IBM Contracts in the Thames Valley

IBM
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 128 138
Rank change year-on-year -8 +10 -34
Contract jobs citing IBM 7 18 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.26% 0.64% 0.87%
As % of the Vendors category 0.56% 1.34% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 13 10
10th Percentile - £376 £466
25th Percentile £550 £385 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £578 £425 £538
Median % change year-on-year +35.88% -20.93% -2.27%
75th Percentile £669 £688 £587
90th Percentile £701 £698 £610
South East median daily rate £538 £500 £530
% change year-on-year +7.50% -5.66% +7.34%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,258 1,339 1,535
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 47.60% 47.43% 44.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 786 922 1,035
10th Percentile £205 £300 £195
25th Percentile £363 £410 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £589
90th Percentile £688 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 48 52
10th Percentile £16.04 £18.08 £10.75
25th Percentile £20.17 £22.38 £10.77
Median hourly rate £47.50 £49.50 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% +280.77% -
75th Percentile £61.60 £66.21 £28.00
90th Percentile £63.05 £80.25 £66.49
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £19.52
% change year-on-year +5.56% +130.53% -2.40%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for IBM in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for IBM in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IBM in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IBM in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for IBM in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 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
Berkshire -16 4 £675 +22.73% 1
Buckinghamshire +21 3 £550 +42.86% 1
IBM
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (14.29%) Appian
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Maximo
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco IOS
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
1 3 (42.86%) NX-OS
2 2 (28.57%) VPN
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (14.29%) SD-WAN
3 1 (14.29%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 4 (57.14%) Documentation Skills
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Designer
2 1 (14.29%) E-Business Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Functional Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Solutions Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) ERP
3 1 (14.29%) Logistics
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Time Management
3 1 (14.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) CCNP
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) CCIE
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Ansible
1 3 (42.86%) Netcool
1 3 (42.86%) Terraform
2 2 (28.57%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) CheckPoint
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco
1 3 (42.86%) Dynatrace
1 3 (42.86%) Infoblox
1 3 (42.86%) Nokia
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle
3 1 (14.29%) TIBCO