IBM Contracts with Work from Home Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 177 241 218
Rank change year-on-year +64 -23 -14
Contract jobs citing IBM 172 247 548
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.14% 0.98% 1.25%
As % of the Vendors category 2.68% 2.28% 3.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 152 381
10th Percentile £360 £375 £400
25th Percentile £430 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +14.58%
75th Percentile £616 £619 £638
90th Percentile £755 £675 £713
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £563
% change year-on-year -1.43% -6.67% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 1
10th Percentile £28.70 - -
25th Percentile £37.63 £47.50 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £58.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +30.56% +28.57%
75th Percentile £67.50 £68.75 -
90th Percentile £73.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £67.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +3.70% +50.00% -10.00%

All Vendors
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,422 10,810 17,157
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 42.60% 43.09% 39.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,015 7,268 11,680
10th Percentile £325 £325 £344
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 254 252
10th Percentile £13.65 £17.50 £13.94
25th Percentile £16.68 £30.81 £19.19
Median hourly rate £30.56 £54.00 £36.89
Median % change year-on-year -43.41% +46.39% +22.96%
75th Percentile £58.13 £68.44 £52.91
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.25 £66.68
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -48.24% +97.67% -3.91%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing IBM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IBM trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing IBM.

IBM daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing IBM over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

IBM daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing IBM.

IBM hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing IBM over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

