IBM SoftLayer
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SoftLayer skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SoftLayer over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
6 months to 4 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
---|---|---|---|
Rank | - | 717 | 844 |
Rank change year-on-year | - | +127 | -153 |
Contract jobs citing SoftLayer | 0 | 1 | 10 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.002% | 0.011% |
As % of the Cloud Services category | - | 0.005% | 0.029% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 6 |
10th Percentile | - | - | £538 |
25th Percentile | - | £675 | £553 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £700 | £650 |
Median % change year-on-year | - | +7.69% | +60.49% |
75th Percentile | - | £725 | £736 |
90th Percentile | - | - | £750 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £700 | - |
All Cloud Skills
UK
SoftLayer is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 13,935 | 21,778 | 34,239 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.29% | 36.82% | 38.59% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 9,906 | 15,726 | 24,913 |
10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £350 |
25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £450 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
75th Percentile | £630 | £650 | £650 |
90th Percentile | £738 | £745 | £738 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
% change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +11.11% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 343 | 351 | 422 |
10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.42 |
25th Percentile | £15.95 | £18.25 | £15.27 |
Median hourly rate | £21.00 | £35.00 | £21.50 |
Median % change year-on-year | -40.00% | +62.79% | -6.52% |
75th Percentile | £34.38 | £66.00 | £48.75 |
90th Percentile | £62.00 | £78.00 | £66.00 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.69 | £24.62 | £19.00 |
% change year-on-year | -28.15% | +29.58% | -5.00% |
SoftLayer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SoftLayer as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SoftLayer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SoftLayer.