WebSphere MQ Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IBM WebSphere MQ (WMQ)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring WebSphere MQ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 522 - 641
Rank change year-on-year - - +103
Permanent jobs citing WebSphere MQ 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.002% - 0.008%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.024% - 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £75,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 - £83,577
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.57%
75th Percentile - - £91,934
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £85,000 - £83,577
% change year-on-year - - +23.57%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

WebSphere MQ falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,088 6,690 10,990
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.81% 19.94% 22.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3,117 3,751 8,825
10th Percentile £28,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,381
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,000 £61,551
% change year-on-year -1.52% +7.23% -8.81%

WebSphere MQ
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

WebSphere MQ job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

WebSphere MQ
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

WebSphere MQ
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 MQ within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 February 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Midlands - 1 £54,000 -
Midlands - 1 £54,000 -
WebSphere MQ
UK

WebSphere MQ
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%) CICS
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Adabas
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Mainframe Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior COBOL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Mainframe Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
1 1 (100.00%) Natural
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM