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 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 295 380 431
Rank change year-on-year +85 +51 -81
Permanent jobs citing IBM 995 830 1,407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.97% 0.85% 0.84%
As % of the Vendors category 2.71% 2.04% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 457 385 771
10th Percentile £32,800 £34,542 £35,125
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,946
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +7.08%
75th Percentile £72,433 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £83,759 £89,941 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +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 36,727 40,716 64,919
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.79% 41.82% 38.88%
Number of salaries quoted 24,890 23,574 33,282
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 28 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 28 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 +112 907 £55,000 -8.33% 163
UK excluding London +85 769 £55,000 - 98
Work from Home +70 301 £62,500 - 43
North of England +125 241 £65,000 +13.04% 21
South East +111 231 £52,500 -4.55% 32
North West +110 179 £57,000 -2.98% 14
London +79 172 £65,000 - 62
Midlands -5 135 £45,000 +38.46% 11
East Midlands +50 86 £45,000 -14.29% 6
South West 0 81 £51,250 -10.87% 15
Yorkshire +61 50 £65,000 +18.44% 7
West Midlands -58 49 £45,000 +38.46% 5
East of England -17 48 £52,500 +0.96% 22
Scotland -80 16 £75,669 +8.96% 4
North East - 12 £78,126 -
Wales -5 11 £54,036 +21.43%
Northern Ireland +23 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 37 (3.72%) nginx
2 36 (3.62%) Camunda
3 33 (3.32%) WebSphere
4 15 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (1.41%) SAS
5 14 (1.41%) SharePoint
6 11 (1.11%) Confluence
7 9 (0.90%) FileNet
7 9 (0.90%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 8 (0.80%) Anypoint
8 8 (0.80%) Captiva
9 7 (0.70%) IBM Notes
10 4 (0.40%) MQSeries
11 3 (0.30%) Apache
11 3 (0.30%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.30%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 2 (0.20%) Apache Spark
12 2 (0.20%) IIS
12 2 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.20%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 24 (2.41%) Simulink
2 21 (2.11%) Stateflow
3 17 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (0.70%) CANalyzer
6 3 (0.30%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.20%) Abaqus
7 2 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.10%) PTC Creo
8 1 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 12 (1.21%) Maximo
2 11 (1.11%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 8 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.70%) BPCS
5 2 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.20%) SAP EWM
5 2 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.10%) Cognos Controller
6 1 (0.10%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.10%) Misys Opics
6 1 (0.10%) Postilion
6 1 (0.10%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.10%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.10%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.10%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.10%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.10%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 426 (42.81%) IBM Cloud
2 385 (38.69%) Azure
3 175 (17.59%) Azure DevOps
4 126 (12.66%) Serverless
5 125 (12.56%) Azure API Management
5 125 (12.56%) Azure Functions
5 125 (12.56%) Azure Logic Apps
5 125 (12.56%) Azure Service Bus
6 109 (10.95%) AWS
7 66 (6.63%) GCP
7 66 (6.63%) OpenShift
8 59 (5.93%) Amazon EKS
8 59 (5.93%) Amazon S3
9 58 (5.83%) Amazon ECR
9 58 (5.83%) OCI
9 58 (5.83%) Route 53
10 29 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
11 18 (1.81%) SaaS
12 16 (1.61%) GitHub
13 15 (1.51%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 64 (6.43%) SAN
2 31 (3.12%) Firewall
3 15 (1.51%) DNS
4 14 (1.41%) Internet
4 14 (1.41%) J1939
5 11 (1.11%) 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%) Unicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 298 (29.95%) DB2
2 287 (28.84%) MongoDB
3 245 (24.62%) NoSQL
4 239 (24.02%) PostgreSQL
5 165 (16.58%) Relational Database
6 75 (7.54%) SQL Server
7 58 (5.83%) Amazon RDS
8 47 (4.72%) Oracle Database
9 17 (1.71%) Metadata
10 14 (1.41%) RDBMS
11 12 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
12 11 (1.11%) 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%) BusinessObjects
17 4 (0.40%) Cognos Framework Manager
Development Applications
1 51 (5.13%) JIRA
2 30 (3.02%) Rational DOORS
3 27 (2.71%) ClearCase
3 27 (2.71%) Rational Rhapsody
4 25 (2.51%) Jenkins
5 22 (2.21%) IBM UrbanCode
6 21 (2.11%) Plastic SCM
7 20 (2.01%) ClearQuest
8 13 (1.31%) Git
9 12 (1.21%) Oracle Forms
10 10 (1.01%) Maven
11 9 (0.90%) Rational Team Concert
12 5 (0.50%) Team Foundation Server
13 4 (0.40%) ERwin
14 2 (0.20%) Artifactory
14 2 (0.20%) Eclipse
14 2 (0.20%) Jasmine
14 2 (0.20%) Mockito
14 2 (0.20%) Selenium
14 2 (0.20%) SonarQube
General
1 395 (39.70%) Public Sector
2 227 (22.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 204 (20.50%) Social Skills
4 175 (17.59%) Finance
5 94 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
6 73 (7.34%) Banking
7 50 (5.03%) Legal
8 49 (4.92%) Retail
9 39 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
10 26 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
11 21 (2.11%) Automotive
12 17 (1.71%) Electronics
13 16 (1.61%) Marketing
14 15 (1.51%) Law
14 15 (1.51%) Manufacturing
15 11 (1.11%) Aerospace
15 11 (1.11%) Back Office
16 10 (1.01%) Financial Institution
16 10 (1.01%) Front Office
17 9 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 184 (18.49%) Developer
2 149 (14.97%) Full Stack Engineer
3 137 (13.77%) Senior
4 126 (12.66%) Full Stack Developer
5 125 (12.56%) Azure Developer
6 110 (11.06%) Azure Engineer
7 89 (8.94%) DevOps Engineer
8 69 (6.93%) Analyst
9 67 (6.73%) Architect
9 67 (6.73%) Lead
10 61 (6.13%) Senior DevOps
10 61 (6.13%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 52 (5.23%) Support Engineer
11 52 (5.23%) Systems Engineer
12 47 (4.72%) Software Engineer
13 39 (3.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 38 (3.82%) Field Engineer
14 38 (3.82%) Field Service Engineer
15 36 (3.62%) Solutions Architect
16 32 (3.22%) Storage Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 278 (27.94%) React
2 261 (26.23%) .NET
3 249 (25.03%) REST
3 249 (25.03%) Web Services
4 246 (24.72%) AngularJS
5 241 (24.22%) jQuery
6 240 (24.12%) ASP.NET
6 240 (24.12%) ASP.NET Core
6 240 (24.12%) HTML
6 240 (24.12%) Vue
7 238 (23.92%) Backbone.js
7 238 (23.92%) CSS
7 238 (23.92%) Ember.js
7 238 (23.92%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 163 (16.38%) Node.js
9 36 (3.62%) KeystoneJS
9 36 (3.62%) Swagger
10 19 (1.91%) Spring
11 14 (1.41%) Kafka
12 13 (1.31%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 412 (41.41%) Hybrid Cloud
2 408 (41.01%) Blockchain
3 263 (26.43%) Algorithms
4 240 (24.12%) Data Structures
5 215 (21.61%) e-Learning
6 54 (5.43%) Data Centre
7 52 (5.23%) Driving Licence
8 50 (5.03%) AS400
9 41 (4.12%) Distributed Systems
9 41 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
10 39 (3.92%) Public Cloud
10 39 (3.92%) Replication
11 37 (3.72%) iSeries
12 28 (2.81%) EPoS
13 27 (2.71%) Clustering
14 26 (2.61%) Mainframe
15 19 (1.91%) Management Information System
16 17 (1.71%) IBM Mainframe
17 15 (1.51%) PlayStation
18 14 (1.41%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 389 (39.10%) Linux
2 385 (38.69%) Windows
3 238 (23.92%) Android
3 238 (23.92%) Apple iOS
4 49 (4.92%) CentOS
5 44 (4.42%) Windows Server
6 42 (4.22%) Unix
