IBM Contracts

IBM
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 212 281 245
Rank change year-on-year +69 -36 -33
Contract jobs citing IBM 474 507 1,002
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.10% 0.90% 1.14%
As % of the Vendors category 2.59% 2.07% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 306 645
10th Percentile £368 £375 £402
25th Percentile £415 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £703 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £471 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.80% - +8.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 16 14
10th Percentile £48.35 £47.50 £37.03
25th Percentile £65.00 £54.06 £44.77
Median hourly rate £70.00 £67.50 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +25.58% +2.38%
75th Percentile - £72.50 £55.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £68.75 £53.75
% change year-on-year +1.82% +27.91% +7.50%

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 contract job vacancies with 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 18,286 24,482 35,411
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.43% 43.42% 40.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,377 16,346 23,689
10th Percentile £263 £265 £300
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - +9.38%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,141 644 856
10th Percentile £12.13 £15.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.89 £15.25
Median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +97.67% +4.88%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.63 £48.46
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -42.77% +92.31% +8.33%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IBM in the UK

IBM
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for IBM in the UK

IBM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for IBM in the UK

IBM
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hourly rate histogram for IBM in the UK

IBM
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the UK 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
England +111 407 £525 +1.45% 146
UK excluding London +88 258 £471 -5.80% 92
Work from Home +33 164 £489 -6.41% 43
London +75 158 £600 +9.09% 53
North of England +69 90 £430 -9.47% 22
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% 5
Scotland +1 21 £475 -13.64% 7
East of England +19 20 £513 +25.61% 20
West Midlands +19 20 £378 -23.44% 4
North West +10 13 £539 +65.85% 14
North East - 3 £400 -
East Midlands +4 2 - - 1

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 43 (9.07%) SAS
2 32 (6.75%) WebSphere
3 19 (4.01%) CICS
4 15 (3.16%) JBoss
4 15 (3.16%) WebSphere Application Server
5 13 (2.74%) Confluence
6 12 (2.53%) IIS
6 12 (2.53%) Tomcat
7 10 (2.11%) Apache
7 10 (2.11%) Appian
7 10 (2.11%) WebLogic
8 9 (1.90%) nginx
9 8 (1.69%) IBM HTTP Server
9 8 (1.69%) MQSeries
9 8 (1.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 8 (1.69%) WebSphere Portal
10 4 (0.84%) CMS
11 3 (0.63%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.42%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.42%) FileNet
Applications
1 8 (1.69%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.42%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.21%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 16 (3.38%) Temenos T24
2 15 (3.16%) Maximo
3 7 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.42%) BusinessWorks
4 2 (0.42%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.21%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.21%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 57 (12.03%) AWS
2 39 (8.23%) Azure
3 22 (4.64%) GitHub
4 17 (3.59%) SaaS
5 16 (3.38%) PaaS
6 14 (2.95%) GCP
7 8 (1.69%) Apigee
8 7 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (1.48%) IaaS
8 7 (1.48%) Kong
8 7 (1.48%) Nutanix
9 5 (1.05%) Rubrik
9 5 (1.05%) Unqork
10 4 (0.84%) IBM Cloud
11 3 (0.63%) Alation
11 3 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.63%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.63%) OCI
11 3 (0.63%) OpenShift
11 3 (0.63%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 29 (6.12%) SAN
2 27 (5.70%) SSL
3 17 (3.59%) Firewall
4 16 (3.38%) DNS
5 12 (2.53%) HTTP
6 9 (1.90%) DWDM
6 9 (1.90%) PBX
6 9 (1.90%) VoIP
7 8 (1.69%) WAN
8 7 (1.48%) SDH
9 6 (1.27%) NAS
9 6 (1.27%) TCP/IP
10 5 (1.05%) DHCP
10 5 (1.05%) Kerberos
10 5 (1.05%) VLAN
11 4 (0.84%) Junos
12 3 (0.63%) Cisco IOS
12 3 (0.63%) NX-OS
12 3 (0.63%) VPN
13 2 (0.42%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (10.97%) DB2
2 26 (5.49%) Relational Database
3 16 (3.38%) SQL Server
4 15 (3.16%) IDMS
4 15 (3.16%) RDBMS
5 11 (2.32%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.48%) OLAP
6 7 (1.48%) OLTP
7 6 (1.27%) MySQL
7 6 (1.27%) Oracle OLAP
8 5 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.05%) SAP HANA
8 5 (1.05%) Sybase ASE
9 4 (0.84%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.63%) Big Data
10 3 (0.63%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.63%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.63%) Metadata
10 3 (0.63%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 37 (7.81%) Jenkins
2 28 (5.91%) Git
3 24 (5.06%) Rational DOORS
4 19 (4.01%) JIRA
5 16 (3.38%) IBM UrbanCode
6 13 (2.74%) Rational Rhapsody
7 7 (1.48%) JUnit
7 7 (1.48%) Selenium
8 6 (1.27%) GitLab
8 6 (1.27%) TeamCity
9 5 (1.05%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.05%) Mockito
10 4 (0.84%) Appium
10 4 (0.84%) LoadRunner
10 4 (0.84%) Rational Performance Tester
10 4 (0.84%) Vagrant
10 4 (0.84%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.84%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.63%) HP UFT
11 3 (0.63%) Katalon Studio
General
1 147 (31.01%) Social Skills
2 99 (20.89%) Finance
3 52 (10.97%) Banking
4 43 (9.07%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (5.91%) Public Sector
6 21 (4.43%) Telecoms
7 13 (2.74%) Aerospace
7 13 (2.74%) Electronics
8 10 (2.11%) Front Office
9 7 (1.48%) Aeronautics
9 7 (1.48%) Digital Economy
10 6 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.27%) German Language
10 6 (1.27%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.05%) Private Banking
12 4 (0.84%) Legal
13 3 (0.63%) Advertising
13 3 (0.63%) Back Office
13 3 (0.63%) Law
Job Titles
1 82 (17.30%) Architect
2 58 (12.24%) Developer
3 34 (7.17%) Software Engineer
4 33 (6.96%) Solutions Architect
5 31 (6.54%) Embedded Engineer
5 31 (6.54%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 30 (6.33%) Senior
7 28 (5.91%) Storage Manager
8 25 (5.27%) Applications Support
9 23 (4.85%) Programmer
10 22 (4.64%) Systems Programmer
10 22 (4.64%) z/OS Systems Programmer
11 20 (4.22%) Lead
12 19 (4.01%) Analyst
13 18 (3.80%) Applications Specialist
13 18 (3.80%) Consultant
13 18 (3.80%) Mainframe Developer
14 17 (3.59%) Security Architect
15 16 (3.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 14 (2.95%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (11.39%) ISPF
2 30 (6.33%) Kafka
3 22 (4.64%) Spring
4 21 (4.43%) Middleware
4 21 (4.43%) SOAP
4 21 (4.43%) Spring Boot
5 20 (4.22%) Web Services
6 19 (4.01%) YAML
7 18 (3.80%) IBM Integration Bus
8 17 (3.59%) REST
9 16 (3.38%) Flash
