WSE Contract Job Trends in London

Web Services Enhancements (WSE)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring WSE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 363 368 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Contract jobs citing WSE 6 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.042% 0.007% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.16% 0.026% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

WSE 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 3,740 3,872 4,882
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.18% 25.70% 25.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,525 2,528 3,692
10th Percentile £360 £379 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £668 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 19 30
10th Percentile £33.79 £34.65 £31.77
25th Percentile £43.13 £38.38 £36.40
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -2.33% -17.31%
75th Percentile £63.38 £63.75 £71.50
90th Percentile £70.80 £72.80 £78.75
England median hourly rate £61.00 £65.00 £51.89
% change year-on-year -6.15% +25.26% -20.17%

WSE
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WSE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

WSE job vacancy trend in London

WSE
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing WSE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing WSE

WSE
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing WSE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing WSE

WSE
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 WSE within the London region over the 6 months to 18 December 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 - 6 - -
WSE
England

WSE
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:

Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Web Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Consultant
2 4 (66.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Web Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) AngularJS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 5 (83.33%) Microservices
3 4 (66.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Go
2 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 5 (83.33%) TypeScript
3 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (16.67%) Java
4 1 (16.67%) Kotlin
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Google