IBM Contracts in England

IBM
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 211 322 268
Rank change year-on-year +111 -54 -43
Contract jobs citing IBM 407 358 753
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.10% 0.75% 1.07%
As % of the Vendors category 2.62% 1.77% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 238 500
10th Percentile £373 £373 £400
25th Percentile £418 £450 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £518 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -10.00% +15.00%
75th Percentile £650 £626 £675
90th Percentile £750 £725 £764
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 1 14
10th Percentile £48.35 - £37.03
25th Percentile £65.00 - £44.77
Median hourly rate £70.00 £80.00 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +48.84% -6.52%
75th Percentile - - £55.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £67.50 £53.75
% change year-on-year +3.70% +25.58% +2.38%

All Vendors
England

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 advertised in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,543 20,238 28,137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.09% 42.39% 39.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,876 13,919 19,381
10th Percentile £263 £263 £275
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.83% +0.95% +7.69%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,047 553 766
10th Percentile £12.26 £14.80 £12.21
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £22.50 £37.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +74.42% +7.50%
75th Percentile £57.50 £61.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.90 £62.75
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -47.06% +97.67% +4.88%

IBM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing IBM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for IBM in England

IBM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for IBM in England

IBM
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IBM in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IBM in England

IBM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for IBM in England

IBM
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IBM in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IBM in England

IBM
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
London +75 158 £600 +9.09% 50
North of England +69 90 £430 -9.47% 25
Yorkshire +59 74 £430 -25.70% 8
South East +23 57 £513 +2.50% 27
South West +43 50 £650 +44.44% 16
Midlands +22 22 £378 -22.46% 6
West Midlands +19 20 £378 -23.44% 4
East of England +19 20 £513 +25.61% 20
North West +10 13 £539 +65.85% 17
North East - 3 £400 -
East Midlands +4 2 - - 2
IBM
UK

IBM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 33 (8.11%) SAS
2 24 (5.90%) WebSphere
3 16 (3.93%) CICS
4 13 (3.19%) Confluence
5 10 (2.46%) Appian
5 10 (2.46%) IIS
5 10 (2.46%) WebLogic
6 9 (2.21%) JBoss
6 9 (2.21%) Tomcat
7 8 (1.97%) MQSeries
7 8 (1.97%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 8 (1.97%) WebSphere Application Server
8 7 (1.72%) Apache
9 6 (1.47%) nginx
10 4 (0.98%) CMS
11 2 (0.49%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.49%) FileNet
11 2 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.25%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.25%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 8 (1.97%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.49%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.25%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 14 (3.44%) Maximo
2 13 (3.19%) Temenos T24
3 6 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.49%) BusinessWorks
4 2 (0.49%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.25%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 48 (11.79%) AWS
2 31 (7.62%) Azure
3 19 (4.67%) GitHub
4 17 (4.18%) SaaS
5 15 (3.69%) PaaS
6 14 (3.44%) GCP
7 8 (1.97%) Apigee
8 7 (1.72%) Kong
8 7 (1.72%) Nutanix
9 6 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (1.47%) IaaS
10 5 (1.23%) Rubrik
10 5 (1.23%) Unqork
11 3 (0.74%) Alation
11 3 (0.74%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.74%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.49%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (0.49%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.39%) SAN
2 25 (6.14%) SSL
3 14 (3.44%) Firewall
4 13 (3.19%) DNS
5 9 (2.21%) DWDM
5 9 (2.21%) PBX
5 9 (2.21%) VoIP
6 8 (1.97%) WAN
7 7 (1.72%) SDH
8 6 (1.47%) NAS
8 6 (1.47%) TCP/IP
9 5 (1.23%) DHCP
9 5 (1.23%) HTTP
9 5 (1.23%) Kerberos
9 5 (1.23%) VLAN
10 4 (0.98%) Junos
11 3 (0.74%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (0.74%) NX-OS
11 3 (0.74%) VPN
12 2 (0.49%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (10.32%) DB2
2 22 (5.41%) Relational Database
3 12 (2.95%) IDMS
4 11 (2.70%) RDBMS
4 11 (2.70%) SQL Server
5 10 (2.46%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.72%) OLAP
6 7 (1.72%) OLTP
7 6 (1.47%) MySQL
7 6 (1.47%) Oracle OLAP
8 5 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.23%) SAP HANA
8 5 (1.23%) Sybase ASE
9 4 (0.98%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.74%) Big Data
10 3 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.74%) Metadata
11 2 (0.49%) Informix
11 2 (0.49%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.49%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 32 (7.86%) Jenkins
2 24 (5.90%) Rational DOORS
3 23 (5.65%) Git
4 17 (4.18%) JIRA
5 13 (3.19%) Rational Rhapsody
6 11 (2.70%) IBM UrbanCode
7 7 (1.72%) Selenium
8 6 (1.47%) TeamCity
9 5 (1.23%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.23%) GitLab
9 5 (1.23%) JUnit
9 5 (1.23%) Mockito
10 4 (0.98%) Appium
10 4 (0.98%) LoadRunner
10 4 (0.98%) Rational Performance Tester
10 4 (0.98%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.98%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.74%) HP UFT
11 3 (0.74%) Katalon Studio
12 2 (0.49%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 123 (30.22%) Social Skills
2 76 (18.67%) Finance
3 39 (9.58%) Banking
4 35 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (5.41%) Public Sector
6 21 (5.16%) Telecoms
7 13 (3.19%) Aerospace
7 13 (3.19%) Electronics
8 10 (2.46%) Front Office
9 7 (1.72%) Aeronautics
9 7 (1.72%) Digital Economy
10 6 (1.47%) German Language
11 5 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.23%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.23%) Private Banking
12 4 (0.98%) Legal
13 3 (0.74%) Advertising
13 3 (0.74%) Law
13 3 (0.74%) Military
Job Titles
1 73 (17.94%) Architect
2 52 (12.78%) Developer
3 34 (8.35%) Software Engineer
4 33 (8.11%) Solutions Architect
5 31 (7.62%) Embedded Engineer
5 31 (7.62%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 28 (6.88%) Storage Manager
7 23 (5.65%) Senior
8 22 (5.41%) Applications Support
8 22 (5.41%) Programmer
9 21 (5.16%) Systems Programmer
9 21 (5.16%) z/OS Systems Programmer
10 18 (4.42%) Applications Specialist
11 17 (4.18%) Analyst
11 17 (4.18%) Lead
12 16 (3.93%) Mainframe Developer
13 15 (3.69%) Security Architect
14 14 (3.44%) Consultant
14 14 (3.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 12 (2.95%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (10.81%) ISPF
2 24 (5.90%) Kafka
3 20 (4.91%) SOAP
3 20 (4.91%) Web Services
4 19 (4.67%) Spring Boot
5 18 (4.42%) Spring
6 16 (3.93%) YAML
7 14 (3.44%) Flash
7 14 (3.44%) IBM Integration Bus
7 14 (3.44%) REST
8 12 (2.95%) RabbitMQ
9 11 (2.70%) ActiveMQ
9 11 (2.70%) Middleware
9 11 (2.70%) OpenID
9 11 (2.70%) RESTful
10 10 (2.46%) XACML
11 9 (2.21%) WebSphere MQ
11 9 (2.21%) XML
12 8 (1.97%) J2EE
12 8 (1.97%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (16.46%) Mainframe
2 29 (7.13%) Data Centre
3 23 (5.65%) ARM Cortex
4 20 (4.91%) DataPower
5 17 (4.18%) IBM Mainframe
6 15 (3.69%) LPAR
6 15 (3.69%) Replication
7 12 (2.95%) Driving Licence
8 9 (2.21%) Blackberry
8 9 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (2.21%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (1.97%) iSeries
10 7 (1.72%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.47%) AS400
11 6 (1.47%) Clustering
11 6 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.23%) Derivative
12 5 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.23%) OTC Derivatives
12 5 (1.23%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 110 (27.03%) Linux
2 84 (20.64%) zOS
3 41 (10.07%) Windows
4 35 (8.60%) Unix
5 23 (5.65%) FreeRTOS
6 18 (4.42%) AIX
7 16 (3.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 14 (3.44%) Solaris
8 14 (3.44%) Windows Server
9 5 (1.23%) Oracle Linux
9 5 (1.23%) VMS
10 2 (0.49%) HPUX
10 2 (0.49%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.25%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (17.69%) Agile
2 55 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (12.29%) Risk Management
4 46 (11.30%) DevOps
5 43 (10.57%) Software Engineering
6 41 (10.07%) ITIL
7 40 (9.83%) Stakeholder Management
8 38 (9.34%) Storage Management
9 36 (8.85%) Project Management
10 31 (7.62%) CI/CD
10 31 (7.62%) Software Testing
11 28 (6.88%) Enterprise Architecture
12 27 (6.63%) Configuration Management
13 26 (6.39%) TOGAF
14 25 (6.14%) Problem Management
14 25 (6.14%) Roadmaps
15 24 (5.90%) Migration
16 23 (5.65%) Incident Management
16 23 (5.65%) Performance Monitoring
17 21 (5.16%) Cost Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (15.48%) JCL
2 62 (15.23%) Python
2 62 (15.23%) REXX
3 51 (12.53%) Java
4 37 (9.09%) C
4 37 (9.09%) SQL
5 24 (5.90%) PowerShell
6 23 (5.65%) CLIST
6 23 (5.65%) Embedded C
7 22 (5.41%) COBOL
8 18 (4.42%) Assembly Language
8 18 (4.42%) Shell Script
9 12 (2.95%) SELCOPY
10 11 (2.70%) Ada
11 9 (2.21%) JavaScript
12 8 (1.97%) Bash
12 8 (1.97%) C#
13 6 (1.47%) C++
13 6 (1.47%) RPG
14 5 (1.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 103 (25.31%) Security Cleared
2 89 (21.87%) SC Cleared
3 35 (8.60%) Degree
4 16 (3.93%) DV Cleared
5 12 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.95%) TOGAF Certification
6 11 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (2.70%) HND
7 10 (2.46%) CCNP
8 6 (1.47%) IBM Certification
9 4 (0.98%) JNCIA
10 3 (0.74%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.49%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.25%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.25%) CSSLP
12 1 (0.25%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.25%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.97%) QA
2 7 (1.72%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.47%) GDPR
4 5 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (0.98%) Def Stans
5 4 (0.98%) DO-178B
6 3 (0.74%) MISRA
6 3 (0.74%) NIST
6 3 (0.74%) SLA
7 2 (0.49%) GRC
7 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.25%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 1 (0.25%) SEPA
System Software
1 62 (15.23%) Time Sharing Option
2 22 (5.41%) RACF
3 20 (4.91%) NFS
4 19 (4.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (4.18%) Docker
6 16 (3.93%) ACF2
7 13 (3.19%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 13 (3.19%) Microcode
8 9 (2.21%) Active Directory
9 8 (1.97%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (1.47%) Hyper-V
11 5 (1.23%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 4 (0.98%) Firmware
13 2 (0.49%) vSphere
14 1 (0.25%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 54 (13.27%) Ansible
2 39 (9.58%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 23 (5.65%) OMEGAMON
4 21 (5.16%) Kubernetes
5 19 (4.67%) Netcool
6 15 (3.69%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (3.44%) Terraform
8 8 (1.97%) Grafana
9 7 (1.72%) ITRS Geneos
9 7 (1.72%) Tivoli
10 6 (1.47%) zSecure
11 5 (1.23%) CA Endevor
11 5 (1.23%) EMC NetWorker
11 5 (1.23%) Rancher
11 5 (1.23%) Red Hat Satellite
11 5 (1.23%) SCOM
11 5 (1.23%) Tivoli Identity Manager
12 3 (0.74%) Control-M
13 2 (0.49%) TIBCO Hawk
13 2 (0.49%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 55 (13.51%) Oracle
2 46 (11.30%) Broadcom
3 39 (9.58%) Microsoft
4 38 (9.34%) Dell
5 37 (9.09%) Brocade
6 31 (7.62%) Cisco
7 28 (6.88%) CA
7 28 (6.88%) SAP
8 24 (5.90%) Splunk
9 23 (5.65%) Lauterbach
9 23 (5.65%) Nokia
10 22 (5.41%) VMware
11 20 (4.91%) Juniper
12 16 (3.93%) ServiceNow
13 15 (3.69%) Google
13 15 (3.69%) HP
14 14 (3.44%) Dynatrace
15 13 (3.19%) Red Hat
15 13 (3.19%) Syncsort
16 12 (2.95%) Okta