IBM
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited IBM over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within the International Business Machines Corporation.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 288 378 428
Rank change year-on-year +90 +50 -84
Permanent jobs citing IBM 998 856 1,389
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.99% 0.87% 0.85%
As % of the Vendors category 2.73% 2.07% 2.18%
Number of salaries quoted 463 388 770
10th Percentile £33,400 £34,275 £35,125
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,919
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,433 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £83,759 £89,897 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,941 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -0.11% +12.47%

All Vendors
UK

IBM is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36,517 41,380 63,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.18% 42.01% 38.92%
Number of salaries quoted 24,842 23,662 33,005
10th Percentile £26,700 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +5.26% +3.26%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IBM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IBM in the UK

IBM
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IBM.

Salary trend for IBM in the UK

IBM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IBM over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IBM in the UK

IBM
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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
England +118 906 £55,000 -8.33% 172
UK excluding London +89 772 £55,000 +0.11% 110
Work from Home +58 301 £62,500 - 59
North of England +131 246 £65,000 +18.18% 25
South East +107 230 £52,500 -4.55% 45
North West +100 180 £57,250 -0.43% 16
London +56 171 £65,000 - 72
Midlands -15 132 £45,000 +38.46% 9
East Midlands +59 84 £45,000 +5.88% 3
South West +5 81 £51,250 -10.87% 10
Yorkshire +66 53 £65,000 +18.44% 9
West Midlands -58 48 £45,000 +38.46% 6
East of England -5 47 £52,500 +0.96% 24
Scotland -82 19 £75,669 +8.96% 4
North East - 13 £78,126 -
Wales +2 11 £54,036 +21.43%
Northern Ireland +29 7 £28,000 -62.67%

IBM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 40 (4.01%) WebSphere
2 37 (3.71%) nginx
3 36 (3.61%) Camunda
4 16 (1.60%) FileNet
5 15 (1.50%) Captiva
5 15 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (1.50%) SAS
6 13 (1.30%) SharePoint
7 12 (1.20%) Confluence
8 9 (0.90%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 8 (0.80%) Anypoint
10 7 (0.70%) IBM Notes
11 4 (0.40%) MQSeries
12 3 (0.30%) Apache
12 3 (0.30%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.30%) Oracle HTTP Server
13 2 (0.20%) Apache Spark
13 2 (0.20%) IIS
13 2 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.10%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 24 (2.40%) Simulink
2 21 (2.10%) Stateflow
3 16 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (0.70%) CANalyzer
6 3 (0.30%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.20%) Abaqus
7 2 (0.20%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.10%) PTC Creo
8 1 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.10%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 8 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.70%) BPCS
3 7 (0.70%) Maximo
4 2 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.20%) SAP EWM
4 2 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.10%) Cognos Controller
5 1 (0.10%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.10%) Misys Opics
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.10%) Postilion
5 1 (0.10%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.10%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.10%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.10%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 427 (42.79%) IBM Cloud
2 394 (39.48%) Azure
3 175 (17.54%) Azure DevOps
4 126 (12.63%) Serverless
5 125 (12.53%) Azure API Management
5 125 (12.53%) Azure Functions
5 125 (12.53%) Azure Logic Apps
5 125 (12.53%) Azure Service Bus
6 112 (11.22%) AWS
7 74 (7.41%) GCP
8 66 (6.61%) OpenShift
9 59 (5.91%) Amazon EKS
9 59 (5.91%) Amazon S3
9 59 (5.91%) OCI
10 58 (5.81%) Amazon ECR
10 58 (5.81%) Route 53
11 29 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
12 24 (2.40%) GitHub
13 20 (2.00%) SaaS
14 15 (1.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 60 (6.01%) SAN
2 31 (3.11%) Firewall
3 14 (1.40%) DNS
3 14 (1.40%) J1939
4 13 (1.30%) Internet
5 11 (1.10%) LAN
6 9 (0.90%) Multicast
6 9 (0.90%) VLAN
6 9 (0.90%) VPN
7 8 (0.80%) WAN
7 8 (0.80%) Wireless
8 7 (0.70%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (0.60%) SSL
10 5 (0.50%) DHCP
10 5 (0.50%) Ethernet
10 5 (0.50%) NAS
11 4 (0.40%) HTTP
11 4 (0.40%) Network Security
11 4 (0.40%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 294 (29.46%) DB2
2 287 (28.76%) MongoDB
3 247 (24.75%) NoSQL
4 239 (23.95%) PostgreSQL
5 168 (16.83%) Relational Database
6 75 (7.52%) SQL Server
7 58 (5.81%) Amazon RDS
8 49 (4.91%) Oracle Database
9 17 (1.70%) Metadata
10 15 (1.50%) RDBMS
11 12 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
12 11 (1.10%) Power BI
13 9 (0.90%) Tableau
14 7 (0.70%) OLAP
14 7 (0.70%) QlikView
15 6 (0.60%) OLAP Cube
15 6 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
16 5 (0.50%) Oracle OLAP
17 4 (0.40%) ActiveReports
17 4 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 58 (5.81%) JIRA
2 30 (3.01%) Rational DOORS
3 27 (2.71%) ClearCase
3 27 (2.71%) Rational Rhapsody
4 26 (2.61%) Jenkins
5 23 (2.30%) IBM UrbanCode
6 21 (2.10%) Plastic SCM
7 20 (2.00%) ClearQuest
7 20 (2.00%) Oracle Forms
8 14 (1.40%) Git
9 11 (1.10%) Maven
10 9 (0.90%) Rational Team Concert
11 5 (0.50%) ERwin
11 5 (0.50%) Team Foundation Server
12 4 (0.40%) Jasmine
12 4 (0.40%) Mockito
13 3 (0.30%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.30%) Selenium
14 2 (0.20%) Artifactory
14 2 (0.20%) SonarQube
General
1 396 (39.68%) Public Sector
2 227 (22.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 204 (20.44%) Social Skills
4 185 (18.54%) Finance
5 93 (9.32%) Analytical Skills
6 83 (8.32%) Banking
7 50 (5.01%) Legal
8 49 (4.91%) Retail
9 40 (4.01%) Organisational Skills
10 26 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
11 21 (2.10%) Automotive
12 17 (1.70%) Electronics
13 16 (1.60%) Marketing
14 15 (1.50%) Law
15 14 (1.40%) Manufacturing
16 11 (1.10%) Aerospace
17 10 (1.00%) Back Office
17 10 (1.00%) Financial Institution
17 10 (1.00%) Front Office
18 9 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 187 (18.74%) Developer
2 149 (14.93%) Full Stack Engineer
3 138 (13.83%) Senior
4 127 (12.73%) Full Stack Developer
5 125 (12.53%) Azure Developer
6 110 (11.02%) Azure Engineer
7 89 (8.92%) DevOps Engineer
8 68 (6.81%) Analyst
9 67 (6.71%) Architect
9 67 (6.71%) Lead
10 61 (6.11%) Senior DevOps
10 61 (6.11%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 56 (5.61%) Software Engineer
12 52 (5.21%) Systems Engineer
13 51 (5.11%) Support Engineer
14 39 (3.91%) Field Engineer
14 39 (3.91%) Field Service Engineer
14 39 (3.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 36 (3.61%) Solutions Architect
16 32 (3.21%) Storage Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 278 (27.86%) React
2 260 (26.05%) .NET
3 250 (25.05%) REST
4 249 (24.95%) Web Services
5 248 (24.85%) AngularJS
6 241 (24.15%) jQuery
7 240 (24.05%) ASP.NET
7 240 (24.05%) ASP.NET Core
7 240 (24.05%) HTML
7 240 (24.05%) Vue
8 238 (23.85%) Backbone.js
8 238 (23.85%) CSS
8 238 (23.85%) Ember.js
8 238 (23.85%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 163 (16.33%) Node.js
10 36 (3.61%) KeystoneJS
10 36 (3.61%) Swagger
11 20 (2.00%) Spring
12 15 (1.50%) Kafka
13 14 (1.40%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 412 (41.28%) Hybrid Cloud
2 408 (40.88%) Blockchain
3 263 (26.35%) Algorithms
4 240 (24.05%) Data Structures
5 215 (21.54%) e-Learning
6 54 (5.41%) Data Centre
7 52 (5.21%) Driving Licence
8 49 (4.91%) AS400
9 42 (4.21%) Self-Motivation
10 41 (4.11%) Distributed Systems
11 39 (3.91%) Public Cloud
11 39 (3.91%) Replication
12 37 (3.71%) iSeries
13 29 (2.91%) EPoS
14 26 (2.61%) Clustering
15 25 (2.51%) Mainframe
16 21 (2.10%) Private Cloud
17 20 (2.00%) Management Information System
18 18 (1.80%) DataPower
19 17 (1.70%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 393 (39.38%) Linux
2 383 (38.38%) Windows
3 238 (23.85%) Android
3 238 (23.85%) Apple iOS
4 49 (4.91%) CentOS
5 48 (4.81%) Unix
6 44 (4.41%) Windows Server
7 40 (4.01%) Alpine Linux
7 40 (4.01%) Debian
8 29 (2.91%) zOS
9 20 (2.00%) Windows Server 2012
10 19 (1.90%) AIX
11 18 (1.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 15 (1.50%) Windows Server 2016
13 14 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
14 13 (1.30%) Windows 10
15 11 (1.10%) Solaris
16 8 (0.80%) SUSE
16 8 (0.80%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
16 8 (0.80%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 416 (41.68%) Artificial Intelligence
2 320 (32.06%) DevOps
3 288 (28.86%) Agile
4 285 (28.56%) Full Stack Development
5 278 (27.86%) Co-Creation
6 269 (26.95%) Design Patterns
7 264 (26.45%) Mentoring
8 261 (26.15%) Coaching
9 251 (25.15%) OO
10 248 (24.85%) SOLID
11 242 (24.25%) Web Development
12 240 (24.05%) MVC
12 240 (24.05%) MVVM
12 240 (24.05%) OOP
13 238 (23.85%) Design Thinking
13 238 (23.85%) Responsive Web Design
13 238 (23.85%) User Experience
14 139 (13.93%) Problem-Solving
15 126 (12.63%) API Management
16 125 (12.53%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 379 (37.98%) SQL
2 283 (28.36%) JavaScript
3 242 (24.25%) C#
4 228 (22.85%) Java
5 169 (16.93%) Python
6 43 (4.31%) RPG
7 36 (3.61%) Lua
8 31 (3.11%) PowerShell
9 30 (3.01%) C
10 25 (2.51%) MATLAB
11 21 (2.10%) Embedded C
12 20 (2.00%) RPG IV
13 18 (1.80%) Groovy
14 17 (1.70%) Perl
15 13 (1.30%) ActionScript
15 13 (1.30%) Bash
16 12 (1.20%) VB
17 11 (1.10%) JCL
17 11 (1.10%) RPG/400
18 8 (0.80%) REXX
Qualifications
1 123 (12.32%) Degree
2 89 (8.92%) Security Cleared
3 62 (6.21%) BPSS Clearance
4 47 (4.71%) SC Cleared
5 45 (4.51%) Microsoft Certification
6 44 (4.41%) MCSE
7 43 (4.31%) Azure Certification
8 41 (4.11%) MCSA
9 38 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.30%) HND
11 10 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
11 10 (1.00%) TOGAF Certification
12 6 (0.60%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.50%) Chartered Engineer
13 5 (0.50%) CTC Cleared
13 5 (0.50%) RHCA
14 4 (0.40%) A+ Certification
14 4 (0.40%) Server+ Certification
15 2 (0.20%) GCIA
15 2 (0.20%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (5.31%) SLA
2 27 (2.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (2.40%) MISRA
4 17 (1.70%) GDPR
5 14 (1.40%) Automotive SPICE
5 14 (1.40%) AUTOSAR
5 14 (1.40%) ISO 26262
6 11 (1.10%) QA
7 8 (0.80%) ISO 9001
8 7 (0.70%) IEC 61508
8 7 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 6 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 5 (0.50%) NIST
11 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.30%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.20%) ISO 31000
12 2 (0.20%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.10%) IFRS
13 1 (0.10%) IFRS 17
13 1 (0.10%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 102 (10.22%) Docker
2 68 (6.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (4.01%) Firmware
4 39 (3.91%) Active Directory
5 28 (2.81%) VMware ESXi
6 27 (2.71%) vSphere
7 15 (1.50%) Hyper-V
8 12 (1.20%) OpenSSH
8 12 (1.20%) XenApp
9 10 (1.00%) Time Sharing Option
10 8 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
11 5 (0.50%) NFS
12 4 (0.40%) RACF
13 3 (0.30%) ACF2
13 3 (0.30%) Lustre
13 3 (0.30%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 2 (0.20%) Apache ZooKeeper
14 2 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
15 1 (0.10%) PowerHA
15 1 (0.10%) Squid
Systems Management
1 118 (11.82%) Terraform
2 106 (10.62%) Kubernetes
3 59 (5.91%) Prometheus
4 25 (2.51%) Ansible
5 23 (2.30%) QRadar
6 17 (1.70%) Progress Chef
7 12 (1.20%) IBM BigFix
7 12 (1.20%) PowerCLI
7 12 (1.20%) SCOM
7 12 (1.20%) vCenter Server
8 10 (1.00%) NetBackup
9 9 (0.90%) Backup Exec
10 8 (0.80%) Nagios
11 7 (0.70%) FortiGate
11 7 (0.70%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 6 (0.60%) ZABBIX
13 5 (0.50%) OMEGAMON
14 4 (0.40%) CASB
14 4 (0.40%) Nessus
15 3 (0.30%) WSUS
Vendors
1 412 (41.28%) Red Hat
2 157 (15.73%) Oracle
3 114 (11.42%) Microsoft
4 83 (8.32%) VMware
5 64 (6.41%) Dell
6 60 (6.01%) Dynatrace
7 54 (5.41%) Google
8 49 (4.91%) HP
9 45 (4.51%) NetApp
10 41 (4.11%) SAP
11 28 (2.81%) Splunk
12 26 (2.61%) Citrix
13 25 (2.51%) ServiceNow
14 23 (2.30%) Cisco
15 21 (2.10%) Lauterbach
15 21 (2.10%) Veeam
16 20 (2.00%) Salesforce
17 19 (1.90%) Facebook
18 15 (1.50%) Pega
18 15 (1.50%) Sony