Web Services Contracts with Work from Home Options

Web Services
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 125 213 124
Rank change year-on-year +88 -89 +1
Contract jobs citing Web Services 266 295 935
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.80% 1.20% 2.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.33% 4.74% 7.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 196 631
10th Percentile £413 £418 £381
25th Percentile £475 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £534 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -0.65% +13.16%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £634
90th Percentile £689 £738 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £549
% change year-on-year - +0.23% +10.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 14
10th Percentile £51.50 £52.58 £48.50
25th Percentile £53.75 £54.56 £51.38
Median hourly rate £60.00 £59.75 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% -0.42% +50.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.56 £62.98
90th Percentile £64.50 £67.93 £64.48
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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and 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 3,629 6,225 12,985
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 24.52% 25.26% 29.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,545 4,638 9,580
10th Percentile £339 £400 £400
25th Percentile £431 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +12.24%
75th Percentile £650 £656 £645
90th Percentile £800 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 77 124
10th Percentile £24.45 £22.50 £21.30
25th Percentile - £45.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 £65.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%

Web Services
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Web Services as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Web Services trend for jobs with a WFH option

Web Services
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Web Services over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

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 a work from home option 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 11 (4.14%) Confluence
2 7 (2.63%) Oracle Workflow
2 7 (2.63%) WebSphere
3 6 (2.26%) Apache
3 6 (2.26%) Mule
3 6 (2.26%) WebLogic
4 5 (1.88%) Anypoint
4 5 (1.88%) IIS
4 5 (1.88%) Mule ESB
4 5 (1.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (1.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (1.13%) CMS
5 3 (1.13%) Headless CMS
5 3 (1.13%) WordPress
6 2 (0.75%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.75%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.75%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.38%) Appian
7 1 (0.38%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.38%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (3.38%) MS Visio
2 6 (2.26%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.38%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 5 (1.88%) SAP S/4HANA
1 5 (1.88%) Temenos T24
2 4 (1.50%) SAP EWM
2 4 (1.50%) Shopify
3 2 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.38%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 97 (36.47%) Azure
2 77 (28.95%) AWS
3 19 (7.14%) GitHub
4 13 (4.89%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (3.76%) WhatsApp
6 9 (3.38%) GCP
6 9 (3.38%) Serverless
7 8 (3.01%) Power Platform
8 7 (2.63%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (2.63%) Twilio
9 5 (1.88%) Apigee
9 5 (1.88%) Kong
9 5 (1.88%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.88%) PowerApps
9 5 (1.88%) SaaS
10 4 (1.50%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (1.50%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (1.50%) Amazon SQS
10 4 (1.50%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 34 (12.78%) SSL
2 11 (4.14%) VoIP
3 7 (2.63%) CTI
4 5 (1.88%) LAN
4 5 (1.88%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.88%) VPN
5 4 (1.50%) HTTP
5 4 (1.50%) WAN
6 3 (1.13%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (1.13%) Internet
6 3 (1.13%) MPLS
6 3 (1.13%) Network Security
6 3 (1.13%) PBX
6 3 (1.13%) WLAN
7 2 (0.75%) Firewall
8 1 (0.38%) BIG-IP
8 1 (0.38%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 1 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.38%) IPsec
8 1 (0.38%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (11.28%) MySQL
1 30 (11.28%) SQL Server
2 15 (5.64%) Oracle Reports
3 13 (4.89%) Relational Database
4 12 (4.51%) NoSQL
5 10 (3.76%) Oracle Database
6 9 (3.38%) MongoDB
7 8 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (3.01%) OLTP
7 8 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.88%) OLAP
8 5 (1.88%) Oracle OLAP
8 5 (1.88%) Power BI
8 5 (1.88%) SAP HANA
8 5 (1.88%) Siebel EIM
9 4 (1.50%) Big Data
10 3 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (1.13%) Data Lake
10 3 (1.13%) DB2
11 2 (0.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (10.53%) Git
2 21 (7.89%) JIRA
3 15 (5.64%) Jenkins
4 11 (4.14%) Selenium
5 7 (2.63%) Eclipse
6 6 (2.26%) Maven
7 5 (1.88%) SonarQube
8 4 (1.50%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.50%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (1.13%) GitLab
9 3 (1.13%) HP UFT
9 3 (1.13%) JUnit
9 3 (1.13%) Katalon Studio
9 3 (1.13%) SoapUI
9 3 (1.13%) Visual Studio Team System
10 2 (0.75%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.75%) JMeter
10 2 (0.75%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.75%) TestNG
10 2 (0.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 67 (25.19%) Social Skills
2 58 (21.80%) Finance
3 26 (9.77%) Banking
4 25 (9.40%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (9.02%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.14%) Retail
6 11 (4.14%) Telecoms
7 10 (3.76%) Financial Institution
8 9 (3.38%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.63%) Billing
9 7 (2.63%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (2.26%) Marketing
11 5 (1.88%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.13%) Tech for Good
13 2 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.75%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.38%) Electronics
14 1 (0.38%) Front Office
14 1 (0.38%) Legal
Job Titles
1 114 (42.86%) Developer
2 66 (24.81%) Architect
3 27 (10.15%) Consultant
4 23 (8.65%) Senior
5 17 (6.39%) Lead
5 17 (6.39%) Senior Developer
5 17 (6.39%) ServiceNow Developer
6 13 (4.89%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (4.51%) Software Engineer
8 11 (4.14%) Full Stack Developer
8 11 (4.14%) Java Developer
9 10 (3.76%) .NET Developer
9 10 (3.76%) Analyst
9 10 (3.76%) SailPoint Developer
9 10 (3.76%) ServiceNow Consultant
10 9 (3.38%) Technical Consultant
11 8 (3.01%) Business Analyst
11 8 (3.01%) Lead Developer
12 7 (2.63%) C# Developer
12 7 (2.63%) SailPoint Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (22.56%) REST
2 50 (18.80%) HTML
3 43 (16.17%) .NET
3 43 (16.17%) SOAP
4 35 (13.16%) CSS
5 32 (12.03%) XML
6 29 (10.90%) Spring
7 27 (10.15%) RESTful
8 24 (9.02%) LDAP
9 23 (8.65%) SailPoint
10 22 (8.27%) Node.js
10 22 (8.27%) Spring Boot
11 19 (7.14%) AngularJS
11 19 (7.14%) ASP.NET
12 18 (6.77%) JSP
12 18 (6.77%) Servlets
13 16 (6.02%) jQuery
13 16 (6.02%) JSON
14 15 (5.64%) Kafka
14 15 (5.64%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (13.16%) PKI
2 16 (6.02%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.14%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.38%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (3.01%) Mobile App
6 7 (2.63%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.63%) IVR
7 5 (1.88%) DataPower
8 4 (1.50%) CMDB
8 4 (1.50%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.50%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.13%) Hedge funds
9 3 (1.13%) IoT
9 3 (1.13%) Life Science
10 2 (0.75%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.75%) Derivative
10 2 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.75%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 27 (10.15%) Linux
2 10 (3.76%) Android
3 9 (3.38%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.63%) Windows
5 3 (1.13%) Unix
6 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (24.81%) Agile
2 39 (14.66%) DevOps
3 36 (13.53%) Cryptography
4 35 (13.16%) Key Management
5 30 (11.28%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (11.28%) Test Automation
6 28 (10.53%) ITSM
6 28 (10.53%) Service Management
7 26 (9.77%) Service Delivery
8 25 (9.40%) CI/CD
8 25 (9.40%) Microservices
8 25 (9.40%) Software Engineering
9 24 (9.02%) Customer Service
10 23 (8.65%) Asset Management
11 22 (8.27%) Analytics
11 22 (8.27%) OO
11 22 (8.27%) Scrum
12 21 (7.89%) IT Asset Management
12 21 (7.89%) Operations Management
13 20 (7.52%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 81 (30.45%) Java
2 67 (25.19%) JavaScript
3 52 (19.55%) SQL
4 39 (14.66%) C#
5 12 (4.51%) Python
6 9 (3.38%) Scala
7 7 (2.63%) PowerShell
8 6 (2.26%) ABAP
9 5 (1.88%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.50%) Ruby
11 3 (1.13%) Apex Code
11 3 (1.13%) C++
12 2 (0.75%) Go
12 2 (0.75%) PHP
12 2 (0.75%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.75%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.38%) Bicep
13 1 (0.38%) DataFlex
13 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.38%) XPath
Qualifications
1 68 (25.56%) Security Cleared
2 52 (19.55%) Degree
3 51 (19.17%) SC Cleared
4 21 (7.89%) DV Cleared
5 12 (4.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (3.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (3.01%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.26%) Azure Certification
8 6 (2.26%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (2.26%) ISTQB
9 5 (1.88%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (1.13%) CCIE
10 3 (1.13%) CCIE Data Center
10 3 (1.13%) CCNP
10 3 (1.13%) CISSP
10 3 (1.13%) SANS
11 2 (0.75%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.02%) QA
2 8 (3.01%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.50%) GDPR
3 4 (1.50%) HIPAA
3 4 (1.50%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.50%) SOC 2
4 3 (1.13%) GRC
4 3 (1.13%) WCAG
5 2 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.75%) HL7
5 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.75%) SLA
6 1 (0.38%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 56 (21.05%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.64%) ACF2
2 15 (5.64%) IAG
2 15 (5.64%) RACF
3 14 (5.26%) Docker
4 2 (0.75%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (3.76%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.38%) Terraform
3 5 (1.88%) CloudHub
3 5 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.13%) Grafana
5 2 (0.75%) Ansible
5 2 (0.75%) Kibana
6 1 (0.38%) Forefront Identity Manager
6 1 (0.38%) logstash
6 1 (0.38%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 49 (18.42%) ServiceNow
2 45 (16.92%) Oracle
3 28 (10.53%) Microsoft
4 16 (6.02%) SAP
5 15 (5.64%) Sybase
6 11 (4.14%) Google
7 10 (3.76%) Cisco
7 10 (3.76%) Salesforce
8 9 (3.38%) Adobe
8 9 (3.38%) Genesys
8 9 (3.38%) Guidewire
8 9 (3.38%) IBM
9 7 (2.63%) Avaya
10 5 (1.88%) CA Agile Central
10 5 (1.88%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.88%) Siebel
10 5 (1.88%) TSYS
11 4 (1.50%) Atlassian
11 4 (1.50%) CyberArk
12 3 (1.13%) Splunk