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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 177 178
Rank change year-on-year -57 +1 +22
Contract jobs citing Web Services 168 184 241
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.07% 1.39% 1.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.17% 5.25% 5.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 125 154
10th Percentile £350 £363 £450
25th Percentile £400 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £585 £574
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +1.92% -0.17%
75th Percentile £600 £725 £675
90th Percentile £644 £825 £788
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £91.25
Median hourly rate £46.00 - £92.50
75th Percentile - - £93.75
90th Percentile - - -
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 4,025 3,503 4,513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.54% 26.44% 24.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,724 2,354 3,389
10th Percentile £363 £382 £385
25th Percentile £425 £454 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.01% - -6.12%
75th Percentile £666 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 19 36
10th Percentile £27.00 £34.65 £16.56
25th Percentile £35.00 £38.38 £28.10
Median hourly rate £47.00 £45.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% +5.88% -35.01%
75th Percentile £63.00 £65.00 £66.81
90th Percentile £70.00 £82.75 £74.33
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

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 March 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 March 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 -23 17 £501 -6.88% 12
West London -21 4 £350 -30.00% 1
South London -19 3 £500 +53.85%
East London +2 2 £538 +8.59%
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 (5.95%) Appian
2 9 (5.36%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.76%) CICS
3 8 (4.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 8 (4.76%) WebLogic
4 7 (4.17%) Confluence
4 7 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (4.17%) WebSphere
5 4 (2.38%) Jupyter
6 3 (1.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (1.79%) JBoss
7 1 (0.60%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.60%) Apache
7 1 (0.60%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.60%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.60%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.60%) IIS
7 1 (0.60%) Mule
7 1 (0.60%) Mule ESB
7 1 (0.60%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (2.38%) Autodesk Inventor
2 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 14 (8.33%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (4.17%) BusinessWorks
3 5 (2.98%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (2.38%) SAP EWM
5 2 (1.19%) Cloudability
5 2 (1.19%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (1.19%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (1.19%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (1.19%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.60%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.60%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.60%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.60%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.60%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.60%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.60%) Shopify
6 1 (0.60%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
6 1 (0.60%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 40 (23.81%) Azure
2 27 (16.07%) AWS
3 26 (15.48%) PaaS
4 24 (14.29%) OCI
5 13 (7.74%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (6.55%) GitHub
7 9 (5.36%) Azure AI
7 9 (5.36%) Entra ID
7 9 (5.36%) IaaS
7 9 (5.36%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (4.76%) Anthropic Claude
8 8 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
8 8 (4.76%) Power Automate
9 7 (4.17%) Azure App Service
9 7 (4.17%) Azure Key Vault
9 7 (4.17%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (4.17%) Power Platform
10 6 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (3.57%) Azure Service Bus
10 6 (3.57%) Azure WebJobs
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.79%) HTTP
2 2 (1.19%) DHCP
2 2 (1.19%) DNS
2 2 (1.19%) Firewall
2 2 (1.19%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.60%) FTP
3 1 (0.60%) Internet
3 1 (0.60%) SMTP
3 1 (0.60%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 17 (10.12%) Relational Database
3 15 (8.93%) DB2
4 9 (5.36%) Pinecone
5 7 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (2.98%) Data Hub
6 5 (2.98%) MySQL
7 4 (2.38%) DynamoDB
7 4 (2.38%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (2.38%) Power BI
7 4 (2.38%) SAP HANA
8 3 (1.79%) Amazon Aurora
8 3 (1.79%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (1.19%) Oracle Database
9 2 (1.19%) Redis
10 1 (0.60%) Big Data
10 1 (0.60%) Hazelcast
10 1 (0.60%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (17.26%) Git
2 24 (14.29%) Postman
3 12 (7.14%) JIRA
4 11 (6.55%) Selenium
5 10 (5.95%) Jenkins
6 8 (4.76%) MLflow
6 8 (4.76%) SoapUI
6 8 (4.76%) SonarQube
7 7 (4.17%) Cucumber
7 7 (4.17%) Maven
8 6 (3.57%) JUnit
9 5 (2.98%) JMeter
10 4 (2.38%) GitLab
11 3 (1.79%) Appium
11 3 (1.79%) Charles Proxy
11 3 (1.79%) Katalon Studio
11 3 (1.79%) Mockito
11 3 (1.79%) REST Assured
11 3 (1.79%) XCUITest
12 2 (1.19%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 47 (27.98%) Social Skills
2 37 (22.02%) Finance
3 34 (20.24%) Public Sector
4 18 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (7.14%) Banking
6 5 (2.98%) Investment Banking
6 5 (2.98%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.38%) Military
8 3 (1.79%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.79%) Retail
9 2 (1.19%) Billing
9 2 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.19%) Dutch Language
9 2 (1.19%) Front Office
9 2 (1.19%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.60%) Law
10 1 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.60%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 79 (47.02%) Developer
2 26 (15.48%) Senior
3 19 (11.31%) Senior Developer
4 16 (9.52%) Cloud Specialist
5 15 (8.93%) Python Developer
6 14 (8.33%) Integration Specialist
6 14 (8.33%) Oracle Specialist
7 11 (6.55%) Consultant
8 9 (5.36%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 9 (5.36%) Java Developer
9 8 (4.76%) Analyst
9 8 (4.76%) Automation Engineer
9 8 (4.76%) Senior Python Developer
10 7 (4.17%) Python Engineer
10 7 (4.17%) Salesforce Developer
10 7 (4.17%) Software Developer
11 6 (3.57%) .NET Developer
11 6 (3.57%) Lead
11 6 (3.57%) Oracle Consultant
11 6 (3.57%) TIBCO Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (51.79%) REST
2 63 (37.50%) SOAP
3 30 (17.86%) JSON
4 26 (15.48%) XML
5 24 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
6 21 (12.50%) OAuth
6 21 (12.50%) RESTful
7 20 (11.90%) XSLT
8 19 (11.31%) .NET
8 19 (11.31%) JWT
9 15 (8.93%) CSS
10 14 (8.33%) AngularJS
10 14 (8.33%) J2EE
10 14 (8.33%) Spring
11 13 (7.74%) HTML
12 12 (7.14%) NumPy
12 12 (7.14%) Pandas
13 11 (6.55%) scikit-learn
13 11 (6.55%) WSDL
14 10 (5.95%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.55%) Legacy Systems
2 10 (5.95%) Public Cloud
3 9 (5.36%) Low-Code
4 8 (4.76%) Mainframe
5 7 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.98%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.38%) CMDB
7 4 (2.38%) DataPower
7 4 (2.38%) Hedge funds
7 4 (2.38%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.38%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.79%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.79%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.79%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.19%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.19%) Legacy Code
9 2 (1.19%) Online Banking
9 2 (1.19%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (6.55%) Linux
1 11 (6.55%) Windows
2 7 (4.17%) zOS
3 5 (2.98%) Unix
4 4 (2.38%) Android
4 4 (2.38%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.19%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (36.31%) Agile
2 38 (22.62%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (22.02%) Test Automation
4 28 (16.67%) ERP
5 27 (16.07%) DevOps
6 25 (14.88%) CI/CD
7 23 (13.69%) Unit Testing
8 22 (13.10%) AI
9 20 (11.90%) Design Patterns
10 19 (11.31%) Microservices
11 18 (10.71%) Containerisation
11 18 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
12 17 (10.12%) Analytics
12 17 (10.12%) Continuous Integration
13 16 (9.52%) Data Modelling
13 16 (9.52%) OO
13 16 (9.52%) Scrum
13 16 (9.52%) User Acceptance Testing
14 15 (8.93%) Open Source
14 15 (8.93%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 41 (24.40%) Python
2 37 (22.02%) SQL
3 24 (14.29%) Java
3 24 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 20 (11.90%) C#
5 11 (6.55%) PowerShell
6 8 (4.76%) XPath
7 7 (4.17%) Apex Code
7 7 (4.17%) TypeScript
8 6 (3.57%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (3.57%) Ruby
9 5 (2.98%) ABAP
9 5 (2.98%) C++
10 3 (1.79%) JCL
10 3 (1.79%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.79%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.79%) Swift
11 2 (1.19%) Groovy
11 2 (1.19%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.19%) VBA
Qualifications
1 44 (26.19%) Security Cleared
2 38 (22.62%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.95%) Degree
4 6 (3.57%) Master's Degree
5 4 (2.38%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.79%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.60%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.60%) CISA
7 1 (0.60%) CISM
7 1 (0.60%) CISSP
7 1 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.60%) ISEB
7 1 (0.60%) MBA
7 1 (0.60%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.60%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.60%) PMP
7 1 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.60%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.33%) QA
2 9 (5.36%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.98%) SLA
4 4 (2.38%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.19%) GDPR
6 1 (0.60%) GRC
6 1 (0.60%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.60%) WCAG
System Software
1 19 (11.31%) Docker
2 8 (4.76%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.60%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 15 (8.93%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.17%) TIBCO Hawk
3 6 (3.57%) Ansible
4 2 (1.19%) Grafana
4 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.60%) CA Endevor
5 1 (0.60%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.60%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.60%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.60%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 47 (27.98%) Oracle
2 21 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 11 (6.55%) OpenAI
4 10 (5.95%) IBM
5 9 (5.36%) SAP
5 9 (5.36%) UiPath
6 8 (4.76%) Automation Anywhere
6 8 (4.76%) Salesforce
7 7 (4.17%) BEA
7 7 (4.17%) Guidewire
7 7 (4.17%) TIBCO
8 6 (3.57%) MuleSoft
9 5 (2.98%) ServiceNow
10 4 (2.38%) Adobe
10 4 (2.38%) Atlassian
10 4 (2.38%) Dataiku
10 4 (2.38%) Splunk
11 3 (1.79%) Cognizant
12 2 (1.19%) Charles River
12 2 (1.19%) Citrix