IBM Contracts in England

IBM
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 16 June 2024, 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
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 227 318 259
Rank change year-on-year +91 -59 -26
Contract jobs citing IBM 386 358 774
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.03% 0.76% 1.10%
As % of the Vendors category 2.44% 1.79% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 237 518
10th Percentile £365 £373 £403
25th Percentile £415 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -11.30% +15.00%
75th Percentile £650 £617 £675
90th Percentile £750 £718 £766
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 1 15
10th Percentile £51.40 - £39.90
25th Percentile £65.00 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £80.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +45.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £68.20
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £67.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +3.70% +22.73% +12.82%

All Vendors
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,802 19,999 28,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.13% 42.52% 39.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,992 13,722 19,314
10th Percentile £270 £267 £278
25th Percentile £408 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% +0.95% +6.92%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,063 547 756
10th Percentile £12.28 £15.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £14.50 £18.84 £15.25
Median hourly rate £23.50 £37.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.49% +72.09% +7.50%
75th Percentile £59.10 £60.00 £48.48
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.25 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £22.56 £42.50 £21.64
% change year-on-year -46.92% +96.40% +5.56%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IBM in England

IBM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for IBM in England

IBM
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IBM in England over the 6 months to 16 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IBM in England

IBM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for IBM in England

IBM
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IBM in England over the 6 months to 16 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IBM 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 within the England region over the 6 months to 16 June 2024. 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 +50 152 £600 +14.29% 52
North of England +35 65 £462 -2.84% 20
South East +31 62 £500 - 28
South West +38 54 £650 +44.44% 13
Yorkshire +33 49 £430 -22.87% 6
East of England +19 23 £513 +25.61% 17
Midlands +13 21 £377 -22.77% 7
West Midlands +21 19 £377 -23.75% 4
North West +10 13 £539 +65.85% 14
North East - 3 £400 -
East Midlands +1 2 - - 3
IBM
UK

IBM
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 27 (6.99%) SAS
2 23 (5.96%) WebSphere
3 16 (4.15%) CICS
4 13 (3.37%) Confluence
5 10 (2.59%) Appian
5 10 (2.59%) IIS
5 10 (2.59%) Tomcat
5 10 (2.59%) WebLogic
6 9 (2.33%) JBoss
6 9 (2.33%) MQSeries
7 8 (2.07%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 7 (1.81%) Apache
8 7 (1.81%) WebSphere Application Server
9 6 (1.55%) nginx
10 4 (1.04%) CMS
11 2 (0.52%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.52%) FileNet
11 2 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.26%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.26%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 8 (2.07%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.52%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.26%) Adobe Captivate
4 1 (0.26%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.26%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 17 (4.40%) Maximo
2 13 (3.37%) Temenos T24
3 6 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.52%) BusinessWorks
4 2 (0.52%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.26%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 47 (12.18%) AWS
2 32 (8.29%) Azure
3 17 (4.40%) SaaS
4 15 (3.89%) PaaS
5 12 (3.11%) GCP
6 11 (2.85%) GitHub
7 8 (2.07%) Apigee
8 7 (1.81%) Kong
9 6 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (1.55%) IaaS
10 5 (1.30%) Nutanix
10 5 (1.30%) Rubrik
10 5 (1.30%) Unqork
11 3 (0.78%) Alation
11 3 (0.78%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.78%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.52%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.22%) SAN
2 22 (5.70%) SSL
3 14 (3.63%) Firewall
4 13 (3.37%) DNS
5 9 (2.33%) PBX
5 9 (2.33%) VoIP
6 8 (2.07%) WAN
7 7 (1.81%) SDH
8 6 (1.55%) NAS
8 6 (1.55%) TCP/IP
9 5 (1.30%) DHCP
9 5 (1.30%) DWDM
9 5 (1.30%) HTTP
9 5 (1.30%) Kerberos
9 5 (1.30%) VLAN
10 4 (1.04%) Junos
11 3 (0.78%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (0.78%) NX-OS
12 2 (0.52%) Network Security
12 2 (0.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (10.88%) DB2
2 23 (5.96%) Relational Database
3 12 (3.11%) IDMS
3 12 (3.11%) RDBMS
3 12 (3.11%) SQL Server
4 10 (2.59%) MongoDB
5 7 (1.81%) OLAP
5 7 (1.81%) OLTP
6 6 (1.55%) MySQL
6 6 (1.55%) Oracle OLAP
7 5 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.30%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (1.30%) SAP HANA
7 5 (1.30%) Sybase ASE
8 4 (1.04%) Metadata
9 3 (0.78%) Big Data
10 2 (0.52%) Informix
10 2 (0.52%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.52%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 29 (7.51%) Rational DOORS
2 23 (5.96%) Git
3 22 (5.70%) Jenkins
4 17 (4.40%) JIRA
5 15 (3.89%) Rational Rhapsody
6 10 (2.59%) IBM UrbanCode
7 7 (1.81%) Selenium
8 6 (1.55%) TeamCity
9 4 (1.04%) Appium
9 4 (1.04%) LoadRunner
9 4 (1.04%) Rational Performance Tester
9 4 (1.04%) Visual Studio
9 4 (1.04%) WebDriver
10 3 (0.78%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.78%) GitLab
10 3 (0.78%) HP UFT
10 3 (0.78%) JUnit
10 3 (0.78%) Katalon Studio
10 3 (0.78%) Mockito
11 2 (0.52%) Maven
General
1 105 (27.20%) Social Skills
2 73 (18.91%) Finance
3 41 (10.62%) Banking
4 36 (9.33%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (5.96%) Public Sector
6 21 (5.44%) Telecoms
7 14 (3.63%) Aerospace
8 13 (3.37%) Electronics
9 8 (2.07%) Front Office
10 7 (1.81%) Aeronautics
10 7 (1.81%) Digital Economy
11 6 (1.55%) German Language
11 6 (1.55%) Private Banking
12 5 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.30%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.04%) Legal
14 3 (0.78%) Back Office
14 3 (0.78%) Billing
14 3 (0.78%) Military
Job Titles
1 71 (18.39%) Architect
2 50 (12.95%) Developer
3 36 (9.33%) Software Engineer
4 33 (8.55%) Embedded Engineer
4 33 (8.55%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 32 (8.29%) Solutions Architect
6 23 (5.96%) Applications Support
7 21 (5.44%) Senior
8 18 (4.66%) Applications Specialist
9 17 (4.40%) Analyst
9 17 (4.40%) Lead
9 17 (4.40%) Storage Manager
10 16 (4.15%) Mainframe Developer
10 16 (4.15%) Programmer
11 15 (3.89%) Security Architect
11 15 (3.89%) Systems Programmer
11 15 (3.89%) z/OS Systems Programmer
12 14 (3.63%) Consultant
12 14 (3.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 13 (3.37%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (7.77%) ISPF
2 24 (6.22%) Kafka
3 20 (5.18%) SOAP
3 20 (5.18%) Web Services
4 18 (4.66%) Spring
5 15 (3.89%) Spring Boot
6 14 (3.63%) Flash
6 14 (3.63%) REST
7 13 (3.37%) IBM Integration Bus
8 12 (3.11%) RabbitMQ
9 11 (2.85%) Middleware
9 11 (2.85%) OpenID
9 11 (2.85%) RESTful
10 10 (2.59%) XACML
10 10 (2.59%) XML
11 9 (2.33%) ActiveMQ
12 8 (2.07%) J2EE
