England AS400 Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for IBM AS/400 skills within the England 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IBM AS/400
Location Barking Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cheshire City of London Coventry Crawley Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England England Essex Glasgow Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Kent Leatherhead Leeds London Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes North East North West Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Romford Scotland Sittingbourne Slough South Coast South East South West Southampton Staffordshire Stevenage Surrey Sussex UK Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	329	266
Rank change on same period last year	-63
Matching contract IT job ads	247	494
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.351 %	0.499 %
As % of the category below	1.745 %	2.477 %
Daily rates quoted	65	69
Average minimum daily rate	£372	£367
Average daily rate	£390	£381
% change on same period last year	+2.39 %
Average maximum daily rate	£409	£396
UK excluding London average daily rate	£366	£322
% change on same period last year	+13.70 %
Hourly rates quoted	41	58
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.43	£24.24
Average hourly rate	£33.42	£25.09
% change on same period last year	+33.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.40	£25.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.77	£26.39
% change on same period last year	+5.23 %
Miscellaneous England
Matching contract IT job ads	14156	19943
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	20.12 %	20.14 %
Daily rates quoted	5551	7141
Average minimum daily rate	£438	£467
Average daily rate	£471	£500
% change on same period last year	-5.88 %
Average maximum daily rate	£504	£534
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£345
% change on same period last year	+1.10 %
Hourly rates quoted	1125	1582
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.19	£24.20
Average hourly rate	£26.11	£26.08
% change on same period last year	+0.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.03	£27.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.85	£26.56
% change on same period last year	-6.42 %
AS400 UK

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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing AS400 across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing AS400 across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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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 England region over the 3 months to 7 October 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.

Location	Rank 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
London	+33	99	£418	-9.80 %
South East	-34	57	£387	+20.93 %
West Midlands	+3	25	£353	+9.38 %
Midlands	+26	14	£369	+207.29 %
North West	+14	13	£315	-8.25 %
Yorkshire	-20	13	-	-
East of England	+4	7	-	-
East Midlands	-9	6	£350	-
South West	0	4	£240	+10.09 %
North East	+6	2	-	-
South Coast	+4	2	£363	-19.44 %

AS400 UK

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 156 (27.56 %) RPG 2 124 (21.91 %) Finance 3 95 (16.78 %) SQL 4 81 (14.31 %) Windows 5 76 (13.43 %) IBM 6 67 (11.84 %) UNIX 7 66 (11.66 %) Microsoft 8 56 (9.894 %) DB2 9 55 (9.717 %) Mainframe 10 49 (8.657 %) Oracle 11 48 (8.481 %) Java 12 40 (7.067 %) JD Edwards 13 38 (6.714 %) Banking 13 38 (6.714 %) Retail 13 38 (6.714 %) WebSphere

14 37 (6.537 %) MS Office 15 35 (6.184 %) Insurance 16 34 (6.007 %) IBM Mainframe 17 31 (5.477 %) Active Directory 18 30 (5.300 %) COBOL 19 27 (4.770 %) VB 20 26 (4.594 %) Windows XP 21 25 (4.417 %) ERP 21 25 (4.417 %) J2EE 22 24 (4.240 %) Project Management 22 24 (4.240 %) SAP 23 23 (4.064 %) Synon 24 22 (3.887 %) EDI 24 22 (3.887 %) .NET 24 22 (3.887 %) SQL Server

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 38 (6.714 %) WebSphere 2 25 (4.417 %) J2EE 3 22 (3.887 %) .NET 3 22 (3.887 %) EDI 4 17 (3.004 %) HTML 5 14 (2.473 %) XML 6 9 (1.590 %) ASP 7 7 (1.237 %) JSP 7 7 (1.237 %) Middleware 7 7 (1.237 %) EDIFACT 8 5 (0.883 %) CGI 9 4 (0.707 %) JDBC 9 4 (0.707 %) JSF 9 4 (0.707 %) Servlets 9 4 (0.707 %) EJB 9 4 (0.707 %) XSLT 10 3 (0.530 %) JMS 10 3 (0.530 %) CSS 10 3 (0.530 %) AJAX 10 3 (0.530 %) Hibernate	Application Platforms 1 19 (3.357 %) MQSeries 2 14 (2.473 %) Lotus Notes 3 12 (2.120 %) CICS 4 10 (1.767 %) MS Exchange 5 8 (1.413 %) WebSphere Application Server 5 8 (1.413 %) WebSphere MQ 6 6 (1.060 %) Apache 7 3 (0.530 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 7 3 (0.530 %) ESB 7 3 (0.530 %) IIS 7 3 (0.530 %) JBoss 7 3 (0.530 %) SharePoint 8 2 (0.353 %) WPS 8 2 (0.353 %) Exchange Server 5.5 8 2 (0.353 %) Exchange Server 2003 8 2 (0.353 %) FormScape 8 2 (0.353 %) WebSphere Message Broker 9 1 (0.177 %) IBM HTTP Server 9 1 (0.177 %) GroupWise 9 1 (0.177 %) BizTalk Server
Applications 1 37 (6.537 %) MS Office 2 13 (2.297 %) MS Excel 3 12 (2.120 %) MS Visio 4 6 (1.060 %) MS Project 5 3 (0.530 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 14 (2.473 %) JDE OneWorld 2 13 (2.297 %) Misys Midas 3 10 (1.767 %) Movex 4 9 (1.590 %) INSURE/90 5 4 (0.707 %) BASE24 6 3 (0.530 %) Hyperion Enterprise 6 3 (0.530 %) SunGard GMI 6 3 (0.530 %) JDE EnterpriseOne 7 2 (0.353 %) Cognos Business Intelligence 7 2 (0.353 %) SAP FI 8 1 (0.177 %) Dynamics AX 8 1 (0.177 %) Axapta 8 1 (0.177 %) SAP SD 8 1 (0.177 %) SAP APO
Communications & Networking 1 13 (2.297 %) LAN 1 13 (2.297 %) TCP/IP 2 9 (1.590 %) FTP 3 7 (1.237 %) WAN 3 7 (1.237 %) Internet 4 6 (1.060 %) VPN 5 5 (0.883 %) DNS 6 4 (0.707 %) Firewall 7 3 (0.530 %) Ethernet 7 3 (0.530 %) SNA 8 2 (0.353 %) HTTP 8 2 (0.353 %) SNMP 8 2 (0.353 %) LDAP 8 2 (0.353 %) FirePass 9 1 (0.177 %) Wi-Fi 9 1 (0.177 %) 3G 9 1 (0.177 %) Bluetooth 9 1 (0.177 %) DHCP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 56 (9.894 %) DB2 2 22 (3.887 %) SQL Server 3 8 (1.413 %) Datawarehouse 4 4 (0.707 %) SQL Server 2005 5 3 (0.530 %) BusinessObjects 6 2 (0.353 %) SQL Server Integration Services 6 2 (0.353 %) DTS 6 2 (0.353 %) MS Access 6 2 (0.353 %) Cognos Powerplay 7 1 (0.177 %) DB2 UDB 7 1 (0.177 %) BusinessObjects XI 7 1 (0.177 %) IDMS 7 1 (0.177 %) Reference Data 7 1 (0.177 %) SQL Server 2000 7 1 (0.177 %) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications 1 23 (4.064 %) Synon 2 13 (2.297 %) COOL2E 3 6 (1.060 %) ClearQuest 4 3 (0.530 %) Bugzilla 4 3 (0.530 %) PowerBuilder 4 3 (0.530 %) Eclipse 4 3 (0.530 %) TestDirector 5 2 (0.353 %) QuickTest Pro 6 1 (0.177 %) AllFusion 6 1 (0.177 %) XDE 6 1 (0.177 %) Advantage 2E 6 1 (0.177 %) Rational Rose	General 1 124 (21.91 %) Finance 2 38 (6.714 %) Banking 2 38 (6.714 %) Retail 3 35 (6.184 %) Insurance 4 22 (3.887 %) Manufacturing 5 17 (3.004 %) Investment Banking 6 16 (2.827 %) General Ledger 7 12 (2.120 %) Back Office 8 8 (1.413 %) Front Office 8 8 (1.413 %) Health 9 7 (1.237 %) Billing 9 7 (1.237 %) Telecoms 10 4 (0.707 %) Financial Institution 10 4 (0.707 %) Automotive 10 4 (0.707 %) FMCG 10 4 (0.707 %) Pensions 11 3 (0.530 %) Government 11 3 (0.530 %) Legal 12 1 (0.177 %) Local Government 12 1 (0.177 %) Education
