Web Services Contracts in the UK excluding London

Web Services
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Web Services skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Web Services over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 184 203 150
Rank change year-on-year +19 -53 -30
Contract jobs citing Web Services 234 279 535
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.15% 1.21% 1.76%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.19% 6.64% 8.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 180 351
10th Percentile £350 £400 £363
25th Percentile £458 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £519 £490
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% +5.82% +15.29%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £588
90th Percentile £720 £700 £638
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £549
% change year-on-year - +0.23% +10.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 23
10th Percentile - - £48.50
25th Percentile - - £54.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £63.25
75th Percentile - - £75.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £63.25
% change year-on-year -10.34% +14.62% +58.13%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

Web Services is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,256 4,203 6,055
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.05% 18.27% 19.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,129 3,144 4,310
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £406 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.64%
75th Percentile £606 £600 £586
90th Percentile £691 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 87 146
10th Percentile £21.96 £22.20 £20.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.25
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +29.35% +11.67%
75th Percentile £65.94 £74.13 £65.51
90th Percentile £74.85 £79.19 £76.64
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%

Web Services
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Web Services as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Web Services in the UK excluding London

Web Services
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Web Services in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Web Services in the UK excluding London

Web Services
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Services in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Web Services in the UK excluding London

Web Services
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Web Services in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Web Services in the UK excluding London

Web Services
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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
South East +4 81 £540 +2.86% 37
North of England +35 69 £525 +5.00% 28
Yorkshire +31 37 £550 - 11
Scotland +38 30 £590 +40.90% 7
North West +11 29 £450 -10.00% 15
Midlands +12 27 £625 +4.17% 28
West Midlands +19 19 £638 +2.00% 15
East of England +2 15 £350 -30.00% 11
South West -9 10 £475 -13.64% 7
East Midlands +8 8 £600 - 13
North East +12 3 £491 -1.90% 2
Northern Ireland +3 2 £588 +46.88% 7
Web Services
UK