12 8 (2.07%) SAML
12 8 (2.07%) WebSphere MQ
12 8 (2.07%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (13.73%) Mainframe
2 25 (6.48%) ARM Cortex
3 18 (4.66%) Data Centre
3 18 (4.66%) DataPower
4 17 (4.40%) IBM Mainframe
5 15 (3.89%) Replication
6 13 (3.37%) Driving Licence
7 10 (2.59%) iSeries
8 9 (2.33%) Blackberry
8 9 (2.33%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (2.07%) LPAR
9 8 (2.07%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.81%) AS400
11 6 (1.55%) Clustering
11 6 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.30%) Derivative
12 5 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.30%) OTC Derivatives
12 5 (1.30%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 104 (26.94%) Linux
2 59 (15.28%) zOS
3 42 (10.88%) Windows
4 39 (10.10%) Unix
5 25 (6.48%) FreeRTOS
6 19 (4.92%) AIX
7 17 (4.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 17 (4.40%) Solaris
8 14 (3.63%) Windows Server
9 5 (1.30%) Oracle Linux
9 5 (1.30%) VMS
10 2 (0.52%) HPUX
10 2 (0.52%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.26%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (15.28%) Agile
2 57 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (11.66%) Software Engineering
4 44 (11.40%) DevOps
5 43 (11.14%) ITIL
6 35 (9.07%) Risk Management
7 29 (7.51%) Configuration Management
8 28 (7.25%) Stakeholder Management
9 27 (6.99%) CI/CD
9 27 (6.99%) Enterprise Architecture
10 26 (6.74%) Storage Management
10 26 (6.74%) TOGAF
11 25 (6.48%) Roadmaps
12 24 (6.22%) Incident Management
12 24 (6.22%) Migration
13 23 (5.96%) Project Management
14 21 (5.44%) Continuous Integration
15 20 (5.18%) ArchiMate
15 20 (5.18%) Computer Science
15 20 (5.18%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 54 (13.99%) Python
2 47 (12.18%) Java
3 43 (11.14%) REXX
4 39 (10.10%) C
4 39 (10.10%) JCL
4 39 (10.10%) SQL
5 25 (6.48%) Embedded C
6 24 (6.22%) PowerShell
7 22 (5.70%) COBOL
8 19 (4.92%) Shell Script
9 18 (4.66%) CLIST
10 13 (3.37%) Assembly Language
11 12 (3.11%) SELCOPY
12 11 (2.85%) Ada
13 9 (2.33%) JavaScript
14 8 (2.07%) Bash
14 8 (2.07%) C#
15 7 (1.81%) RPG
16 5 (1.30%) C++
16 5 (1.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 110 (28.50%) Security Cleared
2 94 (24.35%) SC Cleared
3 36 (9.33%) Degree
4 17 (4.40%) DV Cleared
5 12 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.11%) TOGAF Certification
6 11 (2.85%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (2.85%) HND
7 10 (2.59%) CCNP
8 6 (1.55%) IBM Certification
9 4 (1.04%) JNCIA
10 3 (0.78%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.52%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.26%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.26%) CSSLP
12 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.26%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.07%) QA
2 7 (1.81%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.55%) GDPR
4 5 (1.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.04%) Def Stans
5 4 (1.04%) DO-178B
6 3 (0.78%) MISRA
6 3 (0.78%) NIST
6 3 (0.78%) SLA
7 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.26%) GRC
8 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.26%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 1 (0.26%) SEPA
System Software
1 38 (9.84%) Time Sharing Option
2 19 (4.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (4.66%) RACF
4 15 (3.89%) Docker
5 12 (3.11%) ACF2
6 10 (2.59%) NFS
7 9 (2.33%) Active Directory
8 8 (2.07%) Hyper-V
8 8 (2.07%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (1.55%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 6 (1.55%) Microcode
10 5 (1.30%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 4 (1.04%) Firmware
12 1 (0.26%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 46 (11.92%) Ansible
2 27 (6.99%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 21 (5.44%) Kubernetes
4 20 (5.18%) Netcool
5 16 (4.15%) OMEGAMON
6 15 (3.89%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (3.11%) Terraform
8 8 (2.07%) Grafana
9 7 (1.81%) ITRS Geneos
9 7 (1.81%) Rancher
9 7 (1.81%) Red Hat Satellite
9 7 (1.81%) SCOM
9 7 (1.81%) Tivoli
9 7 (1.81%) Tivoli Identity Manager
10 6 (1.55%) zSecure
11 5 (1.30%) CA Endevor
11 5 (1.30%) EMC NetWorker
12 4 (1.04%) Control-M
13 2 (0.52%) Rundeck
13 2 (0.52%) TIBCO Hawk
Vendors
1 54 (13.99%) Oracle
2 38 (9.84%) Microsoft
3 29 (7.51%) Cisco
3 29 (7.51%) SAP
4 28 (7.25%) Broadcom
5 27 (6.99%) Brocade
6 26 (6.74%) Dell
7 25 (6.48%) Lauterbach
8 23 (5.96%) Nokia
9 22 (5.70%) VMware
10 20 (5.18%) Juniper
11 18 (4.66%) Splunk
12 17 (4.40%) CA
12 17 (4.40%) HP
13 16 (4.15%) Red Hat
13 16 (4.15%) ServiceNow
14 14 (3.63%) Dynatrace
15 13 (3.37%) Google
15 13 (3.37%) Syncsort
16 12 (3.11%) Okta