IBM
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited IBM over the 6 months to 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 372 327 389
Rank change year-on-year -45 +62 -72
Permanent jobs citing IBM 407 1,360 1,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.78% 1.11% 0.87%
As % of the Vendors category 1.85% 2.71% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 298 639 735
10th Percentile £34,854 £31,850 £33,100
25th Percentile £52,500 £44,500 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,066 £58,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.18% -2.52% -8.46%
75th Percentile £82,548 £76,735 £82,500
90th Percentile £91,934 £91,732 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,066 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.30% +10.00% -9.09%

All Vendors
UK

IBM is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 21,950 50,228 49,937
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 41.99% 41.09% 39.30%
Number of salaries quoted 16,048 29,606 33,465
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,742 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,934 £95,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +3.26%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IBM in the UK

IBM
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IBM in the UK

IBM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IBM over the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

Salary histogram for IBM in the UK

IBM
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the UK over the 6 months to 10 December 2023. 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
England -64 338 £65,066 +13.16% 235
UK excluding London -51 277 £65,066 +18.30% 169
Work from Home +52 182 £70,000 +16.67% 105
London +40 107 £69,447 +2.88% 67
North of England +65 83 £70,576 +34.43% 89
South East +50 50 £55,000 -5.17% 31
South West -20 42 £64,000 +11.30% 9
North West +59 39 £70,788 +34.83% 20
Yorkshire +63 37 £70,576 +22.74% 66
Wales +41 35 £62,788 +23.11% 3
Midlands -56 30 £59,500 +19.00% 21
Scotland +13 24 £75,335 +11.39% 6
West Midlands -25 23 £50,750 +7.98% 19
East of England +77 19 £28,000 -53.33% 13
North East +41 7 £28,000 - 3
East Midlands +13 7 £69,000 +25.45% 2

IBM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 47 (11.55%) WebSphere
2 26 (6.39%) FileNet
3 24 (5.90%) Captiva
4 15 (3.69%) SharePoint
5 11 (2.70%) Apache
5 11 (2.70%) IIS
6 10 (2.46%) MS Exchange
7 9 (2.21%) CICS
7 9 (2.21%) Confluence
8 7 (1.72%) SAS
9 6 (1.47%) Jupyter
9 6 (1.47%) WebSphere Application Server
10 4 (0.98%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.98%) IBM HTTP Server
10 4 (0.98%) Oracle HTTP Server
11 3 (0.74%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.74%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.49%) Alfresco
12 2 (0.49%) Documentum
12 2 (0.49%) nginx
Applications
1 9 (2.21%) AutoCAD
1 9 (2.21%) PTC Creo
1 9 (2.21%) SOLIDWORKS
2 6 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.74%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.49%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (2.70%) Maximo
2 9 (2.21%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 4 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.98%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 4 (0.98%) JDE OneWorld
3 4 (0.98%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (0.74%) PlanetPress Connect
4 3 (0.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.49%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.25%) Epicor Tropos
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.25%) Salerio
6 1 (0.25%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 156 (38.33%) Azure
2 91 (22.36%) AWS
3 71 (17.44%) GCP
4 29 (7.13%) Azure DevOps
4 29 (7.13%) GitHub
5 26 (6.39%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (5.41%) Power Platform
7 19 (4.67%) Entra ID
8 16 (3.93%) Serverless
9 15 (3.69%) IBM Cloud
9 15 (3.69%) SaaS
10 13 (3.19%) OpenShift
11 10 (2.46%) IaaS
11 10 (2.46%) PaaS
12 9 (2.21%) Amazon EC2
12 9 (2.21%) Amazon S3
12 9 (2.21%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (2.21%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (1.97%) Amazon EKS
14 6 (1.47%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 46 (11.30%) Internet
2 39 (9.58%) Firewall
3 35 (8.60%) HTTP
4 31 (7.62%) FTP
4 31 (7.62%) LAN
4 31 (7.62%) Network Security
4 31 (7.62%) TCP/IP
4 31 (7.62%) VPN
4 31 (7.62%) WAN
5 30 (7.37%) SMTP
5 30 (7.37%) Sourcefire
6 22 (5.41%) Intrusion Detection
7 10 (2.46%) SAN
8 4 (0.98%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.74%) DNS
10 2 (0.49%) NAS
10 2 (0.49%) VoIP
11 1 (0.25%) Kerberos
11 1 (0.25%) VLAN
11 1 (0.25%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (10.32%) SQL Server
2 41 (10.07%) NoSQL
3 36 (8.85%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (7.13%) Relational Database
5 21 (5.16%) DB2
6 12 (2.95%) Big Data
7 11 (2.70%) GIS
7 11 (2.70%) Oracle Database
8 10 (2.46%) SAP HANA
9 8 (1.97%) Power BI
10 6 (1.47%) DataStage
10 6 (1.47%) IBM InfoSphere
11 5 (1.23%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.98%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.98%) MySQL
12 4 (0.98%) Oracle Database 12c
12 4 (0.98%) Tableau
13 3 (0.74%) Easytrieve
13 3 (0.74%) Flink
13 3 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 51 (12.53%) Git
2 47 (11.55%) JIRA
3 42 (10.32%) Jenkins
4 33 (8.11%) IBM UrbanCode
5 28 (6.88%) Oracle Forms
6 24 (5.90%) Jasmine
6 24 (5.90%) Mockito
6 24 (5.90%) SonarQube
7 19 (4.67%) Eclipse
7 19 (4.67%) IntelliJ
8 16 (3.93%) Team Foundation Server
9 13 (3.19%) Cucumber
10 10 (2.46%) Chocolatey
11 8 (1.97%) Artifactory
11 8 (1.97%) ERwin
12 6 (1.47%) Rational DOORS
12 6 (1.47%) RequisitePro
13 5 (1.23%) Visual Studio Team System
14 4 (0.98%) Rational Rhapsody
15 3 (0.74%) CMake
General
1 140 (34.40%) Finance
2 123 (30.22%) Social Skills
3 110 (27.03%) Banking
4 68 (16.71%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (8.11%) Retail
6 30 (7.37%) Games
6 30 (7.37%) Organisational Skills
7 22 (5.41%) Manufacturing
8 18 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
9 16 (3.93%) Public Sector
10 15 (3.69%) Retail Banking
11 12 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (2.21%) Military
13 5 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.23%) Legal
14 2 (0.49%) Aeronautics
14 2 (0.49%) Automotive
14 2 (0.49%) Electronics
14 2 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 58 (14.25%) Senior
2 56 (13.76%) Developer
3 53 (13.02%) Analyst
4 46 (11.30%) Software Engineer
5 41 (10.07%) DevOps Engineer
6 30 (7.37%) SOC Analyst
7 27 (6.63%) Consultant
8 26 (6.39%) Senior DevOps
8 26 (6.39%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 24 (5.90%) Angular Developer
9 24 (5.90%) FileNet Engineer
10 22 (5.41%) Lead
11 19 (4.67%) Architect
11 19 (4.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 19 (4.67%) Support Engineer
12 16 (3.93%) Field Engineer
12 16 (3.93%) Field Service Engineer
12 16 (3.93%) Programmer
13 15 (3.69%) Hardware Engineer
13 15 (3.69%) Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (10.57%) AngularJS
2 36 (8.85%) RabbitMQ
3 31 (7.62%) REST
4 30 (7.37%) LDAP
5 27 (6.63%) React
6 24 (5.90%) Kafka
7 23 (5.65%) Middleware
8 21 (5.16%) JSON
8 21 (5.16%) XML
9 19 (4.67%) Elastic Stack
10 16 (3.93%) .NET
11 12 (2.95%) Spring
12 10 (2.46%) Web Services
12 10 (2.46%) YAML
13 9 (2.21%) SOAP
14 8 (1.97%) HTML
15 7 (1.72%) JMS
15 7 (1.72%) Spring Boot
16 6 (1.47%) scikit-learn
16 6 (1.47%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 38 (9.34%) Mainframe
1 38 (9.34%) Self-Motivation
2 31 (7.62%) Analytical Mindset
2 31 (7.62%) PKI
2 31 (7.62%) Public Cloud
3 30 (7.37%) Cyber Threat
3 30 (7.37%) DataPower
3 30 (7.37%) Security Operations Centre
4 26 (6.39%) Robotics
5 25 (6.14%) Private Cloud
6 24 (5.90%) Data Centre
6 24 (5.90%) Product Ownership
7 22 (5.41%) IBM Mainframe
8 17 (4.18%) AS400
8 17 (4.18%) Driving Licence
9 16 (3.93%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (3.93%) EPoS
10 15 (3.69%) iSeries
10 15 (3.69%) Online Banking
11 10 (2.46%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 89 (21.87%) Linux
2 73 (17.94%) Windows
3 32 (7.86%) Unix
4 26 (6.39%) Windows Server
5 16 (3.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 15 (3.69%) zOS
7 9 (2.21%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.98%) AIX
9 4 (0.98%) HPUX
9 4 (0.98%) Solaris
9 4 (0.98%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.74%) Android
10 3 (0.74%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.25%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (34.89%) Agile
2 133 (32.68%) DevOps
3 107 (26.29%) Problem-Solving
4 85 (20.88%) Mentoring
5 70 (17.20%) Time Management
6 66 (16.22%) Software Engineering
7 65 (15.97%) Analytics
8 63 (15.48%) Migration
9 52 (12.78%) Artificial Intelligence
9 52 (12.78%) CI/CD
10 45 (11.06%) Infrastructure as Code
10 45 (11.06%) ITIL
11 44 (10.81%) Microservices
12 43 (10.57%) Change Management
13 40 (9.83%) Coaching
13 40 (9.83%) Customer Service
14 39 (9.58%) Stakeholder Management
15 38 (9.34%) Cybersecurity
16 37 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
17 35 (8.60%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 107 (26.29%) Java
2 90 (22.11%) SQL
3 61 (14.99%) JavaScript
4 41 (10.07%) Python
5 19 (4.67%) Groovy
6 16 (3.93%) Bash
7 15 (3.69%) PowerShell
8 12 (2.95%) C#
8 12 (2.95%) TypeScript
9 10 (2.46%) C++
9 10 (2.46%) COBOL
9 10 (2.46%) RPG
9 10 (2.46%) Shell Script
10 9 (2.21%) MATLAB
11 7 (1.72%) C
11 7 (1.72%) Perl
12 5 (1.23%) JCL
13 4 (0.98%) RPG IV
14 3 (0.74%) Ada
14 3 (0.74%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 80 (19.66%) Security Cleared
2 47 (11.55%) SC Cleared
3 27 (6.63%) Degree
4 12 (2.95%) MCSE
4 12 (2.95%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (2.46%) MCSA
7 9 (2.21%) AWS Certification
7 9 (2.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 9 (2.21%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.47%) APMP
9 5 (1.23%) IBM Certification
10 2 (0.49%) CCNA
10 2 (0.49%) CCNP
10 2 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.49%) HNC
10 2 (0.49%) HND
10 2 (0.49%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.49%) MCP
10 2 (0.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.37%) Data Quality
2 24 (5.90%) GDPR
3 22 (5.41%) SLA
4 9 (2.21%) QA
5 3 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.49%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.49%) GRC
7 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.25%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.25%) COBIT
7 1 (0.25%) COREP
7 1 (0.25%) COSO
7 1 (0.25%) IFRS
7 1 (0.25%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.25%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.25%) ISO 31000
7 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.25%) ITGC
System Software
1 50 (12.29%) Docker
2 24 (5.90%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.72%) RACF
6 5 (1.23%) vSphere
7 4 (0.98%) ACF2
7 4 (0.98%) Firmware
7 4 (0.98%) Oracle RAC
7 4 (0.98%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 3 (0.74%) Time Sharing Option
9 2 (0.49%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.25%) iptables
10 1 (0.25%) PowerHA
10 1 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 37 (9.09%) Terraform
2 34 (8.35%) Ansible
3 31 (7.62%) Kubernetes
4 30 (7.37%) FortiGate
5 19 (4.67%) SCCM
6 12 (2.95%) Progress Chef
7 11 (2.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 10 (2.46%) SCOM
9 7 (1.72%) Packer
10 6 (1.47%) HP Quality Center
11 5 (1.23%) Failover Clustering
12 4 (0.98%) Data Guard
12 4 (0.98%) OMEGAMON
12 4 (0.98%) Oracle RMAN
12 4 (0.98%) Tivoli
13 3 (0.74%) MAINVIEW
14 2 (0.49%) Kibana
14 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Clustering
14 2 (0.49%) NetBackup
15 1 (0.25%) Grafana
Vendors
1 91 (22.36%) Oracle
2 88 (21.62%) Microsoft
3 69 (16.95%) SAP
4 41 (10.07%) Google
5 38 (9.34%) Splunk
6 35 (8.60%) Cisco
7 34 (8.35%) ServiceNow
8 33 (8.11%) HP
9 31 (7.62%) F5
10 30 (7.37%) ArcSight
10 30 (7.37%) CheckPoint
10 30 (7.37%) Juniper
10 30 (7.37%) TippingPoint
10 30 (7.37%) Trend Micro
11 25 (6.14%) Pega
12 24 (5.90%) Kofax
13 22 (5.41%) Informatica
13 22 (5.41%) Salesforce
14 20 (4.91%) Dell
14 20 (4.91%) TOWER Software