Web Services Contract Job Trends in Wales

Web Services
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Web Services skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 37 51
Rank change year-on-year -1 +14 +6
Contract jobs citing Web Services 8 12 2
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 1.68% 2.84% 0.47%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.26% 13.79% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 1
10th Percentile £653 £161 -
25th Percentile £675 £161 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £168 £425
Median % change year-on-year +332.09% -60.52% -
75th Percentile £744 £210 £438
90th Percentile £748 £408 -
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £543
% change year-on-year - -3.23% -1.36%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Wales

Web Services falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 78 87 83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 16.39% 20.57% 19.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 50 68
10th Percentile £365 £193 £207
25th Percentile £425 £232 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £469 £388
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% +20.97% -18.42%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £508
90th Percentile £644 £576 £550
UK median daily rate £507 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -7.06% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 0
10th Percentile £48.15 £19.63 -
25th Percentile £75.00 £20.12 -
Median hourly rate £80.00 £22.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +263.64% - -
75th Percentile £85.00 £25.52 -
90th Percentile £86.50 £25.69 -
UK median hourly rate £58.73 £62.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -6.04% +16.82% -17.69%

Web Services
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Web Services job vacancy trend in Wales

Web Services
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Web Services.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Web Services

Web Services
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Web Services.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Web Services

Web Services
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Services within the Wales region over the 6 months to 20 December 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
South Wales +1 8 £725 +333.02% 2
Web Services
UK

Web Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Azure
1 8 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (87.50%) Dynamics 365
2 7 (87.50%) Power Platform
3 6 (75.00%) GitHub
4 2 (25.00%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (25.00%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (25.00%) Power Automate
4 2 (25.00%) PowerApps
Development Applications
1 6 (75.00%) JMeter
1 6 (75.00%) MSTest
1 6 (75.00%) Selenium
2 5 (62.50%) Visual Studio
3 2 (25.00%) Git
General
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Senior
2 6 (75.00%) Automation Tester
2 6 (75.00%) Tester
3 5 (62.50%) Senior Automation Tester
3 5 (62.50%) Senior Tester
4 2 (25.00%) Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Power Platform Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Senior Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Senior Dynamics 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) HTML5 Canvas
1 2 (25.00%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Agile
1 8 (100.00%) DevOps
2 6 (75.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 6 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (75.00%) Unit Testing
3 5 (62.50%) Acceptance Criteria
3 5 (62.50%) AI
3 5 (62.50%) Architectural Design
3 5 (62.50%) Data Modelling
3 5 (62.50%) Design Patterns
3 5 (62.50%) Test Strategy
4 4 (50.00%) Machine Learning
5 2 (25.00%) CRM
5 2 (25.00%) Microservices
5 2 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (25.00%) Scrum
5 2 (25.00%) SOA
6 1 (12.50%) Scalability Testing
6 1 (12.50%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C#
2 7 (87.50%) JavaScript
3 6 (75.00%) SQL
4 5 (62.50%) Python
5 2 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (62.50%) ISTQB
2 5 (62.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 4 (50.00%) Degree
3 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (87.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (62.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft