Web Development Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Web Development
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Web Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 30 26
Rank change year-on-year -4 -4 +37
Contract jobs citing Web Development 5 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 2.07% 0.56% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 0.61% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate - £350 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 212 163 130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 87.97% 91.57% 86.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 68 96
10th Percentile £185 £312 £350
25th Percentile £400 £391 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £498
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -9.55% -8.72%
75th Percentile £575 £541 £600
90th Percentile £641 £671 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £475 £450 £485
% change year-on-year +5.56% -7.22% -8.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 19 7
10th Percentile £13.83 £13.75 £16.40
25th Percentile £16.38 £15.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.25 £18.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.05% -5.13% +14.71%
75th Percentile £20.63 £50.00 £26.13
90th Percentile £34.46 £70.00 £32.70
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £19.25 £18.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year +4.05% -5.13% +39.29%

Web Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Web Development job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Web Development
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Web Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Web Development

Web Development
Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Web Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Web Development

Web Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) MongoDB
2 2 (40.00%) NoSQL
2 2 (40.00%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Mockito
2 2 (40.00%) Mocha
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) Senior
1 5 (100.00%) Senior Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Java Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Java Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Front-End Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) ActiveMQ
1 3 (60.00%) JAX-RS
1 3 (60.00%) Kafka
2 2 (40.00%) CSS
2 2 (40.00%) Express.js
2 2 (40.00%) HTML
2 2 (40.00%) Jest
2 2 (40.00%) Node.js
2 2 (40.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
1 3 (60.00%) Mac OS X
1 3 (60.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) BDD
1 5 (100.00%) Microservices
1 5 (100.00%) TDD
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Deployment
2 3 (60.00%) Pair Programming
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Responsive Web Design
2 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) Web Design
3 2 (40.00%) Coaching
3 2 (40.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Front End Development
3 2 (40.00%) Line Management
3 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (40.00%) Open Source
3 2 (40.00%) Progressive Enhancement
3 2 (40.00%) User Experience
3 2 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (40.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Docker