Job Titles 1 219 (38.69 %) Analyst 2 87 (15.37 %) Programmer 3 85 (15.02 %) Developer 4 63 (11.13 %) Analyst Programmer 5 51 (9.011 %) AS400 Support 6 50 (8.834 %) AS400 Developer 7 44 (7.774 %) AS400 Analyst Programmer 8 43 (7.597 %) RPG Programmer 9 39 (6.890 %) Support Analyst 10 33 (5.830 %) AS400 Operator 11 30 (5.300 %) Systems Analyst 12 28 (4.947 %) Consultant 12 28 (4.947 %) RPG Developer 12 28 (4.947 %) RPG Analyst Programmer 13 25 (4.417 %) Business Analyst 14 22 (3.887 %) Architect 15 21 (3.710 %) Applications Support 16 18 (3.180 %) Project Manager 16 18 (3.180 %) Operations Analyst 17 17 (3.004 %) Tester	Miscellaneous 1 55 (9.717 %) Mainframe 2 34 (6.007 %) IBM Mainframe 3 10 (1.767 %) French Language 3 10 (1.767 %) German Language 4 9 (1.590 %) Derivative 4 9 (1.590 %) Replication 5 7 (1.237 %) Client/Server 6 3 (0.530 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 6 3 (0.530 %) Blackberry 6 3 (0.530 %) Japanese Language 7 2 (0.353 %) EPoS 7 2 (0.353 %) Fixed Income 7 2 (0.353 %) Tandem 7 2 (0.353 %) Interest Rate Derivative 7 2 (0.353 %) Statistics 7 2 (0.353 %) Management Information System 8 1 (0.177 %) Italian Language 8 1 (0.177 %) Data Protection Act 8 1 (0.177 %) Dutch Language 8 1 (0.177 %) VAX
Operating Systems 1 81 (14.31 %) Windows 2 67 (11.84 %) UNIX 3 26 (4.594 %) Windows XP 4 20 (3.534 %) Linux 5 19 (3.357 %) OS/400 6 17 (3.004 %) Solaris 7 16 (2.827 %) Windows 2000 8 15 (2.650 %) AIX 9 9 (1.590 %) MVS 9 9 (1.590 %) Windows Server 2003 10 8 (1.413 %) HPUX 11 6 (1.060 %) zOS 12 5 (0.883 %) Windows NT 13 2 (0.353 %) VMS 13 2 (0.353 %) OpenVMS 13 2 (0.353 %) OS/390 13 2 (0.353 %) Windows 2000 Server 14 1 (0.177 %) Red Hat Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 25 (4.417 %) ERP 2 24 (4.240 %) Project Management 3 16 (2.827 %) PRINCE2 3 16 (2.827 %) Test Scripting 4 14 (2.473 %) Migration 5 12 (2.120 %) Business Analysis 6 11 (1.943 %) System Testing 6 11 (1.943 %) Workflow 6 11 (1.943 %) Change Management 6 11 (1.943 %) UML 6 11 (1.943 %) PRINCE 7 10 (1.767 %) Business Intelligence 8 9 (1.590 %) Data Modelling 9 8 (1.413 %) Investment Management 9 8 (1.413 %) Enterprise Architecture 9 8 (1.413 %) Problem Management 10 7 (1.237 %) Logistics 10 7 (1.237 %) User Acceptance Testing 10 7 (1.237 %) E-Commerce 11 6 (1.060 %) B2B
Programming Languages 1 156 (27.56 %) RPG 2 95 (16.78 %) SQL 3 48 (8.481 %) Java 4 30 (5.300 %) COBOL 5 27 (4.770 %) VB 6 21 (3.710 %) C++ 7 19 (3.357 %) JCL 8 16 (2.827 %) JavaScript 9 13 (2.297 %) PL/1 10 10 (1.767 %) VC++ 11 5 (0.883 %) FoxPro (VFP) 11 5 (0.883 %) PowerHouse 12 3 (0.530 %) REXX 12 3 (0.530 %) C 13 2 (0.353 %) VBScript 14 1 (0.177 %) VB6 14 1 (0.177 %) VB.NET 14 1 (0.177 %) C# 14 1 (0.177 %) Perl 14 1 (0.177 %) Transact-SQL	Qualifications 1 6 (1.060 %) PRINCE2 Certification 1 6 (1.060 %) Degree 2 5 (0.883 %) ISEB 3 2 (0.353 %) ITIL Certification 4 1 (0.177 %) CISSP 4 1 (0.177 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 13 (2.297 %) QA 2 10 (1.767 %) SLA 3 7 (1.237 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 4 2 (0.353 %) Basel II 5 1 (0.177 %) ISO17799 5 1 (0.177 %) GLP 5 1 (0.177 %) PCI DSS	System Software 1 31 (5.477 %) Active Directory 2 5 (0.883 %) NetBackup 3 4 (0.707 %) RACF 4 3 (0.530 %) ISA Server 5 1 (0.177 %) MSMQ 5 1 (0.177 %) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management 1 19 (3.357 %) Tivoli 2 6 (1.060 %) OpenView 2 6 (1.060 %) AutoSys 3 5 (0.883 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 4 2 (0.353 %) MIMEsweeper 5 1 (0.177 %) MOM 5 1 (0.177 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 5 1 (0.177 %) Netcool 5 1 (0.177 %) Nagios 5 1 (0.177 %) ZENworks 5 1 (0.177 %) Unicenter	Vendors 1 76 (13.43 %) IBM 2 66 (11.66 %) Microsoft 3 49 (8.657 %) Oracle 4 40 (7.067 %) JD Edwards 5 24 (4.240 %) SAP 6 17 (3.004 %) HP 7 15 (2.650 %) Citrix 8 14 (2.473 %) Sybase 8 14 (2.473 %) Lotus 9 12 (2.120 %) Intel 10 9 (1.590 %) Cognos 10 9 (1.590 %) Sun 11 8 (1.413 %) Baan 11 8 (1.413 %) Geac 12 6 (1.060 %) Novell 13 5 (0.883 %) Remedy 14 4 (0.707 %) Unisys 14 4 (0.707 %) Infor 15 3 (0.530 %) LANDesk 15 3 (0.530 %) Cisco