The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term iSeries in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited iSeries over the 3 months to 17 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM iSeries
Rank 96 - 109
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing iSeries 24 0 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.342% - 0.422%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.369% - 2.077%
Number of salaries quoted 23 0 5
Average salary £45,000 - £25,000
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 - £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,300 - £34,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -6.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
447 511 337
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 24.99% 26.52% 20.34%
Number of salaries quoted 330 446 280
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £21,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £58,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
iSeries
North West

iSeries
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing iSeries across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Cheshire iSeries Jobs Demand Trend

iSeries
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing iSeries across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire iSeries Salary Trend

iSeries
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing iSeries across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cheshire iSeries Salary Histogram

iSeries
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing iSeries within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Warrington - 18 £45,000 -
Wilmslow - 2 £46,250 -
Chester - 1 - -
iSeries
North West

iSeries
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing iSeries 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 IT job ads sampled that cited iSeries.

1 18 (42.86%) Linux
2 15 (35.71%) Java
3 13 (30.95%) IBM
4 11 (26.19%) Apache Flex
5 10 (23.81%) ITIL
5 10 (23.81%) RPG
6 9 (21.43%) Dell
6 9 (21.43%) Red Hat
6 9 (21.43%) Nimsoft
7 8 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (19.05%) AS400
7 8 (19.05%) SQL
8 7 (16.67%) Oracle
8 7 (16.67%) Telecoms
8 7 (16.67%) Synon
8 7 (16.67%) RPG/400
8 7 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (14.29%) Unit Testing
9 6 (14.29%) Integration Testing
9 6 (14.29%) Derivative
9 6 (14.29%) RPG IV
9 6 (14.29%) JD Edwards
9 6 (14.29%) Internet
9 6 (14.29%) Project Management
9 6 (14.29%) Risk Management
9 6 (14.29%) Ant
9 6 (14.29%) JSP
9 6 (14.29%) HTML
9 6 (14.29%) XML
9 6 (14.29%) VB

iSeries
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing iSeries also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited iSeries. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (26.19%) Apache Flex
2 6 (14.29%) XML
2 6 (14.29%) WSDL
2 6 (14.29%) HTML
2 6 (14.29%) JSP
3 2 (4.762%) J2EE
3 2 (4.762%) Java EE
4 1 (2.381%) Web Services
Applications
1 3 (7.143%) MS Project
1 3 (7.143%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.381%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.29%) Internet
2 4 (9.524%) SAN
3 1 (2.381%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.143%) DB2
2 2 (4.762%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (16.67%) Synon
2 6 (14.29%) Ant
3 2 (4.762%) JIRA
General
1 7 (16.67%) Telecoms
2 2 (4.762%) Billing
3 1 (2.381%) Investment Banking
3 1 (2.381%) Retail Banking
3 1 (2.381%) Private Banking
3 1 (2.381%) Finance
3 1 (2.381%) Banking
3 1 (2.381%) Retail
3 1 (2.381%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 12 (28.57%) Developer
2 9 (21.43%) Analyst
2 9 (21.43%) Systems Administrator
2 9 (21.43%) Administrator
2 9 (21.43%) Java Developer
2 9 (21.43%) Team Leader
2 9 (21.43%) Linux Systems Administrator
2 9 (21.43%) Linux Administrator
3 8 (19.05%) Project Manager
4 7 (16.67%) Senior Systems Administrator
4 7 (16.67%) Senior Linux Administrator
4 7 (16.67%) Senior Linux Systems Administrator
5 6 (14.29%) Senior Programmer
5 6 (14.29%) Senior Java Analyst Programmer
5 6 (14.29%) Senior Java Programmer
5 6 (14.29%) Java Programmer
5 6 (14.29%) Senior Java Developer
5 6 (14.29%) Java Analyst Programmer
5 6 (14.29%) Developer Analyst
5 6 (14.29%) Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.05%) AS400
2 6 (14.29%) Derivative
3 1 (2.381%) Online Banking
3 1 (2.381%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.381%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.381%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 18 (42.86%) Linux
2 7 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (4.762%) Windows
4 1 (2.381%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (23.81%) ITIL
2 8 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 6 (14.29%) Unit Testing
3 6 (14.29%) Integration Testing
3 6 (14.29%) Project Management
4 2 (4.762%) Service Delivery
4 2 (4.762%) PRINCE
4 2 (4.762%) Waterfall
4 2 (4.762%) Programme Management
4 2 (4.762%) PRINCE2
5 1 (2.381%) E-Commerce
5 1 (2.381%) Data Modelling
5 1 (2.381%) Asset Management
5 1 (2.381%) Data Management
5 1 (2.381%) Document Management
5 1 (2.381%) Incident Management
5 1 (2.381%) Wealth Management
5 1 (2.381%) Investment Management
5 1 (2.381%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (35.71%) Java
2 10 (23.81%) RPG
3 8 (19.05%) SQL
4 7 (16.67%) RPG/400
5 6 (14.29%) RPG IV
5 6 (14.29%) VB
5 6 (14.29%) VBA
5 6 (14.29%) Python
5 6 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 6 (14.29%) Perl
5 6 (14.29%) PHP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.381%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (30.95%) IBM
2 9 (21.43%) Nimsoft
2 9 (21.43%) Dell
2 9 (21.43%) Red Hat
3 7 (16.67%) Oracle
4 6 (14.29%) JD Edwards
5 5 (11.90%) VMware
6 3 (7.143%) Microsoft
7 2 (4.762%) Planview
Warrington, North West
Are you a strong Team Leader with an IBM/Linux or Oracle background... Operation Team Leader, Systems Administrator Team Leader, Systems Admin, Networks Administration, Team Leader, Linux, Unix,...
Salary: £45000 - £48000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
Are you a strong Team Leader with an IBM/Linux or Oracle background... Operation Team Leader, Systems Administrator Team Leader, Systems Admin, Networks Administration, Team Leader, Linux, Unix,...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £48000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013