Web Services Contracts in London

Web Services
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Web Services skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Web Services over the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 190 210
Rank change year-on-year +27 +20 -58
Contract jobs citing Web Services 207 236 312
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.65% 1.34% 1.24%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.25% 5.05% 4.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 158 210
10th Percentile £363 £424 £415
25th Percentile £439 £475 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £572 £575 £574
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% +0.26% -0.26%
75th Percentile £695 £672 £650
90th Percentile £787 £791 £750
England median daily rate £504 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.41% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £52.30
25th Percentile - - £58.75
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £79.62
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year - -13.33% +15.38%

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 3,312 4,674 6,663
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.40% 26.56% 26.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,319 3,450 5,009
10th Percentile £379 £375 £413
25th Percentile £429 £459 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £713 £700 £725
90th Percentile £825 £850 £813
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 28 41
10th Percentile £32.83 £16.25 £30.75
25th Percentile £33.25 £23.80 £46.25
Median hourly rate £44.75 £42.50 £67.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.29% -36.57% +49.30%
75th Percentile £58.13 £61.70 £75.00
90th Percentile £87.63 £75.00 £86.56
England median hourly rate £60.00 £55.63 £65.00
% change year-on-year +7.87% -14.42% +23.81%

Web Services
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Web Services as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Web Services in London

Web Services
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Web Services in London.

Daily rate trend for Web Services in London

Web Services
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Services in London over the 6 months to 23 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Web Services in London

Web Services
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Web Services in London.

Hourly rate trend for Web Services in London

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 23 June 2025. 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 +5 33 £450 -21.74% 45
West London +16 10 £475 +11.76% 13
South London +1 5 - - 5
East London +11 1 £700 +17.85% 17
Web Services
England

Web Services
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (5.80%) Confluence
2 8 (3.86%) CMS
2 8 (3.86%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.42%) Apache
3 5 (2.42%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.93%) JBoss
4 4 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.45%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (1.45%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.97%) Appian
6 2 (0.97%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.97%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.48%) CICS
7 1 (0.48%) IIS
7 1 (0.48%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.48%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.48%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 25 (12.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (5.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.93%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (1.45%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.45%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (1.45%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.97%) Magento
5 2 (0.97%) Oracle Retail
5 2 (0.97%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.97%) SAP Convergent Charging
5 2 (0.97%) SAP CRM
5 2 (0.97%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.97%) SAP HR
5 2 (0.97%) Shopify
6 1 (0.48%) BASE24
6 1 (0.48%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.48%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.48%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.48%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 50 (24.15%) Azure
2 25 (12.08%) AWS
3 11 (5.31%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (5.31%) Power Platform
4 10 (4.83%) GitHub
4 10 (4.83%) Power Automate
5 9 (4.35%) Serverless
6 8 (3.86%) Amazon SQS
6 8 (3.86%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (3.86%) PowerApps
7 7 (3.38%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (3.38%) Azure Service Bus
7 7 (3.38%) GCP
7 7 (3.38%) SaaS
8 6 (2.90%) Amazon ECS
8 6 (2.90%) Azure Data Factory
8 6 (2.90%) SuccessFactors
9 5 (2.42%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (2.42%) Firebase
9 5 (2.42%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.31%) SSL
2 9 (4.35%) HTTP
3 4 (1.93%) Firewall
3 4 (1.93%) Kerberos
4 3 (1.45%) POP3
4 3 (1.45%) SMTP
5 1 (0.48%) ATM
5 1 (0.48%) IPsec
5 1 (0.48%) Network Security
5 1 (0.48%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (10.63%) SAP HANA
2 18 (8.70%) Relational Database
2 18 (8.70%) SQL Server
3 15 (7.25%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (5.31%) NoSQL
5 9 (4.35%) DB2
5 9 (4.35%) MongoDB
6 8 (3.86%) Big Data
6 8 (3.86%) Redis
7 6 (2.90%) Power BI
8 5 (2.42%) DynamoDB
8 5 (2.42%) Hadoop
8 5 (2.42%) MySQL
8 5 (2.42%) Oracle Database
9 4 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.93%) MS Access
9 4 (1.93%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (1.45%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 26 (12.56%) Git
2 25 (12.08%) JIRA
3 24 (11.59%) Jenkins
4 12 (5.80%) JUnit
5 10 (4.83%) Maven
5 10 (4.83%) Postman
6 9 (4.35%) SoapUI
7 8 (3.86%) GitLab
7 8 (3.86%) Selenium
8 7 (3.38%) Mockito
8 7 (3.38%) REST Assured
9 5 (2.42%) Cucumber
9 5 (2.42%) SonarQube
10 4 (1.93%) QARun
10 4 (1.93%) TestNG
10 4 (1.93%) WebDriver
10 4 (1.93%) webpack
10 4 (1.93%) WinRunner
11 3 (1.45%) Ant
11 3 (1.45%) Subversion
General
1 78 (37.68%) Social Skills
2 61 (29.47%) Finance
3 39 (18.84%) Banking
4 37 (17.87%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (6.28%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.38%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.42%) Back Office
8 5 (2.42%) Retail
9 4 (1.93%) Front Office
10 2 (0.97%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.97%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.97%) Marketing
10 2 (0.97%) Military
10 2 (0.97%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.48%) Electronics
11 1 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.48%) Legal
Job Titles
1 92 (44.44%) Developer
2 53 (25.60%) Architect
3 34 (16.43%) Senior
4 21 (10.14%) SAP Architect
4 21 (10.14%) Senior Developer
5 20 (9.66%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
6 17 (8.21%) Java Developer
7 15 (7.25%) C# Developer
8 14 (6.76%) C++ Developer
8 14 (6.76%) ServiceNow Architect
9 13 (6.28%) C++/C# Developer
10 10 (4.83%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (4.35%) Data Engineer
11 9 (4.35%) Lead
12 8 (3.86%) Analyst
12 8 (3.86%) Node.js Developer
13 7 (3.38%) Automation Tester
13 7 (3.38%) Full-Stack Developer
13 7 (3.38%) ServiceNow Developer
13 7 (3.38%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (35.27%) REST
2 52 (25.12%) SOAP
3 44 (21.26%) RESTful
4 42 (20.29%) .NET
5 40 (19.32%) HTML
6 30 (14.49%) CSS
7 27 (13.04%) AngularJS
8 25 (12.08%) JSON
8 25 (12.08%) Spring
9 23 (11.11%) ASP.NET
9 23 (11.11%) Kafka
10 21 (10.14%) .NET Core
10 21 (10.14%) Node.js
11 19 (9.18%) WCF
11 19 (9.18%) XML
12 15 (7.25%) Spring Boot
13 14 (6.76%) Middleware
13 14 (6.76%) React
14 12 (5.80%) HTML5
14 12 (5.80%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 11 (5.31%) CMDB
2 11 (5.31%) Legacy Applications
3 8 (3.86%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (3.86%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (3.38%) Mobile App
4 7 (3.38%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.38%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.42%) Algorithms
5 5 (2.42%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.42%) N-Tier
6 4 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.93%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.93%) Replication
7 3 (1.45%) PKI
8 2 (0.97%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.97%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.97%) CSOC
8 2 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.73%) Unix
2 12 (5.80%) Windows
3 10 (4.83%) Linux
4 1 (0.48%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.48%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.48%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (38.16%) Agile
2 56 (27.05%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (24.15%) DevOps
4 35 (16.91%) Microservices
5 31 (14.98%) Continuous Improvement
6 30 (14.49%) CI/CD
6 30 (14.49%) Stakeholder Management
7 27 (13.04%) Analytics
8 25 (12.08%) Project Delivery
9 23 (11.11%) CRM
9 23 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
10 22 (10.63%) Scrum
11 20 (9.66%) ITSM
12 19 (9.18%) Impact Assessments
12 19 (9.18%) TDD
13 18 (8.70%) Roadmaps
13 18 (8.70%) SDLC
13 18 (8.70%) Test Automation
14 17 (8.21%) Integration Patterns
15 16 (7.73%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 76 (36.71%) JavaScript
2 52 (25.12%) SQL
3 49 (23.67%) Java
4 41 (19.81%) C#
5 34 (16.43%) Python
6 21 (10.14%) TypeScript
7 14 (6.76%) C++
8 10 (4.83%) PowerShell
9 9 (4.35%) Shell Script
9 9 (4.35%) T-SQL
10 7 (3.38%) Groovy
11 6 (2.90%) ABAP
11 6 (2.90%) PHP
11 6 (2.90%) PL/SQL
11 6 (2.90%) Ruby
12 5 (2.42%) Scala
13 4 (1.93%) Perl
14 2 (0.97%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.97%) REXX
15 1 (0.48%) XPath
Qualifications
1 27 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 23 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 22 (10.63%) Degree
4 8 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.42%) MCPD
6 5 (2.42%) MCSD
7 3 (1.45%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.97%) CISSP
8 2 (0.97%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.48%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.48%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.48%) MCAD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (9.66%) QA
2 5 (2.42%) GDPR
2 5 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.45%) COBIT
4 2 (0.97%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.97%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.48%) HL7
5 1 (0.48%) ISO 8583
5 1 (0.48%) PSD2
5 1 (0.48%) SLA
5 1 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 18 (8.70%) Docker
2 4 (1.93%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.48%) Postfix
3 1 (0.48%) RACF
3 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (6.76%) Kubernetes
1 14 (6.76%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (2.90%) Ansible
3 3 (1.45%) Kibana
3 3 (1.45%) Terraform
4 1 (0.48%) Apache Ranger
4 1 (0.48%) CA Endevor
4 1 (0.48%) Grafana
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.48%) Packer
4 1 (0.48%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.48%) Puppet
Vendors
1 38 (18.36%) Oracle
2 37 (17.87%) SAP
3 33 (15.94%) ServiceNow
4 29 (14.01%) Microsoft
5 10 (4.83%) Splunk
6 9 (4.35%) Salesforce
7 8 (3.86%) Dynatrace
8 5 (2.42%) HP
9 4 (1.93%) BMC
9 4 (1.93%) CA Agile Central
9 4 (1.93%) Citrix
9 4 (1.93%) Guidewire
9 4 (1.93%) IBM
9 4 (1.93%) Ivanti
9 4 (1.93%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.93%) OpenText
9 4 (1.93%) Qualtrics
9 4 (1.93%) Remedy
9 4 (1.93%) Sybase
9 4 (1.93%) Workday