Web Development Contract Job Trends

Web Development
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Web Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
28 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 286 326
Rank change year-on-year -193 +40 -37
Contract jobs citing Web Development 116 306 317
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.84% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.96% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 209 224
10th Percentile £312 £250 £336
25th Percentile £400 £363 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £513
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -3.41% -10.87%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £645
90th Percentile £703 £778 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £470 £450
% change year-on-year +6.38% +4.44% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 7
10th Percentile £25.00 £39.58 £14.03
25th Percentile £26.25 £40.46 £16.17
Median hourly rate £30.00 £41.91 £17.34
Median % change year-on-year -28.42% +141.70% -60.59%
75th Percentile £36.10 £42.46 £22.31
90th Percentile £43.18 £42.78 £38.57
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 - £17.34

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,259 31,857 40,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.36% 87.03% 88.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,239 19,190 27,102
10th Percentile £300 £310 £308
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £743 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,092 1,151 1,562
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.22 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.88
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.24% +25.37%
75th Percentile £45.46 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.74 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.05% -26.97% +39.06%

Web Development
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Web Development relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Web Development job vacancy trend in the UK

Web Development
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Web Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Web Development

Web Development
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Development over the 6 months to 28 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Web Development in the UK

Web Development
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Web Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Web Development

Web Development
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Web Development over the 6 months to 28 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Web Development in the UK

Web Development
Top 16 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 Development within the UK over the 6 months to 28 November 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 -155 102 £500 - 628
UK excluding London -113 58 £500 +6.38% 602
London -76 42 £510 -2.39% 156
Work from Home -75 28 £510 +5.15% 83
North of England -58 24 £575 +22.34% 152
South East -5 15 £550 +17.33% 159
Yorkshire -44 15 £650 +36.84% 58
North West -32 7 £417 -4.80% 79
South West 0 5 £649 +44.22% 41
North East -6 5 - - 17
East of England -29 5 £531 +53.21% 66
Wales -3 3 £175 -22.22% 28
Scotland -5 3 £455 +23.39% 26
Midlands -72 3 £410 -25.45% 129
East Midlands -12 2 £368 +3.23% 46
West Midlands -82 1 £700 +27.27% 83

