IBM Watson Contract Job Trends in Central London

IBM Watson
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring IBM Watson skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 - 153
Rank change year-on-year - - +57
Contract jobs citing IBM Watson 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.16% - 0.034%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.39% - 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £550 - -

All Cloud Skills
Central London

IBM Watson falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 775 925 1,205
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 40.88% 39.53% 40.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 567 606 837
10th Percentile £347 £400 £338
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £658 £675 £680
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 10
10th Percentile £19.85 £29.40 £16.53
25th Percentile £25.47 £33.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +68.67% +1.22%
75th Percentile £52.16 £49.38 £46.06
90th Percentile £63.81 £75.25 £54.63
London median hourly rate £26.00 £33.75 £38.38
% change year-on-year -22.96% -12.05% +35.24%

IBM Watson
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IBM Watson relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

IBM Watson job vacancy trend in Central London

IBM Watson
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing IBM Watson.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing IBM Watson

IBM Watson
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM Watson within the Central London region over the 6 months to 6 November 2025. 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
City of London - 3 £550 - 3
IBM Watson
London

IBM Watson
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Chatbot
1 3 (100.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) ChatGPT
1 3 (100.00%) Figma
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Content Writing
1 3 (100.00%) Conversational AI
1 3 (100.00%) Conversational UI
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 3 (100.00%) LLM
1 3 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) UX Design
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Genesys
1 3 (100.00%) IBM