BusinessWorks Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks (TIBCO BW)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring BusinessWorks skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 423 348 -
Rank change year-on-year -75 - -
Contract jobs citing BusinessWorks 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.019% 0.008% -
As % of the Business Applications category 0.29% 0.12% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £502 - -
25th Percentile £505 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.59% - -
75th Percentile £519 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £350 £425 £538
% change year-on-year -17.65% -20.93% +13.16%

All Business Application Skills
UK excluding London

BusinessWorks falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 1,390 860 1,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.68% 6.62% 5.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 839 523 783
10th Percentile £363 £351 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +3.81% -
75th Percentile £648 £638 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £697
UK median daily rate £550 £562 £550
% change year-on-year -2.05% +2.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 40 95
10th Percentile £20.00 £23.54 £15.62
25th Percentile £35.00 £38.75 £24.18
Median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +26.32% -3.06%
75th Percentile £71.91 £75.55 £57.33
90th Percentile £90.09 £86.00 £62.54
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -8.33% +26.32% +7.95%

BusinessWorks
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BusinessWorks relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

BusinessWorks job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

BusinessWorks
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing BusinessWorks.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing BusinessWorks

BusinessWorks
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing BusinessWorks.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing BusinessWorks

BusinessWorks
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BusinessWorks within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
Scotland - 4 £513 - 3
BusinessWorks
UK

BusinessWorks
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) TIBCO
2 1 (25.00%) Mashery