Web Services Contracts with Work from Home Options

Web Services
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 127 195 130
Rank change year-on-year +68 -65 -1
Contract jobs citing Web Services 255 297 917
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.73% 1.24% 2.09%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.85% 4.97% 7.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 194 632
10th Percentile £410 £415 £375
25th Percentile £475 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% +13.68%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £685 £743 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 12
10th Percentile £51.50 £52.58 £49.65
25th Percentile £53.75 £54.56 £60.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £59.75 £61.63
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% -3.04% +54.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.56 £65.75
90th Percentile £64.50 £67.93 £68.68
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
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,723 5,975 13,044
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 25.23% 25.03% 29.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,616 4,481 9,688
10th Percentile £350 £388 £400
25th Percentile £431 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £825 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 79 111
10th Percentile £23.88 £25.10 £22.50
25th Percentile - £48.13 £35.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £64.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.81% +21.90% +16.67%
75th Percentile £61.50 £73.75 £67.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £79.05 £76.64
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -23.08% +23.81% +16.67%

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 12 June 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 13 (5.10%) Confluence
2 6 (2.35%) Mule
2 6 (2.35%) Oracle Workflow
3 5 (1.96%) Anypoint
3 5 (1.96%) Mule ESB
3 5 (1.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 5 (1.96%) WebLogic
3 5 (1.96%) WebSphere
4 4 (1.57%) CMS
4 4 (1.57%) Headless CMS
5 3 (1.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (1.18%) Apache
5 3 (1.18%) IIS
5 3 (1.18%) WordPress
6 2 (0.78%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.78%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.39%) Appian
7 1 (0.39%) Jetty
7 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.39%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (3.14%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.96%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.39%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 5 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
1 5 (1.96%) Temenos T24
2 4 (1.57%) SAP EWM
3 2 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.78%) Shopify
4 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.39%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 97 (38.04%) Azure
2 69 (27.06%) AWS
3 21 (8.24%) GitHub
4 15 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (3.53%) GCP
5 9 (3.53%) Serverless
6 8 (3.14%) Power Platform
6 8 (3.14%) WhatsApp
7 7 (2.75%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (2.75%) Twilio
8 5 (1.96%) Apigee
8 5 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (1.96%) Kong
8 5 (1.96%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.96%) PowerApps
8 5 (1.96%) SaaS
9 4 (1.57%) Azure API Management
9 4 (1.57%) Azure Functions
9 4 (1.57%) Azure Key Vault
9 4 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 32 (12.55%) SSL
2 11 (4.31%) VoIP
3 7 (2.75%) CTI
4 5 (1.96%) HTTP
4 5 (1.96%) LAN
4 5 (1.96%) VPN
5 4 (1.57%) WAN
6 3 (1.18%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (1.18%) MPLS
6 3 (1.18%) Network Security
6 3 (1.18%) PBX
6 3 (1.18%) WLAN
7 2 (0.78%) Firewall
7 2 (0.78%) FTP
7 2 (0.78%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.78%) Internet
7 2 (0.78%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.39%) IPsec
8 1 (0.39%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (12.16%) SQL Server
2 29 (11.37%) MySQL
3 15 (5.88%) Oracle Reports
4 13 (5.10%) Relational Database
5 12 (4.71%) NoSQL
6 9 (3.53%) Oracle Database
7 8 (3.14%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (3.14%) MongoDB
7 8 (3.14%) OLTP
7 8 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.96%) OLAP
8 5 (1.96%) Oracle OLAP
8 5 (1.96%) Power BI
8 5 (1.96%) SAP HANA
9 4 (1.57%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.57%) Big Data
9 4 (1.57%) Siebel EIM
10 3 (1.18%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (9.80%) Git
2 23 (9.02%) JIRA
3 14 (5.49%) Jenkins
4 9 (3.53%) Selenium
5 7 (2.75%) Eclipse
6 5 (1.96%) Maven
7 4 (1.57%) SonarQube
8 3 (1.18%) GitLab
8 3 (1.18%) HP UFT
8 3 (1.18%) JUnit
8 3 (1.18%) Katalon Studio
8 3 (1.18%) SoapUI
8 3 (1.18%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (1.18%) Visual Studio Team System
9 2 (0.78%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.78%) JMeter
9 2 (0.78%) Mockito
9 2 (0.78%) Postman
9 2 (0.78%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.78%) Visual Studio
General
1 64 (25.10%) Social Skills
2 53 (20.78%) Finance
3 28 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (9.80%) Banking
5 24 (9.41%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.31%) Retail
6 11 (4.31%) Telecoms
7 10 (3.92%) Financial Institution
8 8 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.75%) Billing
9 7 (2.75%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (2.35%) Marketing
11 5 (1.96%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.18%) Tech for Good
13 2 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.39%) French Language
14 1 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.39%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.39%) Military
Job Titles
1 111 (43.53%) Developer
2 63 (24.71%) Architect
3 24 (9.41%) Consultant
4 23 (9.02%) Senior
5 17 (6.67%) Lead
5 17 (6.67%) Senior Developer
5 17 (6.67%) ServiceNow Developer
6 13 (5.10%) Solutions Architect
7 11 (4.31%) Software Engineer
8 10 (3.92%) .NET Developer
8 10 (3.92%) Full Stack Developer
8 10 (3.92%) Java Developer
8 10 (3.92%) SailPoint Developer
9 9 (3.53%) Analyst
9 9 (3.53%) ServiceNow Consultant
9 9 (3.53%) Technical Consultant
10 8 (3.14%) Business Analyst
10 8 (3.14%) Lead Developer
11 7 (2.75%) Billing Developer
11 7 (2.75%) SailPoint Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (21.18%) REST
2 48 (18.82%) HTML
3 42 (16.47%) SOAP
4 41 (16.08%) .NET
5 34 (13.33%) CSS
6 31 (12.16%) XML
7 30 (11.76%) Spring
8 25 (9.80%) RESTful
9 22 (8.63%) Spring Boot
10 21 (8.24%) LDAP
10 21 (8.24%) SailPoint
11 20 (7.84%) AngularJS
11 20 (7.84%) Node.js
12 19 (7.45%) ASP.NET
13 17 (6.67%) jQuery
13 17 (6.67%) JSP
13 17 (6.67%) Servlets
14 16 (6.27%) JSON
14 16 (6.27%) Middleware
15 15 (5.88%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 32 (12.55%) PKI
2 16 (6.27%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.31%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.14%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.75%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (2.75%) IVR
5 7 (2.75%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.96%) DataPower
6 5 (1.96%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (1.57%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.18%) CMDB
8 3 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.18%) Hedge funds
8 3 (1.18%) IoT
8 3 (1.18%) Life Science
9 2 (0.78%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.78%) Derivative
9 2 (0.78%) Distributed Applications
9 2 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 27 (10.59%) Linux
2 9 (3.53%) Android
3 8 (3.14%) Apple iOS
4 6 (2.35%) Windows
5 3 (1.18%) Unix
6 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (24.71%) Agile
2 40 (15.69%) DevOps
3 34 (13.33%) Cryptography
4 33 (12.94%) Key Management
4 33 (12.94%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (11.37%) Service Management
5 29 (11.37%) Test Automation
6 27 (10.59%) ITSM
7 26 (10.20%) Service Delivery
8 25 (9.80%) Software Engineering
9 24 (9.41%) Customer Service
9 24 (9.41%) Microservices
10 23 (9.02%) Analytics
10 23 (9.02%) Asset Management
10 23 (9.02%) CI/CD
11 21 (8.24%) IT Asset Management
11 21 (8.24%) MVC
11 21 (8.24%) OO
11 21 (8.24%) Operations Management
11 21 (8.24%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 74 (29.02%) Java
2 64 (25.10%) JavaScript
3 49 (19.22%) SQL
4 38 (14.90%) C#
5 10 (3.92%) Python
6 9 (3.53%) Scala
7 6 (2.35%) ABAP
7 6 (2.35%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.96%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.57%) Ruby
10 3 (1.18%) Apex Code
10 3 (1.18%) C++
11 2 (0.78%) Go
11 2 (0.78%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.78%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.78%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.78%) XPath
12 1 (0.39%) Bicep
12 1 (0.39%) DataFlex
12 1 (0.39%) PHP
Qualifications
1 64 (25.10%) Security Cleared
2 50 (19.61%) Degree
3 48 (18.82%) SC Cleared
4 22 (8.63%) DV Cleared
5 13 (5.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (3.92%) Master's Degree
7 8 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.35%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.96%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.96%) ISTQB
9 5 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.18%) CCIE
10 3 (1.18%) CCIE Data Center
10 3 (1.18%) CCNP
11 2 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.78%) CISSP
11 2 (0.78%) SANS
12 1 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.71%) QA
2 7 (2.75%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.57%) GDPR
3 4 (1.57%) HIPAA
3 4 (1.57%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.57%) SOC 2
4 3 (1.18%) WCAG
5 2 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.78%) GRC
5 2 (0.78%) HL7
5 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.78%) SLA
6 1 (0.39%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.39%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 53 (20.78%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.88%) ACF2
2 15 (5.88%) IAG
2 15 (5.88%) RACF
3 12 (4.71%) Docker
4 2 (0.78%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (3.92%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.35%) Terraform
3 5 (1.96%) CloudHub
3 5 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.78%) Grafana
4 2 (0.78%) Kibana
5 1 (0.39%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 1 (0.39%) logstash
5 1 (0.39%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 46 (18.04%) ServiceNow
2 45 (17.65%) Oracle
3 28 (10.98%) Microsoft
4 15 (5.88%) Sybase
5 14 (5.49%) SAP
6 11 (4.31%) Google
7 10 (3.92%) Cisco
7 10 (3.92%) Salesforce
8 9 (3.53%) Adobe
8 9 (3.53%) Genesys
8 9 (3.53%) Guidewire
8 9 (3.53%) IBM
9 7 (2.75%) Avaya
10 5 (1.96%) Atlassian
10 5 (1.96%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.96%) TSYS
11 4 (1.57%) CA Agile Central
11 4 (1.57%) Siebel
12 3 (1.18%) CyberArk
12 3 (1.18%) Xamarin