IBM
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited IBM over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 282 384 431
Rank change year-on-year +102 +47 -84
Permanent jobs citing IBM 1,004 857 1,382
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.00% 0.86% 0.85%
As % of the Vendors category 2.75% 2.05% 2.18%
Number of salaries quoted 465 390 773
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,725 £35,125
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,433 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £83,759 £88,860 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,882 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.22% -0.21% +12.47%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36,482 41,804 63,370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.51% 42.03% 38.93%
Number of salaries quoted 24,833 23,990 33,191
10th Percentile £26,702 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,802 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.40% +5.26% +3.62%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IBM in the UK

IBM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IBM over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IBM in the UK

IBM
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +110 909 £57,000 -5.00% 191
UK excluding London +75 779 £55,000 +0.22% 116
Work from Home +77 302 £62,500 - 68
North of England +126 248 £65,000 +18.18% 28
South East +113 229 £52,500 -4.55% 40
North West +101 181 £57,500 +4.55% 18
London +50 170 £65,000 - 78
Midlands -15 132 £45,000 +38.46% 14
East Midlands +45 84 £45,000 -5.26% 6
South West 0 83 £50,000 -13.04% 15
Yorkshire +69 54 £68,619 +25.03% 10
East of England -5 48 £52,500 +0.96% 21
West Midlands -50 48 £45,000 +38.46% 8
Scotland -87 22 £75,669 +8.96% 4
North East - 13 £78,126 -
Wales +2 11 £54,036 +21.43%
Northern Ireland +33 7 £28,000 -62.67%

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 46 (4.58%) WebSphere
2 37 (3.69%) nginx
3 36 (3.59%) Camunda
4 22 (2.19%) FileNet
5 21 (2.09%) Captiva
6 15 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
6 15 (1.49%) SAS
7 14 (1.39%) SharePoint
8 12 (1.20%) Confluence
9 9 (0.90%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 8 (0.80%) Anypoint
11 7 (0.70%) IBM Notes
12 4 (0.40%) MQSeries
13 3 (0.30%) Apache
13 3 (0.30%) OpenStack
13 3 (0.30%) Oracle HTTP Server
14 2 (0.20%) Apache Spark
14 2 (0.20%) IIS
14 2 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
15 1 (0.100%) CICS
Applications
1 24 (2.39%) Simulink
2 21 (2.09%) Stateflow
3 18 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (0.70%) CANalyzer
6 3 (0.30%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.20%) Abaqus
7 2 (0.20%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.100%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.100%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.100%) PTC Creo
8 1 (0.100%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.10%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 8 (0.80%) Maximo
2 8 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.70%) BPCS
4 2 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.20%) SAP EWM
4 2 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.100%) Cognos Controller
5 1 (0.100%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.100%) Misys Opics
5 1 (0.100%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.100%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.100%) Postilion
5 1 (0.100%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.100%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.100%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.100%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 427 (42.53%) IBM Cloud
2 401 (39.94%) Azure
3 177 (17.63%) Azure DevOps
4 126 (12.55%) Serverless
5 125 (12.45%) Azure API Management
5 125 (12.45%) Azure Functions
5 125 (12.45%) Azure Logic Apps
5 125 (12.45%) Azure Service Bus
6 111 (11.06%) AWS
7 79 (7.87%) GCP
8 66 (6.57%) OpenShift
9 59 (5.88%) Amazon EKS
9 59 (5.88%) Amazon S3
9 59 (5.88%) OCI
10 58 (5.78%) Amazon ECR
10 58 (5.78%) Route 53
11 31 (3.09%) GitHub
12 30 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
13 23 (2.29%) SaaS
14 17 (1.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 60 (5.98%) SAN
2 31 (3.09%) Firewall
3 14 (1.39%) DNS
3 14 (1.39%) J1939
4 12 (1.20%) Internet
5 11 (1.10%) LAN
6 9 (0.90%) Multicast
6 9 (0.90%) VLAN
6 9 (0.90%) VPN
7 8 (0.80%) WAN
7 8 (0.80%) Wireless
8 7 (0.70%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (0.60%) SSL
10 5 (0.50%) DHCP
10 5 (0.50%) Ethernet
10 5 (0.50%) NAS
11 4 (0.40%) HTTP
11 4 (0.40%) Unicast
11 4 (0.40%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 294 (29.28%) DB2
2 287 (28.59%) MongoDB
3 249 (24.80%) NoSQL
4 239 (23.80%) PostgreSQL
5 168 (16.73%) Relational Database
6 77 (7.67%) SQL Server
7 58 (5.78%) Amazon RDS
8 50 (4.98%) Oracle Database
9 17 (1.69%) Metadata
10 15 (1.49%) RDBMS
11 14 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
12 11 (1.10%) Power BI
13 9 (0.90%) Tableau
14 7 (0.70%) OLAP
14 7 (0.70%) QlikView
15 6 (0.60%) OLAP Cube
15 6 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
16 5 (0.50%) GIS
16 5 (0.50%) Oracle OLAP
17 4 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 63 (6.27%) JIRA
2 30 (2.99%) Rational DOORS
3 27 (2.69%) ClearCase
3 27 (2.69%) Jenkins
3 27 (2.69%) Oracle Forms
3 27 (2.69%) Rational Rhapsody
4 24 (2.39%) IBM UrbanCode
5 21 (2.09%) Plastic SCM
6 20 (1.99%) ClearQuest
7 15 (1.49%) Git
8 12 (1.20%) Maven
9 9 (0.90%) Rational Team Concert
10 7 (0.70%) Team Foundation Server
11 5 (0.50%) ERwin
12 4 (0.40%) Jasmine
12 4 (0.40%) Mockito
12 4 (0.40%) Selenium
13 3 (0.30%) Eclipse
14 2 (0.20%) Artifactory
14 2 (0.20%) SonarQube
General
1 396 (39.44%) Public Sector
2 227 (22.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 207 (20.62%) Social Skills
4 192 (19.12%) Finance
5 91 (9.06%) Analytical Skills
5 91 (9.06%) Banking
6 50 (4.98%) Legal
7 47 (4.68%) Retail
8 38 (3.78%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
10 21 (2.09%) Automotive
11 17 (1.69%) Electronics
12 16 (1.59%) Marketing
13 15 (1.49%) Law
14 14 (1.39%) Manufacturing
15 11 (1.10%) Aerospace
16 10 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (1.00%) Financial Institution
16 10 (1.00%) Front Office
17 9 (0.90%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 189 (18.82%) Developer
2 149 (14.84%) Full Stack Engineer
3 136 (13.55%) Senior
4 127 (12.65%) Full Stack Developer
5 125 (12.45%) Azure Developer
6 110 (10.96%) Azure Engineer
7 89 (8.86%) DevOps Engineer
8 71 (7.07%) Analyst
9 67 (6.67%) Lead
10 66 (6.57%) Architect
11 64 (6.37%) Software Engineer
12 61 (6.08%) Senior DevOps
12 61 (6.08%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 52 (5.18%) Systems Engineer
14 50 (4.98%) Support Engineer
15 38 (3.78%) Field Engineer
15 38 (3.78%) Field Service Engineer
15 38 (3.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 35 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
17 32 (3.19%) Storage Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 278 (27.69%) React
2 262 (26.10%) .NET
3 253 (25.20%) REST
4 250 (24.90%) AngularJS
4 250 (24.90%) Web Services
5 241 (24.00%) jQuery
6 240 (23.90%) ASP.NET
6 240 (23.90%) ASP.NET Core
6 240 (23.90%) HTML
6 240 (23.90%) Vue
7 238 (23.71%) Backbone.js
7 238 (23.71%) CSS
7 238 (23.71%) Ember.js
7 238 (23.71%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 163 (16.24%) Node.js
9 36 (3.59%) KeystoneJS
9 36 (3.59%) Swagger
10 21 (2.09%) Spring
11 16 (1.59%) Kafka
12 14 (1.39%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 412 (41.04%) Hybrid Cloud
2 408 (40.64%) Blockchain
3 263 (26.20%) Algorithms
4 240 (23.90%) Data Structures
5 215 (21.41%) e-Learning
6 53 (5.28%) Data Centre
7 50 (4.98%) Driving Licence
8 47 (4.68%) AS400
9 41 (4.08%) Distributed Systems
10 40 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
11 39 (3.88%) Replication
12 38 (3.78%) Public Cloud
13 36 (3.59%) iSeries
14 28 (2.79%) EPoS
15 27 (2.69%) Private Cloud
16 25 (2.49%) Clustering
16 25 (2.49%) Mainframe
17 24 (2.39%) DataPower
18 19 (1.89%) Management Information System
19 17 (1.69%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 400 (39.84%) Linux
2 381 (37.95%) Windows
3 238 (23.71%) Android
3 238 (23.71%) Apple iOS
4 54 (5.38%) Unix
5 49 (4.88%) CentOS
6 43 (4.28%) Windows Server
7 40 (3.98%) Alpine Linux
7 40 (3.98%) Debian
8 29 (2.89%) zOS
9 19 (1.89%) AIX
9 19 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 19 (1.89%) Windows Server 2012
10 15 (1.49%) Windows Server 2016
11 14 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
12 13 (1.29%) Windows 10
13 11 (1.10%) Solaris
14 8 (0.80%) SUSE
14 8 (0.80%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 8 (0.80%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 416 (41.43%) Artificial Intelligence
2 330 (32.87%) DevOps
3 295 (29.38%) Agile
4 287 (28.59%) Full Stack Development
5 278 (27.69%) Co-Creation
6 269 (26.79%) Design Patterns
7 268 (26.69%) Coaching
8 266 (26.49%) Mentoring
9 251 (25.00%) OO
10 248 (24.70%) SOLID
11 242 (24.10%) Web Development
12 240 (23.90%) MVC
12 240 (23.90%) MVVM
12 240 (23.90%) OOP
13 238 (23.71%) Design Thinking
13 238 (23.71%) Responsive Web Design
13 238 (23.71%) User Experience
14 137 (13.65%) Problem-Solving
15 126 (12.55%) API Management
16 125 (12.45%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 387 (38.55%) SQL
2 285 (28.39%) JavaScript
3 242 (24.10%) C#
4 236 (23.51%) Java
5 169 (16.83%) Python
6 43 (4.28%) RPG
7 36 (3.59%) Lua
8 30 (2.99%) C
8 30 (2.99%) PowerShell
9 25 (2.49%) MATLAB
10 21 (2.09%) Embedded C
11 20 (1.99%) RPG IV
12 18 (1.79%) Groovy
13 17 (1.69%) Perl
14 12 (1.20%) ActionScript
14 12 (1.20%) Bash
15 11 (1.10%) JCL
15 11 (1.10%) RPG/400
15 11 (1.10%) VB
16 8 (0.80%) REXX
Qualifications
1 122 (12.15%) Degree
2 90 (8.96%) Security Cleared
3 60 (5.98%) BPSS Clearance
4 48 (4.78%) SC Cleared
5 45 (4.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 44 (4.38%) MCSE
7 43 (4.28%) Azure Certification
8 41 (4.08%) MCSA
9 38 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.29%) HND
11 10 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
11 10 (1.00%) TOGAF Certification
12 6 (0.60%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.50%) Chartered Engineer
13 5 (0.50%) CTC Cleared
13 5 (0.50%) RHCA
14 4 (0.40%) A+ Certification
14 4 (0.40%) Server+ Certification
15 3 (0.30%) MCP
16 2 (0.20%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (5.08%) SLA
2 27 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (2.39%) MISRA
4 23 (2.29%) GDPR
5 14 (1.39%) Automotive SPICE
5 14 (1.39%) AUTOSAR
5 14 (1.39%) ISO 26262
6 11 (1.10%) QA
7 8 (0.80%) ISO 9001
8 7 (0.70%) IEC 61508
8 7 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 6 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 5 (0.50%) NIST
11 3 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.30%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.20%) ISO 31000
12 2 (0.20%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.100%) IFRS
13 1 (0.100%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 103 (10.26%) Docker
2 65 (6.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (3.78%) Active Directory
4 37 (3.69%) Firmware
5 27 (2.69%) VMware ESXi
6 26 (2.59%) vSphere
7 14 (1.39%) Hyper-V
8 11 (1.10%) OpenSSH
8 11 (1.10%) XenApp
9 10 (1.00%) Time Sharing Option
10 7 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
11 5 (0.50%) NFS
12 4 (0.40%) RACF
13 3 (0.30%) ACF2
13 3 (0.30%) Lustre
13 3 (0.30%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 2 (0.20%) Apache ZooKeeper
14 2 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
15 1 (0.100%) Microcode
15 1 (0.100%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 118 (11.75%) Terraform
2 107 (10.66%) Kubernetes
3 59 (5.88%) Prometheus
4 25 (2.49%) Ansible
5 22 (2.19%) QRadar
6 17 (1.69%) Progress Chef
7 12 (1.20%) SCOM
8 11 (1.10%) IBM BigFix
8 11 (1.10%) PowerCLI
8 11 (1.10%) vCenter Server
9 10 (1.00%) NetBackup
10 9 (0.90%) Backup Exec
11 8 (0.80%) Nagios
12 7 (0.70%) FortiGate
12 7 (0.70%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 6 (0.60%) ZABBIX
14 5 (0.50%) OMEGAMON
15 4 (0.40%) Nessus
16 3 (0.30%) McAfee ePO
16 3 (0.30%) WSUS
Vendors
1 412 (41.04%) Red Hat
2 168 (16.73%) Oracle
3 117 (11.65%) Microsoft
4 81 (8.07%) VMware
5 62 (6.18%) Dell
6 60 (5.98%) Dynatrace
7 54 (5.38%) Google
8 50 (4.98%) SAP
9 47 (4.68%) HP
10 42 (4.18%) NetApp
11 30 (2.99%) ServiceNow
12 28 (2.79%) Splunk
13 26 (2.59%) Citrix
14 22 (2.19%) Cisco
15 21 (2.09%) Kofax
15 21 (2.09%) Lauterbach
15 21 (2.09%) Pega
16 20 (1.99%) Salesforce
16 20 (1.99%) Veeam
17 19 (1.89%) Facebook