IBM Contracts in the Midlands

IBM
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 127 161
Rank change year-on-year +16 +34 -50
Contract jobs citing IBM 23 36 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.84% 1.05% 0.68%
As % of the Vendors category 1.93% 2.09% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 24 24
10th Percentile £330 - £438
25th Percentile £358 £330 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £403 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year -10.50% -12.20% +5.40%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £681
90th Percentile £711 £584 £843
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%

All Vendors
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,189 1,721 2,129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 43.49% 50.29% 42.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 743 1,156 1,472
10th Percentile £213 £206 £185
25th Percentile £338 £350 £327
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £550
90th Percentile £700 £681 £645
England median daily rate £520 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -2.80% +1.90% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 58 83
10th Percentile £10.92 £13.13 £9.62
25th Percentile £12.75 £15.25 £12.75
Median hourly rate £15.61 £20.20 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +18.82% +13.33%
75th Percentile £26.50 £37.69 £22.13
90th Percentile £43.70 £65.30 £34.30
England median hourly rate £22.50 £38.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -41.56% +83.33% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IBM in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for IBM in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IBM in the Midlands over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IBM in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for IBM in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +21 21 £403 -10.50% 7
East Midlands +11 2 - - 2
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 9 (39.13%) CICS
1 9 (39.13%) SAS
2 1 (4.35%) CMS
Business Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Maximo
2 2 (8.70%) NetSuite
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) SDH
1 1 (4.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (47.83%) DB2
2 9 (39.13%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 9 (39.13%) Git
2 2 (8.70%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (8.70%) Rational DOORS
General
1 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Billing
2 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.35%) Aeronautics
3 1 (4.35%) Aerospace
3 1 (4.35%) Finance
3 1 (4.35%) Law
3 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (65.22%) Developer
2 11 (47.83%) Mainframe Developer
3 10 (43.48%) IBM Mainframe Developer
4 5 (21.74%) Lead
5 2 (8.70%) Systems Developer
6 1 (4.35%) Architect
6 1 (4.35%) COBOL Developer
6 1 (4.35%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Maximo Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Senior
6 1 (4.35%) Software Asset Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Software Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.35%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (47.83%) Mainframe
2 10 (43.48%) IBM Mainframe
3 5 (21.74%) DataPower
4 3 (13.04%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
6 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (39.13%) zOS
2 1 (4.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) Agile
2 11 (47.83%) Scrum
2 11 (47.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (43.48%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (13.04%) Software Engineering
5 2 (8.70%) Asset Management
5 2 (8.70%) Business Transformation
5 2 (8.70%) Configuration Management
5 2 (8.70%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (8.70%) CRM
5 2 (8.70%) Data Analysis
5 2 (8.70%) Data Protection
5 2 (8.70%) ERP
5 2 (8.70%) Mentoring
5 2 (8.70%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 2 (8.70%) Service Delivery
6 1 (4.35%) Data Analytics
6 1 (4.35%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 1 (4.35%) Presales
6 1 (4.35%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 11 (47.83%) COBOL
2 9 (39.13%) CLIST
2 9 (39.13%) REXX
2 9 (39.13%) SELCOPY
Qualifications
1 10 (43.48%) SC Cleared
1 10 (43.48%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.35%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 15288
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) CA Endevor
1 1 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) Syncsort
2 5 (21.74%) Oracle
2 5 (21.74%) SAP
3 4 (17.39%) Salesforce
4 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
4 2 (8.70%) MuleSoft
5 1 (4.35%) Cisco
5 1 (4.35%) ICL
5 1 (4.35%) Juniper
5 1 (4.35%) Nokia