The first table below looks at the demand for i5/OS skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited i5/OS over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Operating Systems 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM i5/OS
Rank 533 - 584
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing i5/OS 1 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.002% - 0.003%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.010% - 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Operating Systems
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
10144 12048 12518
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 21.52% 20.32% 20.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 5444 5992 6127
Average daily rate £360 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £200 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 986 1202 1233
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.35 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.50 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%

i5/OS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing i5/OS within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

i5/OS Jobs Demand Trend

i5/OS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing i5/OS within the UK.

i5/OS Daily Rate Trend

i5/OS
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing i5/OS within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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
England - 1 - -
North West - 1 - -
Manchester - 1 - -

i5/OS
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing i5/OS 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 i5/OS.

1 3 (100.00%) iSeries
2 2 (66.67%) DB2
2 2 (66.67%) IBM
3 1 (33.33%) Intel
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) AS400
3 1 (33.33%) Wealth Management
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
3 1 (33.33%) UNIX
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) SQL

i5/OS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing i5/OS 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 i5/OS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) DB2
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Support
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Linux Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) iSeries
2 1 (33.33%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) UNIX
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Wealth Management
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) IBM
2 1 (33.33%) Intel