iSeries Contracts in the City of London

IBM iSeries
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term iSeries in contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited iSeries over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 172 181
Rank change year-on-year +43 +9 -43
Contract jobs citing iSeries 1 1 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.046% 0.028% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.15% 0.079% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £650 £555
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £700 £560
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% -17.04%
75th Percentile - £750 £588
90th Percentile - - £675
Central London median daily rate - £700 £560
% change year-on-year - +25.00% -17.04%

All Generic Skills
City of London

iSeries is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 682 1,260 1,497
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 31.28% 35.28% 35.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 470 856 1,084
10th Percentile £263 £350 £410
25th Percentile £420 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.65% +4.59%
75th Percentile £700 £750 £700
90th Percentile £838 £857 £805
Central London median daily rate £575 £613 £575
% change year-on-year -6.12% +6.52% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 13 26
10th Percentile £12.75 £17.33 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.38 - £37.75
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £46.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -24.73% +190.17%
75th Percentile £27.25 £88.30 £61.00
90th Percentile £36.60 - £64.13
Central London median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £46.50
% change year-on-year -34.29% -24.73% +158.69%

iSeries
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing iSeries as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for iSeries in the City of London

iSeries
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing iSeries in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for iSeries in the City of London

iSeries
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing iSeries in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for iSeries in the City of London

iSeries
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) MQSeries
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) AS400 Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) RPG Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AS400
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (100.00%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) RPG
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Control-M
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM