IBM Certification Job Trends in England

IBM Certification
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for IBM Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 619 705 683
Rank change year-on-year +86 -22 +371
Permanent jobs citing IBM Certification 3 5 4
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.007% 0.008% 0.008%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.020% 0.028% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile - £50,250 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £50,625 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -19.23% +160.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £55,625 £68,125
90th Percentile - £56,750 £69,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -19.23% +160.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

IBM Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 14,699 17,986 15,033
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.28% 29.79% 31.39%
Number of salaries quoted 6,953 7,315 10,171
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.23% +0.93% +2.68%

IBM Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

IBM Certification job vacancy trend in England

IBM Certification
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing IBM Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing IBM Certification

IBM Certification
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM Certification within the England region over the 6 months to 9 November 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands +52 2 £60,000 - 2
West Midlands +39 2 £60,000 - 2
London +62 1 - - 4
IBM Certification
UK

IBM Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) DB2
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Maximo Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) DB2 Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) DB2 DBA
2 1 (33.33%) DBA
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (33.33%) Mainframe
2 1 (33.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) AIX
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Asset Management
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
1 2 (66.67%) User Stories
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) IBM