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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 462 278 327
Rank change year-on-year -184 +49 -62
Contract jobs citing Web Development 125 312 338
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.85% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.99% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 217 245
10th Percentile £330 £253 £350
25th Percentile £409 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -5.71% -5.41%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £638
90th Percentile £700 £769 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £563 £449 £475
% change year-on-year +25.35% -5.53% -8.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 8
10th Percentile - £39.58 £14.40
25th Percentile £25.00 £40.46 £16.51
Median hourly rate £30.00 £41.91 £17.42
Median % change year-on-year -28.42% +140.59% -76.55%
75th Percentile £35.00 £55.33 £34.15
90th Percentile £40.15 £63.38 £63.23
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £67.50 £17.42
% change year-on-year -55.56% +287.49% -76.77%

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 31,497 31,611 41,403
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.10% 86.07% 88.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,721 19,029 27,959
10th Percentile £294 £310 £310
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,046 1,115 1,587
10th Percentile £14.45 £15.01 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.46 £20.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.03 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -28.20% -20.21% +25.43%
75th Percentile £43.21 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.57 £35.00 £43.95
% change year-on-year -35.52% -20.36% +49.97%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -159 106 £500 - 806
UK excluding London -113 57 £563 +25.35% 742
London -82 47 £500 -2.20% 243
Work from Home -68 32 £510 +7.37% 247
North of England -58 18 £650 +38.30% 166
South East -1 16 £575 +22.67% 225
Yorkshire -36 14 £650 +36.84% 59
South West +5 8 £648 +44.00% 61
Scotland +11 5 £525 +106.90% 41
North East -9 5 - - 23
East of England -24 5 £531 +53.21% 72
Midlands -68 4 £410 -25.45% 137
East Midlands -18 3 £410 +15.17% 55
North West -42 2 £575 +31.43% 88
Wales +2 1 £175 -22.22% 33
West Midlands -77 1 £700 +25.96% 80

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 5 (4.00%) CMS
2 4 (3.20%) Apache
2 4 (3.20%) Moodle
3 2 (1.60%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (1.60%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (1.60%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.80%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.80%) Confluence
4 1 (0.80%) Drupal
4 1 (0.80%) HCL Domino
4 1 (0.80%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.80%) IIS
4 1 (0.80%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.80%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.80%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (1.60%) Chatbot
1 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (1.60%) Trello
2 1 (0.80%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (17.60%) Azure
2 19 (15.20%) AWS
3 16 (12.80%) GitHub
4 11 (8.80%) GCP
5 8 (6.40%) Figma
6 7 (5.60%) OpenShift
7 5 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (4.00%) SaaS
8 4 (3.20%) npm
8 4 (3.20%) Power Platform
9 3 (2.40%) Cloud Run
9 3 (2.40%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (2.40%) Google Analytics
9 3 (2.40%) PowerApps
9 3 (2.40%) Yarn
10 2 (1.60%) Asana
10 2 (1.60%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.60%) Commercetools
10 2 (1.60%) Contentful
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.60%) HTTP
2 1 (0.80%) Asterisk PBX
2 1 (0.80%) Internet
2 1 (0.80%) Intranet
2 1 (0.80%) SSL
2 1 (0.80%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (11.20%) NoSQL
2 13 (10.40%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (9.60%) MongoDB
4 6 (4.80%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.40%) Mixpanel
5 3 (2.40%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.60%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (1.60%) GIS
6 2 (1.60%) MySQL
6 2 (1.60%) Redis
7 1 (0.80%) DB2
7 1 (0.80%) Power BI
7 1 (0.80%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.80%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.80%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (23.20%) Git
2 11 (8.80%) Mockito
3 8 (6.40%) Cypress.io
4 7 (5.60%) webpack
5 5 (4.00%) JIRA
6 4 (3.20%) MSI
6 4 (3.20%) Robot Framework
6 4 (3.20%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (2.40%) Jenkins
7 3 (2.40%) Maven
7 3 (2.40%) Newman
8 2 (1.60%) Gradle
8 2 (1.60%) Mocha
8 2 (1.60%) Selenium
8 2 (1.60%) Visual Studio
8 2 (1.60%) Visual Website Optimizer
8 2 (1.60%) Vite
9 1 (0.80%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.80%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.80%) Eclipse
General
1 49 (39.20%) Social Skills
2 20 (16.00%) Public Sector
3 11 (8.80%) Finance
4 7 (5.60%) Marketing
5 5 (4.00%) Banking
5 5 (4.00%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (3.20%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.20%) Investment Banking