10 15 (3.16%) J2EE
11 14 (2.95%) OpenID
12 13 (2.74%) ActiveMQ
12 13 (2.74%) XACML
13 12 (2.53%) RabbitMQ
14 11 (2.32%) RESTful
14 11 (2.32%) SAML
14 11 (2.32%) XML
15 10 (2.11%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 82 (17.30%) Mainframe
2 32 (6.75%) Data Centre
3 28 (5.91%) IBM Mainframe
4 23 (4.85%) ARM Cortex
5 21 (4.43%) DataPower
6 16 (3.38%) LPAR
6 16 (3.38%) Replication
7 12 (2.53%) Driving Licence
8 10 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (1.90%) Blackberry
9 9 (1.90%) iSeries
9 9 (1.90%) Video Conferencing
10 7 (1.48%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.27%) AS400
11 6 (1.27%) Clustering
11 6 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.05%) OTC Derivatives
12 5 (1.05%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 123 (25.95%) Linux
2 101 (21.31%) zOS
3 50 (10.55%) Windows
4 43 (9.07%) Unix
5 23 (4.85%) FreeRTOS
6 22 (4.64%) AIX
7 21 (4.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 19 (4.01%) Windows Server
9 16 (3.38%) Solaris
10 5 (1.05%) Oracle Linux
10 5 (1.05%) VMS
11 2 (0.42%) Data ONTAP
11 2 (0.42%) HPUX
11 2 (0.42%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.21%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (17.51%) Agile
2 60 (12.66%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (11.39%) Risk Management
4 53 (11.18%) DevOps
5 50 (10.55%) ITIL
6 46 (9.70%) Stakeholder Management
7 44 (9.28%) Software Engineering
8 43 (9.07%) Storage Management
9 40 (8.44%) Project Management
10 37 (7.81%) CI/CD
11 34 (7.17%) Problem Management
12 31 (6.54%) Software Testing
13 28 (5.91%) Configuration Management
13 28 (5.91%) Enterprise Architecture
14 27 (5.70%) Migration
15 26 (5.49%) Incident Management
15 26 (5.49%) Performance Monitoring
15 26 (5.49%) Roadmaps
15 26 (5.49%) TOGAF
16 25 (5.27%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 78 (16.46%) REXX
2 76 (16.03%) JCL
3 72 (15.19%) Python
4 61 (12.87%) Java
5 46 (9.70%) SQL
6 37 (7.81%) C
7 29 (6.12%) CLIST
8 28 (5.91%) PowerShell
9 26 (5.49%) COBOL
10 23 (4.85%) Assembly Language
10 23 (4.85%) Embedded C
11 22 (4.64%) Shell Script
12 15 (3.16%) SELCOPY
13 11 (2.32%) Ada
14 10 (2.11%) JavaScript
15 8 (1.69%) Bash
15 8 (1.69%) C#
16 7 (1.48%) Perl
16 7 (1.48%) RPG
17 6 (1.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 111 (23.42%) Security Cleared
2 97 (20.46%) SC Cleared
3 38 (8.02%) Degree
4 16 (3.38%) DV Cleared
5 13 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (2.53%) TOGAF Certification
7 11 (2.32%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (2.32%) HND
8 10 (2.11%) CCNP
9 7 (1.48%) IBM Certification
10 4 (0.84%) JNCIA
11 3 (0.63%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.42%) PMP
13 1 (0.21%) CCIE
13 1 (0.21%) CISSP
13 1 (0.21%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.69%) QA
2 7 (1.48%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.27%) GDPR
4 5 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (0.84%) Def Stans
5 4 (0.84%) DO-178B
6 3 (0.63%) MISRA
6 3 (0.63%) NIST
6 3 (0.63%) SLA
7 2 (0.42%) GRC
7 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.42%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.21%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 1 (0.21%) SEPA
System Software
1 75 (15.82%) Time Sharing Option
2 25 (5.27%) NFS
3 24 (5.06%) RACF
4 19 (4.01%) Docker
4 19 (4.01%) VMware Infrastructure
5 18 (3.80%) ACF2
6 13 (2.74%) Job Entry Subsystem
6 13 (2.74%) Microcode
7 10 (2.11%) Active Directory
8 8 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (1.27%) Hyper-V
10 5 (1.05%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 4 (0.84%) Firmware
12 2 (0.42%) GPFS
12 2 (0.42%) vSphere
13 1 (0.21%) PowerHA
13 1 (0.21%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 62 (13.08%) Ansible
2 42 (8.86%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 26 (5.49%) OMEGAMON
4 23 (4.85%) Kubernetes
5 19 (4.01%) Netcool
6 18 (3.80%) Single Sign-On
7 15 (3.16%) Terraform
8 9 (1.90%) Tivoli
9 8 (1.69%) Grafana
10 7 (1.48%) ITRS Geneos
11 6 (1.27%) zSecure
12 5 (1.05%) CA Endevor
12 5 (1.05%) EMC NetWorker
12 5 (1.05%) Rancher
12 5 (1.05%) Red Hat Satellite
12 5 (1.05%) SCOM
12 5 (1.05%) Tivoli Identity Manager
13 4 (0.84%) Control-M
14 3 (0.63%) Kibana
14 3 (0.63%) logstash
Vendors
1 67 (14.14%) Oracle
2 56 (11.81%) Broadcom
3 42 (8.86%) Brocade
4 41 (8.65%) Dell
4 41 (8.65%) Microsoft
5 34 (7.17%) CA
6 32 (6.75%) SAP
7 31 (6.54%) Cisco
8 25 (5.27%) Splunk
9 23 (4.85%) Lauterbach
9 23 (4.85%) Nokia
10 22 (4.64%) VMware
11 20 (4.22%) Juniper
12 18 (3.80%) ServiceNow
13 17 (3.59%) Google
14 16 (3.38%) Okta
14 16 (3.38%) Red Hat
14 16 (3.38%) Syncsort
15 15 (3.16%) HP
16 14 (2.95%) Dynatrace