IBM Job Trends in Yorkshire

IBM
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire 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 March 2026, 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 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 107 147
Rank change year-on-year -64 +40 +96
Permanent jobs citing IBM 9 34 60
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.19% 1.50% 1.17%
As % of the Vendors category 0.60% 4.78% 3.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4 20 54
10th Percentile £49,725 £31,250 £27,950
25th Percentile £50,063 £45,000 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £67,435 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.66% +3.75% +18.44%
75th Percentile £61,538 £109,024 £82,548
90th Percentile £70,155 £140,677 £83,756
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +2.56%

All Vendors
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,506 711 1,943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 32.37% 31.38% 37.96%
Number of salaries quoted 703 483 1,477
10th Percentile £26,150 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% -6.86%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £62,833
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -13.04%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IBM relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

IBM job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

IBM
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing IBM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing IBM

IBM
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing IBM in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Salary histogram for IBM in Yorkshire

IBM
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 17 March 2026. 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
West Yorkshire -51 3 £53,500 -28.54% 2
North Yorkshire - 3 - -
South Yorkshire -44 1 - - 2
Humberside - 1 £75,900 -
IBM
England

IBM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) IBM Planning Analytics
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Tableau
2 1 (11.11%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (11.11%) OLAP
2 1 (11.11%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (33.33%) JMeter
2 3 (33.33%) LoadRunner
2 3 (33.33%) Selenium
2 3 (33.33%) SonarQube
3 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 2 (22.22%) Electronics
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Publishing
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Automation Test Lead
1 3 (33.33%) Lead
1 3 (33.33%) Lead Test Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Principal Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Test Automation Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Test Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Analytics Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Developer
2 2 (22.22%) TM1 Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) Kafka
1 3 (33.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Algorithms
1 1 (11.11%) Hackathon
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (33.33%) DevOps
1 3 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
1 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 3 (33.33%) Performance Testing
1 3 (33.33%) Security Testing
1 3 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
1 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 2 (22.22%) AI
2 2 (22.22%) Analytics
2 2 (22.22%) ERP
2 2 (22.22%) Generative AI
2 2 (22.22%) Test Planning
3 1 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (11.11%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) Requirements Management
3 1 (11.11%) Signal Processing
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (11.11%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 3 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (11.11%) ACCA
2 1 (11.11%) CIMA
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 15288
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) HP Fortify
2 2 (22.22%) Control-M
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Cognos
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) SAP