IBM Jobs in the South West

IBM
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 June 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
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 211 215
Rank change year-on-year +107 +4 -15
Permanent jobs citing IBM 78 86 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.19% 0.81% 0.62%
As % of the Vendors category 6.29% 2.84% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 28 51 26
10th Percentile - £40,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £42,000 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,101 £50,000 £60,259
Median % change year-on-year -19.80% -17.02% +14.78%
75th Percentile £65,721 £57,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £73,886 £58,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £62,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.73% -8.33% -

All Vendors
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,240 3,032 2,335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 34.84% 28.63% 36.38%
Number of salaries quoted 760 2,187 1,424
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,337 £29,458
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £62,833
90th Percentile £77,625 £72,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for IBM in the South West

IBM
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for IBM in the South West

IBM
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing IBM in the South West over the 6 months to 14 June 2025.

Salary histogram for IBM in the South West

IBM
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the South West region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
Dorset +61 34 £40,101 +0.25% 2
Gloucestershire +71 22 £100,000 +140.76% 9
Bristol +38 13 £40,101 -23.62% 19
Somerset +14 8 £40,101 -29.65% 5
IBM
England

IBM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (25.64%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 20 (25.64%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 10 (12.82%) Azure
2 6 (7.69%) Apigee
2 6 (7.69%) PaaS
3 4 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.85%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.28%) GSM
1 1 (1.28%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 47 (60.26%) Rational DOORS
2 27 (34.62%) JIRA
3 1 (1.28%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.28%) GCC
3 1 (1.28%) gcov
3 1 (1.28%) GDB
3 1 (1.28%) Git
3 1 (1.28%) GitLab
3 1 (1.28%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 21 (26.92%) Social Skills
2 20 (25.64%) Aerospace
2 20 (25.64%) Electronics
3 15 (19.23%) Public Sector
4 7 (8.97%) Finance
5 6 (7.69%) Banking
6 4 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.28%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (34.62%) Principal Engineer
1 27 (34.62%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 20 (25.64%) Junior
2 20 (25.64%) Junior Systems Engineer
2 20 (25.64%) Senior
2 20 (25.64%) Systems Engineer
3 11 (14.10%) Java Engineer
3 11 (14.10%) Senior Java Engineer
4 10 (12.82%) DevOps Engineer
5 8 (10.26%) Senior DevOps
5 8 (10.26%) Senior DevOps Engineer
6 7 (8.97%) Architect
6 7 (8.97%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (2.56%) AWS DevOps
7 2 (2.56%) AWS DevOps Engineer
7 2 (2.56%) AWS Engineer
8 1 (1.28%) Embedded Engineer
8 1 (1.28%) ERP Architect
8 1 (1.28%) Supply Chain Architect
8 1 (1.28%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.69%) AngularJS
1 6 (7.69%) React
1 6 (7.69%) React Native
2 1 (1.28%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (1.28%) EDI
2 1 (1.28%) Web Services
2 1 (1.28%) XML
2 1 (1.28%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 15 (19.23%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (7.69%) DataPower
2 6 (7.69%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.13%) e-Learning
4 2 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.28%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.69%) Android
1 6 (7.69%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.28%) AIX
2 1 (1.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (60.26%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 47 (60.26%) Systems Engineering
2 27 (34.62%) Requirements Management
2 27 (34.62%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
2 27 (34.62%) Validation
2 27 (34.62%) Verification and Validation
3 26 (33.33%) Agile
4 21 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 21 (26.92%) PLM
4 21 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (25.64%) Computer Science
5 20 (25.64%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 20 (25.64%) Mathematics
5 20 (25.64%) Physics
5 20 (25.64%) Project Management
5 20 (25.64%) SysML
5 20 (25.64%) UML
6 15 (19.23%) Artificial Intelligence
7 11 (14.10%) DevOps
7 11 (14.10%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 20 (25.64%) MATLAB
2 17 (21.79%) Java
3 1 (1.28%) C
3 1 (1.28%) C++
3 1 (1.28%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.28%) SQL
3 1 (1.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (34.62%) Chartered Engineer
2 21 (26.92%) BPSS Clearance
3 20 (25.64%) Degree
4 3 (3.85%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.56%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.28%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.28%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.28%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.28%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.28%) Docker
1 1 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.28%) Backup Exec
1 1 (1.28%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 15 (19.23%) Red Hat
2 7 (8.97%) Microsoft
3 6 (7.69%) Apple
4 1 (1.28%) Hitachi
4 1 (1.28%) IBM Sterling
4 1 (1.28%) NetApp
4 1 (1.28%) Oracle
4 1 (1.28%) QNX
4 1 (1.28%) Snow
4 1 (1.28%) Veritas
4 1 (1.28%) VMware