IBM Contracts in London

IBM
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IBM over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

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

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 231 298 254
Rank change year-on-year +67 -44 -27
Contract jobs citing IBM 170 201 428
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.96% 0.74% 1.10%
As % of the Vendors category 2.36% 1.91% 2.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 128 267
10th Percentile £418 £438 £425
25th Percentile £500 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £712 £611 £725
90th Percentile £826 £741 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +12.24%

All Vendors
London

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 7,193 10,541 14,666
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 40.62% 38.93% 37.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,931 7,474 10,332
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £660 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £798 £775
England median daily rate £520 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -3.26% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 129 187
10th Percentile £13.86 £16.11 £16.18
25th Percentile £17.00 £21.00 £21.45
Median hourly rate £23.80 £30.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.60% -12.14% +27.27%
75th Percentile £36.00 £57.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £62.25 £70.00 £62.70
England median hourly rate £22.40 £39.55 £21.00
% change year-on-year -43.36% +88.33% -4.55%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IBM in London

IBM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IBM in London.

Daily rate trend for IBM in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IBM in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IBM in London

IBM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IBM in London.

Hourly rate trend for IBM in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +54 34 £600 -14.29% 2
East London - 2 £473 -
West London +19 1 - - 2
IBM
England

IBM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 19 (11.18%) WebSphere
2 9 (5.29%) Confluence
3 8 (4.71%) Tomcat
3 8 (4.71%) WebLogic
4 7 (4.12%) CICS
5 6 (3.53%) IIS
5 6 (3.53%) JBoss
5 6 (3.53%) MQSeries
5 6 (3.53%) WebSphere Application Server
6 5 (2.94%) Apache
6 5 (2.94%) nginx
7 4 (2.35%) Appian
8 3 (1.76%) CMS
8 3 (1.76%) IBM Domino
8 3 (1.76%) IBM Notes
9 2 (1.18%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.59%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.59%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.59%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.18%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.59%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.59%) Weka
Business Applications
1 9 (5.29%) Loan IQ
2 5 (2.94%) Temenos T24
3 2 (1.18%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.59%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (0.59%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.59%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.59%) Maximo
4 1 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.59%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.59%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 34 (20.00%) AWS
2 25 (14.71%) Azure
3 17 (10.00%) GCP
4 12 (7.06%) SaaS
5 11 (6.47%) Nutanix
6 9 (5.29%) Cloud Computing
6 9 (5.29%) IaaS
6 9 (5.29%) PaaS
7 8 (4.71%) Rubrik
8 5 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (2.35%) Alation
9 4 (2.35%) Entra ID
9 4 (2.35%) GitHub
10 3 (1.76%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.76%) OCI
11 2 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (1.18%) Collibra
11 2 (1.18%) Serverless
12 1 (0.59%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.59%) IBM Blueworks
Communications & Networking