7 3 (2.40%) Legal
7 3 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.60%) Law
8 2 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.80%) Automotive
9 1 (0.80%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (0.80%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.80%) Front Office
9 1 (0.80%) Retail
9 1 (0.80%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 88 (70.40%) Developer
2 29 (23.20%) Full-Stack Developer
3 20 (16.00%) Senior
4 18 (14.40%) Senior Developer
5 15 (12.00%) Web Developer
6 14 (11.20%) Java Developer
7 12 (9.60%) Python Developer
8 10 (8.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 10 (8.00%) Full-Stack Python Developer
8 10 (8.00%) React Developer
8 10 (8.00%) Senior Java Developer
9 5 (4.00%) Lecturer
10 4 (3.20%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 4 (3.20%) Integration Engineer
11 3 (2.40%) .NET Developer
11 3 (2.40%) Java Web Developer
11 3 (2.40%) Project Manager
11 3 (2.40%) Senior Front-End Developer
11 3 (2.40%) ServiceNow Developer
11 3 (2.40%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (40.80%) HTML
2 50 (40.00%) CSS
3 46 (36.80%) React
4 21 (16.80%) Node.js
4 21 (16.80%) RESTful
5 15 (12.00%) AngularJS
6 14 (11.20%) Jest
6 14 (11.20%) Vue
7 12 (9.60%) ActiveMQ
7 12 (9.60%) FastAPI
7 12 (9.60%) JAX-RS
8 11 (8.80%) Kafka
8 11 (8.80%) REST
9 10 (8.00%) .NET
9 10 (8.00%) Next.js
10 9 (7.20%) Spring
11 8 (6.40%) pytest
12 7 (5.60%) Ruby on Rails
12 7 (5.60%) Sass
13 6 (4.80%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.20%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.20%) Onboarding
2 4 (3.20%) PKI
3 3 (2.40%) Derivative
3 3 (2.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (2.40%) Genomics
3 3 (2.40%) Life Science
3 3 (2.40%) Low-Code
3 3 (2.40%) Mobile App
3 3 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.60%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.60%) Social Media
5 1 (0.80%) AS400
5 1 (0.80%) e-Learning
5 1 (0.80%) Learning Management System
5 1 (0.80%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.80%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.80%) SCORM
5 1 (0.80%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (0.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (15.20%) Linux
2 12 (9.60%) Mac OS X
2 12 (9.60%) Unix
3 8 (6.40%) Windows
4 6 (4.80%) Windows Server
5 5 (4.00%) CentOS
6 4 (3.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (3.20%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.80%) AIX
7 1 (0.80%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (49.60%) Agile
2 44 (35.20%) Full-Stack Development
3 37 (29.60%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (21.60%) CI/CD
4 27 (21.60%) DevOps
5 24 (19.20%) TDD
5 24 (19.20%) Test Automation
5 24 (19.20%) User Experience
6 23 (18.40%) Computer Science
6 23 (18.40%) Microservices
7 22 (17.60%) Front End Development
8 20 (16.00%) Code Quality
8 20 (16.00%) Responsive Web Design
9 19 (15.20%) Containerisation
10 15 (12.00%) BDD
10 15 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (11.20%) UX Design
12 13 (10.40%) Deployment Automation
12 13 (10.40%) Web Design
13 12 (9.60%) Continuous Deployment
Programming Languages
1 57 (45.60%) JavaScript
2 45 (36.00%) Python
3 38 (30.40%) Java
4 33 (26.40%) SQL
5 32 (25.60%) TypeScript
6 10 (8.00%) C#
7 9 (7.20%) PHP
7 9 (7.20%) Ruby
8 6 (4.80%) PowerShell
9 3 (2.40%) Go
9 3 (2.40%) PL/SQL
9 3 (2.40%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.60%) C++
10 2 (1.60%) Perl
11 1 (0.80%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.80%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.80%) LotusScript
11 1 (0.80%) RPG
11 1 (0.80%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 28 (22.40%) Degree
2 27 (21.60%) Security Cleared
3 20 (16.00%) SC Cleared
4 13 (10.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.20%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.40%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.60%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.60%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.00%) Accessibility
1 10 (8.00%) QA
2 6 (4.80%) WCAG
3 3 (2.40%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (1.60%) GDPR
5 1 (0.80%) MiFID
5 1 (0.80%) NCSC
System Software
1 25 (20.00%) Docker
2 4 (3.20%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (11.20%) Kubernetes
2 7 (5.60%) Argo
2 7 (5.60%) Terraform
3 4 (3.20%) Ansible
3 4 (3.20%) WMI
4 2 (1.60%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.80%) Consul
Vendors
1 16 (12.80%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.20%) Google
3 7 (5.60%) Red Hat
4 6 (4.80%) Oracle
5 5 (4.00%) VMware
6 4 (3.20%) Optimizely
6 4 (3.20%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.40%) Adobe
7 3 (2.40%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.60%) Amplitude
8 2 (1.60%) Hotjar
8 2 (1.60%) Marketo
8 2 (1.60%) OneTrust
8 2 (1.60%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.60%) OutSystems
8 2 (1.60%) SAP
8 2 (1.60%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.80%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.80%) Cloudera
9 1 (0.80%) Salesforce