IBM Sterling Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

IBM Sterling
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring knowledge or experience of IBM Sterling products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IBM Sterling over the 6 months leading up to 16 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 IBM Sterling Order Management (formerly Yantra).

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing IBM Sterling 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.18% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.34% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
England median daily rate £400 - £506
% change year-on-year - - -19.00%

All Vendors
West Midlands

IBM Sterling 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 the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,189 777 938
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 53.03% 46.75% 51.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 766 514 596
10th Percentile £265 £211 £216
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +6.38% -5.05%
75th Percentile £587 £600 £596
90th Percentile £650 £721 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 18 22
10th Percentile £15.05 £12.18 £17.50
25th Percentile £17.79 £16.42 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £29.50 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -14.75% +29.67% +28.39%
75th Percentile £31.00 £34.31 £26.94
90th Percentile £58.00 £39.13 £41.48
England median hourly rate £23.83 £31.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -23.15% -31.43% +73.88%

IBM Sterling
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

IBM Sterling job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

IBM Sterling
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing IBM Sterling.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing IBM Sterling

IBM Sterling
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM Sterling within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 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
Shropshire - 4 £400 - 2
IBM Sterling
England

IBM Sterling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (100.00%) Anypoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) AWS
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) HTTPS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Integration Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 4 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
2 3 (75.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (75.00%) User Experience
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Axway
1 4 (100.00%) IBM
1 4 (100.00%) MuleSoft