IBM Job Trends in Edinburgh

IBM
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 14 September 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
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 73 82
Rank change year-on-year +8 +9 +4
Permanent jobs citing IBM 4 7 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.35% 0.91% 0.64%
As % of the Vendors category 1.56% 2.11% 2.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £87,500 £37,500 £55,163
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £38,000 £56,509
Median % change year-on-year +136.84% -32.75% -16.16%
75th Percentile £92,500 £38,500 £61,862
90th Percentile - - £69,076
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £75,900 £52,004
% change year-on-year -27.54% +45.95% -25.12%

All Vendors
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 257 332 320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 22.35% 43.01% 25.42%
Number of salaries quoted 151 164 172
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,684 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £32,851 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £34,000 £51,750
Median % change year-on-year +91.18% -34.30% -13.01%
75th Percentile £82,500 £59,813 £67,563
90th Percentile £110,000 £84,621 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £32,851 £50,000
% change year-on-year +59.81% -34.30% +11.11%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

IBM job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

IBM
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing IBM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing IBM

IBM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (75.00%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Apigee
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure API Management
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
1 1 (25.00%) Kong
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Aerospace
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Lead
1 3 (75.00%) Lead Systems Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) Programme Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) Signal Processing
2 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Validation
2 3 (75.00%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) API Management
3 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven
3 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Generative AI
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) Microservices
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (75.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Siemens
2 1 (25.00%) Google