The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term iSeries in IT contracts advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited iSeries over the 3 months to 19 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 Slough 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM iSeries
Rank 23 30 37
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +7
Contract jobs citing iSeries 13 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 5.350% 0.524% 0.313%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 24.53% 2.128% 1.389%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
Average daily rate £225 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £320 £348
% change year-on-year
+17.18% -7.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.25 - £23.00
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Slough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
53 47 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 21.81% 24.61% 22.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 22 31
Average daily rate £295 £325 £283
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.23% +15.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £230 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £428 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
Average hourly rate £162.50 £14.40 £13.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1028.47% +8.67%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
iSeries
Berkshire

iSeries
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough iSeries Daily Rate Trend

iSeries
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing iSeries across the Slough region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Slough iSeries Daily Rate Histogram

iSeries
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 16 (94.12%) RPG
2 14 (82.35%) WebSphere
3 12 (70.59%) Oracle
4 11 (64.71%) WebSphere MQ
4 11 (64.71%) RPG IV
5 10 (58.82%) IBM
6 9 (52.94%) .NET
6 9 (52.94%) SQL Server
6 9 (52.94%) XML
6 9 (52.94%) AS400
7 8 (47.06%) Finance
8 7 (41.18%) TOGAF
8 7 (41.18%) ERwin
8 7 (41.18%) DataStage
8 7 (41.18%) DB2
8 7 (41.18%) Problem Management
8 7 (41.18%) Web Application Development
9 6 (35.29%) Lean Six Sigma
9 6 (35.29%) Waterfall
9 6 (35.29%) ITIL
9 6 (35.29%) DSDM
9 6 (35.29%) Six Sigma
9 6 (35.29%) Automated Testing
9 6 (35.29%) Workflow
9 6 (35.29%) Oracle Workflow
10 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
10 5 (29.41%) TOAD
11 4 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
11 4 (23.53%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (23.53%) UNIX

iSeries
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 14 (82.35%) WebSphere
2 11 (64.71%) WebSphere MQ
3 9 (52.94%) .NET
3 9 (52.94%) XML
4 2 (11.76%) SOAP
4 2 (11.76%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 6 (35.29%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (17.65%) IBM Notes
3 2 (11.76%) MQSeries
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) MS PowerPoint
1 3 (17.65%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Misys Midas
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) FTP
1 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
1 2 (11.76%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (52.94%) SQL Server
2 7 (41.18%) DataStage
2 7 (41.18%) DB2
3 5 (29.41%) TOAD
4 4 (23.53%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (17.65%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 7 (41.18%) ERwin
General
1 8 (47.06%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) Developer
2 4 (23.53%) AS400 Developer
3 3 (17.65%) Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Test Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Applications Developer
3 3 (17.65%) RPG Developer
4 2 (11.76%) SAP Test Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) SAP Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Test Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Team Leader
4 2 (11.76%) Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) Test Manager
5 1 (5.882%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.882%) Applications Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) IT Architect
5 1 (5.882%) Senior Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (52.94%) AS400
2 4 (23.53%) Mainframe
3 2 (11.76%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) UNIX
1 4 (23.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) TOGAF
1 7 (41.18%) Problem Management
1 7 (41.18%) Web Application Development
2 6 (35.29%) Lean Six Sigma
2 6 (35.29%) Waterfall
2 6 (35.29%) ITIL
2 6 (35.29%) DSDM
2 6 (35.29%) Six Sigma
2 6 (35.29%) Automated Testing
2 6 (35.29%) Workflow
3 4 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (17.65%) UML
4 3 (17.65%) Zachman Framework
5 2 (11.76%) RUP
5 2 (11.76%) CRM
5 2 (11.76%) OOP
5 2 (11.76%) OO
5 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2
5 2 (11.76%) Service Management
5 2 (11.76%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 16 (94.12%) RPG
2 11 (64.71%) RPG IV
3 2 (11.76%) RPG/400
3 2 (11.76%) SQL
3 2 (11.76%) C#
3 2 (11.76%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (11.76%) IBM Certification
1 2 (11.76%) MCSD
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Oracle
2 10 (58.82%) IBM
3 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
4 4 (23.53%) SAP
5 3 (17.65%) Lotus
6 1 (5.882%) Empirix
Slough, Berkshire
o Comprehensive development expertise with IBM platforms iSeries, RPG 4, RPG ILE, Free Format, IBM WebSphere, DB2, MQ, o iSeries /AS400, RPG400, RPGLE, Midas, Embedded SQL, MQ Series,...
Avance Consulting
Posted: 12 June 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Core systems are based on iSeries, DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, WebSphere (MQ and DataStage), RPG & .NET... iSeries/zSeries, UNIX, Linux & corresponding applications & tools... Waterfall, Agile, TOGAF, Lean/Six...
SEC Recruitment Limited
Rate: £200 - £240 per annum + daily
Posted: 12 June 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Core systems are based on iSeries, DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, WebSphere (MQ and DataStage), RPG & .NET... iSeries/zSeries, UNIX, Linux & corresponding applications & tools... Waterfall, Agile, TOGAF, Lean/Six...
SEC Recruitment Limited
Rate: £220 - £230 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Solutions Architect; iSeries Legacy systems/IBM WebSphere Broker/TOGAF/Zachman Our client is a highly regarded global financial services company based just west of the M25 on the...
TD Group
Rate: Excellent rates will be paid to the right candidate.
Posted: 14 June 2013