The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term iSeries in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited iSeries over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Manchester 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM iSeries
Rank 69 - 66
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing iSeries 1 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.103% - 0.195%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.455% - 1.070%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £260
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £320 £345
% change year-on-year
+17.18% -7.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.25 - £22.75
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
220 246 187
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 22.63% 20.21% 18.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 93 82
Average daily rate £325 £301 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.97% +0.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £162 £192
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £438 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 20 25
Average hourly rate £13.75 £21.50 £11.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.04% +86.95%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.75 £17.80 £9.71
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.25 £35.34 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
iSeries
North West

iSeries
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester iSeries Hourly Rate Trend

iSeries
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing iSeries within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
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iSeries
North West

iSeries
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) RPG
3 1 (33.33%) DB2
3 1 (33.33%) UNIX
3 1 (33.33%) IBM
3 1 (33.33%) Intel
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) AS400
3 1 (33.33%) WebSphere
3 1 (33.33%) i5/OS

iSeries
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) WebSphere
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) DB2
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst Programmer
2 1 (33.33%) Programmer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Support
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst Developer
2 1 (33.33%) AS400 Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) UNIX
1 1 (33.33%) i5/OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) RPG
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) IBM
1 1 (33.33%) Intel
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