IBM Job Trends in the North of England

IBM
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North 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 14 January 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 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 172 198
Rank change year-on-year -80 +26 +94
Permanent jobs citing IBM 21 111 93
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.19% 1.22% 1.09%
As % of the Vendors category 0.65% 3.70% 2.98%
Number of salaries quoted 10 33 84
10th Percentile £38,975 £37,574 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £50,500 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +4.46% -28.45% +34.43%
75th Percentile £70,438 £53,750 £82,548
90th Percentile £75,090 £57,854 £84,717
England median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £64,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% -14.73% +7.50%

All Vendors
North 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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 3,215 2,997 3,126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 29.84% 32.96% 36.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,846 1,463 2,525
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £47,557
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +5.14% -4.89%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

IBM job vacancy trend in the North of England

IBM
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

IBM
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IBM in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IBM in the North of England

IBM
Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 14 January 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 -54 12 £40,000 -20.79% 6
Yorkshire -25 9 £53,500 +18.89% 4
IBM
England

IBM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.52%) Confluence
2 1 (4.76%) Anypoint
2 1 (4.76%) FileNet
Business Applications
1 2 (9.52%) IBM Planning Analytics
1 2 (9.52%) Infor CloudSuite
1 2 (9.52%) Infor LN
1 2 (9.52%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (4.76%) Maximo
2 1 (4.76%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) AWS
1 1 (4.76%) Azure
1 1 (4.76%) Boomi
1 1 (4.76%) iPaaS
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (4.76%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) Tableau
2 1 (4.76%) Data Lake
2 1 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.76%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (23.81%) JIRA
3 3 (14.29%) JMeter
3 3 (14.29%) LoadRunner
3 3 (14.29%) Selenium
3 3 (14.29%) SonarQube
4 1 (4.76%) Git
General
1 4 (19.05%) Finance
2 3 (14.29%) Electronics
3 2 (9.52%) Legal
3 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Law
4 1 (4.76%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (19.05%) Principal Engineer
1 4 (19.05%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 4 (19.05%) Senior
1 4 (19.05%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Automation Test Lead
2 3 (14.29%) Lead
2 3 (14.29%) Lead Test Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Requirements Manager
2 3 (14.29%) Systems Manager
2 3 (14.29%) Test Automation Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Test Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Accountant
3 2 (9.52%) Break Fix Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Field Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Field Service Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Senior Accountant
4 1 (4.76%) Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) Kafka
1 3 (14.29%) Middleware
2 1 (4.76%) RESTful
2 1 (4.76%) Spring
2 1 (4.76%) Spring Boot
2 1 (4.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Algorithms
2 2 (9.52%) Data Centre
2 2 (9.52%) Driving Licence
2 2 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.76%) Hackathon
3 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
3 5 (23.81%) DevOps
3 5 (23.81%) ERP
3 5 (23.81%) Mentoring
4 4 (19.05%) Agile
4 4 (19.05%) Validation
5 3 (14.29%) AI
5 3 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
5 3 (14.29%) Performance Testing
5 3 (14.29%) Requirements Management
5 3 (14.29%) Security Testing
5 3 (14.29%) Signal Processing
5 3 (14.29%) Systems Thinking
5 3 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (14.29%) Test Automation
5 3 (14.29%) Test Planning
5 3 (14.29%) Waterfall
6 2 (9.52%) Generative AI
6 2 (9.52%) Hardware Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 3 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (4.76%) Java
2 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (52.38%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (19.05%) Degree
3 2 (9.52%) ACCA
3 2 (9.52%) CIMA
3 2 (9.52%) DBS Check
3 2 (9.52%) ICAEW
4 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 3 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 1 (4.76%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) HP Fortify
2 2 (9.52%) Control-M
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Dell
1 3 (14.29%) Infor
1 3 (14.29%) Oracle
1 3 (14.29%) SAP
2 2 (9.52%) Cognos
2 2 (9.52%) HP
2 2 (9.52%) Sage
3 1 (4.76%) AppDynamics
3 1 (4.76%) Epicor
3 1 (4.76%) IFS
3 1 (4.76%) Informatica
3 1 (4.76%) Jitterbit
3 1 (4.76%) MuleSoft
3 1 (4.76%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.76%) SnapLogic
3 1 (4.76%) Software AG
3 1 (4.76%) Splunk
3 1 (4.76%) Talend
3 1 (4.76%) TIBCO
3 1 (4.76%) Workday