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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 291 198 199
Rank change year-on-year -93 +1 +5
Contract jobs citing Web Services 162 182 209
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.80% 1.35% 1.30%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.03% 4.55% 4.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 124 134
10th Percentile £407 £337 £400
25th Percentile £450 £413 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £578
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -9.09% +0.70%
75th Percentile £629 £692 £675
90th Percentile £738 £699 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £540
% change year-on-year +5.00% -7.41% -1.82%
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 - - +8.33%

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 5,350 3,999 4,871
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.30% 29.69% 30.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,607 2,736 3,325
10th Percentile £400 £367 £385
25th Percentile £450 £431 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £710
90th Percentile £763 £800 £850
England median daily rate £535 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +2.88% -5.45% -0.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 32 22
10th Percentile £26.55 £31.77 £23.84
25th Percentile £36.25 £34.17 £36.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.97 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.41% +22.28% -32.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.56 £62.23
90th Percentile £81.25 £85.95 £74.60
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +8.33%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -32 29 £575 +27.78% 15
South London +5 15 £700 - 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 (6.17%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.94%) Confluence
2 8 (4.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (2.47%) CICS
3 4 (2.47%) IIS
4 2 (1.23%) Apache
4 2 (1.23%) CMS
5 1 (0.62%) Appian
5 1 (0.62%) HCL Domino
5 1 (0.62%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.62%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.62%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.62%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.62%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (2.47%) Elite 3E
2 3 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.85%) Orchestrade
2 3 (1.85%) SAP HR
2 3 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.23%) Infor LN
4 1 (0.62%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.62%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.62%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.62%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 36 (22.22%) Azure
2 29 (17.90%) AWS
3 13 (8.02%) Power Platform
4 12 (7.41%) GitHub
5 10 (6.17%) GCP
5 10 (6.17%) Serverless
6 7 (4.32%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (3.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 6 (3.70%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (3.70%) Power Automate
7 6 (3.70%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 6 (3.70%) SuccessFactors
8 5 (3.09%) Amazon SQS
8 5 (3.09%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (3.09%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (2.47%) AtomSphere
9 4 (2.47%) Boomi
9 4 (2.47%) IaaS
9 4 (2.47%) PaaS
9 4 (2.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.70%) SSL
2 5 (3.09%) HTTP
3 2 (1.23%) DNS
3 2 (1.23%) Internet
3 2 (1.23%) Intranet
4 1 (0.62%) Broadband
4 1 (0.62%) DMZ
4 1 (0.62%) Firewall
4 1 (0.62%) FTP
4 1 (0.62%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.62%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.62%) SAN
4 1 (0.62%) SSH
4 1 (0.62%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (17.28%) SQL Server
2 19 (11.73%) Relational Database
3 16 (9.88%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (4.94%) Oracle Database
6 7 (4.32%) Power BI
7 6 (3.70%) Db2
7 6 (3.70%) DynamoDB
8 5 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (3.09%) MySQL
9 4 (2.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (2.47%) Tableau
10 3 (1.85%) MongoDB
10 3 (1.85%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 2 (1.23%) Amazon Aurora
11 2 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (1.23%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (1.23%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.62%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 32 (19.75%) Git
2 23 (14.20%) Jenkins
3 15 (9.26%) JIRA
4 13 (8.02%) SonarQube
5 11 (6.79%) JUnit
6 9 (5.56%) eggPlant
6 9 (5.56%) Maven
7 7 (4.32%) Mockito
7 7 (4.32%) Selenium
8 6 (3.70%) Ant
8 6 (3.70%) Cucumber
8 6 (3.70%) Eclipse
8 6 (3.70%) JMeter
8 6 (3.70%) Postman
8 6 (3.70%) SoapUI
8 6 (3.70%) Visual Studio Code
9 5 (3.09%) LoadRunner
9 5 (3.09%) REST Assured
10 4 (2.47%) Bitbucket
10 4 (2.47%) GitLab
General
1 63 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 48 (29.63%) Finance
3 47 (29.01%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (16.67%) Banking
