The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow 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 23 May 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
23 May 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
72 |
69 |
66 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-3 |
-3 |
-28 |
| Contract jobs citing IBM |
8 |
10 |
12 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow |
1.03% |
1.33% |
1.45% |
| As % of the Vendors category |
2.43% |
3.04% |
3.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
1 |
8 |
7 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
£403 |
£410 |
| 25th Percentile |
- |
£408 |
£425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£715 |
£424 |
£440 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+68.63% |
-3.64% |
-18.14% |
| 75th Percentile |
- |
£442 |
£586 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
£474 |
£722 |
| Scotland median daily rate |
£550 |
£479 |
£500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+14.82% |
-4.20% |
-9.09% |
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 Glasgow.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services |
329 |
329 |
353 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow |
42.29% |
43.81% |
42.79% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
202 |
232 |
240 |
| 10th Percentile |
£289 |
£301 |
£199 |
| 25th Percentile |
£400 |
£376 |
£346 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£481 |
£467 |
£450 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+3.05% |
+3.78% |
-4.56% |
| 75th Percentile |
£586 |
£553 |
£550 |
| 90th Percentile |
£675 |
£612 |
£626 |
| Scotland median daily rate |
£475 |
£465 |
£450 |
| % change year-on-year |
+2.26% |
+3.22% |
-4.86% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
11 |
4 |
15 |
| 10th Percentile |
£13.70 |
£15.61 |
£11.50 |
| 25th Percentile |
£16.13 |
£16.40 |
£11.94 |
| Median hourly rate |
£16.25 |
£17.45 |
£16.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-6.85% |
+9.03% |
-72.17% |
| 75th Percentile |
£17.83 |
£18.52 |
£35.23 |
| 90th Percentile |
£50.00 |
£19.36 |
£57.50 |
| Scotland median hourly rate |
£17.24 |
£17.63 |
£17.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-2.18% |
+3.68% |
-70.43% |
