IBM Job Trends in the East of England

IBM
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring knowledge or experience of IBM products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited IBM over the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within the International Business Machines Corporation.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 157 167
Rank change year-on-year -11 +10 -22
Permanent jobs citing IBM 26 17 49
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.39% 0.49% 0.76%
As % of the Vendors category 1.53% 1.21% 2.36%
Number of salaries quoted 16 5 44
10th Percentile £40,375 £45,344 £27,500
25th Percentile £50,625 - £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.04% +8.57% +0.96%
75th Percentile £75,900 £67,500 £64,063
90th Percentile - £72,540 £65,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +18.18% -8.33%

All Vendors
East of England

IBM falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,704 1,400 2,074
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 25.72% 40.54% 32.14%
Number of salaries quoted 942 762 1,509
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £33,063 £38,063 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +21.76% -11.46%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,206 £57,500
90th Percentile £90,563 £72,375 £71,250
England median annual salary £57,239 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.07% +10.00% -13.04%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IBM relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

IBM job vacancy trend in the East of England

IBM
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing IBM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing IBM

IBM
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IBM in the East of England over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Salary histogram for IBM in the East of England

IBM
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the East of England region over the 6 months to 15 July 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Essex -9 13 £75,900 -
Hertfordshire -14 11 £55,000 -3.51% 5
Cambridgeshire - 2 £55,000 - 1
IBM
England

IBM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) SSL
Development Applications
1 13 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (19.23%) JIRA
3 3 (11.54%) GitLab
3 3 (11.54%) Jenkins
General
1 15 (57.69%) Social Skills
2 11 (42.31%) Electronics
3 4 (15.38%) Finance
4 2 (7.69%) Aerospace
4 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 2 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (61.54%) Systems Engineer
2 13 (50.00%) Principal Engineer
2 13 (50.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 6 (23.08%) Wintel Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Integration Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Systems Integration Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Validation Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Analyst Programmer
6 2 (7.69%) Programmer
6 2 (7.69%) RPG Analyst Programmer
6 2 (7.69%) RPG Programmer
6 2 (7.69%) Service Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Algorithms
2 2 (7.69%) AS400
2 2 (7.69%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 6 (23.08%) Windows
1 6 (23.08%) Windows Server 2008
1 6 (23.08%) Windows Server 2012
1 6 (23.08%) Windows Server 2016
1 6 (23.08%) Windows Server 2019
2 4 (15.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (61.54%) Test Planning
2 13 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
3 6 (23.08%) Change Management
3 6 (23.08%) ITIL
4 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (19.23%) Software License Management
5 3 (11.54%) Contingency Planning
5 3 (11.54%) Data Analysis
5 3 (11.54%) PLM
5 3 (11.54%) Software Delivery
5 3 (11.54%) Software Testing
5 3 (11.54%) Validation
5 3 (11.54%) Verification and Validation
6 2 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (7.69%) Decision-Making
6 2 (7.69%) ERP
6 2 (7.69%) High Availability
6 2 (7.69%) Key Management
6 2 (7.69%) Mentoring
6 2 (7.69%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) Python
2 2 (7.69%) R
2 2 (7.69%) RPG
2 2 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 13 (50.00%) Degree
2 5 (19.23%) DV Cleared
2 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (23.08%) Active Directory
1 6 (23.08%) Hyper-V
1 6 (23.08%) VMware ESXi
1 6 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (23.08%) SCCM
1 6 (23.08%) SCOM
2 5 (19.23%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Dell
1 6 (23.08%) HP
1 6 (23.08%) McAfee
1 6 (23.08%) VMware
2 2 (7.69%) Infor
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft