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 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 168 169
Rank change year-on-year -88 +1 +39
Contract jobs citing Web Services 165 205 243
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.92% 1.65% 1.39%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.96% 6.36% 5.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 137 161
10th Percentile £400 £376 £431
25th Percentile £444 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £725 £688
90th Percentile £674 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
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 £62.82 £63.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year -1.46% -1.92% -10.34%

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 4,171 3,223 4,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.17% 25.99% 25.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,767 2,261 3,328
10th Percentile £363 £385 £377
25th Percentile £435 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £568 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.17% -1.22% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £725 £700
90th Percentile £775 £838 £825
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 15 24
10th Percentile £23.00 £33.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £28.00 £34.13 £23.80
Median hourly rate £37.50 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +31.25% -40.74%
75th Percentile £59.99 £66.25 £63.13
90th Percentile £95.00 £83.75 £72.60
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 -29 18 £599 +11.40% 7
South London -13 5 - -
West London -25 3 - - 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 10 (6.06%) Appian
1 10 (6.06%) CICS
2 9 (5.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.45%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (2.42%) Confluence
3 4 (2.42%) JBoss
3 4 (2.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (1.82%) Apache
4 3 (1.82%) WebLogic
5 2 (1.21%) CMS
5 2 (1.21%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.61%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.61%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.61%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.61%) IIS
6 1 (0.61%) Mule
6 1 (0.61%) Mule ESB
6 1 (0.61%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (7.27%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (3.03%) SAP EWM
2 5 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.21%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (0.61%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.61%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.61%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.61%) SDL Web 8
4 1 (0.61%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 39 (23.64%) Azure
2 33 (20.00%) AWS
3 27 (16.36%) PaaS
4 22 (13.33%) OCI
5 14 (8.48%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (7.88%) GitHub
6 13 (7.88%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (7.27%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (6.67%) Serverless
9 10 (6.06%) Azure Key Vault
9 10 (6.06%) Entra ID
9 10 (6.06%) IaaS
10 9 (5.45%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (5.45%) Azure Service Bus
10 9 (5.45%) Power Automate
11 8 (4.85%) Anthropic Claude
11 8 (4.85%) Azure AI
11 8 (4.85%) Azure App Service
11 8 (4.85%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (4.24%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.03%) DNS
2 3 (1.82%) Firewall
3 2 (1.21%) Internet
3 2 (1.21%) SSL
4 1 (0.61%) DHCP
4 1 (0.61%) FTP
4 1 (0.61%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.61%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (10.30%) SQL Server
2 12 (7.27%) DB2
2 12 (7.27%) Relational Database
3 9 (5.45%) Pinecone
3 9 (5.45%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (4.24%) DynamoDB
5 6 (3.64%) SAP HANA
6 5 (3.03%) MySQL
7 4 (2.42%) Amazon Aurora
7 4 (2.42%) Power BI
8 3 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.82%) Data Hub
8 3 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.82%) Metadata
8 3 (1.82%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (1.82%) SQLite
9 2 (1.21%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.61%) Big Data
10 1 (0.61%) Redis
Development Applications
1 23 (13.94%) Git
2 18 (10.91%) Jenkins
3 15 (9.09%) Postman
4 8 (4.85%) JIRA
4 8 (4.85%) Maven
4 8 (4.85%) MLflow
4 8 (4.85%) SonarQube
5 7 (4.24%) GitLab
5 7 (4.24%) JUnit
5 7 (4.24%) SoapUI
6 5 (3.03%) Selenium
7 4 (2.42%) Ant
8 3 (1.82%) Bitbucket Server
8 3 (1.82%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.82%) DbUnit
8 3 (1.82%) Eclipse
8 3 (1.82%) jMock
8 3 (1.82%) Mockito
8 3 (1.82%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (1.21%) REST Assured
General
1 45 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 34 (20.61%) Finance
2 34 (20.61%) Public Sector
3 17 (10.30%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.27%) Banking
5 4 (2.42%) Military
5 4 (2.42%) Retail
6 3 (1.82%) Automotive
6 3 (1.82%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.21%) Billing
7 2 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.21%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.21%) Front Office
