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 13 April 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
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 238 223
Rank change year-on-year -23 -15 +79
Contract jobs citing IBM 151 117 175
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.87% 0.92% 0.98%
As % of the Vendors category 1.99% 2.05% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 70 124
10th Percentile £350 £387 £414
25th Percentile £401 £425 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% -8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £625 £683 £750
90th Percentile £700 £755 £800
England median daily rate £455 £500 £532
% change year-on-year -9.00% -5.93% +1.24%
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 £82.25 £24.18 £70.00
% change year-on-year +240.16% -65.46% +64.01%

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 5,706 7,234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.83% 45.10% 40.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,003 3,744 4,947
10th Percentile £350 £323 £281
25th Percentile £425 £423 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% -1.10% -2.68%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £660
90th Percentile £738 £768 £768
England median daily rate £500 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.45% -3.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 88 144
10th Percentile £18.07 £15.84 £13.55
25th Percentile £21.00 £23.35 £16.86
Median hourly rate £32.00 £29.07 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.08% +18.65% -5.20%
75th Percentile £43.75 £51.88 £40.12
90th Percentile £68.12 £67.88 £69.05
England median hourly rate £27.50 £28.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year -4.35% +27.78% -41.56%

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 13 April 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 13 April 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 £510 -5.56% 5
East London -3 2 £416 +4.00% 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 16 (10.60%) WebSphere
2 11 (7.28%) Confluence
2 11 (7.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 10 (6.62%) WebLogic
4 7 (4.64%) nginx
5 6 (3.97%) Tomcat
6 5 (3.31%) SharePoint
7 3 (1.99%) CICS
7 3 (1.99%) JBoss
7 3 (1.99%) MQSeries
8 2 (1.32%) Camunda
9 1 (0.66%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.66%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (4.64%) BusinessWorks
1 7 (4.64%) Temenos T24
2 4 (2.65%) Maximo
3 3 (1.99%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 3 (1.99%) Oracle 11i
3 3 (1.99%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (1.32%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (1.32%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (1.32%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.66%) Algo Collateral
5 1 (0.66%) MetaTrader
5 1 (0.66%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.66%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.66%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.66%) SAP AFS
5 1 (0.66%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.66%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.66%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.66%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
Cloud Services
1 37 (24.50%) AWS
2 25 (16.56%) Azure
3 8 (5.30%) GCP
4 7 (4.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 6 (3.97%) Amazon S3
5 6 (3.97%) AWS Lambda
5 6 (3.97%) Azure API Management
5 6 (3.97%) Serverless
6 5 (3.31%) IBM Watson
6 5 (3.31%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.65%) GitHub
8 3 (1.99%) Amazon SageMaker
8 3 (1.99%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.32%) GitHub Copilot
9 2 (1.32%) IBM Cloud
9 2 (1.32%) MinIO
9 2 (1.32%) OCI
9 2 (1.32%) Rubrik
9 2 (1.32%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.96%) HTTP
2 6 (3.97%) APPN
2 6 (3.97%) SNA
2 6 (3.97%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.65%) SAN
4 3 (1.99%) Firewall
5 2 (1.32%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (1.32%) HTTPS
