W3C Contracts

Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term W3C in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited W3C over the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 544 569 668
Rank change year-on-year +25 +99 +138
Contract jobs citing W3C 4 3 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.007% 0.018%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.035% 0.024% 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 7
10th Percentile £254 - £390
25th Percentile £351 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £750
Median % change year-on-year - - +45.63%
75th Percentile £594 - -
90th Percentile £628 - £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £193 - -

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,372 12,289 17,608
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.67% 30.61% 32.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,986 7,893 12,169
10th Percentile £303 £300 £305
25th Percentile £406 £423 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -1.36% -
75th Percentile £644 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £813 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 553 692 446
10th Percentile £15.10 £12.25 £13.60
25th Percentile £18.87 £16.70 £19.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £40.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +12.68% +31.58%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.25 £72.50 £79.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £41.50 £45.85
% change year-on-year -27.71% -9.49% +113.26%

W3C
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing W3C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for W3C in the UK

W3C
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing W3C.

Daily rate trend for W3C in the UK

W3C
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing W3C over the 6 months to 28 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for W3C in the UK

W3C
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing W3C.

Hourly rate trend for W3C in the UK

W3C
Top 6 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 28 July 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
England +38 4 £525 - 5
UK excluding London +27 2 £193 - 2
London +7 2 £588 - 3
North of England 0 1 - - 1
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
South East - 1 £193 -

W3C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) InVision
1 1 (25.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
1 1 (25.00%) Figma
1 1 (25.00%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Multimedia
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior UX Designer
2 1 (25.00%) UI Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (25.00%) RIA
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) User Experience
1 3 (75.00%) User Research
2 2 (50.00%) Information Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Interaction Design
2 2 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 2 (50.00%) Usability Testing
2 2 (50.00%) UX Design
2 2 (50.00%) Web Accessibility
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Content Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Design Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Human-Centred Design
3 1 (25.00%) Information Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Line Management
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (50.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Adobe
2 1 (25.00%) CA Agile Central
2 1 (25.00%) IBM