IBM Contracts in the UK excluding London

IBM
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 193 190 267
Rank change year-on-year -3 +77 -29
Contract jobs citing IBM 147 228 204
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.15% 1.10% 0.85%
As % of the Vendors category 2.36% 2.57% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 123 131
10th Percentile £180 £378 £325
25th Percentile £381 £411 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £472 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.54% -5.60% +3.09%
75th Percentile £534 £588 £578
90th Percentile £634 £676 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 32 5
10th Percentile - £58.00 £36.07
25th Percentile - £65.00 £37.67
Median hourly rate £24.18 £70.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.46% +40.00% +20.48%
75th Percentile £28.10 - £58.75
90th Percentile £80.25 - £71.50
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £70.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year -65.46% +3.70% +56.63%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,222 8,861 10,677
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 48.74% 42.66% 44.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,963 5,339 7,359
10th Percentile £215 £205 £205
25th Percentile £369 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.53%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £517 £525
% change year-on-year -0.39% -1.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 940 476
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.79 £14.31
25th Percentile £16.95 £14.16 £17.74
Median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +106.79%
75th Percentile £58.63 £58.70 £63.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £22.30 £43.75
% change year-on-year +18.61% -49.03% +108.14%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing IBM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IBM in the UK excluding London

IBM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IBM in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for IBM in the UK excluding London

IBM
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for IBM in the UK excluding London

IBM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IBM in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for IBM in the UK excluding London

IBM
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IBM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for IBM in the UK excluding London

IBM
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the UK excluding London 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
North of England -9 53 £425 -1.16% 31
South East +37 31 £180 -67.27% 78
Scotland +18 29 £490 -2.10% 23
North West +31 24 £381 -22.95% 15
Yorkshire -33 23 £513 +19.19% 15
Midlands +15 16 £468 +16.08% 38
West Midlands +8 15 £460 +14.21% 11
South West +10 9 £600 -7.69% 36
East of England +23 6 £500 +5.82% 21
North East +3 6 £419 +4.69% 2
Wales - 2 - - 2
East Midlands +9 1 £480 - 27
Northern Ireland -9 1 - - 5
IBM
UK

IBM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 14 (9.52%) Confluence
2 7 (4.76%) WebSphere
3 5 (3.40%) JBoss
4 4 (2.72%) IIS
4 4 (2.72%) SAS
4 4 (2.72%) WebLogic
4 4 (2.72%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (2.04%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.36%) Apache
6 2 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (1.36%) Apache Spark
6 2 (1.36%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (1.36%) CICS
6 2 (1.36%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.68%) CMS
7 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.68%) nginx
7 1 (0.68%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.04%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.36%) Maximo
1 2 (1.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.68%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 34 (23.13%) AWS
2 22 (14.97%) Azure
3 12 (8.16%) GCP
4 4 (2.72%) Amazon EC2
4 4 (2.72%) Amazon S3
5 3 (2.04%) Alation
5 3 (2.04%) IBM Cloud
5 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (2.04%) Snowflake
6 2 (1.36%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (1.36%) Collibra
6 2 (1.36%) IaaS
6 2 (1.36%) IBM Blueworks
6 2 (1.36%) npm
6 2 (1.36%) Nutanix
6 2 (1.36%) OpenShift
6 2 (1.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (0.68%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.68%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.68%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.08%) SAN
2 5 (3.40%) SSL
3 4 (2.72%) SNA
3 4 (2.72%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.04%) HTTPS
5 2 (1.36%) Calico
5 2 (1.36%) DHCP
5 2 (1.36%) DNS
5 2 (1.36%) NetScaler
5 2 (1.36%) Network Security
5 2 (1.36%) SSH
6 1 (0.68%) DSL
6 1 (0.68%) DWDM
6 1 (0.68%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.68%) Firewall
6 1 (0.68%) FTP
6 1 (0.68%) HTTP
6 1 (0.68%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.68%) tcpdump
6 1 (0.68%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.80%) DB2
2 6 (4.08%) MongoDB
2 6 (4.08%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.40%) IBM InfoSphere
4 4 (2.72%) Hadoop
4 4 (2.72%) Oracle Database
4 4 (2.72%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.04%) Apache Hive
5 3 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.04%) RDBMS
5 3 (2.04%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.36%) BigQuery
6 2 (1.36%) DataStage
6 2 (1.36%) Metadata
6 2 (1.36%) MySQL
6 2 (1.36%) OLAP
6 2 (1.36%) Oracle OLAP
7 1 (0.68%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.68%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 18 (12.24%) JIRA
2 9 (6.12%) GitLab
3 7 (4.76%) Rational Rhapsody
4 5 (3.40%) Bitbucket
5 4 (2.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (2.72%) Jenkins
6 3 (2.04%) Artifactory
6 3 (2.04%) JUnit
7 2 (1.36%) Git
7 2 (1.36%) MagicDraw
7 2 (1.36%) Maven
7 2 (1.36%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.68%) ERwin
8 1 (0.68%) Hudson
8 1 (0.68%) JMeter
8 1 (0.68%) Selenium
8 1 (0.68%) Zephyr
General
1 36 (24.49%) Finance
2 33 (22.45%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (21.77%) Social Skills
4 28 (19.05%) Banking
5 8 (5.44%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.36%) Electronics
7 2 (1.36%) Front Office
7 2 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.36%) Law
7 2 (1.36%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.36%) Marketing
7 2 (1.36%) Retail
7 2 (1.36%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.36%) Wholesale Banking
8 1 (0.68%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.68%) Billing
8 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.68%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.68%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 20 (13.61%) Architect
2 19 (12.93%) Consultant
3 16 (10.88%) Senior
4 14 (9.52%) Server Engineer
5 13 (8.84%) Administrator
6 12 (8.16%) Support Engineer
7 11 (7.48%) Software Consultant
8 10 (6.80%) Infrastructure Consultant
8 10 (6.80%) Senior Consultant
8 10 (6.80%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
9 9 (6.12%) Infrastructure Architect
9 9 (6.12%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (5.44%) Break Fix Engineer
10 8 (5.44%) Developer
11 7 (4.76%) Analyst
11 7 (4.76%) Security Administrator
11 7 (4.76%) Server Support
11 7 (4.76%) Server Support Engineer
12 6 (4.08%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
13 5 (3.40%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.84%) Middleware
2 10 (6.80%) EntireX
3 7 (4.76%) Kafka
4 5 (3.40%) ISPF
5 4 (2.72%) Spring
6 3 (2.04%) IBM Integration Bus
6 3 (2.04%) JSON
6 3 (2.04%) Spring Boot
7 2 (1.36%) .NET
