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West Midlands > Birmingham
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring knowledge or experience of IBM products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IBM over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two 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 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 48 | 63 | 73 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +15 | +10 | +16 |
| Contract jobs citing IBM | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham | 0.38% | 0.52% | 0.22% |
| As % of the Vendors category | 0.82% | 1.20% | 0.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £390 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £431 | £625 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £500 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -23.08% | +23.81% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £513 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £520 | - |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £460 | £403 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.21% | -10.50% | -14.29% |
All Vendors
Birmingham
IBM falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Birmingham.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 245 | 332 | 403 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham | 46.93% | 42.95% | 44.58% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 176 | 219 | 236 |
| 10th Percentile | £160 | £262 | £229 |
| 25th Percentile | £353 | £330 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £425 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +20.59% | -10.53% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £613 | £575 | £608 |
| 90th Percentile | £691 | £692 | £700 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £479 | £450 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.33% | -10.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 7 | 23 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | £20.15 | £11.55 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.13 | £14.00 | £13.73 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.00 | £26.00 | £19.60 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.38% | +32.64% | -1.99% |
| 75th Percentile | £30.68 | £39.63 | £51.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £42.66 | £55.00 | £97.50 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £18.51 | £19.95 | £18.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.22% | +7.84% | +7.06% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing IBM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IBM in Birmingham.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IBM in Birmingham.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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: