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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 194 173
Rank change year-on-year -34 -21 +10
Contract jobs citing Web Services 159 178 242
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.08% 1.28% 1.33%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.11% 4.90% 5.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 114 166
10th Percentile £350 £403 £439
25th Percentile £400 £501 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 £560
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +7.07% -2.54%
75th Percentile £638 £684 £672
90th Percentile £683 £825 £794
England median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% -3.18%
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 £62.50
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -4.58%

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 3,867 3,629 4,534
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.17% 26.11% 24.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,607 2,360 3,443
10th Percentile £363 £380 £385
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -6.12%
75th Percentile £668 £700 £688
90th Percentile £773 £825 £800
England median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 20 30
10th Percentile £35.00 £34.83 £29.60
25th Percentile £41.88 £38.44 £35.79
Median hourly rate £55.00 £54.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +10.77% -25.00%
75th Percentile £66.25 £65.00 £69.19
90th Percentile £95.00 £81.38 £76.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%

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 29 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 29 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 -20 17 £525 -9.48% 9
East London +1 2 £538 +8.59% 1
West London -17 2 £350 -30.00% 2
South London -8 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 8 (5.03%) Appian
1 8 (5.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 8 (5.03%) WebLogic
2 7 (4.40%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.40%) WebSphere
3 6 (3.77%) Confluence
4 5 (3.14%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (2.52%) Jupyter
6 2 (1.26%) Anypoint
6 2 (1.26%) CICS
6 2 (1.26%) Mule
6 2 (1.26%) Mule ESB
7 1 (0.63%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.63%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.63%) IIS
7 1 (0.63%) JBoss
7 1 (0.63%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (2.52%) Autodesk Inventor
2 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 14 (8.81%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (4.40%) BusinessWorks
3 5 (3.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (2.52%) SAP EWM
5 2 (1.26%) Cloudability
5 2 (1.26%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (1.26%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (1.26%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (1.26%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.63%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.63%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.63%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.63%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.63%) Shopify
6 1 (0.63%) Siebel CRM
6 1 (0.63%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
Cloud Services
1 39 (24.53%) Azure
2 25 (15.72%) OCI
2 25 (15.72%) PaaS
3 21 (13.21%) AWS
4 11 (6.92%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (5.66%) IaaS
6 8 (5.03%) GitHub
6 8 (5.03%) Power Platform
7 7 (4.40%) Azure AI
7 7 (4.40%) Entra ID
7 7 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (4.40%) Power Automate
8 6 (3.77%) Anthropic Claude
8 6 (3.77%) Azure Data Factory
8 6 (3.77%) iPaaS
9 5 (3.14%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (3.14%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (3.14%) SaaS
9 5 (3.14%) Sentry
10 4 (2.52%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.14%) HTTP
2 2 (1.26%) DHCP
2 2 (1.26%) DNS
2 2 (1.26%) Firewall
2 2 (1.26%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.63%) FTP
3 1 (0.63%) Internet
3 1 (0.63%) SMTP
3 1 (0.63%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (15.72%) SQL Server
2 17 (10.69%) Relational Database
3 8 (5.03%) DB2
3 8 (5.03%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (3.77%) Pinecone
5 5 (3.14%) Data Hub
5 5 (3.14%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (2.52%) Oracle Database
6 4 (2.52%) Power BI
6 4 (2.52%) SAP HANA
7 3 (1.89%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (1.26%) MySQL
8 2 (1.26%) Redis
9 1 (0.63%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.63%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.63%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.63%) Hazelcast
9 1 (0.63%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.63%) Spatial Data
9 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 30 (18.87%) Git
2 29 (18.24%) Postman
3 11 (6.92%) JIRA
3 11 (6.92%) Selenium
4 8 (5.03%) Cucumber
4 8 (5.03%) Jenkins
4 8 (5.03%) SoapUI
5 7 (4.40%) SonarQube
6 6 (3.77%) MLflow
7 5 (3.14%) Appium
7 5 (3.14%) Charles Proxy
7 5 (3.14%) JMeter
7 5 (3.14%) Katalon Studio
7 5 (3.14%) XCUITest
8 4 (2.52%) Bitbucket
8 4 (2.52%) IntelliJ
9 3 (1.89%) Eclipse
9 3 (1.89%) GitLab
9 3 (1.89%) REST Assured
10 2 (1.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 42 (26.42%) Social Skills
2 32 (20.13%) Public Sector