7 2 (1.36%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (1.36%) REST
7 2 (1.36%) RESTful
7 2 (1.36%) SOAP
7 2 (1.36%) WebSphere MQ
7 2 (1.36%) XML
8 1 (0.68%) JWT
8 1 (0.68%) PySpark
8 1 (0.68%) Struts
8 1 (0.68%) Web Services
8 1 (0.68%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 38 (25.85%) Mainframe
2 30 (20.41%) Data Centre
3 12 (8.16%) Product Ownership
4 9 (6.12%) IBM Mainframe
5 8 (5.44%) Replication
6 7 (4.76%) Management Information System
7 5 (3.40%) Clustering
7 5 (3.40%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (3.40%) Public Cloud
8 3 (2.04%) Equity Derivative
8 3 (2.04%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.36%) AS400
9 2 (1.36%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.36%) iSeries
9 2 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.36%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.68%) NVMe
Operating Systems
1 39 (26.53%) Linux
2 23 (15.65%) Windows
3 20 (13.61%) Unix
4 19 (12.93%) zOS
5 13 (8.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (6.12%) Solaris
7 8 (5.44%) AIX
7 8 (5.44%) HPUX
8 7 (4.76%) Windows Server
9 2 (1.36%) Android
9 2 (1.36%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.36%) CentOS
9 2 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.68%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.68%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (25.17%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (17.69%) Agile
3 20 (13.61%) Customer Service
3 20 (13.61%) Project Delivery
4 18 (12.24%) Disaster Recovery
5 17 (11.56%) DevOps
6 14 (9.52%) Break/Fix
6 14 (9.52%) Roadmaps
7 13 (8.84%) ITIL
8 12 (8.16%) High Availability
9 11 (7.48%) SDLC
10 9 (6.12%) Capacity Planning
10 9 (6.12%) Migration
10 9 (6.12%) Software Engineering
11 8 (5.44%) CI/CD
11 8 (5.44%) Validation
12 7 (4.76%) Analytical Thinking
12 7 (4.76%) DevSecOps
12 7 (4.76%) ITSM
12 7 (4.76%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (13.61%) Python
2 18 (12.24%) SQL
3 11 (7.48%) JCL
4 8 (5.44%) Java
4 8 (5.44%) Perl
4 8 (5.44%) REXX
5 7 (4.76%) Bash
5 7 (4.76%) Shell Script
6 6 (4.08%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.72%) ActionScript
7 4 (2.72%) ActionScript 2.0
7 4 (2.72%) CLIST
7 4 (2.72%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.36%) Assembly Language
8 2 (1.36%) COBOL
9 1 (0.68%) C
9 1 (0.68%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.68%) Jython
9 1 (0.68%) RPG
9 1 (0.68%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 21 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 17 (11.56%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.12%) IBM Certification
4 6 (4.08%) CISSP
5 3 (2.04%) Degree
6 2 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.36%) Dell Certification
7 1 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.68%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.68%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.68%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (14.29%) SLA
2 10 (6.80%) QA
3 3 (2.04%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.36%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.36%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (1.36%) GDPR
5 1 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (7.48%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (4.76%) Docker
2 7 (4.76%) RACF
3 6 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.40%) Time Sharing Option
5 2 (1.36%) Active Directory
5 2 (1.36%) GPFS
5 2 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.36%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.68%) ACF2
6 1 (0.68%) Job Entry Subsystem
6 1 (0.68%) LXC
6 1 (0.68%) Microcode
6 1 (0.68%) NFS
Systems Management
1 10 (6.80%) Ansible
2 9 (6.12%) Terraform
3 7 (4.76%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.72%) Grafana
4 4 (2.72%) Prometheus
4 4 (2.72%) Tivoli
4 4 (2.72%) Tivoli NetView
4 4 (2.72%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 3 (2.04%) Nagios
5 3 (2.04%) Progress Chef
5 3 (2.04%) QRadar
6 2 (1.36%) CA Endevor
6 2 (1.36%) Istio
6 2 (1.36%) OMEGAMON
6 2 (1.36%) PTC Integrity
6 2 (1.36%) Puppet
6 2 (1.36%) SCOM
6 2 (1.36%) Veritas Storage Foundation
6 2 (1.36%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.68%) Nessus
Vendors
1 27 (18.37%) HP
2 24 (16.33%) Dell
3 12 (8.16%) Microsoft
3 12 (8.16%) Oracle
4 10 (6.80%) Software AG
4 10 (6.80%) webMethods
5 8 (5.44%) Dynatrace
5 8 (5.44%) Sun
5 8 (5.44%) VMware
6 7 (4.76%) Unisys
7 6 (4.08%) Informatica
7 6 (4.08%) Red Hat
8 5 (3.40%) Google
8 5 (3.40%) Splunk
8 5 (3.40%) Sybase
9 4 (2.72%) Atlassian
9 4 (2.72%) IBM Sterling
10 3 (2.04%) EMC
10 3 (2.04%) SAP
10 3 (2.04%) ServiceNow