Web Services Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Web Services
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Web Services skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Web Services over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 120 195
Rank change year-on-year -28 +75 -67
Contract jobs citing Web Services 168 276 329
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.70% 1.80% 1.27%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.55% 7.53% 5.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 170 227
10th Percentile £333 £413 £414
25th Percentile £400 £463 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +3.19% +1.52%
75th Percentile £684 £625 £638
90th Percentile £825 £650 £740
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% -0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile £62.38 £51.50 £52.58
25th Percentile £64.06 £53.75 £54.56
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £59.75
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +0.42% -0.42%
75th Percentile - £63.75 £65.56
90th Percentile - £64.50 £67.93
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £72.50
% change year-on-year - -10.34% +16.65%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,564 3,665 6,520
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 25.89% 23.88% 25.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,870 2,555 4,857
10th Percentile £365 £331 £395
25th Percentile £425 £428 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -0.46%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £663
90th Percentile £825 £775 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 93 80
10th Percentile £52.50 £28.00 £22.50
25th Percentile £61.25 - £42.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £43.00 £63.25
Median % change year-on-year +51.16% -32.02% +29.08%
75th Percentile £70.25 £62.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £93.75 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

Web Services
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Web Services as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Web Services trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Web Services
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Web Services.

Web Services daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Web Services
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Web Services over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Web Services daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Web Services
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Web Services.

Web Services hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Web Services
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 9 (5.36%) Confluence
2 7 (4.17%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.57%) CMS
3 6 (3.57%) JBoss
3 6 (3.57%) WordPress
4 5 (2.98%) Drupal
4 5 (2.98%) Tomcat
5 4 (2.38%) Apache
6 3 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (1.79%) WebSphere
7 2 (1.19%) CICS
7 2 (1.19%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (1.19%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.60%) Appian
8 1 (0.60%) IIS
8 1 (0.60%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 4 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.19%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.79%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.79%) Workday HCM
3 2 (1.19%) Actimize
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.60%) UltiPro
Cloud Services
1 35 (20.83%) Azure
2 19 (11.31%) AWS
3 11 (6.55%) Power Platform
4 9 (5.36%) SaaS
4 9 (5.36%) Serverless
5 8 (4.76%) Amazon ECS
5 8 (4.76%) Amazon SQS
5 8 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (4.76%) GitHub
6 6 (3.57%) Power Automate
7 5 (2.98%) AWS CloudFormation
7 5 (2.98%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (2.98%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (2.98%) GCP
7 5 (2.98%) OCI
7 5 (2.98%) PowerApps
8 4 (2.38%) PaaS
9 3 (1.79%) IaaS
9 3 (1.79%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 16 (9.52%) HTTP
2 5 (2.98%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.38%) Ethernet
3 4 (2.38%) Firewall
3 4 (2.38%) Internet
3 4 (2.38%) SSL
4 3 (1.79%) IPsec
4 3 (1.79%) Kerberos
4 3 (1.79%) POP3
4 3 (1.79%) SMTP
5 2 (1.19%) SMS
6 1 (0.60%) DHCP
6 1 (0.60%) DNS
6 1 (0.60%) VPN
6 1 (0.60%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (11.90%) SQL Server
2 13 (7.74%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (6.55%) Relational Database
4 10 (5.95%) SAP HANA
5 8 (4.76%) NoSQL
5 8 (4.76%) Power BI
6 6 (3.57%) MS Access
6 6 (3.57%) MySQL
6 6 (3.57%) Oracle Database
6 6 (3.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (2.98%) DynamoDB
7 5 (2.98%) MongoDB
8 4 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.79%) DB2
10 2 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (1.19%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 2 (1.19%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (1.19%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (12.50%) Git
1 21 (12.50%) JIRA
2 8 (4.76%) Jenkins
2 8 (4.76%) Maven
3 6 (3.57%) JUnit
3 6 (3.57%) Visual Studio
4 5 (2.98%) git-flow
4 5 (2.98%) GitLab
4 5 (2.98%) Subversion
5 4 (2.38%) Bitbucket Server
5 4 (2.38%) Eclipse
5 4 (2.38%) QARun
5 4 (2.38%) WinRunner
6 3 (1.79%) CA Release Automation
6 3 (1.79%) HP UFT
6 3 (1.79%) IntelliJ
6 3 (1.79%) NetBeans
6 3 (1.79%) NUnit
6 3 (1.79%) Postman
6 3 (1.79%) REST Assured
General
1 63 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 51 (30.36%) Finance
3 33 (19.64%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (10.12%) Banking
5 11 (6.55%) Telecoms
6 9 (5.36%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.98%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.38%) Billing
8 4 (2.38%) Military
9 3 (1.79%) Electronics
9 3 (1.79%) Front Office
9 3 (1.79%) German Language
9 3 (1.79%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.79%) Marketing
9 3 (1.79%) Retail
10 2 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.19%) French Language
10 2 (1.19%) Italian Language
10 2 (1.19%) Wholesale Banking
11 1 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 82 (48.81%) Developer
2 21 (12.50%) C# Developer
2 21 (12.50%) Senior
3 19 (11.31%) Architect
3 19 (11.31%) C++ Developer
4 18 (10.71%) C++/C# Developer
5 12 (7.14%) Analyst
5 12 (7.14%) SAP Developer
6 11 (6.55%) ABAP Developer
6 11 (6.55%) Lead
6 11 (6.55%) ServiceNow Architect
7 9 (5.36%) Software Engineer
8 8 (4.76%) Consultant
8 8 (4.76%) Security Engineer
9 7 (4.17%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 7 (4.17%) Java Developer
9 7 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (4.17%) Test Analyst
10 6 (3.57%) .NET Developer
10 6 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (26.79%) REST
2 40 (23.81%) HTML
3 36 (21.43%) SOAP
4 31 (18.45%) .NET
4 31 (18.45%) CSS
5 28 (16.67%) AngularJS
6 25 (14.88%) Kafka
7 24 (14.29%) RESTful
7 24 (14.29%) WCF
8 20 (11.90%) .NET Core
8 20 (11.90%) ASP.NET
9 19 (11.31%) JSON
10 18 (10.71%) XML
11 16 (9.52%) Node.js
12 15 (8.93%) Ajax
13 12 (7.14%) Middleware
13 12 (7.14%) Spring
14 11 (6.55%) BAPI
15 9 (5.36%) Spring Boot
16 8 (4.76%) React
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 18 (10.71%) Legacy Applications
3 13 (7.74%) CMDB
4 5 (2.98%) Mainframe
4 5 (2.98%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.38%) Frameworx
5 4 (2.38%) Legacy Code
5 4 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.38%) TM Forum
6 3 (1.79%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.79%) Derivative
6 3 (1.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.79%) Equity Derivative
6 3 (1.79%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.79%) Social Media
7 2 (1.19%) Equities
7 2 (1.19%) N-Tier
7 2 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.19%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 27 (16.07%) Windows
2 21 (12.50%) Unix
3 14 (8.33%) Linux
4 5 (2.98%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.79%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.60%) AIX
6 1 (0.60%) Android
6 1 (0.60%) CentOS
6 1 (0.60%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.60%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (45.83%) Agile
2 43 (25.60%) DevOps
3 35 (20.83%) Analytics
4 30 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (14.88%) CI/CD
6 24 (14.29%) Microservices
6 24 (14.29%) Scrum
7 21 (12.50%) ITSM
8 19 (11.31%) OO
8 19 (11.31%) Test Automation
9 17 (10.12%) Collaborative Working
10 16 (9.52%) Service Management
10 16 (9.52%) TDD
11 15 (8.93%) Enterprise Architecture
11 15 (8.93%) ITIL
11 15 (8.93%) Process Improvement
12 14 (8.33%) Validation
13 13 (7.74%) CRM
13 13 (7.74%) MVC
13 13 (7.74%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 51 (30.36%) JavaScript
2 44 (26.19%) SQL
3 40 (23.81%) C#
4 25 (14.88%) Java
5 23 (13.69%) C++
6 11 (6.55%) ABAP
6 11 (6.55%) TypeScript
7 10 (5.95%) PowerShell
8 8 (4.76%) Python
8 8 (4.76%) T-SQL
9 6 (3.57%) PL/SQL
10 4 (2.38%) PHP
11 3 (1.79%) Bash
11 3 (1.79%) COBOL
11 3 (1.79%) Groovy
11 3 (1.79%) JCL
11 3 (1.79%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.79%) REXX
11 3 (1.79%) Shell Script
12 2 (1.19%) Scala
Qualifications
1 33 (19.64%) Security Cleared
2 31 (18.45%) SC Cleared
3 14 (8.33%) Degree
4 13 (7.74%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (4.76%) CISM
5 8 (4.76%) CISSP
6 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.60%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.60%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.60%) MCAD
7 1 (0.60%) MCPD
7 1 (0.60%) MCSD
7 1 (0.60%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.55%) QA
2 5 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.79%) WCAG
4 2 (1.19%) GDPR
4 2 (1.19%) HL7
4 2 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (1.19%) PERC
5 1 (0.60%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.60%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.60%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.60%) SEPA
System Software
1 11 (6.55%) Docker
2 7 (4.17%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.79%) RACF
Systems Management
1 9 (5.36%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (4.76%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.79%) Ansible
3 3 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.79%) Packer
3 3 (1.79%) Progress Chef
3 3 (1.79%) Puppet
3 3 (1.79%) Terraform
4 1 (0.60%) CA Wily
4 1 (0.60%) Kibana
Vendors
1 38 (22.62%) Oracle
2 33 (19.64%) ServiceNow
3 29 (17.26%) Microsoft
4 17 (10.12%) SAP
5 6 (3.57%) CA Agile Central
5 6 (3.57%) Citrix
6 5 (2.98%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.38%) Zend
8 3 (1.79%) Google
8 3 (1.79%) Snow
8 3 (1.79%) Splunk
8 3 (1.79%) Workday
9 2 (1.19%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.19%) IBM
9 2 (1.19%) Informatica
9 2 (1.19%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.19%) Siebel
10 1 (0.60%) AppDynamics
10 1 (0.60%) Axway
10 1 (0.60%) RedGate