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 18 September 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 187 180 166
Rank change year-on-year -7 -14 +52
Permanent jobs citing IBM 19 17 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.49% 0.35% 0.81%
As % of the Vendors category 1.17% 1.03% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 8 8 17
10th Percentile £42,000 £49,125 £50,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% -7.34%
75th Percentile £77,500 £57,854 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,250 - £77,500
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 1,619 1,651 1,540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 41.94% 33.94% 41.60%
Number of salaries quoted 652 779 1,159
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £36,938 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -8.57% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -3.85% +1.12%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing IBM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for IBM 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 18 September 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 18 September 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
Berkshire +3 13 £65,000 +52.94% 13
Buckinghamshire -10 5 £45,000 -18.18% 8
Oxfordshire +22 1 £90,000 +59.27% 2
IBM
South East

IBM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (5.26%) Anypoint
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) Boomi
2 2 (10.53%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.26%) AWS
3 1 (5.26%) IBM Cloud
3 1 (5.26%) iPaaS
3 1 (5.26%) SaaS
3 1 (5.26%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Qlik Sense
General
1 11 (57.89%) Finance
2 10 (52.63%) Law
3 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.26%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Lead
2 2 (10.53%) Applications Specialist
2 2 (10.53%) Applications Support
2 2 (10.53%) Applications Support Specialist
2 2 (10.53%) AS400 Operator
2 2 (10.53%) Support Specialist
2 2 (10.53%) Technical Specialist
2 2 (10.53%) Technical Support
2 2 (10.53%) Technical Support Specialist
3 1 (5.26%) Analyst
3 1 (5.26%) AS400 Support
3 1 (5.26%) Head of IT
3 1 (5.26%) Integration Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Project Manager
3 1 (5.26%) Sales Representative
3 1 (5.26%) Senior
3 1 (5.26%) Senior Integration Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (5.26%) Team Leader
3 1 (5.26%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) Flash
2 1 (5.26%) Spring
2 1 (5.26%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) AS400
2 3 (15.79%) Enterprise Cloud
2 3 (15.79%) IBM Storwize
2 3 (15.79%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (10.53%) iSeries
4 1 (5.26%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Problem-Solving
1 12 (63.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 10 (52.63%) Roadmaps
3 9 (47.37%) Business Transformation
3 9 (47.37%) Data Architecture
3 9 (47.37%) Due Diligence
3 9 (47.37%) Matrix Organization
3 9 (47.37%) PLM
3 9 (47.37%) Portfolio Management
3 9 (47.37%) SAP Implementation
3 9 (47.37%) Technical Leadership
3 9 (47.37%) Thought Leadership
4 3 (15.79%) Change Management
4 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (15.79%) Key Management
4 3 (15.79%) Performance Management
4 3 (15.79%) Proactive Management
4 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (10.53%) Analytics
5 2 (10.53%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) SQL
2 1 (5.26%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) GDPR
2 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 10 (52.63%) SAP
2 3 (15.79%) Dell
2 3 (15.79%) Oracle
3 2 (10.53%) JD Edwards
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.26%) Epicor
4 1 (5.26%) IFS
4 1 (5.26%) Infor
4 1 (5.26%) Informatica
4 1 (5.26%) Jitterbit
4 1 (5.26%) MuleSoft
4 1 (5.26%) SnapLogic
4 1 (5.26%) Software AG
4 1 (5.26%) Talend
4 1 (5.26%) TIBCO
4 1 (5.26%) Workday