WebSockets Contract Job Trends in London

WebSockets
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring WebSockets skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 415 331 349
Rank change year-on-year -84 +18 +74
Contract jobs citing WebSockets 23 30 56
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.12% 0.23% 0.32%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.52% 0.86% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 22 38
10th Percentile £573 £413 £491
25th Percentile £663 £547 £603
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £700 £850
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -17.65% +17.24%
75th Percentile £863 £800 £950
90th Percentile £911 - £1,015
England median daily rate £700 £650 £825
% change year-on-year +7.69% -21.24% +13.83%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

WebSockets 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,412 3,505 4,755
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.74% 26.40% 26.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,923 2,440 3,490
10th Percentile £382 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £427 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £713 £713
90th Percentile £788 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 24 27
10th Percentile £23.98 £31.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £34.01 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.25 £48.22 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.38% +13.46% -36.80%
75th Percentile £73.50 £62.81 £61.97
90th Percentile £93.13 £81.88 £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.75 £58.30
% change year-on-year +12.55% -0.94% -10.31%

WebSockets
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WebSockets relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

WebSockets job vacancy trend in London

WebSockets
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing WebSockets.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing WebSockets

WebSockets
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WebSockets in London over the 6 months to 5 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for WebSockets in London

WebSockets
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing WebSockets.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing WebSockets

WebSockets
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSockets within the London region over the 6 months to 5 July 2026. 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
Central London -22 1 - - 1
South London - 1 £850 - 1
WebSockets
England

WebSockets
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.70%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) AWS
2 3 (13.04%) Azure
3 2 (8.70%) Amazon EKS
3 2 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (8.70%) Snowflake
4 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (34.78%) HTTP
2 2 (8.70%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) Redis
2 2 (8.70%) Data Lake
2 2 (8.70%) Neo4j
2 2 (8.70%) NoSQL
2 2 (8.70%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (8.70%) Snowflake Schema
3 1 (4.35%) MongoDB
3 1 (4.35%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 6 (26.09%) Git
2 2 (8.70%) GitLab
2 2 (8.70%) JIRA
2 2 (8.70%) Vite
3 1 (4.35%) Android Studio
3 1 (4.35%) Cypress.io
3 1 (4.35%) Gradle
3 1 (4.35%) REST Assured
3 1 (4.35%) Storybook
General
1 15 (65.22%) Finance
2 8 (34.78%) Banking
3 7 (30.43%) Investment Banking
3 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Front Office
5 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.35%) Law
6 1 (4.35%) Police
6 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Developer
1 10 (43.48%) Senior
2 6 (26.09%) C++ Software Engineer
2 6 (26.09%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
2 6 (26.09%) Senior Software Engineer
2 6 (26.09%) Software Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Python Developer
5 2 (8.70%) Architect
5 2 (8.70%) Data Architect
5 2 (8.70%) Full-Stack Developer
6 1 (4.35%) .NET Developer
6 1 (4.35%) Android Developer
6 1 (4.35%) C++ Developer
6 1 (4.35%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
6 1 (4.35%) Lead
6 1 (4.35%) Lead Developer
6 1 (4.35%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (4.35%) Senior Developer
6 1 (4.35%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (47.83%) React
2 10 (43.48%) FIX Protocol
3 6 (26.09%) RESTful
4 5 (21.74%) HTML
4 5 (21.74%) HTML5
4 5 (21.74%) REST
5 4 (17.39%) Next.js
6 3 (13.04%) .NET
6 3 (13.04%) AngularJS
6 3 (13.04%) Kafka
6 3 (13.04%) Redux
6 3 (13.04%) SignalR
7 2 (8.70%) Bootstrap
7 2 (8.70%) CSS
7 2 (8.70%) CSS3
7 2 (8.70%) GraphQL
7 2 (8.70%) Node.js
7 2 (8.70%) pytest
7 2 (8.70%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (8.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (60.87%) Derivative
2 8 (34.78%) Algorithms
2 8 (34.78%) Data Structures
2 8 (34.78%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (17.39%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (13.04%) Equities
4 3 (13.04%) Equity Derivative
4 3 (13.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (13.04%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (8.70%) AI Agents
5 2 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (8.70%) Onboarding
5 2 (8.70%) Taxonomies
6 1 (4.35%) Cloud Native
6 1 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (4.35%) Energy Derivatives
6 1 (4.35%) Fixed Income
6 1 (4.35%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Unix
2 1 (4.35%) Android
2 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Observability
2 8 (34.78%) Full-Stack Development
2 8 (34.78%) Low Latency
2 8 (34.78%) Multithreading
3 7 (30.43%) Agile
3 7 (30.43%) Algorithmic Trading
4 6 (26.09%) AI
4 6 (26.09%) Computer Science
4 6 (26.09%) Performance Engineering
4 6 (26.09%) Performance Optimisation
4 6 (26.09%) Proactive Monitoring
4 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (26.09%) Proprietary Trading
4 6 (26.09%) Software Engineering
4 6 (26.09%) Ultra-Low Latency
5 5 (21.74%) User Experience
6 4 (17.39%) Analytics
6 4 (17.39%) Microservices
6 4 (17.39%) Systematic Trading
6 4 (17.39%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 18 (78.26%) Python
1 18 (78.26%) TypeScript
2 13 (56.52%) SQL
3 11 (47.83%) C#
4 10 (43.48%) Rust
5 8 (34.78%) C++
6 7 (30.43%) PowerShell
7 2 (8.70%) Cypher
7 2 (8.70%) Java
7 2 (8.70%) JavaScript
7 2 (8.70%) Kotlin
7 2 (8.70%) R
7 2 (8.70%) SHACL
7 2 (8.70%) Shell Script
8 1 (4.35%) BrightScript
8 1 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (4.35%) Elixir
8 1 (4.35%) Go
8 1 (4.35%) Swift
8 1 (4.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) Degree
2 6 (26.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) QA
2 1 (4.35%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (26.09%) Docker
2 1 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) Grafana
2 3 (13.04%) Kubernetes
3 2 (8.70%) Argo
4 1 (4.35%) Prometheus
4 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) OpenAI
1 3 (13.04%) Oracle
2 2 (8.70%) FactSet
3 1 (4.35%) Apple
3 1 (4.35%) Google
3 1 (4.35%) Roku