Maximo Contract Job Trends

IBM Maximo
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Maximo skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 576 490 536
Rank change year-on-year -86 +46 +172
Contract jobs citing Maximo 52 37 49
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.13% 0.11%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.61% 1.56% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 29 41
10th Percentile £350 £375 £463
25th Percentile £363 £496 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +4.17% +24.68%
75th Percentile £720 £638 £626
90th Percentile £753 £800 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -28.00% +13.64% +32.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £14.71
Median hourly rate - - £15.61
75th Percentile - - £16.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £15.61

All Business Application Skills
UK

Maximo falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,222 2,379 3,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.46% 8.10% 7.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,838 1,325 2,028
10th Percentile £360 £375 £381
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £650 £658 £669
90th Percentile £738 £783 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 54 121
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.27 £16.25
25th Percentile £33.75 £40.00 £22.33
Median hourly rate £53.50 £60.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +33.33% +2.27%
75th Percentile £68.75 £80.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £87.30 £86.00 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £43.12
% change year-on-year -5.83% +39.16% -12.01%

Maximo
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Maximo job vacancy trend in the UK

Maximo
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Maximo
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Maximo over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Maximo in the UK

Maximo
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Maximo
Top 12 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Maximo within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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
England -85 48 £450 -28.00% 9
UK excluding London -80 43 £450 -28.00% 7
Midlands -43 13 £438 +9.38% 1
West Midlands -54 11 £450 +12.50% 1
North West -24 10 - - 4
North of England -59 10 - - 4
Work from Home -37 9 £720 +15.20% 3
South West - 9 £375 -
South East -59 8 £720 +15.20% 2
London -48 5 £625 +13.64% 2
Northern Ireland - 3 £450 -
East Midlands - 2 £425 -

Maximo
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 5 (9.62%) ArcGIS
2 2 (3.85%) Confluence
3 1 (1.92%) Apache
3 1 (1.92%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (13.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.92%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.92%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 12 (23.08%) Azure
2 8 (15.38%) Azure AKS
2 8 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
2 8 (15.38%) Azure Monitor
3 7 (13.46%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 7 (13.46%) Azure Sentinel
3 7 (13.46%) OpenShift
4 2 (3.85%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.92%) AWS
5 1 (1.92%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (1.92%) Boomi
5 1 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.92%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.92%) GCP
5 1 (1.92%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (13.46%) VPN
2 1 (1.92%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.62%) GIS
2 3 (5.77%) DataStage
2 3 (5.77%) Metadata
3 1 (1.92%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.92%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.92%) Power BI
3 1 (1.92%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (15.38%) JIRA
2 2 (3.85%) Selenium
2 2 (3.85%) SoapUI
3 1 (1.92%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.92%) Git
3 1 (1.92%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.92%) Zephyr
General
1 17 (32.69%) Social Skills
2 9 (17.31%) Aviation
3 8 (15.38%) Finance
4 3 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.77%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (5.77%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.85%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.92%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 11 (21.15%) Developer
2 10 (19.23%) Maximo Developer
3 9 (17.31%) Architect
3 9 (17.31%) Solutions Architect
4 8 (15.38%) Azure Engineer
5 6 (11.54%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 6 (11.54%) DevOps Engineer
6 5 (9.62%) Senior
7 4 (7.69%) Analyst
8 3 (5.77%) Administrator
8 3 (5.77%) Data Analyst
8 3 (5.77%) Help Desk Administrator
8 3 (5.77%) Project Manager
8 3 (5.77%) Senior Manager
8 3 (5.77%) Test Manager
8 3 (5.77%) Tester
9 2 (3.85%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (3.85%) GIS Architect
9 2 (3.85%) Maximo Tester
9 2 (3.85%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (13.46%) ARM Templates
2 5 (9.62%) JSON
3 4 (7.69%) XML
4 3 (5.77%) EDI
4 3 (5.77%) REST
4 3 (5.77%) XSLT
5 1 (1.92%) Apache NiFi
5 1 (1.92%) Middleware
5 1 (1.92%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.46%) Enterprise Software
1 7 (13.46%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (9.62%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (7.69%) Data Structures
4 3 (5.77%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (5.77%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.85%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.92%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.92%) IoT
6 1 (1.92%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (44.23%) Asset Management
2 19 (36.54%) Agile
3 12 (23.08%) Migration
4 10 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (19.23%) DevOps
5 9 (17.31%) User Acceptance Testing
6 8 (15.38%) ITIL
6 8 (15.38%) RBAC
7 7 (13.46%) Analytics
7 7 (13.46%) Cloud Security
7 7 (13.46%) Facilities Management
7 7 (13.46%) Identity Access Management
7 7 (13.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 7 (13.46%) Log Analytics
7 7 (13.46%) Security Operations
7 7 (13.46%) SIEM
7 7 (13.46%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (13.46%) TOGAF
8 6 (11.54%) Data Modelling
8 6 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (15.38%) Bicep
2 7 (13.46%) SQL
3 5 (9.62%) JavaScript
4 4 (7.69%) Java
4 4 (7.69%) Jython
Qualifications
1 16 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 11 (21.15%) SC Cleared
3 8 (15.38%) Azure Certification
4 7 (13.46%) CISM
4 7 (13.46%) CISSP
4 7 (13.46%) DV Cleared
4 7 (13.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 7 (13.46%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (7.69%) DBS Check
6 3 (5.77%) ISTQB
7 2 (3.85%) Degree
7 2 (3.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (13.46%) NIST
1 7 (13.46%) NIST 800
2 5 (9.62%) QA
3 2 (3.85%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 8 (15.38%) Kubernetes
1 8 (15.38%) Terraform
2 1 (1.92%) Argo
2 1 (1.92%) Grafana
2 1 (1.92%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 28 (53.85%) IBM
2 14 (26.92%) Microsoft
3 7 (13.46%) Red Hat
4 4 (7.69%) ServiceNow
5 3 (5.77%) Salesforce
5 3 (5.77%) SAP
6 2 (3.85%) ESRI
6 2 (3.85%) IFS
6 2 (3.85%) Palantir
7 1 (1.92%) Informatica
7 1 (1.92%) Talend