1 18 (10.59%) DNS
2 15 (8.82%) SSL
3 13 (7.65%) Firewall
4 12 (7.06%) SAN
4 12 (7.06%) TCP/IP
5 9 (5.29%) NAS
6 8 (4.71%) DHCP
6 8 (4.71%) Kerberos
6 8 (4.71%) VLAN
7 3 (1.76%) SMTP
7 3 (1.76%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.59%) AMQP
8 1 (0.59%) HTTP
8 1 (0.59%) IPsec
8 1 (0.59%) MPLS
8 1 (0.59%) S/MIME
8 1 (0.59%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (12.94%) Relational Database
2 21 (12.35%) DB2
3 11 (6.47%) SQL Server
4 10 (5.88%) RDBMS
5 5 (2.94%) MySQL
5 5 (2.94%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.35%) Big Data
6 4 (2.35%) Metadata
6 4 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (2.35%) Sybase ASE
7 3 (1.76%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.18%) IDMS
8 2 (1.18%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.18%) NonStop SQL
8 2 (1.18%) Redis
9 1 (0.59%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.59%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.59%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.59%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 18 (10.59%) Jenkins
2 12 (7.06%) Git
2 12 (7.06%) JIRA
3 10 (5.88%) TeamCity
4 6 (3.53%) Cucumber
4 6 (3.53%) GitLab
4 6 (3.53%) IBM UrbanCode
4 6 (3.53%) Selenium
5 5 (2.94%) JUnit
5 5 (2.94%) Mockito
6 4 (2.35%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (1.76%) Appium
7 3 (1.76%) HP UFT
7 3 (1.76%) Katalon Studio
7 3 (1.76%) LoadRunner
7 3 (1.76%) Rational Performance Tester
7 3 (1.76%) Visual Studio
7 3 (1.76%) WebDriver
8 2 (1.18%) Maven
8 2 (1.18%) Postman
General
1 65 (38.24%) Finance
2 54 (31.76%) Social Skills
3 28 (16.47%) Banking
4 16 (9.41%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (7.06%) Financial Institution
6 11 (6.47%) Front Office
7 6 (3.53%) Investment Banking
7 6 (3.53%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.76%) Back Office
9 2 (1.18%) Agriculture
9 2 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.18%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.59%) Advertising
10 1 (0.59%) Arabic Language
10 1 (0.59%) Danish Language
10 1 (0.59%) French Language
10 1 (0.59%) German Language
10 1 (0.59%) Japanese Language
10 1 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.59%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (22.35%) Architect
2 28 (16.47%) Developer
3 19 (11.18%) Senior
4 18 (10.59%) Analyst
5 13 (7.65%) Security Architect
6 12 (7.06%) Applications Support
6 12 (7.06%) Consultant
7 11 (6.47%) Senior Developer
8 9 (5.29%) Applications Support Analyst
8 9 (5.29%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (5.29%) SQL Analyst
8 9 (5.29%) SQL Support Analyst
8 9 (5.29%) Support Analyst
9 8 (4.71%) DBA
10 7 (4.12%) Business Analyst
10 7 (4.12%) Mainframe Architect
10 7 (4.12%) Support Engineer
11 6 (3.53%) Java Developer
12 5 (2.94%) Senior Analyst
12 5 (2.94%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.06%) Middleware
1 12 (7.06%) Spring Boot
2 11 (6.47%) OpenID
3 10 (5.88%) Spring
3 10 (5.88%) XACML
4 9 (5.29%) Apache Camel
5 8 (4.71%) FpML
5 8 (4.71%) LDAP
5 8 (4.71%) RESTful
5 8 (4.71%) SAML
5 8 (4.71%) WebSphere MQ
5 8 (4.71%) XML
6 7 (4.12%) IBM Integration Bus
6 7 (4.12%) SOAP
6 7 (4.12%) Web Services
7 6 (3.53%) REST
8 5 (2.94%) ActiveMQ
8 5 (2.94%) ISPF
9 4 (2.35%) Kafka
9 4 (2.35%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.41%) Replication
2 15 (8.82%) Mainframe
3 12 (7.06%) Data Centre
4 9 (5.29%) Clustering
4 9 (5.29%) Derivative
5 6 (3.53%) DataPower
6 5 (2.94%) OTC Derivatives
7 4 (2.35%) AS400
7 4 (2.35%) Credit Derivative
7 4 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.35%) IBM Mainframe
7 4 (2.35%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.76%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.76%) iSeries
9 2 (1.18%) Equities
9 2 (1.18%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.18%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (1.18%) VSAM
10 1 (0.59%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 42 (24.71%) Linux
1 42 (24.71%) Windows
2 15 (8.82%) Windows Server
3 13 (7.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 12 (7.06%) Unix
5 9 (5.29%) Solaris
6 8 (4.71%) Oracle Linux
7 7 (4.12%) zOS
8 3 (1.76%) VMS
9 2 (1.18%) Windows 10
9 2 (1.18%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.59%) AIX
10 1 (0.59%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (21.18%) Agile
2 34 (20.00%) DevOps
3 28 (16.47%) CI/CD
4 22 (12.94%) Continuous Integration
5 19 (11.18%) Migration
5 19 (11.18%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (10.59%) Incident Management
7 16 (9.41%) Root Cause Analysis
8 15 (8.82%) Data Management
9 13 (7.65%) Data Security
10 12 (7.06%) Data Modelling
10 12 (7.06%) High Availability
10 12 (7.06%) Proactive Monitoring
10 12 (7.06%) Risk Management
10 12 (7.06%) SDLC
11 11 (6.47%) Performance Tuning
11 11 (6.47%) Security Architecture
11 11 (6.47%) Storage Management
11 11 (6.47%) Test Automation
11 11 (6.47%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 38 (22.35%) Java
2 37 (21.76%) Python
3 36 (21.18%) SQL
4 27 (15.88%) PowerShell
5 10 (5.88%) Bash
6 9 (5.29%) COBOL
7 5 (2.94%) C#
7 5 (2.94%) Shell Script
8 4 (2.35%) JavaScript
8 4 (2.35%) JCL
8 4 (2.35%) Perl
8 4 (2.35%) RPG
8 4 (2.35%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.18%) Assembly Language
9 2 (1.18%) C++
9 2 (1.18%) REXX
9 2 (1.18%) SELCOPY
9 2 (1.18%) VBScript
9 2 (1.18%) XPath
10 1 (0.59%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (12.35%) Security Cleared
2 19 (11.18%) SC Cleared
3 13 (7.65%) Degree
4 6 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.59%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.59%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.59%) IBM Certification
5 1 (0.59%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.59%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (0.59%) PhD
5 1 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.71%) GDPR
1 8 (4.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 7 (4.12%) QA
3 5 (2.94%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.18%) GRC
4 2 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.18%) NIST
4 2 (1.18%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.18%) SLA
5 1 (0.59%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.59%) COREP
5 1 (0.59%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.59%) IFRS
5 1 (0.59%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.59%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 15 (8.82%) Docker
2 12 (7.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (6.47%) Active Directory
4 5 (2.94%) RACF
5 4 (2.35%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 4 (2.35%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.76%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (1.76%) vSphere
7 1 (0.59%) ACF2
7 1 (0.59%) Lustre
7 1 (0.59%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 25 (14.71%) Ansible
2 16 (9.41%) Kubernetes
3 15 (8.82%) Terraform
4 11 (6.47%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 10 (5.88%) Grafana
6 9 (5.29%) ITRS Geneos
6 9 (5.29%) Tivoli
7 8 (4.71%) EMC NetWorker
7 8 (4.71%) Netcool
7 8 (4.71%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (2.35%) CA Endevor
8 4 (2.35%) zSecure
9 3 (1.76%) vCenter Server
10 2 (1.18%) Kibana
10 2 (1.18%) logstash
10 2 (1.18%) Packer
11 1 (0.59%) MOM
11 1 (0.59%) OMEGAMON
11 1 (0.59%) Puppet
11 1 (0.59%) QRadar
Vendors
1 39 (22.94%) Oracle
2 27 (15.88%) Microsoft
3 14 (8.24%) Cisco
4 13 (7.65%) Dell
4 13 (7.65%) Okta
5 12 (7.06%) HP
5 12 (7.06%) ServiceNow
5 12 (7.06%) VMware
6 11 (6.47%) Dynatrace
7 10 (5.88%) SAP
8 9 (5.29%) CyberArk
9 8 (4.71%) EMC
9 8 (4.71%) Isilon
9 8 (4.71%) Qualys
9 8 (4.71%) Serena
9 8 (4.71%) Splunk
10 7 (4.12%) Red Hat
10 7 (4.12%) TIBCO
11 5 (2.94%) Informatica
11 5 (2.94%) Salesforce