IBM Watson Job Trends in England

IBM Watson
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring IBM Watson skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 714 633 846
Rank change year-on-year -81 +213 +2
Permanent jobs citing IBM Watson 1 4 2
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.001% 0.010% 0.002%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.004% 0.029% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -33.33%
75th Percentile £48,750 - £45,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £47,500 - £40,000
% change year-on-year - - -33.33%

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

IBM Watson falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 23,048 13,639 31,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.25% 34.02% 32.91%
Number of salaries quoted 15,375 9,702 24,725
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £30,425
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.95%

IBM Watson
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

IBM Watson job vacancy trend in England

IBM Watson
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing IBM Watson.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing IBM Watson

IBM Watson
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 Watson within the England region over the 6 months to 24 June 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
North West - 1 £47,500 - 1
North of England - 1 £47,500 - 1
IBM Watson
UK

IBM Watson
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) SNMP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Support
1 1 (100.00%) Network Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) AIOps
1 1 (100.00%) Data Ingestion
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Arista
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) NetScout
1 1 (100.00%) SevOne
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) VMware