Web Application Development Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Web Application Development
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Web Application Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 113 108
Rank change year-on-year -55 -5 -
Contract jobs citing Web Application Development 1 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.029% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.034% 0.13% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 £275 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £300 £225
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +33.33% -
75th Percentile £388 £325 £238
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £440 £461 £418
% change year-on-year -4.61% +10.35% -33.12%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Web Application 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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,918 1,540 1,547
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.75% 88.25% 81.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,799 983 1,021
10th Percentile £313 £250 £250
25th Percentile £409 £398 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.60% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £625
90th Percentile £675 £650 £725
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 101 52
10th Percentile £13.45 £12.62 £13.02
25th Percentile £17.74 £15.13 £14.70
Median hourly rate £30.27 £24.34 £19.99
Median % change year-on-year +24.36% +21.79% -27.33%
75th Percentile £53.75 £35.60 £35.00
90th Percentile £70.20 £50.00 £52.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -

Web Application Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Web Application Development relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Web Application Development job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Web Application Development
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Web Application Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Web Application Development

Web Application Development
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Web Application Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Web Application Development

Web Application Development
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Application Development within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
Coventry - 1 £375 - 2
Web Application Development
England

Web Application Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe XD
1 1 (100.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) UI Designer
1 1 (100.00%) UI/UX Designer
1 1 (100.00%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) CSS3
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
1 1 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
1 1 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile First
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Typography
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe