WebSockets Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

WebSockets
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring WebSockets skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 - 148
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs citing WebSockets 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.044% - 0.036%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.26% - 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £588
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.17%
75th Percentile £438 - £606
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £494 £400 £544
% change year-on-year +23.44% -26.44% -5.43%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 384 300 413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.83% 18.05% 15.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 209 221
10th Percentile £367 £382 £325
25th Percentile £414 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £584 £638 £625
90th Percentile £648 £663 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 15
10th Percentile - - £56.50
25th Percentile - - £56.65
Median hourly rate £81.00 £77.19 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +4.94% +25.31% -21.53%
75th Percentile £81.25 - £66.00
90th Percentile £81.70 - £90.25
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £62.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year -16.00% +0.81% -4.62%

WebSockets
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

WebSockets job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

WebSockets
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing WebSockets.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing WebSockets

WebSockets
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 WebSockets within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 February 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
Berkshire - 1 £425 -
WebSockets
South East

WebSockets
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%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Delphi Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Refactoring
1 1 (100.00%) Re-Platforming
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Delphi
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker