webMethods Contract Job Trends

webMethods
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of webMethods products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited webMethods over the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within webMethods, Inc.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 622 495 562
Rank change year-on-year -127 +67 +81
Contract jobs citing webMethods 17 25 8
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.035% 0.087% 0.019%
As % of the Vendors category 0.085% 0.18% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 5 2
10th Percentile £445 - -
25th Percentile £525 £361 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £386 £600
Median % change year-on-year +39.90% -35.67% +7.62%
75th Percentile £600 £402 £625
90th Percentile £638 £569 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £379 -
% change year-on-year +37.11% - -

All Vendors
UK

webMethods falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,918 13,755 17,957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.98% 47.74% 42.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,584 8,570 11,218
10th Percentile £313 £281 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £625
90th Percentile £700 £715 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £492 £500
% change year-on-year - -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,015 562 1,103
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.84 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.30 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £22.15
Median % change year-on-year +27.45% +15.12% -47.88%
75th Percentile £58.75 £56.00 £57.33
90th Percentile £75.40 £70.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.50 £22.50 £21.46
% change year-on-year +31.11% +4.85% -44.26%

webMethods
Job Vacancy Trend

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

webMethods job vacancy trend in the UK

webMethods
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

webMethods
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing webMethods over the 6 months to 24 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for webMethods in the UK

webMethods
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

webMethods
Top 7 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing webMethods within the UK over the 6 months to 24 May 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 -125 13 £581 +50.52% 2
Work from Home -41 10 £535 +38.60% 1
UK excluding London -104 7 £520 +37.11% 1
South West -27 5 £563 - 1
London -60 5 £625 - 1
Scotland -1 1 £495 -
South East -60 1 £469 +25.77%

webMethods
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:

Business Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Maximo
2 1 (5.88%) Demantra
Cloud Services
1 7 (41.18%) Azure
1 7 (41.18%) Kong
2 1 (5.88%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) FTP
1 1 (5.88%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Relational Database
General
1 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
1 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) Developer
2 5 (29.41%) Applications Developer
3 4 (23.53%) Integration Manager
4 3 (17.65%) Python Developer
4 3 (17.65%) webMethods Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) ERP Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) ERP Support
5 1 (5.88%) Integration Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Integration Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) Middleware Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Software Developer
5 1 (5.88%) SQL Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Support Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) webMethods Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) webMethods Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (76.47%) JSON
2 6 (35.29%) REST
2 6 (35.29%) SOAP
2 6 (35.29%) XML
3 5 (29.41%) Middleware
4 4 (23.53%) JDBC
5 1 (5.88%) EDI
5 1 (5.88%) RESTful
5 1 (5.88%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.88%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) API Development
1 7 (41.18%) Containerisation
2 4 (23.53%) Data Mapping
2 4 (23.53%) Workflow
3 2 (11.76%) API Design
3 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (11.76%) Microservices
3 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (5.88%) API Integration
4 1 (5.88%) API Management
4 1 (5.88%) CI/CD
4 1 (5.88%) Client Onboarding
4 1 (5.88%) Code Quality
4 1 (5.88%) Distributed Cache
4 1 (5.88%) Event-Driven
4 1 (5.88%) Integration Patterns
4 1 (5.88%) Network Segmentation
4 1 (5.88%) SQL Optimisation
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 11 (64.71%) SQL
2 7 (41.18%) Python
3 4 (23.53%) Java
4 1 (5.88%) ActionScript
4 1 (5.88%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 16 (94.12%) SC Cleared
1 16 (94.12%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 7 (41.18%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 4 (23.53%) IBM
2 4 (23.53%) Oracle
3 2 (11.76%) Software AG
3 2 (11.76%) Terracotta
4 1 (5.88%) Axway