IBM Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

IBM
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Shropshire 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 21 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
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 21 -
Rank change year-on-year -37 - -
Contract jobs citing IBM 4 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 1.10% 4.31% -
As % of the Vendors category 1.77% 6.85% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £420 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £435 £525
% change year-on-year -8.05% -17.14% +10.53%

All Vendors
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 226 73 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 62.43% 62.93% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 51 8
10th Percentile £400 £313 £236
25th Percentile £429 £420 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £469 £308
Median % change year-on-year +9.81% +52.27% -42.75%
75th Percentile £538 £530 £365
90th Percentile £552 £567 £500
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £465
% change year-on-year - +7.53% -6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 £12.18 -
Median % change year-on-year +106.49% - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £24.86 £22.75
% change year-on-year +1.16% +9.29% +28.39%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

IBM job vacancy trend in Shropshire

IBM
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing IBM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing IBM

IBM
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 21 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
Telford -35 4 £400 -4.76% 2
IBM
West Midlands

IBM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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 4 (100.00%) Anypoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) AWS
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) HTTPS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Integration Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 4 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
2 3 (75.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (75.00%) User Experience
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Axway
1 4 (100.00%) IBM Sterling
1 4 (100.00%) MuleSoft