IBM Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

IBM
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 31 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 the International Business Machines Corporation.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 51 66
Rank change year-on-year -26 +15 +10
Contract jobs citing IBM 1 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.10% 0.88% 0.13%
As % of the Vendors category 0.22% 2.04% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £818 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £837 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +74.27% -4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £855 - £525
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £475 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

All Vendors
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 454 245 373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 47.19% 43.21% 47.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 155 240
10th Percentile £163 £250 £188
25th Percentile £339 £356 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £470 £470
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% -0.05% +5.67%
75th Percentile £529 £545 £567
90th Percentile £612 £630 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 11 28
10th Percentile £13.07 £14.65 £10.90
25th Percentile £15.71 £16.05 £11.67
Median hourly rate £16.35 £17.00 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.82% +21.43% -20.27%
75th Percentile £23.99 £24.38 £17.98
90th Percentile £25.15 £55.00 £26.50
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £30.50
% change year-on-year -21.67% -1.64% -6.15%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

IBM job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

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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 within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 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
England

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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 Sterling
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce