IBM
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 17 July 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
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 299 382
Rank change year-on-year +121 +83 -39
Permanent jobs citing IBM 1,073 935 700
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.78% 0.93% 0.83%
As % of the Vendors category 4.19% 2.73% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 611 395 366
10th Percentile £37,574 £30,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £57,000 £42,320 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% -8.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £70,600 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,360 £83,759 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,000 £50,000 £56,750
% change year-on-year +24.00% -11.89% +3.18%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 25,623 34,211 34,343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 42.60% 34.07% 40.53%
Number of salaries quoted 13,929 22,417 22,491
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £88,750 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.61% -8.00% +5.26%

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 17 July 2025.

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 17 July 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
UK excluding London +115 947 £62,000 +24.00% 288
England +90 937 £62,000 +12.73% 346
South East +135 590 £70,000 +44.33% 92
Work from Home +147 384 £70,600 +28.36% 123
London +50 100 £78,750 +21.15% 105
Wales +80 71 £65,000 +51.92% 4
South West +84 65 £40,101 -23.62% 35
North of England -79 63 £40,101 -30.26% 48
Midlands -1 57 £60,000 +33.33% 49
East of England +39 53 £57,000 +11.22% 35
Yorkshire +53 44 £40,101 -37.10% 20
Scotland +125 40 £40,101 -41.46% 33
East Midlands -7 35 £40,101 -10.89% 17
West Midlands +30 22 £72,500 +61.11% 32
North West -135 19 £40,101 -27.09% 24
Northern Ireland +41 8 £50,000 +78.57% 4

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 8 (0.75%) Apache
1 8 (0.75%) Confluence
2 6 (0.56%) CICS
3 4 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.37%) IBM Domino
4 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.093%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.093%) IIS
5 1 (0.093%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 1 (0.093%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.093%) SAS
5 1 (0.093%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.093%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.093%) WebSphere
Applications
1 111 (10.34%) Simulink
2 7 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.37%) CATIA
4 4 (0.37%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 106 (9.88%) Teamcenter
2 35 (3.26%) Oracle SCM
3 21 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.93%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 8 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.65%) Maximo
7 2 (0.19%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.19%) Infor SunSystems
8 1 (0.093%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.093%) Postilion
8 1 (0.093%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.093%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 102 (9.51%) Azure
2 73 (6.80%) AWS
3 41 (3.82%) Azure DevOps
4 36 (3.36%) OCI
5 22 (2.05%) Power Platform
6 17 (1.58%) Serverless
7 16 (1.49%) GCP
8 15 (1.40%) AWS Lambda
8 15 (1.40%) GitHub
9 14 (1.30%) Amazon EC2
10 13 (1.21%) Amazon EKS
10 13 (1.21%) Amazon S3
11 11 (1.03%) Datadog
12 9 (0.84%) Collibra
12 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Purview
13 8 (0.75%) SaaS
14 7 (0.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 7 (0.65%) PaaS
15 6 (0.56%) Apigee
15 6 (0.56%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.84%) SAN
2 6 (0.56%) Multicast
3 5 (0.47%) Firewall
4 4 (0.37%) Fibre Channel
4 4 (0.37%) FTP
4 4 (0.37%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.28%) PuTTY
6 2 (0.19%) HTTP
6 2 (0.19%) SNA
6 2 (0.19%) VSAN
6 2 (0.19%) WAN
