WebSphere Application Server Contract Job Trends in London

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring WebSphere Application Server skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 383 432
Rank change year-on-year +22 +49 +103
Contract jobs citing WebSphere Application Server 1 1 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.007% 0.006% 0.037%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.065% 0.049% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £323
25th Percentile - - £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -34.78%
75th Percentile - - £450
90th Percentile - - £533
England median daily rate £433 - £388
% change year-on-year - - -32.61%

All Application Platform Skills
London

WebSphere Application Server falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,532 2,049 2,305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.39% 12.58% 10.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,024 1,451 1,616
10th Percentile £314 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £653 £750 £685
90th Percentile £825 £850 £788
England median daily rate £498 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -5.24% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 27 28
10th Percentile £24.50 £17.08 £19.80
25th Percentile £26.00 £21.50 £21.88
Median hourly rate £33.50 £28.50 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year +17.54% -0.87% -0.59%
75th Percentile £53.75 £48.13 £64.63
90th Percentile £88.38 £75.00 £83.60
England median hourly rate £41.45 £47.50 £45.50
% change year-on-year -12.74% +4.40% +116.67%

WebSphere Application Server
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for WebSphere Application Server in London

WebSphere Application Server
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing WebSphere Application Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing WebSphere Application Server

WebSphere Application Server
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing WebSphere Application Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing WebSphere Application Server

WebSphere Application Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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
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
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere Consultant
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
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
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%) Information Security
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