The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term AS400 in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited AS400 over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Cardiff 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM AS/400
Rank 25 18 11
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -7
Contract jobs citing AS400 6 16 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 2.885% 7.805% 9.705%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.53% 39.02% 29.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 15
Average daily rate £388 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.12% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £260 £98
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £375 £300
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £27.75 £30.75
% change year-on-year
-51.35% -9.75%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
57 41 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 27.40% 20.00% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 16 49
Average daily rate £325 £425 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.52% +13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £189
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
Average hourly rate - £14.00 £14.35
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.40%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
AS400
South Wales

AS400
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff AS400 Daily Rate Trend

AS400
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 21 (87.50%) Finance
2 16 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 15 (62.50%) Project Management
4 13 (54.17%) MS Project
5 12 (50.00%) MS Office
6 10 (41.67%) Banking
7 9 (37.50%) iSeries
8 8 (33.33%) TestDirector
8 8 (33.33%) UML
8 8 (33.33%) OO
9 7 (29.17%) RPG
9 7 (29.17%) DB2
9 7 (29.17%) IBM
9 7 (29.17%) Degree
10 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (25.00%) OS/400
11 5 (20.83%) SLA
11 5 (20.83%) Shell Script
11 5 (20.83%) IIS
11 5 (20.83%) COBOL
11 5 (20.83%) UNIX
11 5 (20.83%) Windows
11 5 (20.83%) WebSphere
12 4 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
12 4 (16.67%) Risk Analysis
12 4 (16.67%) Network Architecture
12 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
13 3 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
13 3 (12.50%) .NET
13 3 (12.50%) J2EE

AS400
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 5 (20.83%) WebSphere
2 3 (12.50%) .NET
2 3 (12.50%) J2EE
3 1 (4.167%) COM
Application Platforms
1 5 (20.83%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (54.17%) MS Project
2 12 (50.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (8.333%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (29.17%) DB2
2 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 2 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (8.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (8.333%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 2 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (8.333%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (8.333%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (8.333%) DTS
3 2 (8.333%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (8.333%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 8 (33.33%) TestDirector
General
1 21 (87.50%) Finance
2 10 (41.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (62.50%) Analyst
2 10 (41.67%) Support Analyst
2 10 (41.67%) Applications Support
2 10 (41.67%) Applications Support Analyst
3 5 (20.83%) Project Manager
4 4 (16.67%) AS400 Support
4 4 (16.67%) Business Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) SQL DBA
5 2 (8.333%) SQL Server DBA
5 2 (8.333%) DBA
5 2 (8.333%) Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) AS400 Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Banking Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (37.50%) iSeries
2 2 (8.333%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 6 (25.00%) OS/400
2 5 (20.83%) UNIX
2 5 (20.83%) Windows
3 2 (8.333%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (62.50%) Project Management
2 8 (33.33%) UML
2 8 (33.33%) OO
3 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
4 4 (16.67%) Risk Analysis
4 4 (16.67%) Network Architecture
5 3 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (12.50%) Content Management
5 3 (12.50%) Business Analysis
6 2 (8.333%) Kimball Methodology
6 2 (8.333%) ETL
6 2 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) RPG
2 5 (20.83%) Shell Script
2 5 (20.83%) COBOL
3 2 (8.333%) RPG IV
3 2 (8.333%) SQL
3 2 (8.333%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.83%) SLA
Vendors
1 16 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (29.17%) IBM
3 3 (12.50%) Rackspace
4 2 (8.333%) Cognos
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