The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term AS400 in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited AS400 over the 3 months to 17 May 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 England 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM AS/400
Rank 441 427 382
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -45
Contract jobs citing AS400 69 131 196
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.166% 0.246% 0.347%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.619% 0.971% 1.185%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 55 106
Average daily rate £425 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £234 £225 £231
10% offered a daily rate of more than £610 £540 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £338 £313
% change year-on-year
-8.14% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 4
Average hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.50% +15.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £20.40 £21.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.40 £48.40 £43.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £40.00 £40.75
% change year-on-year
-63.75% -1.84%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
11144 13491 16543
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 26.81% 25.29% 29.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 6882 8110 9959
Average daily rate £443 £430 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.90% -18.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £260 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £601 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 496 619 691
Average hourly rate £24.00 £23.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.34% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.31
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
AS400
UK

AS400
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England AS400 Daily Rate Trend

AS400
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing AS400 across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England AS400 Daily Rate Histogram

AS400
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England AS400 Hourly Rate Trend

AS400
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing AS400 across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England AS400 Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London -13 32 £475 +20.63%
South East +15 19 £375 -11.76%
South West +31 8 £240 +26.31%
East Midlands -1 4 £258 -44.02%
North West +14 3 £225 +12.50%
Midlands +5 1 - -
Yorkshire -2 1 - -
AS400
UK

AS400
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 56 (38.10%) RPG
2 47 (31.97%) iSeries
3 40 (27.21%) Banking
4 27 (18.37%) IBM
5 26 (17.69%) RPG IV
6 25 (17.01%) Finance
7 21 (14.29%) Mainframe
8 17 (11.56%) Misys
8 17 (11.56%) SQL
8 17 (11.56%) Misys Equation
9 15 (10.20%) WebSphere
10 14 (9.524%) Windows
10 14 (9.524%) WebSphere MQ
11 13 (8.844%) Migration
11 13 (8.844%) Java
11 13 (8.844%) Oracle
11 13 (8.844%) OS/400
12 12 (8.163%) Project Management
13 11 (7.483%) JD Edwards
13 11 (7.483%) Microsoft
13 11 (7.483%) DB2
13 11 (7.483%) PDM
14 10 (6.803%) Private Banking
14 10 (6.803%) Online Banking
14 10 (6.803%) SAP
14 10 (6.803%) UNIX
15 9 (6.122%) Lotus Notes
15 9 (6.122%) COBOL
15 9 (6.122%) Lotus
15 9 (6.122%) Investment Banking

AS400
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 15 (10.20%) WebSphere
2 6 (4.082%) Middleware
3 5 (3.401%) .NET
4 4 (2.721%) XML
5 2 (1.361%) ODBC
5 2 (1.361%) JMS
5 2 (1.361%) Synon Analyst Programmer
6 1 (0.680%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (0.680%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 14 (9.524%) WebSphere MQ
2 9 (6.122%) Lotus Notes
3 8 (5.442%) MSMQ
3 8 (5.442%) IIS
3 8 (5.442%) Adobe CQ
4 5 (3.401%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.361%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.680%) TIBCO EMS
6 1 (0.680%) CICS
6 1 (0.680%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.680%) MQSeries
Applications
1 8 (5.442%) MS Excel
2 6 (4.082%) MS Office
3 4 (2.721%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.680%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 17 (11.56%) Misys Equation
2 8 (5.442%) Misys Midas
3 4 (2.721%) SunGard GMI
4 3 (2.041%) INSURE/90
4 3 (2.041%) JDE World
5 2 (1.361%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (1.361%) Line 50
6 1 (0.680%) SAP SD
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.721%) SAN
2 3 (2.041%) LAN
2 3 (2.041%) WAN
3 1 (0.680%) FTP
3 1 (0.680%) HTTP
3 1 (0.680%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.483%) DB2
2 6 (4.082%) Oracle 8/8i
3 4 (2.721%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.041%) MySQL
5 1 (0.680%) GIS
5 1 (0.680%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.680%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 3 (2.041%) Synon
General
1 40 (27.21%) Banking
2 25 (17.01%) Finance
3 10 (6.803%) Private Banking
4 9 (6.122%) Investment Banking
5 7 (4.762%) Manufacturing
6 6 (4.082%) Retail
7 4 (2.721%) Retail Banking
8 2 (1.361%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.680%) Back Office
9 1 (0.680%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 42 (28.57%) Developer
2 38 (25.85%) Analyst
3 29 (19.73%) Programmer
4 16 (10.88%) AS400 Developer
5 14 (9.524%) Analyst Programmer
6 12 (8.163%) Project Manager
7 10 (6.803%) RPG Developer
8 8 (5.442%) Test Analyst
9 7 (4.762%) AS400 Analyst Programmer
10 6 (4.082%) Technical Manager
10 6 (4.082%) Systems Analyst
10 6 (4.082%) Consultant
10 6 (4.082%) Technical Project Manager
10 6 (4.082%) DBA
11 5 (3.401%) Tester
12 4 (2.721%) COBOL Developer
12 4 (2.721%) RPG Programmer
12 4 (2.721%) COBOL Analyst Programmer
12 4 (2.721%) COBOL Programmer
12 4 (2.721%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 47 (31.97%) iSeries
2 21 (14.29%) Mainframe
3 10 (6.803%) Online Banking
4 2 (1.361%) PaaS
5 1 (0.680%) SaaS
5 1 (0.680%) IBM Mainframe
5 1 (0.680%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.680%) EPoS
5 1 (0.680%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.680%) Replication
5 1 (0.680%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 14 (9.524%) Windows
2 13 (8.844%) OS/400
3 10 (6.803%) UNIX
4 9 (6.122%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (4.762%) Linux
6 6 (4.082%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (3.401%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (2.721%) AIX
9 3 (2.041%) Windows 2000
9 3 (2.041%) Windows XP
9 3 (2.041%) Windows 7
9 3 (2.041%) Windows CE
9 3 (2.041%) Windows Mobile
9 3 (2.041%) Windows Vista
10 2 (1.361%) Windows NT
10 2 (1.361%) Solaris
11 1 (0.680%) NetWare
11 1 (0.680%) OS/390
11 1 (0.680%) i5/OS
11 1 (0.680%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (8.844%) Migration
2 12 (8.163%) Project Management
3 11 (7.483%) PDM
4 6 (4.082%) ERP
4 6 (4.082%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (4.082%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (2.721%) ITIL
5 4 (2.721%) Matrix Management
5 4 (2.721%) Test Scripting
6 3 (2.041%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (2.041%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (2.041%) Systems Analysis
6 3 (2.041%) Business Continuity
7 2 (1.361%) Change Management
7 2 (1.361%) RAD
7 2 (1.361%) Resource Management
7 2 (1.361%) Waterfall
7 2 (1.361%) Test Strategy
7 2 (1.361%) Web Testing
8 1 (0.680%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 56 (38.10%) RPG
2 26 (17.69%) RPG IV
3 17 (11.56%) SQL
4 13 (8.844%) Java
5 9 (6.122%) COBOL
6 3 (2.041%) RPG III
6 3 (2.041%) RPG/400
6 3 (2.041%) C
7 2 (1.361%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.680%) C++
8 1 (0.680%) Perl
8 1 (0.680%) PHP
8 1 (0.680%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.680%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (5.442%) DV Cleared
1 8 (5.442%) Security Cleared
2 2 (1.361%) ISEB
3 1 (0.680%) CISSP
3 1 (0.680%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (0.680%) PMP
3 1 (0.680%) PMI Certification
3 1 (0.680%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.361%) SLA
1 2 (1.361%) QA
System Software
1 5 (3.401%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.041%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.041%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.680%) RACF
Systems Management
1 4 (2.721%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (1.361%) WSUS
2 2 (1.361%) Tivoli
3 1 (0.680%) BMC PATROL
3 1 (0.680%) MAINVIEW
3 1 (0.680%) Control-M
3 1 (0.680%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 27 (18.37%) IBM
2 17 (11.56%) Misys
3 13 (8.844%) Oracle
4 11 (7.483%) Microsoft
4 11 (7.483%) JD Edwards
5 10 (6.803%) SAP
6 9 (6.122%) Lotus
7 6 (4.082%) Cognos
8 5 (3.401%) Red Hat
9 4 (2.721%) SunGard
10 3 (2.041%) Citrix
10 3 (2.041%) VMware
11 2 (1.361%) Yantra
11 2 (1.361%) Sage
11 2 (1.361%) Baan
11 2 (1.361%) HP
12 1 (0.680%) Compaq
12 1 (0.680%) EMC
12 1 (0.680%) Sybase
12 1 (0.680%) Business Objects
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