IBM Watson Job Trends in the North West

IBM Watson
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West 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 239 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing IBM Watson 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.009% - -
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.038% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £48,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £47,500 - £40,000
% change year-on-year - - -33.33%

All Cloud Computing Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,643 1,442 3,505
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 24.03% 30.35% 31.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,007 841 2,775
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,500 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,504 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

IBM Watson
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

IBM Watson job vacancy trend in the North West

IBM Watson
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing IBM Watson.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing IBM Watson

IBM Watson
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM Watson within the North West 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
Cheshire - 1 £47,500 - 1
IBM Watson
England

IBM Watson
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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