Web Developer Contract Job Trends

Web Developer
UK

The median Web Developer daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 625 532 550
Rank change year-on-year -93 +18 +80
Contract jobs requiring a Web Developer 24 24 36
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.046% 0.074% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.081% 0.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 15 26
10th Percentile £428 £350 £300
25th Percentile £469 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £410 £455
Median % change year-on-year +46.34% -9.79% -4.32%
75th Percentile £675 £531 £542
90th Percentile £725 £618 £589
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £410 £375
% change year-on-year +40.24% +9.33% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £22.23 -
25th Percentile £41.25 £24.82 £66.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £30.80 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.01% -54.38% -
75th Percentile £43.75 £37.91 £68.75
90th Percentile - £41.20 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £30.80 £67.50
% change year-on-year - -54.38% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 48,692 29,793 39,772
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.54% 91.81% 93.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,483 18,982 25,593
10th Percentile £325 £288 £288
25th Percentile £419 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,276 1,398 2,720
10th Percentile £15.93 £13.75 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.35 £17.44 £17.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £26.45 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.13% -33.88% -5.88%
75th Percentile £67.84 £56.19 £63.41
90th Percentile £80.07 £73.75 £73.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.56 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +81.13% -37.13% +6.67%

Web Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Web Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Web Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Web Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Web Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Developer over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Web Developer in the UK

Web Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Web Developer
Top 10 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 15 July 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
England -111 21 £650 +46.89% 89
UK excluding London -105 14 £575 +40.24% 102
Work from Home -64 9 £600 +65.52% 64
London -64 9 £650 +36.84% 5
South West -27 6 - - 17
South East -64 3 £650 +25.73% 23
Scotland -10 2 £463 +7.56% 11
East of England - 2 - - 11
North of England -74 1 £500 -13.04% 21
Yorkshire - 1 £500 - 9

Web Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 July 2026, Web Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Web Developer in the job title.

1 22 (91.67%) Web Development
2 14 (58.33%) CSS
2 14 (58.33%) HTML
3 11 (45.83%) Agile
3 11 (45.83%) Azure
4 10 (41.67%) DevOps
5 9 (37.50%) API Integration
5 9 (37.50%) JavaScript
6 8 (33.33%) AngularJS
6 8 (33.33%) Git
7 7 (29.17%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (29.17%) TypeScript
8 6 (25.00%) CMS
8 6 (25.00%) OAuth
9 5 (20.83%) .NET
9 5 (20.83%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (20.83%) C#
9 5 (20.83%) CI/CD
9 5 (20.83%) Code Quality
9 5 (20.83%) Investment Management
9 5 (20.83%) OAuth2
9 5 (20.83%) React
9 5 (20.83%) Responsive Web Design
9 5 (20.83%) Scrum
9 5 (20.83%) Software Engineering
9 5 (20.83%) SQL
9 5 (20.83%) User Experience
10 4 (16.67%) .NET Framework
10 4 (16.67%) ASP.NET
10 4 (16.67%) Entity Framework

Web Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (25.00%) CMS
2 3 (12.50%) Umbraco
2 3 (12.50%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 11 (45.83%) Azure
2 7 (29.17%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (8.33%) AWS
4 1 (4.17%) Algolia
4 1 (4.17%) Azure Pipelines
4 1 (4.17%) Figma
4 1 (4.17%) Google Ads
4 1 (4.17%) Google Tag Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Vercel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.83%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 3 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (4.17%) Metadata
4 1 (4.17%) MySQL
4 1 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (4.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (33.33%) Git
2 2 (8.33%) GitLab
3 1 (4.17%) Bitbucket
3 1 (4.17%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (4.17%) JIRA
3 1 (4.17%) TeamCity
General
1 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Banking
2 5 (20.83%) Investment Banking
3 2 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.17%) Advertising
4 1 (4.17%) Agriculture
4 1 (4.17%) Marketing
4 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (58.33%) CSS
1 14 (58.33%) HTML
2 8 (33.33%) AngularJS
3 6 (25.00%) OAuth
4 5 (20.83%) .NET
4 5 (20.83%) OAuth2
4 5 (20.83%) React
5 4 (16.67%) .NET Framework
5 4 (16.67%) ASP.NET
5 4 (16.67%) Entity Framework
6 3 (12.50%) .NET Core
6 3 (12.50%) ASP.NET Web API
7 2 (8.33%) CSS3
7 2 (8.33%) HTML5
7 2 (8.33%) Node.js
7 2 (8.33%) REST
7 2 (8.33%) RESTful
8 1 (4.17%) Autofac
8 1 (4.17%) Laravel
8 1 (4.17%) Open Graph
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.17%) FMCG
2 1 (4.17%) Genomics
2 1 (4.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (91.67%) Web Development
2 11 (45.83%) Agile
3 10 (41.67%) DevOps
4 9 (37.50%) API Integration
5 5 (20.83%) CI/CD
5 5 (20.83%) Code Quality
5 5 (20.83%) Investment Management
5 5 (20.83%) Responsive Web Design
5 5 (20.83%) Scrum
5 5 (20.83%) Software Engineering
5 5 (20.83%) User Experience
6 4 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
6 4 (16.67%) MVC
6 4 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
6 4 (16.67%) UX Design
7 3 (12.50%) Backlog Management
7 3 (12.50%) Backlog Refinement
7 3 (12.50%) Front End Development
7 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (12.50%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 9 (37.50%) JavaScript
2 7 (29.17%) TypeScript
3 5 (20.83%) C#
3 5 (20.83%) SQL
4 2 (8.33%) PHP
5 1 (4.17%) Python
5 1 (4.17%) XPath
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) WCAG
2 3 (12.50%) Accessibility
2 3 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) WooCommerce
2 1 (4.17%) Google
2 1 (4.17%) HubSpot
2 1 (4.17%) TikTok