England AS400 Jobs

This section looks at the demand for IBM AS/400 skills within the England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited AS400 over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IBM AS/400
Location Accrington Aylesbury Banbury Barking Barnsley Basildon Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bradford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Cambridgeshire Cannock Canterbury Cardiff Channel Islands Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry Crawley Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Durham East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Fareham Folkestone Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Greenford Greenock Guildford Halifax Hampshire Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Huddersfield Hull Inverclyde Isle of Man Jersey Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lichfield London Maidstone Manchester Margate Marlow Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northumberland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Perth and Kinross Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Preston Ramsgate Reading Romford Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Surrey Sussex Swansea Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Walsall Warrington Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Windsor Woking Worksop York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	277	280
Rank change on same period last year	+3
Matching permanent IT job ads	1192	1466
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.629 %	0.600 %
As % of the category below	3.114 %	2.636 %
Salaries quoted	955	1069
Average minimum salary	£35,537	£35,143
Average salary	£37,453	£36,794
% change on same period last year	+1.78 %
Average maximum salary	£39,369	£38,446
UK excluding London average salary	£35,475	£34,310
% change on same period last year	+3.39 %
Miscellaneous England
Matching permanent IT job ads	38283	55618
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	20.21 %	22.78 %
Salaries quoted	31475	42353
Average minimum salary	£44,233	£48,608
Average salary	£49,027	£53,681
% change on same period last year	-8.67 %
Average maximum salary	£53,821	£58,755
UK excluding London average salary	£38,014	£39,235
% change on same period last year	-3.11 %
AS400 UK

AS400
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing AS400 across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

AS400
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing AS400 across the England region.

AS400
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing AS400 across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

AS400
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AS400 within the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
London	-33	275	£43,278	+1.43 %
South East	-18	230	£36,553	+2.21 %
East of England	0	224	£42,308	+20.95 %
West Midlands	-4	121	£32,203	+6.51 %
Yorkshire	+12	104	£34,864	+12.46 %
South West	-55	65	£29,990	-14.69 %
East Midlands	+38	60	£31,818	-12.14 %
North West	+7	50	£30,803	-18.79 %
North East	+12	36	£29,212	-9.08 %
Midlands	+40	35	£33,032	-5.40 %

AS400 UK

AS400
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing AS400 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 AS400.

1 1242 (47.70 %) RPG 2 588 (22.58 %) Finance 3 492 (18.89 %) SQL 4 345 (13.25 %) Java 5 314 (12.06 %) IBM 6 280 (10.75 %) Windows 7 249 (9.562 %) Oracle 8 239 (9.178 %) Insurance 9 216 (8.295 %) UNIX 10 186 (7.143 %) ERP 11 171 (6.567 %) Banking 12 166 (6.375 %) SQL Server 13 163 (6.260 %) Microsoft 14 155 (5.952 %) .NET 15 154 (5.914 %) JD Edwards

16 140 (5.376 %) Project Management 17 132 (5.069 %) MS Excel 18 129 (4.954 %) DB2 19 122 (4.685 %) Manufacturing 20 118 (4.531 %) Degree 21 117 (4.493 %) Synon 22 114 (4.378 %) WebSphere 23 113 (4.339 %) OS/400 24 107 (4.109 %) Pensions 25 103 (3.955 %) Retail 26 89 (3.418 %) TCP/IP 27 86 (3.303 %) Linux 28 85 (3.264 %) VB 28 85 (3.264 %) Lotus 29 84 (3.226 %) MS Office

AS400
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing AS400 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 AS400. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 155 (5.952 %) .NET 2 114 (4.378 %) WebSphere 3 78 (2.995 %) HTML 4 69 (2.650 %) XML 5 63 (2.419 %) J2EE 6 51 (1.959 %) EDI 7 31 (1.190 %) ASP.NET 8 28 (1.075 %) Middleware 9 23 (0.883 %) WebServices 10 20 (0.768 %) CSS 10 20 (0.768 %) ASP 11 11 (0.422 %) JMS 11 11 (0.422 %) Spring 11 11 (0.422 %) Hibernate 11 11 (0.422 %) Application Packaging 11 11 (0.422 %) Acegi Security 12 10 (0.384 %) .NET Framework 12 10 (0.384 %) XSLT 13 9 (0.346 %) EDIFACT 14 6 (0.230 %) ODBC	Application Platforms 1 71 (2.727 %) Lotus Notes 2 46 (1.767 %) MS Exchange 3 38 (1.459 %) SharePoint 4 32 (1.229 %) Lotus Domino 5 30 (1.152 %) Exchange Server 2003 6 29 (1.114 %) CICS 7 27 (1.037 %) MQSeries 8 14 (0.538 %) Exchange Server 2007 9 13 (0.499 %) Apache 10 10 (0.384 %) BizTalk Server 11 7 (0.269 %) WebLogic 11 7 (0.269 %) Exchange Server 2000 12 6 (0.230 %) SAS 13 5 (0.192 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 13 5 (0.192 %) IIS 14 3 (0.115 %) WebSphere MQ 15 2 (0.077 %) ColdFusion 15 2 (0.077 %) WebSphere Application Server 15 2 (0.077 %) Tomcat 15 2 (0.077 %) WMQI
Applications 1 132 (5.069 %) MS Excel 2 84 (3.226 %) MS Office 3 17 (0.653 %) MS Visio 4 6 (0.230 %) SPSS 5 5 (0.192 %) MS Project 6 4 (0.154 %) Spreadsheet 7 3 (0.115 %) MS PowerPoint 8 1 (0.038 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 60 (2.304 %) BPCS 2 42 (1.613 %) Movex 3 23 (0.883 %) INSURE/90 4 11 (0.422 %) Dynamics AX 5 9 (0.346 %) Misys Midas 6 5 (0.192 %) Oracle Applications 6 5 (0.192 %) JDE OneWorld 6 5 (0.192 %) SAP R/3 7 4 (0.154 %) Axapta 7 4 (0.154 %) SAP SD 7 4 (0.154 %) Dynamics CRM 7 4 (0.154 %) SunGard GMI 8 3 (0.115 %) Misys Equation 9 2 (0.077 %) Kondor+ 9 2 (0.077 %) SAP FI/CO 9 2 (0.077 %) SAP CO 9 2 (0.077 %) SAP FI 9 2 (0.077 %) Microsoft CRM 9 2 (0.077 %) JDE EnterpriseOne 10 1 (0.038 %) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking 1 89 (3.418 %) TCP/IP 2 76 (2.919 %) LAN 3 72 (2.765 %) Internet 4 68 (2.611 %) WAN 5 39 (1.498 %) SAN 6 30 (1.152 %) Intranet 7 27 (1.037 %) Firewall 7 27 (1.037 %) VPN 7 27 (1.037 %) FTP 8 9 (0.346 %) Ethernet 8 9 (0.346 %) Wireless 9 8 (0.307 %) VoIP 9 8 (0.307 %) DNS 9 8 (0.307 %) Broadband 9 8 (0.307 %) NetScreen 10 6 (0.230 %) DHCP 10 6 (0.230 %) Extranet 11 5 (0.192 %) VLAN 11 5 (0.192 %) Network Security 12 4 (0.154 %) IP Telephony	Database & Business Intelligence 1 166 (6.375 %) SQL Server 2 129 (4.954 %) DB2 3 76 (2.919 %) Datawarehouse 4 27 (1.037 %) RDBMS 5 26 (0.998 %) BusinessObjects 6 24 (0.922 %) SQL Server 2000 7 13 (0.499 %) Oracle 10g 8 12 (0.461 %) Oracle 9i 8 12 (0.461 %) SQL Server Integration Services 9 11 (0.422 %) ETL 10 10 (0.384 %) Data Mining 11 9 (0.346 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 12 7 (0.269 %) DTS 13 6 (0.230 %) Adabas 13 6 (0.230 %) TOAD 14 4 (0.154 %) Ingres 14 4 (0.154 %) Crystal Reports 14 4 (0.154 %) Informix 15 3 (0.115 %) Oracle Reports 15 3 (0.115 %) IDMS