IBM hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 21 (12.21%) SAS
2 20 (11.63%) WebSphere
3 11 (6.40%) WebSphere Application Server
4 10 (5.81%) CICS
4 10 (5.81%) Confluence
5 7 (4.07%) IBM HTTP Server
5 7 (4.07%) WebLogic
5 7 (4.07%) WebSphere Portal
6 6 (3.49%) JBoss
6 6 (3.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (2.91%) IIS
8 4 (2.33%) Tomcat
9 3 (1.74%) Apache
9 3 (1.74%) CMS
9 3 (1.74%) nginx
10 2 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (1.16%) Cloud Foundry
10 2 (1.16%) FileNet
11 1 (0.58%) MQSeries
11 1 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (2.33%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.16%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.58%) Weka
Business Applications
1 7 (4.07%) Temenos T24
2 4 (2.33%) Loan IQ
3 2 (1.16%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (1.16%) Maximo
3 2 (1.16%) NetSuite
3 2 (1.16%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 30 (17.44%) AWS
2 21 (12.21%) Azure
3 14 (8.14%) GitHub
4 9 (5.23%) GCP
5 8 (4.65%) Cloud Computing
5 8 (4.65%) IaaS
5 8 (4.65%) PaaS
6 7 (4.07%) Nutanix
6 7 (4.07%) Rubrik
6 7 (4.07%) SaaS
7 4 (2.33%) Apigee
7 4 (2.33%) Kong
8 3 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.74%) IBM Cloud
8 3 (1.74%) Serverless
9 2 (1.16%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (1.16%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (1.16%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.56%) SSL
2 12 (6.98%) DNS
3 10 (5.81%) Firewall
3 10 (5.81%) SAN
4 8 (4.65%) HTTP
5 7 (4.07%) DHCP
5 7 (4.07%) DWDM
5 7 (4.07%) Kerberos
5 7 (4.07%) NAS
5 7 (4.07%) TCP/IP
5 7 (4.07%) VLAN
6 4 (2.33%) Junos
6 4 (2.33%) SDH
6 4 (2.33%) WAN
7 1 (0.58%) MPLS
7 1 (0.58%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (14.53%) DB2
2 10 (5.81%) SQL Server
3 9 (5.23%) IDMS
4 8 (4.65%) MongoDB
5 7 (4.07%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.91%) MySQL
7 4 (2.33%) OLAP
7 4 (2.33%) OLTP
7 4 (2.33%) Oracle OLAP
7 4 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (2.33%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (1.16%) Apache Hive
8 2 (1.16%) Data Mining
8 2 (1.16%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.16%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.58%) Adabas
9 1 (0.58%) DataStage
9 1 (0.58%) GIS
9 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 28 (16.28%) Jenkins
2 20 (11.63%) Git
3 13 (7.56%) JIRA
4 9 (5.23%) IBM UrbanCode
5 7 (4.07%) GitLab
5 7 (4.07%) JUnit
5 7 (4.07%) TeamCity
6 6 (3.49%) Cucumber
7 5 (2.91%) Mockito
7 5 (2.91%) Rational DOORS
7 5 (2.91%) Selenium
8 3 (1.74%) HP UFT
8 3 (1.74%) Katalon Studio
9 2 (1.16%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (1.16%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (1.16%) Subversion
9 2 (1.16%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.58%) Appium
10 1 (0.58%) Rational Performance Tester
10 1 (0.58%) WebDriver
General
1 68 (39.53%) Social Skills
2 52 (30.23%) Finance
3 22 (12.79%) Banking
4 14 (8.14%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.40%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.49%) Front Office
7 5 (2.91%) Financial Institution
7 5 (2.91%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.33%) Aeronautics
8 4 (2.33%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.74%) Billing
9 3 (1.74%) German Language
9 3 (1.74%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.16%) Arabic Language
10 2 (1.16%) Automotive
10 2 (1.16%) French Language
10 2 (1.16%) Japanese Language
10 2 (1.16%) Korean Language
10 2 (1.16%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 32 (18.60%) Developer
2 27 (15.70%) Architect
3 15 (8.72%) Senior
4 11 (6.40%) Programmer
4 11 (6.40%) Systems Programmer
4 11 (6.40%) z/OS Systems Programmer
5 10 (5.81%) Mainframe Developer
6 9 (5.23%) IBM Mainframe Developer
6 9 (5.23%) Lead
6 9 (5.23%) Middleware Engineer
6 9 (5.23%) Senior Developer
6 9 (5.23%) Storage Manager
7 8 (4.65%) Consultant
7 8 (4.65%) Java Developer
7 8 (4.65%) z/OS Engineer
8 7 (4.07%) Mainframe Architect
8 7 (4.07%) Senior Java Developer
9 6 (3.49%) Security Architect
9 6 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (2.91%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (15.70%) ISPF
2 16 (9.30%) Kafka
3 15 (8.72%) Middleware
4 14 (8.14%) Spring Boot
5 12 (6.98%) YAML
6 11 (6.40%) J2EE
6 11 (6.40%) SOAP
7 9 (5.23%) IBM Integration Bus
7 9 (5.23%) Spring
8 8 (4.65%) Web Services
9 7 (4.07%) ActiveMQ
9 7 (4.07%) LDAP
10 6 (3.49%) Apache Camel
10 6 (3.49%) RabbitMQ
10 6 (3.49%) WebSphere MQ
11 5 (2.91%) REST
11 5 (2.91%) RESTful
12 4 (2.33%) JSON
12 4 (2.33%) XML
13 3 (1.74%) Struts
Miscellaneous
1 48 (27.91%) Mainframe
2 20 (11.63%) IBM Mainframe
3 14 (8.14%) Data Centre
4 11 (6.40%) DataPower
4 11 (6.40%) Replication
5 9 (5.23%) LPAR
6 7 (4.07%) Clustering
7 4 (2.33%) Credit Derivative
8 3 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.16%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.16%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.58%) Derivative
10 1 (0.58%) Equities
10 1 (0.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.58%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.58%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 54 (31.40%) zOS
2 40 (23.26%) Linux
3 27 (15.70%) Windows
4 12 (6.98%) Windows Server
5 10 (5.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (5.23%) Solaris
7 7 (4.07%) Oracle Linux
7 7 (4.07%) Unix
8 3 (1.74%) VMS
9 2 (1.16%) AIX
9 2 (1.16%) Windows 10
9 2 (1.16%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (31.40%) Agile
2 28 (16.28%) DevOps
3 27 (15.70%) Risk Management
4 24 (13.95%) CI/CD
5 21 (12.21%) Storage Management
6 20 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (10.47%) Continuous Integration
7 18 (10.47%) Problem Management
8 16 (9.30%) Migration
9 15 (8.72%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (8.72%) Scrum
10 14 (8.14%) ITIL
10 14 (8.14%) Requirements Gathering
11 13 (7.56%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (7.56%) Deployment Automation
12 12 (6.98%) Performance Monitoring
12 12 (6.98%) SDLC
13 11 (6.40%) Microservices
13 11 (6.40%) Project Management
14 10 (5.81%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 47 (27.33%) REXX
2 41 (23.84%) JCL
3 29 (16.86%) Java
4 27 (15.70%) Python
5 19 (11.05%) CLIST
6 15 (8.72%) COBOL
7 14 (8.14%) PowerShell
7 14 (8.14%) SQL
8 12 (6.98%) Assembly Language
9 10 (5.81%) SELCOPY
10 8 (4.65%) Bash
11 3 (1.74%) JavaScript
11 3 (1.74%) Shell Script
12 2 (1.16%) C#
12 2 (1.16%) C++
12 2 (1.16%) Groovy
12 2 (1.16%) RPG
12 2 (1.16%) TypeScript
12 2 (1.16%) XPath
13 1 (0.58%) PHP
Qualifications
1 23 (13.37%) Security Cleared
2 21 (12.21%) SC Cleared
3 11 (6.40%) Degree
4 5 (2.91%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.33%) CCNP
5 4 (2.33%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.33%) HND
5 4 (2.33%) JNCIA
5 4 (2.33%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.16%) PMP
8 1 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.58%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.58%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.58%) CISSP
8 1 (0.58%) CSSLP
8 1 (0.58%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.58%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.65%) GDPR
2 7 (4.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (1.74%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.74%) NIST
4 2 (1.16%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.16%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.58%) HIPAA
System Software
1 42 (24.42%) Time Sharing Option
2 15 (8.72%) RACF
3 14 (8.14%) NFS
4 11 (6.40%) Active Directory
4 11 (6.40%) Docker
5 9 (5.23%) ACF2
6 7 (4.07%) Job Entry Subsystem
6 7 (4.07%) Microcode
6 7 (4.07%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.58%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 27 (15.70%) Ansible
2 20 (11.63%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 12 (6.98%) OMEGAMON
4 11 (6.40%) Kubernetes
4 11 (6.40%) Terraform
5 9 (5.23%) Tivoli
6 7 (4.07%) EMC NetWorker
6 7 (4.07%) Netcool
7 6 (3.49%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (3.49%) zSecure
8 2 (1.16%) CA Endevor
8 2 (1.16%) Kibana
8 2 (1.16%) logstash
8 2 (1.16%) Packer
8 2 (1.16%) TIBCO Hawk
9 1 (0.58%) Control-M
9 1 (0.58%) Grafana
Vendors
1 35 (20.35%) Oracle
2 28 (16.28%) Broadcom
3 22 (12.79%) Dell
4 20 (11.63%) CA
5 16 (9.30%) Splunk
6 14 (8.14%) Brocade
7 12 (6.98%) Cisco
8 11 (6.40%) Microsoft
8 11 (6.40%) Syncsort
9 9 (5.23%) HP
9 9 (5.23%) ServiceNow
10 8 (4.65%) CyberArk
10 8 (4.65%) SAP
11 7 (4.07%) EMC
11 7 (4.07%) Isilon
11 7 (4.07%) Qualys
11 7 (4.07%) Serena
11 7 (4.07%) VMware
12 6 (3.49%) BMC
13 5 (2.91%) Okta