Web Development Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Web Development
England > Midlands

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 78 117
Rank change year-on-year -78 +39 +39
Contract jobs citing Web Development 4 51 24
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.14% 1.91% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 2.28% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 37 20
10th Percentile £340 £360 £399
25th Percentile £382 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -25.45% +7.32% +7.89%
75th Percentile £493 £663 £545
90th Percentile £632 £764 £588
England median daily rate £505 £500 £543
% change year-on-year +1.00% -7.83% -6.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £12.89
25th Percentile - - £14.48
Median hourly rate - - £17.25
75th Percentile - - £17.44
90th Percentile - - £17.48
England median hourly rate £40.72 £41.91 £17.42
% change year-on-year -2.84% +140.59% -76.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Web Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,595 2,233 2,296
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 89.30% 83.70% 84.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,680 1,401 1,573
10th Percentile £250 £255 £250
25th Percentile £363 £375 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% -1.52%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £653 £688 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 69 107
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £14.38
25th Percentile £17.45 £17.00 £17.61
Median hourly rate £21.35 £24.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.06% -11.11% +58.82%
75th Percentile £26.51 £35.00 £51.50
90th Percentile £39.07 £53.00 £68.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.93% -15.73% +27.14%

Web Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Web Development relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Web Development job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Web Development
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Web Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Web Development

Web Development
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Development in the Midlands over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Web Development in the Midlands

Web Development
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Web Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Web Development

Web Development
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Development within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 November 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
East Midlands -17 3 £410 +15.17% 51
West Midlands -71 1 £700 +25.96% 77
Web Development
England

Web Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (25.00%) CMS
1 1 (25.00%) IIS
1 1 (25.00%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (25.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) SaaS
3 1 (25.00%) Asana
3 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Web Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Delivery Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Web Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Web Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) CSS
1 3 (75.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) AI
1 2 (50.00%) DevOps
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) Server Management
2 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) OpenAI
3 1 (25.00%) Sitecore