Web Services Contracts in England

Web Services
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 200 222 150
Rank change year-on-year +22 -72 -32
Contract jobs citing Web Services 448 565 1,301
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.19% 1.20% 1.85%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.72% 5.30% 6.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 372 882
10th Percentile £401 £410 £375
25th Percentile £464 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £724
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 20
10th Percentile - £52.48 £48.50
25th Percentile - £61.63 £61.36
Median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £65.25
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +11.11% +41.85%
75th Percentile - £75.00 £75.00
90th Percentile - £78.47 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% +62.50%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

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 requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,836 10,653 18,688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.89% 22.65% 26.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,490 7,931 14,067
10th Percentile £350 £394 £400
25th Percentile £431 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £800 £798 £775
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 136 204
10th Percentile £22.73 £32.88 £22.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £49.75 £65.00 £53.25
Median % change year-on-year -23.46% +22.07% +17.03%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £76.89
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -23.08% +23.81% +16.67%

Web Services
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Web Services as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Web Services in England

Web Services
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Web Services in England

Web Services
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Services in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Web Services in England

Web Services
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Web Services in England

Web Services
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 Services within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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 +30 240 £575 +0.52% 73
South East +3 74 £613 +16.67% 38
North of England +30 62 £525 +5.00% 29
Yorkshire +31 33 £550 - 6
Midlands +9 31 £613 +2.08% 32
North West +11 27 £463 -7.50% 20
West Midlands +14 22 £638 +6.25% 22
East of England -1 20 £350 -30.00% 17
South West -13 12 £475 -13.64% 11
East Midlands +5 9 £600 - 10
North East +9 2 £550 +10.00% 3
Web Services
UK

