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This section looks at the demand for IBM AS/400 skills within the Home Counties 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM AS/400
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank615
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads913
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.013 %
As % of the category below37.50 %48.15 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£375
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£342£344
% change on same period last year-0.62 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00-
Average hourly rate£15.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£15.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.04£28.96
% change on same period last year-23.89 %
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Home Counties
Matching contract IT job ads2427
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.032 %0.027 %
Daily rates quoted43
Average minimum daily rate£228£375
Average daily rate£228£388
% change on same period last year-41.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£228£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£353
% change on same period last year-0.63 %
Hourly rates quoted43
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£29.00
Average hourly rate£15.00£32.83
% change on same period last year-54.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate£15.00£36.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.01£28.53
% change on same period last year-12.34 %
AS400 South EastAS400
South East

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

Home Counties AS400 Demand Trend

AS400
Daily Rate Trend

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

Home Counties AS400 Daily Rate Trend

AS400
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Home Counties AS400 Hourly Rate Trend

AS400
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing AS400 across the Home Counties region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Home Counties AS400 Hourly Rate Histogram

AS400
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

15 (50.00 %)Microsoft
22 (20.00 %)Finance
22 (20.00 %)Geac
22 (20.00 %)Infor
31 (10.00 %)Mainframe
31 (10.00 %)COBOL
31 (10.00 %)Windows
31 (10.00 %)Windows XP
31 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
31 (10.00 %)IBM

AS400
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (20.00 %)Finance
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (50.00 %)AS400 Operator
24 (40.00 %)Analyst
32 (20.00 %)Systems Analyst
32 (20.00 %)Support Analyst
32 (20.00 %)AS400 Support
41 (10.00 %)Developer
41 (10.00 %)Technical Support Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Technical Analyst
41 (10.00 %)COBOL Developer
41 (10.00 %)Technical Support
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)Mainframe
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (10.00 %)Windows
11 (10.00 %)Windows XP
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (10.00 %)COBOL
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (50.00 %)Microsoft
22 (20.00 %)Geac
22 (20.00 %)Infor
31 (10.00 %)IBM