5 2 (1.32%) LAN
6 1 (0.66%) DNS
6 1 (0.66%) DWDM
6 1 (0.66%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.66%) MPLS
6 1 (0.66%) Multicast
6 1 (0.66%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.66%) Network Security
6 1 (0.66%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.66%) VPN
6 1 (0.66%) WAN
6 1 (0.66%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (11.26%) DB2
2 14 (9.27%) SQL Server
3 12 (7.95%) DataStage
4 10 (6.62%) Oracle Database
5 9 (5.96%) Relational Database
6 8 (5.30%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (3.97%) Big Data
8 5 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (3.31%) DynamoDB
8 5 (3.31%) Power BI
9 4 (2.65%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (2.65%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (1.99%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.99%) Oracle Database 10g
10 3 (1.99%) Tableau
11 2 (1.32%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (1.32%) GIS
11 2 (1.32%) MongoDB
11 2 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (1.32%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 13 (8.61%) JIRA
2 10 (6.62%) GitLab
3 8 (5.30%) Ant
4 6 (3.97%) Jenkins
5 4 (2.65%) Git
5 4 (2.65%) JUnit
5 4 (2.65%) Liquibase
5 4 (2.65%) PowerDesigner
5 4 (2.65%) SoapUI
6 2 (1.32%) IBM UrbanCode
6 2 (1.32%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.66%) ERwin
7 1 (0.66%) git-flow
7 1 (0.66%) Maven
7 1 (0.66%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.66%) TestDirector
7 1 (0.66%) Toad
7 1 (0.66%) Tricentis qTest
7 1 (0.66%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.66%) XPEDITER
General
1 40 (26.49%) Banking
2 37 (24.50%) Finance
3 32 (21.19%) Social Skills
4 20 (13.25%) Public Sector
5 12 (7.95%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.65%) Investment Banking
7 3 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.32%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (1.32%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.32%) Legal
8 2 (1.32%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.66%) Back Office
9 1 (0.66%) Front Office
9 1 (0.66%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.66%) International Banking
9 1 (0.66%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.66%) Private Banking
9 1 (0.66%) Retail
9 1 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (24.50%) Developer
2 28 (18.54%) Architect
3 13 (8.61%) Data Engineer
4 11 (7.28%) Lead
5 10 (6.62%) Senior
6 8 (5.30%) Applications Architect
7 7 (4.64%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (3.97%) AWS Architect
8 6 (3.97%) Data Centre Engineer
8 6 (3.97%) Integration Engineer
8 6 (3.97%) Project Manager
8 6 (3.97%) T24 Developer
8 6 (3.97%) TIBCO Developer
9 5 (3.31%) Cloud Architect
9 5 (3.31%) DevOps Engineer
9 5 (3.31%) Java Engineer
9 5 (3.31%) Network Engineer
10 4 (2.65%) Break Fix Engineer
10 4 (2.65%) Integration Architect
10 4 (2.65%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (13.91%) XML
2 19 (12.58%) Kafka
3 16 (10.60%) Middleware
4 14 (9.27%) SOAP
5 12 (7.95%) JMS
5 12 (7.95%) XSLT
6 10 (6.62%) REST
6 10 (6.62%) Web Services
7 8 (5.30%) J2EE
7 8 (5.30%) Spring
7 8 (5.30%) Spring Boot
7 8 (5.30%) WSDL
8 7 (4.64%) OC4J
8 7 (4.64%) TIBCO EMS
8 7 (4.64%) XSD
9 6 (3.97%) JSON
10 5 (3.31%) IBM Integration Bus
10 5 (3.31%) WebSphere MQ
11 4 (2.65%) OAuth
12 3 (1.99%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 26 (17.22%) Mainframe
2 12 (7.95%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (7.28%) Data Centre
3 11 (7.28%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 9 (5.96%) DataPower
5 6 (3.97%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.97%) Legacy Applications
6 5 (3.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (3.31%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.65%) Algorithms
7 4 (2.65%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.65%) EMC VNX
7 4 (2.65%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.99%) AS400
8 3 (1.99%) IBM Mainframe
8 3 (1.99%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.99%) VSAM
9 2 (1.32%) Derivative
9 2 (1.32%) PACS
9 2 (1.32%) Symmetrix
Operating Systems
1 22 (14.57%) Windows
2 20 (13.25%) Linux
3 15 (9.93%) zOS
4 7 (4.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (4.64%) Unix
5 6 (3.97%) Solaris
5 6 (3.97%) Windows Server
5 6 (3.97%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (3.31%) AIX
6 5 (3.31%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.99%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.66%) Android
8 1 (0.66%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (17.88%) Agile
2 22 (14.57%) Migration
2 22 (14.57%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (13.91%) CI/CD
4 20 (13.25%) ETL
5 19 (12.58%) Stakeholder Management
6 18 (11.92%) DevOps
7 15 (9.93%) Data Modelling
8 13 (8.61%) Scrum
8 13 (8.61%) SOA
9 12 (7.95%) Roadmaps
10 11 (7.28%) AI
10 11 (7.28%) Analytics
10 11 (7.28%) Microservices
10 11 (7.28%) Test Automation
11 9 (5.96%) Break/Fix
11 9 (5.96%) Performance Tuning
11 9 (5.96%) UML
12 8 (5.30%) Design Patterns
12 8 (5.30%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 36 (23.84%) SQL
2 25 (16.56%) Java
3 22 (14.57%) Python
4 16 (10.60%) PL/SQL
5 8 (5.30%) XPath
6 6 (3.97%) Korn
6 6 (3.97%) Shell Script
7 5 (3.31%) JavaScript
7 5 (3.31%) Perl
8 3 (1.99%) Bash
8 3 (1.99%) COBOL
8 3 (1.99%) JCL
9 2 (1.32%) Assembly Language
9 2 (1.32%) Bicep
9 2 (1.32%) C#
9 2 (1.32%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.32%) REXX
9 2 (1.32%) Scala
10 1 (0.66%) Jython
10 1 (0.66%) RPG
Qualifications
1 43 (28.48%) Security Cleared
2 32 (21.19%) SC Cleared
3 4 (2.65%) Degree
4 3 (1.99%) AWS Certification
4 3 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.99%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (1.32%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.32%) CCSP
5 2 (1.32%) CEH
5 2 (1.32%) CISM
5 2 (1.32%) CISMP
5 2 (1.32%) CISSP
5 2 (1.32%) CSSLP
5 2 (1.32%) GCIH
5 2 (1.32%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.66%) CCNP
6 1 (0.66%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.62%) SLA
2 7 (4.64%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.64%) QA
3 4 (2.65%) ISO 20022
3 4 (2.65%) SEPA
4 3 (1.99%) GRC
5 2 (1.32%) ISO 15022
5 2 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.32%) NIST
5 2 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.66%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.66%) Basel III
6 1 (0.66%) GAAP
6 1 (0.66%) GDPR
6 1 (0.66%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.66%) IFRS
6 1 (0.66%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.66%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.66%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (8.61%) Docker
2 5 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.65%) Oracle RAC
3 4 (2.65%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.32%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 2 (1.32%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 2 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.32%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.66%) Firmware
5 1 (0.66%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 12 (7.95%) Terraform
2 9 (5.96%) Ansible
2 9 (5.96%) Kubernetes
3 7 (4.64%) TIBCO Hawk
4 6 (3.97%) Tivoli NetView
5 4 (2.65%) Oracle RMAN
6 3 (1.99%) Grafana
7 2 (1.32%) Avamar
7 2 (1.32%) CA Endevor
7 2 (1.32%) Control-M
7 2 (1.32%) EMC NetWorker
7 2 (1.32%) EMC VPLEX
7 2 (1.32%) Tivoli
7 2 (1.32%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.66%) Argo
8 1 (0.66%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.66%) Podman
8 1 (0.66%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.66%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 33 (21.85%) Oracle
2 16 (10.60%) SAP
3 10 (6.62%) HP
4 9 (5.96%) Dell
5 7 (4.64%) BEA
5 7 (4.64%) Cisco
5 7 (4.64%) Google
5 7 (4.64%) Informatica
5 7 (4.64%) TIBCO
6 6 (3.97%) Microsoft
6 6 (3.97%) Red Hat
6 6 (3.97%) ServiceNow
6 6 (3.97%) Temenos
6 6 (3.97%) VMware
7 5 (3.31%) Databricks
7 5 (3.31%) Veeam
8 4 (2.65%) Brocade
8 4 (2.65%) Cognos
8 4 (2.65%) EMC
8 4 (2.65%) Isilon