W3C Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C)
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term W3C in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited W3C over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 200 162 -
Rank change year-on-year -38 - -
Contract jobs citing W3C 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.022% 0.055% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.060% 0.17% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 -
England median daily rate £550 £246 £450
% change year-on-year +123.35% -45.28% -18.18%

All Generic Skills
North of England

W3C 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,675 1,166 1,386
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 36.16% 32.22% 29.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,101 648 927
10th Percentile £214 £203 £258
25th Percentile £363 £356 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.71% -2.35% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £588
90th Percentile £638 £686 £650
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 49 60
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.03 £14.42
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.25 £17.24
Median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £24.64
Median % change year-on-year +39.88% +31.90% +12.00%
75th Percentile £56.69 £42.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £71.91 £61.90 £55.00
England median hourly rate £29.00 £37.50 £43.63
% change year-on-year -22.67% -14.04% +24.64%

W3C
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing W3C relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

W3C job vacancy trend in the North of England

W3C
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing W3C.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing W3C

W3C
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing W3C.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing W3C

W3C
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing W3C within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 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
Yorkshire -44 1 - -
W3C
England

W3C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 (100.00%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) InVision
1 1 (100.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) UI Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Information Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Interaction Design
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe