WebSphere Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

IBM WebSphere
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring WebSphere skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WebSphere 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.041% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.28% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £403 £360 £575
% change year-on-year +11.88% -37.39% +4.55%

All Application Platform Skills
West Midlands

WebSphere falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 353 139 128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 14.61% 8.96% 7.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 82 89
10th Percentile £363 £208 £244
25th Percentile £425 £381 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £460 £425
Median % change year-on-year +7.61% +8.24% -15.00%
75th Percentile £538 £534 £638
90th Percentile £588 £611 £688
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 6
10th Percentile £18.69 £16.55 £17.31
25th Percentile - £16.88 £17.50
Median hourly rate £27.21 £18.00 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year +51.17% -1.37% +21.79%
75th Percentile - £20.24 £19.13
90th Percentile £57.38 £25.64 £19.25
England median hourly rate £27.21 £45.00 £26.78
% change year-on-year -39.53% +68.04% +37.33%

WebSphere
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WebSphere relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

WebSphere job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

WebSphere
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing WebSphere.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing WebSphere

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing WebSphere.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing WebSphere

WebSphere
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 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
Birmingham - 1 £525 - 2
WebSphere
England

WebSphere
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Geronimo
1 1 (100.00%) Apache ServiceMix
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Fuse
1 1 (100.00%) Tomcat
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Axis
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Camel
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) TIBCO