IBM Contract Job Trends in London

IBM
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 30 September 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
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 251 259 244
Rank change year-on-year +8 -15 -17
Contract jobs citing IBM 210 109 150
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.03% 0.82% 0.94%
As % of the Vendors category 2.42% 1.75% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 78 92
10th Percentile £352 £405 £302
25th Percentile £430 £487 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £609 £513
Median % change year-on-year -13.76% +18.78% -2.38%
75th Percentile £636 £675 £650
90th Percentile £748 £700 £750
England median daily rate £500 £550 £480
% change year-on-year -9.09% +14.58% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71.25 - -
Median hourly rate £72.50 £25.15 -
Median % change year-on-year +188.27% - -
75th Percentile £73.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £25.15 £70.00
% change year-on-year +158.45% -64.07% +7.69%

All Vendors
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,685 6,211 6,951
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.72% 46.45% 43.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,653 4,040 4,419
10th Percentile £331 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £514 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +1.28% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 114 78
10th Percentile £16.70 £16.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £19.50 £23.00 £24.26
Median hourly rate £36.50 £25.58 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year +42.72% -25.33% -8.67%
75th Percentile £63.75 £38.44 £64.69
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.60 £83.75
England median hourly rate £26.14 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +3.94% -28.14% -20.16%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

IBM job vacancy trend in London

IBM
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing IBM

IBM
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IBM in London over the 6 months to 30 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IBM in London

IBM
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing IBM

IBM
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the London region over the 6 months to 30 September 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
Central London -18 30 £525 -4.55% 17
South London - 3 £700 -
West London - 1 £450 - 1
IBM
England

