WebSphere MQ Specialist Contracts in England

IBM WebSphere MQ Specialist
UK > England

The median IBM WebSphere MQ Specialist daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 477 540 -
Rank change year-on-year +63 - -
Contract jobs requiring a WebSphere MQ Specialist 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.004% 0.008% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.009% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - -
UK median daily rate £500 £575 -
% change year-on-year -13.04% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,522 34,501 44,591
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.37% 92.80% 94.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,806 22,599 31,684
10th Percentile £289 £287 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -4.55% +3.29%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 974 2,623 1,321
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.30 £39.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.82% -12.22% +88.21%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.33% -16.67% +80.00%

WebSphere MQ Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured WebSphere MQ Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for WebSphere MQ Specialist in England

WebSphere MQ Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WebSphere MQ Specialist in England.

Daily rate trend for WebSphere MQ Specialist in England

WebSphere MQ Specialist
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 WebSphere MQ Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Yorkshire - 1 £500 -
North of England - 1 £500 -
WebSphere MQ Specialist
UK

WebSphere MQ Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 9 June 2025, WebSphere MQ Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring WebSphere MQ Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (100.00%) JDBC
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) JMS
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) SAML
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere MQ
1 1 (100.00%) TIBCO
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Log4j
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) JNDI
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 1 (100.00%) Refactoring
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Dynatrace
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation

WebSphere MQ Specialist Skill Set
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 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere Application Server
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Log4j
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JDBC
1 1 (100.00%) JMS
1 1 (100.00%) JNDI
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) SAML
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Refactoring
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Prometheus
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dynatrace
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) TIBCO