IBM Contract Job Trends in Warwickshire

IBM
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Warwickshire requiring knowledge or experience of IBM products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IBM over the 6 months leading up to 20 December 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 the International Business Machines Corporation.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 40 37
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 +10
Contract jobs citing IBM 12 5 8
As % of all contract jobs in Warwickshire 2.26% 1.43% 2.33%
As % of the Vendors category 4.51% 2.92% 4.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 6
10th Percentile £463 - £438
25th Percentile £556 £604 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £607 £538
Median % change year-on-year +7.08% +12.93% +7.50%
75th Percentile £725 £611 £734
90th Percentile £775 - £788
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £420 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% -20.00% +10.53%

All Vendors
Warwickshire

IBM 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 in Warwickshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 266 171 163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 50.00% 48.86% 47.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 92 101
10th Percentile £352 £407 £190
25th Percentile £438 £463 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £567 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +22.54% -7.50%
75th Percentile £634 £613 £588
90th Percentile £725 £668 £725
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 4
10th Percentile - £24.50 -
25th Percentile £13.46 £31.25 £21.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +22.81% +84.71%
75th Percentile £35.00 - £34.50
90th Percentile £44.00 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £24.86 £22.75
% change year-on-year +1.16% +9.29% +28.39%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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

IBM job vacancy trend in Warwickshire

IBM
Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing IBM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing IBM

IBM
Daily Rate Histogram in Warwickshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IBM in Warwickshire over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IBM in Warwickshire

IBM
Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing IBM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing IBM

IBM
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 20 December 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
Warwick -8 5 £600 -1.15%
Stratford-upon-Avon - 2 £650 -
IBM
West Midlands

IBM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwickshire 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 2 (16.67%) FileNet
Business Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Azure API Management
2 2 (16.67%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (16.67%) PaaS
2 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (16.67%) SaaS
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) JIRA
2 2 (16.67%) Selenium
2 2 (16.67%) SoapUI
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Law
2 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Software Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Azure Specialist
2 4 (33.33%) Oracle Specialist
2 4 (33.33%) Software Licensing Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Software Licensing Specialist
3 2 (16.67%) Lead
3 2 (16.67%) Maximo Tester
3 2 (16.67%) Tester
4 1 (8.33%) Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Digital Programme Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Performance Tester
4 1 (8.33%) Programme Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Programme Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Software Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Software Asset Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (8.33%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Asset Management
2 6 (50.00%) Agile
3 5 (41.67%) Software Asset Management
4 4 (33.33%) Migration
4 4 (33.33%) Software Licensing
4 4 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (16.67%) API Management
6 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (16.67%) Data Validation
6 2 (16.67%) Regression Testing
6 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
6 2 (16.67%) SDLC
6 2 (16.67%) Test Automation
6 2 (16.67%) Test Management
6 2 (16.67%) Test Planning
6 2 (16.67%) Test Scripting
6 2 (16.67%) Test Strategy
6 2 (16.67%) Validation
7 1 (8.33%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) Adobe
2 4 (33.33%) Oracle
3 2 (16.67%) Guidewire