IBM Contracts with Work from Home Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 7 June 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
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 183 228 237
Rank change year-on-year +45 +9 -32
Contract jobs citing IBM 162 258 518
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.10% 1.08% 1.17%
As % of the Vendors category 2.59% 2.45% 2.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 159 381
10th Percentile £360 £375 £406
25th Percentile £429 £439 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.05% -6.36% +12.82%
75th Percentile £616 £636 £638
90th Percentile £750 £675 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 1
10th Percentile £27.73 - -
25th Percentile £35.19 £47.50 -
Median hourly rate £49.25 £58.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.17% +30.56% +28.57%
75th Percentile £64.19 £68.75 -
90th Percentile £72.18 - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £67.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +3.70% +22.73% +10.00%

All Vendors
Work from Home

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 WFH option and 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 6,255 10,539 17,588
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 42.51% 43.99% 39.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,982 7,090 12,063
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.25%
75th Percentile £624 £650 £631
90th Percentile £725 £743 £725
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 251 250
10th Percentile £13.31 £16.61 £13.45
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.61 £19.85
Median hourly rate £27.50 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.62% +31.25% +53.85%
75th Percentile £51.25 £66.00 £56.13
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.75 £72.75
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -47.06% +97.67% +4.88%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing IBM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IBM trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing IBM.

IBM daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing IBM over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

IBM daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing IBM.

IBM hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing IBM over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

IBM hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 21 (12.96%) SAS
2 19 (11.73%) WebSphere
3 11 (6.79%) WebSphere Application Server
4 10 (6.17%) CICS
5 9 (5.56%) Confluence
6 7 (4.32%) IBM HTTP Server
6 7 (4.32%) JBoss
6 7 (4.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 7 (4.32%) WebLogic
6 7 (4.32%) WebSphere Portal
7 5 (3.09%) IIS
8 4 (2.47%) Tomcat
9 3 (1.85%) Apache
9 3 (1.85%) CMS
9 3 (1.85%) nginx
10 2 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (1.23%) Cloud Foundry
10 2 (1.23%) FileNet
11 1 (0.62%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.62%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 5 (3.09%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.23%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (4.94%) Temenos T24
2 3 (1.85%) Maximo
2 3 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.23%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (1.23%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 26 (16.05%) AWS
2 19 (11.73%) Azure
3 14 (8.64%) GitHub
4 7 (4.32%) GCP
5 6 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (3.70%) IaaS
5 6 (3.70%) PaaS
6 5 (3.09%) Apigee
6 5 (3.09%) Kong
6 5 (3.09%) Nutanix
6 5 (3.09%) Rubrik
6 5 (3.09%) SaaS
7 3 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.85%) IBM Cloud
8 2 (1.23%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (1.23%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (1.23%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.23%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.41%) SSL
2 10 (6.17%) DNS
3 8 (4.94%) Firewall
3 8 (4.94%) HTTP
4 7 (4.32%) DWDM
5 6 (3.70%) SAN
6 5 (3.09%) DHCP
6 5 (3.09%) Kerberos
6 5 (3.09%) NAS
6 5 (3.09%) TCP/IP
6 5 (3.09%) VLAN
7 4 (2.47%) Junos
7 4 (2.47%) SDH
7 4 (2.47%) WAN
8 1 (0.62%) MPLS
8 1 (0.62%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (14.20%) DB2
2 9 (5.56%) IDMS
2 9 (5.56%) MongoDB
2 9 (5.56%) SQL Server
3 7 (4.32%) Relational Database
4 5 (3.09%) MySQL
4 5 (3.09%) OLAP
4 5 (3.09%) OLTP
4 5 (3.09%) Oracle OLAP
5 4 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.47%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.23%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (1.23%) Apache Hive
6 2 (1.23%) Hadoop
6 2 (1.23%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.62%) NewSQL
7 1 (0.62%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.62%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.62%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 25 (15.43%) Jenkins
2 18 (11.11%) Git
3 13 (8.02%) JIRA
4 9 (5.56%) IBM UrbanCode
5 6 (3.70%) GitLab
5 6 (3.70%) JUnit
6 5 (3.09%) Rational DOORS
6 5 (3.09%) TeamCity
7 4 (2.47%) Cucumber
7 4 (2.47%) Mockito
8 3 (1.85%) HP UFT
8 3 (1.85%) Katalon Studio
8 3 (1.85%) Selenium
9 2 (1.23%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (1.23%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (1.23%) Subversion
9 2 (1.23%) Vagrant
General
1 61 (37.65%) Social Skills
2 49 (30.25%) Finance
3 22 (13.58%) Banking
4 13 (8.02%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (7.41%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.09%) Front Office
6 5 (3.09%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.47%) Aeronautics
7 4 (2.47%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.85%) Billing
8 3 (1.85%) German Language
8 3 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.23%) Arabic Language
9 2 (1.23%) Automotive
9 2 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.23%) French Language
9 2 (1.23%) Japanese Language
9 2 (1.23%) Korean Language
9 2 (1.23%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.23%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 30 (18.52%) Developer
2 27 (16.67%) Architect
3 13 (8.02%) Senior
4 11 (6.79%) Programmer
4 11 (6.79%) Systems Programmer
4 11 (6.79%) z/OS Systems Programmer
5 10 (6.17%) Mainframe Developer
6 9 (5.56%) IBM Mainframe Developer
6 9 (5.56%) Lead
6 9 (5.56%) Storage Manager
7 8 (4.94%) Middleware Engineer
7 8 (4.94%) Senior Developer
7 8 (4.94%) z/OS Engineer
8 7 (4.32%) Consultant
8 7 (4.32%) Java Developer
8 7 (4.32%) Mainframe Architect
8 7 (4.32%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (3.70%) AWS Architect
9 6 (3.70%) Security Architect
9 6 (3.70%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (16.67%) ISPF
2 17 (10.49%) Kafka
3 14 (8.64%) Middleware
3 14 (8.64%) Spring Boot
4 12 (7.41%) J2EE
4 12 (7.41%) SOAP
4 12 (7.41%) YAML
5 10 (6.17%) IBM Integration Bus
5 10 (6.17%) Spring
6 9 (5.56%) Web Services
7 7 (4.32%) ActiveMQ
7 7 (4.32%) RabbitMQ
8 6 (3.70%) REST
8 6 (3.70%) WebSphere MQ
9 5 (3.09%) Apache Camel
9 5 (3.09%) LDAP
10 4 (2.47%) JSON
10 4 (2.47%) RESTful
10 4 (2.47%) Spring Integration
10 4 (2.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (28.40%) Mainframe
2 18 (11.11%) IBM Mainframe
3 14 (8.64%) Data Centre
4 11 (6.79%) DataPower
5 9 (5.56%) Replication
6 7 (4.32%) LPAR
7 5 (3.09%) Clustering
8 4 (2.47%) Credit Derivative
8 4 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.23%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.23%) Taxonomies
11 1 (0.62%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.62%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.62%) Equities
11 1 (0.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 1 (0.62%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.62%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 52 (32.10%) zOS
2 33 (20.37%) Linux
3 20 (12.35%) Windows
4 10 (6.17%) Windows Server
5 8 (4.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (4.94%) Unix
6 7 (4.32%) Solaris
7 5 (3.09%) Oracle Linux
8 3 (1.85%) AIX
8 3 (1.85%) VMS
9 2 (1.23%) Windows 10
9 2 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (29.63%) Agile
2 26 (16.05%) DevOps
2 26 (16.05%) Risk Management
3 21 (12.96%) Stakeholder Management
4 19 (11.73%) Storage Management
5 18 (11.11%) Problem Management
6 17 (10.49%) CI/CD
7 15 (9.26%) Requirements Gathering
8 14 (8.64%) ITIL
8 14 (8.64%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (8.64%) Scrum
9 12 (7.41%) Continuous Integration
9 12 (7.41%) Performance Monitoring
10 11 (6.79%) Deployment Automation
10 11 (6.79%) Microservices
10 11 (6.79%) Migration
10 11 (6.79%) Project Management
11 10 (6.17%) Enterprise Architecture
11 10 (6.17%) SDLC
11 10 (6.17%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 47 (29.01%) REXX
2 41 (25.31%) JCL
3 25 (15.43%) Java
3 25 (15.43%) Python
4 19 (11.73%) CLIST
5 15 (9.26%) COBOL
6 12 (7.41%) Assembly Language
6 12 (7.41%) PowerShell
7 10 (6.17%) SELCOPY
7 10 (6.17%) SQL
8 5 (3.09%) Bash
9 4 (2.47%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.85%) JavaScript
11 2 (1.23%) Groovy
11 2 (1.23%) TypeScript
11 2 (1.23%) XPath
12 1 (0.62%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.62%) RPG
12 1 (0.62%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.62%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 19 (11.73%) Security Cleared
2 18 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 11 (6.79%) Degree
4 5 (3.09%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.47%) CCNP
5 4 (2.47%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.47%) HND
5 4 (2.47%) JNCIA
5 4 (2.47%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.62%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.62%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.62%) CISSP
7 1 (0.62%) CSSLP
7 1 (0.62%) IBM Certification
7 1 (0.62%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.62%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.70%) GDPR
2 5 (3.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (1.85%) NIST
4 2 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.23%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.62%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.62%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.62%) SEPA
System Software
1 42 (25.93%) Time Sharing Option
2 15 (9.26%) RACF
3 14 (8.64%) NFS
4 10 (6.17%) Docker
5 9 (5.56%) ACF2
5 9 (5.56%) Active Directory
6 7 (4.32%) Job Entry Subsystem
6 7 (4.32%) Microcode
7 5 (3.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (15.43%) Ansible
2 18 (11.11%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 12 (7.41%) OMEGAMON
4 9 (5.56%) Kubernetes
5 8 (4.94%) Terraform
6 7 (4.32%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (4.32%) Tivoli
7 6 (3.70%) zSecure
8 5 (3.09%) EMC NetWorker
8 5 (3.09%) Netcool
9 2 (1.23%) CA Endevor
9 2 (1.23%) Kibana
9 2 (1.23%) logstash
9 2 (1.23%) Packer
9 2 (1.23%) TIBCO Hawk
10 1 (0.62%) Control-M
10 1 (0.62%) Grafana
Vendors
1 31 (19.14%) Oracle
2 28 (17.28%) Broadcom
3 20 (12.35%) CA
4 19 (11.73%) Dell
5 14 (8.64%) Brocade
5 14 (8.64%) Splunk
6 11 (6.79%) Syncsort
7 10 (6.17%) Cisco
8 9 (5.56%) Microsoft
9 7 (4.32%) SAP
9 7 (4.32%) ServiceNow
10 6 (3.70%) BMC
10 6 (3.70%) CyberArk
10 6 (3.70%) HP
10 6 (3.70%) IBM Sterling
11 5 (3.09%) EMC
11 5 (3.09%) Isilon
11 5 (3.09%) Serena
11 5 (3.09%) TSYS
11 5 (3.09%) VMware