WebFOCUS Contract Job Trends

Information Builders WebFOCUS
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs 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 592 517 -
Rank change year-on-year -75 - -
Contract jobs citing WebFOCUS 3 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.010% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.047% 0.052% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - £643 -
25th Percentile - £669 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £725 -
Median % change year-on-year -50.62% - -
75th Percentile £374 £769 -
90th Percentile £383 £788 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £358 - -

All Database & BI Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,398 5,804 7,236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.55% 18.45% 16.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,401 3,819 5,146
10th Percentile £335 £355 £350
25th Percentile £412 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £650
90th Percentile £700 £763 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £476 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.80% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 88 182
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £15.90
25th Percentile £29.00 £24.69 £21.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £35.00 £42.35
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -17.35% -25.53%
75th Percentile £74.68 £64.73 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.33 £77.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £28.65 £40.00
% change year-on-year +91.97% -28.38% -27.27%

WebFOCUS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

WebFOCUS job vacancy trend in the UK

WebFOCUS
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

WebFOCUS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

WebFOCUS
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

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 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
England -67 3 £358 -44.92% 1
UK excluding London - 3 £358 - 1
Midlands - 2 £367 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £367 - 1
North West - 1 £358 -
North of England - 1 £358 -

WebFOCUS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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