Web Services
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 19 (4.24%) Confluence
2 12 (2.68%) IIS
3 9 (2.01%) Mule
4 8 (1.79%) CMS
5 7 (1.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (1.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 6 (1.34%) Appian
6 6 (1.34%) Headless CMS
6 6 (1.34%) Tomcat
6 6 (1.34%) WebSphere
7 5 (1.12%) Anypoint
7 5 (1.12%) JBoss
7 5 (1.12%) Mule ESB
7 5 (1.12%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.89%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.89%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.89%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.45%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.22%) Apache
10 1 (0.22%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 10 (2.23%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.12%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.22%) CATIA
5 1 (0.22%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.22%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 12 (2.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.79%) Temenos T24
4 7 (1.56%) SAP EWM
5 5 (1.12%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.67%) Shopify
7 1 (0.22%) BusinessWorks
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Internet Expenses
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle iProcurement
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.22%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.22%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 150 (33.48%) Azure
2 106 (23.66%) AWS
3 27 (6.03%) Azure DevOps
3 27 (6.03%) GitHub
4 25 (5.58%) Power Platform
5 19 (4.24%) Azure API Management
6 18 (4.02%) PaaS
7 17 (3.79%) Azure Service Bus
7 17 (3.79%) Entra ID
7 17 (3.79%) Serverless
8 16 (3.57%) Azure Key Vault
8 16 (3.57%) Azure Storage
8 16 (3.57%) PowerApps
9 15 (3.35%) Power Automate
10 12 (2.68%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (2.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 9 (2.01%) Amazon EKS
12 9 (2.01%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (2.01%) GCP
12 9 (2.01%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (8.93%) SSL
2 16 (3.57%) VoIP
3 13 (2.90%) Internet
3 13 (2.90%) TCP/IP
3 13 (2.90%) VPN
4 12 (2.68%) Ethernet
4 12 (2.68%) Firewall
4 12 (2.68%) HTTP
5 10 (2.23%) LAN
6 9 (2.01%) MPLS
6 9 (2.01%) PBX
6 9 (2.01%) SSH
6 9 (2.01%) WAN
6 9 (2.01%) WLAN
7 8 (1.79%) Network Security
8 5 (1.12%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (1.12%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (1.12%) CTI
8 5 (1.12%) DHCP
8 5 (1.12%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 33 (7.37%) MySQL
3 30 (6.70%) NoSQL
4 25 (5.58%) MongoDB
5 22 (4.91%) Relational Database
6 16 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
7 14 (3.13%) Power BI
8 13 (2.90%) OLTP
8 13 (2.90%) Oracle Reports
9 12 (2.68%) SAP HANA
10 11 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (2.01%) Big Data
12 8 (1.79%) Apache Cassandra
13 7 (1.56%) DynamoDB
13 7 (1.56%) OLAP
13 7 (1.56%) Oracle Database
13 7 (1.56%) Redis
14 6 (1.34%) Data Lake
14 6 (1.34%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 56 (12.50%) Git
2 49 (10.94%) JIRA
3 34 (7.59%) Jenkins
4 21 (4.69%) JUnit
4 21 (4.69%) Visual Studio
5 19 (4.24%) Postman
6 16 (3.57%) Eclipse
7 14 (3.13%) Cucumber
8 12 (2.68%) Selenium
9 9 (2.01%) JMeter
9 9 (2.01%) Maven
10 8 (1.79%) Gatling
11 7 (1.56%) Gradle
11 7 (1.56%) TeamCity
12 6 (1.34%) Mockito
12 6 (1.34%) Visual Studio Team System
12 6 (1.34%) webpack
13 5 (1.12%) GitLab
13 5 (1.12%) Liquibase
13 5 (1.12%) SoapUI
General
1 105 (23.44%) Social Skills
2 90 (20.09%) Finance
3 46 (10.27%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (8.93%) Banking
5 26 (5.80%) Presentation Skills
5 26 (5.80%) Public Sector
6 19 (4.24%) Telecoms
7 14 (3.13%) Military
8 13 (2.90%) Marketing
9 12 (2.68%) Retail
10 9 (2.01%) Billing
11 8 (1.79%) Financial Institution
11 8 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.56%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.12%) Front Office
13 5 (1.12%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.45%) Law
15 1 (0.22%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.22%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 185 (41.29%) Developer
2 97 (21.65%) Architect
3 47 (10.49%) Senior
4 42 (9.38%) Consultant
5 33 (7.37%) Lead
6 31 (6.92%) Java Developer
7 30 (6.70%) Senior Developer
8 29 (6.47%) Software Engineer
9 25 (5.58%) ServiceNow Developer
10 18 (4.02%) .NET Developer
10 18 (4.02%) Solutions Architect
11 17 (3.79%) Python Developer
12 16 (3.57%) Lead Developer
13 15 (3.35%) Technical Consultant
14 14 (3.13%) C# Developer
15 13 (2.90%) C# Software Engineer
15 13 (2.90%) Full Stack Developer
16 12 (2.68%) Applications Engineer
17 11 (2.46%) Applications Support Engineer
17 11 (2.46%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (19.42%) REST