3 30 (18.87%) Finance
4 15 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (8.18%) Banking
6 6 (3.77%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.52%) Military
8 3 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.89%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.26%) Billing
9 2 (1.26%) Dutch Language
9 2 (1.26%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.26%) Front Office
9 2 (1.26%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.63%) Law
10 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.63%) Marketing
10 1 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 76 (47.80%) Developer
2 30 (18.87%) Senior
3 20 (12.58%) Senior Developer
4 15 (9.43%) Cloud Specialist
5 14 (8.81%) Integration Specialist
5 14 (8.81%) Oracle Specialist
5 14 (8.81%) Python Developer
6 12 (7.55%) Consultant
7 10 (6.29%) Java Developer
8 8 (5.03%) Analyst
8 8 (5.03%) Lead
8 8 (5.03%) Senior Python Developer
9 7 (4.40%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 6 (3.77%) .NET Developer
10 6 (3.77%) Automation Engineer
10 6 (3.77%) Oracle Consultant
10 6 (3.77%) Salesforce Developer
10 6 (3.77%) Software Developer
10 6 (3.77%) TIBCO Developer
11 5 (3.14%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (49.69%) REST
2 60 (37.74%) SOAP
3 25 (15.72%) JSON
3 25 (15.72%) Oracle Fusion
4 24 (15.09%) XML
5 19 (11.95%) .NET
6 18 (11.32%) XSLT
7 17 (10.69%) OAuth
8 16 (10.06%) HTML
8 16 (10.06%) JWT
9 15 (9.43%) CSS
10 12 (7.55%) AngularJS
10 12 (7.55%) RESTful
11 10 (6.29%) NumPy
11 10 (6.29%) Pandas
12 9 (5.66%) J2EE
12 9 (5.66%) scikit-learn
12 9 (5.66%) Spring
12 9 (5.66%) XSD
13 8 (5.03%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.66%) Legacy Systems
1 9 (5.66%) Public Cloud
2 7 (4.40%) Low-Code
2 7 (4.40%) Mobile App
3 6 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.14%) CMDB
4 5 (3.14%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.52%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.52%) Hedge funds
5 4 (2.52%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.89%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.26%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.26%) Fixed Income
7 2 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.26%) Legacy Code
7 2 (1.26%) Life Science
7 2 (1.26%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.26%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.77%) Android
1 6 (3.77%) Apple iOS
2 5 (3.14%) Linux
2 5 (3.14%) Windows
3 2 (1.26%) Unix
3 2 (1.26%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.26%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.63%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (38.99%) Agile
2 39 (24.53%) Test Automation
3 36 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (16.35%) DevOps
4 26 (16.35%) ERP
5 24 (15.09%) Unit Testing
6 23 (14.47%) CI/CD
7 19 (11.95%) Full-Stack Development
8 18 (11.32%) Design Patterns
9 16 (10.06%) AI
9 16 (10.06%) Data Modelling
10 15 (9.43%) Microservices
10 15 (9.43%) SDLC
10 15 (9.43%) Stakeholder Management
11 14 (8.81%) Containerisation
11 14 (8.81%) Scrum
11 14 (8.81%) User Acceptance Testing
12 13 (8.18%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (8.18%) OO
13 12 (7.55%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 39 (24.53%) SQL
2 34 (21.38%) Python
3 24 (15.09%) JavaScript
4 23 (14.47%) Java
5 17 (10.69%) C#
6 9 (5.66%) PowerShell
7 8 (5.03%) TypeScript
8 7 (4.40%) XPath
9 6 (3.77%) Apex Code
9 6 (3.77%) Ruby
10 5 (3.14%) ABAP
10 5 (3.14%) Kotlin
10 5 (3.14%) Swift
11 4 (2.52%) Groovy
11 4 (2.52%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (1.89%) C++
12 3 (1.89%) COBOL
12 3 (1.89%) PL/SQL
13 2 (1.26%) PHP
13 2 (1.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (28.93%) Security Cleared
2 39 (24.53%) SC Cleared
3 15 (9.43%) Degree
4 8 (5.03%) Master's Degree
5 4 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.52%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.89%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.89%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.63%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.63%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.63%) CISA
7 1 (0.63%) CISSP
7 1 (0.63%) ISEB
7 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.63%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.63%) PMP
7 1 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.63%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.69%) QA
2 6 (3.77%) Accessibility
2 6 (3.77%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.63%) GDPR
3 1 (0.63%) GRC
3 1 (0.63%) ISO 20022
3 1 (0.63%) SLA
3 1 (0.63%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (10.06%) Docker
2 9 (5.66%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (8.81%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.40%) TIBCO Hawk
3 6 (3.77%) Ansible
4 2 (1.26%) CloudHub
4 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.63%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 51 (32.08%) Oracle
2 19 (11.95%) Microsoft
3 10 (6.29%) SAP
3 10 (6.29%) Splunk
4 8 (5.03%) Guidewire
4 8 (5.03%) IBM
5 7 (4.40%) BEA
5 7 (4.40%) MuleSoft
5 7 (4.40%) OpenAI
5 7 (4.40%) Salesforce
5 7 (4.40%) TIBCO
5 7 (4.40%) UiPath
6 6 (3.77%) Automation Anywhere
6 6 (3.77%) ServiceNow
7 5 (3.14%) Dynatrace
8 4 (2.52%) Adobe
8 4 (2.52%) Dataiku
9 3 (1.89%) Axway
9 3 (1.89%) Cognizant
9 3 (1.89%) webMethods