Web Development Contracts

Web Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Web Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Web Development over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 306 297 251
Rank change year-on-year -9 -46 -34
Contract jobs citing Web Development 313 531 1,013
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.72% 0.89% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.99% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 380 752
10th Percentile £263 £349 £351
25th Percentile £401 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 17
10th Percentile £15.38 - -
25th Percentile £19.07 £21.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £22.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.45% -56.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £58.88 £23.00 £65.42
90th Percentile £77.00 £42.20 £70.84
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.50 £22.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +11.36% -58.10% +139.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Web Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,383 53,667 80,409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.90% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,097 37,244 56,431
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,426 1,746 1,925
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.13% +80.00% -8.51%

Web Development
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Web Development in the UK

Web Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Web Development in the UK

Web Development
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Development over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Web Development in the UK

Web Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Web Development in the UK

Web Development
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Web Development over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Web Development in the UK

Web Development
Top 16 Contract 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 April 2024. 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 +9 266 £475 -9.52% 430
London +33 170 £525 -12.50% 102
Work from Home +34 146 £475 -7.32% 173
UK excluding London -25 93 £425 -5.56% 343
North of England +20 26 £463 - 123
East of England +10 20 £400 -13.51% 27
South East -5 19 £433 +1.76% 56
Yorkshire +24 14 £463 -1.07% 34
Midlands +6 14 £200 -57.08% 68
North West +12 11 £425 -10.53% 83
West Midlands +24 7 £138 -69.14% 41
South West +13 7 £475 +8.57% 43
East Midlands +6 7 £419 -16.20% 27
Scotland -2 6 £325 -27.78% 17
North East +19 1 - - 6
Wales +12 1 £215 +4.88% 12

Web Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 27 (8.63%) CMS
2 19 (6.07%) nginx
3 16 (5.11%) WordPress
4 6 (1.92%) IIS
4 6 (1.92%) Tornado
5 5 (1.60%) Drupal
5 5 (1.60%) Moodle
5 5 (1.60%) SharePoint
6 4 (1.28%) Headless CMS
7 3 (0.96%) Confluence
7 3 (0.96%) Kentico
8 2 (0.64%) Apache
8 2 (0.64%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.64%) Gunicorn
9 1 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.32%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.32%) CoreMedia CMS
9 1 (0.32%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.32%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.32%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (1.60%) Sketch
2 3 (0.96%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.64%) Adobe Captivate
3 2 (0.64%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.64%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.64%) Camtasia
3 2 (0.64%) InVision
3 2 (0.64%) Lectora
3 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.32%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (3.19%) Shopify
2 2 (0.64%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 62 (19.81%) AWS
2 52 (16.61%) Azure
3 19 (6.07%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
4 16 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (5.11%) SaaS
5 15 (4.79%) Figma
6 12 (3.83%) GitHub
7 10 (3.19%) GCP
8 9 (2.88%) Serverless
9 7 (2.24%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (1.92%) Azure Key Vault
10 6 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (1.92%) npm
11 5 (1.60%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.60%) Yarn
12 4 (1.28%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.28%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.96%) PaaS
13 3 (0.96%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 2 (0.64%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.64%) HTTP
2 1 (0.32%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.32%) Intranet
2 1 (0.32%) SSH
2 1 (0.32%) SSL
2 1 (0.32%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (9.90%) SQL Server
2 26 (8.31%) MongoDB
3 21 (6.71%) NoSQL
4 16 (5.11%) Relational Database
5 12 (3.83%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (3.51%) MySQL
7 7 (2.24%) MariaDB
8 4 (1.28%) DynamoDB
8 4 (1.28%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (1.28%) GIS
9 2 (0.64%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.64%) CouchDB
9 2 (0.64%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.64%) Looker
9 2 (0.64%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.32%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 51 (16.29%) Git
2 21 (6.71%) webpack
3 17 (5.43%) Mockito
4 7 (2.24%) JIRA
4 7 (2.24%) Visual Studio Code
5 4 (1.28%) git-flow
5 4 (1.28%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.28%) SonarQube
5 4 (1.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.96%) Babel
6 3 (0.96%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.64%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.64%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.64%) Gradle
7 2 (0.64%) gulp
7 2 (0.64%) Maven
7 2 (0.64%) rollup.js
7 2 (0.64%) Storybook
7 2 (0.64%) Vite
8 1 (0.32%) PostCSS
General
1 72 (23.00%) Social Skills
2 35 (11.18%) Finance
3 34 (10.86%) Public Sector
4 29 (9.27%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (8.31%) Marketing
6 15 (4.79%) Games
7 13 (4.15%) Banking
8 10 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.92%) Front Office
9 6 (1.92%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.60%) Advertising
11 4 (1.28%) Automotive
11 4 (1.28%) Digital Healthcare
11 4 (1.28%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.64%) French Language
13 2 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.64%) Retail
Job Titles
1 217 (69.33%) Developer
2 51 (16.29%) Senior
3 42 (13.42%) Full Stack Developer
4 39 (12.46%) Web Developer
5 38 (12.14%) Senior Developer
6 35 (11.18%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 22 (7.03%) Java Developer
8 20 (6.39%) JavaScript Developer
9 17 (5.43%) React Developer
10 15 (4.79%) Architect
11 14 (4.47%) .NET Developer
11 14 (4.47%) Senior Java Developer
12 13 (4.15%) UI Developer
13 11 (3.51%) E-Commerce Developer
13 11 (3.51%) HTML Developer
14 10 (3.19%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
14 10 (3.19%) Python Developer
14 10 (3.19%) Shopify Developer
15 9 (2.88%) HTML CSS Developer
16 8 (2.56%) Senior Front-End Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (46.33%) CSS
2 144 (46.01%) HTML
3 89 (28.43%) React
4 63 (20.13%) Node.js
5 49 (15.65%) Vue
6 48 (15.34%) .NET
7 43 (13.74%) REST
8 41 (13.10%) AngularJS
9 32 (10.22%) Web Services
10 31 (9.90%) Sass
11 28 (8.95%) Laravel
12 26 (8.31%) ASP.NET
13 23 (7.35%) Kafka
13 23 (7.35%) WebSockets
14 19 (6.07%) HTML5
15 18 (5.75%) JAX-RS
15 18 (5.75%) RESTful
16 17 (5.43%) ActiveMQ
16 17 (5.43%) CSS3
17 15 (4.79%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.15%) Product Ownership
2 8 (2.56%) Mobile App
2 8 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (2.24%) Algorithms
3 7 (2.24%) Learning Management System
4 6 (1.92%) Derivative
4 6 (1.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 6 (1.92%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.60%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (1.28%) Blockchain
6 4 (1.28%) Data Structures
7 3 (0.96%) CMDB
7 3 (0.96%) Distributed Applications
7 3 (0.96%) e-Learning
7 3 (0.96%) Equity Derivative
7 3 (0.96%) Fixed Income
7 3 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.96%) Social Media
8 2 (0.64%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 42 (13.42%) Linux
2 37 (11.82%) Unix
3 16 (5.11%) Mac OS X
4 14 (4.47%) Android
5 10 (3.19%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.60%) Windows
7 2 (0.64%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (31.63%) Agile
2 73 (23.32%) Full Stack Development
3 58 (18.53%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (16.61%) Microservices
4 52 (16.61%) TDD
5 51 (16.29%) Front End Development
6 49 (15.65%) Test Automation
7 44 (14.06%) User Experience
8 42 (13.42%) DevOps
9 37 (11.82%) Responsive Web Design
10 34 (10.86%) MVC
11 33 (10.54%) Design Patterns
12 31 (9.90%) Computer Science
13 28 (8.95%) CI/CD
13 28 (8.95%) OO
14 27 (8.63%) Scrum
15 25 (7.99%) BDD
15 25 (7.99%) E-Commerce
15 25 (7.99%) Software Engineering
16 24 (7.67%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 180 (57.51%) JavaScript
2 60 (19.17%) C#
3 51 (16.29%) SQL
4 49 (15.65%) Java
5 42 (13.42%) TypeScript
6 40 (12.78%) Python
7 36 (11.50%) PHP
8 8 (2.56%) Apex Code
8 8 (2.56%) C++
9 5 (1.60%) Bash
10 4 (1.28%) C
10 4 (1.28%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.96%) Clojure
12 2 (0.64%) Go
12 2 (0.64%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.64%) R
12 2 (0.64%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.64%) VBA
13 1 (0.32%) Groovy
13 1 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 37 (11.82%) Degree
2 36 (11.50%) Security Cleared
3 27 (8.63%) SC Cleared
4 23 (7.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (2.24%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.60%) CTC Cleared
7 4 (1.28%) PMP
8 3 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.32%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.32%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (10.86%) Accessibility
2 20 (6.39%) QA
3 9 (2.88%) WCAG
4 8 (2.56%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.96%) MiFID
6 2 (0.64%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.32%) GDPR
7 1 (0.32%) GRC
7 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.32%) NIST
7 1 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (5.43%) Docker
2 2 (0.64%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.64%) VirtualBox
2 2 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (5.11%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.92%) Terraform
3 4 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.32%) Ansible
4 1 (0.32%) Docker Swarm
4 1 (0.32%) Grafana
Vendors
1 23 (7.35%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.88%) Salesforce
3 8 (2.56%) ServiceNow
4 7 (2.24%) Oracle
5 6 (1.92%) Databricks
6 5 (1.60%) Adobe
6 5 (1.60%) Confluent
6 5 (1.60%) Google
6 5 (1.60%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 4 (1.28%) Atlassian
7 4 (1.28%) ESRI
7 4 (1.28%) Xamarin
8 3 (0.96%) WooCommerce
9 2 (0.64%) Optimizely
9 2 (0.64%) SAP
9 2 (0.64%) Virgin Media
9 2 (0.64%) VMware
10 1 (0.32%) Compaq
10 1 (0.32%) Qualys
10 1 (0.32%) Sun