IBM Contracts in England

IBM
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IBM over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the International Business Machines Corporation.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 223 327 255
Rank change year-on-year +104 -72 -29
Contract jobs citing IBM 402 357 768
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.09% 0.73% 1.10%
As % of the Vendors category 2.59% 1.74% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 232 488
10th Percentile £386 £354 £400
25th Percentile £425 £438 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £565
Median % change year-on-year - -7.08% +13.00%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £673
90th Percentile £754 £724 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £565
% change year-on-year -4.76% -7.08% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 4 15
10th Percentile £58.50 £35.80 £29.00
25th Percentile £65.00 £37.00 £37.75
Median hourly rate £70.00 £45.29 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.57% +0.64% -18.18%
75th Percentile - £57.50 £55.00
90th Percentile - £71.00 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £67.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +3.70% +50.00% -10.00%

All Vendors
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,530 20,542 27,558
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.25% 41.94% 39.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,855 14,123 18,824
10th Percentile £263 £265 £275
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £535 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% +1.90% +10.53%
75th Percentile £637 £650 £638
90th Percentile £748 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,019 594 785
10th Percentile £12.13 £15.21 £11.94
25th Percentile £14.45 £18.50 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £39.03 £21.35
Median % change year-on-year -42.34% +82.79% +1.67%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.31 £47.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -48.24% +97.67% -3.91%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IBM in England

IBM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IBM in England.

Daily rate trend for IBM in England

IBM
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IBM in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IBM in England

IBM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IBM in England.

Hourly rate trend for IBM in England

IBM
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IBM in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IBM in England

IBM
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the England region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +79 176 £600 +11.63% 59
North of England +71 85 £430 -9.47% 25
Yorkshire +60 71 £430 -28.33% 5
South West +47 47 £650 +44.44% 17
South East +28 45 £538 +7.50% 21
Midlands +15 23 £403 -15.21% 9
West Midlands +17 21 £403 -16.31% 6
East of England +25 15 £525 +55.56% 14
North West +14 11 £511 +57.31% 20
North East - 3 £400 -
East Midlands +14 2 - - 3
IBM
UK

