WebSphere MQ Specialist Contracts in Leeds

IBM WebSphere MQ Specialist
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median IBM WebSphere MQ Specialist daily rate in Leeds is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 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
5 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a WebSphere MQ Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 0.21% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 463 730 1,203
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.09% 92.41% 98.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 307 460 875
10th Percentile £263 £300 £355
25th Percentile £375 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -6.98% +7.50%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £628
90th Percentile £600 £650 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £495 £525
% change year-on-year -4.04% -5.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 18 13
10th Percentile £31.53 £11.56 £12.00
25th Percentile £31.62 £12.25 £15.75
Median hourly rate £33.11 £13.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +145.26% -37.21% +1.18%
75th Percentile £66.51 £41.13 £56.00
90th Percentile £85.74 £48.75 £63.75
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £15.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +42.84% -22.50% +11.11%

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

For the 6 months to 5 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 Leeds 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 Leeds 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