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The table below looks at the demand for IBM iSeries 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 iSeries over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 IBM iSeries
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank-77
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.556 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£356
% change on same period last year+6.83 %
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£37.64£35.33
% change on same period last year+6.54 %
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads128180
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.257 %0.225 %
Daily rates quoted4945
Average minimum daily rate£313£372
Average daily rate£332£393
% change on same period last year-15.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£351£413
UK excluding London average daily rate£342£351
% change on same period last year-2.62 %
Hourly rates quoted1928
Average minimum hourly rate£20.25£18.80
Average hourly rate£22.23£21.51
% change on same period last year+3.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.22£24.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.98£25.61
% change on same period last year+1.43 %
iSeries South EastiSeries
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.

iSeries
Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire iSeries Demand Trend

iSeries
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire iSeries Daily Rate Trend

iSeries
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire iSeries Hourly Rate Trend

iSeries
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

12 (100.00 %)IBM
12 (100.00 %)AS400
21 (50.00 %)Bugzilla
21 (50.00 %)Retail
21 (50.00 %)QA
21 (50.00 %)Test Scripting
21 (50.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)SQL

iSeries
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)Bugzilla
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Retail
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Software Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Test Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Software Test Engineer
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (100.00 %)AS400
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Test Scripting
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)Java
11 (50.00 %)SQL
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (50.00 %)QA
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)IBM