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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 176 185
Rank change year-on-year -112 +9 +25
Contract jobs citing Web Services 157 205 221
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.78% 1.51% 1.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.43% 5.81% 4.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 143 141
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 £750 £750 £825
England median daily rate £517 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +3.35% -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 4,572 3,526 4,438
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.68% 25.98% 27.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,025 2,461 3,185
10th Percentile £386 £368 £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 £673 £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 44 27 24
10th Percentile £26.48 £32.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.25 £33.87 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.41 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +31.25% -39.39%
75th Percentile £61.50 £63.13 £53.42
90th Percentile £81.25 £78.20 £72.60
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £56.75
% change year-on-year +18.18% -3.08% -7.35%

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 11 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 11 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 -38 22 £588 +23.68% 6
South London 0 14 £537 - 3
West London -29 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 9 (5.73%) CICS
2 8 (5.10%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (2.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (1.91%) Confluence
5 3 (1.91%) IIS
5 3 (1.91%) JBoss
6 2 (1.27%) Apache
6 2 (1.27%) CMS
6 2 (1.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.64%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.64%) Appian
7 1 (0.64%) HCL Domino
7 1 (0.64%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.64%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.64%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.64%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.55%) Elite 3E
2 3 (1.91%) Orchestrade
3 2 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.27%) Infor LN
3 2 (1.27%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.64%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.64%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.64%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.64%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.64%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 31 (19.75%) Azure
2 30 (19.11%) AWS
3 14 (8.92%) Serverless
4 12 (7.64%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (7.64%) PaaS
5 11 (7.01%) AWS Lambda
5 11 (7.01%) GitHub
6 10 (6.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 10 (6.37%) Power Platform
7 9 (5.73%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (5.10%) Amazon SQS
8 8 (5.10%) Entra ID
8 8 (5.10%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (4.46%) Azure Service Bus
9 7 (4.46%) OCI
10 6 (3.82%) Azure Key Vault
10 6 (3.82%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 5 (3.18%) Amazon S3
11 5 (3.18%) GCP
11 5 (3.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.18%) HTTP
1 5 (3.18%) SSL
2 4 (2.55%) DNS
3 3 (1.91%) Internet
4 2 (1.27%) Intranet
5 1 (0.64%) DMZ
5 1 (0.64%) Firewall
5 1 (0.64%) FTP
5 1 (0.64%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.64%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.64%) SAN
5 1 (0.64%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (14.01%) SQL Server
2 14 (8.92%) Relational Database
3 11 (7.01%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (6.37%) Db2
4 10 (6.37%) DynamoDB
5 7 (4.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (3.82%) Power BI
7 5 (3.18%) MySQL
7 5 (3.18%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (2.55%) Amazon Aurora
8 4 (2.55%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (1.91%) Metadata
9 3 (1.91%) SQLite
10 2 (1.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 2 (1.27%) Oracle Database
10 2 (1.27%) RDBMS
10 2 (1.27%) SAP HANA
10 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 26 (16.56%) Git
2 21 (13.38%) Jenkins
3 10 (6.37%) JIRA
4 8 (5.10%) GitLab
4 8 (5.10%) Maven
5 7 (4.46%) JUnit
6 6 (3.82%) Ant
6 6 (3.82%) Eclipse
6 6 (3.82%) SonarQube
6 6 (3.82%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (2.55%) Bitbucket Server
7 4 (2.55%) DbUnit
7 4 (2.55%) jMock
7 4 (2.55%) Mockito
7 4 (2.55%) Postman
7 4 (2.55%) REST Assured
7 4 (2.55%) SoapUI
8 3 (1.91%) Moq
8 3 (1.91%) Selenium
8 3 (1.91%) TeamCity
General
1 55 (35.03%) Social Skills
2 37 (23.57%) Analytical Skills
2 37 (23.57%) Finance
3 27 (17.20%) Public Sector
4 24 (15.29%) Banking
5 5 (3.18%) Investment Banking
6 4 (2.55%) Financial Institution
6 4 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.55%) Retail
6 4 (2.55%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.91%) Automotive
7 3 (1.91%) Legal
7 3 (1.91%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.64%) Military
8 1 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.64%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 89 (56.69%) Developer
2 28 (17.83%) Senior
3 19 (12.10%) Senior Developer
4 13 (8.28%) Architect
4 13 (8.28%) C# Developer
5 12 (7.64%) Java Developer
6 10 (6.37%) Consultant
6 10 (6.37%) Lead
7 9 (5.73%) Designer
8 8 (5.10%) Delivery Manager
8 8 (5.10%) Salesforce Developer
9 7 (4.46%) .NET Developer
9 7 (4.46%) C# .NET Developer
10 6 (3.82%) Azure Developer
10 6 (3.82%) Senior C# Developer
11 5 (3.18%) AWS Developer
11 5 (3.18%) Mainframe Developer
12 4 (2.55%) Full-Stack Developer
12 4 (2.55%) Microsoft 365 Developer
12 4 (2.55%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (46.50%) REST
2 63 (40.13%) SOAP
3 35 (22.29%) .NET
4 28 (17.83%) RESTful
4 28 (17.83%) XML
5 22 (14.01%) HTML
6 21 (13.38%) Spring
7 17 (10.83%) JSON
8 15 (9.55%) CSS
9 14 (8.92%) AngularJS
10 12 (7.64%) Spring Boot
11 11 (7.01%) Lightning Web Components
11 11 (7.01%) XSLT
12 10 (6.37%) .NET Framework
12 10 (6.37%) Middleware
13 9 (5.73%) React
14 8 (5.10%) ASP.NET
14 8 (5.10%) Bootstrap
14 8 (5.10%) Jakarta EE
15 7 (4.46%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.92%) CMDB
2 10 (6.37%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (6.37%) Product Ownership
3 9 (5.73%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (5.73%) Mainframe
4 7 (4.46%) Data Structures
5 6 (3.82%) DataPower
5 6 (3.82%) Online Banking
6 5 (3.18%) Cloud Native
6 5 (3.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (3.18%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (3.18%) Security Posture
6 5 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.55%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.91%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.91%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.91%) Derivative
8 3 (1.91%) Distributed Applications
8 3 (1.91%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.91%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.55%) Linux
2 11 (7.01%) Unix
3 8 (5.10%) zOS
4 5 (3.18%) Windows
5 1 (0.64%) VMS
5 1 (0.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (39.49%) Agile
2 48 (30.57%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (21.66%) DevOps
4 33 (21.02%) CI/CD
5 27 (17.20%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (16.56%) ITIL
7 24 (15.29%) Workflow
8 23 (14.65%) AI
8 23 (14.65%) Scrum
9 21 (13.38%) Integration Patterns
9 21 (13.38%) Stakeholder Management
10 20 (12.74%) ITSM
11 19 (12.10%) Microservices
11 19 (12.10%) Performance Tuning
12 18 (11.46%) Data Modelling
12 18 (11.46%) Migration
13 17 (10.83%) Analytics
13 17 (10.83%) Design Patterns
13 17 (10.83%) Software Engineering
14 16 (10.19%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 58 (36.94%) SQL
2 35 (22.29%) JavaScript
3 34 (21.66%) Java
4 33 (21.02%) Python
5 29 (18.47%) C#
6 13 (8.28%) PL/SQL
7 11 (7.01%) Apex Code
7 11 (7.01%) PowerShell
8 8 (5.10%) Shell Script
9 6 (3.82%) JCL
9 6 (3.82%) SOQL
9 6 (3.82%) SOSL
9 6 (3.82%) T-SQL
10 5 (3.18%) C++
10 5 (3.18%) VB.NET
10 5 (3.18%) XPath
11 4 (2.55%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (1.91%) Groovy
12 3 (1.91%) TypeScript
13 2 (1.27%) Rust
Qualifications
1 46 (29.30%) Security Cleared
2 40 (25.48%) SC Cleared
3 11 (7.01%) Degree
4 9 (5.73%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.18%) AWS Certification
6 4 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (1.91%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.91%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.91%) MBA
8 1 (0.64%) ISEB
8 1 (0.64%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.92%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.82%) QA
3 4 (2.55%) SLA
4 3 (1.91%) GRC
5 2 (1.27%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.64%) NCSC
6 1 (0.64%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 15 (9.55%) Docker
2 5 (3.18%) Postfix
3 4 (2.55%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.27%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (1.27%) NFS
4 2 (1.27%) Sendmail
4 2 (1.27%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 7 (4.46%) Grafana
2 6 (3.82%) Ansible
3 5 (3.18%) Terraform
4 3 (1.91%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.27%) HAProxy
5 2 (1.27%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.64%) Control-M
6 1 (0.64%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.64%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 28 (17.83%) Oracle
2 23 (14.65%) Microsoft
3 16 (10.19%) ServiceNow
4 13 (8.28%) Salesforce
5 11 (7.01%) SAP
6 8 (5.10%) IBM
7 6 (3.82%) Pega
8 4 (2.55%) Adobe
8 4 (2.55%) Atlassian
8 4 (2.55%) Citrix
8 4 (2.55%) Intapp
8 4 (2.55%) Jaspersoft
8 4 (2.55%) UiPath
9 3 (1.91%) Google
10 2 (1.27%) Baan
10 2 (1.27%) Infor
10 2 (1.27%) ION Trading
10 2 (1.27%) MuleSoft
10 2 (1.27%) Sybase
10 2 (1.27%) Workday