WebSphere MQ Contract Job Trends in London

IBM WebSphere MQ (WMQ)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring WebSphere MQ skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 345 387
Rank change year-on-year -51 +42 +115
Contract jobs citing WebSphere MQ 6 5 11
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.036% 0.039% 0.061%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.14% 0.15% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 10
10th Percentile £470 £219 £502
25th Percentile £471 £247 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £313 £563
Median % change year-on-year +54.80% -44.44% +18.42%
75th Percentile £503 £397 £588
90th Percentile £504 £436 £626
England median daily rate £484 £313 £563
% change year-on-year +54.80% -44.44% -6.25%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

WebSphere MQ 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 4,157 3,322 4,445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 24.72% 26.13% 24.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,817 2,326 3,343
10th Percentile £363 £385 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £713 £692
90th Percentile £775 £834 £800
England median daily rate £525 £537 £545
% change year-on-year -2.23% -1.47% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 18 26
10th Percentile £26.55 £34.48 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.00 £38.69 £25.88
Median hourly rate £44.50 £54.00 £44.85
Median % change year-on-year -17.59% +20.41% -31.42%
75th Percentile £59.72 £65.00 £65.69
90th Percentile £85.00 £76.25 £76.88
England median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £47.97
% change year-on-year +0.78% +34.47% -26.21%

WebSphere MQ
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

WebSphere MQ job vacancy trend in London

WebSphere MQ
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing WebSphere MQ

WebSphere MQ
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing WebSphere MQ

WebSphere MQ
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 WebSphere MQ within the London region over the 6 months to 30 March 2026. 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
Central London - 2 £471 -
WebSphere MQ
England

WebSphere MQ
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 6 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 3 (50.00%) Confluence
3 1 (16.67%) WebSphere Application Server
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) AWS
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Ant
1 4 (66.67%) Git
1 4 (66.67%) Jenkins
1 4 (66.67%) Liquibase
2 3 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Front Office
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Support Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) T24 Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) Middleware
2 1 (16.67%) Rendezvous
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Derivative
1 1 (16.67%) Equity Derivative
1 1 (16.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Unix
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 4 (66.67%) DevOps
1 4 (66.67%) Scrum
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Algorithmic Trading
2 1 (16.67%) Information Security
2 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) SDLC
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Bash
2 1 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) Ansible
1 4 (66.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) IBM
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Radware
2 1 (16.67%) Temenos
2 1 (16.67%) TIBCO