WebSphere MQ Contract Job Trends in England

IBM WebSphere MQ (WMQ)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring WebSphere MQ skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 508 531 564
Rank change year-on-year +23 +33 +79
Contract jobs citing WebSphere MQ 4 2 36
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.014% 0.006% 0.088%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.062% 0.028% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 19
10th Percentile - - £338
25th Percentile - £188 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £195 £650
Median % change year-on-year +156.41% -70.00% +10.17%
75th Percentile - £203 -
90th Percentile - - £650
UK median daily rate £500 £210 £650
% change year-on-year +138.10% -67.69% +10.17%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

WebSphere MQ 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 6,426 7,115 9,011
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.78% 22.19% 22.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,303 4,561 6,647
10th Percentile £350 £356 £375
25th Percentile £413 £431 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -6.96% -1.32% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 151 194
10th Percentile £31.25 £27.75 £41.25
25th Percentile £41.51 £43.00 £46.20
Median hourly rate £54.00 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £71.80 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £50.72 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -21.97% +13.04% -11.54%

WebSphere MQ
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

WebSphere MQ job vacancy trend in England

WebSphere MQ
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing WebSphere MQ.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing WebSphere MQ

WebSphere MQ
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing WebSphere MQ.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing WebSphere MQ

WebSphere MQ
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 16 October 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 +23 2 - - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £500 -
North of England - 1 £500 -
WebSphere MQ
UK

WebSphere MQ
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 4 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 3 (75.00%) WebSphere Application Server
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) IBM Cloud
1 3 (75.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) SSL
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Jenkins
1 3 (75.00%) Log4j
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Administrator
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Migration Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) WebSphere Administrator
1 1 (25.00%) WebSphere Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) WebSphere Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) WebSphere MQ Administrator
1 1 (25.00%) WebSphere MQ Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) WebSphere Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) JDBC
1 3 (75.00%) JMS
1 3 (75.00%) JNDI
1 3 (75.00%) LDAP
1 3 (75.00%) OAuth
1 3 (75.00%) SAML
2 2 (50.00%) Kafka
3 1 (25.00%) Rendezvous
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (25.00%) Derivative
2 1 (25.00%) Equity Derivative
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Unix
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (75.00%) Containerisation
1 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
1 3 (75.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) RBAC
1 3 (75.00%) Refactoring
1 3 (75.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Kanban
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Algorithmic Trading
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) IBM Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (75.00%) Prometheus
1 3 (75.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) IBM
2 3 (75.00%) Dynatrace
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat
2 3 (75.00%) Splunk
2 3 (75.00%) TIBCO
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle