WebSphere Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IBM WebSphere
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring WebSphere skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 599 516 715
Rank change year-on-year -83 +199 -101
Permanent jobs citing WebSphere 6 7 38
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.009% 0.024% 0.049%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.24% 0.29% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 20
10th Percentile - - £48,000
25th Percentile - £76,727 £54,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £85,253 £75,669
Median % change year-on-year - +12.67% +15.53%
75th Percentile - £93,778 £83,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £100,000 £77,500 £82,500
% change year-on-year +29.03% -6.06% +18.32%

All Application Platform Skills
UK excluding London

WebSphere 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 2,452 2,452 6,650
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.67% 8.27% 8.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,877 1,584 4,546
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -13.27%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.16%

WebSphere
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

WebSphere job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

WebSphere
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

WebSphere
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 June 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 of England - 4 - - 3
Scotland +17 2 - - 1
WebSphere
UK

WebSphere
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 4 (66.67%) WebLogic
2 2 (33.33%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Git
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Consultant
1 4 (66.67%) JDE CNC Consultant
1 4 (66.67%) JDE Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Applications Support
2 2 (33.33%) Applications Support Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) Middleware
2 2 (33.33%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) ITSM
3 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) JD Edwards
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle