BMC Contract Job Trends

BMC
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of BMC products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited BMC over the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2026, 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 BMC Software, Inc.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 554 493 533
Rank change year-on-year -61 +40 +75
Contract jobs citing BMC 91 44 49
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.15% 0.11%
As % of the Vendors category 0.44% 0.31% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 22 34
10th Percentile £306 £301 £400
25th Percentile £363 £384 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.60% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £650 £608 £575
90th Percentile £733 £661 £592
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £11.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £11.80
% change year-on-year - - -84.77%

All Vendors
UK

BMC 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 20,653 14,236 18,603
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.71% 47.54% 42.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,944 8,764 11,545
10th Percentile £313 £281 £270
25th Percentile £413 £403 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £518
Median % change year-on-year - -3.38% -1.43%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £715 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,060 658 1,169
10th Percentile £15.73 £14.84 £12.25
25th Percentile £19.02 £17.30 £14.50
Median hourly rate £33.99 £25.50 £24.10
Median % change year-on-year +33.29% +5.81% -43.29%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £59.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.23 £23.00 £22.56
% change year-on-year +40.11% +1.95% -39.84%

BMC
Job Vacancy Trend

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

BMC job vacancy trend in the UK

BMC
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing BMC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing BMC

BMC
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BMC over the 6 months to 22 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for BMC in the UK

BMC
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing BMC.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing BMC

BMC
Top 15 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BMC within the UK over the 6 months to 22 June 2026. 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
England -56 85 £482 -17.70% 15
UK excluding London -65 69 £475 +5.56% 14
South East -52 24 £600 +45.45% 5
Work from Home -39 23 £475 +5.56% 7
South West - 19 £371 -
North of England -69 13 £450 -18.18% 3
London -65 12 £488 -19.82% 4
North West -35 8 £513 -26.79%
East of England - 8 £724 - 1
Midlands -53 7 £475 -9.52% 1
West Midlands -57 6 £475 -9.52%
Yorkshire -53 4 £425 +13.33% 2
Wales -15 1 £375 +32.74% 1
East Midlands - 1 £500 - 1
North East - 1 - - 1

BMC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (2.20%) SAS
2 1 (1.10%) CICS
2 1 (1.10%) Confluence
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 41 (45.05%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (3.30%) Remedy AR System
Cloud Services
1 11 (12.09%) Azure
1 11 (12.09%) Power Platform
2 7 (7.69%) AWS
3 5 (5.49%) SaaS
4 3 (3.30%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.20%) GCP
5 2 (2.20%) PaaS
6 1 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 19 (20.88%) SNMP
2 2 (2.20%) DHCP
2 2 (2.20%) DNS
2 2 (2.20%) Network Security
3 1 (1.10%) Firewall
3 1 (1.10%) SAN
3 1 (1.10%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.10%) VLAN
3 1 (1.10%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 11 (12.09%) Power BI
3 3 (3.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (3.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (3.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.10%) Db2
5 1 (1.10%) DTS
Development Applications
1 4 (4.40%) JIRA
2 1 (1.10%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (18.68%) Social Skills
2 10 (10.99%) Telecoms
3 8 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (7.69%) Finance
5 6 (6.59%) Retail
6 4 (4.40%) Banking
6 4 (4.40%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.10%) Advertising
7 1 (1.10%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.10%) French Language
7 1 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.10%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (25.27%) Consultant
2 17 (18.68%) Architect
3 15 (16.48%) Management Consultant
4 12 (13.19%) Senior
5 10 (10.99%) Lead
6 8 (8.79%) ITSM Architect
7 6 (6.59%) Senior Architect
8 4 (4.40%) Service Management Architect
9 3 (3.30%) Analyst
9 3 (3.30%) Change and Release Manager
9 3 (3.30%) Change Manager
9 3 (3.30%) DBA
9 3 (3.30%) Developer
9 3 (3.30%) Enterprise Architect
9 3 (3.30%) ITSM Consultant
9 3 (3.30%) Release Manager
9 3 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (3.30%) SQL DBA
9 3 (3.30%) Technical Consultant
10 2 (2.20%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (38.46%) REST
2 3 (3.30%) SOAP
3 2 (2.20%) ISPF
3 2 (2.20%) Middleware
4 1 (1.10%) .NET
4 1 (1.10%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.10%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (25.27%) CMDB
2 10 (10.99%) Clustering
2 10 (10.99%) PKI
3 8 (8.79%) Onboarding
4 7 (7.69%) Mainframe
5 5 (5.49%) Replication
6 4 (4.40%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (4.40%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.20%) Data Centre
7 2 (2.20%) Data Structures
7 2 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.20%) Taxonomies
8 1 (1.10%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.10%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 36 (39.56%) Windows
2 20 (21.98%) Linux
3 18 (19.78%) AIX
4 13 (14.29%) Windows Server
5 6 (6.59%) zOS
6 1 (1.10%) MVS
6 1 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.10%) Unix
6 1 (1.10%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (59.34%) ITSM
2 35 (38.46%) ITIL
3 27 (29.67%) Service Management
4 19 (20.88%) Agile
5 16 (17.58%) Dashboard Development
6 14 (15.38%) Migration
7 12 (13.19%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (13.19%) Service Delivery
8 11 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (10.99%) Business Intelligence
9 10 (10.99%) Data Modelling
9 10 (10.99%) eTOM
10 9 (9.89%) Disaster Recovery
10 9 (9.89%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (8.79%) Workflow
12 7 (7.69%) Mentoring
12 7 (7.69%) Problem Management
12 7 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 6 (6.59%) Data Visualisation
13 6 (6.59%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 36 (39.56%) PowerShell
2 28 (30.77%) SQL
3 24 (26.37%) Python
4 17 (18.68%) Search Processing Language
5 10 (10.99%) JavaScript
6 6 (6.59%) REXX
7 4 (4.40%) C#
7 4 (4.40%) JCL
8 3 (3.30%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.10%) Assembly Language
9 1 (1.10%) Bash
9 1 (1.10%) CLIST
9 1 (1.10%) Go
9 1 (1.10%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 43 (47.25%) Security Cleared
2 22 (24.18%) SC Cleared
3 18 (19.78%) DV Cleared
4 4 (4.40%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (3.30%) Degree
6 1 (1.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (1.10%) ACCA
6 1 (1.10%) CASP
6 1 (1.10%) CISA
6 1 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.10%) CISM
6 1 (1.10%) CISSP
6 1 (1.10%) CRISC
6 1 (1.10%) GPEN
6 1 (1.10%) GREM
6 1 (1.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.10%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.10%) OSCP
6 1 (1.10%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.79%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.20%) SLA
3 1 (1.10%) GDPR
3 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (1.10%) NIST
3 1 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (16.48%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.40%) Job Entry Subsystem
3 1 (1.10%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.10%) NFS
3 1 (1.10%) RACF
3 1 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (20.88%) Nagios
1 19 (20.88%) ZABBIX
2 18 (19.78%) Netcool
3 17 (18.68%) Tivoli
4 15 (16.48%) OpenView
4 15 (16.48%) Tivoli Monitoring
5 4 (4.40%) Control-M
6 3 (3.30%) SCCM
7 1 (1.10%) Ansible
7 1 (1.10%) MAINVIEW
7 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.10%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 41 (45.05%) Remedy
2 30 (32.97%) ServiceNow
3 22 (24.18%) Splunk
4 21 (23.08%) SolarWinds
5 20 (21.98%) IBM
6 15 (16.48%) HP
7 7 (7.69%) Microsoft
8 5 (5.49%) Broadcom
9 2 (2.20%) Dynatrace
10 1 (1.10%) Adobe
10 1 (1.10%) CyberArk
10 1 (1.10%) Micro Focus
10 1 (1.10%) Red Hat
10 1 (1.10%) Samsung
10 1 (1.10%) Sybase
10 1 (1.10%) Tanium
10 1 (1.10%) VMware
10 1 (1.10%) Workday