Web3 Contracts in London

Web3
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Web3 in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Web3 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 382 478
Rank change year-on-year +30 +96 +97
Contract jobs citing Web3 1 9 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.008% 0.050% 0.055%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.022% 0.15% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 11
10th Percentile - £546 £475
25th Percentile - £653 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £725 £700
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile - £738 £731
90th Percentile - - £813
England median daily rate £700 £500 £700
% change year-on-year +40.00% -28.57% -

All Generic Skills
London

Web3 falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,516 5,909 9,701
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 35.99% 33.14% 35.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,054 4,182 6,966
10th Percentile £325 £301 £375
25th Percentile £451 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £583 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.29% -2.92% -
75th Percentile £738 £725 £750
90th Percentile £850 £850 £838
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 160 109
10th Percentile £15.84 £15.50 £18.93
25th Percentile £22.60 £18.93 £21.24
Median hourly rate £34.50 £26.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.69% -25.71% -21.35%
75th Percentile £50.31 £47.81 £64.50
90th Percentile £80.05 £66.78 £83.15
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

Web3
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Web3 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Web3 in London

Web3
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Web3 in London.

Daily rate trend for Web3 in London

Web3
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 Web3 within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +3 1 £700 +40.00% 7
Web3
England

Web3
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Blockchain
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Rust