The first table below looks at the demand for OS/400 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OS/400 over the 3 months to 23 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 Oxfordshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM OS/400 (OS400)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing OS/400 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire - - -
As % of the Operating Systems category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £225 £375
% change year-on-year
+66.66% -40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Operating Systems
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
105 111 164
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 23.28% 17.85% 35.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 33 66
Average daily rate £305 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.15% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £225 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £380 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 27 37
Average hourly rate £14.63 £16.50 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.36% +13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.90 £11.50 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £23.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
OS/400
South East