IBM Integration Bus Contract Job Trends in England

IBM Integration Bus (formerly WebSphere Message Broker)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring IBM Integration Bus skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 528 501 578
Rank change year-on-year -27 +77 +160
Contract jobs citing IBM Integration Bus 4 10 1
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.013% 0.032% 0.003%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.058% 0.15% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 0
10th Percentile £407 £391 -
25th Percentile £412 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% - -
75th Percentile £415 - -
90th Percentile £416 - -
UK median daily rate £415 £400 -
% change year-on-year +3.75% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

IBM Integration Bus 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 6,951 6,776 8,508
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.66% 21.84% 21.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,681 4,305 6,202
10th Percentile £350 £360 £369
25th Percentile £413 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% - -4.68%
75th Percentile £630 £669 £675
90th Percentile £726 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 107 178
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £35.52
25th Percentile £43.00 £43.25 £46.18
Median hourly rate £57.40 £65.00 £54.53
Median % change year-on-year -11.69% +19.20% -16.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.43 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -12.70%

IBM Integration Bus
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

IBM Integration Bus job vacancy trend in England

IBM Integration Bus
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing IBM Integration Bus.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing IBM Integration Bus

IBM Integration Bus
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing IBM Integration Bus.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing IBM Integration Bus

IBM Integration Bus
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 IBM Integration Bus within the England region over the 6 months to 26 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 -2 4 £415 +3.75% 1
IBM Integration Bus
UK

IBM Integration Bus
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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle 11i
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle Database
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Ant
1 3 (75.00%) JUnit
1 3 (75.00%) SoapUI
2 1 (25.00%) TestDirector
2 1 (25.00%) Toad
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Middleware Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Kafka
1 4 (100.00%) SOAP
2 3 (75.00%) Middleware
2 3 (75.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Unix
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) API Management
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) API Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Change Control
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven
3 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) Korn
1 4 (100.00%) Perl
1 4 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SEPA
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) IBM
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Perforce