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 3 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
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 231 230
Rank change year-on-year -38 -1 +76
Contract jobs citing IBM 145 120 169
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.82% 0.95% 0.95%
As % of the Vendors category 1.91% 2.10% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 74 114
10th Percentile £350 £386 £422
25th Percentile £402 £421 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £628 £688 £712
90th Percentile £703 £768 £826
England median daily rate £464 £490 £525
% change year-on-year -5.31% -6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £18.07 - -
25th Percentile £19.85 - -
Median hourly rate £25.77 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £76.50 £24.18 £70.00
% change year-on-year +216.38% -65.46% +54.57%

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 7,602 5,707 7,260
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.80% 45.40% 40.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,025 3,753 4,967
10th Percentile £350 £325 £300
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £548
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% -2.67%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £657
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -2.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 93 140
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.97 £13.87
25th Percentile £22.79 £22.27 £17.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.00 £23.65
Median % change year-on-year +22.41% +22.62% -22.14%
75th Percentile £50.00 £50.50 £36.19
90th Percentile £70.00 £67.00 £63.88
England median hourly rate £30.75 £27.13 £22.50
% change year-on-year +13.36% +20.56% -43.75%

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 3 May 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 3 May 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 -15 20 £518 -5.91% 7
East London -3 2 £416 +0.20% 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 13 (8.97%) WebSphere
2 11 (7.59%) Confluence
3 8 (5.52%) nginx
3 8 (5.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 7 (4.83%) Tomcat
4 7 (4.83%) WebLogic
5 5 (3.45%) SharePoint
6 3 (2.07%) CICS
6 3 (2.07%) JBoss
7 2 (1.38%) Camunda
7 2 (1.38%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.69%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (4.83%) Temenos T24
2 4 (2.76%) BusinessWorks
3 3 (2.07%) Maximo
3 3 (2.07%) Oracle 11i
3 3 (2.07%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (1.38%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 2 (1.38%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (1.38%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (1.38%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.69%) Algo Collateral
5 1 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.69%) MetaTrader
5 1 (0.69%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.69%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.69%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.69%) SAP AFS
5 1 (0.69%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.69%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.69%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
Cloud Services
1 33 (22.76%) AWS
2 23 (15.86%) Azure
3 5 (3.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 5 (3.45%) Amazon S3
3 5 (3.45%) Azure API Management
3 5 (3.45%) GCP
3 5 (3.45%) GitHub
3 5 (3.45%) IBM Watson
3 5 (3.45%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.76%) AWS Lambda
4 4 (2.76%) Serverless
5 3 (2.07%) Amazon SageMaker
5 3 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (2.07%) GitHub Copilot
5 3 (2.07%) OpenShift
6 2 (1.38%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (1.38%) IaaS
6 2 (1.38%) PaaS
6 2 (1.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.90%) HTTP
2 6 (4.14%) APPN
2 6 (4.14%) SNA
2 6 (4.14%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.76%) SAN
4 3 (2.07%) Firewall
5 2 (1.38%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (1.38%) HTTPS
5 2 (1.38%) LAN
6 1 (0.69%) DNS
6 1 (0.69%) DSL
6 1 (0.69%) DWDM
6 1 (0.69%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.69%) Multicast
6 1 (0.69%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.69%) Network Security
6 1 (0.69%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.69%) VPN
6 1 (0.69%) WAN
6 1 (0.69%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.03%) DB2
2 12 (8.28%) DataStage
3 11 (7.59%) SQL Server
4 10 (6.90%) Oracle Database
5 8 (5.52%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (4.14%) Big Data
6 6 (4.14%) Relational Database
7 5 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (3.45%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (3.45%) Power BI
8 4 (2.76%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (2.07%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (2.07%) DynamoDB
9 3 (2.07%) Oracle Database 10g
9 3 (2.07%) Tableau
10 2 (1.38%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (1.38%) GIS
10 2 (1.38%) Metadata
10 2 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (1.38%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 13 (8.97%) JIRA
2 8 (5.52%) Ant
2 8 (5.52%) GitLab
3 5 (3.45%) Git
3 5 (3.45%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.45%) Liquibase
4 4 (2.76%) JUnit
4 4 (2.76%) PowerDesigner
4 4 (2.76%) SoapUI
5 2 (1.38%) Artifactory
5 2 (1.38%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.38%) IBM UrbanCode
5 2 (1.38%) REST Assured
5 2 (1.38%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.69%) git-flow
6 1 (0.69%) Selenium
6 1 (0.69%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.69%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.69%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 38 (26.21%) Banking
2 31 (21.38%) Finance
3 29 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 19 (13.10%) Public Sector
5 13 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.07%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.38%) Back Office
7 2 (1.38%) Corporate Banking
7 2 (1.38%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.38%) Legal
7 2 (1.38%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.69%) Front Office
8 1 (0.69%) General Ledger
8 1 (0.69%) International Banking
8 1 (0.69%) Japanese Language
8 1 (0.69%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.69%) Retail
8 1 (0.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (21.38%) Developer
2 26 (17.93%) Architect
3 13 (8.97%) Data Engineer
4 10 (6.90%) Senior
5 9 (6.21%) Lead
6 8 (5.52%) Applications Architect
7 6 (4.14%) AWS Architect
7 6 (4.14%) Data Centre Engineer
7 6 (4.14%) DevOps Engineer
7 6 (4.14%) Integration Engineer
7 6 (4.14%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (4.14%) T24 Developer
8 5 (3.45%) Cloud Architect
8 5 (3.45%) Java Engineer
8 5 (3.45%) Network Engineer
8 5 (3.45%) Project Manager
9 4 (2.76%) Analyst
9 4 (2.76%) Break Fix Engineer
9 4 (2.76%) Integration Architect
9 4 (2.76%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (11.72%) Kafka
1 17 (11.72%) XML
2 16 (11.03%) Middleware
3 11 (7.59%) SOAP
4 9 (6.21%) JMS
4 9 (6.21%) REST
4 9 (6.21%) XSLT
5 8 (5.52%) Spring
5 8 (5.52%) Spring Boot
6 7 (4.83%) JSON
6 7 (4.83%) Web Services
7 5 (3.45%) IBM Integration Bus
7 5 (3.45%) J2EE
7 5 (3.45%) WebSphere MQ
7 5 (3.45%) WSDL
8 4 (2.76%) OC4J
8 4 (2.76%) TIBCO EMS
8 4 (2.76%) XSD
9 3 (2.07%) NumPy
9 3 (2.07%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 28 (19.31%) Mainframe
2 13 (8.97%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 11 (7.59%) Data Centre
4 10 (6.90%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (4.83%) DataPower
5 7 (4.83%) Legacy Applications
6 6 (4.14%) Cloud Native
7 5 (3.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (3.45%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.76%) Algorithms
8 4 (2.76%) Data Structures
8 4 (2.76%) EMC VNX
8 4 (2.76%) Management Information System
9 3 (2.07%) AS400
9 3 (2.07%) Clustering
9 3 (2.07%) IBM Mainframe
9 3 (2.07%) Public Cloud
9 3 (2.07%) VSAM
10 2 (1.38%) Derivative
10 2 (1.38%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 23 (15.86%) Windows
2 21 (14.48%) Linux
3 15 (10.34%) zOS
4 8 (5.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (5.52%) Unix
5 7 (4.83%) Solaris
5 7 (4.83%) Windows Server
5 7 (4.83%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (4.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (3.45%) AIX
8 4 (2.76%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.69%) Android
9 1 (0.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (17.24%) Agile
1 25 (17.24%) Migration
2 21 (14.48%) ETL
2 21 (14.48%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (13.79%) DevOps
4 19 (13.10%) CI/CD
5 16 (11.03%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (9.66%) Data Modelling
7 13 (8.97%) Scrum
8 12 (8.28%) AI
8 12 (8.28%) Roadmaps
9 11 (7.59%) Microservices
9 11 (7.59%) Test Automation
10 10 (6.90%) Analytics
10 10 (6.90%) SOA
10 10 (6.90%) Validation
11 9 (6.21%) Break/Fix
11 9 (6.21%) Data Migration
12 8 (5.52%) Containerisation
12 8 (5.52%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 34 (23.45%) SQL
2 25 (17.24%) Java
3 21 (14.48%) Python
4 16 (11.03%) PL/SQL
5 7 (4.83%) Korn
6 6 (4.14%) Shell Script
7 5 (3.45%) Perl
7 5 (3.45%) XPath
8 4 (2.76%) COBOL
8 4 (2.76%) JavaScript
9 3 (2.07%) Bash
9 3 (2.07%) C#
9 3 (2.07%) JCL
10 2 (1.38%) Assembly Language
10 2 (1.38%) Bicep
10 2 (1.38%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.38%) REXX
10 2 (1.38%) Scala
11 1 (0.69%) Groovy
11 1 (0.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 43 (29.66%) Security Cleared
2 33 (22.76%) SC Cleared
3 4 (2.76%) Degree
4 3 (2.07%) AWS Certification
4 3 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (2.07%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.07%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (1.38%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.38%) CCSP
5 2 (1.38%) CEH
5 2 (1.38%) CISA
5 2 (1.38%) CISM
5 2 (1.38%) CISMP
5 2 (1.38%) CISSP
5 2 (1.38%) CSSLP
5 2 (1.38%) GCIH
5 2 (1.38%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.69%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.90%) SLA
2 7 (4.83%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.83%) QA
3 6 (4.14%) SEPA
4 5 (3.45%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.38%) GRC
5 2 (1.38%) ISO 15022
5 2 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.38%) NIST
6 1 (0.69%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.69%) Basel III
6 1 (0.69%) GAAP
6 1 (0.69%) GDPR
6 1 (0.69%) IFRS
6 1 (0.69%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.69%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.69%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (10.34%) Docker
2 6 (4.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.45%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (2.76%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (1.38%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 2 (1.38%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 2 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.38%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.69%) Firmware
6 1 (0.69%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 11 (7.59%) Terraform
2 10 (6.90%) Kubernetes
3 9 (6.21%) Ansible
4 6 (4.14%) Tivoli NetView
5 4 (2.76%) Oracle RMAN
5 4 (2.76%) TIBCO Hawk
6 3 (2.07%) Grafana
7 2 (1.38%) Avamar
7 2 (1.38%) CA Endevor
7 2 (1.38%) Control-M
7 2 (1.38%) EMC NetWorker
7 2 (1.38%) EMC VPLEX
7 2 (1.38%) Tivoli
7 2 (1.38%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.69%) Argo
8 1 (0.69%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.69%) Kibana
8 1 (0.69%) logstash
8 1 (0.69%) Podman
8 1 (0.69%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 30 (20.69%) Oracle
2 14 (9.66%) SAP
3 10 (6.90%) HP
4 9 (6.21%) Dell
5 7 (4.83%) Cisco
5 7 (4.83%) Google
5 7 (4.83%) Red Hat
5 7 (4.83%) VMware
6 6 (4.14%) Microsoft
6 6 (4.14%) Temenos
7 5 (3.45%) Databricks
7 5 (3.45%) Informatica
7 5 (3.45%) ServiceNow
7 5 (3.45%) Veeam
8 4 (2.76%) BEA
8 4 (2.76%) Brocade
8 4 (2.76%) EMC
8 4 (2.76%) Isilon
8 4 (2.76%) TIBCO
9 3 (2.07%) NetApp