IBM Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

IBM
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 12 July 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
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 72 64
Rank change year-on-year -30 -8 +27
Contract jobs citing IBM 4 5 37
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.22% 0.55% 2.14%
As % of the Vendors category 0.60% 1.04% 4.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 17
10th Percentile £538 £354 £356
25th Percentile £576 £398 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £643 £491 £525
Median % change year-on-year +30.79% -6.43% +5.00%
75th Percentile £646 £580 £600
90th Percentile - £621 £614
South East median daily rate £425 £538 £450
% change year-on-year -20.93% +19.44% -10.00%

All Vendors
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 671 479 862
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 36.29% 52.46% 49.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 353 475
10th Percentile £383 £205 £406
25th Percentile £463 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £647 £613 £669
90th Percentile £738 £650 £733
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +2.50% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 20 65
10th Percentile £12.29 £21.10 £14.80
25th Percentile £17.13 £24.66 £53.40
Median hourly rate £38.25 £33.89 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +12.88% -40.92% +11.90%
75th Percentile £65.58 £59.05 £61.30
90th Percentile £71.00 £69.81 £70.00
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £20.75 £51.50
% change year-on-year +153.01% -59.71% +14.44%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

IBM job vacancy trend in Hampshire

IBM
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing IBM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing IBM

IBM
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing IBM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing IBM

IBM
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 12 July 2026. 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
Portsmouth -6 2 £643 - 3
Farnborough - 1 £525 -
Fareham - 1 - - 2
IBM
South East

IBM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (25.00%) Git
2 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Military
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (25.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Buyer
2 1 (25.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Buyer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Physics
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) Synthetic Environment
2 2 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Demand Management
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C
1 3 (75.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) Lua
2 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (25.00%) Ada
3 1 (25.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft