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 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 168 179
Rank change year-on-year -105 +11 +33
Contract jobs citing Web Services 158 203 240
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.82% 1.56% 1.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.59% 5.94% 5.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 142 161
10th Percentile £403 £363 £420
25th Percentile £450 £451 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £552 £575
Median % change year-on-year +6.43% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £650 £695 £663
90th Percentile £741 £775 £788
England median daily rate £500 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% -
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 - - -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 4,395 3,415 4,724
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.77% 26.30% 26.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,910 2,381 3,481
10th Percentile £381 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £428 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £713 £711
90th Percentile £788 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 22 27
10th Percentile £23.98 £33.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £34.01 £33.56 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.25 £48.22 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.38% +13.46% -36.80%
75th Percentile £73.50 £61.63 £61.97
90th Percentile £93.13 £85.63 £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £58.88 £58.30
% change year-on-year +10.40% +0.99% -10.31%

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 2 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 2 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 -28 22 £648 +43.89% 8
South London -4 6 - - 1
West London -28 3 - - 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 11 (6.96%) CICS
2 7 (4.43%) Appian
2 7 (4.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.43%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (2.53%) Confluence
3 4 (2.53%) IIS
3 4 (2.53%) JBoss
4 3 (1.90%) Apache
5 2 (1.27%) CMS
5 2 (1.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (1.27%) 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%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.63%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (3.80%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (2.53%) Elite 3E
3 3 (1.90%) Orchestrade
4 2 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.27%) SAP EWM
4 2 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.63%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.63%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.63%) SDL Web 8
5 1 (0.63%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 37 (23.42%) Azure
2 34 (21.52%) AWS
3 16 (10.13%) PaaS
4 15 (9.49%) Serverless
5 12 (7.59%) AWS Lambda
5 12 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (6.96%) GitHub
6 11 (6.96%) OCI
7 10 (6.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 10 (6.33%) GitHub Actions
8 9 (5.70%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (5.70%) Entra ID
8 9 (5.70%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (5.06%) Azure Key Vault
9 8 (5.06%) Azure Service Bus
10 7 (4.43%) Amazon SQS
10 7 (4.43%) Power Automate
10 7 (4.43%) Power Platform
11 6 (3.80%) SaaS
11 6 (3.80%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.53%) DNS
1 4 (2.53%) Internet
2 2 (1.27%) Intranet
3 1 (0.63%) DMZ
3 1 (0.63%) Firewall
3 1 (0.63%) FTP
3 1 (0.63%) HTTP
3 1 (0.63%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.63%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.63%) SAN
3 1 (0.63%) SSL
3 1 (0.63%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (15.19%) SQL Server
2 15 (9.49%) Relational Database
3 11 (6.96%) Db2
3 11 (6.96%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (6.33%) DynamoDB
5 7 (4.43%) Pinecone
5 7 (4.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (3.80%) Power BI
7 5 (3.16%) MySQL
8 4 (2.53%) Amazon Aurora
8 4 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (1.90%) Metadata
9 3 (1.90%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (1.90%) SAP HANA
9 3 (1.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (1.90%) SQLite
10 2 (1.27%) MongoDB
10 2 (1.27%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 23 (14.56%) Jenkins
2 21 (13.29%) Git
3 12 (7.59%) JIRA
4 9 (5.70%) GitLab
4 9 (5.70%) Maven
5 8 (5.06%) JUnit
6 7 (4.43%) Ant
7 6 (3.80%) Eclipse
7 6 (3.80%) MLflow
7 6 (3.80%) Postman
7 6 (3.80%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (3.16%) SoapUI
8 5 (3.16%) SonarQube
9 4 (2.53%) Bitbucket Server
9 4 (2.53%) DbUnit
9 4 (2.53%) jMock
9 4 (2.53%) Mockito
10 3 (1.90%) REST Assured
10 3 (1.90%) Selenium
10 3 (1.90%) Visual Studio
General
1 52 (32.91%) Social Skills
2 40 (25.32%) Finance
3 29 (18.35%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (15.19%) Public Sector
5 23 (14.56%) Banking
6 5 (3.16%) Investment Banking
7 4 (2.53%) Retail
8 3 (1.90%) Automotive
