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 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 540 322 299
Rank change year-on-year -218 -23 -16
Contract jobs citing Web Development 83 208 324
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.71% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.78% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 145 228
10th Percentile £403 £355 £267
25th Percentile £450 £413 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £521 £483
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% +7.88% -5.85%
75th Percentile £613 £623 £600
90th Percentile £730 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 9
10th Percentile - £26.15 £15.38
25th Percentile - £27.50 £22.75
Median hourly rate £37.20 £35.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% -17.65% +93.18%
75th Percentile £67.35 £43.39 £68.75
90th Percentile £85.44 £43.77 £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.20 £40.59 £46.00
% change year-on-year -8.35% -11.76% +109.09%

All Process & 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 40,590 26,723 36,687
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.35% 90.97% 86.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,485 17,182 23,610
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.58% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,403 1,090 2,438
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.39 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.72 £18.21 £15.96
Median hourly rate £42.30 £28.30 £36.05
Median % change year-on-year +49.50% -21.50% +1.11%
75th Percentile £67.25 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.43 £37.50
% change year-on-year +76.96% -32.19% +7.14%

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 17 May 2026.

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 17 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Web Development in the UK

Web Development
Top 13 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 17 May 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 -208 78 £500 -3.94% 235
London -124 45 £505 -14.98% 56
UK excluding London -145 36 £500 +5.26% 233
Work from Home -61 18 £600 +26.32% 99
North of England -63 15 £500 +40.25% 59
South East -64 12 £463 -9.76% 52
North West -40 8 £588 +64.80% 26
Yorkshire - 7 £500 - 23
Scotland -15 3 £455 -10.12% 15
East of England -25 3 £504 -12.35% 36
South West -47 3 £505 +36.49% 30
East Midlands -28 1 £500 +55.28% 21
Midlands -78 1 £500 +27.39% 29

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 6 (7.23%) CMS
2 4 (4.82%) WordPress
3 2 (2.41%) ArcGIS
3 2 (2.41%) Confluence
3 2 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.41%) Umbraco
4 1 (1.20%) Anypoint
4 1 (1.20%) Drupal
4 1 (1.20%) Kentico
4 1 (1.20%) Mule
4 1 (1.20%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (1.20%) SAS
4 1 (1.20%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.20%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 30 (36.14%) Azure
2 12 (14.46%) AWS
3 11 (13.25%) GCP
4 8 (9.64%) Figma
5 7 (8.43%) GitHub
6 4 (4.82%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (4.82%) GitHub Copilot
7 3 (3.61%) Power Platform
8 2 (2.41%) Cloud Run
8 2 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (2.41%) Power Automate
8 2 (2.41%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.20%) Adobe Analytics
9 1 (1.20%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (1.20%) Azure API Management
9 1 (1.20%) Google Analytics
9 1 (1.20%) Google Sheets
9 1 (1.20%) npm
9 1 (1.20%) OpenShift
9 1 (1.20%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.43%) DNS
1 7 (8.43%) TCP/IP
2 6 (7.23%) Firewall
2 6 (7.23%) VPN
3 5 (6.02%) HTTP
4 4 (4.82%) VLAN
5 2 (2.41%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.84%) SQL Server
2 8 (9.64%) MongoDB
3 4 (4.82%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (4.82%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.41%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (2.41%) GIS
4 2 (2.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (2.41%) Tableau
5 1 (1.20%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.20%) Metadata
5 1 (1.20%) MySQL
5 1 (1.20%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.20%) Power BI
5 1 (1.20%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 8 (9.64%) Git
1 8 (9.64%) Mockito
2 4 (4.82%) Browser DevTools
2 4 (4.82%) JIRA
3 2 (2.41%) Bitbucket
3 2 (2.41%) Cypress.io
3 2 (2.41%) GitLab
4 1 (1.20%) NUnit
4 1 (1.20%) REST Assured
4 1 (1.20%) Subversion
4 1 (1.20%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.20%) webpack
General
1 22 (26.51%) Social Skills
2 21 (25.30%) Finance
3 15 (18.07%) Public Sector
4 12 (14.46%) Banking
5 8 (9.64%) Investment Banking
6 6 (7.23%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (4.82%) Marketing
8 3 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.41%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.41%) Publishing
9 2 (2.41%) Retail Banking
10 1 (1.20%) Agriculture
10 1 (1.20%) Automotive
10 1 (1.20%) Dutch Language
10 1 (1.20%) Front Office
10 1 (1.20%) Law
10 1 (1.20%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 58 (69.88%) Developer
2 13 (15.66%) Java Developer
2 13 (15.66%) Web Developer
3 11 (13.25%) C# Developer
3 11 (13.25%) Software Developer
4 10 (12.05%) .NET Developer
4 10 (12.05%) Full-Stack Developer
5 9 (10.84%) C# .NET Developer
6 8 (9.64%) Angular Developer
6 8 (9.64%) Senior
7 6 (7.23%) Azure Developer
7 6 (7.23%) Integration Engineer
7 6 (7.23%) Senior Developer
7 6 (7.23%) SQL Developer
7 6 (7.23%) Web Engineer
8 5 (6.02%) .NET Software Developer
8 5 (6.02%) Backend Developer
8 5 (6.02%) C# Software Developer
8 5 (6.02%) Software Engineer
9 4 (4.82%) JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (40.96%) HTML
2 24 (28.92%) CSS
3 22 (26.51%) .NET
3 22 (26.51%) AngularJS
4 13 (15.66%) React
5 10 (12.05%) REST
6 9 (10.84%) Kafka
7 8 (9.64%) ActiveMQ
7 8 (9.64%) JAX-RS
8 7 (8.43%) OAuth
8 7 (8.43%) Spring
9 6 (7.23%) ASP.NET
10 5 (6.02%) HTML5
10 5 (6.02%) Node.js
11 4 (4.82%) RxJava
11 4 (4.82%) SAML
12 3 (3.61%) .NET Core
12 3 (3.61%) .NET Framework
12 3 (3.61%) CSS3
12 3 (3.61%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.43%) Product Ownership
2 5 (6.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (4.82%) Derivative
4 3 (3.61%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.41%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.41%) Genomics
5 2 (2.41%) Life Science
5 2 (2.41%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.41%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.20%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.20%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.20%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.20%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (13.25%) Linux
1 11 (13.25%) Unix
2 10 (12.05%) Mac OS X
3 2 (2.41%) Android
3 2 (2.41%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.20%) MVS
4 1 (1.20%) Windows
4 1 (1.20%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (57.83%) Agile
2 29 (34.94%) DevOps
3 28 (33.73%) CI/CD
4 24 (28.92%) Full-Stack Development
4 24 (28.92%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (20.48%) Responsive Web Design
6 16 (19.28%) Microservices
6 16 (19.28%) Test Automation
7 13 (15.66%) TDD
8 11 (13.25%) BDD
8 11 (13.25%) Pair Programming
9 10 (12.05%) Continuous Deployment
9 10 (12.05%) User Experience
9 10 (12.05%) Web Design
10 8 (9.64%) UX Design
11 7 (8.43%) Front End Development
12 6 (7.23%) AI
12 6 (7.23%) Scrum
12 6 (7.23%) Software Engineering
12 6 (7.23%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 40 (48.19%) JavaScript
2 26 (31.33%) C#
3 23 (27.71%) SQL
4 22 (26.51%) Java
5 18 (21.69%) TypeScript
6 17 (20.48%) Python
7 7 (8.43%) Bash
8 4 (4.82%) PHP
9 3 (3.61%) PL/SQL
9 3 (3.61%) T-SQL
10 2 (2.41%) PowerShell
11 1 (1.20%) Apex Code
11 1 (1.20%) DataWeave
11 1 (1.20%) Groovy
11 1 (1.20%) JCL
11 1 (1.20%) Objective-C
11 1 (1.20%) REXX
11 1 (1.20%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (16.87%) Security Cleared
2 13 (15.66%) SC Cleared
3 7 (8.43%) Degree
4 4 (4.82%) CCNA
4 4 (4.82%) CCNP
4 4 (4.82%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.20%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.20%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.64%) WCAG
2 7 (8.43%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.61%) QA
4 2 (2.41%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.20%) WAI
5 1 (1.20%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 13 (15.66%) Docker
2 1 (1.20%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 3 (3.61%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (1.20%) Control-M
2 1 (1.20%) Grafana
2 1 (1.20%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (10.84%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.82%) Google
3 3 (3.61%) Netskope
3 3 (3.61%) Oracle
3 3 (3.61%) Zscaler
4 2 (2.41%) Adobe
4 2 (2.41%) ESRI
4 2 (2.41%) HubSpot
4 2 (2.41%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.20%) BMC
5 1 (1.20%) CODA
5 1 (1.20%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.20%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.20%) Pardot
5 1 (1.20%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.20%) Splunk
5 1 (1.20%) WooCommerce