7 2 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.61%) General Ledger
8 1 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.61%) Legal
8 1 (0.61%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 77 (46.67%) Developer
2 23 (13.94%) Senior
3 19 (11.52%) Senior Developer
4 14 (8.48%) Architect
5 13 (7.88%) Cloud Specialist
6 12 (7.27%) Lead
7 11 (6.67%) Integration Specialist
7 11 (6.67%) Oracle Specialist
8 10 (6.06%) Python Developer
9 9 (5.45%) Java Developer
9 9 (5.45%) Salesforce Developer
10 8 (4.85%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 8 (4.85%) Automation Engineer
10 8 (4.85%) Consultant
11 7 (4.24%) Azure Developer
12 6 (3.64%) AWS Developer
13 5 (3.03%) Designer
13 5 (3.03%) Mainframe Developer
13 5 (3.03%) Microsoft 365 Developer
13 5 (3.03%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (50.91%) REST
2 61 (36.97%) SOAP
3 28 (16.97%) RESTful
4 26 (15.76%) JSON
5 24 (14.55%) XML
6 21 (12.73%) OAuth
7 20 (12.12%) HTML
7 20 (12.12%) Oracle Fusion
8 19 (11.52%) .NET
9 18 (10.91%) JWT
9 18 (10.91%) Spring
10 16 (9.70%) CSS
10 16 (9.70%) XSLT
11 12 (7.27%) Lightning Web Components
12 11 (6.67%) AngularJS
12 11 (6.67%) Pandas
13 10 (6.06%) Django
13 10 (6.06%) J2EE
13 10 (6.06%) React
13 10 (6.06%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.88%) Product Ownership
2 11 (6.67%) Public Cloud
3 10 (6.06%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (6.06%) Mainframe
4 8 (4.85%) CMDB
4 8 (4.85%) Low-Code
5 6 (3.64%) DataPower
6 5 (3.03%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.03%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.42%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.42%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.42%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.42%) Online Banking
8 3 (1.82%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.82%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.21%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 14 (8.48%) Linux
2 10 (6.06%) Windows
3 9 (5.45%) zOS
4 7 (4.24%) Unix
5 2 (1.21%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.61%) Android
6 1 (0.61%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (26.06%) Agile
2 37 (22.42%) DevOps
3 33 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 29 (17.58%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (15.76%) ERP
5 26 (15.76%) Test Automation
6 25 (15.15%) Containerisation
7 22 (13.33%) Design Patterns
7 22 (13.33%) Microservices
8 21 (12.73%) AI
9 20 (12.12%) Data Modelling
9 20 (12.12%) Integration Patterns
9 20 (12.12%) Workflow
10 19 (11.52%) Architectural Patterns
10 19 (11.52%) Stakeholder Management
11 18 (10.91%) Validation
12 17 (10.30%) ITIL
12 17 (10.30%) Software Engineering
13 16 (9.70%) OO
13 16 (9.70%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 40 (24.24%) Python
2 37 (22.42%) SQL
3 32 (19.39%) Java
4 26 (15.76%) JavaScript
5 19 (11.52%) C#
6 12 (7.27%) Apex Code
7 11 (6.67%) PowerShell
8 7 (4.24%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (3.64%) ABAP
9 6 (3.64%) PL/SQL
9 6 (3.64%) Shell Script
9 6 (3.64%) TypeScript
10 5 (3.03%) JCL
10 5 (3.03%) Ruby
11 4 (2.42%) XPath
12 3 (1.82%) C++
12 3 (1.82%) SOQL
12 3 (1.82%) SOSL
13 2 (1.21%) Perl
13 2 (1.21%) VBA
Qualifications
1 54 (32.73%) Security Cleared
2 49 (29.70%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.06%) Degree
4 9 (5.45%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.03%) AWS Certification
5 5 (3.03%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.42%) MBA
7 3 (1.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.21%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.61%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.48%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.64%) SLA
3 5 (3.03%) QA
4 1 (0.61%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.61%) GDPR
4 1 (0.61%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.61%) NCSC
4 1 (0.61%) WCAG
System Software
1 22 (13.33%) Docker
2 7 (4.24%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.42%) Postfix
4 2 (1.21%) NFS
4 2 (1.21%) Sendmail
4 2 (1.21%) Varnish
5 1 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (8.48%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.24%) Ansible
3 6 (3.64%) Grafana
4 4 (2.42%) Terraform
5 2 (1.21%) HAProxy
5 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.21%) TIBCO Hawk
6 1 (0.61%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.61%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.61%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.61%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.61%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 37 (22.42%) Oracle
2 25 (15.15%) Microsoft
3 12 (7.27%) Salesforce
4 10 (6.06%) OpenAI
5 9 (5.45%) SAP
5 9 (5.45%) ServiceNow
5 9 (5.45%) UiPath
6 8 (4.85%) Automation Anywhere
7 6 (3.64%) Guidewire
7 6 (3.64%) MuleSoft
8 5 (3.03%) Adobe
8 5 (3.03%) IBM
9 4 (2.42%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.82%) Cognizant
10 3 (1.82%) Google
10 3 (1.82%) Jaspersoft
11 2 (1.21%) BEA
11 2 (1.21%) Charles River
11 2 (1.21%) Citrix
11 2 (1.21%) TIBCO