The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of IBM Sterling products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IBM Sterling 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 IBM Sterling Order Management (formerly Yantra).
IBM Sterling 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
13,893
18,473
25,523
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
47.46%
42.41%
42.77%
Number of daily rates quoted
8,711
11,449
17,111
10th Percentile
£288
£263
£273
25th Percentile
£406
£405
£413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£515
£517
£525
Median % change year-on-year
-0.39%
-1.52%
-
75th Percentile
£619
£628
£650
90th Percentile
£713
£738
£743
UK excluding London median daily rate
£500
£500
£500
% change year-on-year
-
-
+7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted
573
1,101
689
10th Percentile
£14.84
£12.13
£15.25
25th Percentile
£17.61
£14.48
£19.06
Median hourly rate
£26.45
£22.30
£43.75
Median % change year-on-year
+18.61%
-49.03%
+108.14%
75th Percentile
£56.00
£57.50
£65.00
90th Percentile
£75.00
£70.00
£75.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate
£24.18
£21.46
£38.50
% change year-on-year
+12.67%
-44.26%
+106.79%
IBM Sterling Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing IBM Sterling as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
IBM Sterling Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IBM Sterling.
IBM Sterling Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IBM Sterling over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
IBM Sterling Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IBM Sterling.
IBM Sterling Top 7 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM Sterling within the UK 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
IBM Sterling Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing IBM Sterling also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for IBM Sterling.
IBM Sterling Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
