IBM Integration Bus Contracts

IBM Integration Bus (formerly WebSphere Message Broker)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring IBM Integration Bus skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IBM Integration Bus over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 520 583 713
Rank change year-on-year +63 +130 +104
Contract jobs citing IBM Integration Bus 10 17 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.034% 0.039% 0.005%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.15% 0.19% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 0
10th Percentile £404 £320 -
25th Percentile £408 £383 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 £444 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.35% - -
75th Percentile £430 £489 -
90th Percentile £479 £505 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £432 £489 -
% change year-on-year -11.66% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

IBM Integration Bus 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 6,620 8,884 13,739
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.77% 20.58% 23.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,545 6,170 10,017
10th Percentile £363 £338 £400
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £788 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 238 152
10th Percentile £27.22 £21.25 £31.18
25th Percentile £50.00 £40.08 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.84 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.77% -27.94% +30.65%
75th Percentile £68.56 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.70 £74.61 £81.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £63.25
% change year-on-year +36.84% -24.90% +28.43%

IBM Integration Bus
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IBM Integration Bus as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IBM Integration Bus in the UK

IBM Integration Bus
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IBM Integration Bus.

Daily rate trend for IBM Integration Bus in the UK

IBM Integration Bus
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IBM Integration Bus over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IBM Integration Bus in the UK

IBM Integration Bus
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IBM Integration Bus.

Hourly rate trend for IBM Integration Bus in the UK

IBM Integration Bus
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM Integration Bus within the UK over the 6 months to 5 May 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
England +57 7 £415 -11.57% 7
London +50 6 £415 +0.63% 4
UK excluding London +48 3 £432 -11.66% 12
Work from Home +41 3 £416 -7.56% 4
Scotland - 3 £432 - 9

IBM Integration Bus
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (40.00%) JBoss
1 4 (40.00%) WebLogic
2 2 (20.00%) WebSphere
2 2 (20.00%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (30.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle 11i
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
1 4 (40.00%) Azure API Management
2 1 (10.00%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle Database
2 3 (30.00%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Ant
2 3 (30.00%) SoapUI
2 3 (30.00%) Toad
3 2 (20.00%) JUnit
General
1 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Banking
3 4 (40.00%) Financial Institution
4 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Developer
2 4 (40.00%) Integration Developer
2 4 (40.00%) Middleware Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) Senior
3 3 (30.00%) Senior Middleware Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Integration Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Integration Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (80.00%) Middleware
2 4 (40.00%) Kafka
2 4 (40.00%) SOAP
2 4 (40.00%) XML
3 3 (30.00%) EDI
4 2 (20.00%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Linux
1 8 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) AIX
2 4 (40.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (40.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) API Management
2 3 (30.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Change Control
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (20.00%) Data Science
3 2 (20.00%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (20.00%) ITIL
3 2 (20.00%) Problem Management
3 2 (20.00%) SOA
3 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (10.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (10.00%) DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) Microservices
4 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) Java
1 4 (40.00%) Korn
1 4 (40.00%) Perl
1 4 (40.00%) PL/SQL
1 4 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (20.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (10.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) SEPA
2 1 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) IBM
2 4 (40.00%) Dynatrace
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle
3 3 (30.00%) Perforce
4 1 (10.00%) Dell
4 1 (10.00%) MuleSoft