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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 203 210 189
Rank change year-on-year +7 -21 -14
Contract jobs citing Web Services 175 180 266
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.26% 1.15% 1.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.77% 4.37% 5.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 114 170
10th Percentile £331 £400 £400
25th Percentile £400 £489 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £571 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.66% +3.86% -6.14%
75th Percentile £630 £630 £669
90th Percentile £696 £784 £800
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £60.82
25th Percentile - - £72.55
Median hourly rate £46.00 - £86.41
75th Percentile - - £90.94
90th Percentile - - £92.63
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £61.25
% change year-on-year - +6.12% -6.49%

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 3,667 4,116 5,283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.36% 26.27% 25.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,501 2,691 3,988
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £675 £706 £700
90th Percentile £788 £850 £810
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 18 35
10th Percentile £31.61 £32.99 £33.20
25th Percentile £34.87 £38.31 £38.05
Median hourly rate £51.44 £47.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.87% -21.25% +2.13%
75th Percentile £61.88 £60.76 £72.83
90th Percentile £87.50 £73.70 £88.62
England median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -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 8 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 +14 30 £475 -11.21% 41
West London -5 8 £475 -5.00% 3
East London +2 3 £520 +15.56% 3
South London -7 1 - - 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 22 (12.57%) Confluence
2 7 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.00%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.43%) CMS
4 4 (2.29%) Jupyter
4 4 (2.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (1.71%) CICS
5 3 (1.71%) WebLogic
5 3 (1.71%) WebSphere
6 2 (1.14%) Appian
7 1 (0.57%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.57%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.57%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.57%) JBoss
7 1 (0.57%) Mule
7 1 (0.57%) Mule ESB
7 1 (0.57%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 4 (2.29%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 14 (8.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (6.86%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (3.43%) Workday HCM
4 4 (2.29%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (2.29%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (1.71%) BusinessWorks
5 3 (1.71%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (1.14%) SAP HR
6 2 (1.14%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.57%) Cloudability
7 1 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.57%) SAP Convergent Charging
7 1 (0.57%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.57%) Shopify
7 1 (0.57%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 53 (30.29%) Azure
2 21 (12.00%) AWS
3 14 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (8.00%) PaaS
4 10 (5.71%) Power Platform
5 9 (5.14%) Entra ID
5 9 (5.14%) GitHub
5 9 (5.14%) OCI
5 9 (5.14%) SaaS
6 7 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (3.43%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (3.43%) Firebase
8 5 (2.86%) Sentry
9 4 (2.29%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (2.29%) Amazon SQS
10 3 (1.71%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.71%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (1.71%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (1.71%) OpenShift
10 3 (1.71%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.43%) SSL
2 5 (2.86%) HTTP
3 1 (0.57%) DHCP
3 1 (0.57%) DNS
3 1 (0.57%) FTP
3 1 (0.57%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.57%) SMTP
3 1 (0.57%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (9.71%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (9.14%) SQL Server
3 15 (8.57%) Relational Database
4 13 (7.43%) Redis
5 11 (6.29%) SAP HANA
6 8 (4.57%) Oracle Database
7 5 (2.86%) DB2
7 5 (2.86%) MySQL
7 5 (2.86%) NoSQL
8 4 (2.29%) Power BI
9 3 (1.71%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (1.14%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (1.14%) Data Hub
10 2 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (1.14%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.57%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 1 (0.57%) Hazelcast
11 1 (0.57%) Metadata
11 1 (0.57%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 36 (20.57%) Git
2 32 (18.29%) JIRA
3 20 (11.43%) Postman
4 18 (10.29%) Jenkins
5 14 (8.00%) Selenium
6 11 (6.29%) JUnit
7 9 (5.14%) Maven
8 8 (4.57%) Cucumber
8 8 (4.57%) SonarQube
9 7 (4.00%) Mockito
9 7 (4.00%) SoapUI
10 6 (3.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 6 (3.43%) Eclipse
10 6 (3.43%) JMeter
10 6 (3.43%) REST Assured
10 6 (3.43%) Subversion
10 6 (3.43%) Xcode
10 6 (3.43%) XCTest
11 5 (2.86%) Charles Proxy
11 5 (2.86%) XCUITest
General
1 48 (27.43%) Social Skills
2 38 (21.71%) Finance
3 27 (15.43%) Banking
4 26 (14.86%) Public Sector
5 21 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.43%) Back Office
6 6 (3.43%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.43%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.71%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.14%) Billing
