Web Services Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Web Services
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring Web Services skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Web Services 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 0.78% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.74% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £362 - -
25th Percentile £371 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £396 - -
75th Percentile £426 - -
90th Percentile £437 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -19.17% - +20.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Shropshire

Web Services 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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 73 20 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 28.29% 20.62% 9.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 15 1
10th Percentile £422 £435 -
25th Percentile £456 £448 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £545 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.72% +9.00% -5.12%
75th Percentile £543 £567 £525
90th Percentile £562 £571 -
West Midlands median daily rate £506 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -8.00% +15.79% -9.52%

Web Services
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Web Services job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Web Services
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Web Services.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Web Services

Web Services
Hourly Rate Trend in Shropshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Web Services.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Web Services

Web Services
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Services within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 24 October 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
Telford - 2 £396 - 1
Web Services
West Midlands

Web Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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 (50.00%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) ClearCase
1 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) GitLab
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (50.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Quality Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Gherkin
1 1 (50.00%) Java EE
1 1 (50.00%) RESTful
1 1 (50.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) API Testing
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Issue Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Groovy
2 1 (50.00%) Scala
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) QA