The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term iSeries in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited iSeries 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 Essex 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 iSeries
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing iSeries 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £320 £375
% change year-on-year
+17.18% -14.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.25 £27.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-15.45% -19.11%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
112 86 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 27.52% 20.98% 23.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 42 42
Average daily rate £325 £250 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £110 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £465 £403
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 12 25
Average hourly rate £27.73 £17.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+63.11% -38.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £11.56 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £21.00 £32.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
iSeries
East of England

iSeries
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex iSeries Jobs Demand Trend

iSeries
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing iSeries across the Essex region.

Essex iSeries Daily Rate Trend

iSeries
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex iSeries Hourly Rate Trend

iSeries
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing iSeries 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 iSeries.

1 2 (100.00%) AS400
2 1 (50.00%) Web Testing
2 1 (50.00%) ISEB

iSeries
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing iSeries 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 iSeries. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) AS400
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Web Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB