iSeries Contract Job Trends in Kent

IBM iSeries
South East > Kent

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term iSeries in contract job vacancies in Kent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited iSeries over the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing iSeries 0 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Kent - - 1.83%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - 5.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate £475 - -

All Generic Skills
Kent

iSeries falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 57 50 78
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 24.68% 43.48% 35.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 42 45
10th Percentile £153 £160 -
25th Percentile £155 £194 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £220 £333
Median % change year-on-year +98.86% -33.83% -1.48%
75th Percentile £462 £469 £394
90th Percentile £578 £582 £534
South East median daily rate £500 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 16
10th Percentile £20.63 - £23.35
25th Percentile - - £43.97
Median hourly rate £22.50 - £70.32
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.74%
75th Percentile - - £75.16
90th Percentile £54.25 - -
South East median hourly rate £67.50 £41.00 £51.00
% change year-on-year +64.63% -19.61% -4.56%

iSeries
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing iSeries relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent.

iSeries job vacancy trend in Kent

iSeries
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing iSeries.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing iSeries