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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 177 193
Rank change year-on-year -107 +16 +14
Contract jobs citing Web Services 164 201 221
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.81% 1.48% 1.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.58% 5.74% 4.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 140 141
10th Percentile £413 £358 £413
25th Percentile £450 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £595
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -7.56% +8.18%
75th Percentile £650 £695 £675
90th Percentile £748 £750 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
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 - - -0.81%

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 4,577 3,499 4,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.74% 25.81% 27.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,033 2,438 3,174
10th Percentile £393 £364 £377
25th Percentile £450 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £725
90th Percentile £775 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 27 25
10th Percentile £26.40 £32.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.63 £33.87 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.50 £52.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +40.00% -43.18%
75th Percentile £62.25 £63.13 £50.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £78.20 £71.80
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £56.75
% change year-on-year +18.18% -3.08% -5.42%

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 13 August 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 13 August 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 -33 24 £575 +17.95% 7
South London +1 14 £537 - 2
West London -28 1 - - 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 (6.71%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.88%) CICS
3 6 (3.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (3.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (2.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (1.83%) Confluence
6 3 (1.83%) IIS
6 3 (1.83%) JBoss
7 2 (1.22%) Apache
7 2 (1.22%) CMS
8 1 (0.61%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.61%) Appian
8 1 (0.61%) HCL Domino
8 1 (0.61%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.61%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.61%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.61%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.44%) Elite 3E
2 3 (1.83%) Orchestrade
3 2 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.22%) Infor LN
3 2 (1.22%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.61%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Assets
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 EWM
4 1 (0.61%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.61%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 31 (18.90%) Azure
2 30 (18.29%) AWS
3 14 (8.54%) Serverless
4 13 (7.93%) GitHub
5 12 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (7.32%) PaaS
6 11 (6.71%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (6.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 10 (6.10%) Power Platform
8 9 (5.49%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (4.88%) Amazon SQS
9 8 (4.88%) Entra ID
9 8 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (4.27%) Azure Service Bus
10 7 (4.27%) OCI
11 6 (3.66%) Azure Key Vault
11 6 (3.66%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 5 (3.05%) Amazon S3
12 5 (3.05%) GCP
12 5 (3.05%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.05%) HTTP
1 5 (3.05%) SSL
2 4 (2.44%) DNS
3 3 (1.83%) Internet
4 2 (1.22%) Intranet
5 1 (0.61%) DMZ
5 1 (0.61%) Firewall
5 1 (0.61%) FTP
5 1 (0.61%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.61%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.61%) SAN
5 1 (0.61%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (13.41%) SQL Server
2 14 (8.54%) Relational Database
3 11 (6.71%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (6.10%) DynamoDB
5 9 (5.49%) Db2
6 7 (4.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (3.66%) Power BI
8 5 (3.05%) MySQL
8 5 (3.05%) Oracle Database
8 5 (3.05%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (2.44%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (2.44%) Tableau
10 3 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (1.83%) Metadata
10 3 (1.83%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (1.83%) SQLite
11 2 (1.22%) RDBMS
11 2 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 27 (16.46%) Git
2 21 (12.80%) Jenkins
3 10 (6.10%) JIRA
4 9 (5.49%) SonarQube
5 8 (4.88%) GitLab
5 8 (4.88%) JUnit
5 8 (4.88%) Maven
6 7 (4.27%) Postman
6 7 (4.27%) SoapUI
7 6 (3.66%) Ant
7 6 (3.66%) Eclipse
7 6 (3.66%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (3.05%) eggPlant
8 5 (3.05%) JMeter
8 5 (3.05%) LoadRunner
9 4 (2.44%) Bitbucket Server
9 4 (2.44%) DbUnit
9 4 (2.44%) jMock
9 4 (2.44%) Mockito
9 4 (2.44%) REST Assured
General
1 57 (34.76%) Social Skills
2 41 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (23.78%) Finance