5 24 (14.81%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.09%) Financial Institution
6 5 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (3.09%) Investment Banking
7 4 (2.47%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.47%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.85%) Automotive
8 3 (1.85%) Legal
8 3 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.62%) Back Office
9 1 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.62%) Military
Job Titles
1 91 (56.17%) Developer
2 34 (20.99%) Senior
3 20 (12.35%) Senior Developer
4 15 (9.26%) Java Developer
5 14 (8.64%) Architect
5 14 (8.64%) C# Developer
6 11 (6.79%) Consultant
6 11 (6.79%) Lead
7 10 (6.17%) .NET Developer
8 7 (4.32%) C# .NET Developer
9 6 (3.70%) Delivery Manager
9 6 (3.70%) Full-Stack Developer
9 6 (3.70%) Senior C# Developer
10 5 (3.09%) Applications Developer
10 5 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
11 4 (2.47%) Junior
11 4 (2.47%) Programme Manager
11 4 (2.47%) Senior Java Developer
11 4 (2.47%) Senior Manager
11 4 (2.47%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (41.36%) SOAP
2 57 (35.19%) REST
3 47 (29.01%) .NET
4 39 (24.07%) XML
5 33 (20.37%) HTML
6 31 (19.14%) RESTful
7 20 (12.35%) AngularJS
8 19 (11.73%) Spring
9 17 (10.49%) CSS
9 17 (10.49%) Spring Boot
10 16 (9.88%) JSON
11 14 (8.64%) Middleware
11 14 (8.64%) React
12 12 (7.41%) XSLT
13 11 (6.79%) ASP.NET
13 11 (6.79%) Kafka
14 10 (6.17%) .NET Framework
15 8 (4.94%) Terraform
16 7 (4.32%) Lightning Web Components
17 6 (3.70%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.02%) Cloud Native
2 12 (7.41%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (3.70%) CMDB
4 6 (3.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 6 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (3.09%) Data Structures
5 5 (3.09%) Mobile App
5 5 (3.09%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.09%) Public Cloud
5 5 (3.09%) Replication
6 4 (2.47%) AI Agents
6 4 (2.47%) Mainframe
7 3 (1.85%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.85%) DataPower
7 3 (1.85%) Derivative
7 3 (1.85%) Distributed Applications
7 3 (1.85%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.85%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 23 (14.20%) Linux
2 17 (10.49%) Unix
3 3 (1.85%) zOS
4 2 (1.23%) Mac OS X
4 2 (1.23%) VMS
5 1 (0.62%) Windows
5 1 (0.62%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (45.06%) Agile
2 54 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (27.78%) CI/CD
4 44 (27.16%) Continuous Improvement
5 33 (20.37%) DevOps
6 30 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
7 29 (17.90%) AI
8 25 (15.43%) Scrum
9 24 (14.81%) SDLC
9 24 (14.81%) Test Automation
10 23 (14.20%) Migration
11 22 (13.58%) Data Modelling
12 20 (12.35%) Validation
13 18 (11.11%) OO
13 18 (11.11%) Workflow
14 17 (10.49%) Containerisation
14 17 (10.49%) ERP
14 17 (10.49%) Microservices
14 17 (10.49%) Software Engineering
14 17 (10.49%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 65 (40.12%) SQL
2 43 (26.54%) Java
3 42 (25.93%) JavaScript
4 39 (24.07%) Python
5 36 (22.22%) C#
6 10 (6.17%) PL/SQL
6 10 (6.17%) T-SQL
7 9 (5.56%) Shell Script
7 9 (5.56%) TypeScript
7 9 (5.56%) VB.NET
8 7 (4.32%) Apex Code
9 6 (3.70%) Groovy
9 6 (3.70%) SOQL
9 6 (3.70%) SOSL
10 5 (3.09%) ABAP
10 5 (3.09%) C++
10 5 (3.09%) PowerShell
10 5 (3.09%) XPath
11 4 (2.47%) Bash
12 3 (1.85%) JCL
Qualifications
1 41 (25.31%) Security Cleared
2 35 (21.60%) SC Cleared
3 18 (11.11%) Degree
4 6 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (3.70%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.09%) AWS Certification
5 5 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.09%) ISTQB
6 4 (2.47%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.47%) ISEB
6 4 (2.47%) PMI Certification
6 4 (2.47%) PMP
7 2 (1.23%) CISSP
7 2 (1.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.62%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.62%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.11%) Data Quality
2 9 (5.56%) QA
3 3 (1.85%) GRC
4 2 (1.23%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.62%) GDPR
5 1 (0.62%) HL7
5 1 (0.62%) NCSC
5 1 (0.62%) NIST
5 1 (0.62%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 20 (12.35%) Docker
2 4 (2.47%) Postfix
3 3 (1.85%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (1.23%) NFS
4 2 (1.23%) Sendmail
4 2 (1.23%) Varnish
5 1 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (3.70%) Grafana
1 6 (3.70%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.09%) HP Fortify
3 4 (2.47%) Control-M
4 3 (1.85%) Ansible
5 2 (1.23%) HAProxy
5 2 (1.23%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.62%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 35 (21.60%) Oracle
2 25 (15.43%) Microsoft
3 18 (11.11%) SAP
4 11 (6.79%) IBM
4 11 (6.79%) UiPath
5 10 (6.17%) Salesforce
6 8 (4.94%) Google
6 8 (4.94%) ServiceNow
7 5 (3.09%) Pega
8 4 (2.47%) Citrix
8 4 (2.47%) Intapp
8 4 (2.47%) Planview
8 4 (2.47%) Workday
9 3 (1.85%) Adobe
9 3 (1.85%) OpenAI
10 2 (1.23%) Atlassian
10 2 (1.23%) Baan
10 2 (1.23%) Infor
10 2 (1.23%) ION Trading
10 2 (1.23%) Sybase