W3C Contracts in the UK excluding London

Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term W3C in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited W3C over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 335 398 459
Rank change year-on-year +63 +61 +33
Contract jobs citing W3C 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.008% 0.005% 0.012%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.024% 0.016% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £416
25th Percentile £189 - £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £193 £500 £438
Median % change year-on-year -61.50% +14.29% -5.41%
75th Percentile £196 - £451
90th Percentile - - £453
UK median daily rate £300 £450 £550
% change year-on-year -33.33% -18.18% +10.00%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

W3C falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,241 6,126 7,826
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.22% 29.49% 32.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,608 3,665 5,276
10th Percentile £210 £210 £213
25th Percentile £363 £378 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £598 £618
90th Percentile £665 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 723 439
10th Percentile £16.67 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.00 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.08 £28.25 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.02% +28.41% +9.64%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.20 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

W3C
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing W3C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for W3C in the UK excluding London

W3C
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing W3C in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for W3C in the UK excluding London

W3C
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing W3C in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for W3C in the UK excluding London

W3C
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing W3C within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South East +46 1 £193 -61.50% 1
W3C
UK

W3C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft