IBM Contracts in the South West

IBM
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 142 157
Rank change year-on-year +38 +15 -36
Contract jobs citing IBM 54 17 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.64% 0.50% 0.30%
As % of the Vendors category 3.94% 1.29% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 14 6
10th Percentile £499 - £413
25th Percentile £624 £375 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £450 £631
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% -28.71% +14.77%
75th Percentile £688 £488 £670
90th Percentile - £523 £681
England median daily rate £525 £510 £575
% change year-on-year +2.94% -11.30% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 1 0
10th Percentile £67.99 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £80.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £80.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -12.50% +45.45% +10.00%

All Vendors
South West

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 in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,371 1,315 1,358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 41.56% 38.81% 37.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 870 976 970
10th Percentile £208 £263 £214
25th Percentile £413 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £486
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +7.97% +8.06%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £594
90th Percentile £713 £717 £675
England median daily rate £519 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -2.03% +0.95% +6.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 68 56
10th Percentile £14.02 £17.50 £15.13
25th Percentile £36.25 £49.51 £35.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £44.82
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +33.87% -9.45%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £74.83 £84.88 £64.09
England median hourly rate £23.50 £37.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -36.49% +72.09% +7.50%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing IBM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for IBM in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for IBM in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IBM in the South West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IBM in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for IBM in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the South West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Bristol +37 51 £650 +52.94% 6
Wiltshire -5 3 £736 +30.89% 4
IBM
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (1.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.85%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (20.37%) AWS
2 9 (16.67%) PaaS
2 9 (16.67%) SaaS
3 1 (1.85%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 9 (16.67%) PBX
1 9 (16.67%) VoIP
2 5 (9.26%) SDH
2 5 (9.26%) WAN
3 4 (7.41%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) Data Mining
1 2 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.85%) DB2
2 1 (1.85%) IDMS
2 1 (1.85%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 21 (38.89%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (9.26%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (1.85%) JIRA
General
1 19 (35.19%) Telecoms
2 11 (20.37%) Aerospace
3 7 (12.96%) Digital Economy
4 5 (9.26%) Aeronautics
4 5 (9.26%) Social Skills
5 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.56%) Electronics
7 2 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.85%) Banking
8 1 (1.85%) Finance
8 1 (1.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 25 (46.30%) Embedded Engineer
1 25 (46.30%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 25 (46.30%) Software Engineer
2 19 (35.19%) Architect
3 18 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (3.70%) AWS Data Engineer
4 2 (3.70%) AWS Engineer
4 2 (3.70%) Data Engineer
4 2 (3.70%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (1.85%) Administrator
5 1 (1.85%) Applications Architect
5 1 (1.85%) DBA
5 1 (1.85%) DOORS Administrator
5 1 (1.85%) Lead
5 1 (1.85%) SAP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.70%) PySpark
2 1 (1.85%) .NET
2 1 (1.85%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.85%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (1.85%) Swagger
2 1 (1.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (46.30%) ARM Cortex
2 9 (16.67%) Blackberry
2 9 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (5.56%) Device Driver
4 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.85%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 26 (48.15%) Linux
2 25 (46.30%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.85%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (46.30%) Configuration Management
1 25 (46.30%) Software Engineering
2 18 (33.33%) ArchiMate
2 18 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 18 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 16 (29.63%) Roadmaps
4 15 (27.78%) Architecture Governance
4 15 (27.78%) Decision-Making
4 15 (27.78%) Strategic Roadmap
5 14 (25.93%) BPMN
5 14 (25.93%) ITIL
6 11 (20.37%) Customer Engagement
6 11 (20.37%) Digital Strategy
7 9 (16.67%) Computer Science
8 8 (14.81%) Commercial Awareness
8 8 (14.81%) Customer Requirements
8 8 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (14.81%) Zero Trust
9 7 (12.96%) Business Analysis
9 7 (12.96%) PQQ
Programming Languages
1 28 (51.85%) C
2 25 (46.30%) Embedded C
3 2 (3.70%) Java
3 2 (3.70%) Python
3 2 (3.70%) R
3 2 (3.70%) Scala
3 2 (3.70%) SQL
4 1 (1.85%) C++
4 1 (1.85%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 34 (62.96%) Security Cleared
2 29 (53.70%) SC Cleared
3 13 (24.07%) Degree
3 13 (24.07%) DV Cleared
4 12 (22.22%) TOGAF Certification
5 11 (20.37%) HND
6 7 (12.96%) CCNP
6 7 (12.96%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (7.41%) JNCIA
8 3 (5.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (3.70%) IBM Certification
9 2 (3.70%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.56%) Def Stans
1 3 (5.56%) DO-178B
1 3 (5.56%) MISRA
2 2 (3.70%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (5.56%) Firmware
1 3 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 25 (46.30%) Lauterbach
2 18 (33.33%) Cisco
2 18 (33.33%) Juniper
2 18 (33.33%) Nokia
3 9 (16.67%) Avaya
3 9 (16.67%) Ericsson
3 9 (16.67%) Google
3 9 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 9 (16.67%) Ribbon
4 4 (7.41%) Ciena
4 4 (7.41%) Palo Alto
5 3 (5.56%) VMware
6 1 (1.85%) Fujitsu
6 1 (1.85%) SAP