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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM iSeries
Rank 90 - 95
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing iSeries 2 0 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.184% - 0.654%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.631% - 2.257%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
Average salary £43,000 - £25,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -6.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
317 406 443
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 29.14% 29.31% 28.99%
Number of salaries quoted 190 301 303
Average salary £40,000 £36,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £22,700 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,900 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
iSeries
Scotland

iSeries
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh iSeries Salary Trend

iSeries
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (83.33%) VMware
2 5 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) AIX
2 5 (83.33%) Linux
2 5 (83.33%) IBM
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) Citrix
2 5 (83.33%) Intranet
2 5 (83.33%) Internet
2 5 (83.33%) Middleware
2 5 (83.33%) Mainframe
2 5 (83.33%) Firewall
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Banking

iSeries
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 5 (83.33%) Middleware
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Intranet
1 5 (83.33%) Internet
1 5 (83.33%) Firewall
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Applications Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) AIX
1 5 (83.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) VMware
1 5 (83.33%) IBM
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
1 5 (83.33%) Citrix