WebSockets Contract Job Trends in the South East

WebSockets
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring WebSockets skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 186 - 193
Rank change year-on-year - - +53
Contract jobs citing WebSockets 2 0 10
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.046% - 0.20%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.29% - 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £421 - £484
25th Percentile £434 - £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - £544
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.49%
75th Percentile £484 - £586
90th Percentile £494 - £598
England median daily rate £620 £750 £800
% change year-on-year -17.33% -6.25% +23.08%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

WebSockets 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 694 614 812
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 15.89% 16.24% 16.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 497 397 465
10th Percentile £285 £300 £313
25th Percentile £400 £406 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £625
90th Percentile £648 £675 £680
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -5.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 12 35
10th Percentile £38.75 £54.83 £46.76
25th Percentile £46.25 £58.79 £55.00
Median hourly rate £48.75 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% - -2.09%
75th Percentile £78.38 £65.31 £76.53
90th Percentile £81.10 £70.00 £78.00
England median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -2.40% +19.05% -19.23%

WebSockets
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WebSockets relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

WebSockets job vacancy trend in the South East

WebSockets
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing WebSockets.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing WebSockets

WebSockets
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSockets within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 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
Berkshire - 1 £425 - 1
Hampshire - 1 £500 -
Thames Valley - 1 £425 - 3
WebSockets
England

WebSockets
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (50.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Delphi Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Python Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) JSON
1 1 (50.00%) Protocol Buffers
1 1 (50.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Refactoring
2 1 (50.00%) Re-Platforming
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Delphi
1 1 (50.00%) PHP
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes