IBM Cloud Contracts in England

IBM Cloud Computing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring IBM Cloud skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IBM Cloud over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 482 541 635
Rank change year-on-year +59 +94 +112
Contract jobs citing IBM Cloud 3 1 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.012% 0.003% 0.036%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.033% 0.008% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 15
10th Percentile £382 - -
25th Percentile £419 - £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £540 - £572
90th Percentile £576 - £725
UK median daily rate £479 - £475
% change year-on-year - - -17.39%

All Cloud Skills
England

IBM Cloud 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 9,062 11,852 18,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.21% 31.87% 36.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,341 8,544 13,518
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £669
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 321 311
10th Percentile £15.03 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.85 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.50 £20.77 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year +22.77% -35.70% +53.81%
75th Percentile £40.50 £32.50 £65.75
90th Percentile £73.38 £61.60 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%

IBM Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IBM Cloud in England

IBM Cloud
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IBM Cloud in England.

Daily rate trend for IBM Cloud in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IBM Cloud in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IBM Cloud in England

IBM Cloud
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IBM Cloud in England.

Hourly rate trend for IBM Cloud in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM Cloud within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North West - 2 £358 -
North of England - 2 £358 -
South East +46 1 £600 - 1
IBM Cloud
UK

IBM Cloud
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (66.67%) WebSphere
1 2 (66.67%) WebSphere Application Server
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) GCP
2 2 (66.67%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Calico
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
1 2 (66.67%) GitLab
1 2 (66.67%) Jenkins
1 2 (66.67%) Maven
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Android
1 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Istio
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
1 2 (66.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) IBM