IBM Sterling Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

IBM Sterling
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands requiring knowledge or experience of IBM Sterling products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IBM Sterling over the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, 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 IBM Sterling Order Management (formerly Yantra).

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing IBM Sterling 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.11% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.24% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £818 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £837 - -
75th Percentile £855 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £400 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -20.00% +2.56% -22.00%

All Vendors
East Midlands

IBM Sterling 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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 421 240 359
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 45.71% 43.24% 49.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 148 233
10th Percentile £163 £245 £204
25th Percentile £333 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £473 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.64% -0.53% +6.74%
75th Percentile £525 £545 £567
90th Percentile £625 £641 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 12 20
10th Percentile £13.54 £14.70 £10.77
25th Percentile £16.25 £16.53 £11.67
Median hourly rate £16.50 £17.00 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +16.24% -16.71%
75th Percentile £24.49 £21.80 £19.06
90th Percentile £25.15 £52.68 £26.73
England median hourly rate £23.79 £30.00 £38.45
% change year-on-year -20.71% -21.98% +20.33%

IBM Sterling
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IBM Sterling relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

IBM Sterling job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

IBM Sterling
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing IBM Sterling.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing IBM Sterling

IBM Sterling
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM Sterling within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 January 2026. 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
Nottinghamshire - 1 £837 -
IBM Sterling
England

IBM Sterling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Order Management
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce