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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 170 173
Rank change year-on-year -77 +3 +42
Contract jobs citing Web Services 164 202 246
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.91% 1.63% 1.41%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.94% 6.25% 5.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 134 164
10th Percentile £405 £386 £433
25th Percentile £450 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £620 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% +7.83% +2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £725 £688
90th Percentile £674 £825 £818
England median daily rate £501 £528 £550
% change year-on-year -5.12% -4.09% -
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 £64.07 £63.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +0.50% -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 4,166 3,230 4,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.14% 26.07% 25.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,775 2,256 3,354
10th Percentile £363 £385 £375
25th Percentile £437 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -1.74% -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% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 16 24
10th Percentile £23.33 - £16.25
25th Percentile £28.00 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £37.50 £48.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.68% +21.25% -40.52%
75th Percentile £59.85 £65.63 £63.13
90th Percentile £93.00 £81.25 £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 20 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 20 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 -35 18 £599 +12.71% 5
South London -13 6 - -
West London -27 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 10 (6.10%) Appian
1 10 (6.10%) CICS
2 7 (4.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.27%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (2.44%) Confluence
3 4 (2.44%) JBoss
3 4 (2.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (1.83%) Apache
4 3 (1.83%) WebLogic
5 2 (1.22%) CMS
5 2 (1.22%) 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 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (6.71%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (3.05%) SAP EWM
2 5 (3.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.22%) 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 38 (23.17%) Azure
2 34 (20.73%) AWS
3 23 (14.02%) PaaS
4 20 (12.20%) OCI
5 12 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (6.71%) GitHub
6 11 (6.71%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (6.71%) Serverless
7 10 (6.10%) GitHub Actions
8 9 (5.49%) AWS Lambda
8 9 (5.49%) IaaS
8 9 (5.49%) Power Automate
9 8 (4.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 8 (4.88%) Anthropic Claude
9 8 (4.88%) Azure AI
9 8 (4.88%) Azure Data Factory
9 8 (4.88%) Azure Key Vault
9 8 (4.88%) Entra ID
10 7 (4.27%) Amazon SQS
10 7 (4.27%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.05%) DNS
2 3 (1.83%) Firewall
3 2 (1.22%) Internet
3 2 (1.22%) 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 18 (10.98%) SQL Server
2 12 (7.32%) DB2
2 12 (7.32%) Relational Database
3 11 (6.71%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (5.49%) Pinecone
5 8 (4.88%) DynamoDB
6 6 (3.66%) SAP HANA
7 5 (3.05%) Amazon Aurora
7 5 (3.05%) MySQL
8 4 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (2.44%) Power BI
9 3 (1.83%) Data Hub
9 3 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.83%) Metadata
9 3 (1.83%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (1.83%) SQLite
10 2 (1.22%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.61%) Big Data
11 1 (0.61%) Redis
Development Applications
1 24 (14.63%) Git
2 19 (11.59%) Jenkins
3 13 (7.93%) Postman
4 9 (5.49%) Maven
4 9 (5.49%) SonarQube
5 8 (4.88%) JIRA
5 8 (4.88%) JUnit
5 8 (4.88%) MLflow
6 7 (4.27%) GitLab
6 7 (4.27%) SoapUI
7 5 (3.05%) Selenium
8 4 (2.44%) Ant
8 4 (2.44%) Bitbucket Server
8 4 (2.44%) DbUnit
8 4 (2.44%) jMock
8 4 (2.44%) Mockito
9 3 (1.83%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.83%) Eclipse
9 3 (1.83%) REST Assured
9 3 (1.83%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 46 (28.05%) Social Skills
2 34 (20.73%) Finance
3 33 (20.12%) Public Sector
4 18 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (7.93%) Banking
6 4 (2.44%) Military
6 4 (2.44%) Retail
7 3 (1.83%) Automotive
7 3 (1.83%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.83%) Investment Banking
7 3 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.22%) Billing
8 2 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.22%) Front Office
9 1 (0.61%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.61%) Legal
9 1 (0.61%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.61%) Publishing
9 1 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 78 (47.56%) Developer
2 21 (12.80%) Senior
3 17 (10.37%) Senior Developer
4 14 (8.54%) Architect
5 12 (7.32%) Cloud Specialist
5 12 (7.32%) Lead
6 11 (6.71%) Java Developer
7 10 (6.10%) Integration Specialist
7 10 (6.10%) Oracle Specialist
7 10 (6.10%) Python Developer
8 9 (5.49%) Salesforce Developer
9 8 (4.88%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 8 (4.88%) Automation Engineer
9 8 (4.88%) Consultant
10 6 (3.66%) AWS Developer
10 6 (3.66%) Azure Developer
11 5 (3.05%) Designer
11 5 (3.05%) Mainframe Developer
11 5 (3.05%) Microsoft 365 Developer
11 5 (3.05%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (49.39%) REST
2 58 (35.37%) SOAP
3 31 (18.90%) RESTful
4 24 (14.63%) JSON
5 23 (14.02%) XML
6 20 (12.20%) HTML
6 20 (12.20%) OAuth
6 20 (12.20%) Spring
7 18 (10.98%) .NET
7 18 (10.98%) Oracle Fusion
8 17 (10.37%) JWT
9 16 (9.76%) CSS
10 15 (9.15%) XSLT
11 12 (7.32%) AngularJS
11 12 (7.32%) Lightning Web Components
12 11 (6.71%) Pandas
12 11 (6.71%) Spring Boot
13 10 (6.10%) Django
13 10 (6.10%) J2EE
13 10 (6.10%) React
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.93%) Product Ownership
2 10 (6.10%) Legacy Systems
2 10 (6.10%) Mainframe
2 10 (6.10%) Public Cloud
3 8 (4.88%) CMDB
3 8 (4.88%) Low-Code
4 6 (3.66%) DataPower
5 5 (3.05%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (3.05%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.05%) Security Posture
6 4 (2.44%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.44%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.44%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.44%) Online Banking
7 3 (1.83%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.83%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.22%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.15%) Linux
2 10 (6.10%) Windows
3 9 (5.49%) zOS
4 7 (4.27%) Unix
5 2 (1.22%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.61%) Android
6 1 (0.61%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (27.44%) Agile
2 35 (21.34%) DevOps
3 34 (20.73%) CI/CD
4 29 (17.68%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (15.85%) Containerisation
5 26 (15.85%) Test Automation
6 24 (14.63%) ERP
6 24 (14.63%) Microservices
7 22 (13.41%) AI
7 22 (13.41%) Design Patterns
8 20 (12.20%) Data Modelling
8 20 (12.20%) Integration Patterns
8 20 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
8 20 (12.20%) Workflow
9 19 (11.59%) Architectural Patterns
10 18 (10.98%) Validation
11 17 (10.37%) ITIL
11 17 (10.37%) OO
11 17 (10.37%) Software Engineering
12 16 (9.76%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 40 (24.39%) Python
2 39 (23.78%) SQL
3 34 (20.73%) Java
4 26 (15.85%) JavaScript
5 18 (10.98%) C#
6 12 (7.32%) Apex Code
7 9 (5.49%) PowerShell
8 6 (3.66%) ABAP
8 6 (3.66%) PL/SQL
8 6 (3.66%) Shell Script
8 6 (3.66%) TypeScript
9 5 (3.05%) JCL
9 5 (3.05%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (3.05%) Ruby
10 4 (2.44%) XPath
11 3 (1.83%) C++
11 3 (1.83%) SOQL
11 3 (1.83%) SOSL
12 2 (1.22%) Perl
12 2 (1.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 52 (31.71%) Security Cleared
2 47 (28.66%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.10%) Degree
4 9 (5.49%) DV Cleared
5 6 (3.66%) AWS Certification
6 5 (3.05%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.44%) MBA
8 3 (1.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.83%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.61%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.54%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.66%) SLA
3 5 (3.05%) 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 23 (14.02%) Docker
2 7 (4.27%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.05%) Postfix
4 2 (1.22%) NFS
4 2 (1.22%) Sendmail
4 2 (1.22%) Varnish
5 1 (0.61%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (8.54%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.27%) Ansible
2 7 (4.27%) Grafana
3 4 (2.44%) Terraform
4 2 (1.22%) HAProxy
4 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.22%) TIBCO Hawk
5 1 (0.61%) CA Endevor
5 1 (0.61%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.61%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.61%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.61%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 36 (21.95%) Oracle
2 23 (14.02%) Microsoft
3 12 (7.32%) Salesforce
4 10 (6.10%) OpenAI
5 9 (5.49%) SAP
5 9 (5.49%) ServiceNow
5 9 (5.49%) UiPath
6 8 (4.88%) Automation Anywhere
7 6 (3.66%) Guidewire
7 6 (3.66%) MuleSoft
8 5 (3.05%) Adobe
8 5 (3.05%) Atlassian
8 5 (3.05%) IBM
9 4 (2.44%) Jaspersoft
10 3 (1.83%) Citrix
10 3 (1.83%) Cognizant
10 3 (1.83%) Google
11 2 (1.22%) BEA
11 2 (1.22%) Charles River
11 2 (1.22%) TIBCO