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 25 June 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
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 224 246
Rank change year-on-year -56 +22 +31
Contract jobs citing IBM 142 128 151
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.74% 1.01% 0.86%
As % of the Vendors category 1.80% 2.23% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 94 102
10th Percentile £350 £400 £368
25th Percentile £413 £425 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £728
90th Percentile £709 £764 £834
England median daily rate £475 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -7.32% -2.38% +2.94%
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 £83.00 £25.08 £70.00
% change year-on-year +231.01% -64.18% -12.50%

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 7,905 5,729 7,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.34% 45.37% 41.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,201 3,718 5,042
10th Percentile £350 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -1.40% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £738 £767 £775
England median daily rate £505 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -1.46% -1.44% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 109 133
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £13.91
25th Percentile £25.25 £22.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £28.60 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +24.13% +20.17% -8.46%
75th Percentile £58.92 £48.75 £38.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £34.62 £27.13 £24.43
% change year-on-year +27.64% +11.03% -34.85%

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 25 June 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 25 June 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 -14 18 £474 -13.86% 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 15 (10.56%) WebSphere
2 12 (8.45%) Confluence
2 12 (8.45%) nginx
3 11 (7.75%) Tomcat
4 6 (4.23%) CICS
5 5 (3.52%) SharePoint
5 5 (3.52%) WebLogic
6 4 (2.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (2.11%) Camunda
8 2 (1.41%) JBoss
9 1 (0.70%) HCL Domino
9 1 (0.70%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.70%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.70%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (4.23%) Temenos T24
2 4 (2.82%) Maximo
3 2 (1.41%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 2 (1.41%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (1.41%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.70%) Cognos Controller
4 1 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.70%) MetaTrader
4 1 (0.70%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.70%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.70%) SAP AFS
4 1 (0.70%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.70%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 28 (19.72%) AWS
2 25 (17.61%) Azure
3 6 (4.23%) GitHub
4 5 (3.52%) GCP
5 4 (2.82%) Amazon S3
5 4 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.11%) GitHub Copilot
6 3 (2.11%) IBM Blueworks
6 3 (2.11%) MinIO
6 3 (2.11%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.41%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (1.41%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.41%) IaaS
7 2 (1.41%) IBM Cloud
7 2 (1.41%) IBM Watson
7 2 (1.41%) OCI
7 2 (1.41%) OpenShift
7 2 (1.41%) PaaS
7 2 (1.41%) SaaS
8 1 (0.70%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.63%) HTTP
2 5 (3.52%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.82%) APPN
3 4 (2.82%) SNA
4 3 (2.11%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (2.11%) Firewall
5 2 (1.41%) LAN
6 1 (0.70%) DNS
6 1 (0.70%) DSL
6 1 (0.70%) DWDM
6 1 (0.70%) MPLS
6 1 (0.70%) Multicast
6 1 (0.70%) Network Security
6 1 (0.70%) SSL
6 1 (0.70%) VPN
6 1 (0.70%) WAN
6 1 (0.70%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.45%) Db2
2 10 (7.04%) SQL Server
3 9 (6.34%) DataStage
4 8 (5.63%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (4.93%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (4.23%) Metadata
6 6 (4.23%) MongoDB
6 6 (4.23%) Oracle Database
6 6 (4.23%) Relational Database
7 5 (3.52%) Big Data
8 4 (2.82%) GIS
8 4 (2.82%) NoSQL
9 3 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (2.11%) Power BI
10 2 (1.41%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (1.41%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.70%) OLTP
11 1 (0.70%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 11 (7.75%) Jenkins
1 11 (7.75%) JIRA
2 10 (7.04%) Git
3 5 (3.52%) Ant
3 5 (3.52%) GitLab
3 5 (3.52%) Liquibase
3 5 (3.52%) PowerDesigner
4 3 (2.11%) Eclipse
4 3 (2.11%) Gradle
4 3 (2.11%) JMeter
4 3 (2.11%) Maven
4 3 (2.11%) REST Assured
4 3 (2.11%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (1.41%) Artifactory
5 2 (1.41%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.41%) IBM UrbanCode
5 2 (1.41%) JUnit
5 2 (1.41%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.70%) git-flow
6 1 (0.70%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 39 (27.46%) Finance
2 35 (24.65%) Banking
3 26 (18.31%) Social Skills
4 19 (13.38%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (13.38%) Public Sector
5 4 (2.82%) Retail
6 3 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.41%) Back Office
7 2 (1.41%) Corporate Banking
7 2 (1.41%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.41%) Legal
7 2 (1.41%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.70%) Front Office
8 1 (0.70%) General Ledger
8 1 (0.70%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.70%) Japanese Language
8 1 (0.70%) Military
8 1 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 32 (22.54%) Architect
2 24 (16.90%) Developer
