IBM Contracts

IBM
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of IBM products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IBM over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two 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
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 228 292 239
Rank change year-on-year +64 -53 -12
Contract jobs citing IBM 446 509 1,020
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.02% 0.92% 1.17%
As % of the Vendors category 2.41% 2.10% 2.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 305 662
10th Percentile £360 £375 £404
25th Percentile £414 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £650 £635 £650
90th Percentile £750 £700 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +0.31% -2.50% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 16 15
10th Percentile £51.40 £47.50 £39.90
25th Percentile £65.00 £54.06 £51.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £67.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +22.73% +12.82%
75th Percentile - £72.50 -
90th Percentile - - £68.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £68.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year +1.82% +25.00% +10.00%

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 contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,504 24,201 35,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.37% 43.57% 40.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,474 16,134 23,582
10th Percentile £270 £270 £300
25th Percentile £408 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £626 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,161 635 848
10th Percentile £12.25 £15.08 £12.25
25th Percentile £14.50 £19.06 £15.25
Median hourly rate £22.56 £42.50 £21.64
Median % change year-on-year -46.92% +96.40% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.50 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £37.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -42.67% +92.31% +8.33%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IBM in the UK

IBM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IBM over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IBM in the UK

IBM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for IBM in the UK

IBM
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IBM over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IBM in the UK

IBM
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the UK over the 6 months to 13 June 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
England +91 386 £525 +2.94% 125
UK excluding London +49 240 £489 +0.31% 74
London +50 152 £600 +14.29% 48
Work from Home +23 145 £500 -2.44% 54
North of England +35 65 £462 -2.84% 14
South East +31 62 £500 - 28
South West +38 54 £650 +44.44% 10
Yorkshire +33 49 £430 -22.87% 9
East of England +19 23 £513 +25.61% 15
Midlands +13 21 £377 -22.77% 6
West Midlands +21 19 £377 -23.75% 4
Scotland +2 17 £463 -13.95% 5
North West +10 13 £539 +65.85% 5
North East - 3 £400 -
East Midlands +1 2 - - 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 35 (7.85%) SAS
2 31 (6.95%) WebSphere
3 19 (4.26%) CICS
4 15 (3.36%) JBoss
5 14 (3.14%) WebSphere Application Server
6 13 (2.91%) Confluence
6 13 (2.91%) Tomcat
7 12 (2.69%) IIS
8 10 (2.24%) Apache
8 10 (2.24%) Appian
8 10 (2.24%) WebLogic
9 9 (2.02%) MQSeries
9 9 (2.02%) nginx
10 8 (1.79%) IBM HTTP Server
10 8 (1.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 8 (1.79%) WebSphere Portal
11 4 (0.90%) CMS
12 3 (0.67%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
13 2 (0.45%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 8 (1.79%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.45%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe Captivate
4 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.22%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 18 (4.04%) Maximo
2 16 (3.59%) Temenos T24
3 7 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.45%) BusinessWorks
4 2 (0.45%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.22%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.22%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 54 (12.11%) AWS
2 38 (8.52%) Azure
3 17 (3.81%) SaaS
4 16 (3.59%) PaaS
5 14 (3.14%) GitHub
6 12 (2.69%) GCP
7 8 (1.79%) Apigee
8 7 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (1.57%) IaaS
8 7 (1.57%) Kong
9 5 (1.12%) Nutanix
9 5 (1.12%) Rubrik
9 5 (1.12%) Unqork
10 4 (0.90%) IBM Cloud
11 3 (0.67%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.67%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.67%) OCI
11 3 (0.67%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.38%) SAN
1 24 (5.38%) SSL
2 17 (3.81%) Firewall
3 16 (3.59%) DNS
4 12 (2.69%) HTTP
5 9 (2.02%) PBX
5 9 (2.02%) VoIP
6 8 (1.79%) WAN
7 7 (1.57%) SDH
8 6 (1.35%) NAS
8 6 (1.35%) TCP/IP
9 5 (1.12%) DHCP
9 5 (1.12%) DWDM
9 5 (1.12%) Kerberos
9 5 (1.12%) VLAN
10 4 (0.90%) Junos
11 3 (0.67%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (0.67%) NX-OS
12 2 (0.45%) Network Security
12 2 (0.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (10.76%) DB2
2 27 (6.05%) Relational Database
3 17 (3.81%) SQL Server
4 16 (3.59%) RDBMS
5 15 (3.36%) IDMS
6 11 (2.47%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.57%) OLAP
7 7 (1.57%) OLTP
8 6 (1.35%) MySQL
8 6 (1.35%) Oracle OLAP
9 5 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.12%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.12%) SAP HANA
9 5 (1.12%) Sybase ASE
10 4 (0.90%) Metadata
11 3 (0.67%) Big Data
11 3 (0.67%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.67%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.45%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 29 (6.50%) Rational DOORS
2 28 (6.28%) Git
3 27 (6.05%) Jenkins
4 18 (4.04%) JIRA
5 15 (3.36%) IBM UrbanCode
5 15 (3.36%) Rational Rhapsody
6 7 (1.57%) Selenium
7 6 (1.35%) TeamCity
8 5 (1.12%) JUnit
9 4 (0.90%) Appium
9 4 (0.90%) GitLab
9 4 (0.90%) LoadRunner
9 4 (0.90%) Rational Performance Tester
9 4 (0.90%) Vagrant
9 4 (0.90%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.90%) WebDriver
10 3 (0.67%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.67%) HP UFT
10 3 (0.67%) Katalon Studio
10 3 (0.67%) Mockito
General
1 126 (28.25%) Social Skills
2 94 (21.08%) Finance
3 53 (11.88%) Banking
4 44 (9.87%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (6.50%) Public Sector
6 21 (4.71%) Telecoms
7 14 (3.14%) Aerospace
8 13 (2.91%) Electronics
9 8 (1.79%) Front Office
10 7 (1.57%) Aeronautics
10 7 (1.57%) Digital Economy
11 6 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.35%) German Language
11 6 (1.35%) Private Banking
12 5 (1.12%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.90%) Legal
14 3 (0.67%) Back Office
14 3 (0.67%) Billing
14 3 (0.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 80 (17.94%) Architect
2 56 (12.56%) Developer
3 36 (8.07%) Software Engineer
4 33 (7.40%) Embedded Engineer
4 33 (7.40%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 32 (7.17%) Solutions Architect
6 28 (6.28%) Senior
7 26 (5.83%) Applications Support
8 20 (4.48%) Lead
9 19 (4.26%) Analyst
10 18 (4.04%) Applications Specialist
10 18 (4.04%) Consultant
10 18 (4.04%) Mainframe Developer
11 17 (3.81%) Programmer
11 17 (3.81%) Security Architect
11 17 (3.81%) Storage Manager
12 16 (3.59%) Systems Programmer
12 16 (3.59%) z/OS Systems Programmer
13 15 (3.36%) Administrator
14 14 (3.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (8.97%) ISPF
2 30 (6.73%) Kafka
3 22 (4.93%) Spring
4 21 (4.71%) Middleware
4 21 (4.71%) SOAP
5 20 (4.48%) Web Services
6 17 (3.81%) IBM Integration Bus
6 17 (3.81%) REST
6 17 (3.81%) Spring Boot
7 15 (3.36%) J2EE
8 14 (3.14%) Flash
8 14 (3.14%) OpenID
9 13 (2.91%) XACML
10 12 (2.69%) RabbitMQ
10 12 (2.69%) XML
11 11 (2.47%) ActiveMQ
11 11 (2.47%) RESTful
11 11 (2.47%) SAML
11 11 (2.47%) YAML
12 9 (2.02%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 66 (14.80%) Mainframe
2 27 (6.05%) IBM Mainframe
3 25 (5.61%) ARM Cortex
4 21 (4.71%) Data Centre
5 18 (4.04%) DataPower
6 16 (3.59%) Replication
7 13 (2.91%) Driving Licence
8 11 (2.47%) iSeries
9 9 (2.02%) Blackberry
9 9 (2.02%) Video Conferencing
10 8 (1.79%) LPAR
10 8 (1.79%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.57%) AS400
12 6 (1.35%) Clustering
12 6 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
13 5 (1.12%) OTC Derivatives
13 5 (1.12%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 115 (25.78%) Linux
2 75 (16.82%) zOS
3 49 (10.99%) Windows
4 45 (10.09%) Unix
5 25 (5.61%) FreeRTOS
6 23 (5.16%) AIX
7 20 (4.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 19 (4.26%) Solaris
9 17 (3.81%) Windows Server
10 5 (1.12%) Oracle Linux
10 5 (1.12%) VMS
11 2 (0.45%) HPUX
11 2 (0.45%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.22%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (15.47%) Agile
2 62 (13.90%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (11.66%) ITIL
4 50 (11.21%) DevOps
5 46 (10.31%) Software Engineering
6 38 (8.52%) Risk Management
7 33 (7.40%) CI/CD
7 33 (7.40%) Stakeholder Management
8 30 (6.73%) Configuration Management
9 29 (6.50%) Storage Management
10 27 (6.05%) Enterprise Architecture
10 27 (6.05%) Incident Management
10 27 (6.05%) Project Management
11 26 (5.83%) Migration
11 26 (5.83%) TOGAF
12 25 (5.61%) Continuous Integration
12 25 (5.61%) Requirements Gathering
12 25 (5.61%) Roadmaps
12 25 (5.61%) Workflow
13 24 (5.38%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 62 (13.90%) Python
2 59 (13.23%) REXX
3 55 (12.33%) Java
4 52 (11.66%) JCL
5 45 (10.09%) SQL
6 39 (8.74%) C
7 28 (6.28%) PowerShell
8 25 (5.61%) COBOL
8 25 (5.61%) Embedded C
9 24 (5.38%) CLIST
10 23 (5.16%) Shell Script
11 18 (4.04%) Assembly Language
12 15 (3.36%) SELCOPY
13 11 (2.47%) Ada
14 10 (2.24%) JavaScript
15 8 (1.79%) Bash
15 8 (1.79%) C#
15 8 (1.79%) RPG
16 6 (1.35%) T-SQL
17 5 (1.12%) Perl
Qualifications
1 117 (26.23%) Security Cleared
2 101 (22.65%) SC Cleared
3 39 (8.74%) Degree
4 17 (3.81%) DV Cleared
5 13 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (2.69%) TOGAF Certification
7 11 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (2.47%) HND
8 10 (2.24%) CCNP
9 7 (1.57%) IBM Certification
10 4 (0.90%) JNCIA
11 3 (0.67%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.45%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (0.22%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.22%) CSSLP
13 1 (0.22%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.22%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.79%) QA
2 7 (1.57%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.35%) GDPR
4 5 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (0.90%) Def Stans
5 4 (0.90%) DO-178B
6 3 (0.67%) MISRA
6 3 (0.67%) NIST
6 3 (0.67%) SLA
7 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.45%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.22%) GRC
8 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.22%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 1 (0.22%) SEPA
System Software
1 51 (11.43%) Time Sharing Option
2 20 (4.48%) RACF
3 19 (4.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (3.36%) Docker
5 14 (3.14%) ACF2
6 13 (2.91%) NFS
7 10 (2.24%) Active Directory
8 8 (1.79%) Hyper-V
8 8 (1.79%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (1.35%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 6 (1.35%) Microcode
10 5 (1.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 4 (0.90%) Firmware
12 1 (0.22%) PowerHA
12 1 (0.22%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 54 (12.11%) Ansible
2 30 (6.73%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 21 (4.71%) Kubernetes
4 20 (4.48%) Netcool
5 19 (4.26%) OMEGAMON
6 18 (4.04%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (2.91%) Terraform
8 9 (2.02%) Tivoli
9 8 (1.79%) Grafana
10 7 (1.57%) ITRS Geneos
10 7 (1.57%) Rancher
10 7 (1.57%) Red Hat Satellite
10 7 (1.57%) SCOM
10 7 (1.57%) Tivoli Identity Manager
11 6 (1.35%) zSecure
12 5 (1.12%) CA Endevor
12 5 (1.12%) Control-M
12 5 (1.12%) EMC NetWorker
13 3 (0.67%) Kibana
13 3 (0.67%) logstash
Vendors
1 65 (14.57%) Oracle
2 40 (8.97%) Microsoft
3 38 (8.52%) Broadcom
4 33 (7.40%) SAP
5 30 (6.73%) Brocade
6 29 (6.50%) Cisco
6 29 (6.50%) Dell
7 25 (5.61%) Lauterbach
8 23 (5.16%) CA
8 23 (5.16%) Nokia
9 22 (4.93%) VMware
10 20 (4.48%) Juniper
11 19 (4.26%) Red Hat
11 19 (4.26%) Splunk
12 18 (4.04%) ServiceNow
13 17 (3.81%) HP
14 16 (3.59%) Okta
14 16 (3.59%) Syncsort
15 14 (3.14%) Dynatrace
16 13 (2.91%) Google