IBM Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

IBM
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 19 December 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
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - +14
Contract jobs citing IBM 4 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 1.67% - 4.20%
As % of the Vendors category 5.00% - 11.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £443 - -
90th Percentile £567 - -
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% -

All Vendors
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 80 56 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 33.33% 31.64% 36.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 21 32
10th Percentile £165 £148 £163
25th Percentile £325 £155 £226
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -12.50% +25.00%
75th Percentile £500 £488 £541
90th Percentile £583 £650 £643
UK median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 12 2
10th Percentile £12.31 £22.67 £16.13
25th Percentile £13.26 - £16.15
Median hourly rate £13.69 £24.18 £16.81
Median % change year-on-year -43.40% +43.84% +10.23%
75th Percentile £17.53 £28.20 £18.09
90th Percentile £25.32 £40.25 £18.49
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £29.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -17.84% -34.83% +73.08%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IBM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

IBM job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

IBM
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing IBM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing IBM

IBM
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IBM in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IBM in Northern Ireland

IBM
Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing IBM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing IBM

IBM
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
County Antrim - 4 £350 -
IBM
UK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) EDI Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) EDI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) B2B
1 3 (75.00%) ERP
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) IBM Sterling
1 3 (75.00%) OpenText
1 3 (75.00%) SEEBURGER