WebSphere Application Server Contracts

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for WebSphere Application Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WebSphere Application Server over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 580 691 739
Rank change year-on-year +111 +48 -115
Contract jobs citing WebSphere Application Server 18 28 110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.042% 0.047% 0.12%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.43% 0.43% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 17 54
10th Percentile £410 £438 £444
25th Percentile £440 £488 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +7.58%
75th Percentile £575 £656 £625
90th Percentile - £710 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £440 £640 £525
% change year-on-year -31.25% +21.90% -1.87%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

WebSphere Application Server is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 4,145 6,581 11,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.57% 11.00% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,849 4,620 7,600
10th Percentile £250 £263 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £520
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -1.92% +9.47%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 150 212
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.42 £18.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.52 £42.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.26% +93.18% -2.22%
75th Percentile £46.18 £66.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £79.19 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.75 £26.24 £18.75
% change year-on-year -9.49% +39.95% -6.25%

WebSphere Application Server
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing WebSphere Application Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for WebSphere Application Server in the UK

WebSphere Application Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WebSphere Application Server.

Daily rate trend for WebSphere Application Server in the UK

WebSphere Application Server
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WebSphere Application Server over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WebSphere Application Server in the UK

WebSphere Application Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WebSphere Application Server.

Hourly rate trend for WebSphere Application Server in the UK

WebSphere Application Server
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 WebSphere Application Server within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Work from Home +125 13 £450 -16.28%
England +121 10 £550 +2.33% 2
London +98 8 £550 +4.76% 1
UK excluding London +65 5 £440 -31.25%
Scotland +37 5 £440 +46.67%

WebSphere Application Server
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 18 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 8 (44.44%) IBM HTTP Server
2 8 (44.44%) WebSphere Portal
3 7 (38.89%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 8 (44.44%) HTTP
1 8 (44.44%) SSL
Development Applications
1 13 (72.22%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 8 (44.44%) Banking
2 7 (38.89%) Finance
3 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Middleware Engineer
2 7 (38.89%) Applications Specialist
2 7 (38.89%) Senior
2 7 (38.89%) Senior Middleware Engineer
2 7 (38.89%) Server Specialist
2 7 (38.89%) WebSphere Server Specialist
2 7 (38.89%) WebSphere Specialist
3 3 (16.67%) WebSphere MQ Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Network Deployment Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Network Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Senior WebSphere Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Test Manager
4 1 (5.56%) WebSphere Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (55.56%) Middleware
2 8 (44.44%) J2EE
3 6 (33.33%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) DataPower
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) ITIL
2 7 (38.89%) Deployment Automation
2 7 (38.89%) Service Management
3 5 (27.78%) Problem Management
4 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (22.22%) Customer Service
4 4 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (5.56%) Defect Management
5 1 (5.56%) Functional Testing
5 1 (5.56%) Migration
5 1 (5.56%) Non-Functional Testing
5 1 (5.56%) Service Delivery
5 1 (5.56%) Technical Debt
5 1 (5.56%) Test Management
5 1 (5.56%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.56%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 15 (83.33%) IBM