2 82 (18.30%) HTML
3 73 (16.29%) SOAP
4 69 (15.40%) .NET
5 68 (15.18%) CSS
6 66 (14.73%) XML
7 54 (12.05%) RESTful
8 48 (10.71%) Spring
9 43 (9.60%) AngularJS
10 40 (8.93%) Node.js
11 38 (8.48%) JSON
12 34 (7.59%) Kafka
13 31 (6.92%) ASP.NET
14 30 (6.70%) .NET Framework
15 27 (6.03%) J2EE
15 27 (6.03%) Spring Boot
16 24 (5.36%) React
17 23 (5.13%) LDAP
18 22 (4.91%) SailPoint
19 19 (4.24%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.71%) PKI
2 16 (3.57%) Data Centre
2 16 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
2 16 (3.57%) Linux Command Line
2 16 (3.57%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.35%) Management Information System
4 14 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (3.13%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.68%) Data Structures
6 8 (1.79%) Algorithms
6 8 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (1.79%) Mobile App
6 8 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.56%) DataPower
7 7 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (1.56%) Life Science
8 5 (1.12%) CMDB
8 5 (1.12%) IVR
8 5 (1.12%) NHS
9 4 (0.89%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 60 (13.39%) Linux
2 36 (8.04%) Windows
3 26 (5.80%) Unix
4 10 (2.23%) Android
4 10 (2.23%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.56%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.89%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.45%) zOS
8 1 (0.22%) AIX
8 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.22%) VMS
8 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (38.62%) Agile
2 81 (18.08%) TDD
3 73 (16.29%) DevOps
4 68 (15.18%) Continuous Integration
4 68 (15.18%) Software Engineering
5 64 (14.29%) Scrum
6 60 (13.39%) CI/CD
7 56 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
8 54 (12.05%) Microservices
9 52 (11.61%) Test Automation
10 46 (10.27%) Migration
11 44 (9.82%) Unit Testing
12 43 (9.60%) Cryptography
12 43 (9.60%) SDLC
13 41 (9.15%) BDD
13 41 (9.15%) Key Management
14 37 (8.26%) Analytics
14 37 (8.26%) ITSM
14 37 (8.26%) Service Management
14 37 (8.26%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 117 (26.12%) JavaScript
2 115 (25.67%) Java
3 92 (20.54%) SQL
4 86 (19.20%) C#
5 51 (11.38%) Python
6 22 (4.91%) Scala
7 18 (4.02%) TypeScript
8 16 (3.57%) C++
8 16 (3.57%) PowerShell
9 10 (2.23%) ABAP
10 8 (1.79%) Perl
11 7 (1.56%) Shell Script
12 6 (1.34%) Apex Code
12 6 (1.34%) Ruby
13 5 (1.12%) PHP
14 4 (0.89%) Bash
14 4 (0.89%) Groovy
15 3 (0.67%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.67%) Swift
15 3 (0.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 101 (22.54%) Security Cleared
2 73 (16.29%) SC Cleared
3 72 (16.07%) Degree
4 32 (7.14%) DV Cleared
5 20 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.01%) CCIE
6 9 (2.01%) CCIE Data Center
6 9 (2.01%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (1.79%) AWS Certification
7 8 (1.79%) Azure Certification
7 8 (1.79%) ISTQB
8 7 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.34%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.89%) CCNP
10 4 (0.89%) CISM
10 4 (0.89%) CISSP
11 3 (0.67%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.59%) QA
2 8 (1.79%) SLA
3 6 (1.34%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.34%) HL7
4 5 (1.12%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.89%) GDPR
5 4 (0.89%) HIPAA
5 4 (0.89%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.45%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.22%) GRC
7 1 (0.22%) ISO 15022
System Software
1 77 (17.19%) Active Directory
2 35 (7.81%) Docker
3 13 (2.90%) ACF2
3 13 (2.90%) IAG
3 13 (2.90%) RACF
4 8 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.89%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.22%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 35 (7.81%) Kubernetes
2 16 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
3 11 (2.46%) Terraform
4 9 (2.01%) Grafana
5 8 (1.79%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.34%) Ansible
6 6 (1.34%) Kibana
7 5 (1.12%) CloudHub
8 3 (0.67%) logstash
9 2 (0.45%) Matomo
10 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.22%) Anchore
10 1 (0.22%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.22%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.22%) Packer
10 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.22%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.22%) TIBCO Hawk
Vendors
1 84 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 55 (12.28%) Oracle
3 52 (11.61%) ServiceNow
4 22 (4.91%) SAP
5 20 (4.46%) IBM
6 18 (4.02%) Salesforce
7 16 (3.57%) Adobe
8 15 (3.35%) Google
9 14 (3.13%) Cisco
10 13 (2.90%) Sybase
11 9 (2.01%) Atlassian
11 9 (2.01%) Guidewire
12 7 (1.56%) Genesys
12 7 (1.56%) TSYS
12 7 (1.56%) VMware
13 6 (1.34%) OpenText
13 6 (1.34%) Pega
14 5 (1.12%) Avaya
14 5 (1.12%) CheckPoint
14 5 (1.12%) Symantec