IBM Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

IBM
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Sussex 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 21 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
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 26 35
Rank change year-on-year +1 +9 +13
Contract jobs citing IBM 11 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 4.35% 0.74% 0.45%
As % of the Vendors category 7.24% 1.14% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 1
10th Percentile £668 - -
25th Percentile - - £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £720 £800 £625
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +28.00% +53.75%
75th Percentile - - £663
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £550 £425 £530
% change year-on-year +29.41% -19.81% -3.64%

All Vendors
West Sussex

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 Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 152 88 128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 60.08% 64.71% 57.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 64 95
10th Percentile £205 £175 £205
25th Percentile £283 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -10.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £518
90th Percentile £703 £618 £672
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £510
% change year-on-year -2.91% +0.98% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £14.50 - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £17.41 £15.00 £12.25
Median % change year-on-year +16.07% +22.45% -43.63%
75th Percentile £29.92 - -
90th Percentile £34.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £40.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year -45.34% -26.82% +129.17%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

IBM job vacancy trend in West Sussex

IBM
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing IBM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing IBM

IBM
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing IBM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing IBM

IBM
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 21 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
Worthing -2 9 £720 -10.00%
IBM
South East

IBM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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 11 (100.00%) ArcGIS
Business Applications
1 11 (100.00%) Maximo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (63.64%) GIS
General
1 7 (63.64%) Presentation Skills
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Architect
2 9 (81.82%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (27.27%) GIS Architect
3 3 (27.27%) Maximo Architect
Miscellaneous
1 11 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Asset Management
2 9 (81.82%) Migration
3 7 (63.64%) Roadmaps
3 7 (63.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 7 (63.64%) Technology Roadmap
4 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (9.09%) Architectural Design
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) ESRI