iSeries Contracts in Berkshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term iSeries in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited iSeries over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM iSeries
Rank 117 126 124
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -2
Contract jobs citing iSeries 8 9 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.324% 0.288% 0.137%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.709% 1.510% 0.714%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 4
Average daily rate - £375 £353
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +6.38%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £323 £375
% change year-on-year
+16.27% -14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.25 £27.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-15.45% -19.11%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 468 596 560
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 18.95% 19.10% 19.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 252 230
Average daily rate £388 £325 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.23% -1.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £225 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 31 34
Average hourly rate £18.00 £22.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% +25.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £14.48 £11.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £50.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
iSeries
South East

iSeries
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire iSeries Jobs Demand Trend

iSeries
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire iSeries Daily Rate Trend

iSeries
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire iSeries Hourly Rate Trend

iSeries
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing iSeries within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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 7 - -
iSeries
South East

iSeries
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing iSeries 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 iSeries.

1 8 (88.89%) RPG
2 6 (66.67%) Oracle
3 5 (55.56%) .NET
3 5 (55.56%) XML
3 5 (55.56%) WebSphere MQ
3 5 (55.56%) AS400
3 5 (55.56%) WebSphere
3 5 (55.56%) RPG IV
4 4 (44.44%) SAP
4 4 (44.44%) IBM
5 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 3 (33.33%) Lotus
5 3 (33.33%) DataStage
5 3 (33.33%) Lotus Notes
5 3 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (33.33%) MS Excel
5 3 (33.33%) TOAD
5 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 3 (33.33%) DB2
5 3 (33.33%) Workflow
5 3 (33.33%) Finance
5 3 (33.33%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (33.33%) ERwin
5 3 (33.33%) Problem Management
5 3 (33.33%) Automated Testing
5 3 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
5 3 (33.33%) Web Application Development
6 2 (22.22%) Degree
6 2 (22.22%) Lean Six Sigma
6 2 (22.22%) HP Quality Center

iSeries
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing iSeries 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 iSeries. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (55.56%) .NET
1 5 (55.56%) XML
1 5 (55.56%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 5 (55.56%) WebSphere MQ
2 3 (33.33%) Lotus Notes
2 3 (33.33%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) MS Excel
1 3 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) DataStage
1 3 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
1 3 (33.33%) TOAD
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 3 (33.33%) DB2
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) ERwin
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Team Leader
2 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Test Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) SAP Test Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) AS400 Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) SAP Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Applications Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Test Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) RPG Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Test Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Test Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Senior SAP Test Manager
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Test Manager
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) AS400
2 2 (22.22%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) UNIX
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) i5/OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Workflow
1 3 (33.33%) Problem Management
1 3 (33.33%) Automated Testing
1 3 (33.33%) Web Application Development
2 2 (22.22%) Lean Six Sigma
2 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
2 2 (22.22%) Six Sigma
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) TOGAF
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
2 2 (22.22%) DSDM
2 2 (22.22%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) RPG
2 5 (55.56%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Oracle
2 4 (44.44%) SAP
2 4 (44.44%) IBM
3 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 3 (33.33%) Lotus
4 1 (11.11%) Empirix
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