WebSphere Contract Job Trends in the South East

IBM WebSphere
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring WebSphere skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 166 - 203
Rank change year-on-year - - +31
Contract jobs citing WebSphere 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.055% - 0.018%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.56% - 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £750
Median % change year-on-year - - +33.33%
75th Percentile - - £775
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £446 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -25.67% +4.35% -2.54%

All Application Platform Skills
South East

WebSphere 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 355 371 570
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 9.80% 8.66% 10.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 222 376
10th Percentile £207 £255 £207
25th Percentile £375 £366 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £456 £478
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% -4.45% +3.24%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £588
90th Percentile £675 £631 £678
England median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 28 40
10th Percentile £13.21 £30.00 £25.86
25th Percentile £13.25 £38.54 £50.40
Median hourly rate £29.64 £63.15 £58.80
Median % change year-on-year -53.07% +7.41% +214.16%
75th Percentile £65.69 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £74.05 - £76.14
England median hourly rate £35.00 £42.50 £28.75
% change year-on-year -17.65% +47.83% +40.24%

WebSphere
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

WebSphere job vacancy trend in the South East

WebSphere
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing WebSphere.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing WebSphere

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing WebSphere.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing WebSphere

WebSphere
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 October 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
Hampshire - 2 - -
WebSphere
England

WebSphere
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) OCP
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA