Lightning Web Components Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Salesforce Lightning Web Components (LWC)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Lightning Web Components skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 116 136
Rank change year-on-year 0 +20 +25
Contract jobs citing Lightning Web Components 12 8 9
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.59% 0.38% 0.35%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.50% 2.05% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 7
10th Percentile £315 £435 £449
25th Percentile £354 £600 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -25.58% +18.18% -11.29%
75th Percentile £500 £675 £600
90th Percentile £501 - £608
South East median daily rate £484 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -25.58% +18.18% -11.29%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Thames Valley

Lightning Web Components 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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 343 391 416
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.96% 18.57% 16.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 264 243
10th Percentile £354 £382 £309
25th Percentile £413 £425 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +7.32% -6.82%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £625
90th Percentile £625 £668 £675
South East median daily rate £480 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -8.57% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 10
10th Percentile - £33.53 £46.68
25th Percentile - £42.20 £50.00
Median hourly rate £81.00 £58.30 £55.31
Median % change year-on-year +38.94% +5.41% +23.94%
75th Percentile - £67.41 £85.19
90th Percentile - £71.88 £90.25
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -2.09%

Lightning Web Components
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Lightning Web Components relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Lightning Web Components job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Lightning Web Components
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Lightning Web Components.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Lightning Web Components

Lightning Web Components
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lightning Web Components in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Lightning Web Components in the Thames Valley

Lightning Web Components
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lightning Web Components within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 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 +7 10 £496 +4.47%
Buckinghamshire -1 2 £330 -49.23% 1
Lightning Web Components
South East

Lightning Web Components
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (25.00%) SAP PM
2 2 (16.67%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 1 (8.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (8.33%) GitHub
2 1 (8.33%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (8.33%) Git
2 1 (8.33%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Automotive
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Developer
1 9 (75.00%) Salesforce Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Salesforce Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Salesforce Solution Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (75.00%) Visualforce
2 6 (50.00%) REST
2 6 (50.00%) SOAP
3 2 (16.67%) React
3 2 (16.67%) SAP PI
4 1 (8.33%) AngularJS
4 1 (8.33%) HTML
4 1 (8.33%) jQuery
4 1 (8.33%) JSON
4 1 (8.33%) Middleware
4 1 (8.33%) Web Services
4 1 (8.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (8.33%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Agile
2 8 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 8 (66.67%) Scrum
3 5 (41.67%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
4 4 (33.33%) Product Requirements
5 3 (25.00%) Migration
6 2 (16.67%) Data Migration
6 2 (16.67%) ETL
6 2 (16.67%) Integration Patterns
7 1 (8.33%) B2C
7 1 (8.33%) Case Management
7 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (8.33%) DevOps
7 1 (8.33%) ITIL
7 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
7 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (8.33%) Security Architecture
7 1 (8.33%) Technical Debt
7 1 (8.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) Apex Code
2 2 (16.67%) Java
3 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (8.33%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 3 (25.00%) SAP
3 2 (16.67%) MuleSoft
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft