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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 296 200 189
Rank change year-on-year -96 -11 +10
Contract jobs citing Web Services 163 178 214
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.81% 1.33% 1.33%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.06% 4.48% 4.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 119 136
10th Percentile £408 £331 £400
25th Percentile £450 £413 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £522 £566
Median % change year-on-year +5.47% -7.90% +2.95%
75th Percentile £628 £693 £644
90th Percentile £738 £696 £806
England median daily rate £525 £500 £535
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.54% -2.73%
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 - - +8.33%

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 5,325 3,973 4,865
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.35% 29.66% 30.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,599 2,710 3,307
10th Percentile £400 £364 £385
25th Percentile £456 £430 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £700
90th Percentile £753 £800 £850
England median daily rate £538 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +3.37% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 32 23
10th Percentile £29.60 £31.77 £23.88
25th Percentile £36.25 £34.17 £36.25
Median hourly rate £49.00 £51.97 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +22.28% -32.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.56 £61.97
90th Percentile £81.25 £85.95 £74.20
England median hourly rate £67.00 £54.85 £65.00
% change year-on-year +22.15% -15.62% +8.33%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 -21 28 £575 +35.29% 14
South London +3 15 £700 - 2
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 (6.13%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.91%) Confluence
2 8 (4.91%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (2.45%) IIS
4 3 (1.84%) CICS
5 2 (1.23%) CMS
6 1 (0.61%) Apache
6 1 (0.61%) Appian
6 1 (0.61%) HCL Domino
6 1 (0.61%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.61%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.61%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.61%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.61%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (2.45%) Elite 3E
2 3 (1.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.84%) SAP HR
2 3 (1.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.23%) Infor LN
3 2 (1.23%) NetSuite
3 2 (1.23%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.23%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.61%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.61%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.61%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 36 (22.09%) Azure
2 30 (18.40%) AWS
3 12 (7.36%) GitHub
3 12 (7.36%) Power Platform
4 11 (6.75%) GCP
5 9 (5.52%) Serverless
6 6 (3.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 6 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (3.68%) Power Automate
6 6 (3.68%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 6 (3.68%) SuccessFactors
7 5 (3.07%) AtomSphere
7 5 (3.07%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (3.07%) Boomi
7 5 (3.07%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (3.07%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (2.45%) GitHub Copilot
8 4 (2.45%) iPaaS
8 4 (2.45%) PaaS
8 4 (2.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.68%) SSL
2 5 (3.07%) HTTP
3 2 (1.23%) Internet
3 2 (1.23%) Intranet
4 1 (0.61%) Broadband
4 1 (0.61%) DMZ
4 1 (0.61%) DNS
4 1 (0.61%) Firewall
4 1 (0.61%) FTP
4 1 (0.61%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.61%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.61%) SAN
4 1 (0.61%) SSH
4 1 (0.61%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (17.79%) SQL Server
2 20 (12.27%) Relational Database
3 17 (10.43%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (5.52%) Oracle Database
4 9 (5.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (3.68%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (3.68%) Db2
5 6 (3.68%) DynamoDB
5 6 (3.68%) MySQL
5 6 (3.68%) Power BI
6 4 (2.45%) MongoDB
6 4 (2.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (2.45%) Tableau
7 3 (1.84%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 3 (1.84%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (1.23%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.23%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.61%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 33 (20.25%) Git
2 24 (14.72%) Jenkins
3 16 (9.82%) JIRA
4 14 (8.59%) SonarQube
5 12 (7.36%) JUnit
6 10 (6.13%) Maven
7 9 (5.52%) eggPlant
8 8 (4.91%) Mockito
9 7 (4.29%) Cucumber
9 7 (4.29%) Selenium
10 6 (3.68%) Ant
10 6 (3.68%) Eclipse
10 6 (3.68%) JMeter
10 6 (3.68%) Postman
10 6 (3.68%) SoapUI
10 6 (3.68%) Visual Studio Code
11 5 (3.07%) LoadRunner
11 5 (3.07%) REST Assured
12 4 (2.45%) GitLab
12 4 (2.45%) TeamCity
General
1 67 (41.10%) Social Skills
2 50 (30.67%) Analytical Skills
2 50 (30.67%) Finance
3 26 (15.95%) Banking
