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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 185 192
Rank change year-on-year -113 +7 +16
Contract jobs citing Web Services 156 187 216
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.77% 1.39% 1.34%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.94% 4.75% 4.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 127 134
10th Percentile £413 £350 £402
25th Percentile £459 £413 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £530 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.49% -11.67% +6.67%
75th Percentile £650 £695 £675
90th Percentile £749 £700 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £543
% change year-on-year +5.00% -7.83% -1.36%
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 5,303 3,940 4,961
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.27% 29.33% 30.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,540 2,715 3,444
10th Percentile £400 £368 £385
25th Percentile £450 £431 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £660 £688 £708
90th Percentile £763 £813 £850
England median daily rate £530 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 32 21
10th Percentile £26.43 £31.77 £23.80
25th Percentile £36.06 £34.17 £36.25
Median hourly rate £43.50 £51.97 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.30% +22.28% -34.62%
75th Percentile £63.00 £62.81 £61.43
90th Percentile £81.25 £85.95 £75.00
England median hourly rate £67.47 £54.70 £62.50
% change year-on-year +23.35% -12.48% -3.85%

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 September 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 September 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 25 £575 +21.05% 15
South London +3 14 £700 - 4
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 (6.41%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 6 (3.85%) Confluence
4 5 (3.21%) CICS
5 4 (2.56%) IIS
6 2 (1.28%) Apache
7 1 (0.64%) Appian
7 1 (0.64%) CMS
7 1 (0.64%) HCL Domino
7 1 (0.64%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.64%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.64%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.64%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.56%) Elite 3E
2 3 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.92%) Orchestrade
2 3 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.28%) Infor LN
4 1 (0.64%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.64%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
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 MDG
4 1 (0.64%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 33 (21.15%) Azure
2 26 (16.67%) AWS
3 13 (8.33%) Power Platform
4 11 (7.05%) Serverless
5 10 (6.41%) GitHub
6 9 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (5.13%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (3.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 6 (3.85%) Amazon SQS
8 6 (3.85%) GCP
8 6 (3.85%) PaaS
8 6 (3.85%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 5 (3.21%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (3.21%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (2.56%) Boomi
10 4 (2.56%) GitHub Copilot
10 4 (2.56%) IaaS
10 4 (2.56%) OCI
10 4 (2.56%) Power Automate
10 4 (2.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.21%) HTTP
1 5 (3.21%) SSL
2 3 (1.92%) DNS
3 2 (1.28%) Internet
3 2 (1.28%) Intranet
4 1 (0.64%) DMZ
4 1 (0.64%) Firewall
4 1 (0.64%) FTP
4 1 (0.64%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.64%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.64%) SAN
4 1 (0.64%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 18 (11.54%) Relational Database
3 13 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (5.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (4.49%) Oracle Database
5 7 (4.49%) Power BI
6 6 (3.85%) Db2
6 6 (3.85%) DynamoDB
7 5 (3.21%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (2.56%) Tableau
9 3 (1.92%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (1.92%) SQLite
10 2 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (1.28%) Metadata
10 2 (1.28%) MongoDB
10 2 (1.28%) MySQL
10 2 (1.28%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 27 (17.31%) Git
2 21 (13.46%) Jenkins
3 13 (8.33%) JIRA
4 11 (7.05%) SonarQube
5 9 (5.77%) eggPlant
6 7 (4.49%) JUnit
6 7 (4.49%) Selenium
7 6 (3.85%) Ant
7 6 (3.85%) Eclipse
7 6 (3.85%) JMeter
7 6 (3.85%) Maven
7 6 (3.85%) Postman
7 6 (3.85%) SoapUI
7 6 (3.85%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (3.21%) GitLab
8 5 (3.21%) LoadRunner
8 5 (3.21%) Mockito
9 4 (2.56%) Bitbucket
9 4 (2.56%) Cucumber
9 4 (2.56%) TeamCity
General
1 62 (39.74%) Social Skills
2 47 (30.13%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (27.56%) Finance
4 27 (17.31%) Banking
4 27 (17.31%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.21%) Financial Institution
5 5 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (3.21%) Investment Banking
6 4 (2.56%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.56%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.92%) Automotive
7 3 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.92%) Legal
7 3 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.64%) Military
Job Titles
1 88 (56.41%) Developer
2 33 (21.15%) Senior
3 21 (13.46%) Senior Developer
4 14 (8.97%) C# Developer
5 13 (8.33%) Architect
5 13 (8.33%) Java Developer
5 13 (8.33%) Lead
6 10 (6.41%) Consultant
7 9 (5.77%) .NET Developer
8 7 (4.49%) C# .NET Developer
9 6 (3.85%) Delivery Manager
9 6 (3.85%) Designer
9 6 (3.85%) Full-Stack Developer
9 6 (3.85%) Salesforce Developer
9 6 (3.85%) Senior C# Developer
10 5 (3.21%) Applications Developer
11 4 (2.56%) Programme Manager
11 4 (2.56%) Senior Java Developer
11 4 (2.56%) Senior Manager
11 4 (2.56%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (40.38%) SOAP
2 60 (38.46%) REST
3 45 (28.85%) .NET
4 36 (23.08%) XML
5 31 (19.87%) RESTful
6 30 (19.23%) HTML
7 18 (11.54%) Spring
8 16 (10.26%) AngularJS
8 16 (10.26%) Spring Boot
9 15 (9.62%) JSON
9 15 (9.62%) Middleware
10 14 (8.97%) CSS
11 12 (7.69%) XSLT
12 11 (7.05%) ASP.NET
12 11 (7.05%) React
13 10 (6.41%) Kafka
14 9 (5.77%) Lightning Web Components
15 8 (5.13%) .NET Framework
16 6 (3.85%) Ajax
16 6 (3.85%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (5.77%) Cloud Native
3 8 (5.13%) CMDB
3 8 (5.13%) Product Ownership
3 8 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.49%) Data Structures
4 7 (4.49%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (3.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (3.21%) Mainframe
7 4 (2.56%) AI Agents
7 4 (2.56%) DataPower
7 4 (2.56%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.56%) Online Banking
8 3 (1.92%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.92%) Derivative
8 3 (1.92%) Distributed Applications
8 3 (1.92%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.28%) Equities
9 2 (1.28%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 17 (10.90%) Linux
2 15 (9.62%) Unix
3 4 (2.56%) zOS
4 1 (0.64%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.64%) VMS
4 1 (0.64%) Windows
4 1 (0.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (45.51%) Agile
2 56 (35.90%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (26.28%) CI/CD
3 41 (26.28%) Continuous Improvement
4 35 (22.44%) DevOps
5 28 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
6 26 (16.67%) AI
7 24 (15.38%) SDLC
8 23 (14.74%) Scrum
9 21 (13.46%) Migration
9 21 (13.46%) Test Automation
10 20 (12.82%) Workflow
11 19 (12.18%) Data Modelling
11 19 (12.18%) Microservices
11 19 (12.18%) Software Engineering
12 17 (10.90%) ERP
12 17 (10.90%) ITIL
12 17 (10.90%) SOA
12 17 (10.90%) Validation
13 16 (10.26%) OO
Programming Languages
1 64 (41.03%) SQL
2 38 (24.36%) Java
2 38 (24.36%) JavaScript
3 36 (23.08%) Python
4 34 (21.79%) C#
5 11 (7.05%) PL/SQL
6 9 (5.77%) Apex Code
6 9 (5.77%) VB.NET
7 8 (5.13%) T-SQL
8 7 (4.49%) TypeScript
9 6 (3.85%) PowerShell
9 6 (3.85%) Shell Script
9 6 (3.85%) SOQL
9 6 (3.85%) SOSL
10 5 (3.21%) C++
10 5 (3.21%) XPath
11 4 (2.56%) Groovy
11 4 (2.56%) JCL
12 2 (1.28%) ABAP
12 2 (1.28%) Rust
Qualifications
1 46 (29.49%) Security Cleared
2 41 (26.28%) SC Cleared
3 18 (11.54%) Degree
4 7 (4.49%) DV Cleared
5 6 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.21%) AWS Certification
6 5 (3.21%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (3.21%) ISTQB
7 4 (2.56%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.56%) ISEB
8 3 (1.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.92%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.92%) MBA
9 2 (1.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (1.28%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.28%) PMP
10 1 (0.64%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.62%) Data Quality
2 8 (5.13%) QA
3 3 (1.92%) GRC
4 2 (1.28%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.64%) HL7
5 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.64%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 16 (10.26%) Docker
2 4 (2.56%) Postfix
3 2 (1.28%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.28%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 2 (1.28%) NFS
3 2 (1.28%) Sendmail
3 2 (1.28%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 7 (4.49%) Grafana
2 5 (3.21%) HP Fortify
3 4 (2.56%) Control-M
3 4 (2.56%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.28%) Ansible
4 2 (1.28%) HAProxy
4 2 (1.28%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.64%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 34 (21.79%) Oracle
2 24 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 15 (9.62%) SAP
4 12 (7.69%) Salesforce
5 11 (7.05%) IBM
6 10 (6.41%) ServiceNow
7 9 (5.77%) UiPath
8 5 (3.21%) Pega
9 4 (2.56%) Citrix
9 4 (2.56%) Google
9 4 (2.56%) Intapp
9 4 (2.56%) Workday
10 3 (1.92%) Adobe
10 3 (1.92%) OpenAI
11 2 (1.28%) Atlassian
11 2 (1.28%) Baan
11 2 (1.28%) Infor
11 2 (1.28%) ION Trading
11 2 (1.28%) Planview
11 2 (1.28%) Sybase