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 20 September 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
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 141 162
Rank change year-on-year +49 +21 -18
Contract jobs citing IBM 52 19 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.97% 0.58% 0.29%
As % of the Vendors category 4.40% 1.52% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 15 8
10th Percentile - £455 £483
25th Percentile £450 £463 £578
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £525 £631
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -16.83% +17.99%
75th Percentile £703 £645 £678
90th Percentile £795 £780 £721
England median daily rate £480 £525 £578
% change year-on-year -8.57% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 1 0
10th Percentile £61.75 - -
25th Percentile £68.13 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £80.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +7.69% +18.18% +8.91%

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 1,182 1,249 1,411
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 44.89% 38.31% 37.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 712 858 1,021
10th Percentile £252 £271 £225
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.67%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £630
90th Percentile £700 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 91 76
10th Percentile £25.13 £19.00 £19.88
25th Percentile £61.25 £46.22 £35.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £56.49 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.92% +3.65% +14.74%
75th Percentile - £69.62 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.22 £80.00 £71.48
England median hourly rate £35.00 £41.27 £23.21
% change year-on-year -15.19% +77.81% +22.16%

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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 20 September 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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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IBM in the South West over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 20 September 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 +33 46 £450 -5.26% 5
Wiltshire +17 3 £736 +40.24% 1
Gloucestershire - 3 - - 1
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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 (1.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.92%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.85%) AWS
2 1 (1.92%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.92%) LAN
1 1 (1.92%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.85%) Data Mining
1 2 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.92%) DB2
2 1 (1.92%) IDMS
2 1 (1.92%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 14 (26.92%) Rational Rhapsody
2 4 (7.69%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.92%) JIRA
General
1 12 (23.08%) Electronics
2 8 (15.38%) Aerospace
3 3 (5.77%) Law
3 3 (5.77%) Social Skills
4 2 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.85%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.92%) Banking
5 1 (1.92%) Finance
5 1 (1.92%) Military
Job Titles
1 42 (80.77%) Software Engineer
2 41 (78.85%) Embedded Engineer
2 41 (78.85%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 11 (21.15%) C++ Software Engineer
4 10 (19.23%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 10 (19.23%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) AWS Data Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) AWS Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) Data Engineer
7 1 (1.92%) Administrator
7 1 (1.92%) Applications Architect
7 1 (1.92%) Architect
7 1 (1.92%) DBA
7 1 (1.92%) DOORS Administrator
7 1 (1.92%) Lead
7 1 (1.92%) Principal Engineer
7 1 (1.92%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 1 (1.92%) SAP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.85%) PySpark
2 1 (1.92%) .NET
2 1 (1.92%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.92%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (1.92%) Swagger
2 1 (1.92%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (59.62%) ARM Cortex
2 1 (1.92%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 32 (61.54%) Linux
2 31 (59.62%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.92%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (82.69%) Software Engineering
2 31 (59.62%) Configuration Management
3 16 (30.77%) Systems Engineering
4 12 (23.08%) Code Quality
4 12 (23.08%) Embedded Software Development
4 12 (23.08%) UML
4 12 (23.08%) Validation
5 2 (3.85%) Computer Science
5 2 (3.85%) Data Acquisition
5 2 (3.85%) Data Analysis
5 2 (3.85%) Data Engineering
5 2 (3.85%) Data Lineage
5 2 (3.85%) Data Modelling
5 2 (3.85%) ETL
5 2 (3.85%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 2 (3.85%) Requirements Analysis
5 2 (3.85%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (3.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (3.85%) Workflow
5 2 (3.85%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (82.69%) C
2 31 (59.62%) Embedded C
3 14 (26.92%) Python
4 12 (23.08%) Ada
4 12 (23.08%) C++
5 11 (21.15%) Embedded C++
6 2 (3.85%) Java
6 2 (3.85%) R
6 2 (3.85%) Scala
6 2 (3.85%) SQL
7 1 (1.92%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 21 (40.38%) Security Cleared
2 20 (38.46%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.85%) Degree
3 2 (3.85%) IBM Certification
3 2 (3.85%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.85%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.92%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 31 (59.62%) Lauterbach
2 1 (1.92%) Fujitsu
2 1 (1.92%) SAP