Web Development
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 7 (6.03%) CMS
2 3 (2.59%) Apache
2 3 (2.59%) Moodle
3 2 (1.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (1.72%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.86%) Confluence
4 1 (0.86%) HCL Domino
4 1 (0.86%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.86%) IIS
4 1 (0.86%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.86%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.86%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.86%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (2.59%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.72%) Trello
3 1 (0.86%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.59%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (13.79%) AWS
1 16 (13.79%) Azure
2 11 (9.48%) GCP
2 11 (9.48%) GitHub
3 9 (7.76%) Figma
4 7 (6.03%) OpenShift
5 4 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.45%) Google Analytics
5 4 (3.45%) npm
5 4 (3.45%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.45%) SaaS
6 3 (2.59%) Cloud Run
6 3 (2.59%) Commercetools
6 3 (2.59%) Contentful
6 3 (2.59%) PowerApps
6 3 (2.59%) Yarn
7 2 (1.72%) Asana
7 2 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.72%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.86%) Asterisk PBX
1 1 (0.86%) HTTP
1 1 (0.86%) Internet
1 1 (0.86%) Intranet
1 1 (0.86%) SSL
1 1 (0.86%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.34%) MongoDB
2 11 (9.48%) NoSQL
3 9 (7.76%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (6.03%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.59%) Mixpanel
6 2 (1.72%) MySQL
6 2 (1.72%) Redis
6 2 (1.72%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.86%) DB2
7 1 (0.86%) GIS
7 1 (0.86%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.86%) Power BI
7 1 (0.86%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (25.00%) Git
2 12 (10.34%) Mockito
3 7 (6.03%) webpack
4 4 (3.45%) Cypress.io
4 4 (3.45%) JIRA
5 3 (2.59%) Jenkins
5 3 (2.59%) Maven
5 3 (2.59%) MSI
5 3 (2.59%) Robot Framework
5 3 (2.59%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (1.72%) Gradle
6 2 (1.72%) Mocha
6 2 (1.72%) Selenium
6 2 (1.72%) Visual Studio
6 2 (1.72%) Visual Website Optimizer
6 2 (1.72%) Vite
7 1 (0.86%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.86%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.86%) NUnit
7 1 (0.86%) Oracle APEX
General
1 44 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 16 (13.79%) Public Sector
3 13 (11.21%) Finance
4 8 (6.90%) Marketing
5 5 (4.31%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.45%) Banking
7 3 (2.59%) Investment Banking
7 3 (2.59%) Legal
8 2 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.72%) Law
8 2 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.86%) Automotive
9 1 (0.86%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.86%) Front Office
9 1 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 78 (67.24%) Developer
2 23 (19.83%) Full-Stack Developer
3 18 (15.52%) Senior
4 17 (14.66%) Senior Developer
5 16 (13.79%) Web Developer
6 15 (12.93%) Java Developer
7 11 (9.48%) Python Developer
8 10 (8.62%) Senior Java Developer
9 9 (7.76%) Full-Stack Python Developer
10 8 (6.90%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 8 (6.90%) React Developer
11 4 (3.45%) Lecturer
11 4 (3.45%) Project Manager
12 3 (2.59%) .NET Developer
12 3 (2.59%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 3 (2.59%) Integration Engineer
12 3 (2.59%) Java Web Developer
12 3 (2.59%) SC Cleared Java Developer
12 3 (2.59%) Senior Front-End Developer
12 3 (2.59%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (37.07%) CSS
2 42 (36.21%) React
3 41 (35.34%) HTML
4 18 (15.52%) RESTful
5 15 (12.93%) Node.js
6 14 (12.07%) AngularJS
7 13 (11.21%) JAX-RS
8 12 (10.34%) ActiveMQ
8 12 (10.34%) Kafka
8 12 (10.34%) Vue
9 11 (9.48%) FastAPI
10 10 (8.62%) Jest
10 10 (8.62%) REST
10 10 (8.62%) Spring
11 9 (7.76%) Next.js
12 8 (6.90%) pytest
13 7 (6.03%) .NET
13 7 (6.03%) Ruby on Rails
14 6 (5.17%) GraphQL
15 5 (4.31%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.76%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.45%) Mobile App
2 4 (3.45%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.59%) Derivative
3 3 (2.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (2.59%) Genomics
3 3 (2.59%) Life Science
3 3 (2.59%) Low-Code
3 3 (2.59%) PKI
3 3 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.59%) Social Media
4 2 (1.72%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.86%) AS400
5 1 (0.86%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.86%) e-Learning
5 1 (0.86%) Learning Management System
5 1 (0.86%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.86%) NHS
5 1 (0.86%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 22 (18.97%) Linux
2 17 (14.66%) Unix
3 13 (11.21%) Mac OS X
4 7 (6.03%) Windows
5 5 (4.31%) Windows Server
6 4 (3.45%) CentOS
7 3 (2.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (2.59%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.86%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (48.28%) Agile
2 38 (32.76%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (30.17%) Full-Stack Development
4 25 (21.55%) TDD
5 24 (20.69%) Microservices
5 24 (20.69%) Test Automation
5 24 (20.69%) User Experience
6 23 (19.83%) CI/CD
7 22 (18.97%) Containerisation
8 21 (18.10%) Code Quality
8 21 (18.10%) DevOps
9 18 (15.52%) Front End Development
10 17 (14.66%) Computer Science
11 16 (13.79%) BDD
11 16 (13.79%) Responsive Web Design
12 14 (12.07%) Web Design
13 13 (11.21%) Continuous Deployment
13 13 (11.21%) UX Design
14 12 (10.34%) Deployment Automation
14 12 (10.34%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 48 (41.38%) JavaScript
2 42 (36.21%) Python
3 38 (32.76%) Java
4 27 (23.28%) TypeScript
5 25 (21.55%) SQL
6 12 (10.34%) PHP
7 9 (7.76%) Ruby
8 7 (6.03%) C#
9 5 (4.31%) PowerShell
10 3 (2.59%) Apex Code
10 3 (2.59%) Go
11 2 (1.72%) C++
11 2 (1.72%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.86%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.86%) LotusScript
12 1 (0.86%) RPG
12 1 (0.86%) RPG IV
12 1 (0.86%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (19.83%) Degree
2 22 (18.97%) Security Cleared
3 18 (15.52%) SC Cleared
4 13 (11.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.59%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.72%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.72%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.72%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.48%) Accessibility
2 7 (6.03%) WCAG
3 6 (5.17%) QA
4 3 (2.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 3 (2.59%) GDPR
5 1 (0.86%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.86%) MiFID
System Software
1 25 (21.55%) Docker
2 3 (2.59%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (15.52%) Kubernetes
2 7 (6.03%) Argo
3 4 (3.45%) Grafana
4 3 (2.59%) Ansible
4 3 (2.59%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (2.59%) Terraform
4 3 (2.59%) WMI
5 1 (0.86%) Consul
Vendors
1 15 (12.93%) Google
1 15 (12.93%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.03%) Red Hat
3 5 (4.31%) Optimizely
4 4 (3.45%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.59%) Adobe
5 3 (2.59%) Atlassian
5 3 (2.59%) OneTrust
5 3 (2.59%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.59%) SAP
5 3 (2.59%) VMware
6 2 (1.72%) Amplitude
6 2 (1.72%) Hotjar
6 2 (1.72%) Marketo
6 2 (1.72%) Oracle
6 2 (1.72%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.86%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.86%) Cloudera
7 1 (0.86%) IBM
7 1 (0.86%) OpenAI
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