The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term AS400 in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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.

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 480 436 379
Rank change year-on-year
-44 -57
Contract jobs citing AS400 74 154 216
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.152% 0.265% 0.347%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.565% 1.079% 1.247%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 70 115
Average daily rate £400 £375 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £224 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £590 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £375 £310
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +20.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 7
Average hourly rate £13.50 £40.00 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-66.25% +17.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £20.40 £24.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.50 £48.40 £43.00
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
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
13101 14266 17321
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.91% 24.57% 27.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7882 8276 10455
Average daily rate £425 £425 £513
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -17.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £601 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £340 £330
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 581 698 695
Average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £22.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.22% -0.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -10.00%

AS400
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

AS400 Daily Rate Trend

AS400
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing AS400 within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

AS400 Daily Rate Histogram

AS400
Hourly Rate Trend

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

AS400 Hourly Rate Trend

AS400
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing AS400 within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

AS400 Hourly Rate Histogram

AS400
Top 30 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 UK 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -46 65 £400 +6.66% 25
London -14 30 £475 +26.66% 4
South East +7 19 £225 -43.75% 9
City of London -4 11 £475 +13.43% 3
Berkshire +28 9 £225 -40.00% 5
South West +33 7 £230 +21.05% 5
Wales 0 6 £388 -6.06%
Cardiff -4 6 £388 -6.06%
South Wales -5 6 £388 -6.06%
Home Counties - 5 - -
Surrey +12 4 - -
Somerset - 4 £230 - 1
Gloucestershire +26 3 - - 2
Gloucester - 3 - - 1
Taunton - 3 £230 -
North West +12 2 £250 - 3
Yorkshire -1 2 £300 -
West Midlands -3 2 £250 +11.11% 2
East Midlands -7 2 £225 -51.87% 2
Birmingham +6 1 - -
Cheshire -3 1 - - 1
Warwickshire -7 1 £250 +11.11% 2
Hampshire -17 1 - -
West Yorkshire - 1 £300 -
Warrington - 1 - - 1
Rugby - 1 £250 - 1
Southampton - - - -
Stockport - - - -
Barnet - - - -
Basildon - - - -

AS400
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 71 (40.11%) RPG
2 59 (33.33%) iSeries
3 50 (28.25%) Finance
4 42 (23.73%) Banking
5 37 (20.90%) RPG IV
6 31 (17.51%) IBM
7 28 (15.82%) Microsoft
7 28 (15.82%) Project Management
8 25 (14.12%) SQL
9 24 (13.56%) WebSphere
10 21 (11.86%) OS/400
10 21 (11.86%) Mainframe
11 20 (11.30%) Oracle
12 18 (10.17%) Windows
13 17 (9.605%) MS Office
13 17 (9.605%) COBOL
13 17 (9.605%) WebSphere MQ
14 16 (9.040%) DB2
15 15 (8.475%) MS Project
16 14 (7.910%) UNIX
16 14 (7.910%) Java
16 14 (7.910%) Migration
17 12 (6.780%) JD Edwards
17 12 (6.780%) SAP
17 12 (6.780%) Stakeholder Management
18 11 (6.215%) PDM
18 11 (6.215%) IIS
18 11 (6.215%) .NET
19 10 (5.650%) XML
19 10 (5.650%) Business Intelligence

AS400
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 24 (13.56%) WebSphere
2 17 (9.605%) WebSphere MQ
3 11 (6.215%) .NET
4 10 (5.650%) XML
5 7 (3.955%) Middleware
6 5 (2.825%) MSMQ
7 3 (1.695%) J2EE
8 2 (1.130%) Web Services
8 2 (1.130%) ODBC
8 2 (1.130%) JMS
9 1 (0.565%) EDI
9 1 (0.565%) FIX Protocol
9 1 (0.565%) Synon Analyst Programmer
9 1 (0.565%) HTML
9 1 (0.565%) XSD
9 1 (0.565%) COM
9 1 (0.565%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 11 (6.215%) IIS
2 8 (4.520%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.390%) IBM Notes
4 5 (2.825%) Adobe CQ
5 4 (2.260%) SharePoint Server
6 3 (1.695%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.565%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.565%) TIBCO EMS
7 1 (0.565%) WebLogic
Applications
1 17 (9.605%) MS Office
2 15 (8.475%) MS Project
3 8 (4.520%) MS Excel
4 5 (2.825%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.565%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (5.650%) Misys Equation
2 7 (3.955%) Misys Midas
3 5 (2.825%) JDE World
4 4 (2.260%) SunGard GMI
4 4 (2.260%) Line 50
4 4 (2.260%) Oracle Applications
5 3 (1.695%) INSURE/90
6 2 (1.130%) Cognos Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.565%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.565%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.260%) SAN
2 3 (1.695%) Internet
2 3 (1.695%) LAN
2 3 (1.695%) WAN
2 3 (1.695%) FTP
3 2 (1.130%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.565%) HTTP
4 1 (0.565%) Extranet
4 1 (0.565%) Firewall
4 1 (0.565%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (9.040%) DB2
2 9 (5.085%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.390%) Oracle 8/8i
4 4 (2.260%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.695%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.695%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.130%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (1.130%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (1.130%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (1.130%) Oracle ODI
6 2 (1.130%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 2 (1.130%) DTS
6 2 (1.130%) OLTP
6 2 (1.130%) DataStage
6 2 (1.130%) SQL Server 2000
6 2 (1.130%) MySQL
7 1 (0.565%) MS Access
7 1 (0.565%) GIS
7 1 (0.565%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 8 (4.520%) TestDirector
2 2 (1.130%) Synon
2 2 (1.130%) ERwin
General
1 50 (28.25%) Finance
2 42 (23.73%) Banking
3 9 (5.085%) Investment Banking
4 7 (3.955%) Retail
5 5 (2.825%) Manufacturing
5 5 (2.825%) Private Banking
6 4 (2.260%) Retail Banking
7 1 (0.565%) Advertising
7 1 (0.565%) Back Office
7 1 (0.565%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 57 (32.20%) Developer
2 47 (26.55%) Analyst
3 26 (14.69%) AS400 Developer
4 25 (14.12%) Programmer
5 17 (9.605%) Project Manager
6 16 (9.040%) RPG Developer
7 13 (7.345%) Support Analyst
7 13 (7.345%) Analyst Programmer
8 10 (5.650%) Applications Support
8 10 (5.650%) Applications Support Analyst
9 8 (4.520%) Business Analyst
9 8 (4.520%) Test Analyst
9 8 (4.520%) DBA
10 7 (3.955%) Tester
10 7 (3.955%) Consultant
11 6 (3.390%) Technical Project Manager
11 6 (3.390%) Technical Manager
11 6 (3.390%) COBOL Developer
11 6 (3.390%) AS400 Analyst Programmer
12 5 (2.825%) RPG Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 59 (33.33%) iSeries
2 21 (11.86%) Mainframe
3 5 (2.825%) Online Banking
4 2 (1.130%) PaaS
4 2 (1.130%) SWIFT
4 2 (1.130%) Client/Server
4 2 (1.130%) Clustering
5 1 (0.565%) EPoS
5 1 (0.565%) Replication
5 1 (0.565%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 21 (11.86%) OS/400
2 18 (10.17%) Windows
3 14 (7.910%) UNIX
4 8 (4.520%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (3.955%) Linux
6 6 (3.390%) AIX
7 5 (2.825%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (1.695%) Windows Mobile
8 3 (1.695%) Windows Vista
8 3 (1.695%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.695%) Windows CE
8 3 (1.695%) Windows 2000
8 3 (1.695%) Windows XP
9 2 (1.130%) Solaris
9 2 (1.130%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.565%) Windows NT
10 1 (0.565%) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (15.82%) Project Management
2 14 (7.910%) Migration
3 12 (6.780%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (6.215%) PDM
5 10 (5.650%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (5.650%) OO
6 8 (4.520%) UML
7 4 (2.260%) GAP Analysis
7 4 (2.260%) Business Analysis
7 4 (2.260%) Risk Analysis
7 4 (2.260%) Matrix Management
7 4 (2.260%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (2.260%) Test Scripting
7 4 (2.260%) Network Architecture
7 4 (2.260%) Waterfall
8 3 (1.695%) Continuous Integration
8 3 (1.695%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (1.695%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (1.695%) Content Management
8 3 (1.695%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 71 (40.11%) RPG
2 37 (20.90%) RPG IV
3 25 (14.12%) SQL
4 17 (9.605%) COBOL
5 14 (7.910%) Java
6 6 (3.390%) RPG/400
7 5 (2.825%) Shell Script
8 4 (2.260%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.695%) C
9 3 (1.695%) C#
9 3 (1.695%) RPG III
9 3 (1.695%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.565%) VB
10 1 (0.565%) Perl
10 1 (0.565%) PHP
10 1 (0.565%) C++
Qualifications
1 9 (5.085%) Degree
2 7 (3.955%) Security Cleared
3 6 (3.390%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.130%) ISEB
5 1 (0.565%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.565%) PMP
5 1 (0.565%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.565%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.825%) SLA
2 2 (1.130%) QA
System Software
1 7 (3.955%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.695%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.695%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (2.260%) WSUS
1 4 (2.260%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 31 (17.51%) IBM
2 28 (15.82%) Microsoft
3 20 (11.30%) Oracle
4 12 (6.780%) SAP
4 12 (6.780%) JD Edwards
5 10 (5.650%) Misys
6 8 (4.520%) Cognos
7 6 (3.390%) Lotus
8 4 (2.260%) SunGard
8 4 (2.260%) Sage
8 4 (2.260%) Baan
9 3 (1.695%) Rackspace
9 3 (1.695%) VMware
9 3 (1.695%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.695%) Citrix
10 2 (1.130%) HP
10 2 (1.130%) Yantra
11 1 (0.565%) Amdocs
11 1 (0.565%) TIBCO
11 1 (0.565%) Compaq
Berkshire
AS400 iSeries Developer - Development Background - Slough - Berkshire - West London - Thames Valley. To work on projects covering RPG/ILE free format... Exposure to WebSphere, MQ and XML would be...
Proactive Appointments
Rate: Unspecified HIgh
Posted: 12 June 2013
Gloucestershire
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Big Red Recruitment
Rate: Unspecified
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Due to a number of system changes that have recently been implemented my client are in need of an all round Oracle developer to help ensure hey are...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £250.00 - £350.00 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
o Comprehensive development expertise with IBM platforms iSeries, RPG 4, RPG ILE, Free Format, IBM WebSphere, DB2, MQ, o iSeries /AS400, RPG400, RPGLE, Midas, Embedded SQL, MQ Series,...
Avance Consulting
Posted: 12 June 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Core systems are based on iSeries, DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, WebSphere (MQ and DataStage), RPG & .NET... iSeries/zSeries, UNIX, Linux & corresponding applications & tools... Waterfall, Agile, TOGAF, Lean/Six...
SEC Recruitment Limited
Rate: £200 - £240 per annum + daily
Posted: 12 June 2013
Slough, Berkshire
SEC Recruitment Limited
Rate: £220 - £230 per day
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Rate: £200.00 - £300.00 per day
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Rate: £300 - £350 per day
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