Web Developer Contracts in the Thames Valley

Web Developer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Web Developer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £477, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 - 135
Rank change year-on-year - - +34
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Web Developer 4 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.24% - 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% - 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £429 - £375
25th Percentile £443 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -36.00%
75th Percentile £502 - -
90th Percentile £511 - -
South East median daily rate £477 £225 £400
% change year-on-year +112.11% -43.75% -30.43%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,523 2,045 2,641
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.69% 91.46% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 921 1,171 1,795
10th Percentile £270 £255 £263
25th Percentile £400 £404 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £619 £613
90th Percentile £688 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 121 93
10th Percentile £14.20 £16.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.13 £22.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -56.26% +18.80% +142.00%
75th Percentile £60.43 £70.39 £66.00
90th Percentile £86.83 £87.50 £74.68
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +122.22%

Web Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Web Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Web Developer in the Thames Valley

Web Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Web Developer job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Web Developer job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Web Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Web Developer job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Web Developer job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Web Developer
DemandTrendContract 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 Developer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 22 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire - 3 £517 - 3
Oxfordshire - 1 £438 - 2
Web Developer
South East

Web Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 22 August 2025, Web Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Web Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Web Development
2 3 (75.00%) Git
2 3 (75.00%) HTML
2 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (75.00%) CSS
3 2 (50.00%) Java
3 2 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (50.00%) MySQL
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (50.00%) Visual Studio
3 2 (50.00%) Maven
3 2 (50.00%) Gradle
3 2 (50.00%) RESTful
3 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (50.00%) C#
4 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
4 1 (25.00%) Design Patterns
4 1 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) REST
4 1 (25.00%) Build Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Bitbucket
4 1 (25.00%) User Stories
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) Coaching
4 1 (25.00%) GCP
4 1 (25.00%) React
4 1 (25.00%) SDLC
4 1 (25.00%) Front End Development
4 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps

Web Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (25.00%) dbt
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) MySQL
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Git
2 2 (50.00%) Gradle
2 2 (50.00%) Maven
2 2 (50.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (25.00%) Bitbucket
3 1 (25.00%) Eclipse
3 1 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) CSS
1 3 (75.00%) HTML
2 2 (50.00%) RESTful
3 1 (25.00%) .NET
3 1 (25.00%) ADO
3 1 (25.00%) Ajax
3 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET Core
3 1 (25.00%) Blazor
3 1 (25.00%) DWR
3 1 (25.00%) JDBC
3 1 (25.00%) jQuery
3 1 (25.00%) JSON
3 1 (25.00%) JSP
3 1 (25.00%) React
3 1 (25.00%) REST
3 1 (25.00%) Servlets
3 1 (25.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Web Development
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (25.00%) Application Security
3 1 (25.00%) Build Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Coaching
3 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Design Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) Kanban
3 1 (25.00%) MVC
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (25.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle