The first table below looks at the demand for OS/400 skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OS/400 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 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM OS/400 (OS400)
Rank 538 567 578
Rank change year-on-year
+29 +11
Contract jobs citing OS/400 16 22 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.033% 0.038% 0.014%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.149% 0.185% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 4
Average daily rate £525 £255 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+105.88% -32.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £360 £225 £349
10% offered a daily rate of more than £658 £473 £393
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
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
10706 11884 13075
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 21.99% 20.46% 21.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 5806 5834 6471
Average daily rate £355 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.42% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £190 £210
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 983 1220 1252
Average hourly rate £17.00 £17.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.40 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +8.02%

OS/400
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

OS/400 Daily Rate Trend

OS/400
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OS/400 within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

OS/400 Daily Rate Histogram

OS/400
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing OS/400 within the UK.

OS/400 Hourly Rate Trend

OS/400
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OS/400 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 +11 12 £550 +115.68% 1
London +27 11 £550 +29.41%
South West +24 1 £220 -13.72%
Taunton - 1 £220 -
Somerset - 1 £220 -
East Midlands - - - -
South East - - - - 1
Home Counties - - - -
East of England - - - -
Bedfordshire - - - -
Buckinghamshire - - - -
Milton Keynes - - - -

OS/400
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 22 (91.67%) RPG
2 21 (87.50%) AS400
3 15 (62.50%) Project Management
4 13 (54.17%) Finance
5 11 (45.83%) PDM
5 11 (45.83%) Banking
5 11 (45.83%) RPG IV
6 9 (37.50%) Java
6 9 (37.50%) IBM
7 8 (33.33%) DB2
7 8 (33.33%) IIS
7 8 (33.33%) Investment Banking
8 7 (29.17%) WebSphere
8 7 (29.17%) iSeries
8 7 (29.17%) UNIX
8 7 (29.17%) COBOL
8 7 (29.17%) Shell Script
9 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
9 6 (25.00%) MS Office
10 5 (20.83%) UML
10 5 (20.83%) OO
10 5 (20.83%) TestDirector
10 5 (20.83%) MS Project
11 4 (16.67%) Degree
11 4 (16.67%) SunGard GMI
11 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
11 4 (16.67%) SunGard
12 3 (12.50%) SLA
12 3 (12.50%) Windows
12 3 (12.50%) AIX

OS/400
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 (29.17%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 8 (33.33%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (25.00%) MS Office
2 5 (20.83%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (16.67%) SunGard GMI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.167%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (33.33%) DB2
2 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) TestDirector
General
1 13 (54.17%) Finance
2 11 (45.83%) Banking
3 8 (33.33%) Investment Banking
4 1 (4.167%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 16 (66.67%) Analyst
2 8 (33.33%) Programmer
3 7 (29.17%) Support Analyst
3 7 (29.17%) Applications Support
3 7 (29.17%) Applications Support Analyst
4 6 (25.00%) Analyst Programmer
5 5 (20.83%) Developer
5 5 (20.83%) AS400 Developer
6 2 (8.333%) RPG Programmer
6 2 (8.333%) RPG Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (4.167%) AS400 Operator
7 1 (4.167%) AS400 Support
Miscellaneous
1 21 (87.50%) AS400
2 7 (29.17%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 7 (29.17%) UNIX
2 3 (12.50%) Windows
2 3 (12.50%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (62.50%) Project Management
2 11 (45.83%) PDM
3 5 (20.83%) UML
3 5 (20.83%) OO
4 2 (8.333%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (4.167%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 22 (91.67%) RPG
2 11 (45.83%) RPG IV
3 9 (37.50%) Java
4 7 (29.17%) COBOL
4 7 (29.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (37.50%) IBM
2 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (16.67%) SunGard
4 2 (8.333%) Rackspace
Middlesex
The position will have full accountability for the set up, configuration, testing, data migration and ongoing support of the system... The AS400 Systems Administrator will be capable and...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 17 June 2013