8 3 (1.90%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.90%) Legal
9 2 (1.27%) Military
9 2 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Billing
10 1 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.63%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Publishing
10 1 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 87 (55.06%) Developer
2 24 (15.19%) Senior
3 20 (12.66%) Senior Developer
4 13 (8.23%) Architect
5 11 (6.96%) Java Developer
6 10 (6.33%) Lead
7 9 (5.70%) C# Developer
7 9 (5.70%) Consultant
7 9 (5.70%) Salesforce Developer
8 7 (4.43%) Azure Developer
8 7 (4.43%) Cloud Specialist
8 7 (4.43%) Mainframe Developer
8 7 (4.43%) Python Developer
9 6 (3.80%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 6 (3.80%) Automation Engineer
9 6 (3.80%) AWS Developer
9 6 (3.80%) Software Engineer
10 5 (3.16%) Designer
10 5 (3.16%) Microsoft 365 Developer
10 5 (3.16%) Oracle Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (52.53%) REST
2 63 (39.87%) SOAP
3 34 (21.52%) RESTful
4 28 (17.72%) .NET
5 26 (16.46%) XML
6 22 (13.92%) HTML
6 22 (13.92%) JSON
7 20 (12.66%) Spring
8 15 (9.49%) CSS
9 14 (8.86%) XSLT
10 13 (8.23%) OAuth
11 12 (7.59%) Lightning Web Components
12 11 (6.96%) AngularJS
13 10 (6.33%) JWT
13 10 (6.33%) Oracle Fusion
13 10 (6.33%) React
13 10 (6.33%) Spring Boot
14 9 (5.70%) .NET Framework
14 9 (5.70%) Django
14 9 (5.70%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.23%) Product Ownership
2 11 (6.96%) Mainframe
3 10 (6.33%) CMDB
4 8 (5.06%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (5.06%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (4.43%) DataPower
6 6 (3.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (3.80%) Low-Code
6 6 (3.80%) Online Banking
6 6 (3.80%) Public Cloud
7 5 (3.16%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.53%) AI Agents
8 4 (2.53%) Client/Server
8 4 (2.53%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.53%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.53%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.90%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.90%) Derivative
9 3 (1.90%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.13%) Linux
2 10 (6.33%) Unix
2 10 (6.33%) zOS
3 8 (5.06%) Windows
4 1 (0.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (30.38%) Agile
2 40 (25.32%) CI/CD
3 36 (22.78%) DevOps
4 32 (20.25%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (17.72%) Workflow
6 27 (17.09%) AI
7 24 (15.19%) Microservices
8 23 (14.56%) Integration Patterns
9 21 (13.29%) Data Modelling
9 21 (13.29%) ITIL
9 21 (13.29%) Validation
10 20 (12.66%) Analytics
10 20 (12.66%) Containerisation
10 20 (12.66%) Software Engineering
11 19 (12.03%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (12.03%) Design Patterns
11 19 (12.03%) Performance Tuning
11 19 (12.03%) Scrum
11 19 (12.03%) Stakeholder Management
12 18 (11.39%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 55 (34.81%) SQL
2 45 (28.48%) Python
3 34 (21.52%) Java
4 29 (18.35%) JavaScript
5 27 (17.09%) C#
6 12 (7.59%) Apex Code
6 12 (7.59%) PowerShell
7 9 (5.70%) PL/SQL
8 8 (5.06%) Shell Script
8 8 (5.06%) TypeScript
9 7 (4.43%) C++
10 6 (3.80%) JCL
10 6 (3.80%) SOQL
10 6 (3.80%) SOSL
10 6 (3.80%) T-SQL
10 6 (3.80%) XPath
11 5 (3.16%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (3.16%) VB.NET
12 3 (1.90%) ABAP
13 2 (1.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 40 (25.32%) Security Cleared
2 36 (22.78%) SC Cleared
3 13 (8.23%) Degree
4 7 (4.43%) DV Cleared
5 6 (3.80%) AWS Certification
6 5 (3.16%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.53%) MBA
8 3 (1.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.90%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.39%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.80%) SLA
3 5 (3.16%) QA
4 2 (1.27%) GRC
5 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.63%) GDPR
5 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.63%) NCSC
5 1 (0.63%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 20 (12.66%) Docker
2 5 (3.16%) Postfix
3 4 (2.53%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.27%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (1.27%) NFS
4 2 (1.27%) Sendmail
4 2 (1.27%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 10 (6.33%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.43%) Grafana
3 6 (3.80%) Ansible
4 4 (2.53%) Terraform
5 2 (1.27%) HAProxy
6 1 (0.63%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.63%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.63%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.63%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 30 (18.99%) Oracle
2 23 (14.56%) Microsoft
3 14 (8.86%) Salesforce
4 11 (6.96%) ServiceNow
5 9 (5.70%) SAP
6 8 (5.06%) OpenAI
7 6 (3.80%) Automation Anywhere
7 6 (3.80%) UiPath
8 5 (3.16%) IBM
9 4 (2.53%) Atlassian
9 4 (2.53%) Intapp
9 4 (2.53%) Jaspersoft
10 3 (1.90%) Adobe
10 3 (1.90%) Citrix
10 3 (1.90%) Google
10 3 (1.90%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.90%) Sybase
11 2 (1.27%) Guidewire
11 2 (1.27%) Ping Identity
11 2 (1.27%) Sitecore