IBM Contracts in Reading

IBM
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 59 87 82
Rank change year-on-year +28 -5 +13
Contract jobs citing IBM 1 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.17% 0.34% 0.48%
As % of the Vendors category 0.31% 0.70% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - £609 -
25th Percentile - £629 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £675 £688
Median % change year-on-year - -1.82% +19.65%
75th Percentile - £701 £700
90th Percentile - £710 -
Berkshire median daily rate £600 £675 £688
% change year-on-year -11.11% -1.82% +22.40%

All Vendors
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 322 575 535
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 53.94% 48.24% 51.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 358 369
10th Percentile £350 £213 £372
25th Percentile £456 £413 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% -4.35% +11.33%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £685
90th Percentile £700 £688 £725
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +7.32% -6.82% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 23 15
10th Percentile £33.82 £52.90 £29.10
25th Percentile £41.05 £56.38 £47.95
Median hourly rate £53.10 £60.14 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year -11.71% -7.01% +115.58%
75th Percentile £65.14 £62.03 £66.21
90th Percentile £72.37 £64.66 £73.45
Berkshire median hourly rate £42.78 £58.30 £60.88
% change year-on-year -26.63% -4.23% +21.75%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for IBM in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for IBM in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for IBM in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre Technician
1 1 (100.00%) Data Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Break/Fix
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) SAP