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 15 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
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 251 233
Rank change year-on-year -11 -18 +10
Contract jobs citing IBM 193 112 149
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.95% 0.85% 0.93%
As % of the Vendors category 2.23% 1.83% 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 78 88
10th Percentile £350 £405 £313
25th Percentile £425 £458 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £609 £500
Median % change year-on-year -19.92% +21.75% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £650
90th Percentile £727 £700 £750
England median daily rate £500 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £24.99 - -
25th Percentile £32.70 - -
Median hourly rate £46.18 £25.15 -
Median % change year-on-year +83.60% - -
75th Percentile £60.28 - -
90th Percentile £68.36 - -
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 8,673 6,115 6,974
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.82% 46.18% 43.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,644 3,956 4,532
10th Percentile £335 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 122 78
10th Percentile £16.93 £16.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £19.50 £23.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £36.00 £26.30 £30.80
Median % change year-on-year +36.88% -14.60% -17.88%
75th Percentile £64.69 £38.75 £64.69
90th Percentile £83.88 £63.75 £79.13
England median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +19.28% -28.14% -17.65%

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 15 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IBM in London over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for IBM in London

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 15 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 24 £488 -11.36% 36
South London - 3 £700 -
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 18 (9.33%) Confluence
2 15 (7.77%) WebSphere
3 13 (6.74%) SharePoint
4 9 (4.66%) CICS
4 9 (4.66%) nginx
4 9 (4.66%) Tomcat
5 7 (3.63%) Camunda
5 7 (3.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 5 (2.59%) WebLogic
7 3 (1.55%) JBoss
8 2 (1.04%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.52%) HCL Domino
9 1 (0.52%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.11%) Maximo
1 6 (3.11%) Temenos T24
2 3 (1.55%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 2 (1.04%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
3 2 (1.04%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.52%) Actimize
4 1 (0.52%) Cognos Controller
4 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.52%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.52%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.52%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 37 (19.17%) Azure
2 32 (16.58%) AWS
3 11 (5.70%) GCP
4 9 (4.66%) GitHub
5 7 (3.63%) IBM Blueworks
5 7 (3.63%) OpenShift
6 6 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (1.55%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.55%) Azure API Management
8 3 (1.55%) GitHub Copilot
8 3 (1.55%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (1.55%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.04%) Anthropic Claude
9 2 (1.04%) Azure Databricks
9 2 (1.04%) Google Compute Engine
9 2 (1.04%) IBM Watson
9 2 (1.04%) Kong
9 2 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.15%) HTTP
2 4 (2.07%) Cisco Nexus
2 4 (2.07%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.55%) Firewall
4 2 (1.04%) APPN
4 2 (1.04%) SNA
4 2 (1.04%) SSL
5 1 (0.52%) BGP
5 1 (0.52%) Broadband
5 1 (0.52%) DMZ
5 1 (0.52%) DSL
5 1 (0.52%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.52%) FTP
5 1 (0.52%) Internet
5 1 (0.52%) IPv4
5 1 (0.52%) LAN
5 1 (0.52%) Multicast
5 1 (0.52%) OSPF
5 1 (0.52%) SAN
5 1 (0.52%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.77%) SQL Server
2 13 (6.74%) Oracle Database
3 12 (6.22%) Db2
4 9 (4.66%) MongoDB
4 9 (4.66%) Relational Database
5 8 (4.15%) DataStage
5 8 (4.15%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (3.63%) Metadata
6 7 (3.63%) Tableau
7 6 (3.11%) NoSQL
8 4 (2.07%) Big Data
9 3 (1.55%) GIS
9 3 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (1.04%) IBM InfoSphere
10 2 (1.04%) Power BI
10 2 (1.04%) Redis
11 1 (0.52%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.52%) Data Vault
11 1 (0.52%) DataStax
Development Applications
1 20 (10.36%) Jenkins
2 18 (9.33%) JIRA
3 15 (7.77%) Git
4 11 (5.70%) JMeter
4 11 (5.70%) SonarQube
5 9 (4.66%) LoadRunner
6 8 (4.15%) Gradle
6 8 (4.15%) Sonatype Nexus
7 7 (3.63%) Postman
7 7 (3.63%) SoapUI
8 6 (3.11%) eggPlant
8 6 (3.11%) GitLab
8 6 (3.11%) Maven
8 6 (3.11%) REST Assured
9 5 (2.59%) Bitbucket Server
9 5 (2.59%) JUnit
9 5 (2.59%) Mockito
9 5 (2.59%) Selenium
10 4 (2.07%) Eclipse
11 3 (1.55%) PowerDesigner
General
1 74 (38.34%) Finance
2 57 (29.53%) Banking
3 49 (25.39%) Social Skills
4 34 (17.62%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (6.74%) Public Sector
6 10 (5.18%) Retail
7 7 (3.63%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.55%) Retail Banking
8 3 (1.55%) Spanish Language
9 2 (1.04%) Back Office
9 2 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.04%) Legal
9 2 (1.04%) Military
10 1 (0.52%) Front Office
10 1 (0.52%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.52%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 44 (22.80%) Developer
2 30 (15.54%) Architect
3 22 (11.40%) Lead
4 19 (9.84%) Senior
5 14 (7.25%) Analyst
6 13 (6.74%) Java Developer
7 11 (5.70%) Solutions Architect
8 10 (5.18%) Applications Support
8 10 (5.18%) Senior Developer
9 9 (4.66%) Applications Manager
9 9 (4.66%) Applications Support Manager
9 9 (4.66%) Support Manager
10 7 (3.63%) Automation Engineer
10 7 (3.63%) Designer
10 7 (3.63%) Middleware Engineer
10 7 (3.63%) Process Analyst
11 6 (3.11%) CICS Engineer
11 6 (3.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (3.11%) Lead Developer
11 6 (3.11%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (18.13%) Kafka
2 26 (13.47%) Middleware
3 25 (12.95%) Spring Boot
4 24 (12.44%) XML
5 21 (10.88%) Spring
6 17 (8.81%) REST
7 16 (8.29%) JSON
8 13 (6.74%) .NET
8 13 (6.74%) HTML
9 11 (5.70%) SOAP
9 11 (5.70%) Web Services
10 7 (3.63%) CSS
10 7 (3.63%) Jakarta EE
11 6 (3.11%) AngularJS
11 6 (3.11%) React
11 6 (3.11%) RESTful
12 5 (2.59%) IBM Integration Bus
12 5 (2.59%) JPA
12 5 (2.59%) Redux
12 5 (2.59%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 30 (15.54%) Mainframe
2 14 (7.25%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 12 (6.22%) Data Structures
4 10 (5.18%) AS400
4 10 (5.18%) Legacy Applications
5 9 (4.66%) Data Centre
5 9 (4.66%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (4.66%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (4.66%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.63%) iSeries
7 6 (3.11%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.59%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.59%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.59%) Replication
9 4 (2.07%) Clustering
9 4 (2.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (2.07%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.55%) EMC VMAX
10 3 (1.55%) EMC VNX
Operating Systems
1 23 (11.92%) Linux
2 20 (10.36%) zOS
3 16 (8.29%) Unix
4 12 (6.22%) Windows
5 10 (5.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (3.11%) Solaris
6 6 (3.11%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (2.59%) Windows Server
8 4 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (1.04%) MVS
11 1 (0.52%) AIX
11 1 (0.52%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (23.32%) Agile
2 41 (21.24%) Stakeholder Management
3 40 (20.73%) CI/CD
3 40 (20.73%) Migration
4 38 (19.69%) DevOps
5 29 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (13.99%) Test Automation
7 26 (13.47%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (12.95%) Scrum
9 22 (11.40%) Roadmaps
10 19 (9.84%) Root Cause Analysis
11 18 (9.33%) Microservices
12 17 (8.81%) ETL
12 17 (8.81%) Performance Tuning
12 17 (8.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 17 (8.81%) Validation
13 16 (8.29%) Containerisation
13 16 (8.29%) ITIL
13 16 (8.29%) Observability
14 14 (7.25%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 53 (27.46%) Java
2 46 (23.83%) SQL
3 27 (13.99%) JavaScript
3 27 (13.99%) Python
4 14 (7.25%) PL/SQL
5 10 (5.18%) C#
6 6 (3.11%) C++
7 5 (2.59%) COBOL
7 5 (2.59%) Shell Script
7 5 (2.59%) TypeScript
8 4 (2.07%) JCL
9 3 (1.55%) C
9 3 (1.55%) RPG
9 3 (1.55%) VB.NET
10 2 (1.04%) Bash
10 2 (1.04%) Korn
10 2 (1.04%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.04%) R
10 2 (1.04%) REXX
11 1 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 43 (22.28%) Security Cleared
2 37 (19.17%) SC Cleared
3 17 (8.81%) Degree
4 10 (5.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.55%) ISEB
5 3 (1.55%) ISTQB
5 3 (1.55%) PMI Certification
5 3 (1.55%) PMP
6 2 (1.04%) CISA
6 2 (1.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.52%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.52%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.70%) Data Quality
2 10 (5.18%) ISO 20022
3 8 (4.15%) ISO 15022
4 6 (3.11%) QA
5 4 (2.07%) SEPA
6 2 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.04%) GDPR
7 1 (0.52%) GAAP
7 1 (0.52%) IFRS
7 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 19770
7 1 (0.52%) PMO
7 1 (0.52%) SLA
7 1 (0.52%) TARGET2
System Software
1 23 (11.92%) Docker
2 7 (3.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.59%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (2.07%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (1.55%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 3 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.04%) RACF
7 1 (0.52%) Firmware
7 1 (0.52%) oVirt
7 1 (0.52%) PowerHA
7 1 (0.52%) RHEV
7 1 (0.52%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.52%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (9.84%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.11%) Grafana
3 5 (2.59%) Ansible
3 5 (2.59%) HP Fortify
4 4 (2.07%) Control-M
4 4 (2.07%) Oracle RMAN
5 3 (1.55%) Avamar
5 3 (1.55%) EMC VPLEX
5 3 (1.55%) Tivoli NetView
6 2 (1.04%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.04%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.52%) CA Endevor
7 1 (0.52%) Kibana
7 1 (0.52%) logstash
7 1 (0.52%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 51 (26.42%) Oracle
2 16 (8.29%) Microsoft
3 13 (6.74%) SAP
4 12 (6.22%) Splunk
5 9 (4.66%) Dynatrace
6 7 (3.63%) Databricks
6 7 (3.63%) Google
6 7 (3.63%) New Relic
6 7 (3.63%) VMware
7 6 (3.11%) Red Hat
7 6 (3.11%) Temenos
8 5 (2.59%) Broadcom
8 5 (2.59%) Cisco
8 5 (2.59%) Veracode
9 4 (2.07%) EMC
9 4 (2.07%) NetApp
9 4 (2.07%) ServiceNow
9 4 (2.07%) Veeam
10 3 (1.55%) jBASE
10 3 (1.55%) Sybase