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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 292 289 248
Rank change year-on-year -3 -41 -30
Contract jobs citing Web Development 324 531 999
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.75% 0.91% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 1.02% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 384 739
10th Percentile £263 £329 £350
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £688 £663
90th Percentile £750 £796 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £424 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -5.83% -5.26% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 18
10th Percentile £15.38 - £35.00
25th Percentile £20.91 £21.00 £36.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £22.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +81.82% -57.07% +115.79%
75th Percentile £50.81 £23.00 £66.88
90th Percentile £76.50 £42.20 £75.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.50 £22.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +11.36% -58.10% +133.33%

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 37,201 52,182 79,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.27% 89.83% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,946 36,175 55,967
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
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% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,437 1,727 1,890
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 8 May 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 -8 275 £488 -9.30% 494
London +37 177 £523 -16.40% 155
Work from Home +32 149 £475 -7.99% 175
UK excluding London -20 96 £424 -5.83% 366
North of England +12 27 £463 -13.95% 98
South East -9 21 £433 +2.05% 73
East of England +6 20 £400 -13.51% 30
Yorkshire +18 15 £463 -28.85% 35
Midlands +9 14 £200 -57.72% 84
North West +16 11 £425 -10.53% 53
West Midlands +19 7 £138 -69.14% 55
South West +16 7 £475 +11.76% 47
East Midlands +5 7 £419 -16.20% 29
Scotland +7 6 £325 -27.78% 20
Wales +17 1 £215 +4.88% 11
North East +16 1 - - 10

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 26 (8.02%) CMS
2 22 (6.79%) nginx
3 16 (4.94%) WordPress
4 6 (1.85%) IIS
4 6 (1.85%) Tornado
5 5 (1.54%) Drupal
5 5 (1.54%) Moodle
6 4 (1.23%) Headless CMS
6 4 (1.23%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.93%) Confluence
7 3 (0.93%) Kentico
8 2 (0.62%) Apache
8 2 (0.62%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.62%) Gunicorn
9 1 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.31%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.31%) CoreMedia CMS
9 1 (0.31%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.31%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (1.85%) Sketch
2 3 (0.93%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.62%) Adobe Captivate
3 2 (0.62%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.62%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.62%) Camtasia
3 2 (0.62%) InVision
3 2 (0.62%) Lectora
3 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (3.09%) Shopify
2 4 (1.23%) Aladdin
2 4 (1.23%) SimCorp Dimension
3 2 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 66 (20.37%) AWS
2 51 (15.74%) Azure
3 22 (6.79%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
4 16 (4.94%) Figma
4 16 (4.94%) SaaS
5 15 (4.63%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (3.70%) GitHub
7 11 (3.40%) GCP
8 8 (2.47%) Serverless
9 7 (2.16%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (1.85%) Azure Key Vault
10 6 (1.85%) npm
11 5 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (1.54%) Yarn
12 4 (1.23%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.23%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.23%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (0.93%) PaaS
13 3 (0.93%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.62%) HTTP
2 1 (0.31%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.31%) Intranet
2 1 (0.31%) SSH
2 1 (0.31%) SSL
2 1 (0.31%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (10.19%) SQL Server
2 26 (8.02%) MongoDB
3 20 (6.17%) NoSQL
4 19 (5.86%) Relational Database
5 13 (4.01%) MySQL
6 12 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (2.16%) MariaDB
8 4 (1.23%) DynamoDB
8 4 (1.23%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (1.23%) GIS
9 2 (0.62%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.62%) CouchDB
9 2 (0.62%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.62%) Looker
9 2 (0.62%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.31%) Big Data
10 1 (0.31%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 51 (15.74%) Git
2 21 (6.48%) webpack
3 17 (5.25%) Mockito
4 8 (2.47%) JIRA
5 7 (2.16%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (1.23%) git-flow
6 4 (1.23%) Jenkins
6 4 (1.23%) SonarQube
6 4 (1.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.93%) Babel
7 3 (0.93%) Jasmine
7 3 (0.93%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.62%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.62%) Gradle
8 2 (0.62%) gulp
8 2 (0.62%) Karma Test Runner
8 2 (0.62%) Maven
8 2 (0.62%) rollup.js
8 2 (0.62%) Storybook
8 2 (0.62%) Vite
General
1 72 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 39 (12.04%) Finance
3 35 (10.80%) Public Sector
4 33 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (8.02%) Marketing
6 17 (5.25%) Games
7 15 (4.63%) Banking
8 10 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.16%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.85%) Front Office
11 5 (1.54%) Advertising
12 4 (1.23%) Automotive
12 4 (1.23%) Digital Healthcare
12 4 (1.23%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.93%) Retail
14 2 (0.62%) French Language
14 2 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 223 (68.83%) Developer
2 50 (15.43%) Senior
3 44 (13.58%) Full Stack Developer
4 37 (11.42%) Senior Developer
5 36 (11.11%) Web Developer
6 34 (10.49%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 23 (7.10%) Java Developer
8 21 (6.48%) JavaScript Developer
9 17 (5.25%) .NET Developer
9 17 (5.25%) React Developer
10 16 (4.94%) Architect
11 15 (4.63%) UI Developer
12 14 (4.32%) Senior Java Developer
13 11 (3.40%) HTML Developer
14 10 (3.09%) E-Commerce Developer
14 10 (3.09%) Python Developer
14 10 (3.09%) Shopify Developer
15 9 (2.78%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
15 9 (2.78%) HTML CSS Developer
15 9 (2.78%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (46.60%) CSS
2 150 (46.30%) HTML
3 93 (28.70%) React
4 64 (19.75%) Node.js
5 53 (16.36%) .NET
6 52 (16.05%) Vue
7 48 (14.81%) AngularJS
8 47 (14.51%) REST
9 35 (10.80%) Sass
10 33 (10.19%) Web Services
11 31 (9.57%) Laravel
12 27 (8.33%) ASP.NET
13 25 (7.72%) WebSockets
14 23 (7.10%) Kafka
15 20 (6.17%) HTML5
16 18 (5.56%) CSS3
16 18 (5.56%) JAX-RS
17 17 (5.25%) ActiveMQ
17 17 (5.25%) RESTful
18 15 (4.63%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.01%) Product Ownership
2 8 (2.47%) Mobile App
2 8 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (2.16%) Algorithms
3 7 (2.16%) Learning Management System
4 6 (1.85%) Derivative
4 6 (1.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 6 (1.85%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.54%) Blockchain
5 5 (1.54%) Data Structures
5 5 (1.54%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (1.23%) Distributed Applications
6 4 (1.23%) Social Media
7 3 (0.93%) CMDB
7 3 (0.93%) e-Learning
7 3 (0.93%) Equity Derivative
7 3 (0.93%) Fixed Income
7 3 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.62%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.62%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 49 (15.12%) Linux
2 40 (12.35%) Unix
3 16 (4.94%) Mac OS X
4 15 (4.63%) Android
5 10 (3.09%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.54%) Windows
7 2 (0.62%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (31.79%) Agile
2 75 (23.15%) Full Stack Development
3 58 (17.90%) Problem-Solving
4 55 (16.98%) Microservices
4 55 (16.98%) TDD
5 52 (16.05%) Front End Development
5 52 (16.05%) Test Automation
6 43 (13.27%) User Experience
7 42 (12.96%) DevOps
8 37 (11.42%) Responsive Web Design
9 34 (10.49%) Computer Science
9 34 (10.49%) Design Patterns
10 33 (10.19%) MVC
11 29 (8.95%) OO
12 28 (8.64%) CI/CD
13 26 (8.02%) Scrum
14 25 (7.72%) BDD
14 25 (7.72%) Software Engineering
15 24 (7.41%) OOP
15 24 (7.41%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 185 (57.10%) JavaScript
2 59 (18.21%) C#
3 55 (16.98%) SQL
4 51 (15.74%) Java
5 43 (13.27%) TypeScript
6 42 (12.96%) Python
7 39 (12.04%) PHP
8 11 (3.40%) C++
9 8 (2.47%) Apex Code
9 8 (2.47%) PowerShell
10 6 (1.85%) C
11 5 (1.54%) Bash
12 3 (0.93%) Clojure
12 3 (0.93%) Go
12 3 (0.93%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.62%) R
13 2 (0.62%) Rust
13 2 (0.62%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.62%) VBA
14 1 (0.31%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 40 (12.35%) Degree
2 37 (11.42%) Security Cleared
3 28 (8.64%) SC Cleared
4 25 (7.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (2.16%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.54%) CTC Cleared
7 4 (1.23%) PMP
8 3 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.31%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.31%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.31%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.31%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (11.42%) Accessibility
2 22 (6.79%) QA
3 9 (2.78%) WCAG
4 8 (2.47%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.93%) MiFID
6 2 (0.62%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.31%) GDPR
7 1 (0.31%) GRC
7 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.31%) NIST
7 1 (0.31%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (5.25%) Docker
2 2 (0.62%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.62%) VirtualBox
2 2 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (4.94%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.85%) Terraform
3 4 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.31%) Ansible
4 1 (0.31%) Docker Swarm
4 1 (0.31%) Grafana
Vendors
1 22 (6.79%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.40%) Oracle
3 9 (2.78%) Salesforce
4 8 (2.47%) ServiceNow
5 6 (1.85%) Databricks
6 5 (1.54%) Adobe
6 5 (1.54%) Confluent
6 5 (1.54%) Google
6 5 (1.54%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 4 (1.23%) Atlassian
7 4 (1.23%) ESRI
7 4 (1.23%) SimCorp
7 4 (1.23%) Xamarin
8 3 (0.93%) WooCommerce
9 2 (0.62%) Optimizely
9 2 (0.62%) SAP
9 2 (0.62%) Virgin Media
9 2 (0.62%) VMware
10 1 (0.31%) Compaq
10 1 (0.31%) Sun