7 40 (4.02%) Alpine Linux
7 40 (4.02%) Debian
8 29 (2.91%) zOS
9 23 (2.31%) AIX
10 21 (2.11%) Windows Server 2012
11 17 (1.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 15 (1.51%) Windows Server 2016
13 14 (1.41%) Windows Server 2019
14 13 (1.31%) Windows 10
15 12 (1.21%) Solaris
16 8 (0.80%) SUSE
16 8 (0.80%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
16 8 (0.80%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 416 (41.81%) Artificial Intelligence
2 312 (31.36%) DevOps
3 283 (28.44%) Full Stack Development
4 281 (28.24%) Agile
5 278 (27.94%) Co-Creation
6 269 (27.04%) Design Patterns
7 261 (26.23%) Mentoring
8 253 (25.43%) Coaching
9 251 (25.23%) OO
10 248 (24.92%) SOLID
11 242 (24.32%) Web Development
12 240 (24.12%) MVC
12 240 (24.12%) MVVM
12 240 (24.12%) OOP
13 238 (23.92%) Design Thinking
13 238 (23.92%) Responsive Web Design
13 238 (23.92%) User Experience
14 141 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
15 126 (12.66%) API Management
16 125 (12.56%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 370 (37.19%) SQL
2 282 (28.34%) JavaScript
3 242 (24.32%) C#
4 219 (22.01%) Java
5 168 (16.88%) Python
6 44 (4.42%) RPG
7 36 (3.62%) Lua
8 32 (3.22%) PowerShell
9 31 (3.12%) C
10 25 (2.51%) MATLAB
11 21 (2.11%) Embedded C
12 20 (2.01%) RPG IV
13 18 (1.81%) Groovy
14 17 (1.71%) Perl
15 14 (1.41%) ActionScript
16 13 (1.31%) VB
17 12 (1.21%) Bash
18 11 (1.11%) JCL
18 11 (1.11%) RPG/400
19 8 (0.80%) REXX
Qualifications
1 123 (12.36%) Degree
2 91 (9.15%) Security Cleared
3 63 (6.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 49 (4.92%) SC Cleared
5 45 (4.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 44 (4.42%) MCSE
7 43 (4.32%) Azure Certification
8 41 (4.12%) MCSA
9 38 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.31%) HND
11 10 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
11 10 (1.01%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (0.70%) 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%) CISSP
15 2 (0.20%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (5.43%) SLA
2 26 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (2.41%) MISRA
4 14 (1.41%) Automotive SPICE
4 14 (1.41%) AUTOSAR
4 14 (1.41%) ISO 26262
5 11 (1.11%) QA
6 10 (1.01%) GDPR
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%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.20%) ISO 31000
12 2 (0.20%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.10%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 99 (9.95%) Docker
2 69 (6.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (4.02%) Active Directory
3 40 (4.02%) Firmware
4 29 (2.91%) VMware ESXi
5 27 (2.71%) vSphere
6 15 (1.51%) Hyper-V
7 13 (1.31%) OpenSSH
7 13 (1.31%) XenApp
8 10 (1.01%) Time Sharing Option
9 9 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (0.50%) NFS
11 4 (0.40%) RACF
12 3 (0.30%) ACF2
12 3 (0.30%) Lustre
12 3 (0.30%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 2 (0.20%) Apache ZooKeeper
13 2 (0.20%) LXC
13 2 (0.20%) Squid
13 2 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 118 (11.86%) Terraform
2 105 (10.55%) Kubernetes
3 60 (6.03%) Prometheus
4 25 (2.51%) Ansible
5 23 (2.31%) QRadar
6 17 (1.71%) Progress Chef
7 13 (1.31%) IBM BigFix
7 13 (1.31%) PowerCLI
7 13 (1.31%) vCenter Server
8 12 (1.21%) SCOM
9 9 (0.90%) Backup Exec
9 9 (0.90%) NetBackup
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%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 412 (41.41%) Red Hat
2 149 (14.97%) Oracle
3 115 (11.56%) Microsoft
4 84 (8.44%) VMware
5 63 (6.33%) Dell
6 60 (6.03%) Dynatrace
7 53 (5.33%) Google
8 48 (4.82%) HP
9 45 (4.52%) NetApp
10 33 (3.32%) SAP
11 29 (2.91%) Splunk
12 27 (2.71%) Citrix
13 23 (2.31%) Cisco
14 21 (2.11%) Lauterbach
14 21 (2.11%) Veeam
15 20 (2.01%) Salesforce
16 19 (1.91%) Facebook
17 18 (1.81%) ServiceNow
18 15 (1.51%) Cognos
18 15 (1.51%) Sony