Web 2.0 Contracts

Web 2.0
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Web 2.0 in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Web 2.0 over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 571 678
Rank change year-on-year - +107 +170
Contract jobs citing Web 2.0 0 7 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - 0.016% 0.007%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.054% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 4
10th Percentile - £353 £547
25th Percentile - £375 £673
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £400 £743
Median % change year-on-year - -46.16% +3.19%
75th Percentile - £506 -
90th Percentile - £593 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Generic Skills
UK

Web 2.0 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 9,767 12,885 18,857
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.08% 30.37% 33.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,197 8,310 12,955
10th Percentile £300 £270 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
75th Percentile £650 £663 £679
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 382 903 624
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £19.80 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.29 £32.12 £22.08
Median % change year-on-year -2.58% +45.45% -19.71%
75th Percentile £62.25 £61.30 £61.09
90th Percentile £82.03 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.27 £31.25 £21.75
% change year-on-year -6.34% +43.68% +2.96%

Web 2.0
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Web 2.0 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Web 2.0 in the UK

Web 2.0
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Web 2.0.

Daily rate trend for Web 2.0 in the UK

Web 2.0
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Web 2.0.

Hourly rate trend for Web 2.0 in the UK