IBM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 32 (7.96%) SAS
2 23 (5.72%) WebSphere
3 17 (4.23%) CICS
4 15 (3.73%) Confluence
5 10 (2.49%) IIS
5 10 (2.49%) WebLogic
6 9 (2.24%) Tomcat
7 8 (1.99%) JBoss
7 8 (1.99%) WebSphere Application Server
8 7 (1.74%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 6 (1.49%) Apache
9 6 (1.49%) Appian
9 6 (1.49%) MQSeries
9 6 (1.49%) nginx
10 4 (1.00%) CMS
11 3 (0.75%) IBM Domino
11 3 (0.75%) IBM Notes
12 2 (0.50%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.50%) FileNet
13 1 (0.25%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 6 (1.49%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.50%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.25%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.25%) Weka
Business Applications
1 12 (2.99%) Maximo
2 11 (2.74%) Temenos T24
3 9 (2.24%) Loan IQ
4 5 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.50%) BusinessWorks
5 2 (0.50%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 53 (13.18%) AWS
2 33 (8.21%) Azure
3 20 (4.98%) SaaS
4 19 (4.73%) GitHub
5 18 (4.48%) GCP
5 18 (4.48%) PaaS
6 11 (2.74%) Nutanix
7 9 (2.24%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (2.24%) IaaS
8 8 (1.99%) Rubrik
9 6 (1.49%) Apigee
10 5 (1.24%) Kong
10 5 (1.24%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.00%) Alation
11 4 (1.00%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (0.75%) OCI
12 3 (0.75%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.50%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 28 (6.97%) SAN
2 26 (6.47%) SSL
3 19 (4.73%) DNS
4 17 (4.23%) Firewall
5 13 (3.23%) TCP/IP
6 9 (2.24%) DWDM
6 9 (2.24%) NAS
6 9 (2.24%) PBX
6 9 (2.24%) VoIP
7 8 (1.99%) DHCP
7 8 (1.99%) Kerberos
7 8 (1.99%) VLAN
7 8 (1.99%) WAN
8 7 (1.74%) SDH
9 4 (1.00%) Junos
10 3 (0.75%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (0.75%) HTTP
10 3 (0.75%) NX-OS
10 3 (0.75%) SMTP
10 3 (0.75%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (9.95%) DB2
2 22 (5.47%) Relational Database
3 12 (2.99%) IDMS
3 12 (2.99%) SQL Server
4 11 (2.74%) RDBMS
5 8 (1.99%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.24%) Metadata
6 5 (1.24%) MySQL
6 5 (1.24%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.24%) OLAP
6 5 (1.24%) OLTP
6 5 (1.24%) Oracle OLAP
7 4 (1.00%) Big Data
7 4 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.00%) SAP HANA
7 4 (1.00%) Sybase ASE
8 3 (0.75%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.50%) Informix
9 2 (0.50%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.50%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 35 (8.71%) Jenkins
2 26 (6.47%) Git
3 24 (5.97%) Rational DOORS
4 20 (4.98%) JIRA
5 13 (3.23%) Rational Rhapsody
6 8 (1.99%) IBM UrbanCode
6 8 (1.99%) Selenium
6 8 (1.99%) TeamCity
7 7 (1.74%) Cucumber
8 6 (1.49%) GitLab
8 6 (1.49%) JUnit
8 6 (1.49%) Mockito
9 5 (1.24%) Appium
9 5 (1.24%) LoadRunner
9 5 (1.24%) Rational Performance Tester
9 5 (1.24%) Visual Studio
9 5 (1.24%) WebDriver
10 3 (0.75%) HP UFT
10 3 (0.75%) Katalon Studio
10 3 (0.75%) Postman
General
1 128 (31.84%) Social Skills
2 85 (21.14%) Finance
3 38 (9.45%) Banking
4 35 (8.71%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (5.22%) Public Sector
5 21 (5.22%) Telecoms
6 13 (3.23%) Electronics
6 13 (3.23%) Financial Institution
7 12 (2.99%) Aerospace
8 11 (2.74%) Front Office
9 7 (1.74%) Aeronautics
9 7 (1.74%) Digital Economy
10 6 (1.49%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.00%) Back Office
12 4 (1.00%) German Language
12 4 (1.00%) Legal
12 4 (1.00%) Military
12 4 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.75%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 68 (16.92%) Architect
2 55 (13.68%) Developer
3 31 (7.71%) Solutions Architect
4 28 (6.97%) Software Engineer
4 28 (6.97%) Storage Manager
5 26 (6.47%) Embedded Engineer
5 26 (6.47%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 25 (6.22%) Senior
7 21 (5.22%) Analyst
7 21 (5.22%) Programmer
8 20 (4.98%) Systems Programmer
8 20 (4.98%) z/OS Systems Programmer
9 18 (4.48%) Applications Support
10 17 (4.23%) Mainframe Developer
11 16 (3.98%) Consultant
11 16 (3.98%) Lead
12 15 (3.73%) Security Architect
13 14 (3.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 13 (3.23%) Applications Specialist
15 12 (2.99%) IBM Mainframe Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (10.70%) ISPF
2 19 (4.73%) Kafka
3 18 (4.48%) Spring Boot
4 16 (3.98%) Spring
4 16 (3.98%) YAML
5 15 (3.73%) Web Services
6 14 (3.48%) Flash
6 14 (3.48%) SOAP
7 13 (3.23%) Apache Camel
7 13 (3.23%) IBM Integration Bus
7 13 (3.23%) Middleware
8 11 (2.74%) ActiveMQ
8 11 (2.74%) OpenID
8 11 (2.74%) REST
8 11 (2.74%) WebSphere MQ
9 10 (2.49%) RabbitMQ
9 10 (2.49%) XACML
10 9 (2.24%) LDAP
10 9 (2.24%) RESTful
10 9 (2.24%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 68 (16.92%) Mainframe
2 33 (8.21%) Data Centre
3 18 (4.48%) ARM Cortex
3 18 (4.48%) DataPower
4 17 (4.23%) IBM Mainframe
4 17 (4.23%) Replication
5 15 (3.73%) LPAR
6 9 (2.24%) Blackberry
6 9 (2.24%) Clustering
6 9 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (2.24%) Video Conferencing
7 7 (1.74%) Derivative
7 7 (1.74%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.49%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.24%) OTC Derivatives
10 4 (1.00%) AS400
10 4 (1.00%) Credit Derivative
10 4 (1.00%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.00%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 116 (28.86%) Linux
2 84 (20.90%) zOS
3 55 (13.68%) Windows
4 28 (6.97%) Unix
5 19 (4.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 18 (4.48%) AIX
6 18 (4.48%) FreeRTOS
7 17 (4.23%) Solaris
7 17 (4.23%) Windows Server
8 8 (1.99%) Oracle Linux
9 4 (1.00%) VMS
10 2 (0.50%) HPUX
10 2 (0.50%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.25%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (20.40%) Agile
2 53 (13.18%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (12.19%) DevOps
4 48 (11.94%) Risk Management
5 42 (10.45%) Storage Management
6 41 (10.20%) CI/CD
7 39 (9.70%) Software Engineering
8 38 (9.45%) ITIL
8 38 (9.45%) Stakeholder Management
9 33 (8.21%) Project Management
10 32 (7.96%) Migration
10 32 (7.96%) Software Testing
11 29 (7.21%) Continuous Integration
12 26 (6.47%) Enterprise Architecture
13 25 (6.22%) Problem Management
13 25 (6.22%) Roadmaps
14 24 (5.97%) TOGAF
15 22 (5.47%) Configuration Management
15 22 (5.47%) Scrum
15 22 (5.47%) UML
Programming Languages
1 64 (15.92%) Python
2 62 (15.42%) JCL
3 61 (15.17%) REXX
4 54 (13.43%) Java
5 40 (9.95%) SQL
6 32 (7.96%) C
7 28 (6.97%) PowerShell
8 22 (5.47%) CLIST
8 22 (5.47%) COBOL
9 18 (4.48%) Embedded C
10 17 (4.23%) Assembly Language
11 13 (3.23%) Bash
12 12 (2.99%) Ada
12 12 (2.99%) SELCOPY
12 12 (2.99%) Shell Script
13 10 (2.49%) JavaScript
14 9 (2.24%) C#
15 7 (1.74%) C++
16 5 (1.24%) RPG
17 4 (1.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 100 (24.88%) Security Cleared
2 85 (21.14%) SC Cleared
3 35 (8.71%) Degree
4 16 (3.98%) DV Cleared
5 12 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.99%) TOGAF Certification
6 11 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (2.74%) HND
7 10 (2.49%) CCNP
8 5 (1.24%) IBM Certification
9 4 (1.00%) JNCIA
10 3 (0.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.50%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.50%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.25%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.25%) CSSLP
12 1 (0.25%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.25%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.24%) GDPR
2 8 (1.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 7 (1.74%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.74%) QA
4 5 (1.24%) Def Stans
4 5 (1.24%) DO-178B
5 3 (0.75%) MISRA
5 3 (0.75%) NIST
5 3 (0.75%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.75%) SLA
6 2 (0.50%) GRC
6 2 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.25%) COREP
7 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.25%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.25%) IFRS
7 1 (0.25%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.25%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 61 (15.17%) Time Sharing Option
2 23 (5.72%) RACF
2 23 (5.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (4.98%) NFS
4 18 (4.48%) Docker
5 16 (3.98%) ACF2
6 13 (3.23%) Job Entry Subsystem
6 13 (3.23%) Microcode
7 12 (2.99%) Active Directory
8 9 (2.24%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (1.49%) Hyper-V
10 4 (1.00%) Firmware
10 4 (1.00%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 3 (0.75%) vSphere
12 1 (0.25%) Lustre
12 1 (0.25%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 59 (14.68%) Ansible
2 40 (9.95%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 24 (5.97%) Kubernetes
4 22 (5.47%) OMEGAMON
5 19 (4.73%) Terraform
6 17 (4.23%) Netcool
7 13 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (2.49%) Tivoli
9 9 (2.24%) Grafana
10 8 (1.99%) EMC NetWorker
10 8 (1.99%) ITRS Geneos
11 6 (1.49%) CA Endevor
11 6 (1.49%) zSecure
12 5 (1.24%) Rancher
12 5 (1.24%) Red Hat Satellite
12 5 (1.24%) SCOM
12 5 (1.24%) Tivoli Identity Manager
13 3 (0.75%) vCenter Server
14 2 (0.50%) Packer
14 2 (0.50%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 55 (13.68%) Oracle
2 46 (11.44%) Broadcom
3 45 (11.19%) Microsoft
4 42 (10.45%) Dell
5 38 (9.45%) Cisco
6 35 (8.71%) Brocade
7 27 (6.72%) CA
7 27 (6.72%) Splunk
8 26 (6.47%) VMware
9 25 (6.22%) SAP
10 23 (5.72%) Nokia
11 20 (4.98%) Juniper
12 19 (4.73%) HP
13 18 (4.48%) Lauterbach
13 18 (4.48%) ServiceNow
14 15 (3.73%) Dynatrace
14 15 (3.73%) Google
15 13 (3.23%) Okta
15 13 (3.23%) Red Hat
15 13 (3.23%) Syncsort