IBM BigFix Contract Job Trends

IBM BigFix
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring IBM BigFix skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 611 - 577
Rank change year-on-year - - +148
Contract jobs citing IBM BigFix 8 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.018% - 0.014%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.12% - 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £318 - -
25th Percentile £324 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £336 - -
75th Percentile £347 - -
90th Percentile £354 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £336 - -

All Systems Management Skills
UK

IBM BigFix falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 6,438 4,730 5,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.69% 16.13% 11.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,446 3,173 3,772
10th Percentile £316 £313 £258
25th Percentile £413 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -9.57%
75th Percentile £600 £627 £625
90th Percentile £688 £738 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -1.60% +1.01% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 50 140
10th Percentile £19.00 £17.84 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.03 £22.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £25.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +115.69% -21.54% -37.66%
75th Percentile £68.75 £52.75 £59.06
90th Percentile £79.85 £70.75 £71.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £24.18 £40.00
% change year-on-year +127.46% -39.55% -10.86%

IBM BigFix
Job Vacancy Trend

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

IBM BigFix job vacancy trend in the UK

IBM BigFix
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IBM BigFix

IBM BigFix
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IBM BigFix

IBM BigFix
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM BigFix within the UK over the 6 months to 21 March 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
North West - 8 £336 -
England - 8 £336 - 1
UK excluding London - 8 £336 - 3
North of England - 8 £336 -
Work from Home - 6 - - 1

IBM BigFix
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) DB2
1 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) AIX
1 6 (75.00%) Linux
1 6 (75.00%) Unix
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
1 6 (75.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Asset Management
2 6 (75.00%) Virtual Environments
3 2 (25.00%) Software Asset Management
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) Bash
1 6 (75.00%) PowerShell
1 6 (75.00%) SQL
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Hyper-V
1 6 (75.00%) KVM
1 6 (75.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (75.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) IBM