BusinessWorks Contract Job Trends in England

TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks (TIBCO BW)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring BusinessWorks skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 531 512 573
Rank change year-on-year -19 +61 +184
Contract jobs citing BusinessWorks 4 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.013% 0.003% 0.015%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.16% 0.045% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile - - £431
25th Percentile - - £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £488
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile - - £500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £350 - £488
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

All Business Application Skills
England

BusinessWorks falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,545 2,214 2,938
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.56% 7.08% 7.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,526 1,234 1,721
10th Percentile £355 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.22%
75th Percentile £670 £675 £673
90th Percentile £750 £774 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 65 78
10th Percentile £12.82 £27.24 £33.87
25th Percentile £23.16 £35.00 £49.56
Median hourly rate £41.86 £41.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +0.86% -26.54% +25.53%
75th Percentile £81.00 £61.76 £80.00
90th Percentile £93.76 £79.95 £89.13
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £41.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year -3.63% -26.54% +25.53%

BusinessWorks
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

BusinessWorks job vacancy trend in England

BusinessWorks
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing BusinessWorks.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing BusinessWorks

BusinessWorks
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing BusinessWorks.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing BusinessWorks

BusinessWorks
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 BusinessWorks within the England region over the 6 months to 7 November 2025. 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 - 4 £350 - 17
BusinessWorks
UK

BusinessWorks
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 3 (75.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 3 (75.00%) WebLogic
1 3 (75.00%) WebSphere
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) DB2
1 3 (75.00%) Relational Database
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
1 3 (75.00%) TIBCO Developer
2 2 (50.00%) TIBCO BusinessWorks Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) TIBCO EMS
2 3 (75.00%) J2EE
2 3 (75.00%) JMS
2 3 (75.00%) OC4J
2 3 (75.00%) SOAP
2 3 (75.00%) Web Services
2 3 (75.00%) WSDL
2 3 (75.00%) XML
2 3 (75.00%) XSD
2 3 (75.00%) XSLT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Design Patterns
1 3 (75.00%) OOA/OOD
1 3 (75.00%) Resource Management
1 3 (75.00%) RUP
1 3 (75.00%) SOA
1 3 (75.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) XPath
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) TIBCO Hawk
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) TIBCO
2 3 (75.00%) BEA
2 3 (75.00%) IBM
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle