The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term AS400 in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited AS400 over the 3 months to 20 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Somerset 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM AS/400
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing AS400 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 2.717% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.259% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £240 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £375 £314
% change year-on-year
-17.33% +19.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £30.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £40.00 £40.75
% change year-on-year
-63.75% -1.84%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
54 25 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 29.35% 14.71% 13.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 9
Average daily rate £240 £295 £230
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.64% +28.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £235 £115
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £425 £330
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £343 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.18% +0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 5
Average hourly rate £10.00 £22.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-54.54% +46.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £24.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-8.16% -9.25%
AS400
South West

AS400
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing AS400 across the Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Somerset AS400 Jobs Demand Trend

AS400
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing AS400 across the Somerset region.

Somerset AS400 Daily Rate Trend

AS400
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing AS400 across the Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 20 May 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
Taunton - 4 £240 -
AS400
South West

AS400
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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.

1 2 (40.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
1 2 (40.00%) JMS
1 2 (40.00%) XML
2 1 (20.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (20.00%) OS/400
2 1 (20.00%) EPoS
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) WebLogic
2 1 (20.00%) RPG
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Yantra
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Time Management

AS400
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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.

Application Development
1 2 (40.00%) XML
1 2 (40.00%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) WebLogic
General
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) AS400 Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (20.00%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) OS/400
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Project Management
1 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) RPG
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Yantra