IBM Contracts in Manchester

IBM
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 64 95 113
Rank change year-on-year +31 +18 +18
Contract jobs citing IBM 15 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.62% 0.066% 0.26%
As % of the Vendors category 3.39% 0.19% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 3
10th Percentile £347 - £319
25th Percentile £395 - £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £363
Median % change year-on-year - - -24.08%
75th Percentile £558 - £578
90th Percentile £692 - £696
North West median daily rate £381 £495 £325
% change year-on-year -22.95% +52.15% -23.53%

All Vendors
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 442 530 668
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 47.73% 34.94% 35.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 311 353 476
10th Percentile £230 £313 £300
25th Percentile £398 £400 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £703 £656
North West median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 42 16
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.81 £13.31
25th Percentile £14.20 £12.51 £18.73
Median hourly rate £32.50 £17.72 £32.60
Median % change year-on-year +83.41% -45.64% +93.30%
75th Percentile £60.00 £26.50 £65.00
90th Percentile - £60.00 -
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
% change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% +97.73%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for IBM in Manchester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for IBM in Manchester

IBM
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

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

Daily rate histogram for IBM in Manchester

IBM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for IBM in Manchester

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Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the Manchester 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
Stockport - 1 - -
IBM
North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 4 (26.67%) WebSphere
2 2 (13.33%) IIS
2 2 (13.33%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (6.67%) CICS
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) AWS
2 2 (13.33%) Amazon EC2
2 2 (13.33%) Amazon S3
2 2 (13.33%) AWS CloudFormation
2 2 (13.33%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) GCP
2 2 (13.33%) IBM Cloud
2 2 (13.33%) npm
2 2 (13.33%) Nutanix
2 2 (13.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 1 (6.67%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Calico
1 2 (13.33%) DHCP
1 2 (13.33%) DNS
2 1 (6.67%) Network Security
2 1 (6.67%) SSL
2 1 (6.67%) tcpdump
2 1 (6.67%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Git
1 2 (13.33%) GitLab
1 2 (13.33%) Jenkins
1 2 (13.33%) Maven
2 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 6 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Banking
3 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Finance
5 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Architect
2 2 (13.33%) Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Consultant
2 2 (13.33%) DevOps Specialist
2 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Architect
2 2 (13.33%) Senior
3 1 (6.67%) Applications Support Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Security Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Technical Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Software Asset Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Software Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Software Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Storage Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (6.67%) EntireX
2 1 (6.67%) ISPF
2 1 (6.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (13.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (13.33%) Clustering
2 2 (13.33%) Mainframe
2 2 (13.33%) Mobile App
2 2 (13.33%) Replication
3 1 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (6.67%) Distributed Applications
3 1 (6.67%) EMC VNX
3 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (6.67%) IBM XIV
3 1 (6.67%) MISP
3 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (40.00%) Linux
2 4 (26.67%) Windows
3 2 (13.33%) Android
3 2 (13.33%) Apple iOS
3 2 (13.33%) CentOS
3 2 (13.33%) HPUX
3 2 (13.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (13.33%) Solaris
3 2 (13.33%) Windows Server
3 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (6.67%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (26.67%) DevOps
2 4 (26.67%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (20.00%) Agile
3 3 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (13.33%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (13.33%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (13.33%) CI/CD
4 2 (13.33%) DevSecOps
4 2 (13.33%) High Availability
4 2 (13.33%) ITIL
4 2 (13.33%) Migration
4 2 (13.33%) Mobile Application Development
4 2 (13.33%) Network Architecture
4 2 (13.33%) Platform Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
4 2 (13.33%) Roadmaps
4 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) Systems Thinking
4 2 (13.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) Python
2 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (13.33%) Shell Script
3 1 (6.67%) Bash
3 1 (6.67%) JCL
3 1 (6.67%) SQL
3 1 (6.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) PCI DSS
2 1 (6.67%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (13.33%) Docker
1 2 (13.33%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (13.33%) VMware NSX
2 1 (6.67%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) Terraform
2 2 (13.33%) Ansible
2 2 (13.33%) Istio
2 2 (13.33%) Kubernetes
2 2 (13.33%) Nagios
2 2 (13.33%) Prometheus
2 2 (13.33%) ZABBIX
3 1 (6.67%) CA Endevor
3 1 (6.67%) Grafana
3 1 (6.67%) Nessus
3 1 (6.67%) OpenVAS
3 1 (6.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Dell
1 2 (13.33%) HP
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (13.33%) SolarWinds
1 2 (13.33%) Splunk
1 2 (13.33%) Sun
1 2 (13.33%) VMware
2 1 (6.67%) AppDynamics
2 1 (6.67%) ArcSight
2 1 (6.67%) Carbon Black
2 1 (6.67%) EMC
2 1 (6.67%) IBM Sterling
2 1 (6.67%) LogRhythm
2 1 (6.67%) Moogsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Qualys
2 1 (6.67%) Rapid7
2 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (6.67%) Software AG
2 1 (6.67%) Unisys
2 1 (6.67%) webMethods