IBM Sterling Contracts in England

IBM Sterling
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 28 August 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 IBM Sterling Order Management (formerly Yantra).

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 508 - 612
Rank change year-on-year - - +179
DemandTrendContract jobs citing IBM Sterling 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.011% - 0.002%
As % of the Vendors category 0.023% - 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £393 - -
25th Percentile £398 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.00%
75th Percentile £443 - £538
90th Percentile £465 - -
UK median daily rate £390 - £525
% change year-on-year - - -16.00%

All Vendors
England

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 England.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 13,001 14,513 19,028
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.18% 43.74% 43.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,229 9,103 12,738
10th Percentile £274 £300 £263
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
75th Percentile £615 £627 £650
90th Percentile £713 £731 £743
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 644 687 592
10th Percentile £14.71 £13.00 £15.27
25th Percentile £17.49 £15.62 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.28% -27.50% +77.78%
75th Percentile £47.50 £63.75 £61.41
90th Percentile £69.65 £70.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £27.86 £40.77
% change year-on-year -9.73% -31.67% +85.32%

IBM Sterling
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IBM Sterling in England

IBM Sterling
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing IBM Sterling.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing IBM Sterling

IBM Sterling
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing IBM Sterling.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing IBM Sterling

IBM Sterling
DemandTrendContract 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 Sterling within the England region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West - 2 £398 -
North of England - 2 £398 -
IBM Sterling
UK

IBM Sterling
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%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) HTTPS
1 1 (33.33%) SSH
1 1 (33.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) RDBMS
1 1 (33.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Product Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Product Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Product Owner
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Native
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (33.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Data Security
2 2 (66.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Business Case
2 2 (66.67%) Business Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
2 2 (66.67%) Feasibility Study
2 2 (66.67%) Microservices
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Product Backlog
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Key Management
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) ActionScript
1 1 (33.33%) ActionScript 2.0
1 1 (33.33%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CBAP
1 2 (66.67%) CSPO
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) GDPR
1 2 (66.67%) ISO 20022
1 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
2 1 (33.33%) SEPA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) IBM
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft