Hybrid/Remote Web Engineer Contract Job Trends

Web Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Web Engineer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 306 306 386
Rank change year-on-year 0 +80 +135
Contract jobs requiring a Web Engineer 12 10 5
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.12% 0.082% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.089% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 3
10th Percentile £332 £601 £407
25th Percentile £341 £641 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £416
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +62.26% -24.36%
75th Percentile £653 £722 £483
90th Percentile £719 £784 £523
UK median daily rate £625 £675 £463
% change year-on-year -7.41% +45.95% -15.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £43.08 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £40.08 -
% change year-on-year +37.23% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,503 11,296 16,780
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.31% 93.10% 94.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,215 7,149 11,556
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £638
90th Percentile £723 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 206 378
10th Percentile £15.18 £18.50 £17.60
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.26 £26.24
Median hourly rate £43.69 £38.25 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.22% -27.14% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.63
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%

Web Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Web Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Web Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Web Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Web Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Web Engineer job vacancies

Web Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Web Engineer over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Web Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Web Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Web Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Web Engineer job vacancies

Web Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Web Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Web Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 8 (66.67%) AWS
3 6 (50.00%) Jenkins
3 6 (50.00%) Observability
4 5 (41.67%) Agile
4 5 (41.67%) JavaScript
4 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (41.67%) Python
5 4 (33.33%) Accessibility
5 4 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (33.33%) DevOps
5 4 (33.33%) HTTP
5 4 (33.33%) Next.js
5 4 (33.33%) Node.js
5 4 (33.33%) React
6 3 (25.00%) A/B Testing
6 3 (25.00%) Amplitude
6 3 (25.00%) Analytics
6 3 (25.00%) AngularJS
6 3 (25.00%) Bash
6 3 (25.00%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (25.00%) CircleCI
6 3 (25.00%) Code Quality
6 3 (25.00%) CSS
6 3 (25.00%) Data Analytics
6 3 (25.00%) Data Quality
6 3 (25.00%) Datadog
6 3 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
6 3 (25.00%) DNS
6 3 (25.00%) Epics

Web Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 1 (8.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 8 (66.67%) AWS
2 3 (25.00%) Datadog
2 3 (25.00%) GitHub
2 3 (25.00%) GitHub Actions
2 3 (25.00%) Google Analytics
3 1 (8.33%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
3 1 (8.33%) Azure
3 1 (8.33%) GCP
3 1 (8.33%) SaaS
3 1 (8.33%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) HTTP
2 3 (25.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 3 (25.00%) Browser DevTools
2 3 (25.00%) CircleCI
2 3 (25.00%) Git
2 3 (25.00%) Vite
2 3 (25.00%) webpack
3 1 (8.33%) WebDriver
3 1 (8.33%) WebPageTest
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) Next.js
1 4 (33.33%) Node.js
1 4 (33.33%) React
2 3 (25.00%) AngularJS
2 3 (25.00%) CSS
2 3 (25.00%) GatsbyJS
2 3 (25.00%) HTML
2 3 (25.00%) HTML5
2 3 (25.00%) Jest
2 3 (25.00%) Parceljs
2 3 (25.00%) React Native
2 3 (25.00%) Sass
2 3 (25.00%) Vue
3 2 (16.67%) RESTful
3 2 (16.67%) Web Services
4 1 (8.33%) .NET Core
4 1 (8.33%) GraphQL
4 1 (8.33%) REST
4 1 (8.33%) SOAP
4 1 (8.33%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (8.33%) AI Agents
2 1 (8.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (8.33%) Low-Code
2 1 (8.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 6 (50.00%) Observability
3 5 (41.67%) Agile
3 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (33.33%) DevOps
5 3 (25.00%) A/B Testing
5 3 (25.00%) Analytics
5 3 (25.00%) Code Quality
5 3 (25.00%) Data Analytics
5 3 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (25.00%) Epics
5 3 (25.00%) Marketing Automation
5 3 (25.00%) Marketing Strategy
5 3 (25.00%) Monorepo
5 3 (25.00%) Responsive Web Design
5 3 (25.00%) Scrum
5 3 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
5 3 (25.00%) Sprint Retrospective
5 3 (25.00%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) JavaScript
1 5 (41.67%) Python
2 3 (25.00%) Bash
2 3 (25.00%) Go
2 3 (25.00%) Perl
2 3 (25.00%) TypeScript
3 2 (16.67%) SQL
4 1 (8.33%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 3 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 3 (25.00%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Grafana
1 3 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (8.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Amplitude
1 3 (25.00%) Google
2 1 (8.33%) OpenAI
2 1 (8.33%) Salesforce