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 31 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
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 248 237
Rank change year-on-year -25 -11 +39
Contract jobs citing IBM 172 124 154
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.86% 0.91% 0.94%
As % of the Vendors category 2.05% 1.99% 2.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 91 99
10th Percentile £358 £395 £362
25th Percentile £425 £417 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £631 £675 £684
90th Percentile £732 £738 £788
England median daily rate £498 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.93% +2.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £18.07 - -
25th Percentile £18.52 - -
Median hourly rate £19.85 - -
75th Percentile £24.29 - -
90th Percentile £25.77 - -
England median hourly rate £88.00 £25.08 £70.00
% change year-on-year +250.95% -64.18% +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 8,410 6,226 7,018
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.90% 45.77% 42.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,493 4,068 4,813
10th Percentile £350 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year - -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £650
90th Percentile £738 £761 £763
England median daily rate £510 £510 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 121 87
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £17.62
25th Percentile £20.60 £22.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.30 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.98% -4.36% -13.95%
75th Percentile £57.50 £43.75 £60.63
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.50
England median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £28.00
% change year-on-year +41.15% -10.18% -27.32%

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 31 July 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 31 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
Central London -20 18 £475 -13.64% 3
South London - 3 £700 - 3
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 20 (11.63%) Confluence
2 18 (10.47%) WebSphere
3 12 (6.98%) nginx
4 11 (6.40%) Tomcat
5 10 (5.81%) SharePoint
6 9 (5.23%) CICS
7 5 (2.91%) JBoss
7 5 (2.91%) WebLogic
8 4 (2.33%) Camunda
9 2 (1.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.58%) HCL Domino
10 1 (0.58%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.58%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 5 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (5.23%) Temenos T24
2 4 (2.33%) Maximo
3 2 (1.16%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
3 2 (1.16%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 2 (1.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.58%) Actimize
4 1 (0.58%) Cognos Controller
4 1 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.58%) MetaTrader
4 1 (0.58%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.58%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.58%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 32 (18.60%) AWS
2 31 (18.02%) Azure
3 7 (4.07%) GCP
4 6 (3.49%) Amazon S3
4 6 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (3.49%) GitHub
4 6 (3.49%) IBM Blueworks
5 3 (1.74%) GitHub Copilot
5 3 (1.74%) MinIO
5 3 (1.74%) OpenShift
6 2 (1.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 2 (1.16%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (1.16%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.16%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 2 (1.16%) IBM Cloud
6 2 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.16%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.58%) Azure API Management
7 1 (0.58%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.65%) HTTP
2 3 (1.74%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (1.74%) Firewall
2 3 (1.74%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.16%) APPN
3 2 (1.16%) SNA
3 2 (1.16%) SSL
4 1 (0.58%) DNS
4 1 (0.58%) DSL
4 1 (0.58%) FTP
4 1 (0.58%) LAN
4 1 (0.58%) Network Security
4 1 (0.58%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.72%) Db2
2 9 (5.23%) Oracle Database
2 9 (5.23%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.65%) DataStage
3 8 (4.65%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (4.65%) Relational Database
4 7 (4.07%) Metadata
4 7 (4.07%) MongoDB
4 7 (4.07%) NoSQL
4 7 (4.07%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (3.49%) Big Data
6 4 (2.33%) GIS
7 3 (1.74%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (1.16%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (1.16%) Data Vault
8 2 (1.16%) IBM InfoSphere
8 2 (1.16%) OLTP
8 2 (1.16%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.58%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 17 (9.88%) JIRA
2 14 (8.14%) Jenkins
3 11 (6.40%) Git
4 7 (4.07%) GitLab
5 6 (3.49%) PowerDesigner
6 5 (2.91%) Ant
6 5 (2.91%) Liquibase
7 4 (2.33%) Eclipse
7 4 (2.33%) Gradle
7 4 (2.33%) Maven
7 4 (2.33%) REST Assured
7 4 (2.33%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (1.74%) JMeter
8 3 (1.74%) JUnit
8 3 (1.74%) SonarQube
9 2 (1.16%) Artifactory
9 2 (1.16%) Bitbucket Server
9 2 (1.16%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (1.16%) Mockito
9 2 (1.16%) Zephyr
General
1 57 (33.14%) Finance
2 44 (25.58%) Social Skills
3 39 (22.67%) Banking
4 28 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (11.05%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.49%) Retail
7 5 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.74%) Retail Banking
9 2 (1.16%) Back Office
9 2 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.16%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.16%) Legal
10 1 (0.58%) Front Office
10 1 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.58%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.58%) Military
