The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West End of London 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 19 September 2026, 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
19 Sep 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
20 |
- |
- |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
- |
| Contract jobs citing IBM |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in West End of London |
1.35% |
- |
- |
| As % of the Vendors category |
3.57% |
- |
- |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£438 |
- |
- |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£475 |
- |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£513 |
- |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| Central London median daily rate |
£515 |
£550 |
£619 |
| % change year-on-year |
-6.36% |
-11.11% |
+37.50% |
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 West End of London.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services |
28 |
16 |
16 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West End of London |
37.84% |
39.02% |
32.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
22 |
11 |
10 |
| 10th Percentile |
£233 |
£198 |
£156 |
| 25th Percentile |
£419 |
£253 |
£347 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£475 |
£288 |
£503 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+65.22% |
-42.79% |
+1.52% |
| 75th Percentile |
£571 |
£706 |
£547 |
| 90th Percentile |
£630 |
£825 |
£556 |
| Central London median daily rate |
£538 |
£536 |
£550 |
| % change year-on-year |
+0.28% |
-2.55% |
- |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
2 |
1 |
2 |
| 10th Percentile |
£63.75 |
- |
£26.93 |
| 25th Percentile |
£67.50 |
£50.72 |
£29.23 |
| Median hourly rate |
£75.00 |
£51.44 |
£33.65 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+45.80% |
+52.89% |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£82.50 |
£52.16 |
£38.23 |
| 90th Percentile |
£86.25 |
- |
£40.64 |
| Central London median hourly rate |
£24.00 |
£28.50 |
£27.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-15.79% |
+5.56% |
+30.12% |