3 26 (15.95%) Public Sector
4 5 (3.07%) Financial Institution
4 5 (3.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (3.07%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (2.45%) Investment Banking
5 4 (2.45%) Manufacturing
5 4 (2.45%) Telecoms
6 3 (1.84%) Automotive
6 3 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.23%) Legal
8 1 (0.61%) Back Office
8 1 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.61%) Military
Job Titles
1 92 (56.44%) Developer
2 34 (20.86%) Senior
3 20 (12.27%) Senior Developer
4 16 (9.82%) Java Developer
5 14 (8.59%) C# Developer
6 13 (7.98%) Architect
7 12 (7.36%) Lead
8 11 (6.75%) Consultant
9 10 (6.13%) .NET Developer
10 7 (4.29%) C# .NET Developer
11 6 (3.68%) Applications Developer
11 6 (3.68%) Delivery Manager
11 6 (3.68%) Full-Stack Developer
11 6 (3.68%) Senior C# Developer
11 6 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
12 4 (2.45%) Junior
12 4 (2.45%) Programme Manager
12 4 (2.45%) Senior Java Developer
12 4 (2.45%) Senior Manager
12 4 (2.45%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (42.94%) SOAP
2 61 (37.42%) REST
3 48 (29.45%) .NET
4 41 (25.15%) XML
5 35 (21.47%) HTML
6 31 (19.02%) RESTful
7 21 (12.88%) AngularJS
8 20 (12.27%) Spring
9 19 (11.66%) CSS
10 18 (11.04%) Spring Boot
11 17 (10.43%) JSON
12 15 (9.20%) Middleware
13 14 (8.59%) React
14 12 (7.36%) Kafka
14 12 (7.36%) XSLT
15 11 (6.75%) ASP.NET
16 10 (6.13%) .NET Framework
17 8 (4.91%) Terraform
18 7 (4.29%) ActiveMQ
18 7 (4.29%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.98%) Cloud Native
1 13 (7.98%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (6.13%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.68%) CMDB
4 6 (3.68%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (3.07%) Data Structures
5 5 (3.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (3.07%) Mobile App
5 5 (3.07%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.07%) Replication
6 4 (2.45%) AI Agents
6 4 (2.45%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.84%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.84%) DataPower
7 3 (1.84%) Distributed Applications
7 3 (1.84%) Mainframe
7 3 (1.84%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.84%) Online Banking
8 2 (1.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 23 (14.11%) Linux
2 17 (10.43%) Unix
3 3 (1.84%) Mac OS X
3 3 (1.84%) zOS
4 2 (1.23%) VMS
5 1 (0.61%) Windows
5 1 (0.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (46.63%) Agile
2 58 (35.58%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (28.22%) CI/CD
4 44 (26.99%) Continuous Improvement
5 35 (21.47%) DevOps
6 31 (19.02%) Stakeholder Management
7 30 (18.40%) AI
8 26 (15.95%) Scrum
8 26 (15.95%) SDLC
8 26 (15.95%) Test Automation
9 24 (14.72%) Data Modelling
10 23 (14.11%) Migration
11 20 (12.27%) Validation
12 19 (11.66%) ERP
13 18 (11.04%) OO
13 18 (11.04%) User Acceptance Testing
13 18 (11.04%) Workflow
14 17 (10.43%) Containerisation
14 17 (10.43%) Microservices
14 17 (10.43%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 66 (40.49%) SQL
2 45 (27.61%) JavaScript
3 42 (25.77%) Java
4 38 (23.31%) Python
5 36 (22.09%) C#
6 11 (6.75%) PL/SQL
7 10 (6.13%) T-SQL
8 9 (5.52%) VB.NET
9 8 (4.91%) Shell Script
9 8 (4.91%) TypeScript
10 7 (4.29%) Apex Code
10 7 (4.29%) Groovy
11 6 (3.68%) SOQL
11 6 (3.68%) SOSL
12 5 (3.07%) ABAP
12 5 (3.07%) PowerShell
12 5 (3.07%) XPath
13 4 (2.45%) Bash
13 4 (2.45%) C++
14 3 (1.84%) JCL
Qualifications
1 42 (25.77%) Security Cleared
2 36 (22.09%) SC Cleared
3 19 (11.66%) Degree
4 7 (4.29%) DV Cleared
5 6 (3.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.07%) AWS Certification
6 5 (3.07%) ISTQB
7 4 (2.45%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.45%) ISEB
7 4 (2.45%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.45%) PMP
8 2 (1.23%) CISSP
8 2 (1.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.61%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.61%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.04%) Data Quality
2 9 (5.52%) QA
3 3 (1.84%) GRC
4 2 (1.23%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.61%) GDPR
5 1 (0.61%) HL7
5 1 (0.61%) NCSC
5 1 (0.61%) NIST
5 1 (0.61%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 21 (12.88%) Docker
2 3 (1.84%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.84%) Postfix
3 2 (1.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.61%) NFS
4 1 (0.61%) Sendmail
4 1 (0.61%) Varnish
4 1 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (4.29%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.07%) Grafana
2 5 (3.07%) HP Fortify
3 4 (2.45%) Control-M
4 3 (1.84%) Ansible
5 2 (1.23%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.61%) HAProxy
6 1 (0.61%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 39 (23.93%) Oracle
2 25 (15.34%) Microsoft
3 18 (11.04%) SAP
4 12 (7.36%) UiPath
5 11 (6.75%) IBM
5 11 (6.75%) Salesforce
6 9 (5.52%) Google
7 8 (4.91%) ServiceNow
8 5 (3.07%) Pega
9 4 (2.45%) Citrix
9 4 (2.45%) Intapp
9 4 (2.45%) Planview
9 4 (2.45%) Workday
10 3 (1.84%) Adobe
10 3 (1.84%) OpenAI
11 2 (1.23%) Atlassian
11 2 (1.23%) Baan
11 2 (1.23%) Infor
11 2 (1.23%) ION Trading
11 2 (1.23%) Sybase