WebSphere Application Server Contracts in England

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for WebSphere Application Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WebSphere Application Server over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 538 651 701
Rank change year-on-year +113 +50 -131
Contract jobs citing WebSphere Application Server 10 17 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.027% 0.034% 0.11%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.29% 0.31% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 12 33
10th Percentile £464 £440 £406
25th Percentile £509 £481 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £658 £625
90th Percentile £580 £719 £715
UK median daily rate £450 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -18.18% - +7.58%

All Application Platform Skills
England

WebSphere Application Server is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,448 5,529 8,900
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.26% 10.90% 12.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,466 3,968 6,108
10th Percentile £250 £260 £263
25th Percentile £358 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -5.24% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £498 £511 £517
% change year-on-year -2.64% -1.11% +8.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 133 189
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.18 £13.97
25th Percentile £15.00 £17.75 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.51 £32.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.36% +54.76% -6.67%
75th Percentile £45.30 £66.00 £44.03
90th Percentile £65.00 £80.04 £65.51
UK median hourly rate £28.01 £42.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -34.10% +93.18% -2.22%

WebSphere Application Server
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing WebSphere Application Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for WebSphere Application Server in England

WebSphere Application Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WebSphere Application Server in England.

Daily rate trend for WebSphere Application Server in England

WebSphere Application Server
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WebSphere Application Server in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WebSphere Application Server in England

WebSphere Application Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WebSphere Application Server in England.

Hourly rate trend for WebSphere Application Server in England

WebSphere Application Server
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 Application Server within the England region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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 +103 8 £550 +4.76% 1
WebSphere Application Server
UK

WebSphere Application Server
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 10 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 7 (70.00%) WebLogic
3 1 (10.00%) IBM HTTP Server
3 1 (10.00%) WebSphere Portal
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) SSL
2 1 (10.00%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 8 (80.00%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 1 (10.00%) Banking
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
1 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Applications Specialist
1 7 (70.00%) Server Specialist
1 7 (70.00%) WebSphere Server Specialist
1 7 (70.00%) WebSphere Specialist
2 3 (30.00%) WebSphere MQ Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Middleware Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Middleware Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (60.00%) WebSphere MQ
2 2 (20.00%) Middleware
3 1 (10.00%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) DataPower
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (10.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (10.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (10.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (10.00%) ITIL
1 1 (10.00%) Migration
1 1 (10.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (10.00%) Service Management
1 1 (10.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (10.00%) Test Management
1 1 (10.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) IBM