IBM Job Trends in the Thames Valley

IBM
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 29 October 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
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 182 163
Rank change year-on-year +6 -19 +42
Permanent jobs citing IBM 11 13 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.30% 0.30% 0.65%
As % of the Vendors category 0.68% 0.88% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 11
10th Percentile £43,000 - -
25th Percentile £45,000 £55,163 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £56,509 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.03% -13.06% +30.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £60,890 £68,813
90th Percentile £86,500 £66,356 £75,000
South East median annual salary £62,000 £48,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +27.84% -11.82% -5.17%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,606 1,477 1,392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 43.37% 34.00% 41.39%
Number of salaries quoted 624 644 1,057
10th Percentile £28,825 £31,250 £29,735
25th Percentile £33,750 £38,688 £39,380
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -2.51%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £77,500
South East median annual salary £42,500 £53,050 £52,000
% change year-on-year -19.89% +2.02% -0.95%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

IBM job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

IBM
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing IBM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing IBM

IBM
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing IBM in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 October 2025.

Salary histogram for IBM in the Thames Valley

IBM
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 October 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
Buckinghamshire +13 6 £51,250 - 5
Berkshire +4 4 £67,500 -3.57% 11
Oxfordshire +23 1 £90,000 +59.27%
IBM
South East

IBM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (18.18%) Anypoint
2 1 (9.09%) Apache Spark
2 1 (9.09%) SAS
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (9.09%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Boomi
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (18.18%) Azure
3 2 (18.18%) iPaaS
3 2 (18.18%) Workato
4 1 (9.09%) AWS
4 1 (9.09%) IBM Cloud
4 1 (9.09%) Power Automate
4 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (9.09%) Hadoop
2 1 (9.09%) Relational Database
General
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Law
3 2 (18.18%) Legal
3 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Applications Specialist
1 2 (18.18%) Applications Support
1 2 (18.18%) Applications Support Specialist
1 2 (18.18%) AS400 Operator
1 2 (18.18%) Integration Engineer
1 2 (18.18%) Support Specialist
1 2 (18.18%) Technical Specialist
1 2 (18.18%) Technical Support
1 2 (18.18%) Technical Support Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Architect
2 1 (9.09%) AS400 Support
2 1 (9.09%) Data Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Head of IT
2 1 (9.09%) OSS Architect
2 1 (9.09%) OSS Solutions Architect
2 1 (9.09%) Platform Integration Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Integration Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) Flash
2 1 (9.09%) JSON
2 1 (9.09%) REST
2 1 (9.09%) RESTful
2 1 (9.09%) SOAP
2 1 (9.09%) Web Services
2 1 (9.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) AS400
2 3 (27.27%) Enterprise Cloud
2 3 (27.27%) IBM Storwize
2 3 (27.27%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (18.18%) iSeries
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
4 1 (9.09%) Data Structures
4 1 (9.09%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (9.09%) Low-Code
4 1 (9.09%) Mainframe
4 1 (9.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) Change Management
2 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (36.36%) Performance Management
2 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (27.27%) Customer Experience
3 3 (27.27%) ERP
3 3 (27.27%) Key Management
3 3 (27.27%) Proactive Management
4 2 (18.18%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) Analytics
4 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (18.18%) E-Commerce
4 2 (18.18%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (18.18%) Open Source
4 2 (18.18%) Proactive Monitoring
4 2 (18.18%) Problem Management
4 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Regression Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) SQL
2 2 (18.18%) Python
3 1 (9.09%) C#
3 1 (9.09%) Java
3 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
3 1 (9.09%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) GDPR
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (9.09%) QA
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) ZABBIX
2 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (9.09%) Netcool
2 1 (9.09%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Dell
1 4 (36.36%) Oracle
2 2 (18.18%) Epicor
2 2 (18.18%) IFS
2 2 (18.18%) Infor
2 2 (18.18%) Informatica
2 2 (18.18%) JD Edwards
2 2 (18.18%) Jitterbit
2 2 (18.18%) MuleSoft
2 2 (18.18%) SAP
2 2 (18.18%) SnapLogic
2 2 (18.18%) Software AG
2 2 (18.18%) Talend
2 2 (18.18%) TIBCO
2 2 (18.18%) Workday
3 1 (9.09%) Blue Prism
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.09%) Pega
3 1 (9.09%) UiPath