IBM SoftLayer
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SoftLayer skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SoftLayer over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 12 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 855 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -165 |
| Contract jobs citing SoftLayer | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | - | 0.011% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | - | - | 0.030% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £538 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +48.15% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £733 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £748 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | - |
All Cloud Skills
UK
SoftLayer is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 13,931 | 21,394 | 33,767 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.39% | 36.78% | 38.54% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,904 | 15,475 | 24,618 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £634 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £745 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 345 | 346 | 421 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £18.25 | £15.37 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £35.00 | £22.40 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.94% | +56.25% | -0.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £35.00 | £66.00 | £55.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £64.45 | £78.00 | £67.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.71 | £24.81 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.64% | +24.05% | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SoftLayer as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SoftLayer.