The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term iSeries 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 iSeries 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 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM iSeries
Rank 32 36 36
Rank change year-on-year
+4 0
Contract jobs citing iSeries 5 6 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 1.592% 1.511% 3.008%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.065% 7.792% 14.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 8
Average daily rate £375 £425 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% +17.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £282 £425 £88
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £323 £375
% change year-on-year
+16.27% -14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.25 £27.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-15.45% -19.11%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
62 77 85
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 19.75% 19.40% 21.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 32 48
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
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 £343 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.18% +0.73%
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 £22.50 £24.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-8.16% -9.25%
iSeries
Wales

iSeries
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South Wales iSeries Daily Rate Histogram

iSeries
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing iSeries within the South Wales 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
Cardiff +3 4 £375 -11.76%
iSeries
Wales

iSeries
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 11 (73.33%) Finance
2 10 (66.67%) IBM
3 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (60.00%) AS400
4 8 (53.33%) UNIX
4 8 (53.33%) COBOL
4 8 (53.33%) RPG
4 8 (53.33%) IIS
4 8 (53.33%) MS Office
4 8 (53.33%) WebSphere
4 8 (53.33%) Shell Script
4 8 (53.33%) Project Management
5 7 (46.67%) Windows
5 7 (46.67%) OS/400
6 6 (40.00%) DB2
6 6 (40.00%) Banking
7 5 (33.33%) SQL Server
7 5 (33.33%) MS Project
7 5 (33.33%) TestDirector
7 5 (33.33%) AIX
7 5 (33.33%) UML
7 5 (33.33%) OO
8 4 (26.67%) SLA
8 4 (26.67%) Degree
8 4 (26.67%) Rackspace
8 4 (26.67%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (13.33%) SQL
10 1 (6.667%) XML
10 1 (6.667%) ERP
10 1 (6.667%) Manufacturing

iSeries
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 8 (53.33%) WebSphere
2 1 (6.667%) XML
Application Platforms
1 8 (53.33%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (53.33%) MS Office
2 5 (33.33%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (40.00%) DB2
2 5 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (33.33%) TestDirector
General
1 11 (73.33%) Finance
2 6 (40.00%) Banking
3 1 (6.667%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (80.00%) Analyst
2 11 (73.33%) Support Analyst
2 11 (73.33%) Applications Support
2 11 (73.33%) Applications Support Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) AS400 Support
4 1 (6.667%) RPG Developer
4 1 (6.667%) Windows Support Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Programmer
4 1 (6.667%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (60.00%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 8 (53.33%) UNIX
2 7 (46.67%) Windows
2 7 (46.67%) OS/400
3 5 (33.33%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Project Management
2 5 (33.33%) UML
2 5 (33.33%) OO
3 4 (26.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (6.667%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) COBOL
1 8 (53.33%) RPG
1 8 (53.33%) Shell Script
2 2 (13.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) IBM
2 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (26.67%) Rackspace