We found 1,280 companies that use IBM WatsonX. 337 of them name it in their own job posts, and the rest through employees' public profiles. 679 job posts named it from October 2025 to August 2026. AI Engineer roles mention it most.
Which companies name IBM WatsonX in the most job posts?
IBM, Hakkōda, an IBM Company and UPS mention IBM WatsonX in the most job posts. Three of these five companies are in Professional Services.
CompanyPostsPeopleRecent job post
IBMInformation · first seen Sep 20237861,309
"…risk management processes, AI impact assessments, and monitoring dashboards — leveraging IBM watsonx.governance and open-source tooling."AI Governance Lead, Nov 7, 2026
Hakkōda, an IBM CompanyProfessional Services · first seen Jun 2026721
"Lead implementation of Agentic AI workflows (e.g., Microsoft Copilot Studio, IBM watsonx) to automate recurring AP tasks such as intercompany billing, PO matching, and payment runs."Group Manager – PTP SME, Nov 1, 2026
UPSTransportation and Warehousing · first seen Oct 2025683
"Lead the adoption and evolution of enterprise AI governance platforms, including IBM watsonx.governance, to support governance, monitoring, and oversight."Director, Data & AI Governance - Flex Location, Oct 23, 2026
EYProfessional Services · first seen Dec 20236316
"AI Platforms: Azure AI/Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock/SageMaker, Google Vertex AI, Databricks Mosaic AI, IBM watsonx and Hugging Face."Senior Manager - Tech Consulting - AI Solution Architect - Cairo, Oct 23, 2026
InetumProfessional Services · first seen Nov 2023303
"…nos partenaires (Microsoft Azure Open AI, Copilot 365, GitHub Copilot, Google Vertex AI, IBM WatsonX)"tech lead .net / azure / genai h-f, Jul 7, 2025
Job posts mentioning IBM WatsonX went from 0.37 to 0.33 in every 10,000 job posts, comparing March to May with June to August 2026. One company accounts for most of that change.
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Month
Job posts naming IBM WatsonX
All job posts
Per 10,000
Oct 2025
48
1,413,673
0.34
Nov 2025
86
1,822,119
0.47
Dec 2025
48
1,236,103
0.39
Jan 2026
43
1,828,002
0.24
Feb 2026
69
1,856,647
0.37
Mar 2026
85
1,850,711
0.46
Apr 2026
55
1,728,886
0.32
May 2026
60
1,821,509
0.33
Jun 2026
84
1,909,496
0.44
Jul 2026
43
1,815,180
0.24
Aug 2026
58
1,835,698
0.32
How many companies named IBM WatsonX in a job post for the first time in recent months?
IBM WatsonX showed up in job posts at 33 companies for the first time from June to August 2026, and 25 in the three months before. Of the 337 companies whose job posts name it, 9.8% first named it from June to August.
March to May 202625
June to August 202633
October 2025 to August 2026101
Companies whose first job post naming it appeared in that period. Recruiters, staffing firms and job boards are left out.
How do we know which companies use IBM WatsonX?
Most of these companies come from employees' profiles: 74% have no job post naming IBM WatsonX. 76 show up in both job posts and employees' profiles.
How we knowCompaniesShare
Job posts name IBM WatsonX
33726%
Employees' profiles list IBM WatsonX
94374%
1,280 companies. Each is counted once, under the strongest evidence we have for it.
What size are the companies that use IBM WatsonX?
Big companies stand out among IBM WatsonX users: companies with more than 5,000 employees are 30% of them, against 23% on the typical tech page. 233 of its companies have fewer than 50 employees.
Share of its companies
Typical tech page
ShareTypical
Under 50 employees
18%22%
50 to 999
35%38%
1,000 to 5,000
16%17%
Over 5,000
30%23%
Where are IBM WatsonX companies based?
IBM WatsonX has an unusually large following in Brazil: 5.8% of its companies, against 2.8% on the typical tech page. Its companies are based in 68 countries and territories.
ShareTypical
United States
41%43%
India
8.8%6.9%
Brazil
5.8%2.8%
United Kingdom
5.5%6.4%
Canada
3.5%3.6%
Spain
3.4%1.8%
Companies in 68 countries and territories. Shares are of companies with a known headquarters country.
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Country
Companies
Share
Typical tech page
United States
510
41%
43%
India
110
8.8%
6.9%
Brazil
72
5.8%
2.8%
United Kingdom
68
5.5%
6.4%
Canada
44
3.5%
3.6%
Spain
42
3.4%
1.8%
What else do IBM WatsonX companies use?
IBM WatsonX companies are 159 times as likely as similar companies to use IBM CloudPaks: 12% of them, against 0.08%. IBM Cloud comes second, 95 times as common as usual, at 37%.
Share of the 165 IBM WatsonX companies counted here whose job posts also name the tool
Typical for companies the same size
Which companies started naming IBM WatsonX in job posts recently?
From April to August 2026, 37 companies with 50 or more employees posted their first job naming IBM WatsonX: 15 commercial, 11 mid-market and 11 enterprise. Boomi leads the new mid-market companies, with 8 job posts from April to August.
Companies that named IBM WatsonX in a job post for the first time between April and August 2026, ranked by their job posts in those months. AI-native companies get a group of their own, whatever their size. Recruiters and job boards are left out.
Which roles mention IBM WatsonX most?
No single role dominates for IBM WatsonX; AI Engineer leads with 21% of the job posts. The top four roles cover 41% of these job posts.
RoleSharePosts
AI Engineer
21%143
Sales
7.5%51
Software Engineer
7.4%50
Data Scientist
4.6%31
Customer Engineer
3.4%23
Solutions Architect
3.1%21
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Role
Share
Oct 2025 to Aug 2026
Mar to May 2026
Jun to Aug 2026
AI Engineer
21%
143
42
35
Sales
7.5%
51
23
14
Software Engineer
7.4%
50
13
15
Data Scientist
4.6%
31
5
6
Customer Engineer
3.4%
23
6
12
Solutions Architect
3.1%
21
3
8
Which project themes come up in IBM WatsonX job posts?
182 job posts naming IBM WatsonX describe Generative AI work, the most common theme after broad digital transformation. After that comes Data Infrastructure Migration, with 65.
Project themeJob posts
Digital Transformation198
Generative AI182
Data Infrastructure Migration65
Cloud Cost Optimization31
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Sumble built this page. Sumble gives sales, marketing and other GTM teams technographics and hiring signals for the companies they sell to: the technologies each company uses, which teams are hiring and for what, and who reports to whom. That helps a team know who to contact, why now, and what to say.
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