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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 216 216 187
Rank change year-on-year 0 -29 -14
Contract jobs citing Web Services 164 175 267
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.16% 1.11% 1.33%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.39% 4.24% 5.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 114 171
10th Percentile £327 £395 £400
25th Percentile £361 £489 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% -6.06%
75th Percentile £591 £630 £650
90th Percentile £700 £788 £800
England median daily rate £500 £541 £550
% change year-on-year -7.62% -1.59% -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 3,737 4,128 5,226
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.40% 26.10% 26.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,539 2,714 3,937
10th Percentile £361 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £669 £710 £700
90th Percentile £788 £838 £800
England median daily rate £505 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.18% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 20 37
10th Percentile £31.77 £34.04 £33.80
25th Percentile £42.50 £37.88 £36.84
Median hourly rate £55.00 £44.00 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -24.14% -6.83%
75th Percentile £63.19 £61.45 £72.00
90th Percentile £85.95 £71.90 £87.94
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 22 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 22 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 +5 27 £475 -11.63% 25
West London -6 7 £475 -5.00%
East London +4 3 £520 +15.56%
South London -9 2 £500 +53.85%
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 (13.41%) Confluence
2 9 (5.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.49%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.05%) CMS
3 5 (3.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 5 (3.05%) WebLogic
3 5 (3.05%) WebSphere
4 4 (2.44%) Jupyter
5 3 (1.83%) CICS
6 2 (1.22%) Appian
7 1 (0.61%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.61%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.61%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.61%) JBoss
7 1 (0.61%) Mule
7 1 (0.61%) Mule ESB
Applications
1 4 (2.44%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 12 (7.32%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (3.66%) Workday HCM
3 5 (3.05%) BusinessWorks
3 5 (3.05%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (2.44%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (1.22%) SAP HR
6 2 (1.22%) SAP MDG
6 2 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.61%) Cloudability
7 1 (0.61%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.61%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.61%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.61%) Shopify
7 1 (0.61%) Siebel CRM
7 1 (0.61%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
Cloud Services
1 52 (31.71%) Azure
2 20 (12.20%) AWS
3 19 (11.59%) PaaS
4 16 (9.76%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (6.71%) Entra ID
5 11 (6.71%) OCI
6 10 (6.10%) GitHub
6 10 (6.10%) Power Platform
6 10 (6.10%) SaaS
7 9 (5.49%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (3.66%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (3.05%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (3.05%) Firebase
9 5 (3.05%) Sentry
10 4 (2.44%) Azure App Service
10 4 (2.44%) Azure Key Vault
10 4 (2.44%) Azure Service Bus
10 4 (2.44%) Azure WebJobs
10 4 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (2.44%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.32%) SSL
2 5 (3.05%) HTTP
3 2 (1.22%) DHCP
3 2 (1.22%) DNS
3 2 (1.22%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.61%) FTP
4 1 (0.61%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (12.20%) SQL Server
2 16 (9.76%) Relational Database
3 15 (9.15%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (6.71%) Redis
5 7 (4.27%) DB2
5 7 (4.27%) Oracle Database
6 5 (3.05%) NoSQL
6 5 (3.05%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (2.44%) MySQL
7 4 (2.44%) Power BI
8 3 (1.83%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (1.22%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (1.22%) Data Hub
9 2 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.22%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.61%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.61%) SAP BW
10 1 (0.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (21.34%) Git
2 32 (19.51%) JIRA
3 21 (12.80%) Postman
4 15 (9.15%) Jenkins
4 15 (9.15%) Selenium
5 10 (6.10%) JUnit
6 8 (4.88%) Cucumber
7 7 (4.27%) JMeter
7 7 (4.27%) Maven
7 7 (4.27%) SonarQube
8 6 (3.66%) Mockito
8 6 (3.66%) SoapUI
8 6 (3.66%) WebDriver
9 5 (3.05%) Appium
9 5 (3.05%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 5 (3.05%) Charles Proxy
9 5 (3.05%) GitLab
9 5 (3.05%) Katalon Studio
9 5 (3.05%) XCTest
9 5 (3.05%) XCUITest
General
1 38 (23.17%) Finance
1 38 (23.17%) Social Skills
2 27 (16.46%) Public Sector
3 22 (13.41%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (9.15%) Banking
5 6 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (3.66%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.05%) Back Office
7 4 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.83%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.22%) Billing
9 2 (1.22%) Dutch Language
9 2 (1.22%) Military
10 1 (0.61%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.61%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.61%) Law
10 1 (0.61%) Legal
10 1 (0.61%) Marketing
10 1 (0.61%) Police
10 1 (0.61%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 79 (48.17%) Developer
2 35 (21.34%) Senior
3 21 (12.80%) Architect
4 19 (11.59%) Senior Developer
5 15 (9.15%) Java Developer
6 13 (7.93%) ServiceNow Architect
7 10 (6.10%) Tester
8 9 (5.49%) Automation Tester
8 9 (5.49%) Full-Stack Developer
9 8 (4.88%) Senior Architect
10 7 (4.27%) Consultant
11 6 (3.66%) Python Developer
11 6 (3.66%) Selenium Automation Tester
11 6 (3.66%) Selenium Tester
11 6 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
12 5 (3.05%) Cloud Specialist
12 5 (3.05%) Integration Specialist
12 5 (3.05%) Node.js Developer
12 5 (3.05%) Oracle Specialist
12 5 (3.05%) TIBCO Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (49.39%) REST
2 64 (39.02%) SOAP
3 37 (22.56%) HTML
4 33 (20.12%) .NET
5 30 (18.29%) JSON
6 29 (17.68%) AngularJS
7 23 (14.02%) CSS
8 21 (12.80%) RESTful
9 18 (10.98%) HTML5
10 17 (10.37%) jQuery
11 16 (9.76%) Spring
12 15 (9.15%) Node.js
12 15 (9.15%) XML
13 14 (8.54%) LDAP
14 13 (7.93%) RabbitMQ
15 12 (7.32%) Apache Camel
15 12 (7.32%) JDBC
15 12 (7.32%) ODBC
15 12 (7.32%) Oracle Fusion
15 12 (7.32%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.54%) Mobile App
2 8 (4.88%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.27%) CMDB
4 6 (3.66%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.66%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (3.05%) Algorithms
5 5 (3.05%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.44%) Web Conferencing
7 3 (1.83%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.83%) Hedge funds
7 3 (1.83%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.22%) CSOC
8 2 (1.22%) Legacy Code
8 2 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.22%) Life Science
8 2 (1.22%) Mainframe
8 2 (1.22%) PKI
8 2 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.05%) Android
1 5 (3.05%) Apple iOS
1 5 (3.05%) Linux
1 5 (3.05%) Unix
1 5 (3.05%) Windows
2 2 (1.22%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.61%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (46.34%) Agile
2 49 (29.88%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (25.00%) DevOps
4 35 (21.34%) Microservices
5 31 (18.90%) Test Automation
6 30 (18.29%) Scrum
7 23 (14.02%) Integration Patterns
8 22 (13.41%) CI/CD
8 22 (13.41%) Computer Science
9 21 (12.80%) ITSM
10 19 (11.59%) Full-Stack Development
10 19 (11.59%) SDLC
11 18 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (10.37%) Design Patterns
12 17 (10.37%) Unit Testing
13 16 (9.76%) User Experience
14 15 (9.15%) TDD
14 15 (9.15%) Test Scripting
15 14 (8.54%) OO
15 14 (8.54%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 56 (34.15%) JavaScript
2 43 (26.22%) SQL
3 35 (21.34%) Java
4 27 (16.46%) Python
5 23 (14.02%) C#
6 13 (7.93%) TypeScript
7 9 (5.49%) Groovy
8 8 (4.88%) PHP
8 8 (4.88%) Ruby
9 7 (4.27%) PowerShell
9 7 (4.27%) XPath
10 6 (3.66%) PL/SQL
11 5 (3.05%) Kotlin
11 5 (3.05%) Shell Script
11 5 (3.05%) Swift
11 5 (3.05%) T-SQL
12 4 (2.44%) Apex Code
12 4 (2.44%) C++
12 4 (2.44%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (1.83%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 42 (25.61%) Security Cleared
2 37 (22.56%) SC Cleared
3 21 (12.80%) Degree
4 8 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (4.88%) Master's Degree
5 6 (3.66%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.83%) CISSP
6 3 (1.83%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (1.22%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.61%) CISA
8 1 (0.61%) CISM
8 1 (0.61%) ISEB
8 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.61%) OCP
8 1 (0.61%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.61%) PMP
8 1 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.61%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (15.24%) QA
2 6 (3.66%) GDPR
3 5 (3.05%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.44%) COBIT
5 2 (1.22%) GRC
6 1 (0.61%) HL7
6 1 (0.61%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 12 (7.32%) Docker
2 6 (3.66%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.61%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 13 (7.93%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (4.88%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.05%) TIBCO Hawk
4 4 (2.44%) Ansible
5 1 (0.61%) CA Endevor
5 1 (0.61%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.61%) Control-M
5 1 (0.61%) Grafana
5 1 (0.61%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.61%) HP Operations Orchestration
5 1 (0.61%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.61%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 35 (21.34%) Oracle
2 25 (15.24%) Microsoft
3 23 (14.02%) ServiceNow
4 15 (9.15%) Splunk
5 13 (7.93%) HP
6 12 (7.32%) BMC
6 12 (7.32%) Ivanti
6 12 (7.32%) Remedy
7 9 (5.49%) Salesforce
7 9 (5.49%) SAP
8 8 (4.88%) Dynatrace
9 6 (3.66%) CA Agile Central
9 6 (3.66%) IBM
9 6 (3.66%) Workday
10 5 (3.05%) BEA
10 5 (3.05%) Guidewire
10 5 (3.05%) TIBCO
11 4 (2.44%) Axway
11 4 (2.44%) Dataiku
11 4 (2.44%) webMethods