Development Applications 1 117 (4.493 %) Synon 2 64 (2.458 %) COOL2E 3 33 (1.267 %) PowerBuilder 4 17 (0.653 %) TestDirector 5 13 (0.499 %) Advantage 2E 6 11 (0.422 %) Eclipse 7 9 (0.346 %) ClearCase 8 8 (0.307 %) Visual LANSA 9 7 (0.269 %) VSS/SourceSafe 10 6 (0.230 %) Visual Studio 11 5 (0.192 %) AllFusion 12 4 (0.154 %) QuickTest Pro 12 4 (0.154 %) LoadRunner 12 4 (0.154 %) XDE 12 4 (0.154 %) Rational Rose 13 2 (0.077 %) Dreamweaver 13 2 (0.077 %) JUnit 13 2 (0.077 %) Paros 14 1 (0.038 %) Ant 14 1 (0.038 %) WinRunner	General 1 588 (22.58 %) Finance 2 239 (9.178 %) Insurance 3 171 (6.567 %) Banking 4 122 (4.685 %) Manufacturing 5 107 (4.109 %) Pensions 6 103 (3.955 %) Retail 7 83 (3.187 %) Health 8 56 (2.151 %) Back Office 9 31 (1.190 %) Telecoms 10 26 (0.998 %) Marketing 11 25 (0.960 %) Billing 12 19 (0.730 %) Education 13 16 (0.614 %) Publishing 13 16 (0.614 %) Auditing 14 14 (0.538 %) Automotive 15 13 (0.499 %) FMCG 16 11 (0.422 %) Pharmaceutical 17 10 (0.384 %) Financial Institution 18 7 (0.269 %) Investment Banking 19 5 (0.192 %) Electric
Job Titles 1 1355 (52.04 %) Analyst 2 777 (29.84 %) Programmer 3 711 (27.30 %) Analyst Programmer 4 578 (22.20 %) AS400 Analyst Programmer 5 528 (20.28 %) RPG Programmer 6 494 (18.97 %) RPG Analyst Programmer 7 393 (15.09 %) Developer 8 271 (10.41 %) AS400 Support 9 259 (9.946 %) AS400 Developer 10 253 (9.716 %) Support Analyst 11 201 (7.719 %) RPG Developer 12 160 (6.144 %) Senior Analyst 13 159 (6.106 %) Business Analyst 14 129 (4.954 %) Senior Analyst Programmer 14 129 (4.954 %) Senior Programmer 15 98 (3.763 %) Administrator 16 96 (3.687 %) Senior AS400 Analyst Programmer 17 93 (3.571 %) Team Leader 18 86 (3.303 %) Senior RPG Analyst Programmer 18 86 (3.303 %) Senior RPG Programmer	Miscellaneous 1 73 (2.803 %) Mainframe 2 44 (1.690 %) Management Information System 3 41 (1.575 %) Mathematics 4 35 (1.344 %) Replication 5 19 (0.730 %) Clustering 6 17 (0.653 %) Data Extraction 7 11 (0.422 %) Japanese Language 8 10 (0.384 %) Tandem 9 8 (0.307 %) Derivative 9 8 (0.307 %) Blackberry 9 8 (0.307 %) Multithreading 10 7 (0.269 %) German Language 11 6 (0.230 %) Computer Science 11 6 (0.230 %) French Language 12 5 (0.192 %) IBM Mainframe 12 5 (0.192 %) Statistics 12 5 (0.192 %) PMI 13 4 (0.154 %) EPoS 13 4 (0.154 %) Data Integration 14 3 (0.115 %) HACMP
Operating Systems 1 280 (10.75 %) Windows 2 216 (8.295 %) UNIX 3 113 (4.339 %) OS/400 4 86 (3.303 %) Linux 5 79 (3.034 %) AIX 6 74 (2.842 %) Windows NT 7 50 (1.920 %) Windows 2000 8 48 (1.843 %) Windows XP 9 37 (1.421 %) Solaris 10 23 (0.883 %) Windows Server 2003 11 17 (0.653 %) NetWare 11 17 (0.653 %) HPUX 12 15 (0.576 %) zOS 13 9 (0.346 %) SUSE 14 7 (0.269 %) i5/OS 15 5 (0.192 %) VMS 16 3 (0.115 %) FreeBSD 16 3 (0.115 %) OS/390 17 1 (0.038 %) Windows CE 17 1 (0.038 %) MVS	Processes & Methodologies 1 186 (7.143 %) ERP 2 140 (5.376 %) Project