Web Application Development Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Web Application Development
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Web Application Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Web Application Development 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.046% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.054% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £358 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 - -
75th Percentile £373 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £433 £225 £634
% change year-on-year +92.22% -64.50% +40.83%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Web Application 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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,837 1,572 2,303
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.36% 91.02% 90.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,226 907 1,431
10th Percentile £268 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% +0.10% -
75th Percentile £588 £630 £600
90th Percentile £650 £663 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 44 130
10th Percentile £15.62 £25.06 £17.55
25th Percentile £17.50 £41.25 £24.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.69 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.15% +23.55% +82.69%
75th Percentile £58.00 £64.95 £62.89
90th Percentile £95.00 £75.47 £72.66
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £42.69 £50.00
% change year-on-year -44.78% -14.62% +14.94%

Web Application Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Web Application Development job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Web Application Development
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Web Application Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Web Application Development

Web Application Development
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Web Application Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Web Application Development

Web Application Development
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 Web Application Development within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 23 January 2026. 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
Buckinghamshire - 1 £365 - 1
Web Application Development
South East

Web Application Development
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft