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The table below looks at the demand for IBM AS/400 skills within the Buckinghamshire region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited AS400 over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM AS/400
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank7576
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads411
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.012 %
As % of the category below2.381 %6.471 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£250£100
Average daily rate£263£118
% change on same period last year+123.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£275£135
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£354
% change on same period last year-5.31 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.93£28.66
% change on same period last year+7.90 %
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads168170
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.265 %0.182 %
Daily rates quoted6933
Average minimum daily rate£313£334
Average daily rate£335£359
% change on same period last year-6.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£356£384
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£343
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted1842
Average minimum hourly rate£18.50£22.51
Average hourly rate£19.62£23.96
% change on same period last year-18.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.73£25.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.46£25.58
% change on same period last year-0.46 %
AS400 South EastAS400
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

AS400
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing AS400 across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Buckinghamshire AS400 Demand Trend

AS400
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire AS400 Daily Rate Trend

AS400
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton KeynesDown-32£263-
AS400 South EastAS400
South East

AS400
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

17 (53.85 %)MS Office
26 (46.15 %)IBM
35 (38.46 %)Retail
35 (38.46 %)iSeries
44 (30.77 %)Test Scripting
44 (30.77 %)QA
44 (30.77 %)Windows
44 (30.77 %)SQL
53 (23.08 %)Oracle
53 (23.08 %)MS Excel
53 (23.08 %)Microsoft
53 (23.08 %)French Language
53 (23.08 %)German Language
62 (15.38 %)Exchange Server 5.5
62 (15.38 %)Exchange Server 2003
62 (15.38 %)EDIFACT
62 (15.38 %)FirePass
62 (15.38 %)Blue Coat
62 (15.38 %)Active Directory
62 (15.38 %)Citrix
62 (15.38 %)JD Edwards
62 (15.38 %)RACF
62 (15.38 %)MIMEsweeper
62 (15.38 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
62 (15.38 %)TCP/IP
62 (15.38 %)EDI
62 (15.38 %)ERP
62 (15.38 %)MS Exchange
62 (15.38 %)RPG
62 (15.38 %)AIX

AS400
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (15.38 %)XML
12 (15.38 %)EDI
12 (15.38 %)EDIFACT
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (15.38 %)MS Exchange
12 (15.38 %)Exchange Server 5.5
12 (15.38 %)Exchange Server 2003
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (53.85 %)MS Office
23 (23.08 %)MS Excel
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (7.692 %)Movex
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (15.38 %)TCP/IP
12 (15.38 %)FirePass
21 (7.692 %)FTP
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (7.692 %)Bugzilla
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (38.46 %)Retail
21 (7.692 %)Auditing
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (46.15 %)Analyst
23 (23.08 %)Test Engineer
32 (15.38 %)Helpdesk Support
32 (15.38 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
32 (15.38 %)Software Test Engineer
32 (15.38 %)Software Engineer
32 (15.38 %)Support Analyst
32 (15.38 %)Helpdesk Analyst
41 (7.692 %)Administrator
41 (7.692 %)Security Analyst
41 (7.692 %)Test Analyst
41 (7.692 %)Consultant
41 (7.692 %)Systems Administrator
41 (7.692 %)Business Analyst
41 (7.692 %)Tester
41 (7.692 %)EDI Analyst
41 (7.692 %)IT Business Analyst
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (38.46 %)iSeries
23 (23.08 %)French Language
23 (23.08 %)German Language
31 (7.692 %)Italian Language
31 (7.692 %)Spanish Language
31 (7.692 %)EPoS
31 (7.692 %)Mainframe
31 (7.692 %)Management Information System
31 (7.692 %)Dutch Language
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (30.77 %)Windows
22 (15.38 %)AIX
22 (15.38 %)Windows 2000
22 (15.38 %)UNIX
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (30.77 %)Test Scripting
22 (15.38 %)ERP
31 (7.692 %)Business Intelligence
31 (7.692 %)B2B
31 (7.692 %)PRINCE
31 (7.692 %)Project Management
31 (7.692 %)Data Security
31 (7.692 %)E-Commerce
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (30.77 %)SQL
22 (15.38 %)RPG
31 (7.692 %)Java
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (30.77 %)QA
22 (15.38 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (15.38 %)Active Directory
12 (15.38 %)RACF
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (15.38 %)MIMEsweeper
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (46.15 %)IBM
23 (23.08 %)Microsoft
23 (23.08 %)Oracle
32 (15.38 %)JD Edwards
32 (15.38 %)Blue Coat
32 (15.38 %)Citrix
41 (7.692 %)Baan