The first table below looks at the demand for OS/400 skills 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 OS/400 over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Operating Systems 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM OS/400 (OS400)
Rank 42 40 44
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +4
Contract jobs citing OS/400 2 4 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 0.551% 1.015% 1.193%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.869% 5.000% 5.556%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
Average daily rate £388 £425 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.82% +13.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £255 £375
% change year-on-year
+47.05% -32.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Operating Systems
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
107 80 90
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 29.48% 20.30% 21.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 33 52
Average daily rate £313 £225 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+39.11% -33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £123 £200 £110
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 5
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +16.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
OS/400
Wales

OS/400
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing OS/400 across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

South Wales OS/400 Jobs Demand Trend

OS/400
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing OS/400 across the South Wales region.

South Wales OS/400 Daily Rate Trend

OS/400
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing OS/400 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 OS/400.

1 9 (100.00%) Finance
2 8 (88.89%) IBM
2 8 (88.89%) RPG
2 8 (88.89%) DB2
2 8 (88.89%) IIS
3 7 (77.78%) COBOL
3 7 (77.78%) UNIX
3 7 (77.78%) Shell Script
3 7 (77.78%) WebSphere
3 7 (77.78%) iSeries
4 6 (66.67%) AS400
4 6 (66.67%) Project Management
4 6 (66.67%) MS Office
4 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
5 5 (55.56%) TestDirector
5 5 (55.56%) UML
5 5 (55.56%) OO
5 5 (55.56%) MS Project
6 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
6 4 (44.44%) Degree
7 3 (33.33%) Banking
7 3 (33.33%) Windows
7 3 (33.33%) AIX
7 3 (33.33%) SLA
8 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (22.22%) Rackspace

OS/400
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing OS/400 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 OS/400. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (77.78%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 8 (88.89%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (66.67%) MS Office
2 5 (55.56%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (88.89%) DB2
2 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) TestDirector
General
1 9 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Analyst
2 7 (77.78%) Applications Support Analyst
2 7 (77.78%) Support Analyst
2 7 (77.78%) Applications Support
3 1 (11.11%) AS400 Support
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst Programmer
3 1 (11.11%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) iSeries
2 6 (66.67%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) UNIX
2 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Project Management
2 5 (55.56%) UML
2 5 (55.56%) OO
3 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) RPG
2 7 (77.78%) COBOL
2 7 (77.78%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) IBM
2 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) Rackspace
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