IBM Jobs in South Wales

IBM
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 13 May 2025, 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 95 92
Rank change year-on-year +72 -3 +21
Permanent jobs citing IBM 54 7 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 7.02% 0.48% 1.22%
As % of the Vendors category 10.51% 1.22% 3.41%
Number of salaries quoted 51 6 4
10th Percentile - £53,125 £35,215
25th Percentile £62,000 £65,000 £35,351
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,788 £37,147
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +82.49% -12.81%
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,433 £38,901
90th Percentile - - £38,960
Wales median annual salary £65,000 £54,036 £44,500
% change year-on-year +20.29% +21.43% -1.29%

All Vendors
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 514 576 411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 66.84% 39.32% 35.86%
Number of salaries quoted 331 367 224
10th Percentile - £26,500 £25,900
25th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £42,500 £44,666
Median % change year-on-year -40.97% -4.85% -0.83%
75th Percentile £61,250 £59,250 £60,825
90th Percentile £70,600 £70,529 £68,497
Wales median annual salary £25,400 £42,500 £43,014
% change year-on-year -40.24% -1.19% -4.41%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing IBM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for IBM in South Wales

IBM
Salary Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IBM in South Wales.

Salary trend for IBM in South Wales

IBM
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 13 May 2025. 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
Newport - 54 £65,000 - 1
IBM
Wales

IBM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Development Applications
1 54 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 46 (85.19%) Electronics
2 8 (14.81%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (85.19%) Systems Engineer
2 25 (46.30%) Principal Engineer
2 25 (46.30%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 21 (38.89%) Senior
3 21 (38.89%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 8 (14.81%) Architect
4 8 (14.81%) Systems Architect
5 2 (3.70%) Radar Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 46 (85.19%) Algorithms
2 8 (14.81%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
2 46 (85.19%) Signal Processing
2 46 (85.19%) Technical Leadership
3 25 (46.30%) Mentoring
3 25 (46.30%) Test Planning
4 17 (31.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 8 (14.81%) Business Case
5 8 (14.81%) Configuration Management
5 8 (14.81%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
5 8 (14.81%) Customer Requirements
5 8 (14.81%) Requirements Management
5 8 (14.81%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 17 (31.48%) R
Qualifications
1 54 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 8 (14.81%) Chartered Engineer
2 8 (14.81%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 15288