WebSphere Application Server Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring WebSphere Application Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 529 601 566
Rank change year-on-year +72 -35 +253
Permanent jobs citing WebSphere Application Server 1 5 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.003% 0.010% 0.044%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.041% 0.15% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £47,500 £37,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £50,000 £44,033
Median % change year-on-year - +13.55% -49.68%
75th Percentile - £52,500 £45,191
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £85,000 £50,000 £44,033
% change year-on-year +70.00% +13.55% -34.77%

All Application Platform Skills
UK excluding London

WebSphere Application Server falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring application platform skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 2,422 3,433 3,407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.08% 7.04% 10.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,580 1,830 2,712
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £33,125 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,042 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% - -
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £77,715
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

WebSphere Application Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing WebSphere Application Server relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

WebSphere Application Server job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

WebSphere Application Server
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing WebSphere Application Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing WebSphere Application Server

WebSphere Application Server
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere Application Server within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 October 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Scotland - 1 - -
WebSphere Application Server
UK

WebSphere Application Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Support
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA