The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term AS400 in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited AS400 over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM AS/400
Rank 111 131 124
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -7
Contract jobs citing AS400 12 8 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.496% 0.262% 0.034%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.614% 1.404% 0.173%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
Average daily rate £375 £375 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +50.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £338 £313
% change year-on-year
-8.14% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £40.00 £40.75
% change year-on-year
-63.75% -1.84%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
459 570 579
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 18.97% 18.69% 19.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 242 238
Average daily rate £375 £325 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -2.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £225 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £535 £450 £466
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 30 34
Average hourly rate £17.50 £22.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.45% +33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £14.47 £11.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £50.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
AS400
South East

AS400
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing AS400 across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Berkshire AS400 Jobs Demand Trend

AS400
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing AS400 across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire AS400 Daily Rate Trend

AS400
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing AS400 across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire AS400 Hourly Rate Trend

AS400
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AS400 within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Slough -6 5 £375 +25.00%
AS400
South East

AS400
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing AS400 also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited AS400.

1 8 (57.14%) SAP
2 6 (42.86%) JD Edwards
2 6 (42.86%) Cognos
3 5 (35.71%) RPG
3 5 (35.71%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (35.71%) iSeries
4 4 (28.57%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (28.57%) Finance
4 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 4 (28.57%) Lotus Notes
4 4 (28.57%) Oracle
4 4 (28.57%) MS Excel
4 4 (28.57%) Lotus
5 3 (21.43%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (21.43%) .NET
5 3 (21.43%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (14.29%) RPG IV
6 2 (14.29%) WebSphere
6 2 (14.29%) XML
6 2 (14.29%) WebSphere MQ
7 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (7.143%) Project Management
7 1 (7.143%) SharePoint
7 1 (7.143%) ERP
7 1 (7.143%) ITIL
7 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2
7 1 (7.143%) C++
7 1 (7.143%) VB
7 1 (7.143%) HP
7 1 (7.143%) ITIL Certification

AS400
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing AS400 also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited AS400. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (21.43%) .NET
2 2 (14.29%) XML
2 2 (14.29%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 4 (28.57%) Lotus Notes
2 2 (14.29%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (7.143%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) MS Excel
1 4 (28.57%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) DBA
2 4 (28.57%) Test Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Test Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Test Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Team Leader
3 2 (14.29%) AS400 Developer
3 2 (14.29%) SAP Test Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Lead Project Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Test Leader
4 1 (7.143%) SAP Manager
4 1 (7.143%) SAP Test Manager
4 1 (7.143%) PMO Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Senior SAP Test Manager
4 1 (7.143%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (7.143%) Project Management
2 1 (7.143%) Migration
2 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (7.143%) SAP Implementation
2 1 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (7.143%) Test Scripting
2 1 (7.143%) ITIL
2 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2
2 1 (7.143%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) RPG
2 2 (14.29%) RPG IV
3 1 (7.143%) C++
3 1 (7.143%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (7.143%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (7.143%) PMP
1 1 (7.143%) PMI Certification
1 1 (7.143%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) SAP
2 6 (42.86%) Cognos
2 6 (42.86%) JD Edwards
3 4 (28.57%) Oracle
3 4 (28.57%) Lotus
3 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.143%) HP
4 1 (7.143%) Empirix