IBM Contracts in the South West

IBM
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IBM over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 150 160
Rank change year-on-year +38 +10 -38
Contract jobs citing IBM 45 17 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.41% 0.47% 0.46%
As % of the Vendors category 3.46% 1.16% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 14 10
10th Percentile £499 - £413
25th Percentile £624 £375 £526
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £450 £631
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% -28.71% +12.22%
75th Percentile £688 £488 £655
90th Percentile - £549 £676
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +12.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 3 1
10th Percentile £67.13 £38.00 -
25th Percentile - £42.50 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -33.33% +50.00%
75th Percentile - £65.00 -
90th Percentile - £74.00 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £45.29 £43.10
% change year-on-year +54.57% +5.09% -13.81%

All Vendors
South West

IBM is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,302 1,469 1,389
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 40.70% 40.51% 37.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 832 1,107 973
10th Percentile £198 £245 £215
25th Percentile £400 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £621 £638 £579
90th Percentile £725 £715 £656
England median daily rate £519 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -3.40% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 81 54
10th Percentile £13.69 £17.75 £15.08
25th Percentile £31.88 £49.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £63.00 £47.11
Median % change year-on-year -24.60% +33.74% +9.88%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £57.09
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.75 £68.83
England median hourly rate £22.50 £39.58 £21.00
% change year-on-year -43.15% +88.45% -3.45%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing IBM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for IBM in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IBM in the South West.

Daily rate trend for IBM in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IBM in the South West over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IBM in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IBM in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for IBM in the South West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IBM in the South West over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IBM in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the South West region over the 6 months to 30 April 2024. 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
Bristol +54 42 £650 +52.94% 17
Wiltshire +5 2 £736 +22.71%
Devon - 1 - -
IBM
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (2.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.22%) PlantUML
Cloud Services
1 11 (24.44%) AWS
2 9 (20.00%) PaaS
2 9 (20.00%) SaaS
3 1 (2.22%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 9 (20.00%) PBX
1 9 (20.00%) VoIP
2 5 (11.11%) SDH
2 5 (11.11%) WAN
3 4 (8.89%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) Data Mining
1 2 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.22%) IDMS
2 1 (2.22%) Metadata
2 1 (2.22%) Metadata Repository
2 1 (2.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (42.22%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (6.67%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (2.22%) ERwin
3 1 (2.22%) JIRA
General
1 19 (42.22%) Telecoms
2 9 (20.00%) Aerospace
3 7 (15.56%) Digital Economy
4 6 (13.33%) Social Skills
5 5 (11.11%) Aeronautics
6 4 (8.89%) Public Sector
7 3 (6.67%) Electronics
8 2 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (2.22%) Finance
9 1 (2.22%) Law
9 1 (2.22%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 20 (44.44%) Architect
2 18 (40.00%) Solutions Architect
3 17 (37.78%) Embedded Engineer
3 17 (37.78%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 17 (37.78%) Software Engineer
4 2 (4.44%) AWS Data Engineer
4 2 (4.44%) AWS Engineer
4 2 (4.44%) Data Engineer
4 2 (4.44%) Lead
5 1 (2.22%) Administrator
5 1 (2.22%) Applications Architect
5 1 (2.22%) Data Architect
5 1 (2.22%) DBA
5 1 (2.22%) Developer
5 1 (2.22%) DOORS Administrator
5 1 (2.22%) Lead Architect
5 1 (2.22%) Lead Data Architect
5 1 (2.22%) PHP Developer
5 1 (2.22%) RPG Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) PySpark
2 1 (2.22%) .NET
2 1 (2.22%) .NET Core
2 1 (2.22%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (2.22%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 17 (37.78%) ARM Cortex
2 9 (20.00%) Blackberry
2 9 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (6.67%) Device Driver
4 1 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.22%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.22%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 17 (37.78%) FreeRTOS
1 17 (37.78%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (40.00%) ArchiMate
1 18 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 18 (40.00%) TOGAF
2 17 (37.78%) Configuration Management
2 17 (37.78%) Software Engineering
3 16 (35.56%) Roadmaps
4 15 (33.33%) Architecture Governance
4 15 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 15 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
5 14 (31.11%) BPMN
5 14 (31.11%) ITIL
6 11 (24.44%) Customer Engagement
6 11 (24.44%) Digital Strategy
7 9 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 9 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (17.78%) Commercial Awareness
8 8 (17.78%) Customer Requirements
8 8 (17.78%) Zero Trust
9 7 (15.56%) Business Analysis
9 7 (15.56%) PQQ
Programming Languages
1 20 (44.44%) C
2 17 (37.78%) Embedded C
3 2 (4.44%) Java
3 2 (4.44%) Python
3 2 (4.44%) R
3 2 (4.44%) Scala
3 2 (4.44%) SQL
4 1 (2.22%) C++
4 1 (2.22%) COBOL
4 1 (2.22%) PHP
4 1 (2.22%) RPG
Qualifications
1 33 (73.33%) Security Cleared
2 28 (62.22%) SC Cleared
3 13 (28.89%) Degree
3 13 (28.89%) DV Cleared
4 12 (26.67%) TOGAF Certification
5 11 (24.44%) HND
6 7 (15.56%) CCNP
6 7 (15.56%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (8.89%) JNCIA
8 3 (6.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (4.44%) IBM Certification
9 2 (4.44%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.67%) Def Stans
1 3 (6.67%) DO-178B
1 3 (6.67%) MISRA
2 2 (4.44%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (6.67%) Firmware
1 3 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (40.00%) Cisco
1 18 (40.00%) Juniper
1 18 (40.00%) Nokia
2 17 (37.78%) Lauterbach
3 9 (20.00%) Avaya
3 9 (20.00%) Ericsson
3 9 (20.00%) Google
3 9 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (20.00%) Ribbon
4 4 (8.89%) Ciena
4 4 (8.89%) Palo Alto
5 3 (6.67%) VMware
6 1 (2.22%) Fujitsu
6 1 (2.22%) Oracle
6 1 (2.22%) SAP