7 1 (0.093%) ATM
7 1 (0.093%) Calico
7 1 (0.093%) GSM
7 1 (0.093%) LAN
7 1 (0.093%) SSH
7 1 (0.093%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.093%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (4.10%) DB2
2 22 (2.05%) Power BI
3 20 (1.86%) NoSQL
3 20 (1.86%) SQL Server
4 19 (1.77%) MongoDB
5 17 (1.58%) SAP HANA
6 16 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (1.30%) Tableau
8 11 (1.03%) IBM InfoSphere
9 10 (0.93%) Metadata
9 10 (0.93%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.65%) Oracle ODI
11 6 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
12 4 (0.37%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.37%) OLAP
12 4 (0.37%) QlikView
12 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (0.28%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 648 (60.39%) Rational DOORS
2 72 (6.71%) JIRA
3 32 (2.98%) Jenkins
4 28 (2.61%) Git
5 21 (1.96%) JUnit
6 19 (1.77%) IntelliJ
7 17 (1.58%) Mockito
8 14 (1.30%) Cucumber
9 13 (1.21%) GitLab
10 11 (1.03%) Maven
11 7 (0.65%) Eclipse
11 7 (0.65%) Jasmine
11 7 (0.65%) Karma Test Runner
11 7 (0.65%) Protractor
12 6 (0.56%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.47%) TeamCity
14 4 (0.37%) NUnit
14 4 (0.37%) Octopus Deploy
14 4 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
15 3 (0.28%) Selenium
General
1 588 (54.80%) Electronics
2 191 (17.80%) Social Skills
3 121 (11.28%) Aerospace
4 108 (10.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 97 (9.04%) Finance
6 93 (8.67%) Public Sector
7 34 (3.17%) Banking
7 34 (3.17%) Law
8 33 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
9 20 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (1.49%) Marketing
11 13 (1.21%) Retail
12 12 (1.12%) Automotive
13 6 (0.56%) Investment Banking
13 6 (0.56%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.37%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.37%) Legal
14 4 (0.37%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.28%) Front Office
15 3 (0.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 593 (55.27%) Systems Engineer
2 291 (27.12%) Principal Engineer
3 287 (26.75%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 283 (26.37%) Senior
5 208 (19.38%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 106 (9.88%) Junior
7 105 (9.79%) Junior Systems Engineer
8 77 (7.18%) DevOps Engineer
9 63 (5.87%) Developer
10 59 (5.50%) Consultant
11 51 (4.75%) Oracle Consultant
12 45 (4.19%) Lead
13 41 (3.82%) System Design Authority
14 39 (3.63%) Azure Engineer
15 38 (3.54%) Radar Engineer
16 34 (3.17%) Senior DevOps
17 30 (2.80%) AWS DevOps
18 28 (2.61%) Azure DevOps Engineer
19 26 (2.42%) Architect
20 24 (2.24%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.98%) React
2 30 (2.80%) AngularJS
3 19 (1.77%) JMS
4 18 (1.68%) Spring
4 18 (1.68%) Spring Boot
5 16 (1.49%) jQuery
6 15 (1.40%) JSON
6 15 (1.40%) Middleware
6 15 (1.40%) REST
6 15 (1.40%) SOAP
7 14 (1.30%) IBM Integration Bus
8 13 (1.21%) .NET
9 12 (1.12%) Backbone.js
9 12 (1.12%) Bootstrap
9 12 (1.12%) Ember.js
9 12 (1.12%) RESTful
10 11 (1.03%) RabbitMQ
11 10 (0.93%) BAPI
11 10 (0.93%) Web Services
11 10 (0.93%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 497 (46.32%) Algorithms
2 160 (14.91%) Hybrid Cloud
3 101 (9.41%) e-Learning
4 38 (3.54%) Management Information System
5 22 (2.05%) Data Structures
5 22 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (1.86%) Data Centre
7 19 (1.77%) Cloud Native
7 19 (1.77%) Mainframe
8 16 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (1.03%) Product Ownership
11 10 (0.93%) Credit Derivative
12 9 (0.84%) Enterprise Storage
12 9 (0.84%) Replication
13 8 (0.75%) Virtual Team
14 7 (0.65%) Distributed Systems
14 7 (0.65%) Driving Licence
15 6 (0.56%) AS400
15 6 (0.56%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 57 (5.31%) Linux
2 29 (2.70%) Windows
3 26 (2.42%) zOS
4 18 (1.68%) Android
4 18 (1.68%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.75%) AIX
5 8 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.56%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.37%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 4 (0.37%) Unix
7 4 (0.37%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.093%) Solaris
8 1 (0.093%) SUSE
8 1 (0.093%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.093%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 654 (60.95%) Systems Engineering
2 555 (51.72%) Technical Leadership
3 478 (44.55%) Signal Processing
4 276 (25.72%) Test Planning
5 197 (18.36%) Mentoring
6 194 (18.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 191 (17.80%) Agile
8 172 (16.03%) Problem-Solving
9 133 (12.40%) Project Management
10 126 (11.74%) Artificial Intelligence
10 126 (11.74%) PLM
11 123 (11.46%) Computer Science
12 120 (11.18%) DevOps
13 118 (11.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
14 112 (10.44%) Mathematics
14 112 (10.44%) UML
15 106 (9.88%) SysML
16 105 (9.79%) Coaching
16 105 (9.79%) Creative Problem-Solving
16 105 (9.79%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 106 (9.88%) MATLAB
2 80 (7.46%) R
3 63 (5.87%) Java
4 59 (5.50%) SQL
5 40 (3.73%) Python
6 16 (1.49%) JCL
7 13 (1.21%) C#
7 13 (1.21%) C++
8 12 (1.12%) JavaScript
9 11 (1.03%) PL/SQL
9 11 (1.03%) REXX
10 8 (0.75%) Bash
10 8 (0.75%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.65%) COBOL
12 6 (0.56%) Groovy
13 5 (0.47%) RPG
13 5 (0.47%) RPG IV
13 5 (0.47%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.28%) Assembly Language
14 3 (0.28%) Perl
Qualifications
1 640 (59.65%) BPSS Clearance
2 182 (16.96%) Degree
3 60 (5.59%) Chartered Engineer
4 15 (1.40%) Master's Degree
4 15 (1.40%) Security Cleared
5 8 (0.75%) DV Cleared
5 8 (0.75%) SC Cleared
6 7 (0.65%) DBS Check
7 4 (0.37%) ACCA
7 4 (0.37%) CIMA
8 3 (0.28%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.28%) OCP
8 3 (0.28%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (0.19%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.19%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.093%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.093%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.093%) CBAP
10 1 (0.093%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 489 (45.57%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 14 (1.30%) Data Quality
2 14 (1.30%) QA
3 10 (0.93%) Accessibility
3 10 (0.93%) GDPR
4 8 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 3 (0.28%) SLA
8 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.093%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.093%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.093%) NCSC
9 1 (0.093%) NIST
9 1 (0.093%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.093%) SOC 2
System Software
1 19 (1.77%) Docker
2 11 (1.03%) Time Sharing Option
3 8 (0.75%) Active Directory
4 7 (0.65%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (0.28%) PowerHA
8 2 (0.19%) Job Entry Subsystem
8 2 (0.19%) RACF
8 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.093%) ACF2
9 1 (0.093%) NFS
Systems Management
1 35 (3.26%) Terraform
2 34 (3.17%) Ansible
3 11 (1.03%) Grafana
4 10 (0.93%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.37%) Istio
5 4 (0.37%) Netcool
5 4 (0.37%) Netcool/OMNIbus
5 4 (0.37%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.37%) Red Hat Satellite
5 4 (0.37%) Tivoli
6 3 (0.28%) Argo
6 3 (0.28%) CA Endevor
6 3 (0.28%) Nessus
6 3 (0.28%) NetBackup
6 3 (0.28%) Packer
6 3 (0.28%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.19%) Backup Exec
7 2 (0.19%) Nagios
7 2 (0.19%) QRadar
7 2 (0.19%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 122 (11.37%) Red Hat
2 91 (8.48%) Oracle
3 51 (4.75%) SAP
4 49 (4.57%) Microsoft
5 22 (2.05%) Dell
6 18 (1.68%) Cisco
7 13 (1.21%) HP
8 12 (1.12%) Broadcom
8 12 (1.12%) VMware
9 11 (1.03%) Informatica
9 11 (1.03%) Splunk
10 7 (0.65%) AppDynamics
10 7 (0.65%) Cognos
10 7 (0.65%) Dynatrace
11 6 (0.56%) Apple
11 6 (0.56%) Atlassian
11 6 (0.56%) IBM Sterling
11 6 (0.56%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.47%) Salesforce
13 4 (0.37%) Google