4 29 (17.68%) Public Sector
5 24 (14.63%) Banking
6 5 (3.05%) Investment Banking
7 4 (2.44%) Financial Institution
7 4 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.44%) Retail
7 4 (2.44%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.83%) Automotive
8 3 (1.83%) Legal
8 3 (1.83%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.61%) Military
9 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 90 (54.88%) Developer
2 31 (18.90%) Senior
3 19 (11.59%) Senior Developer
4 13 (7.93%) Architect
4 13 (7.93%) C# Developer
4 13 (7.93%) Java Developer
4 13 (7.93%) Lead
5 10 (6.10%) Consultant
5 10 (6.10%) Delivery Manager
6 9 (5.49%) Designer
7 8 (4.88%) Salesforce Developer
8 7 (4.27%) .NET Developer
8 7 (4.27%) C# .NET Developer
9 6 (3.66%) Azure Developer
9 6 (3.66%) Full-Stack Developer
9 6 (3.66%) Senior C# Developer
10 5 (3.05%) AWS Developer
10 5 (3.05%) Technical Leader
11 4 (2.44%) Mainframe Developer
11 4 (2.44%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (44.51%) REST
2 67 (40.85%) SOAP
3 38 (23.17%) .NET
4 31 (18.90%) XML
5 30 (18.29%) RESTful
6 26 (15.85%) HTML
7 23 (14.02%) Spring
8 17 (10.37%) JSON
9 16 (9.76%) AngularJS
9 16 (9.76%) CSS
10 14 (8.54%) Middleware
10 14 (8.54%) Spring Boot
11 11 (6.71%) Lightning Web Components
11 11 (6.71%) XSLT
12 10 (6.10%) .NET Framework
13 9 (5.49%) Jakarta EE
13 9 (5.49%) Kafka
13 9 (5.49%) React
14 8 (4.88%) Bootstrap
14 8 (4.88%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.54%) CMDB
2 11 (6.71%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (6.10%) Product Ownership
4 9 (5.49%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (4.88%) Mainframe
6 7 (4.27%) Data Structures
7 6 (3.66%) DataPower
7 6 (3.66%) Online Banking
8 5 (3.05%) Cloud Native
8 5 (3.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (3.05%) Security Posture
8 5 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (2.44%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.83%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.83%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.83%) Derivative
10 3 (1.83%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.83%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.83%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (11.59%) Linux
2 15 (9.15%) Unix
3 7 (4.27%) zOS
4 5 (3.05%) Windows
5 1 (0.61%) VMS
5 1 (0.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (40.24%) Agile
2 50 (30.49%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (21.34%) DevOps
4 33 (20.12%) CI/CD
5 31 (18.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (15.85%) ITIL
7 25 (15.24%) AI
8 24 (14.63%) Workflow
9 23 (14.02%) Scrum
10 22 (13.41%) Stakeholder Management
11 21 (12.80%) Integration Patterns
12 20 (12.20%) ITSM
13 19 (11.59%) Microservices
13 19 (11.59%) Migration
13 19 (11.59%) Performance Tuning
13 19 (11.59%) Software Engineering
14 18 (10.98%) Data Modelling
14 18 (10.98%) Design Patterns
14 18 (10.98%) SDLC
15 17 (10.37%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 63 (38.41%) SQL
2 39 (23.78%) Java
3 38 (23.17%) JavaScript
4 36 (21.95%) Python
5 29 (17.68%) C#
6 13 (7.93%) PL/SQL
7 11 (6.71%) Apex Code
7 11 (6.71%) PowerShell
8 8 (4.88%) Shell Script
8 8 (4.88%) VB.NET
9 6 (3.66%) JCL
9 6 (3.66%) SOQL
9 6 (3.66%) SOSL
9 6 (3.66%) T-SQL
10 5 (3.05%) C++
10 5 (3.05%) XPath
11 4 (2.44%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (2.44%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.83%) Groovy
13 2 (1.22%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 48 (29.27%) Security Cleared
2 42 (25.61%) SC Cleared
3 13 (7.93%) Degree
4 9 (5.49%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.05%) AWS Certification
6 4 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (1.83%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.83%) ISEB
7 3 (1.83%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.83%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.83%) MBA
8 2 (1.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.54%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.66%) QA
3 4 (2.44%) SLA
4 3 (1.83%) GRC
5 2 (1.22%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.61%) NCSC
6 1 (0.61%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 15 (9.15%) Docker
2 5 (3.05%) Postfix
3 4 (2.44%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (1.22%) NFS
4 2 (1.22%) Sendmail
4 2 (1.22%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 7 (4.27%) Grafana
2 6 (3.66%) Ansible
3 5 (3.05%) HP Fortify
3 5 (3.05%) Terraform
4 4 (2.44%) Control-M
5 3 (1.83%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.22%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.61%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.61%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 32 (19.51%) Oracle
2 23 (14.02%) Microsoft
3 16 (9.76%) ServiceNow
4 14 (8.54%) SAP
5 13 (7.93%) Salesforce
6 11 (6.71%) IBM
7 6 (3.66%) Pega
8 4 (2.44%) Adobe
8 4 (2.44%) Atlassian
8 4 (2.44%) Citrix
8 4 (2.44%) Intapp
8 4 (2.44%) Jaspersoft
8 4 (2.44%) UiPath
9 3 (1.83%) Google
10 2 (1.22%) Baan
10 2 (1.22%) Infor
10 2 (1.22%) ION Trading
10 2 (1.22%) MuleSoft
10 2 (1.22%) Sitecore
10 2 (1.22%) Sybase