IBM Watson Contract Job Trends in England

IBM Watson
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring IBM Watson skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 529 501 577
Rank change year-on-year -28 +76 +183
Contract jobs citing IBM Watson 6 12 2
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.020% 0.038% 0.005%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.052% 0.11% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £550 - -

All Cloud Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,555 11,164 14,087
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.85% 35.71% 35.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,838 7,414 10,287
10th Percentile £300 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £528
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +1.33% -4.09%
75th Percentile £623 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 292 143 290
10th Percentile £14.80 £19.41 £14.49
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.80 £18.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +27.27% +22.22%
75th Percentile £43.75 £64.73 £58.75
90th Percentile £71.25 £70.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% +16.67% +35.87%

IBM Watson
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

IBM Watson job vacancy trend in England

IBM Watson
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

IBM Watson
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IBM Watson in England over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IBM Watson in England

IBM Watson
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 Watson within the England region over the 6 months to 7 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
London - 5 £550 - 5
IBM Watson
UK

IBM Watson
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 (50.00%) Chatbot
1 3 (50.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) ChatGPT
1 3 (50.00%) Figma
2 2 (33.33%) Dialogflow
3 1 (16.67%) Amazon SageMaker
3 1 (16.67%) AWS
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
1 1 (16.67%) Tableau
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Retail
3 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (16.67%) German Language
4 1 (16.67%) Spanish Language
4 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Designer
2 2 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Matplotlib
1 1 (16.67%) Node.js
1 1 (16.67%) NumPy
1 1 (16.67%) Pandas
1 1 (16.67%) scikit-learn
1 1 (16.67%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (16.67%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) AI
2 5 (83.33%) Conversational AI
2 5 (83.33%) Conversational UI
3 4 (66.67%) LLM
3 4 (66.67%) Natural Language Processing
4 3 (50.00%) Content Writing
4 3 (50.00%) Customer Experience
4 3 (50.00%) Generative AI
4 3 (50.00%) User Experience
4 3 (50.00%) UX Design
5 2 (33.33%) Data Science
5 2 (33.33%) Natural Language Understanding
5 2 (33.33%) Personalization
6 1 (16.67%) Analytics
6 1 (16.67%) Deep Learning
6 1 (16.67%) Dialogue System
6 1 (16.67%) Linear Algebra
6 1 (16.67%) Linear Regression
6 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
6 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) IBM
2 3 (50.00%) Genesys
2 3 (50.00%) Google
3 1 (16.67%) Cognos
3 1 (16.67%) Sage