IBM XIV Contracts

IBM XIV Storage System
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IBM XIV in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IBM XIV over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 519 581 -
Rank change year-on-year +62 - -
Contract jobs citing IBM XIV 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% 0.002% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.010% 0.008% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £600 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £600 -

All Generic Skills
UK

IBM XIV falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 9,944 13,250 19,897
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.97% 30.42% 33.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,345 8,502 13,668
10th Percentile £300 £263 £308
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £650 £660 £680
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 394 912 640
10th Percentile £16.46 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.00 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.99 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.08 £28.25 £22.00
% change year-on-year +10.02% +28.41% +9.64%

IBM XIV
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IBM XIV as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IBM XIV in the UK

IBM XIV
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IBM XIV.

Daily rate trend for IBM XIV in the UK

IBM XIV
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IBM XIV.

Hourly rate trend for IBM XIV in the UK

IBM XIV
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM XIV 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
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +63 1 - -
England +57 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -
Work from Home - 1 - -
North West - 1 - -

IBM XIV
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) EMC VNX
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Storage
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BCP
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) IBM