3 15 (10.56%) Lead
4 10 (7.04%) Data Engineer
5 8 (5.63%) Applications Architect
5 8 (5.63%) Senior
6 7 (4.93%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (4.23%) AWS Architect
7 6 (4.23%) Data Centre Engineer
7 6 (4.23%) DevOps Engineer
7 6 (4.23%) Integration Architect
7 6 (4.23%) T24 Developer
8 5 (3.52%) Analyst
8 5 (3.52%) Cloud Architect
8 5 (3.52%) Integration Engineer
8 5 (3.52%) Java Engineer
8 5 (3.52%) Lead Developer
8 5 (3.52%) Middleware Engineer
8 5 (3.52%) Project Manager
9 4 (2.82%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (11.97%) Middleware
2 15 (10.56%) Spring
2 15 (10.56%) Spring Boot
3 14 (9.86%) Kafka
3 14 (9.86%) REST
4 8 (5.63%) XML
5 7 (4.93%) JSON
6 5 (3.52%) JMS
6 5 (3.52%) WebSphere MQ
7 4 (2.82%) EJB
7 4 (2.82%) J2EE
7 4 (2.82%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (2.82%) RESTful
7 4 (2.82%) SOAP
7 4 (2.82%) Web Services
7 4 (2.82%) XSLT
8 3 (2.11%) Java EE
8 3 (2.11%) OpenLayers
8 3 (2.11%) React
9 2 (1.41%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 23 (16.20%) Mainframe
2 12 (8.45%) Data Centre
2 12 (8.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 10 (7.04%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (5.63%) Legacy Applications
5 7 (4.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (4.23%) Cloud Native
7 5 (3.52%) Data Structures
8 4 (2.82%) AS400
8 4 (2.82%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (2.82%) Onboarding
9 3 (2.11%) Celerra
9 3 (2.11%) Clustering
9 3 (2.11%) DataPower
9 3 (2.11%) EMC Centera
9 3 (2.11%) IBM Mainframe
9 3 (2.11%) IBM XIV
9 3 (2.11%) Symmetrix
9 3 (2.11%) Symmetrix DMX
9 3 (2.11%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 18 (12.68%) Linux
1 18 (12.68%) Windows
2 13 (9.15%) zOS
3 10 (7.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (6.34%) Solaris
4 9 (6.34%) Windows Server
4 9 (6.34%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (4.93%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (4.23%) Unix
7 4 (2.82%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.70%) Android
8 1 (0.70%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.70%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (21.13%) DevOps
2 28 (19.72%) Migration
3 27 (19.01%) Agile
4 24 (16.90%) CI/CD
5 23 (16.20%) ETL
6 20 (14.08%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (14.08%) Scrum
7 17 (11.97%) Stakeholder Management
8 15 (10.56%) Microservices
8 15 (10.56%) Roadmaps
9 12 (8.45%) AI
9 12 (8.45%) Data Modelling
9 12 (8.45%) Test Automation
10 10 (7.04%) Containerisation
10 10 (7.04%) Master Data Management
11 9 (6.34%) Analytics
11 9 (6.34%) Break/Fix
11 9 (6.34%) Integration Patterns
11 9 (6.34%) Observability
12 8 (5.63%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 35 (24.65%) SQL
2 28 (19.72%) Java
3 17 (11.97%) Python
4 15 (10.56%) PL/SQL
5 7 (4.93%) JavaScript
6 5 (3.52%) C#
6 5 (3.52%) COBOL
7 4 (2.82%) Bash
8 3 (2.11%) Bicep
9 2 (1.41%) C++
9 2 (1.41%) JCL
9 2 (1.41%) Korn
9 2 (1.41%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.41%) RPG
9 2 (1.41%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.70%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.70%) Formula Language
10 1 (0.70%) Groovy
10 1 (0.70%) LotusScript
10 1 (0.70%) XPath
Qualifications
1 35 (24.65%) Security Cleared
2 30 (21.13%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.23%) Degree
4 4 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.11%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.11%) PMP
6 2 (1.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (1.41%) CCSP
6 2 (1.41%) CEH
6 2 (1.41%) CISA
6 2 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.41%) CISM
6 2 (1.41%) CISMP
6 2 (1.41%) CISSP
6 2 (1.41%) CSSLP
6 2 (1.41%) GCIH
7 1 (0.70%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.70%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.70%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.75%) Data Quality
2 8 (5.63%) SLA
3 6 (4.23%) QA
4 5 (3.52%) ISO 20022
4 5 (3.52%) SEPA
5 3 (2.11%) GDPR
5 3 (2.11%) ISO 15022
6 2 (1.41%) GAAP
6 2 (1.41%) GRC
6 2 (1.41%) IFRS
6 2 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.41%) NIST
7 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.70%) Basel III
7 1 (0.70%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.70%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.70%) PMO
7 1 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.70%) TARGET2
7 1 (0.70%) WCAG
System Software
1 20 (14.08%) Docker
2 6 (4.23%) VMware ESXi
2 6 (4.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.52%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (2.11%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 3 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.41%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.70%) Job Entry Subsystem
6 1 (0.70%) RACF
6 1 (0.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (7.75%) Kubernetes
2 10 (7.04%) Terraform
3 9 (6.34%) Ansible
4 5 (3.52%) Oracle RMAN
5 4 (2.82%) Tivoli NetView
6 3 (2.11%) Avamar
6 3 (2.11%) EMC VPLEX
6 3 (2.11%) Grafana
7 2 (1.41%) CA Endevor
7 2 (1.41%) Control-M
7 2 (1.41%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.41%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.70%) Argo
8 1 (0.70%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.70%) Kibana
8 1 (0.70%) logstash
8 1 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (23.94%) Oracle
2 13 (9.15%) SAP
3 10 (7.04%) HP
4 9 (6.34%) Dell
5 8 (5.63%) Red Hat
6 7 (4.93%) VMware
7 6 (4.23%) Informatica
7 6 (4.23%) Microsoft
7 6 (4.23%) Splunk
8 5 (3.52%) Cisco
8 5 (3.52%) Temenos
9 4 (2.82%) Databricks
9 4 (2.82%) Google
9 4 (2.82%) NetApp
10 3 (2.11%) 3PAR
10 3 (2.11%) Brocade
10 3 (2.11%) Dynatrace
10 3 (2.11%) New Relic
10 3 (2.11%) ServiceNow
10 3 (2.11%) Veeam