.41%) ServiceNow
3 10 (6.41%) Splunk
4 9 (5.77%) IBM
5 7 (4.49%) BEA
5 7 (4.49%) Guidewire
5 7 (4.49%) Salesforce
5 7 (4.49%) TIBCO
6 6 (3.85%) MuleSoft
7 5 (3.21%) Dynatrace
7 5 (3.21%) OpenAI
7 5 (3.21%) UiPath
8 4 (2.56%) Adobe
8 4 (2.56%) Automation Anywhere
8 4 (2.56%) Dataiku
8 4 (2.56%) HP
9 3 (1.92%) BMC
9 3 (1.92%) Cognizant