The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term AS400 in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited AS400 over the 3 months to 18 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 South West 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM AS/400
Rank 103 136 110
Rank change year-on-year
+33 -26
Contract jobs citing AS400 7 1 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.341% 0.032% 0.564%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.643% 0.172% 3.314%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 11
Average daily rate £230 £190 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.05% -38.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £222 £190 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £190 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £375 £310
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +20.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £30.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £40.00 £30.75
% change year-on-year
-66.25% +30.08%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
426 580 513
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 20.73% 18.50% 17.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 305 227
Average daily rate £370 £360 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.77% -0.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £250 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £512 £520 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £340 £330
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 38 50
Average hourly rate £17.50 £31.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.54% +34.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.62 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £48.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -10.00%
AS400
England

AS400
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Somerset - 4 £230 - 1
Gloucestershire +26 3 - - 2
Bristol - - - - 1
AS400
England

AS400
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 4 (50.00%) RPG
2 3 (37.50%) INSURE/90
3 2 (25.00%) Oracle ODI
3 2 (25.00%) SQL
3 2 (25.00%) Oracle
3 2 (25.00%) JMS
3 2 (25.00%) XML
3 2 (25.00%) PL/SQL
4 1 (12.50%) Client/Server
4 1 (12.50%) GIS
4 1 (12.50%) Retail
4 1 (12.50%) OS/400
4 1 (12.50%) EPoS
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) WebLogic
4 1 (12.50%) Time Management
4 1 (12.50%) RPG IV
4 1 (12.50%) Yantra
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Architecture

AS400
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 (25.00%) XML
1 2 (25.00%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 3 (37.50%) INSURE/90
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle ODI
2 1 (12.50%) GIS
General
1 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) AS400 Developer
3 2 (25.00%) RPG Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Client/Server
1 1 (12.50%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) OS/400
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Project Management
1 1 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (12.50%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) RPG
2 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (12.50%) RPG IV
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Yantra
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Rate: Unspecified
Posted: 14 June 2013
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Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
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