Management 3 80 (3.072 %) Business Analysis 4 67 (2.573 %) Change Management 5 66 (2.535 %) Disaster Recovery 6 65 (2.496 %) User Acceptance Testing 7 54 (2.074 %) Business Intelligence 8 53 (2.035 %) Software Testing 9 42 (1.613 %) Logistics 9 42 (1.613 %) System Testing 10 41 (1.575 %) CRM 11 37 (1.421 %) Migration 12 36 (1.382 %) ITIL 13 31 (1.190 %) OO 13 31 (1.190 %) Business Continuity 14 30 (1.152 %) SOA 15 29 (1.114 %) Information Security 16 28 (1.075 %) Time Management 17 26 (0.998 %) Unit Testing 17 26 (0.998 %) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages 1 1242 (47.70 %) RPG 2 492 (18.89 %) SQL 3 345 (13.25 %) Java 4 85 (3.264 %) VB 5 72 (2.765 %) C# 6 41 (1.575 %) COBOL 7 38 (1.459 %) C 8 24 (0.922 %) Shell Script 8 24 (0.922 %) VB6 9 20 (0.768 %) VB.NET 10 19 (0.730 %) PL/SQL 11 18 (0.691 %) JavaScript 12 14 (0.538 %) FoxPro (VFP) 13 12 (0.461 %) C++ 14 10 (0.384 %) VBA 15 7 (0.269 %) LotusScript 16 6 (0.230 %) XPath 16 6 (0.230 %) X++ 17 5 (0.192 %) Delphi 18 4 (0.154 %) VBScript	Qualifications 1 118 (4.531 %) Degree 2 33 (1.267 %) Microsoft Certification 3 30 (1.152 %) ISEB 4 24 (0.922 %) MCSE 5 20 (0.768 %) ACCA 5 20 (0.768 %) CIMA 6 17 (0.653 %) MCP 7 13 (0.499 %) IBM Certification 8 10 (0.384 %) CISA 8 10 (0.384 %) HND 8 10 (0.384 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 9 8 (0.307 %) QiCA 10 7 (0.269 %) ITIL Certification 11 6 (0.230 %) PRINCE2 Certification 11 6 (0.230 %) MCSA 12 3 (0.115 %) HNC 12 3 (0.115 %) CCNA 12 3 (0.115 %) Cisco Certification 13 2 (0.077 %) CISM 13 2 (0.077 %) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 48 (1.843 %) SLA 2 27 (1.037 %) QA 3 17 (0.653 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 4 9 (0.346 %) ISO27001 5 8 (0.307 %) COBIT 6 6 (0.230 %) ISO9001 7 2 (0.077 %) ISO17799 8 1 (0.038 %) TickIT	System Software 1 72 (2.765 %) Active Directory 2 14 (0.538 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 9 (0.346 %) NetBackup 4 5 (0.192 %) Backup Exec 4 5 (0.192 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 5 (0.192 %) Terminal Server 4 5 (0.192 %) RACF 5 4 (0.154 %) MSMQ 6 2 (0.077 %) Terminal Services 7 1 (0.038 %) VMware Server 7 1 (0.038 %) Oracle RAC
Systems Management 1 9 (0.346 %) Unicenter 2 6 (0.230 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 2 6 (0.230 %) AutoSys 3 5 (0.192 %) Tivoli 3 5 (0.192 %) ServiceCenter 4 4 (0.154 %) BMC Performance Manager 5 3 (0.115 %) BMC PATROL 6 2 (0.077 %) MIMEsweeper 6 2 (0.077 %) MOM 7 1 (0.038 %) OpenView	Vendors 1 314 (12.06 %) IBM 2 249 (9.562 %) Oracle 3 163 (6.260 %) Microsoft 4 154 (5.914 %) JD Edwards 5 85 (3.264 %) Lotus 6 64 (2.458 %) SAP 7 43 (1.651 %) Intel 8 41 (1.575 %) HP 9 40 (1.536 %) Sun 10 39 (1.498 %) Cognos 10 39 (1.498 %) Citrix 11 37 (1.421 %) Sybase 12 30 (1.152 %) Cisco 13 28 (1.075 %) VMware 14 26 (0.998 %) Business Objects 15 18 (0.691 %) Siebel 15 18 (0.691 %) JDA 15 18 (0.691 %) MicroStrategy 15 18 (0.691 %) Teradata 16 16 (0.614 %) Red Hat