9 2 (1.14%) Military
10 1 (0.57%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.57%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.57%) Front Office
10 1 (0.57%) Law
10 1 (0.57%) Legal
10 1 (0.57%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.57%) Marketing
10 1 (0.57%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 78 (44.57%) Developer
2 35 (20.00%) Senior
3 34 (19.43%) Architect
4 18 (10.29%) Senior Developer
5 15 (8.57%) Java Developer
6 13 (7.43%) ServiceNow Architect
7 12 (6.86%) SAP Architect
7 12 (6.86%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
8 9 (5.14%) Automation Tester
8 9 (5.14%) Full-Stack Developer
8 9 (5.14%) Tester
9 8 (4.57%) Senior Architect
10 6 (3.43%) Consultant
10 6 (3.43%) Lead
10 6 (3.43%) Node.js Developer
10 6 (3.43%) Python Developer
10 6 (3.43%) Selenium Automation Tester
10 6 (3.43%) Selenium Tester
11 5 (2.86%) Analyst
11 5 (2.86%) webMethods Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (45.14%) REST
2 58 (33.14%) SOAP
3 39 (22.29%) HTML
4 30 (17.14%) .NET
4 30 (17.14%) JSON
5 28 (16.00%) AngularJS
6 25 (14.29%) CSS
7 23 (13.14%) RESTful
8 19 (10.86%) HTML5
9 18 (10.29%) Spring
10 17 (9.71%) jQuery
10 17 (9.71%) Node.js
11 15 (8.57%) XML
12 14 (8.00%) LDAP
13 13 (7.43%) RabbitMQ
14 12 (6.86%) Apache Camel
14 12 (6.86%) JDBC
14 12 (6.86%) ODBC
14 12 (6.86%) SAML
14 12 (6.86%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.00%) Mobile App
2 7 (4.00%) CMDB
2 7 (4.00%) Distributed Systems
2 7 (4.00%) Product Ownership
3 6 (3.43%) Cloud Native
3 6 (3.43%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (2.86%) Algorithms
4 5 (2.86%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.29%) Web Conferencing
6 3 (1.71%) Hedge funds
6 3 (1.71%) Replication
7 2 (1.14%) CSOC
7 2 (1.14%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.14%) Legacy Code
7 2 (1.14%) Life Science
7 2 (1.14%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.14%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.14%) PKI
7 2 (1.14%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.14%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.43%) Unix
2 5 (2.86%) Android
2 5 (2.86%) Apple iOS
2 5 (2.86%) Linux
3 4 (2.29%) Windows
4 1 (0.57%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.57%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (45.71%) Agile
2 54 (30.86%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (22.29%) DevOps
4 38 (21.71%) Microservices
5 33 (18.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 30 (17.14%) Scrum
7 29 (16.57%) Test Automation
8 28 (16.00%) Integration Patterns
9 22 (12.57%) CI/CD
9 22 (12.57%) Computer Science
10 21 (12.00%) ITSM
11 20 (11.43%) Project Delivery
11 20 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
12 19 (10.86%) SDLC
13 18 (10.29%) Full-Stack Development
14 17 (9.71%) Unit Testing
14 17 (9.71%) User Experience
15 16 (9.14%) Design Patterns
15 16 (9.14%) OO
15 16 (9.14%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 57 (32.57%) JavaScript
2 43 (24.57%) SQL
3 37 (21.14%) Java
4 27 (15.43%) Python
5 20 (11.43%) C#
6 13 (7.43%) TypeScript
7 10 (5.71%) Groovy
8 8 (4.57%) PHP
8 8 (4.57%) Ruby
9 6 (3.43%) PL/SQL
9 6 (3.43%) Shell Script
10 5 (2.86%) Kotlin
10 5 (2.86%) PowerShell
10 5 (2.86%) Swift
10 5 (2.86%) XPath
11 4 (2.29%) ABAP
11 4 (2.29%) Apex Code
11 4 (2.29%) C++
11 4 (2.29%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.71%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 40 (22.86%) Security Cleared
2 34 (19.43%) SC Cleared
3 21 (12.00%) Degree
4 8 (4.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (4.57%) Master's Degree
5 6 (3.43%) ISTQB
6 4 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.71%) CISSP
7 3 (1.71%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (1.14%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.57%) CISA
9 1 (0.57%) CISM
9 1 (0.57%) ISEB
9 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.57%) OCP
9 1 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.57%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.57%) PMP
9 1 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.57%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (13.71%) QA
2 6 (3.43%) GDPR
3 5 (2.86%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.29%) COBIT
5 2 (1.14%) GRC
6 1 (0.57%) HL7
6 1 (0.57%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 14 (8.00%) Docker
2 5 (2.86%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.57%) Postfix
3 1 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (7.43%) Single Sign-On
2 9 (5.14%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.86%) Ansible
4 3 (1.71%) TIBCO Hawk
5 1 (0.57%) CA Endevor
5 1 (0.57%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.57%) Control-M
5 1 (0.57%) Grafana
5 1 (0.57%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.57%) HP Operations Orchestration
5 1 (0.57%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.57%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 32 (18.29%) Oracle
2 23 (13.14%) ServiceNow
3 22 (12.57%) Microsoft
4 21 (12.00%) SAP
5 16 (9.14%) Splunk
6 13 (7.43%) HP
7 12 (6.86%) BMC
7 12 (6.86%) Dynatrace
7 12 (6.86%) Ivanti
7 12 (6.86%) Remedy
8 9 (5.14%) Salesforce
9 7 (4.00%) CA Agile Central
10 6 (3.43%) Workday
11 5 (2.86%) Axway
11 5 (2.86%) Guidewire
11 5 (2.86%) webMethods
12 4 (2.29%) Dataiku
12 4 (2.29%) IBM
12 4 (2.29%) YouTube
13 3 (1.71%) Duck Creek