IBM Jobs in Wales

IBM
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 114 117
Rank change year-on-year +88 +3 +20
Permanent jobs citing IBM 69 11 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 6.24% 0.53% 1.08%
As % of the Vendors category 10.68% 1.50% 2.79%
Number of salaries quoted 64 10 8
10th Percentile £50,069 £40,000 £35,336
25th Percentile £62,000 £40,313 £35,427
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £54,036 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.29% +21.43% -1.29%
75th Percentile £70,600 £70,575 £52,500
90th Percentile - £72,433 -
UK median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

All Vendors
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 646 731 645
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 58.41% 35.21% 38.67%
Number of salaries quoted 404 476 328
10th Percentile - £26,250 £24,993
25th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £42,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.97% -1.16% -4.44%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £56,563
90th Percentile £70,420 £70,000 £68,497
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for IBM in Wales

IBM
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for IBM in Wales

IBM
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing IBM in Wales over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IBM in Wales

IBM
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the Wales region over the 6 months to 22 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 Wales +78 61 £70,000 +3.26% 51
North Wales - 7 £40,101 - 2
West Wales +14 1 £49,104 +22.76%
IBM
UK

IBM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Applications
1 7 (10.14%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (10.14%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.45%) DNS
Development Applications
1 68 (98.55%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (2.90%) JIRA
General
1 58 (84.06%) Electronics
2 16 (23.19%) Social Skills
3 7 (10.14%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 58 (84.06%) Systems Engineer
2 29 (42.03%) Principal Engineer
2 29 (42.03%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 23 (33.33%) Senior
4 22 (31.88%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 8 (11.59%) Architect
5 8 (11.59%) Systems Architect
6 7 (10.14%) Junior
6 7 (10.14%) Junior Systems Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) Radar Engineer
8 2 (2.90%) System Design Authority
9 1 (1.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 1 (1.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 51 (73.91%) Algorithms
2 8 (11.59%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.45%) Linux
1 1 (1.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (98.55%) Systems Engineering
2 53 (76.81%) Technical Leadership
3 51 (73.91%) Signal Processing
4 29 (42.03%) Test Planning
5 25 (36.23%) Mentoring
6 18 (26.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (14.49%) Configuration Management
8 9 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (11.59%) Business Case
9 8 (11.59%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
9 8 (11.59%) Customer Requirements
9 8 (11.59%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (11.59%) Requirements Management
9 8 (11.59%) Systems Thinking
10 7 (10.14%) Computer Science
10 7 (10.14%) Mathematics
10 7 (10.14%) Physics
10 7 (10.14%) PLM
10 7 (10.14%) Project Management
10 7 (10.14%) UML
Programming Languages
1 17 (24.64%) R
2 7 (10.14%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 68 (98.55%) BPSS Clearance
2 17 (24.64%) Degree
3 10 (14.49%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (85.51%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 1 (1.45%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (1.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1 (1.45%) Cisco
1 1 (1.45%) Dell