IBM Job Trends in Somerset

IBM
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 4 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
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 - 44
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Permanent jobs citing IBM 3 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 0.54% - 0.85%
As % of the Vendors category 1.18% - 2.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £58,890 - -
25th Percentile £61,725 - £56,100
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,450 - £57,200
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.52%
75th Percentile £71,175 - £58,300
90th Percentile £74,010 - -
South West median annual salary £45,000 £71,991 £50,000
% change year-on-year -37.49% +43.98% -13.04%

All Vendors
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 255 104 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 46.11% 22.76% 35.88%
Number of salaries quoted 69 42 114
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,325 £28,290
25th Percentile £27,750 £35,188 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,355 £46,250 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.58% +10.12% -4.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,057 £53,063
90th Percentile £65,000 £59,875 £60,000
South West median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -3.06% +3.16%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

IBM job vacancy trend in Somerset

IBM
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing IBM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing IBM

IBM
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing IBM in Somerset over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IBM in Somerset

IBM
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 4 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
Yeovil - 3 £66,450 -
IBM
South West

IBM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) SAN
1 1 (33.33%) SNA
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Principal Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 1 (33.33%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) AIX
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Management
2 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 15288
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Backup Exec
1 1 (33.33%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Hitachi
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) NetApp
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) Snow
1 1 (33.33%) Veritas
1 1 (33.33%) VMware