WebFOCUS Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Information Builders WebFOCUS
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 405 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WebFOCUS 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.016% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 - -
75th Percentile £374 - -
90th Percentile £383 - -
UK median daily rate £358 £725 -
% change year-on-year -50.62% - -

All Database & BI Skills
UK excluding London

WebFOCUS falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,609 2,152 2,794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.54% 15.72% 13.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,833 1,375 1,975
10th Percentile £313 £325 £305
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.80% - -
75th Percentile £575 £589 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 52 130
10th Percentile £13.54 £19.97 £14.36
25th Percentile £28.04 £24.25 £20.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £28.65 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +91.97% -28.38% -27.27%
75th Percentile £74.68 £64.73 £62.50
90th Percentile £84.00 £66.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £35.00 £42.35
% change year-on-year +42.86% -17.35% -25.53%

WebFOCUS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

WebFOCUS job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

WebFOCUS
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

WebFOCUS
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

WebFOCUS
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 WebFOCUS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 January 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
Midlands - 2 £367 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £367 - 1
North of England - 1 £358 -
North West - 1 £358 -
WebFOCUS
UK

WebFOCUS
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Metadata
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Metadata Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft