The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term AS400 in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited AS400 over the 3 months to 21 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 South Wales 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM AS/400
Rank 24 25 30
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +5
Contract jobs citing AS400 11 19 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 3.385% 4.810% 4.250%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 16.42% 24.36% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 11
Average daily rate £375 £413 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £264 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £515 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £375 £315
% change year-on-year
-17.33% +19.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
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
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
67 78 85
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 20.62% 19.75% 21.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 32 48
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £105 £274
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £525 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 7
Average hourly rate £15.50 £14.00 £14.91
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.71% -6.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.10 £7.71
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £16.10 £22.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
AS400
Wales

AS400
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cardiff -1 11 £375 -9.09%
AS400
Wales

AS400
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 24 (88.89%) Finance
2 19 (70.37%) Microsoft
3 18 (66.67%) Project Management
4 13 (48.15%) MS Project
5 12 (44.44%) MS Office
6 10 (37.04%) Banking
7 9 (33.33%) iSeries
7 9 (33.33%) TestDirector
7 9 (33.33%) UML
7 9 (33.33%) OO
8 8 (29.63%) Degree
9 7 (25.93%) IBM
9 7 (25.93%) SQL Server
9 7 (25.93%) DB2
9 7 (25.93%) RPG
10 6 (22.22%) OS/400
11 5 (18.52%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (18.52%) UNIX
11 5 (18.52%) Windows
11 5 (18.52%) Cognos
11 5 (18.52%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (18.52%) DTS
11 5 (18.52%) ETL
11 5 (18.52%) SQL
11 5 (18.52%) T-SQL
11 5 (18.52%) IIS
11 5 (18.52%) SQL Server 2000
11 5 (18.52%) Shell Script
11 5 (18.52%) COBOL
11 5 (18.52%) SLA

AS400
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 5 (18.52%) WebSphere
2 4 (14.81%) .NET
2 4 (14.81%) J2EE
3 1 (3.704%) COM
Application Platforms
1 5 (18.52%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (48.15%) MS Project
2 12 (44.44%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.93%) SQL Server
1 7 (25.93%) DB2
2 5 (18.52%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (18.52%) DTS
2 5 (18.52%) SQL Server 2000
2 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 5 (18.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (18.52%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (18.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (18.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 5 (18.52%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (14.81%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 9 (33.33%) TestDirector
General
1 24 (88.89%) Finance
2 10 (37.04%) Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (59.26%) Analyst
2 10 (37.04%) Support Analyst
2 10 (37.04%) Applications Support
2 10 (37.04%) Applications Support Analyst
3 5 (18.52%) Business Analyst
3 5 (18.52%) DBA
4 4 (14.81%) AS400 Support
4 4 (14.81%) SQL Server DBA
4 4 (14.81%) SQL DBA
4 4 (14.81%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.407%) Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) AS400 Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Banking Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (33.33%) iSeries
2 5 (18.52%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 6 (22.22%) OS/400
2 5 (18.52%) UNIX
2 5 (18.52%) Windows
3 2 (7.407%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (66.67%) Project Management
2 9 (33.33%) UML
2 9 (33.33%) OO
3 5 (18.52%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (18.52%) ETL
3 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (18.52%) Kimball Methodology
4 4 (14.81%) Business Analysis
4 4 (14.81%) Content Management
5 3 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
5 3 (11.11%) Network Architecture
5 3 (11.11%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.93%) RPG
2 5 (18.52%) SQL
2 5 (18.52%) T-SQL
2 5 (18.52%) Shell Script
2 5 (18.52%) COBOL
3 2 (7.407%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 8 (29.63%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) SLA
Vendors
1 19 (70.37%) Microsoft
2 7 (25.93%) IBM
3 5 (18.52%) Cognos
4 3 (11.11%) Rackspace