WebSphere Contracts with Work from Home Options

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The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for WebSphere skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WebSphere over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 312 399 474
Rank change year-on-year +87 +75 -84
Contract jobs citing WebSphere 29 68 145
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.19% 0.27% 0.33%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.87% 2.39% 2.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 41 92
10th Percentile £410 £438 £406
25th Percentile £440 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.65% +21.51%
75th Percentile £575 £623 £638
90th Percentile £625 £700 £698
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £66.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £66.00 -

All Application Platform Skills
Work from Home

WebSphere 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 WFH option and a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,554 2,849 5,456
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.34% 11.34% 12.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,100 1,999 3,948
10th Percentile £290 £313 £314
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% +8.65%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £618
90th Percentile £800 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 71 73
10th Percentile £16.50 £20.00 £14.65
25th Percentile £22.61 £22.16 £19.00
Median hourly rate £30.16 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.16% +57.14% +32.08%
75th Percentile £50.47 £66.00 £56.25
90th Percentile £72.25 £81.50 £68.20
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -38.89% +100.00% +5.14%

WebSphere
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing WebSphere as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

WebSphere trend for jobs with a WFH option

WebSphere
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing WebSphere.

WebSphere daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

WebSphere
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing WebSphere over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

WebSphere daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing WebSphere.

WebSphere hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

WebSphere
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 13 (44.83%) WebSphere Application Server
2 10 (34.48%) WebLogic
3 7 (24.14%) IBM HTTP Server
3 7 (24.14%) WebSphere Portal
4 5 (17.24%) IIS
5 4 (13.79%) Apache
6 3 (10.34%) Tomcat
7 2 (6.90%) Apache Solr
7 2 (6.90%) FileNet
8 1 (3.45%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (3.45%) EPiServer
8 1 (3.45%) Ethereum
8 1 (3.45%) JBoss
8 1 (3.45%) MetaMask
8 1 (3.45%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (31.03%) AWS
2 2 (6.90%) Azure
3 1 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 7 (24.14%) HTTP
2 4 (13.79%) SSL
3 1 (3.45%) BIG-IP
3 1 (3.45%) DNS
3 1 (3.45%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 1 (3.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (3.45%) Internet
3 1 (3.45%) MPLS
3 1 (3.45%) Network Security
3 1 (3.45%) SAN
3 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.79%) Relational Database
2 3 (10.34%) DB2
2 3 (10.34%) MySQL
3 1 (3.45%) Oracle Database
3 1 (3.45%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (3.45%) RDBMS
3 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (31.03%) IBM UrbanCode
2 3 (10.34%) HP UFT
2 3 (10.34%) Katalon Studio
2 3 (10.34%) Selenium
3 1 (3.45%) Git
3 1 (3.45%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 12 (41.38%) Finance
2 10 (34.48%) Social Skills
3 9 (31.03%) Banking
4 6 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Middleware Engineer
2 6 (20.69%) Senior
2 6 (20.69%) Senior Middleware Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Applications Specialist
3 4 (13.79%) Architect
3 4 (13.79%) Server Specialist
3 4 (13.79%) WebSphere Server Specialist
3 4 (13.79%) WebSphere Specialist
4 3 (10.34%) CyberArk Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Developer
4 3 (10.34%) Lead
4 3 (10.34%) WebSphere Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) CyberArk Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) FileNet Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Network Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Software Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Technical Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (34.48%) J2EE
1 10 (34.48%) Middleware
2 7 (24.14%) Web Services
3 6 (20.69%) WebSphere MQ
4 5 (17.24%) .NET
5 4 (13.79%) SOAP
6 3 (10.34%) AngularJS
6 3 (10.34%) EJB
6 3 (10.34%) jQuery
6 3 (10.34%) JSP
6 3 (10.34%) Kafka
6 3 (10.34%) LDAP
6 3 (10.34%) RESTful
6 3 (10.34%) Servlets
6 3 (10.34%) Spring
6 3 (10.34%) Spring Boot
6 3 (10.34%) Struts
6 3 (10.34%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 3 (10.34%) XML
7 2 (6.90%) IBM Integration Bus
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) DataPower
2 2 (6.90%) Taxonomies
3 1 (3.45%) Blockchain
3 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.45%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.90%) Windows
2 1 (3.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (24.14%) ITIL
2 6 (20.69%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (20.69%) Deployment Automation
2 6 (20.69%) Service Management
3 4 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (13.79%) Information Security
3 4 (13.79%) Mentoring
3 4 (13.79%) Problem Management
3 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (10.34%) Agile
4 3 (10.34%) DevOps
4 3 (10.34%) Identity Management
4 3 (10.34%) Migration
4 3 (10.34%) Performance Analysis
4 3 (10.34%) SDLC
4 3 (10.34%) Software Testing
4 3 (10.34%) Test Automation
4 3 (10.34%) Unit Testing
4 3 (10.34%) Use Case
4 3 (10.34%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 12 (41.38%) Java
2 6 (20.69%) SQL
3 2 (6.90%) C++
3 2 (6.90%) JavaScript
3 2 (6.90%) PowerShell
3 2 (6.90%) Python
4 1 (3.45%) PL/SQL
4 1 (3.45%) Solidity
4 1 (3.45%) VBScript
4 1 (3.45%) VC++
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (10.34%) CISSP
2 3 (10.34%) SANS
3 2 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) GRC
2 1 (3.45%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.45%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) Kubernetes
2 2 (6.90%) Grafana
3 1 (3.45%) Ansible
3 1 (3.45%) Control-M
Vendors
1 20 (68.97%) IBM
2 8 (27.59%) Oracle
3 3 (10.34%) CyberArk
3 3 (10.34%) Dynatrace
3 3 (10.34%) Micro Focus
4 1 (3.45%) BMC
4 1 (3.45%) CA
4 1 (3.45%) F5
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft