IBM Job Trends in the North East

IBM
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 25 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
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 - 99
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing IBM 7 0 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.26% - 0.47%
As % of the Vendors category 1.25% - 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £47,642
25th Percentile £86,250 - £66,870
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 - £80,313
75th Percentile £88,750 - £83,752
90th Percentile - - £83,759
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,250 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.42% +15.28% -10.77%

All Vendors
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 562 392 528
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 20.61% 45.37% 30.73%
Number of salaries quoted 345 226 407
10th Percentile £29,450 - £25,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £25,087 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £32,851 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +46.11% -24.48% -8.75%
75th Percentile £70,000 £52,188 £61,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £67,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -8.70%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

IBM job vacancy trend in the North East

IBM
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing IBM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing IBM

IBM
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the North East region over the 6 months to 25 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
Tyne and Wear - 7 £87,500 - 1
IBM
England

IBM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 1 (14.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (14.29%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Infor CloudSuite
1 1 (14.29%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Db2
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) EDI
1 1 (14.29%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) AS400
1 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (14.29%) FMCG
1 1 (14.29%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Agile
2 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
2 1 (14.29%) Coaching
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) ERP
2 1 (14.29%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (14.29%) IT Strategy
2 1 (14.29%) PLM
2 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
2 1 (14.29%) SOA
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (14.29%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (14.29%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
2 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) RPG
1 1 (14.29%) RPG IV
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) AWS Certification
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) TOGAF Certification
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Infor
1 1 (14.29%) MuleSoft
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle
1 1 (14.29%) Salesforce