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The table below looks at the demand for IBM AS/400 skills within the Scotland 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM AS/400
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank90119
Rank change on same period last yearUp+29
Matching contract IT job ads35
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.005 %
As % of the category below1.382 %1.259 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£369
% change on same period last year-13.11 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.84£30.39
% change on same period last year+8.08 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads217397
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.349 %0.426 %
Daily rates quoted5180
Average minimum daily rate£276£346
Average daily rate£287£366
% change on same period last year-21.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£299£385
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£345
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted2344
Average minimum hourly rate£21.79£16.85
Average hourly rate£23.27£17.74
% change on same period last year+31.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.75£18.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.41£25.59
% change on same period last year-0.69 %
AS400 UKAS400
UK

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland AS400 Hourly Rate Trend

AS400
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AS400 within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
GlasgowNew entry-3--
AS400 UKAS400
UK

AS400
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

110 (62.50 %)Finance
29 (56.25 %)RPG
36 (37.50 %)COBOL
36 (37.50 %)Mainframe
44 (25.00 %)zOS
53 (18.75 %)Solaris
53 (18.75 %)SQL
53 (18.75 %)IBM
53 (18.75 %)iSeries
53 (18.75 %)Tandem
62 (12.50 %)Banking
62 (12.50 %)MQSeries
71 (6.250 %)Sun
71 (6.250 %)RDF
71 (6.250 %)SunGard
71 (6.250 %)EMC
71 (6.250 %)SAN
71 (6.250 %)VERITAS
71 (6.250 %)J2EE
71 (6.250 %)Oracle
71 (6.250 %)SQL Server
71 (6.250 %)AIX
71 (6.250 %)Retail
71 (6.250 %)Construction
71 (6.250 %)Health
71 (6.250 %)Legal
71 (6.250 %)Clustering
71 (6.250 %)Investment Banking
71 (6.250 %)Insurance
71 (6.250 %)Marketing

AS400
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (6.250 %)J2EE
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (12.50 %)MQSeries
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (6.250 %)SunGard GMI
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (6.250 %)SAN
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (6.250 %)SQL Server
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (62.50 %)Finance
22 (12.50 %)Banking
31 (6.250 %)Retail
31 (6.250 %)Investment Banking
31 (6.250 %)Insurance
31 (6.250 %)Marketing
31 (6.250 %)Construction
31 (6.250 %)Health
31 (6.250 %)Legal
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (43.75 %)Programmer
25 (31.25 %)Developer
25 (31.25 %)Analyst
25 (31.25 %)Analyst Programmer
25 (31.25 %)AS400 Developer
34 (25.00 %)AS400 Analyst Programmer
43 (18.75 %)Team Leader
43 (18.75 %)Mainframe Developer
51 (6.250 %)RPG Developer
51 (6.250 %)Capacity Planner
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (37.50 %)Mainframe
23 (18.75 %)Tandem
23 (18.75 %)iSeries
31 (6.250 %)Clustering
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (25.00 %)zOS
23 (18.75 %)Solaris
31 (6.250 %)AIX
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (6.250 %)RDF
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (56.25 %)RPG
26 (37.50 %)COBOL
33 (18.75 %)SQL
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (18.75 %)IBM
21 (6.250 %)Sun
21 (6.250 %)SunGard
21 (6.250 %)EMC
21 (6.250 %)VERITAS
21 (6.250 %)Oracle