IBM Integration Bus Contract Job Trends in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring IBM Integration Bus skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 366 417
Rank change year-on-year -10 +51 +136
Contract jobs citing IBM Integration Bus 6 8 1
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.042% 0.051% 0.005%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.16% 0.20% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 0
10th Percentile £404 £391 -
25th Percentile £407 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% - -
75th Percentile £416 - -
90th Percentile £416 - -
England median daily rate £415 £400 -
% change year-on-year +3.75% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,756 4,078 4,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.15% 25.94% 26.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,540 2,668 3,761
10th Percentile £356 £375 £400
25th Percentile £424 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £653 £713 £700
90th Percentile £775 £838 £800
England median daily rate £504 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.36% - -4.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 20 31
10th Percentile £34.16 £36.13 £32.00
25th Percentile £43.44 £38.44 £36.55
Median hourly rate £55.00 £48.75 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -15.22% -7.63%
75th Percentile £63.19 £63.13 £72.83
90th Percentile £77.03 £71.90 £86.56
England median hourly rate £57.30 £65.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year -11.85% +21.50% -17.69%

IBM Integration Bus
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

IBM Integration Bus job vacancy trend in London

IBM Integration Bus
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

IBM Integration Bus
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

IBM Integration Bus
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 4 December 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
East London +1 2 £416 +4.00%
IBM Integration Bus
England

IBM Integration Bus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle 11i
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
1 6 (100.00%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle Database
2 4 (66.67%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Ant
1 4 (66.67%) JUnit
1 4 (66.67%) SoapUI
2 1 (16.67%) TestDirector
2 1 (16.67%) Toad
General
1 4 (66.67%) Banking
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Investment Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) Middleware Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Integration Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) Kafka
1 6 (100.00%) SOAP
2 5 (83.33%) Middleware
2 5 (83.33%) XML
3 2 (33.33%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
1 6 (100.00%) Unix
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) API Management
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) API Integration
2 2 (33.33%) Change Control
2 2 (33.33%) Event-Driven
2 2 (33.33%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Java
1 6 (100.00%) Korn
1 6 (100.00%) Perl
1 6 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) SEPA
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) IBM
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Perforce