IBM Job Trends in the South East

IBM
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 14 March 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 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 192 243
Rank change year-on-year -31 +51 +38
Permanent jobs citing IBM 52 76 126
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.43% 1.06% 0.88%
As % of the Vendors category 1.54% 2.74% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 30 29 29
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,515 £48,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,800 £62,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.52% +12.73% -2.65%
75th Percentile £75,900 £70,600 £65,000
90th Percentile - £70,980 £66,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +0.84%

All Vendors
South 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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 3,382 2,775 5,567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 27.66% 38.73% 39.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,975 1,665 4,328
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,125 £41,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,625 £70,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,421 £82,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -13.04%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

IBM job vacancy trend in the South East

IBM
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing IBM

IBM
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing IBM in the South East over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for IBM in the South East

IBM
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 March 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
Hampshire -12 20 £65,000 +62.09% 2
Thames Valley -8 14 £48,750 -27.78% 9
Isle of Wight -6 10 £52,660 -17.07% 1
Buckinghamshire 0 8 £40,000 -33.33% 3
Berkshire -8 5 £70,000 -9.68% 6
West Sussex -8 3 £75,900 +89.75%
Surrey -13 3 - -
Kent - 2 £75,900 -
Oxfordshire - 1 £90,000 -
IBM
England

IBM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 2 (3.85%) Anypoint
2 1 (1.92%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.92%) Confluence
2 1 (1.92%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (38.46%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Dynamics AX
1 2 (3.85%) IBM Planning Analytics
1 2 (3.85%) Maximo
1 2 (3.85%) Q-Pulse
1 2 (3.85%) Sage 200
2 1 (1.92%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.62%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.85%) Azure
2 2 (3.85%) Boomi
2 2 (3.85%) iPaaS
2 2 (3.85%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.85%) Workato
3 1 (1.92%) AWS
3 1 (1.92%) Power Automate
3 1 (1.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.92%) SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.85%) Power BI
2 1 (1.92%) Hadoop
2 1 (1.92%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 34 (65.38%) Rational DOORS
2 20 (38.46%) JIRA
3 5 (9.62%) Apache Continuum
General
1 6 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (11.54%) Electronics
2 5 (9.62%) Social Skills
3 3 (5.77%) Finance
4 2 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (3.85%) Law
4 2 (3.85%) Legal
4 2 (3.85%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.85%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.92%) Banking
5 1 (1.92%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 25 (48.08%) Systems Engineer
2 15 (28.85%) Principal Engineer
2 15 (28.85%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 9 (17.31%) Senior
4 7 (13.46%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 6 (11.54%) Sales Representative
6 4 (7.69%) Requirements Manager
6 4 (7.69%) Systems Manager
7 3 (5.77%) Analyst
7 3 (5.77%) Lead
8 2 (3.85%) Architect
8 2 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (3.85%) Integration Engineer
8 2 (3.85%) Linux Engineer
8 2 (3.85%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (3.85%) OSS Architect
8 2 (3.85%) OSS Solutions Architect
8 2 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (3.85%) Technical Leader
9 1 (1.92%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.85%) EDI
1 2 (3.85%) Middleware
2 1 (1.92%) JSON
2 1 (1.92%) REST
2 1 (1.92%) RESTful
2 1 (1.92%) SOAP
2 1 (1.92%) Web Services
2 1 (1.92%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.54%) Acoustics
1 6 (11.54%) Augmented Reality
2 5 (9.62%) Algorithms
2 5 (9.62%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.85%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.85%) NHS
4 1 (1.92%) AS400
4 1 (1.92%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.92%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (1.92%) IoT
4 1 (1.92%) iSeries
4 1 (1.92%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.92%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.92%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.77%) Linux
2 2 (3.85%) Windows
3 1 (1.92%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (61.54%) Systems Engineering
2 22 (42.31%) Agile
3 21 (40.38%) Requirements Management
4 20 (38.46%) Technical Leadership
5 19 (36.54%) Waterfall
6 15 (28.85%) Systems Thinking
7 14 (26.92%) Software Engineering
8 8 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (15.38%) Network Design
9 7 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (13.46%) Test Planning
10 6 (11.54%) Customer Requirements
10 6 (11.54%) Data Analysis
10 6 (11.54%) ERP
10 6 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 5 (9.62%) Cybersecurity
11 5 (9.62%) Data Visualisation
11 5 (9.62%) Integration Testing
11 5 (9.62%) Signal Processing
11 5 (9.62%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.62%) MATLAB
2 2 (3.85%) Python
2 2 (3.85%) SQL
3 1 (1.92%) C#
3 1 (1.92%) Java
3 1 (1.92%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.92%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (61.54%) BPSS Clearance
2 12 (23.08%) Degree
3 1 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.92%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.92%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (55.77%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 18 (34.62%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 3 (5.77%) GDPR
4 2 (3.85%) Data Quality
4 2 (3.85%) QA
4 2 (3.85%) SLA
5 1 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.85%) Netcool
1 2 (3.85%) Netcool/OMNIbus
2 1 (1.92%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (5.77%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.85%) Blue Prism
2 2 (3.85%) Dell
2 2 (3.85%) Epicor
2 2 (3.85%) IFS
2 2 (3.85%) Infor
2 2 (3.85%) Informatica
2 2 (3.85%) Jitterbit
2 2 (3.85%) MuleSoft
2 2 (3.85%) OpenText
2 2 (3.85%) Oracle
2 2 (3.85%) Pega
2 2 (3.85%) Sage
2 2 (3.85%) Salesforce
2 2 (3.85%) SAP
2 2 (3.85%) SnapLogic
2 2 (3.85%) Software AG
2 2 (3.85%) Talend
2 2 (3.85%) TIBCO
2 2 (3.85%) Workday