The first table below looks at the demand for i5/OS skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited i5/OS 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 of the Operating Systems 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 i5/OS
Rank - - 570
Contract jobs citing i5/OS 0 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England - - 0.004%
As % of the Operating Systems category - - 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Operating Systems
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
8967 10980 11886
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 21.57% 20.58% 21.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 4854 5639 5947
Average daily rate £370 £360 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.77% -4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £200 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 933 1096 1187
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.40 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.50 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
i5/OS
UK

i5/OS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing i5/OS across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

England i5/OS Jobs Demand Trend

i5/OS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing i5/OS across the England region.

England i5/OS Daily Rate Trend

i5/OS
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing i5/OS 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 i5/OS.

1 2 (100.00%) IBM
1 2 (100.00%) iSeries
2 1 (50.00%) DB2
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) AS400
2 1 (50.00%) Wealth Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Management

i5/OS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing i5/OS 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 i5/OS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) DB2
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Linux Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) iSeries
2 1 (50.00%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Wealth Management
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) IBM