IBM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 17 (8.10%) Confluence
2 16 (7.62%) WebSphere
3 11 (5.24%) SharePoint
4 9 (4.29%) CICS
5 8 (3.81%) nginx
5 8 (3.81%) Tomcat
6 7 (3.33%) Camunda
6 7 (3.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (1.90%) WebLogic
8 3 (1.43%) JBoss
9 2 (0.95%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.48%) HCL Domino
10 1 (0.48%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.48%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.38%) Windchill
3 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (3.33%) Maximo
2 5 (2.38%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 5 (2.38%) Teamcenter
3 4 (1.90%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.95%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
4 2 (0.95%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.48%) Actimize
5 1 (0.48%) Cognos Controller
5 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.48%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.48%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.48%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 42 (20.00%) Azure
2 36 (17.14%) AWS
3 14 (6.67%) GCP
4 13 (6.19%) GitHub
5 9 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (3.81%) IBM Blueworks
7 7 (3.33%) OpenShift
8 6 (2.86%) Azure API Management
9 5 (2.38%) Entra ID
9 5 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (2.38%) IBM Watson
10 4 (1.90%) Amazon Bedrock
10 4 (1.90%) Azure AI
10 4 (1.90%) Azure Functions
10 4 (1.90%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (1.90%) Copilot Studio
10 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (1.90%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.90%) Serverless
10 4 (1.90%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.76%) HTTP
2 4 (1.90%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.95%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (0.95%) Firewall
3 2 (0.95%) Internet
3 2 (0.95%) SSH
3 2 (0.95%) SSL
4 1 (0.48%) APPN
4 1 (0.48%) BGP
4 1 (0.48%) DMZ
4 1 (0.48%) DNS
4 1 (0.48%) DSL
4 1 (0.48%) EIGRP
4 1 (0.48%) IPv4
4 1 (0.48%) Multicast
4 1 (0.48%) Network Security
4 1 (0.48%) OSPF
4 1 (0.48%) SNA
4 1 (0.48%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.48%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 13 (6.19%) Oracle Database
3 11 (5.24%) Db2
4 10 (4.76%) Relational Database
5 9 (4.29%) MongoDB
6 7 (3.33%) DataStage
6 7 (3.33%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (3.33%) Metadata
6 7 (3.33%) Tableau
7 6 (2.86%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.43%) Big Data
8 3 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.43%) GIS
8 3 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.95%) IBM InfoSphere
9 2 (0.95%) Power BI
9 2 (0.95%) Redis
10 1 (0.48%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.48%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.48%) DataStax
Development Applications
1 24 (11.43%) Jenkins
2 21 (10.00%) Git
3 20 (9.52%) JIRA
4 13 (6.19%) JMeter
5 12 (5.71%) SonarQube
6 11 (5.24%) LoadRunner
6 11 (5.24%) Postman
6 11 (5.24%) SoapUI
7 8 (3.81%) eggPlant
7 8 (3.81%) Gradle
8 7 (3.33%) GitLab
9 6 (2.86%) Maven
9 6 (2.86%) REST Assured
9 6 (2.86%) Selenium
9 6 (2.86%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (2.38%) Bitbucket Server
10 5 (2.38%) JUnit
10 5 (2.38%) Mockito
10 5 (2.38%) Rational DOORS
11 4 (1.90%) Eclipse
General
1 85 (40.48%) Finance
2 64 (30.48%) Banking
3 54 (25.71%) Social Skills
4 36 (17.14%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (5.24%) Retail
6 9 (4.29%) Manufacturing
6 9 (4.29%) Public Sector
7 8 (3.81%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.90%) Spanish Language
10 3 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.43%) Military
10 3 (1.43%) Retail Banking
11 2 (0.95%) Back Office
11 2 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.48%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.48%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.48%) Front Office
12 1 (0.48%) Legal
Job Titles
1 46 (21.90%) Developer
2 27 (12.86%) Architect
2 27 (12.86%) Lead
3 19 (9.05%) Senior
4 16 (7.62%) Analyst
5 14 (6.67%) Automation Engineer
5 14 (6.67%) Java Developer
6 13 (6.19%) Applications Support
7 12 (5.71%) Applications Manager
7 12 (5.71%) Applications Support Manager
7 12 (5.71%) Support Manager
8 11 (5.24%) Solutions Architect
9 10 (4.76%) Senior Developer
10 9 (4.29%) Lead Developer
11 8 (3.81%) Process Analyst
12 7 (3.33%) Business Analyst
12 7 (3.33%) Consultant
12 7 (3.33%) Designer
12 7 (3.33%) Integration Developer
12 7 (3.33%) Middleware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (18.10%) Kafka
2 35 (16.67%) Middleware
3 29 (13.81%) XML
4 24 (11.43%) Spring Boot
5 22 (10.48%) REST
6 21 (10.00%) JSON
7 20 (9.52%) Spring
8 17 (8.10%) SOAP
9 15 (7.14%) .NET
9 15 (7.14%) HTML
10 11 (5.24%) Web Services
11 7 (3.33%) CSS
11 7 (3.33%) Jakarta EE
12 6 (2.86%) AngularJS
12 6 (2.86%) React
12 6 (2.86%) RESTful
12 6 (2.86%) XBRL
13 5 (2.38%) JPA
13 5 (2.38%) Redux
13 5 (2.38%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 30 (14.29%) Mainframe
2 14 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (5.71%) Data Structures
4 11 (5.24%) AS400
4 11 (5.24%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 9 (4.29%) Legacy Applications
5 9 (4.29%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (4.29%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.33%) Data Centre
6 7 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (3.33%) iSeries
6 7 (3.33%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.38%) AI Agents
7 5 (2.38%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.38%) Replication
8 4 (1.90%) Clustering
8 4 (1.90%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.90%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.43%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 25 (11.90%) Linux
2 20 (9.52%) zOS
3 19 (9.05%) Unix
4 9 (4.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (4.29%) Windows
5 5 (2.38%) Solaris
5 5 (2.38%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (1.90%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.43%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.95%) MVS
8 2 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.48%) AIX
9 1 (0.48%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (22.38%) Agile
1 47 (22.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 45 (21.43%) CI/CD
3 43 (20.48%) DevOps
4 41 (19.52%) Migration
5 37 (17.62%) Continuous Improvement
6 34 (16.19%) Test Automation
7 32 (15.24%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (11.90%) Root Cause Analysis
8 25 (11.90%) Scrum
9 24 (11.43%) ITIL
9 24 (11.43%) Roadmaps
10 22 (10.48%) Validation
11 21 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 19 (9.05%) Performance Tuning
13 18 (8.57%) Containerisation
13 18 (8.57%) ETL
14 16 (7.62%) Event-Driven
14 16 (7.62%) Microservices
14 16 (7.62%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 56 (26.67%) SQL
2 55 (26.19%) Java
3 35 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 35 (16.67%) Python
4 14 (6.67%) PL/SQL
5 12 (5.71%) C#
6 8 (3.81%) TypeScript
7 7 (3.33%) Shell Script
8 6 (2.86%) C++
8 6 (2.86%) COBOL
9 5 (2.38%) Bash
9 5 (2.38%) JCL
9 5 (2.38%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.90%) RPG
11 3 (1.43%) C
11 3 (1.43%) Korn
11 3 (1.43%) REXX
11 3 (1.43%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.95%) Perl
12 2 (0.95%) R
Qualifications
1 45 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 39 (18.57%) SC Cleared
3 20 (9.52%) Degree
4 12 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.90%) PMI Certification
5 4 (1.90%) PMP
6 3 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.43%) ISEB
6 3 (1.43%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.95%) CISA
7 2 (0.95%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.48%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.48%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.76%) ISO 20022
3 8 (3.81%) ISO 15022
4 5 (2.38%) QA
5 3 (1.43%) SEPA
6 2 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.95%) GDPR
6 2 (0.95%) NIST
6 2 (0.95%) SLA
7 1 (0.48%) GAAP
7 1 (0.48%) IFRS
7 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 19770
7 1 (0.48%) PMO
7 1 (0.48%) TARGET2
System Software
1 24 (11.43%) Docker
2 6 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.90%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.43%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (1.43%) RACF
4 3 (1.43%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.48%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 1 (0.48%) Firmware
5 1 (0.48%) oVirt
5 1 (0.48%) PowerHA
5 1 (0.48%) RHEV
5 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (10.95%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.86%) Ansible
2 6 (2.86%) Grafana
2 6 (2.86%) HP Fortify
3 5 (2.38%) Control-M
4 4 (1.90%) Tivoli
5 3 (1.43%) Netcool
5 3 (1.43%) Netcool/OMNIbus
5 3 (1.43%) Oracle RMAN
5 3 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.95%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.95%) Tivoli Monitoring
6 2 (0.95%) Tivoli NetView
7 1 (0.48%) Avamar
7 1 (0.48%) EMC VPLEX
7 1 (0.48%) Kibana
7 1 (0.48%) logstash
7 1 (0.48%) OMEGAMON
7 1 (0.48%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 52 (24.76%) Oracle
2 23 (10.95%) Microsoft
3 16 (7.62%) SAP
4 12 (5.71%) Splunk
5 11 (5.24%) Dynatrace
6 10 (4.76%) Google
7 9 (4.29%) ServiceNow
8 7 (3.33%) Databricks
8 7 (3.33%) New Relic
9 6 (2.86%) VMware
10 5 (2.38%) Broadcom
10 5 (2.38%) PTC
10 5 (2.38%) Red Hat
10 5 (2.38%) Siemens
10 5 (2.38%) UiPath
10 5 (2.38%) Veracode
11 4 (1.90%) Foundry
11 4 (1.90%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.90%) Temenos
12 3 (1.43%) Sybase