Web Developer Contracts in England

Web Developer
UK > England

The median Web Developer daily rate in England is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 510 610 650
Rank change year-on-year +100 +40 -122
Contract jobs requiring a Web Developer 33 28 131
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.090% 0.059% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.062% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 23 89
10th Percentile £344 £263 £295
25th Percentile £363 £375 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £420 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -11.58% +11.76%
75th Percentile £488 £466 £600
90th Percentile £539 £520 £675
UK median daily rate £450 £445 £463
% change year-on-year +1.12% -3.78% +15.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £55.64
25th Percentile £66.25 - £62.33
Median hourly rate £67.50 - £72.50
75th Percentile £68.75 - £77.50
90th Percentile - - £81.70
UK median hourly rate £67.50 - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - +225.58%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,161 44,903 67,296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.57% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,530 31,932 48,137
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.11%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,560 1,303 1,794
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.63 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.39% +88.21% +11.21%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -16.67% +86.37% +9.75%

Web Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Web Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Web Developer in England

Web Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Web Developer in England.

Daily rate trend for Web Developer in England

Web Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Developer in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Web Developer in England

Web Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Web Developer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Web Developer in England

Web Developer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 31 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
London +94 17 £465 +1.09% 23
North of England +28 4 £388 +55.00% 23
South West +11 4 £475 +35.71% 6
South East +8 4 £423 +5.63% 19
East of England +10 3 £375 - 12
Yorkshire +16 2 - - 11
North West - 2 £388 - 10
Web Developer
UK

Web Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Web Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Web Developer in the job title.

1 28 (84.85%) Web Development
2 18 (54.55%) JavaScript
3 13 (39.39%) HTML
3 13 (39.39%) CSS
4 12 (36.36%) React
5 10 (30.30%) Agile
6 8 (24.24%) E-Commerce
7 7 (21.21%) Front End Development
7 7 (21.21%) AngularJS
7 7 (21.21%) TypeScript
8 6 (18.18%) SaaS
8 6 (18.18%) HTML5
8 6 (18.18%) Node.js
8 6 (18.18%) CSS3
8 6 (18.18%) Python
8 6 (18.18%) C#
9 5 (15.15%) MVC
9 5 (15.15%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (15.15%) Scrum
9 5 (15.15%) Azure
9 5 (15.15%) AWS
9 5 (15.15%) API Development
9 5 (15.15%) Full Stack Development
10 4 (12.12%) Public Sector
10 4 (12.12%) Docker
10 4 (12.12%) Flask
10 4 (12.12%) Microservices
10 4 (12.12%) Kubernetes
10 4 (12.12%) Marketing
10 4 (12.12%) Sass

Web Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (12.12%) CMS
2 3 (9.09%) Headless CMS
3 2 (6.06%) GeoServer
3 2 (6.06%) Gunicorn
4 1 (3.03%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) InVision
1 1 (3.03%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Shopify
2 1 (3.03%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) SaaS
2 5 (15.15%) AWS
2 5 (15.15%) Azure
3 3 (9.09%) Figma
4 2 (6.06%) Stripe
5 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (3.03%) Contentstack
5 1 (3.03%) GitHub
5 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.03%) npm
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.15%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (12.12%) GIS
3 2 (6.06%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (6.06%) SQL Server
4 1 (3.03%) MongoDB
4 1 (3.03%) MySQL
4 1 (3.03%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Git
1 3 (9.09%) webpack
2 2 (6.06%) gulp
3 1 (3.03%) git-flow
3 1 (3.03%) Jenkins
3 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 4 (12.12%) Finance
1 4 (12.12%) Marketing
1 4 (12.12%) Public Sector
2 3 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.06%) Retail
4 1 (3.03%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (39.39%) CSS
1 13 (39.39%) HTML
2 12 (36.36%) React
3 7 (21.21%) AngularJS
4 6 (18.18%) CSS3
4 6 (18.18%) HTML5
4 6 (18.18%) Node.js
5 4 (12.12%) Flask
5 4 (12.12%) Sass
6 3 (9.09%) Jest
6 3 (9.09%) Redux
6 3 (9.09%) REST
6 3 (9.09%) Vue
7 2 (6.06%) Express.js
7 2 (6.06%) LESS
7 2 (6.06%) Next.js
7 2 (6.06%) Nunjucks
7 2 (6.06%) OpenLayers
7 2 (6.06%) SQLAlchemy
7 2 (6.06%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.06%) Distributed Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Hedge funds
2 1 (3.03%) Animation
2 1 (3.03%) e-Learning
2 1 (3.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (3.03%) Legacy Code
2 1 (3.03%) Life Science
2 1 (3.03%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (84.85%) Web Development
2 10 (30.30%) Agile
3 8 (24.24%) E-Commerce
4 7 (21.21%) Front End Development
5 5 (15.15%) API Development
5 5 (15.15%) Full Stack Development
5 5 (15.15%) MVC
5 5 (15.15%) Scrum
6 4 (12.12%) Microservices
7 3 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (9.09%) DevOps
7 3 (9.09%) User Experience
8 2 (6.06%) B2C
8 2 (6.06%) CRM
8 2 (6.06%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
8 2 (6.06%) Kalman Filter
8 2 (6.06%) Open Source
8 2 (6.06%) Responsive Web Design
8 2 (6.06%) SEO
8 2 (6.06%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 18 (54.55%) JavaScript
2 7 (21.21%) TypeScript
3 6 (18.18%) C#
3 6 (18.18%) Python
4 4 (12.12%) Java
5 2 (6.06%) PHP
5 2 (6.06%) SQL
6 1 (3.03%) C++
6 1 (3.03%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (6.06%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (6.06%) Degree
1 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared
1 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.03%) Azure Certification
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.03%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) MISRA
1 1 (3.03%) QA
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.03%) Google