Web Services
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 15 (6.41%) Confluence
2 6 (2.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (1.71%) Mule
3 4 (1.71%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (1.28%) IIS
4 3 (1.28%) OpenStack
4 3 (1.28%) WordPress
5 2 (0.85%) Apache
5 2 (0.85%) CMS
6 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.43%) Appian
6 1 (0.43%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.43%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.43%) Jadu
6 1 (0.43%) JBoss
6 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.43%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.43%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (2.99%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.43%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 7 (2.99%) Temenos T24
2 4 (1.71%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 83 (35.47%) AWS
2 81 (34.62%) Azure
3 11 (4.70%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (4.27%) IaaS
4 10 (4.27%) PaaS
5 9 (3.85%) SaaS
6 8 (3.42%) Power Platform
7 7 (2.99%) Apigee
7 7 (2.99%) Kong
7 7 (2.99%) Serverless
8 6 (2.56%) Entra ID
9 5 (2.14%) GitHub
10 4 (1.71%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (1.71%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (1.28%) Azure API Management
11 3 (1.28%) Azure Event Grid
11 3 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (1.28%) iPaaS
11 3 (1.28%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.28%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 42 (17.95%) SSL
2 13 (5.56%) TCP/IP
3 12 (5.13%) LAN
3 12 (5.13%) VPN
3 12 (5.13%) WAN
4 11 (4.70%) Ethernet
5 10 (4.27%) VoIP
6 9 (3.85%) MPLS
6 9 (3.85%) PBX
6 9 (3.85%) WLAN
7 7 (2.99%) Firewall
7 7 (2.99%) Internet
7 7 (2.99%) Kerberos
8 6 (2.56%) DNS
9 5 (2.14%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (2.14%) Cisco Firepower
9 5 (2.14%) Cisco ISE
9 5 (2.14%) DHCP
9 5 (2.14%) HTTP
9 5 (2.14%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.13%) MongoDB
3 7 (2.99%) OLAP
3 7 (2.99%) OLTP
3 7 (2.99%) Power BI
4 6 (2.56%) MySQL
4 6 (2.56%) Oracle OLAP
4 6 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.14%) Oracle Database
5 5 (2.14%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.28%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (1.28%) Redis
7 2 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.85%) Tableau
8 1 (0.43%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.43%) QGIS
8 1 (0.43%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 26 (11.11%) JIRA
2 19 (8.12%) Git
2 19 (8.12%) Visual Studio
3 17 (7.26%) Jenkins
4 11 (4.70%) Eclipse
5 8 (3.42%) JMeter
6 6 (2.56%) Bitbucket
7 5 (2.14%) Cucumber
7 5 (2.14%) Liquibase
7 5 (2.14%) Selenium
7 5 (2.14%) WebDriver
8 4 (1.71%) Gatling
8 4 (1.71%) GitLab
8 4 (1.71%) Log4j
8 4 (1.71%) Maven
8 4 (1.71%) Zephyr
9 3 (1.28%) Jasmine
9 3 (1.28%) JUnit
9 3 (1.28%) Karma Test Runner
9 3 (1.28%) SoapUI
General
1 51 (21.79%) Social Skills
2 23 (9.83%) Public Sector
3 20 (8.55%) Presentation Skills
4 17 (7.26%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (5.56%) Finance
5 13 (5.56%) Military
6 11 (4.70%) Telecoms
7 10 (4.27%) Banking
8 9 (3.85%) Billing
9 4 (1.71%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.28%) Marketing
11 2 (0.85%) Law
12 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 82 (35.04%) Developer
2 76 (32.48%) Architect
3 18 (7.69%) Senior
4 17 (7.26%) ServiceNow Developer
5 16 (6.84%) Consultant
6 15 (6.41%) Software Engineer
7 14 (5.98%) Java Developer
8 13 (5.56%) C# Software Engineer
9 12 (5.13%) .NET Developer
10 11 (4.70%) Applications Engineer
11 10 (4.27%) Lead
12 9 (3.85%) C++ Software Engineer
12 9 (3.85%) Senior Developer
12 9 (3.85%) ServiceNow Consultant
12 9 (3.85%) Test Manager
13 8 (3.42%) Applications Support
13 8 (3.42%) Applications Support Engineer
13 8 (3.42%) JIRA Engineer
13 8 (3.42%) Support Engineer
14 7 (2.99%) AWS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (12.39%) RESTful
2 28 (11.97%) REST
3 27 (11.54%) .NET
4 24 (10.26%) XML
5 23 (9.83%) Kafka
6 22 (9.40%) SOAP
6 22 (9.40%) Spring
6 22 (9.40%) Spring Boot
7 21 (8.97%) Node.js
8 19 (8.12%) HTML
8 19 (8.12%) OpenID
9 15 (6.41%) JSON
10 14 (5.98%) .NET Framework
10 14 (5.98%) OAuth
10 14 (5.98%) React
11 13 (5.56%) CSS
12 11 (4.70%) J2EE
13 10 (4.27%) Entity Framework
13 10 (4.27%) LDAP
14 8 (3.42%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 44 (18.80%) PKI
2 17 (7.26%) Data Centre
3 10 (4.27%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (2.99%) Data Structures
4 7 (2.99%) DataPower
4 7 (2.99%) Linux Command Line
5 6 (2.56%) Enterprise Cloud
5 6 (2.56%) Life Science
6 5 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.71%) NHS
7 4 (1.71%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.28%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.28%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.28%) IoT
8 3 (1.28%) N-Tier
8 3 (1.28%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.85%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.85%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.43%) CMDB
10 1 (0.43%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 39 (16.67%) Linux
2 19 (8.12%) Windows
3 6 (2.56%) Unix
3 6 (2.56%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.71%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.43%) Android
6 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.43%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (28.21%) Agile
2 46 (19.66%) Cryptography
3 44 (18.80%) Key Management
4 34 (14.53%) Service Management
5 31 (13.25%) ITSM
6 28 (11.97%) Test Automation
7 27 (11.54%) TDD
8 26 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
8 26 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
8 26 (11.11%) Scrum
9 25 (10.68%) Customer Service
10 24 (10.26%) DevOps
10 24 (10.26%) ITIL
10 24 (10.26%) Software Engineering
11 23 (9.83%) Asset Management
11 23 (9.83%) IT Asset Management
11 23 (9.83%) Operations Management
11 23 (9.83%) Service Delivery
12 21 (8.97%) Analytics
12 21 (8.97%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 50 (21.37%) Java
2 42 (17.95%) JavaScript
3 36 (15.38%) C#
4 21 (8.97%) SQL
5 14 (5.98%) Python
6 13 (5.56%) C++
7 9 (3.85%) Scala
8 7 (2.99%) PowerShell
9 6 (2.56%) C
9 6 (2.56%) Go
9 6 (2.56%) PHP
10 5 (2.14%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.71%) Groovy
12 3 (1.28%) Bash
12 3 (1.28%) Ruby
12 3 (1.28%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.85%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.85%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.43%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.43%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 90 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 63 (26.92%) SC Cleared
3 48 (20.51%) Degree
4 28 (11.97%) DV Cleared
5 9 (3.85%) CCIE
5 9 (3.85%) CCIE Data Center
5 9 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (3.42%) ISTQB
7 5 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.71%) CCNP
9 3 (1.28%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.43%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.43%) CISM
10 1 (0.43%) CISSP
10 1 (0.43%) ISEB
10 1 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.14%) HL7
1 5 (2.14%) QA
2 3 (1.28%) WCAG
3 2 (0.85%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.85%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (0.85%) SLA
System Software
1 56 (23.93%) Active Directory
2 20 (8.55%) Docker
3 7 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.56%) Hyper-V
5 5 (2.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (5.13%) Kubernetes
1 12 (5.13%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (1.71%) Ansible
3 3 (1.28%) Grafana
4 2 (0.85%) Kibana
4 2 (0.85%) Terraform
5 1 (0.43%) Anchore
5 1 (0.43%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.43%) Packer
5 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 36 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 26 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 18 (7.69%) Oracle
4 9 (3.85%) Cisco
4 9 (3.85%) IBM
5 8 (3.42%) Atlassian
6 7 (2.99%) Guidewire
6 7 (2.99%) TSYS
6 7 (2.99%) VMware
7 6 (2.56%) Cadence
8 5 (2.14%) Adobe
8 5 (2.14%) CheckPoint
8 5 (2.14%) Infoblox
8 5 (2.14%) Palo Alto
8 5 (2.14%) Symantec
8 5 (2.14%) Zscaler
9 4 (1.71%) Google
10 3 (1.28%) Okta
10 3 (1.28%) SAP
11 2 (0.85%) Splunk