The first table below looks at the demand for OS/400 skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OS/400 over the 3 months to 24 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 for the West Sussex 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM OS/400 (OS400)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing OS/400 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex - - -
As % of the Operating Systems category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £225 £375
% change year-on-year
+66.66% -40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Operating Systems
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
84 106 120
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 22.70% 16.11% 27.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 61 37
Average daily rate £425 £303 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.49% -24.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £249 £168 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £488 £473
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 5 21
Average hourly rate £17.50 £11.75 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+48.93% -44.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.89 £11.75 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.30 £37.50 £24.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
OS/400
South East

OS/400
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex OS/400 Jobs Demand Trend

OS/400
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) AS400
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security

OS/400
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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.

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) AS400 Operator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AS400
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM