IBM Jobs in the UK excluding London

IBM
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 265 346
Rank change year-on-year +132 +81 -18
Permanent jobs citing IBM 946 764 524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.40% 1.02% 0.90%
As % of the Vendors category 6.21% 3.01% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 631 303 217
10th Percentile £37,574 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £42,139 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% - -
75th Percentile £70,600 £65,000 £70,125
90th Percentile - £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,000 £57,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.77% -5.00% -

All Vendors
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,239 25,371 24,522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 38.70% 34.03% 42.27%
Number of salaries quoted 8,239 17,286 12,852
10th Percentile £25,087 £25,760 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,863 £45,673 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.80% -8.66% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,250 £61,188 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £54,793 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.59% -13.04% +4.55%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing IBM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IBM in the UK excluding London

IBM
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IBM in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IBM in the UK excluding London

IBM
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IBM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IBM in the UK excluding London

IBM
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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
South East +155 577 £65,000 +23.81% 337
South West +107 88 £40,101 -21.76% 148
Wales +95 75 £65,000 +50.91% 36
North of England -89 69 £40,101 -37.10% 270
Midlands +16 60 £60,000 +33.33% 229
Yorkshire +61 50 £40,101 -38.31% 116
Scotland +148 45 £40,101 -47.01% 48
East Midlands 0 39 £40,101 -10.89% 96
East of England +22 24 £40,101 -23.62% 184
West Midlands +30 21 £67,500 +50.00% 117
North West -137 19 £40,101 -29.34% 127
Northern Ireland +44 8 £50,000 +78.57% 13
IBM
UK

IBM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (0.63%) Confluence
2 5 (0.53%) Apache
3 4 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.42%) IBM Domino
4 2 (0.21%) CICS
4 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.21%) nginx
4 2 (0.21%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.11%) IIS
5 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 138 (14.59%) Simulink
2 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.42%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 138 (14.59%) Teamcenter
2 31 (3.28%) Oracle SCM
3 14 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.63%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.21%) Infor SunSystems
6 2 (0.21%) Maximo
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 81 (8.56%) Azure
2 40 (4.23%) AWS
3 32 (3.38%) OCI
4 29 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (1.69%) SaaS
6 14 (1.48%) Power Platform
7 11 (1.16%) GitHub
8 10 (1.06%) GCP
9 8 (0.85%) PaaS
10 7 (0.74%) IBM Watson
11 6 (0.63%) Apigee
11 6 (0.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 5 (0.53%) OpenShift
13 4 (0.42%) CloudBees
14 3 (0.32%) AWS Lambda
14 3 (0.32%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 3 (0.32%) Microsoft 365
14 3 (0.32%) Serverless
15 2 (0.21%) Entra ID
15 2 (0.21%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.85%) SAN
2 6 (0.63%) Multicast
3 4 (0.42%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.32%) PuTTY
5 2 (0.21%) FTP
5 2 (0.21%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (0.21%) SNA
5 2 (0.21%) VSAN
6 1 (0.11%) GSM
6 1 (0.11%) HTTP
6 1 (0.11%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.11%) LAN
6 1 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (2.11%) SQL Server
2 18 (1.90%) DB2
3 17 (1.80%) NoSQL
4 14 (1.48%) Power BI
5 12 (1.27%) SAP HANA
6 8 (0.85%) QlikView
7 7 (0.74%) MongoDB
7 7 (0.74%) Oracle ODI
8 6 (0.63%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.53%) BusinessObjects
9 5 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.53%) Tableau
10 4 (0.42%) OLAP
10 4 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.32%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 1 (0.11%) Big Data
12 1 (0.11%) Metadata
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 657 (69.45%) Rational DOORS
2 63 (6.66%) JIRA
3 16 (1.69%) JUnit
4 15 (1.59%) Eclipse
4 15 (1.59%) IntelliJ
4 15 (1.59%) Jasmine
4 15 (1.59%) Karma Test Runner
4 15 (1.59%) Mockito
4 15 (1.59%) Protractor
5 13 (1.37%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.74%) Git
7 4 (0.42%) IBM UrbanCode
7 4 (0.42%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.32%) Selenium
8 3 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.21%) Rational Rhapsody
10 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.11%) gcov
10 1 (0.11%) GitLab
10 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 550 (58.14%) Electronics
2 253 (26.74%) Social Skills
3 147 (15.54%) Aerospace
4 76 (8.03%) Finance
5 66 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 55 (5.81%) Public Sector
7 30 (3.17%) Banking
8 23 (2.43%) Law
9 18 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
10 16 (1.69%) Retail
11 10 (1.06%) Automotive
12 8 (0.85%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.53%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.42%) Legal
15 3 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.32%) Marketing
16 2 (0.21%) Aviation
16 2 (0.21%) Organisational Skills
17 1 (0.11%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 550 (58.14%) Systems Engineer
2 275 (29.07%) Principal Engineer
3 271 (28.65%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 218 (23.04%) Senior
5 174 (18.39%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 138 (14.59%) Junior
6 138 (14.59%) Junior Systems Engineer
7 68 (7.19%) Architect
8 56 (5.92%) Systems Architect
9 55 (5.81%) DevOps Engineer
10 48 (5.07%) Consultant
11 47 (4.97%) Oracle Consultant
12 46 (4.86%) Developer
13 38 (4.02%) Radar Engineer
14 31 (3.28%) Lead
15 25 (2.64%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 25 (2.64%) Azure Engineer
16 21 (2.22%) System Design Authority
17 17 (1.80%) Java Developer
18 16 (1.69%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.85%) React
2 21 (2.22%) AngularJS
3 17 (1.80%) RabbitMQ
4 15 (1.59%) Hibernate
4 15 (1.59%) JPA
5 10 (1.06%) .NET
5 10 (1.06%) Middleware
5 10 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
5 10 (1.06%) REST
6 8 (0.85%) BAPI
6 8 (0.85%) IBM Integration Bus
6 8 (0.85%) SOAP
7 7 (0.74%) JMS
7 7 (0.74%) OAuth
7 7 (0.74%) SAML
8 6 (0.63%) React Native
9 4 (0.42%) JSON
9 4 (0.42%) Spring
9 4 (0.42%) Spring Boot
9 4 (0.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 421 (44.50%) Algorithms
2 114 (12.05%) Hybrid Cloud
3 69 (7.29%) Management Information System
4 61 (6.45%) e-Learning
5 13 (1.37%) Mainframe
6 9 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (0.95%) Virtual Team
7 8 (0.85%) Data Structures
7 8 (0.85%) Replication
7 8 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (0.74%) Blockchain
8 7 (0.74%) Cloud Native
8 7 (0.74%) Product Ownership
8 7 (0.74%) Robotics
9 6 (0.63%) DataPower
10 5 (0.53%) Enterprise Storage
11 4 (0.42%) AS400
11 4 (0.42%) Data Centre
11 4 (0.42%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 27 (2.85%) Linux
2 12 (1.27%) zOS
3 8 (0.85%) Windows
4 6 (0.63%) Android
4 6 (0.63%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.63%) Windows 10
4 6 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
4 6 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (0.42%) AIX
5 4 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.42%) Unix
6 2 (0.21%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.11%) SUSE
7 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 658 (69.56%) Systems Engineering
2 450 (47.57%) Technical Leadership
3 406 (42.92%) Signal Processing
4 248 (26.22%) Mentoring
5 236 (24.95%) Test Planning
6 194 (20.51%) Continuous Improvement
7 175 (18.50%) Problem-Solving
8 173 (18.29%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 159 (16.81%) PLM
10 151 (15.96%) Project Management
11 149 (15.75%) Computer Science
12 141 (14.90%) UML
13 140 (14.80%) Mathematics
14 139 (14.69%) Agile
14 139 (14.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 138 (14.59%) Creative Problem-Solving
15 138 (14.59%) Physics
15 138 (14.59%) SysML
16 91 (9.62%) Requirements Management
17 86 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 138 (14.59%) MATLAB
2 125 (13.21%) R
3 54 (5.71%) Java
4 43 (4.55%) SQL
5 35 (3.70%) Python
6 9 (0.95%) C#
7 8 (0.85%) JavaScript
8 7 (0.74%) PL/SQL
8 7 (0.74%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.63%) JCL
10 4 (0.42%) C
10 4 (0.42%) Groovy
11 3 (0.32%) C++
11 3 (0.32%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.32%) RPG
11 3 (0.32%) RPG IV
12 2 (0.21%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.21%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.11%) ActionScript 2.0
13 1 (0.11%) Bash
Qualifications
1 622 (65.75%) BPSS Clearance
2 235 (24.84%) Degree
3 112 (11.84%) Chartered Engineer
4 10 (1.06%) Master's Degree
5 5 (0.53%) Security Cleared
6 4 (0.42%) ACCA
6 4 (0.42%) CIMA
7 3 (0.32%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (0.32%) OCP
7 3 (0.32%) Oracle Certification
7 3 (0.32%) PhD
8 2 (0.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.21%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.11%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.11%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.11%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 462 (48.84%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 8 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (0.32%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.21%) QA
5 1 (0.11%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.11%) GDPR
5 1 (0.11%) NCSC
5 1 (0.11%) NIST
5 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.11%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (2.54%) Docker
2 8 (0.85%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.63%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.32%) PowerHA
4 3 (0.32%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.11%) NFS
5 1 (0.11%) RACF
5 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (1.90%) Terraform
2 14 (1.48%) Ansible
3 6 (0.63%) Grafana
4 5 (0.53%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.32%) Argo
5 3 (0.32%) Istio
5 3 (0.32%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.32%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.21%) Netcool
6 2 (0.21%) Netcool/OMNIbus
6 2 (0.21%) QRadar
6 2 (0.21%) Tivoli
6 2 (0.21%) Tivoli NetView
6 2 (0.21%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 1 (0.11%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.11%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.11%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.11%) SCOM
7 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 84 (8.88%) Red Hat
2 77 (8.14%) Oracle
3 41 (4.33%) Microsoft
3 41 (4.33%) SAP
4 14 (1.48%) Cisco
5 8 (0.85%) Databricks
5 8 (0.85%) Splunk
6 7 (0.74%) Cognos
6 7 (0.74%) IBM Sterling
7 6 (0.63%) Apple
8 5 (0.53%) AppDynamics
8 5 (0.53%) Dynatrace
9 4 (0.42%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.42%) Broadcom
9 4 (0.42%) Dell
9 4 (0.42%) Hitachi
9 4 (0.42%) HP
9 4 (0.42%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.32%) Concur
10 3 (0.32%) Google