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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 379 430
Rank change year-on-year +11 +51 +93
Contract jobs citing WebSphere Application Server 1 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.007% 0.006% 0.034%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.065% 0.051% 0.31%
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 £446 - £375
% change year-on-year - - -34.78%

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 1,531 1,970 2,224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.43% 12.43% 10.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,059 1,320 1,538
10th Percentile £313 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £560 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +1.82% -
75th Percentile £638 £725 £675
90th Percentile £775 £850 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £510
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.94% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 20 27
10th Percentile £17.70 £17.91 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.10 £21.50
Median hourly rate £30.75 £28.15 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.24% +2.36% +14.58%
75th Percentile £47.31 £35.94 £53.29
90th Percentile £88.63 £81.25 £74.80
England median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year -11.76% +57.41% +35.00%

WebSphere Application Server
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WebSphere Application Server relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

WebSphere Application Server job vacancy trend 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 & 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:

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