Web Development Contracts in the UK excluding London

Web Development
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Web Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Web Development over the 6 months leading up to 18 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 274 293 257
Rank change year-on-year +19 -36 -41
Contract jobs citing Web Development 74 99 192
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.55% 0.46% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.56% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 75 149
10th Percentile £346 £131 £313
25th Percentile £362 £291 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £433 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.87% -13.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £555 £500 £588
90th Percentile £600 £565 £650
UK median daily rate £514 £483 £525
% change year-on-year +6.53% -8.10% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 5
10th Percentile - £15.38 -
25th Percentile £37.80 £17.22 £21.00
Median hourly rate £40.59 £46.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +109.09% -70.67%
75th Percentile £43.39 £73.44 £23.00
90th Percentile - £77.50 £56.90
UK median hourly rate £30.50 £42.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -28.24% +93.18% -67.97%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Web 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,183 17,691 20,301
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.53% 82.53% 89.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,485 10,367 13,889
10th Percentile £235 £250 £263
25th Percentile £368 £376 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £695
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.76% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 969 2,210 1,251
10th Percentile £13.84 £12.50 £11.00
25th Percentile £16.84 £15.49 £15.11
Median hourly rate £25.08 £38.12 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.22% +17.29% +54.76%
75th Percentile £57.50 £61.45 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.90 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £37.18 £35.00
% change year-on-year -31.41% +6.23% +34.62%

Web Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Web Development in the UK excluding London

Web Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Web Development in the UK excluding London

Web Development
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Development in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Web Development in the UK excluding London

Web Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Web Development in the UK excluding London

Web Development
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 Web Development within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 June 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 West +47 20 £370 -22.11% 281
Scotland +19 17 £500 +76.99% 116
South East +46 16 £514 +2.80% 660
North West +7 10 £357 -14.87% 335
North of England -8 10 £357 -21.86% 649
Midlands +8 9 £366 +42.83% 448
East Midlands +11 5 £322 -22.97% 177
West Midlands -2 4 £475 +245.45% 270
East of England +7 2 £613 +63.33% 374
Wales - 1 - - 110
Web Development
UK

Web Development
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (6.76%) Apache
2 4 (5.41%) WordPress
3 2 (2.70%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (2.70%) Tomcat
4 1 (1.35%) Confluence
4 1 (1.35%) IIS
4 1 (1.35%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 3 (4.05%) Magento
1 3 (4.05%) Sage 200
2 1 (1.35%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 19 (25.68%) Azure
2 13 (17.57%) AWS
3 9 (12.16%) GCP
4 5 (6.76%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (6.76%) GitHub
5 4 (5.41%) Google Analytics
6 3 (4.05%) Figma
7 2 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (2.70%) npm
8 1 (1.35%) BrowserStack
8 1 (1.35%) dbt
8 1 (1.35%) SaaS
8 1 (1.35%) Serverless
8 1 (1.35%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.70%) HTTP
2 1 (1.35%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.41%) MongoDB
1 4 (5.41%) NoSQL
1 4 (5.41%) Oracle Database
2 3 (4.05%) MySQL
2 3 (4.05%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.70%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.35%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.35%) Sybase IQ
Development Applications
1 12 (16.22%) Git
2 4 (5.41%) Cypress.io
2 4 (5.41%) JIRA
2 4 (5.41%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (5.41%) Subversion
3 3 (4.05%) Grunt
3 3 (4.05%) gulp
3 3 (4.05%) Jasmine
3 3 (4.05%) Maven
3 3 (4.05%) Mocha
3 3 (4.05%) MSI
3 3 (4.05%) Robot Framework
4 2 (2.70%) Cucumber
4 2 (2.70%) Gradle
4 2 (2.70%) JUnit
4 2 (2.70%) Mockito
4 2 (2.70%) Newman
4 2 (2.70%) Oracle APEX
4 2 (2.70%) Visual Studio
5 1 (1.35%) Storybook
General
1 21 (28.38%) Social Skills
2 18 (24.32%) Public Sector
3 14 (18.92%) Finance
4 10 (13.51%) Marketing
5 9 (12.16%) Telecoms
6 7 (9.46%) Electronics
6 7 (9.46%) Manufacturing
7 4 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.35%) Automotive
9 1 (1.35%) Banking
9 1 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.35%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.35%) Military
Job Titles
1 56 (75.68%) Developer
2 12 (16.22%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 9 (12.16%) ServiceNow Developer
4 8 (10.81%) Applications Support
4 8 (10.81%) C# Developer
4 8 (10.81%) Full-Stack Developer
4 8 (10.81%) Senior
4 8 (10.81%) Web Developer
5 7 (9.46%) Applications Developer
5 7 (9.46%) Applications Engineer
5 7 (9.46%) Applications Support Engineer
5 7 (9.46%) Support Engineer
6 6 (8.11%) Azure Developer
6 6 (8.11%) Azure Engineer
6 6 (8.11%) C# Application Developer
6 6 (8.11%) Senior Developer
6 6 (8.11%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) .NET Developer
7 4 (5.41%) Architect
7 4 (5.41%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (59.46%) HTML
2 43 (58.11%) CSS
3 18 (24.32%) .NET
4 16 (21.62%) AngularJS
5 14 (18.92%) RESTful
6 13 (17.57%) jQuery
7 9 (12.16%) REST
8 8 (10.81%) HTML5
8 8 (10.81%) Node.js
9 7 (9.46%) .NET Framework
9 7 (9.46%) React
10 5 (6.76%) .NET Core
10 5 (6.76%) Sass
10 5 (6.76%) SOAP
11 4 (5.41%) Ajax
11 4 (5.41%) Express.js
11 4 (5.41%) Jest
11 4 (5.41%) Visualforce
11 4 (5.41%) Web Services
12 3 (4.05%) Mustache
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.81%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.41%) Algorithms
3 3 (4.05%) PKI
4 2 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.35%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.35%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.35%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.35%) N-Tier
5 1 (1.35%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 11 (14.86%) Linux
2 4 (5.41%) CentOS
2 4 (5.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (4.05%) AIX
3 3 (4.05%) Unix
3 3 (4.05%) Windows
3 3 (4.05%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.05%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (2.70%) Mac OS X
5 1 (1.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (40.54%) Agile
2 21 (28.38%) User Experience
3 20 (27.03%) Test Automation
4 18 (24.32%) CI/CD
4 18 (24.32%) Front End Development
5 15 (20.27%) Software Engineering
5 15 (20.27%) TDD
6 14 (18.92%) DevOps
7 13 (17.57%) Computer Science
7 13 (17.57%) Full-Stack Development
8 11 (14.86%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (14.86%) Service Management
9 10 (13.51%) Digital Marketing
10 9 (12.16%) Analytics
10 9 (12.16%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (12.16%) Continuous Integration
11 8 (10.81%) Continuous Delivery
11 8 (10.81%) Service Delivery
11 8 (10.81%) Software Delivery
11 8 (10.81%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 41 (55.41%) JavaScript
2 15 (20.27%) SQL
3 14 (18.92%) C#
4 10 (13.51%) TypeScript
5 9 (12.16%) PHP
6 8 (10.81%) Java
6 8 (10.81%) Python
7 6 (8.11%) PL/SQL
8 4 (5.41%) Apex Code
8 4 (5.41%) Shell Script
9 3 (4.05%) PowerShell
10 2 (2.70%) Perl
11 1 (1.35%) Scala
11 1 (1.35%) T-SQL
11 1 (1.35%) VB
11 1 (1.35%) VB6
Qualifications
1 14 (18.92%) Degree
1 14 (18.92%) Security Cleared
2 12 (16.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (10.81%) Azure Certification
3 8 (10.81%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.05%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.46%) Accessibility
1 7 (9.46%) WCAG
2 6 (8.11%) QA
3 4 (5.41%) GRC
4 3 (4.05%) NCSC
4 3 (4.05%) PERC
5 2 (2.70%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (5.41%) Docker
1 4 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.05%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.35%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (6.76%) Terraform
2 4 (5.41%) Ansible
3 3 (4.05%) WMI
4 2 (2.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (16.22%) Google
2 11 (14.86%) ServiceNow
3 9 (12.16%) Oracle
4 8 (10.81%) Microsoft
5 7 (9.46%) SAP
6 6 (8.11%) VMware
7 4 (5.41%) Salesforce
7 4 (5.41%) Snow
8 2 (2.70%) Adobe
9 1 (1.35%) OpenAI
9 1 (1.35%) Sybase
9 1 (1.35%) Veracode
9 1 (1.35%) Zend