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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 179 187
Rank change year-on-year -101 +8 +29
Contract jobs citing Web Services 161 208 221
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.80% 1.53% 1.35%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.53% 5.85% 4.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 146 141
10th Percentile £408 £358 £413
25th Percentile £450 £413 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +3.90%
75th Percentile £650 £695 £725
90th Percentile £744 £750 £838
England median daily rate £524 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +4.75% -9.09% -4.35%
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 - - +15.95%

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 4,566 3,555 4,443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.66% 26.07% 27.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,025 2,493 3,217
10th Percentile £390 £371 £375
25th Percentile £450 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £725
90th Percentile £785 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 24 25
10th Percentile £23.69 £31.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £32.09 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.16 £51.97 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +38.59% -43.18%
75th Percentile £60.63 £62.81 £50.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £71.03 £71.80
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £56.25
% change year-on-year +18.18% -2.22% -6.25%

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 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 1 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 -24 23 £575 +21.05% 7
South London -4 14 £537 - 5
West London -27 2 - - 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 11 (6.83%) CICS
2 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (2.48%) Confluence
4 3 (1.86%) Apache
4 3 (1.86%) Appian
4 3 (1.86%) IIS
4 3 (1.86%) JBoss
5 2 (1.24%) CMS
6 1 (0.62%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.62%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.62%) HCL Domino
6 1 (0.62%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.62%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.62%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.62%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.62%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.48%) Elite 3E
2 3 (1.86%) Orchestrade
3 2 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.24%) Infor LN
3 2 (1.24%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.62%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle Assets
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 EWM
4 1 (0.62%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.62%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 33 (20.50%) Azure
2 32 (19.88%) AWS
3 15 (9.32%) Serverless
4 13 (8.07%) PaaS
5 12 (7.45%) AWS Lambda
6 11 (6.83%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (6.83%) GitHub
7 10 (6.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 10 (6.21%) GitHub Actions
8 9 (5.59%) Entra ID
8 9 (5.59%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (4.97%) Amazon SQS
9 8 (4.97%) Azure Service Bus
9 8 (4.97%) Power Platform
10 7 (4.35%) Azure Key Vault
10 7 (4.35%) OCI
11 6 (3.73%) Amazon S3
11 6 (3.73%) SaaS
11 6 (3.73%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 5 (3.11%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.11%) HTTP
1 5 (3.11%) SSL
2 4 (2.48%) DNS
3 3 (1.86%) Internet
4 2 (1.24%) Intranet
5 1 (0.62%) DMZ
5 1 (0.62%) Firewall
5 1 (0.62%) FTP
5 1 (0.62%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.62%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.62%) SAN
5 1 (0.62%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (15.53%) SQL Server
2 16 (9.94%) Relational Database
3 13 (8.07%) Db2
4 12 (7.45%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (6.21%) DynamoDB
6 7 (4.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (3.73%) Power BI
8 5 (3.11%) MySQL
8 5 (3.11%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (2.48%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (2.48%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (1.86%) Metadata
10 3 (1.86%) SQLite
11 2 (1.24%) MongoDB
11 2 (1.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 2 (1.24%) RDBMS
11 2 (1.24%) SAP HANA
11 2 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (14.29%) Git
1 23 (14.29%) Jenkins
2 13 (8.07%) JIRA
3 9 (5.59%) GitLab
3 9 (5.59%) Maven
4 8 (4.97%) JUnit
5 7 (4.35%) Ant
6 6 (3.73%) Eclipse
6 6 (3.73%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (3.11%) REST Assured
8 4 (2.48%) Bitbucket Server
8 4 (2.48%) DbUnit
8 4 (2.48%) jMock
8 4 (2.48%) Mockito
8 4 (2.48%) SonarQube
9 3 (1.86%) Moq
9 3 (1.86%) Selenium
9 3 (1.86%) SoapUI
9 3 (1.86%) TeamCity
9 3 (1.86%) Visual Studio
General
1 55 (34.16%) Social Skills
2 44 (27.33%) Finance
3 36 (22.36%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (16.15%) Banking
5 21 (13.04%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.35%) Investment Banking
7 5 (3.11%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.48%) Retail
8 4 (2.48%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.86%) Automotive
9 3 (1.86%) Legal
9 3 (1.86%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.62%) Military
11 1 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.62%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 92 (57.14%) Developer
2 26 (16.15%) Senior
3 21 (13.04%) Senior Developer
4 14 (8.70%) Architect
5 13 (8.07%) C# Developer
6 12 (7.45%) Java Developer
7 10 (6.21%) Consultant
8 9 (5.59%) Designer
8 9 (5.59%) Lead
9 8 (4.97%) Salesforce Developer
10 7 (4.35%) .NET Developer
10 7 (4.35%) Azure Developer
10 7 (4.35%) C# .NET Developer
10 7 (4.35%) Mainframe Developer
11 6 (3.73%) Senior C# Developer
12 5 (3.11%) AWS Developer
12 5 (3.11%) Microsoft 365 Developer
12 5 (3.11%) Software Engineer
13 4 (2.48%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 4 (2.48%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (50.93%) REST
2 65 (40.37%) SOAP
3 32 (19.88%) .NET
4 31 (19.25%) RESTful
5 27 (16.77%) XML
6 23 (14.29%) Spring
7 22 (13.66%) HTML
8 19 (11.80%) JSON
9 15 (9.32%) AngularJS
9 15 (9.32%) CSS
10 13 (8.07%) Spring Boot
11 12 (7.45%) XSLT
12 11 (6.83%) .NET Framework
12 11 (6.83%) Lightning Web Components
12 11 (6.83%) Middleware
13 10 (6.21%) React
14 9 (5.59%) Jakarta EE
14 9 (5.59%) OAuth
15 8 (4.97%) ASP.NET
15 8 (4.97%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.70%) CMDB
2 11 (6.83%) Mainframe
2 11 (6.83%) Product Ownership
3 9 (5.59%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (4.97%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (4.35%) Data Structures
5 7 (4.35%) DataPower
5 7 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (3.73%) Online Banking
7 5 (3.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (3.11%) Security Posture
7 5 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.48%) AI Agents
8 4 (2.48%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.48%) Mobile App
8 4 (2.48%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.86%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.86%) Derivative
9 3 (1.86%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.86%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 16 (9.94%) Linux
2 10 (6.21%) Unix
2 10 (6.21%) zOS
3 7 (4.35%) Windows
4 1 (0.62%) VMS
4 1 (0.62%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (35.40%) Agile
2 44 (27.33%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (22.36%) CI/CD
4 35 (21.74%) DevOps
5 26 (16.15%) ITIL
5 26 (16.15%) Workflow
6 25 (15.53%) AI
7 24 (14.91%) Scrum
8 23 (14.29%) Integration Patterns
9 22 (13.66%) Analytics
9 22 (13.66%) Stakeholder Management
10 21 (13.04%) Microservices
11 20 (12.42%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (12.42%) Data Modelling
11 20 (12.42%) ITSM
11 20 (12.42%) Performance Tuning
12 19 (11.80%) Migration
13 18 (11.18%) Design Patterns
13 18 (11.18%) Software Engineering
14 17 (10.56%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 57 (35.40%) SQL
2 36 (22.36%) Java
3 35 (21.74%) JavaScript
4 34 (21.12%) Python
5 30 (18.63%) C#
6 13 (8.07%) PL/SQL
7 12 (7.45%) PowerShell
8 11 (6.83%) Apex Code
9 8 (4.97%) Shell Script
10 7 (4.35%) C++
11 6 (3.73%) JCL
11 6 (3.73%) SOQL
11 6 (3.73%) SOSL
11 6 (3.73%) T-SQL
11 6 (3.73%) TypeScript
11 6 (3.73%) XPath
12 5 (3.11%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (3.11%) VB.NET
13 3 (1.86%) Groovy
14 2 (1.24%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 43 (26.71%) Security Cleared
2 37 (22.98%) SC Cleared
3 11 (6.83%) Degree
4 9 (5.59%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.11%) AWS Certification
6 4 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (1.86%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.86%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.86%) MBA
8 1 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.56%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.73%) QA
3 4 (2.48%) SLA
4 3 (1.86%) GRC
5 2 (1.24%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.62%) GDPR
6 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.62%) NCSC
6 1 (0.62%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 16 (9.94%) Docker
2 5 (3.11%) Postfix
3 4 (2.48%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.24%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (1.24%) NFS
4 2 (1.24%) Sendmail
4 2 (1.24%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 7 (4.35%) Grafana
2 6 (3.73%) Ansible
2 6 (3.73%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.48%) Terraform
4 2 (1.24%) HAProxy
5 1 (0.62%) CA Endevor
5 1 (0.62%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.62%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.62%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 28 (17.39%) Oracle
2 24 (14.91%) Microsoft
3 16 (9.94%) ServiceNow
4 13 (8.07%) Salesforce
5 9 (5.59%) SAP
6 8 (4.97%) IBM
7 6 (3.73%) Pega
8 4 (2.48%) Adobe
8 4 (2.48%) Atlassian
8 4 (2.48%) Citrix
8 4 (2.48%) Intapp
8 4 (2.48%) Jaspersoft
8 4 (2.48%) OpenAI
8 4 (2.48%) UiPath
9 3 (1.86%) Google
9 3 (1.86%) Sybase
10 2 (1.24%) Baan
10 2 (1.24%) Infor
10 2 (1.24%) ION Trading
10 2 (1.24%) Sitecore