IBM
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within the International Business Machines Corporation.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 285 375 422
Rank change year-on-year +90 +47 -84
Permanent jobs citing IBM 1,019 891 1,348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.03% 0.88% 0.86%
As % of the Vendors category 2.79% 2.10% 2.21%
Number of salaries quoted 473 403 758
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,900 £35,745
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,352 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,750
Median % change year-on-year - -1.23% +1.25%
75th Percentile £72,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £83,759 £87,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,882 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.22% -0.21% +15.61%

All Vendors
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36,515 42,452 61,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.84% 41.89% 38.90%
Number of salaries quoted 25,000 24,240 32,762
10th Percentile £26,700 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,294 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +4.40%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IBM in the UK

IBM
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IBM.

Salary trend for IBM in the UK

IBM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IBM over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IBM in the UK

IBM
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +118 921 £57,000 -5.00% 160
UK excluding London +80 791 £55,000 +0.22% 85
Work from Home +59 306 £62,500 - 67
North of England +140 255 £65,000 +18.44% 24
South East +87 229 £54,000 -1.82% 20
North West +115 183 £60,000 +9.33% 19
London +51 173 £65,000 - 68
Midlands -22 131 £45,000 +38.46% 11
South West +2 85 £50,000 -13.04% 18
East Midlands +45 84 £45,000 -5.26% 4
Yorkshire +79 58 £68,619 +25.03% 5
East of England +12 49 £52,500 -6.25% 13
West Midlands -61 47 £45,000 +38.46% 7
Scotland -93 24 £75,669 +11.88%
North East - 14 £78,126 -
Wales -2 12 £54,036 +21.43%
Northern Ireland +29 7 £28,000 -62.67% 2

IBM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 53 (5.20%) WebSphere
2 38 (3.73%) nginx
3 36 (3.53%) Camunda
4 30 (2.94%) FileNet
5 28 (2.75%) Captiva
6 17 (1.67%) SharePoint
7 15 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
7 15 (1.47%) SAS
8 13 (1.28%) Confluence
9 8 (0.79%) Anypoint
9 8 (0.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 7 (0.69%) IBM Notes
11 4 (0.39%) MQSeries
12 3 (0.29%) Apache
12 3 (0.29%) Apache Spark
12 3 (0.29%) CICS
12 3 (0.29%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.29%) Oracle HTTP Server
13 2 (0.20%) Documentum
13 2 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 24 (2.36%) Simulink
2 21 (2.06%) Stateflow
3 18 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (0.69%) CANalyzer
6 2 (0.20%) Abaqus
6 2 (0.20%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.20%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.098%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.098%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.098%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.098%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.08%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 10 (0.98%) Maximo
3 8 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.69%) BPCS
5 2 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.20%) SAP EWM
5 2 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.098%) Cognos Controller
6 1 (0.098%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.098%) Misys Opics
6 1 (0.098%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.098%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.098%) Postilion
6 1 (0.098%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.098%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.098%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.098%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 429 (42.10%) IBM Cloud
2 414 (40.63%) Azure
3 179 (17.57%) Azure DevOps
4 126 (12.37%) Serverless
5 125 (12.27%) Azure API Management
5 125 (12.27%) Azure Functions
5 125 (12.27%) Azure Logic Apps
5 125 (12.27%) Azure Service Bus
6 115 (11.29%) AWS
7 89 (8.73%) GCP
8 66 (6.48%) OpenShift
9 59 (5.79%) Amazon EKS
9 59 (5.79%) Amazon S3
9 59 (5.79%) OCI
10 58 (5.69%) Amazon ECR
10 58 (5.69%) Route 53
11 39 (3.83%) GitHub
12 33 (3.24%) Microsoft 365
13 22 (2.16%) SaaS
14 20 (1.96%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 59 (5.79%) SAN
2 32 (3.14%) Firewall
3 14 (1.37%) J1939
4 13 (1.28%) DNS
5 12 (1.18%) Internet
5 12 (1.18%) LAN
6 10 (0.98%) VPN
7 9 (0.88%) Multicast
7 9 (0.88%) VLAN
7 9 (0.88%) WAN
8 8 (0.79%) TCP/IP
8 8 (0.79%) Wireless
9 7 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.59%) SSL
11 5 (0.49%) DHCP
11 5 (0.49%) Ethernet
11 5 (0.49%) HTTP
11 5 (0.49%) NAS
11 5 (0.49%) VoIP
12 4 (0.39%) Unicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 296 (29.05%) DB2
2 286 (28.07%) MongoDB
3 253 (24.83%) NoSQL
4 240 (23.55%) PostgreSQL
5 169 (16.58%) Relational Database
6 79 (7.75%) SQL Server
7 58 (5.69%) Amazon RDS
8 51 (5.00%) Oracle Database
9 18 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
9 18 (1.77%) Metadata
10 15 (1.47%) RDBMS
11 11 (1.08%) Power BI
12 9 (0.88%) Tableau
13 7 (0.69%) GIS
13 7 (0.69%) QlikView
14 6 (0.59%) OLAP
14 6 (0.59%) OLAP Cube
14 6 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
15 4 (0.39%) Cognos Framework Manager
15 4 (0.39%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 71 (6.97%) JIRA
2 35 (3.43%) Oracle Forms
3 30 (2.94%) Rational DOORS
4 28 (2.75%) ClearCase
4 28 (2.75%) Jenkins
5 27 (2.65%) Rational Rhapsody
6 25 (2.45%) IBM UrbanCode
7 21 (2.06%) ClearQuest
7 21 (2.06%) Plastic SCM
8 17 (1.67%) Git
9 12 (1.18%) Maven
10 9 (0.88%) Rational Team Concert
10 9 (0.88%) Team Foundation Server
11 6 (0.59%) ERwin
12 5 (0.49%) Jasmine
12 5 (0.49%) Mockito
13 4 (0.39%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.39%) Selenium
14 3 (0.29%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.29%) SonarQube
General
1 396 (38.86%) Public Sector
2 227 (22.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 209 (20.51%) Social Skills
4 198 (19.43%) Finance
5 98 (9.62%) Banking
6 94 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
7 50 (4.91%) Legal
8 47 (4.61%) Retail
9 38 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
10 25 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
11 21 (2.06%) Automotive
12 17 (1.67%) Electronics
13 16 (1.57%) Marketing
14 15 (1.47%) Law
15 14 (1.37%) Manufacturing
16 11 (1.08%) Aerospace
16 11 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (0.98%) Financial Institution
17 10 (0.98%) Front Office
18 9 (0.88%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 192 (18.84%) Developer
2 149 (14.62%) Full Stack Engineer
3 136 (13.35%) Senior
4 128 (12.56%) Full Stack Developer
5 125 (12.27%) Azure Developer
6 111 (10.89%) Azure Engineer
7 89 (8.73%) DevOps Engineer
8 72 (7.07%) Software Engineer
9 71 (6.97%) Analyst
10 67 (6.58%) Lead
11 66 (6.48%) Architect
12 61 (5.99%) Senior DevOps
12 61 (5.99%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 52 (5.10%) Systems Engineer
14 49 (4.81%) Support Engineer
15 39 (3.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 38 (3.73%) Field Engineer
16 38 (3.73%) Field Service Engineer
17 35 (3.43%) Solutions Architect
18 32 (3.14%) Storage Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 279 (27.38%) React
2 265 (26.01%) .NET
3 255 (25.02%) REST
4 253 (24.83%) AngularJS
5 249 (24.44%) Web Services
6 241 (23.65%) jQuery
7 240 (23.55%) ASP.NET
7 240 (23.55%) ASP.NET Core
7 240 (23.55%) HTML
7 240 (23.55%) Vue
8 238 (23.36%) Backbone.js
8 238 (23.36%) CSS
8 238 (23.36%) Ember.js
8 238 (23.36%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 163 (16.00%) Node.js
10 36 (3.53%) KeystoneJS
10 36 (3.53%) Swagger
11 20 (1.96%) Spring
12 16 (1.57%) Kafka
13 14 (1.37%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 412 (40.43%) Hybrid Cloud
2 408 (40.04%) Blockchain
3 263 (25.81%) Algorithms
4 240 (23.55%) Data Structures
5 215 (21.10%) e-Learning
6 53 (5.20%) Data Centre
7 50 (4.91%) Driving Licence
8 44 (4.32%) AS400
9 41 (4.02%) Distributed Systems
10 40 (3.93%) Self-Motivation
11 39 (3.83%) Public Cloud
12 38 (3.73%) Replication
13 34 (3.34%) iSeries
13 34 (3.34%) Private Cloud
14 30 (2.94%) DataPower
15 28 (2.75%) EPoS
16 25 (2.45%) Clustering
16 25 (2.45%) Mainframe
17 20 (1.96%) Management Information System
18 17 (1.67%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 409 (40.14%) Linux
2 380 (37.29%) Windows
3 238 (23.36%) Android
3 238 (23.36%) Apple iOS
4 59 (5.79%) Unix
5 49 (4.81%) CentOS
6 42 (4.12%) Windows Server
7 40 (3.93%) Alpine Linux
7 40 (3.93%) Debian
8 31 (3.04%) zOS
9 20 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 19 (1.86%) AIX
11 18 (1.77%) Windows Server 2012
12 15 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
13 14 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
14 13 (1.28%) Windows 10
15 9 (0.88%) Solaris
16 8 (0.79%) SUSE
16 8 (0.79%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
16 8 (0.79%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 418 (41.02%) Artificial Intelligence
2 342 (33.56%) DevOps
3 303 (29.74%) Agile
4 290 (28.46%) Full Stack Development
5 278 (27.28%) Co-Creation
6 276 (27.09%) Coaching
7 269 (26.40%) Design Patterns
7 269 (26.40%) Mentoring
8 250 (24.53%) OO
9 248 (24.34%) SOLID
10 242 (23.75%) Web Development
11 240 (23.55%) MVC
11 240 (23.55%) MVVM
11 240 (23.55%) OOP
12 239 (23.45%) User Experience
13 238 (23.36%) Design Thinking
13 238 (23.36%) Responsive Web Design
14 140 (13.74%) Problem-Solving
15 125 (12.27%) API Management
15 125 (12.27%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 399 (39.16%) SQL
2 288 (28.26%) JavaScript
3 246 (24.14%) Java
4 242 (23.75%) C#
5 170 (16.68%) Python
6 43 (4.22%) RPG
7 36 (3.53%) Lua
8 30 (2.94%) C
9 29 (2.85%) PowerShell
10 25 (2.45%) MATLAB
11 21 (2.06%) Embedded C
12 20 (1.96%) RPG IV
13 18 (1.77%) Groovy
14 17 (1.67%) Perl
15 13 (1.28%) Bash
15 13 (1.28%) JCL
16 11 (1.08%) ActionScript
16 11 (1.08%) RPG/400
17 10 (0.98%) REXX
17 10 (0.98%) VB
Qualifications
1 122 (11.97%) Degree
2 92 (9.03%) Security Cleared
3 59 (5.79%) BPSS Clearance
4 50 (4.91%) SC Cleared
5 45 (4.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 44 (4.32%) MCSE
7 43 (4.22%) Azure Certification
8 41 (4.02%) MCSA
9 38 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.28%) HND
11 10 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
11 10 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (0.49%) Chartered Engineer
12 5 (0.49%) CTC Cleared
12 5 (0.49%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.49%) RHCA
13 4 (0.39%) A+ Certification
13 4 (0.39%) MCP
13 4 (0.39%) Server+ Certification
14 2 (0.20%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (4.81%) SLA
2 30 (2.94%) GDPR
3 28 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (2.36%) MISRA
5 14 (1.37%) Automotive SPICE
5 14 (1.37%) AUTOSAR
5 14 (1.37%) ISO 26262
6 11 (1.08%) QA
7 8 (0.79%) ISO 9001
8 7 (0.69%) IEC 61508
8 7 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 6 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 5 (0.49%) NIST
11 4 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.29%) Data Quality
12 3 (0.29%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.20%) ISO 31000
13 2 (0.20%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.098%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 104 (10.21%) Docker
2 63 (6.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (3.63%) Active Directory
4 34 (3.34%) Firmware
5 26 (2.55%) vSphere
6 25 (2.45%) VMware ESXi
7 13 (1.28%) Hyper-V
8 12 (1.18%) Time Sharing Option
9 10 (0.98%) OpenSSH
9 10 (0.98%) XenApp
10 6 (0.59%) RACF
11 5 (0.49%) NFS
11 5 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
12 3 (0.29%) ACF2
12 3 (0.29%) Lustre
12 3 (0.29%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 2 (0.20%) Apache ZooKeeper
13 2 (0.20%) iptables
13 2 (0.20%) PowerHA
13 2 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 119 (11.68%) Terraform
2 107 (10.50%) Kubernetes
3 58 (5.69%) Prometheus
4 24 (2.36%) Ansible
5 20 (1.96%) QRadar
6 17 (1.67%) Progress Chef
7 11 (1.08%) NetBackup
7 11 (1.08%) SCOM
8 10 (0.98%) IBM BigFix
8 10 (0.98%) PowerCLI
8 10 (0.98%) vCenter Server
9 9 (0.88%) Backup Exec
10 8 (0.79%) FortiGate
10 8 (0.79%) Nagios
11 7 (0.69%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 6 (0.59%) ZABBIX
13 5 (0.49%) OMEGAMON
14 4 (0.39%) Nessus
15 3 (0.29%) MAINVIEW
15 3 (0.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 411 (40.33%) Red Hat
2 177 (17.37%) Oracle
3 121 (11.87%) Microsoft
4 80 (7.85%) VMware
5 61 (5.99%) Dell
6 60 (5.89%) Dynatrace
7 58 (5.69%) SAP
8 56 (5.50%) Google
9 46 (4.51%) HP
10 39 (3.83%) NetApp
11 37 (3.63%) ServiceNow
12 28 (2.75%) Kofax
12 28 (2.75%) Pega
12 28 (2.75%) Splunk
13 26 (2.55%) Citrix
14 22 (2.16%) Cisco
14 22 (2.16%) Salesforce
15 21 (2.06%) Lauterbach
16 20 (1.96%) Facebook
16 20 (1.96%) Veeam