10 1 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (20.93%) Architect
2 34 (19.77%) Developer
3 14 (8.14%) Lead
4 11 (6.40%) Analyst
5 9 (5.23%) Senior
6 8 (4.65%) Applications Architect
6 8 (4.65%) Data Engineer
6 8 (4.65%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (4.07%) Applications Support
7 7 (4.07%) Designer
7 7 (4.07%) Middleware Engineer
7 7 (4.07%) T24 Developer
8 6 (3.49%) Applications Manager
8 6 (3.49%) Applications Support Manager
8 6 (3.49%) CICS Engineer
8 6 (3.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (3.49%) Java Developer
8 6 (3.49%) Process Analyst
8 6 (3.49%) Project Manager
8 6 (3.49%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (10.47%) Middleware
2 17 (9.88%) REST
3 16 (9.30%) Spring Boot
4 14 (8.14%) Kafka
4 14 (8.14%) Spring
5 13 (7.56%) XML
6 11 (6.40%) JSON
7 9 (5.23%) Jakarta EE
8 8 (4.65%) Web Services
9 7 (4.07%) SOAP
10 6 (3.49%) RESTful
10 6 (3.49%) WebSphere MQ
10 6 (3.49%) XSLT
11 5 (2.91%) .NET
12 4 (2.33%) .NET Core
12 4 (2.33%) AngularJS
12 4 (2.33%) EJB
12 4 (2.33%) RabbitMQ
12 4 (2.33%) React
13 3 (1.74%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 23 (13.37%) Mainframe
2 15 (8.72%) Data Centre
2 15 (8.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 9 (5.23%) AS400
3 9 (5.23%) Data Structures
3 9 (5.23%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (4.65%) Legacy Applications
5 7 (4.07%) Cloud Native
5 7 (4.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (3.49%) iSeries
7 5 (2.91%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.33%) Clustering
8 4 (2.33%) Public Cloud
8 4 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.74%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.74%) EMC Centera
9 3 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.74%) IBM XIV
9 3 (1.74%) Symmetrix
9 3 (1.74%) Symmetrix DMX
Operating Systems
1 19 (11.05%) Windows
2 18 (10.47%) Linux
3 14 (8.14%) zOS
4 11 (6.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (5.23%) Solaris
5 9 (5.23%) Unix
5 9 (5.23%) Windows Server 2008
6 8 (4.65%) Windows Server
7 7 (4.07%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.58%) AIX
9 1 (0.58%) Android
9 1 (0.58%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.58%) MVS
9 1 (0.58%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (22.09%) Agile
1 38 (22.09%) DevOps
2 35 (20.35%) Migration
3 31 (18.02%) CI/CD
4 30 (17.44%) Stakeholder Management
5 27 (15.70%) Scrum
6 24 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (11.63%) ETL
8 18 (10.47%) Roadmaps
9 16 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (9.30%) Microservices
10 15 (8.72%) Test Automation
11 14 (8.14%) AI
11 14 (8.14%) Root Cause Analysis
12 12 (6.98%) Data Modelling
12 12 (6.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 11 (6.40%) Data Migration
13 11 (6.40%) ITIL
13 11 (6.40%) Performance Tuning
13 11 (6.40%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 35 (20.35%) Java
1 35 (20.35%) SQL
2 17 (9.88%) Python
3 14 (8.14%) PL/SQL
4 12 (6.98%) JavaScript
5 8 (4.65%) C#
6 5 (2.91%) Bash
6 5 (2.91%) COBOL
7 4 (2.33%) C++
8 3 (1.74%) Bicep
9 2 (1.16%) C
9 2 (1.16%) Korn
9 2 (1.16%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.16%) RPG
9 2 (1.16%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.58%) Formula Language
10 1 (0.58%) JCL
10 1 (0.58%) LotusScript
10 1 (0.58%) REXX
10 1 (0.58%) VBA
Qualifications
1 38 (22.09%) Security Cleared
2 34 (19.77%) SC Cleared
3 8 (4.65%) Degree
4 4 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (1.16%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.16%) CCSP
5 2 (1.16%) CEH
5 2 (1.16%) CISA
5 2 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.16%) CISM
5 2 (1.16%) CISMP
5 2 (1.16%) CISSP
5 2 (1.16%) CSSLP
5 2 (1.16%) GCIH
5 2 (1.16%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.16%) PMP
6 1 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.58%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.23%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.07%) ISO 20022
2 7 (4.07%) QA
3 5 (2.91%) ISO 15022
3 5 (2.91%) SEPA
3 5 (2.91%) SLA
4 3 (1.74%) GDPR
5 2 (1.16%) GRC
5 2 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.16%) NIST
6 1 (0.58%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.58%) GAAP
6 1 (0.58%) IFRS
6 1 (0.58%) PMO
6 1 (0.58%) TARGET2
6 1 (0.58%) WCAG
System Software
1 22 (12.79%) Docker
2 6 (3.49%) VMware ESXi
2 6 (3.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.91%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (1.74%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 3 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.16%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.58%) Firmware
6 1 (0.58%) PowerHA
6 1 (0.58%) RACF
Systems Management
1 13 (7.56%) Kubernetes
2 11 (6.40%) Terraform
3 8 (4.65%) Ansible
4 5 (2.91%) Grafana
4 5 (2.91%) Oracle RMAN
5 3 (1.74%) Avamar
5 3 (1.74%) EMC VPLEX
5 3 (1.74%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.74%) Tivoli NetView
6 2 (1.16%) CA Endevor
6 2 (1.16%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.58%) Argo
7 1 (0.58%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.58%) Kibana
7 1 (0.58%) logstash
7 1 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.58%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 39 (22.67%) Oracle
2 10 (5.81%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.81%) SAP
3 8 (4.65%) Red Hat
3 8 (4.65%) Temenos
4 7 (4.07%) HP
4 7 (4.07%) Splunk
5 6 (3.49%) Dell
5 6 (3.49%) VMware
6 5 (2.91%) Dynatrace
6 5 (2.91%) Google
7 4 (2.33%) Cisco
7 4 (2.33%) Databricks
7 4 (2.33%) Informatica
7 4 (2.33%) NetApp
7 4 (2.33%) New Relic
7 4 (2.33%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.33%) Veeam
8 3 (1.74%) 3PAR
8 3 (1.74%) Brocade