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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 - 210
Rank change year-on-year - - +26
Contract jobs citing WebSphere 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.029% - 0.018%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.28% - 0.17%
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 £411 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -31.58% +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 358 389 584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 10.41% 8.48% 10.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 246 392
10th Percentile £207 £262 £213
25th Percentile £356 £363 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £565 £588
90th Percentile £663 £638 £678
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 26 38
10th Percentile £13.25 £25.06 £25.09
25th Percentile £25.75 £30.10 £51.56
Median hourly rate £32.77 £65.09 £58.05
Median % change year-on-year -49.65% +12.13% +190.23%
75th Percentile £57.50 £70.00 £69.06
90th Percentile £69.95 - £75.33
England median hourly rate £41.45 £47.50 £46.09
% change year-on-year -12.74% +3.06% +111.91%

WebSphere
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing WebSphere as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for WebSphere 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 15 September 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 - 1 - -
WebSphere
England

WebSphere
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

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