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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 161 181
Rank change year-on-year -93 +20 +21
Contract jobs citing Web Services 173 203 245
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.92% 1.66% 1.39%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.00% 6.25% 5.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 140 161
10th Percentile £400 £363 £425
25th Percentile £441 £453 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.98% +2.17% +3.37%
75th Percentile £648 £700 £675
90th Percentile £733 £794 £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 £63.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.96% -1.92% -7.14%

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 4,326 3,248 4,668
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.02% 26.53% 26.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,867 2,280 3,455
10th Percentile £375 £385 £375
25th Percentile £448 £435 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £556 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.08% -3.30% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £838
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 18 29
10th Percentile £23.33 £32.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £32.02 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £39.75 £43.66 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.95% +2.72% -35.61%
75th Percentile £62.88 £64.38 £62.50
90th Percentile £93.63 £87.88 £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.97
% change year-on-year +4.00% +27.64% -24.67%

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 -25 21 £648 +40.00% 3
South London -10 6 - -
West London -29 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 (6.36%) CICS
2 10 (5.78%) Appian
3 8 (4.62%) SharePoint
4 7 (4.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (2.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (2.31%) Confluence
5 4 (2.31%) JBoss
5 4 (2.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (2.31%) WebLogic
6 3 (1.73%) Apache
6 3 (1.73%) IIS
7 2 (1.16%) CMS
7 2 (1.16%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.58%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.58%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.58%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (5.78%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (2.89%) SAP EWM
2 5 (2.89%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.73%) Orchestrade
4 2 (1.16%) BusinessWorks
4 2 (1.16%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.58%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.58%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.58%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.58%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.58%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.58%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.58%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.58%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.58%) SDL Web 8
5 1 (0.58%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 40 (23.12%) Azure
2 34 (19.65%) AWS
3 21 (12.14%) PaaS
4 17 (9.83%) OCI
5 15 (8.67%) Serverless
6 12 (6.94%) AWS Lambda
6 12 (6.94%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (6.36%) GitHub
7 11 (6.36%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (5.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 10 (5.78%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (5.78%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (5.20%) Entra ID
9 9 (5.20%) Power Automate
10 8 (4.62%) Anthropic Claude
10 8 (4.62%) Azure AI
10 8 (4.62%) Azure Key Vault
10 8 (4.62%) Azure Service Bus
10 8 (4.62%) IaaS
11 7 (4.05%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.31%) DNS
2 3 (1.73%) Firewall
2 3 (1.73%) Internet
3 1 (0.58%) DMZ
3 1 (0.58%) FTP
3 1 (0.58%) HTTP
3 1 (0.58%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.58%) Intranet
3 1 (0.58%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.58%) SAN
3 1 (0.58%) SSL
3 1 (0.58%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (12.72%) SQL Server
2 15 (8.67%) Relational Database
3 13 (7.51%) Db2
4 11 (6.36%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (5.78%) DynamoDB
6 9 (5.20%) Pinecone
7 6 (3.47%) SAP HANA
8 5 (2.89%) MySQL
8 5 (2.89%) Power BI
9 4 (2.31%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (2.31%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (2.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.73%) Metadata
10 3 (1.73%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (1.73%) SQLite
11 2 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (1.16%) Data Hub
11 2 (1.16%) NoSQL
11 2 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (13.29%) Git
2 22 (12.72%) Jenkins
3 12 (6.94%) Postman
4 10 (5.78%) JIRA
5 9 (5.20%) GitLab
5 9 (5.20%) Maven
5 9 (5.20%) SonarQube
6 8 (4.62%) JUnit
6 8 (4.62%) MLflow
6 8 (4.62%) SoapUI
7 6 (3.47%) Ant
8 5 (2.89%) Eclipse
8 5 (2.89%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (2.31%) Bitbucket Server
9 4 (2.31%) DbUnit
9 4 (2.31%) jMock
9 4 (2.31%) Mockito
9 4 (2.31%) Selenium
10 3 (1.73%) Moq
10 3 (1.73%) REST Assured
General
1 56 (32.37%) Social Skills
2 37 (21.39%) Finance
3 29 (16.76%) Public Sector
4 24 (13.87%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (10.98%) Banking
6 5 (2.89%) Investment Banking
7 4 (2.31%) Military
7 4 (2.31%) Retail
8 3 (1.73%) Automotive
8 3 (1.73%) Legal
8 3 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.16%) Billing
9 2 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.16%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.16%) Front Office
10 1 (0.58%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.58%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.58%) Publishing
10 1 (0.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 89 (51.45%) Developer
2 25 (14.45%) Senior
3 22 (12.72%) Senior Developer
4 13 (7.51%) Architect
5 12 (6.94%) Java Developer
6 11 (6.36%) Cloud Specialist
6 11 (6.36%) Consultant
6 11 (6.36%) Lead
7 10 (5.78%) Salesforce Developer
8 9 (5.20%) Integration Specialist
8 9 (5.20%) Oracle Specialist
9 8 (4.62%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 8 (4.62%) Automation Engineer
9 8 (4.62%) Python Developer
10 7 (4.05%) Azure Developer
10 7 (4.05%) Mainframe Developer
11 6 (3.47%) AWS Developer
11 6 (3.47%) C# Developer
12 5 (2.89%) Microsoft 365 Developer
12 5 (2.89%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (50.87%) REST
2 64 (36.99%) SOAP
3 34 (19.65%) RESTful
4 28 (16.18%) XML
5 26 (15.03%) JSON
6 23 (13.29%) .NET
7 22 (12.72%) HTML
8 20 (11.56%) Spring
9 18 (10.40%) OAuth
10 16 (9.25%) CSS
10 16 (9.25%) XSLT
11 15 (8.67%) JWT
12 14 (8.09%) Oracle Fusion
13 13 (7.51%) Lightning Web Components
14 11 (6.36%) AngularJS
14 11 (6.36%) Django
14 11 (6.36%) Pandas
15 10 (5.78%) J2EE
15 10 (5.78%) Spring Boot
15 10 (5.78%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.51%) Product Ownership
2 11 (6.36%) Mainframe
3 10 (5.78%) CMDB
3 10 (5.78%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (5.20%) Public Cloud
5 8 (4.62%) Low-Code
6 7 (4.05%) DataPower
7 6 (3.47%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (3.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (3.47%) Onboarding
7 6 (3.47%) Online Banking
8 5 (2.89%) Security Posture
9 4 (2.31%) Client/Server
9 4 (2.31%) Cloud Native
9 4 (2.31%) Management Information System
9 4 (2.31%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.73%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.73%) Derivative
10 3 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.83%) Linux
2 10 (5.78%) Windows
2 10 (5.78%) zOS
3 9 (5.20%) Unix
4 2 (1.16%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.58%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (27.75%) Agile
2 41 (23.70%) CI/CD
3 38 (21.97%) DevOps
4 33 (19.08%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (15.61%) Workflow
6 26 (15.03%) AI
7 25 (14.45%) Data Modelling
8 24 (13.87%) Containerisation
8 24 (13.87%) Microservices
8 24 (13.87%) Test Automation
9 23 (13.29%) ERP
9 23 (13.29%) Integration Patterns
10 22 (12.72%) Design Patterns
10 22 (12.72%) Stakeholder Management
11 21 (12.14%) Validation
12 19 (10.98%) Architectural Patterns
12 19 (10.98%) ITIL
12 19 (10.98%) Scrum
13 18 (10.40%) OO
13 18 (10.40%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 51 (29.48%) SQL
2 45 (26.01%) Python
3 34 (19.65%) Java
4 29 (16.76%) JavaScript
5 22 (12.72%) C#
6 13 (7.51%) Apex Code
7 12 (6.94%) PowerShell
8 8 (4.62%) PL/SQL
8 8 (4.62%) Shell Script
8 8 (4.62%) TypeScript
9 6 (3.47%) ABAP
9 6 (3.47%) C++
9 6 (3.47%) JCL
9 6 (3.47%) XPath
10 5 (2.89%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (2.89%) SOQL
10 5 (2.89%) SOSL
11 3 (1.73%) Ruby
11 3 (1.73%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.73%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 47 (27.17%) Security Cleared
2 42 (24.28%) SC Cleared
3 12 (6.94%) Degree
4 7 (4.05%) DV Cleared
5 6 (3.47%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.89%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.31%) MBA
8 3 (1.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.73%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.58%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.40%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.47%) QA
2 6 (3.47%) SLA
3 2 (1.16%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.16%) GRC
4 1 (0.58%) GDPR
4 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.58%) NCSC
4 1 (0.58%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (13.87%) Docker
2 6 (3.47%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.89%) Postfix
4 2 (1.16%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (1.16%) NFS
4 2 (1.16%) Sendmail
4 2 (1.16%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 14 (8.09%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.05%) Ansible
2 7 (4.05%) Grafana
3 4 (2.31%) Terraform
4 2 (1.16%) HAProxy
4 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.16%) TIBCO Hawk
5 1 (0.58%) CA Endevor
5 1 (0.58%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.58%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.58%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 35 (20.23%) Oracle
2 25 (14.45%) Microsoft
3 14 (8.09%) Salesforce
4 11 (6.36%) SAP
4 11 (6.36%) ServiceNow
5 10 (5.78%) OpenAI
6 9 (5.20%) UiPath
7 8 (4.62%) Automation Anywhere
8 6 (3.47%) Adobe
8 6 (3.47%) Guidewire
9 5 (2.89%) IBM
10 4 (2.31%) Atlassian
10 4 (2.31%) Jaspersoft
10 4 (2.31%) MuleSoft
11 3 (1.73%) Citrix
11 3 (1.73%) Cognizant
11 3 (1.73%) Google
11 3 (1.73%) Sybase
12 2 (1.16%) BEA
12 2 (1.16%) TIBCO