IBM
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 227 309 247
Rank change year-on-year +82 -62 -26
Contract jobs citing IBM 460 517 1,058
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.07% 0.88% 1.19%
As % of the Vendors category 2.50% 2.04% 2.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 303 654
10th Percentile £368 £364 £400
25th Percentile £424 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +13.13%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £650
90th Percentile £750 £700 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £500 £485
% change year-on-year -7.50% +3.09% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 19 17
10th Percentile £58.00 £45.53 £21.62
25th Percentile £65.00 £47.50 £37.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £67.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +50.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile - £72.50 £55.00
90th Percentile - - £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £48.75
% change year-on-year +40.00% +2.56% +2.63%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,383 25,346 35,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.59% 42.91% 39.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,390 16,954 23,530
10th Percentile £263 £272 £290
25th Percentile £404 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £627 £647 £635
90th Percentile £738 £743 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £465
% change year-on-year - +7.53% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,115 695 889
10th Percentile £12.13 £15.21 £11.89
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.79 £15.04
Median hourly rate £22.15 £42.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.88% +97.67% -2.27%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.45 £61.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £18.70
% change year-on-year -42.77% +100.53% +1.08%

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 5 May 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 5 May 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 5 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
England +105 389 £525 - 180
UK excluding London +70 234 £463 -7.50% 92
Work from Home +64 172 £500 -2.91% 79
London +86 166 £600 +11.63% 79
North of England +68 85 £430 -9.47% 27
Yorkshire +59 71 £430 -25.70% 6
South West +51 46 £650 +44.44% 18
South East +32 44 £544 +8.75% 24
Scotland +2 24 £500 -9.09%
Midlands +16 23 £403 -10.50% 9
West Midlands +21 21 £403 -10.50% 7
East of England +24 14 £500 +48.15% 16
North West +17 11 £511 +57.31% 21
North East - 3 £400 -
East Midlands +11 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 44 (9.57%) SAS
2 31 (6.74%) WebSphere
3 21 (4.57%) CICS
4 15 (3.26%) Confluence
4 15 (3.26%) WebSphere Application Server
5 14 (3.04%) JBoss
6 12 (2.61%) IIS
6 12 (2.61%) Tomcat
7 10 (2.17%) WebLogic
8 9 (1.96%) Apache
8 9 (1.96%) nginx
9 8 (1.74%) IBM HTTP Server
9 8 (1.74%) WebSphere Portal
10 7 (1.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 6 (1.30%) Appian
12 5 (1.09%) MQSeries
13 4 (0.87%) CMS
14 3 (0.65%) IBM Domino
14 3 (0.65%) IBM Notes
15 2 (0.43%) FileNet
Applications
1 7 (1.52%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.43%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.22%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.22%) Weka
Business Applications
1 14 (3.04%) Temenos T24
2 11 (2.39%) Maximo
3 9 (1.96%) Loan IQ
4 4 (0.87%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.43%) BusinessWorks
5 2 (0.43%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.22%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
6 1 (0.22%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.22%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.22%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 63 (13.70%) AWS
2 42 (9.13%) Azure
3 22 (4.78%) GitHub
4 21 (4.57%) SaaS
5 19 (4.13%) PaaS
6 18 (3.91%) GCP
7 11 (2.39%) Nutanix
8 10 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (2.17%) IaaS
9 8 (1.74%) Rubrik
10 7 (1.52%) Apigee
11 5 (1.09%) Kong
11 5 (1.09%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (0.87%) Alation
12 4 (0.87%) Entra ID
12 4 (0.87%) IBM Cloud
12 4 (0.87%) OpenShift
13 3 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (0.65%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 34 (7.39%) SAN
2 28 (6.09%) SSL
3 22 (4.78%) DNS
4 20 (4.35%) Firewall
5 14 (3.04%) TCP/IP
6 10 (2.17%) HTTP
7 9 (1.96%) DWDM
7 9 (1.96%) NAS
7 9 (1.96%) PBX
7 9 (1.96%) VoIP
8 8 (1.74%) DHCP
8 8 (1.74%) Kerberos
8 8 (1.74%) VLAN
8 8 (1.74%) WAN
9 7 (1.52%) SDH
10 4 (0.87%) Fibre Channel
10 4 (0.87%) iSCSI
10 4 (0.87%) Junos
11 3 (0.65%) NX-OS
11 3 (0.65%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (11.30%) DB2
2 26 (5.65%) Relational Database
3 18 (3.91%) SQL Server
4 15 (3.26%) IDMS
4 15 (3.26%) RDBMS
5 9 (1.96%) MongoDB
6 6 (1.30%) Data Mining
7 5 (1.09%) Metadata
7 5 (1.09%) MySQL
7 5 (1.09%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.09%) OLAP
7 5 (1.09%) OLTP
7 5 (1.09%) Oracle OLAP
7 5 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.87%) Big Data
8 4 (0.87%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.87%) Sybase ASE
9 3 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.43%) Informix
10 2 (0.43%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 40 (8.70%) Jenkins
2 29 (6.30%) Git
3 24 (5.22%) Rational DOORS
4 21 (4.57%) JIRA
5 13 (2.83%) IBM UrbanCode
5 13 (2.83%) Rational Rhapsody
6 9 (1.96%) Selenium
6 9 (1.96%) TeamCity
7 8 (1.74%) JUnit
8 7 (1.52%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.52%) GitLab
9 6 (1.30%) Mockito
10 4 (0.87%) Vagrant
11 3 (0.65%) Appium
11 3 (0.65%) HP UFT
11 3 (0.65%) Katalon Studio
11 3 (0.65%) LoadRunner
11 3 (0.65%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.65%) Rational Performance Tester
11 3 (0.65%) Visual Studio
General
1 154 (33.48%) Social Skills
2 107 (23.26%) Finance
3 51 (11.09%) Banking
4 39 (8.48%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (5.00%) Public Sector
6 21 (4.57%) Telecoms
7 13 (2.83%) Electronics
7 13 (2.83%) Financial Institution
8 12 (2.61%) Aerospace
9 11 (2.39%) Front Office
10 9 (1.96%) Investment Banking
11 7 (1.52%) Aeronautics
11 7 (1.52%) Digital Economy
12 5 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.87%) German Language
13 4 (0.87%) Legal
13 4 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.65%) Law
14 3 (0.65%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.65%) Military
Job Titles
1 77 (16.74%) Architect
2 62 (13.48%) Developer
3 30 (6.52%) Solutions Architect
4 28 (6.09%) Senior
5 27 (5.87%) Software Engineer
5 27 (5.87%) Storage Manager
6 25 (5.43%) Embedded Engineer
6 25 (5.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 22 (4.78%) Programmer
8 21 (4.57%) Systems Programmer
8 21 (4.57%) z/OS Systems Programmer
9 20 (4.35%) Applications Support
9 20 (4.35%) Consultant
10 19 (4.13%) Analyst
10 19 (4.13%) Lead
10 19 (4.13%) Mainframe Developer
11 17 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (3.48%) Security Architect
13 14 (3.04%) IBM Mainframe Developer
14 13 (2.83%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (11.52%) ISPF
2 26 (5.65%) Kafka
3 24 (5.22%) Middleware
4 20 (4.35%) Spring
4 20 (4.35%) Spring Boot
5 19 (4.13%) YAML
6 18 (3.91%) Flash
7 17 (3.70%) IBM Integration Bus
8 15 (3.26%) REST
8 15 (3.26%) SOAP
8 15 (3.26%) Web Services
9 14 (3.04%) OpenID
10 13 (2.83%) ActiveMQ
10 13 (2.83%) Apache Camel
10 13 (2.83%) J2EE
10 13 (2.83%) WebSphere MQ
10 13 (2.83%) XACML
11 11 (2.39%) SAML
12 10 (2.17%) RESTful
12 10 (2.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 84 (18.26%) Mainframe
2 36 (7.83%) Data Centre
3 29 (6.30%) IBM Mainframe
4 19 (4.13%) DataPower
5 18 (3.91%) Replication
6 17 (3.70%) ARM Cortex
7 16 (3.48%) LPAR
8 10 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (1.96%) Blackberry
9 9 (1.96%) Clustering
9 9 (1.96%) Video Conferencing
10 8 (1.74%) Derivative
11 7 (1.52%) Management Information System
12 6 (1.30%) Driving Licence
13 5 (1.09%) OTC Derivatives
14 4 (0.87%) Client/Server
14 4 (0.87%) Linux Command Line
14 4 (0.87%) Low-Code
14 4 (0.87%) NVMe
14 4 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 124 (26.96%) Linux
2 101 (21.96%) zOS
3 65 (14.13%) Windows
4 36 (7.83%) Unix
5 25 (5.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 24 (5.22%) Windows Server
7 21 (4.57%) AIX
8 18 (3.91%) Solaris
9 17 (3.70%) FreeRTOS
10 8 (1.74%) Oracle Linux
11 4 (0.87%) Data ONTAP
11 4 (0.87%) VMS
12 2 (0.43%) Android
12 2 (0.43%) HPUX
12 2 (0.43%) Windows 10
12 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (19.78%) Agile
2 53 (11.52%) DevOps
2 53 (11.52%) Risk Management
3 51 (11.09%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (10.43%) Storage Management
5 46 (10.00%) CI/CD
6 44 (9.57%) ITIL
7 42 (9.13%) Stakeholder Management
8 39 (8.48%) Software Engineering
9 37 (8.04%) Project Management
10 36 (7.83%) Migration
11 35 (7.61%) Problem Management
12 31 (6.74%) Continuous Integration
13 29 (6.30%) Software Testing
14 26 (5.65%) Enterprise Architecture
14 26 (5.65%) Roadmaps
15 25 (5.43%) Performance Monitoring
15 25 (5.43%) Scrum
15 25 (5.43%) TOGAF
16 23 (5.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 77 (16.74%) REXX
2 74 (16.09%) JCL
2 74 (16.09%) Python
3 67 (14.57%) Java
4 55 (11.96%) SQL
5 32 (6.96%) PowerShell
6 31 (6.74%) C
7 28 (6.09%) CLIST
8 26 (5.65%) COBOL
9 22 (4.78%) Assembly Language
10 17 (3.70%) Embedded C
11 15 (3.26%) SELCOPY
11 15 (3.26%) Shell Script
12 12 (2.61%) Ada
12 12 (2.61%) JavaScript
13 11 (2.39%) Bash
14 8 (1.74%) C#
14 8 (1.74%) Perl
15 7 (1.52%) C++
16 5 (1.09%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 106 (23.04%) Security Cleared
2 93 (20.22%) SC Cleared
3 37 (8.04%) Degree
4 14 (3.04%) DV Cleared
5 13 (2.83%) TOGAF Certification
6 12 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (2.39%) HND
8 10 (2.17%) CCNP
8 10 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.09%) IBM Certification
10 4 (0.87%) JNCIA
11 3 (0.65%) PMP
11 3 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.43%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.22%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.22%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.22%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.22%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.22%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.74%) GDPR
1 8 (1.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 7 (1.52%) Data Quality
2 7 (1.52%) QA
3 5 (1.09%) Def Stans
3 5 (1.09%) DO-178B
4 3 (0.65%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.65%) MISRA
4 3 (0.65%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.43%) GRC
5 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.43%) NIST
5 2 (0.43%) SLA
6 1 (0.22%) COREP
6 1 (0.22%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.22%) IFRS
6 1 (0.22%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.22%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 73 (15.87%) Time Sharing Option
2 26 (5.65%) NFS
3 24 (5.22%) RACF
4 21 (4.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 20 (4.35%) Docker
6 18 (3.91%) ACF2
7 13 (2.83%) Active Directory
7 13 (2.83%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 13 (2.83%) Microcode
8 8 (1.74%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (1.09%) Hyper-V
10 4 (0.87%) Firmware
10 4 (0.87%) GPFS
10 4 (0.87%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 3 (0.65%) vSphere
12 2 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
13 1 (0.22%) Lustre
13 1 (0.22%) PowerHA
13 1 (0.22%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 64 (13.91%) Ansible
2 42 (9.13%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 25 (5.43%) Kubernetes
3 25 (5.43%) OMEGAMON
4 18 (3.91%) Terraform
5 16 (3.48%) Netcool
5 16 (3.48%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (2.61%) Tivoli
7 9 (1.96%) Grafana
8 8 (1.74%) EMC NetWorker
8 8 (1.74%) ITRS Geneos
9 6 (1.30%) CA Endevor
10 5 (1.09%) zSecure
11 4 (0.87%) Rancher
11 4 (0.87%) Red Hat Satellite
11 4 (0.87%) SCOM
11 4 (0.87%) Tivoli Identity Manager
11 4 (0.87%) Veritas Storage Foundation
12 3 (0.65%) logstash
12 3 (0.65%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 71 (15.43%) Oracle
2 55 (11.96%) Broadcom
3 45 (9.78%) Microsoft
4 44 (9.57%) Dell
5 41 (8.91%) Brocade
6 38 (8.26%) Cisco
7 32 (6.96%) CA
8 28 (6.09%) SAP
8 28 (6.09%) Splunk
9 24 (5.22%) VMware
10 23 (5.00%) Nokia
11 20 (4.35%) Google
11 20 (4.35%) Juniper
11 20 (4.35%) ServiceNow
12 17 (3.70%) Lauterbach
13 16 (3.48%) HP
13 16 (3.48%) Okta
13 16 (3.48%) Syncsort
14 15 (3.26%) Red Hat
15 14 (3.04%) Dynatrace