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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 197 181
Rank change year-on-year -25 -16 -1
Contract jobs citing Web Services 160 185 241
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.11% 1.27% 1.32%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.19% 4.94% 5.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 116 154
10th Percentile £350 £381 £416
25th Percentile £381 £495 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £583 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.31% +5.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £608 £663 £675
90th Percentile £679 £825 £796
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £90.13
25th Percentile - - £90.31
Median hourly rate £46.00 - £91.25
75th Percentile - - £92.81
90th Percentile - - £93.38
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 3,820 3,748 4,623
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.49% 25.64% 25.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,579 2,446 3,488
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% -2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £670 £700 £700
90th Percentile £763 £825 £800
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 19 31
10th Percentile £32.97 £34.65 £29.72
25th Percentile £42.50 £38.38 £35.94
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -19.68%
75th Percentile £63.75 £63.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £71.20 £72.80 £77.50
England median hourly rate £59.00 £62.50 £52.20
% change year-on-year -5.60% +19.74% -19.70%

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 1 January 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 1 January 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 -12 21 £500 -14.16% 8
East London -1 3 £520 +15.56%
West London -16 3 £350 -30.00% 1
South London -10 1 £500 +53.85% 1
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 16 (10.00%) Confluence
2 8 (5.00%) SharePoint
3 7 (4.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 7 (4.38%) WebLogic
3 7 (4.38%) WebSphere
4 6 (3.75%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (2.50%) CICS
5 4 (2.50%) Jupyter
6 3 (1.88%) Appian
7 2 (1.25%) Anypoint
7 2 (1.25%) Mule
7 2 (1.25%) Mule ESB
8 1 (0.63%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.63%) CMS
8 1 (0.63%) GeoServer
Applications
1 4 (2.50%) Autodesk Inventor
2 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (6.25%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (5.00%) Remedy ITSM
3 7 (4.38%) BusinessWorks
4 4 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (1.88%) SAP EWM
5 3 (1.88%) Workday HCM
6 2 (1.25%) Cloudability
7 1 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.63%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.63%) Shopify
7 1 (0.63%) Siebel CRM
7 1 (0.63%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
Cloud Services
1 40 (25.00%) Azure
2 23 (14.38%) PaaS
3 20 (12.50%) OCI
4 17 (10.63%) AWS
5 11 (6.88%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (5.63%) GitHub
7 8 (5.00%) Entra ID
7 8 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (5.00%) Power Platform
8 7 (4.38%) IaaS
9 6 (3.75%) iPaaS
10 5 (3.13%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (3.13%) SaaS
10 5 (3.13%) Sentry
11 4 (2.50%) Azure App Service
11 4 (2.50%) Azure Key Vault
11 4 (2.50%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (2.50%) Azure WebJobs
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.63%) SSL
2 5 (3.13%) HTTP
3 2 (1.25%) DHCP
3 2 (1.25%) DNS
3 2 (1.25%) Firewall
3 2 (1.25%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.63%) FTP
4 1 (0.63%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (13.75%) SQL Server
2 15 (9.38%) Relational Database
3 13 (8.13%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (6.25%) DB2
5 7 (4.38%) Oracle Database
5 7 (4.38%) Redis
6 5 (3.13%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (2.50%) Data Hub
7 4 (2.50%) Power BI
8 3 (1.88%) MySQL
8 3 (1.88%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.88%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 3 (1.88%) SAP HANA
9 2 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.25%) Pinecone
10 1 (0.63%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.63%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.63%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.63%) SAP BW
10 1 (0.63%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 32 (20.00%) Git
2 28 (17.50%) Postman
3 24 (15.00%) JIRA
4 11 (6.88%) Jenkins
4 11 (6.88%) Selenium
5 9 (5.63%) SoapUI
5 9 (5.63%) SonarQube
6 8 (5.00%) Cucumber
7 6 (3.75%) JMeter
7 6 (3.75%) REST Assured
8 5 (3.13%) Charles Proxy
8 5 (3.13%) Eclipse
8 5 (3.13%) JUnit
8 5 (3.13%) Katalon Studio
8 5 (3.13%) Maven
8 5 (3.13%) Mockito
8 5 (3.13%) Subversion
8 5 (3.13%) Xcode
8 5 (3.13%) XCTest
8 5 (3.13%) XCUITest
General
1 40 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 32 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 30 (18.75%) Finance
4 15 (9.38%) Banking
5 12 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.75%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.88%) Billing
7 3 (1.88%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.25%) Dutch Language
8 2 (1.25%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.25%) Military
8 2 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.63%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.63%) Front Office
9 1 (0.63%) Law
9 1 (0.63%) Legal
9 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.63%) Police
9 1 (0.63%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 75 (46.88%) Developer
2 34 (21.25%) Senior
3 20 (12.50%) Senior Developer
4 12 (7.50%) Architect
5 11 (6.88%) Consultant
6 10 (6.25%) Cloud Specialist
6 10 (6.25%) Integration Specialist
6 10 (6.25%) Java Developer
6 10 (6.25%) Oracle Specialist
6 10 (6.25%) Python Developer
7 8 (5.00%) ServiceNow Architect
8 7 (4.38%) Senior Python Developer
9 6 (3.75%) Analyst
9 6 (3.75%) Full-Stack Developer
9 6 (3.75%) Lead
9 6 (3.75%) Salesforce Developer
9 6 (3.75%) TIBCO Developer
10 5 (3.13%) .NET Developer
10 5 (3.13%) Senior Architect
10 5 (3.13%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (50.00%) REST
2 66 (41.25%) SOAP
3 31 (19.38%) JSON
4 27 (16.88%) HTML
5 23 (14.38%) AngularJS
6 21 (13.13%) .NET
6 21 (13.13%) XML
7 20 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
8 18 (11.25%) CSS
9 17 (10.63%) XSLT
10 15 (9.38%) HTML5
11 13 (8.13%) J2EE
11 13 (8.13%) jQuery
11 13 (8.13%) RESTful
11 13 (8.13%) Spring
12 12 (7.50%) OAuth
13 11 (6.88%) JWT
14 10 (6.25%) LDAP
15 9 (5.63%) Bootstrap
15 9 (5.63%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.63%) Mobile App
2 7 (4.38%) Public Cloud
3 6 (3.75%) CMDB
3 6 (3.75%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.13%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.50%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.50%) Hedge funds
5 4 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.88%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.88%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.88%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.25%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.25%) DataPower
7 2 (1.25%) Legacy Code
7 2 (1.25%) Life Science
7 2 (1.25%) Social Media
7 2 (1.25%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.75%) Android
1 6 (3.75%) Apple iOS
1 6 (3.75%) Linux
2 5 (3.13%) Unix
2 5 (3.13%) Windows
3 2 (1.25%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.25%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.25%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (45.63%) Agile
2 41 (25.63%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (21.88%) DevOps
4 34 (21.25%) Test Automation
5 25 (15.63%) Microservices
5 25 (15.63%) Scrum
6 23 (14.38%) Unit Testing
7 21 (13.13%) ERP
8 19 (11.88%) CI/CD
8 19 (11.88%) Full-Stack Development
9 18 (11.25%) Design Patterns
9 18 (11.25%) Integration Patterns
9 18 (11.25%) SDLC
10 15 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (8.75%) ITSM
11 14 (8.75%) TDD
12 13 (8.13%) Analytics
12 13 (8.13%) Computer Science
12 13 (8.13%) Data Modelling
12 13 (8.13%) OO
Programming Languages
1 39 (24.38%) SQL
2 38 (23.75%) JavaScript
3 25 (15.63%) Java
3 25 (15.63%) Python
4 18 (11.25%) C#
5 9 (5.63%) PowerShell
5 9 (5.63%) XPath
6 8 (5.00%) TypeScript
7 7 (4.38%) Groovy
8 6 (3.75%) Apex Code
8 6 (3.75%) PL/SQL
9 5 (3.13%) Kotlin
9 5 (3.13%) Ruby
9 5 (3.13%) Shell Script
9 5 (3.13%) Swift
10 4 (2.50%) ABAP
10 4 (2.50%) C++
10 4 (2.50%) COBOL
10 4 (2.50%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (2.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 42 (26.25%) SC Cleared
3 15 (9.38%) Degree
4 7 (4.38%) Master's Degree
5 6 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.50%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.88%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.63%) CISA
8 1 (0.63%) CISM
8 1 (0.63%) CISSP
8 1 (0.63%) ISEB
8 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.63%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.63%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.63%) PMP
8 1 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.63%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.50%) QA
2 6 (3.75%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.25%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.25%) GDPR
3 2 (1.25%) GRC
4 1 (0.63%) COBIT
4 1 (0.63%) HL7
4 1 (0.63%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.63%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (8.75%) Docker
2 9 (5.63%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (7.50%) Kubernetes
2 8 (5.00%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (4.38%) TIBCO Hawk
4 5 (3.13%) Ansible
5 2 (1.25%) CloudHub
5 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.63%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.63%) Control-M
6 1 (0.63%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.63%) HP Operations Orchestration
6 1 (0.63%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 46 (28.75%) Oracle
2 22 (13.75%) Microsoft
3 16 (10.00%) ServiceNow
4 13 (8.13%) Splunk
5 9 (5.63%) HP
5 9 (5.63%) IBM
5 9 (5.63%) SAP
6 8 (5.00%) BMC
6 8 (5.00%) Dynatrace
6 8 (5.00%) Ivanti
6 8 (5.00%) Remedy
6 8 (5.00%) Salesforce
7 7 (4.38%) BEA
7 7 (4.38%) TIBCO
8 6 (3.75%) Guidewire
8 6 (3.75%) MuleSoft
9 5 (3.13%) CA Agile Central
10 4 (2.50%) Dataiku
11 3 (1.88%) UiPath
11 3 (1.88%) Workday