IBM Contracts 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 1 May 2025, 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 235 226 300
Rank change year-on-year -9 +74 -49
Contract jobs citing IBM 118 168 201
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.94% 0.94% 0.74%
As % of the Vendors category 2.07% 2.32% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 113 130
10th Percentile £386 £421 £425
25th Percentile £425 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £538
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.63% -7.33%
75th Percentile £688 £712 £610
90th Percentile £771 £830 £739
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%

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 5,695 7,227 10,507
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 45.39% 40.53% 38.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,736 4,950 7,441
10th Percentile £325 £300 £325
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £549 £563
Median % change year-on-year +0.23% -2.44% +2.27%
75th Percentile £653 £663 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £798
England median daily rate £525 £518 £538
% change year-on-year +1.30% -3.58% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 138 127
10th Percentile £15.91 £13.86 £16.28
25th Percentile £22.27 £17.00 £21.00
Median hourly rate £29.00 £23.99 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year +20.88% -21.98% -12.14%
75th Percentile £51.20 £36.56 £57.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £64.13 £70.00
England median hourly rate £27.13 £22.50 £39.55
% change year-on-year +20.56% -43.11% +88.33%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing IBM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for IBM in London

IBM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IBM in London.

Daily rate trend for IBM in London

IBM
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IBM in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IBM in London

IBM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IBM in London.

Hourly rate trend for IBM in London

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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 1 May 2025. 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 -5 24 £550 -8.33% 6
South London - 3 - - 1
East London +14 1 £415 -12.14% 1
IBM
England

IBM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (7.63%) Confluence
2 8 (6.78%) CICS
2 8 (6.78%) MQSeries
3 7 (5.93%) SAS
4 5 (4.24%) WebSphere
5 3 (2.54%) Apache
5 3 (2.54%) JBoss
6 2 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (1.69%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.69%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.85%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.85%) DataSynapse
7 1 (0.85%) Documentum
Applications
1 7 (5.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.24%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (3.39%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (2.54%) Unica
3 2 (1.69%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 2 (1.69%) Misys Midas
3 2 (1.69%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.85%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.85%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.85%) Maximo
4 1 (0.85%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 29 (24.58%) Azure
2 25 (21.19%) AWS
3 16 (13.56%) GCP
4 8 (6.78%) GitHub
5 7 (5.93%) Nutanix
6 6 (5.08%) SaaS
7 5 (4.24%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (4.24%) Power Platform
8 4 (3.39%) Azure API Management
8 4 (3.39%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (3.39%) BigCommerce
8 4 (3.39%) IBM Blueworks
8 4 (3.39%) Snowflake
9 3 (2.54%) Collibra
10 2 (1.69%) Boomi
10 2 (1.69%) dbt
10 2 (1.69%) IBM Watson
10 2 (1.69%) OpenShift
10 2 (1.69%) Rubrik
10 2 (1.69%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.93%) HTTPS
2 6 (5.08%) DNS
2 6 (5.08%) TCP/IP
3 4 (3.39%) Network Security
3 4 (3.39%) SSH
3 4 (3.39%) SSL
4 3 (2.54%) BGP
4 3 (2.54%) HTTP
4 3 (2.54%) Kerberos
4 3 (2.54%) MPLS
4 3 (2.54%) OSPF
4 3 (2.54%) Software-Defined Networking
4 3 (2.54%) VPN
5 2 (1.69%) HSRP
5 2 (1.69%) LAN
5 2 (1.69%) VXLAN
5 2 (1.69%) WAN
6 1 (0.85%) DHCP
6 1 (0.85%) NAS
6 1 (0.85%) SWIFTNet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (12.71%) DB2
2 10 (8.47%) Oracle Database
3 9 (7.63%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (6.78%) SQL Server
5 7 (5.93%) Relational Database
6 5 (4.24%) Power BI
6 5 (4.24%) RDBMS
7 4 (3.39%) Data Mining
7 4 (3.39%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (2.54%) Metadata
8 3 (2.54%) Oracle Exadata
8 3 (2.54%) QlikView
8 3 (2.54%) Tableau
9 2 (1.69%) Apache Iceberg
9 2 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.69%) DynamoDB
9 2 (1.69%) Flink
9 2 (1.69%) MongoDB
9 2 (1.69%) Oracle Database 10g
9 2 (1.69%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 10 (8.47%) JIRA
2 9 (7.63%) Git
3 8 (6.78%) Jenkins
4 7 (5.93%) TeamCity
5 6 (5.08%) Subversion
6 3 (2.54%) Ant
6 3 (2.54%) GitLab
7 2 (1.69%) IBM UrbanCode
7 2 (1.69%) JUnit
7 2 (1.69%) SoapUI
7 2 (1.69%) SonarQube
7 2 (1.69%) Toad
8 1 (0.85%) AppScan
8 1 (0.85%) Crucible
8 1 (0.85%) ERwin
8 1 (0.85%) JBehave
8 1 (0.85%) Maven
8 1 (0.85%) MLflow
8 1 (0.85%) Serena SBM
8 1 (0.85%) Visual Studio
General
1 52 (44.07%) Finance
2 48 (40.68%) Social Skills
3 24 (20.34%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (19.49%) Banking
5 9 (7.63%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (4.24%) Financial Institution
6 5 (4.24%) Front Office
6 5 (4.24%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.39%) Marketing
7 4 (3.39%) Private Banking
8 2 (1.69%) Back Office
8 2 (1.69%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.69%) Multimedia
8 2 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.69%) Publishing
9 1 (0.85%) Advertising
9 1 (0.85%) Billing
9 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (19.49%) Developer
2 22 (18.64%) Architect
3 11 (9.32%) Analyst
4 10 (8.47%) Senior
5 9 (7.63%) Consultant
6 7 (5.93%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (5.08%) Programmer
7 6 (5.08%) Systems Programmer
7 6 (5.08%) z/OS Systems Programmer
8 5 (4.24%) Administrator
8 5 (4.24%) Data Analyst
8 5 (4.24%) Linux Administrator
8 5 (4.24%) Migration Architect
8 5 (4.24%) RPG Developer
9 4 (3.39%) Enterprise Architect
9 4 (3.39%) Process Engineer
9 4 (3.39%) Server Engineer
10 3 (2.54%) Banking Analyst
10 3 (2.54%) Data Centre Engineer
10 3 (2.54%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (12.71%) XML
2 13 (11.02%) Middleware
3 8 (6.78%) ISPF
3 8 (6.78%) Kafka
4 7 (5.93%) SOAP
5 6 (5.08%) REST
5 6 (5.08%) RESTful
6 5 (4.24%) .NET
6 5 (4.24%) IBM Integration Bus
7 4 (3.39%) OAuth
7 4 (3.39%) OpenID
7 4 (3.39%) Web Services
7 4 (3.39%) WebSphere MQ
7 4 (3.39%) XSLT
8 3 (2.54%) LDAP
8 3 (2.54%) Rendezvous
8 3 (2.54%) Spring Boot
8 3 (2.54%) XACML
9 2 (1.69%) EDI
9 2 (1.69%) Swing
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.02%) Mainframe
2 9 (7.63%) Data Protection Act
3 8 (6.78%) AS400
3 8 (6.78%) Clustering
4 7 (5.93%) Reference Data
5 6 (5.08%) Data Centre
5 6 (5.08%) iSeries
5 6 (5.08%) Replication
6 5 (4.24%) Onboarding
7 4 (3.39%) Data Structures
7 4 (3.39%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (3.39%) Grid Computing
7 4 (3.39%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.54%) Distributed Applications
8 3 (2.54%) Fixed Income
8 3 (2.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (2.54%) IBM Mainframe
8 3 (2.54%) Product Ownership
8 3 (2.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (2.54%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 19 (16.10%) Windows
2 16 (13.56%) Linux
3 15 (12.71%) Unix
4 11 (9.32%) zOS
5 7 (5.93%) Solaris
6 6 (5.08%) Windows Server
7 5 (4.24%) AIX
8 4 (3.39%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (2.54%) Oracle Linux
9 3 (2.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.85%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (27.97%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (18.64%) Agile
3 18 (15.25%) DevOps
4 16 (13.56%) Migration
5 14 (11.86%) CI/CD
6 13 (11.02%) Data Governance
7 12 (10.17%) Analytics
8 11 (9.32%) API Integration
8 11 (9.32%) High Availability
8 11 (9.32%) Microservices
8 11 (9.32%) Process Improvement
8 11 (9.32%) Service Management
9 10 (8.47%) Computer Science
9 10 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (8.47%) Disaster Recovery
9 10 (8.47%) ITIL
9 10 (8.47%) Problem Management
9 10 (8.47%) Project Management
10 9 (7.63%) Data Protection
10 9 (7.63%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 36 (30.51%) Python
1 36 (30.51%) SQL
2 28 (23.73%) Java
3 11 (9.32%) Perl
4 10 (8.47%) C#
4 10 (8.47%) JCL
4 10 (8.47%) REXX
5 9 (7.63%) RPG
6 8 (6.78%) Assembly Language
6 8 (6.78%) PowerShell
7 7 (5.93%) Bash
7 7 (5.93%) PL/SQL
8 6 (5.08%) ActionScript
8 6 (5.08%) ActionScript 2.0
8 6 (5.08%) C++
9 5 (4.24%) Shell Script
10 4 (3.39%) CLIST
11 3 (2.54%) C
11 3 (2.54%) Korn
11 3 (2.54%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 14 (11.86%) Degree
2 11 (9.32%) Security Cleared
3 9 (7.63%) SC Cleared
4 8 (6.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.54%) IBM Certification
6 1 (0.85%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.85%) CEH
6 1 (0.85%) CISM
6 1 (0.85%) CISSP
6 1 (0.85%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.85%) GIAC
6 1 (0.85%) PMP
6 1 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.47%) GDPR
2 9 (7.63%) Data Quality
3 7 (5.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (3.39%) GRC
4 4 (3.39%) QA
5 3 (2.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (2.54%) SLA
6 2 (1.69%) SEPA
7 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.85%) NIST
7 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (6.78%) Docker
2 7 (5.93%) Time Sharing Option
2 7 (5.93%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (3.39%) Platform Symphony
3 4 (3.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.54%) Active Directory
5 2 (1.69%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.85%) ACF2
6 1 (0.85%) Job Entry Subsystem
6 1 (0.85%) NFS
6 1 (0.85%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.85%) RACF
6 1 (0.85%) Veritas File System
6 1 (0.85%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 1 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (11.86%) Ansible
2 10 (8.47%) Kubernetes
3 9 (7.63%) Tivoli
4 8 (6.78%) QRadar
5 6 (5.08%) EMC NetWorker
5 6 (5.08%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 5 (4.24%) Control-M
6 5 (4.24%) Red Hat Satellite
7 4 (3.39%) Grafana
7 4 (3.39%) ITRS Geneos
7 4 (3.39%) Kibana
7 4 (3.39%) OMEGAMON
7 4 (3.39%) Terraform
8 2 (1.69%) Netcool
9 1 (0.85%) CA Endevor
9 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
9 1 (0.85%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.85%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.85%) vRealize
Vendors
1 25 (21.19%) Oracle
2 14 (11.86%) ServiceNow
3 10 (8.47%) Splunk
3 10 (8.47%) TIBCO
4 9 (7.63%) Microsoft
4 9 (7.63%) Red Hat
5 8 (6.78%) Google
5 8 (6.78%) IBM Sterling
5 8 (6.78%) VMware
6 7 (5.93%) CyberArk
6 7 (5.93%) EMC
6 7 (5.93%) Qualys
7 5 (4.24%) SaltStack
8 4 (3.39%) Cisco
8 4 (3.39%) Dell
8 4 (3.39%) HP
8 4 (3.39%) Sybase
9 3 (2.54%) Ab Initio
9 3 (2.54%) Informatica
9 3 (2.54%) SAP