The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term iSeries in IT jobs advertised for the North West 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM iSeries
Rank 218 247 230
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -17
Permanent jobs citing iSeries 30 4 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.421% 0.057% 0.160%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.521% 0.213% 0.641%
Number of salaries quoted 28 3 9
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,350 £28,600 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,800 £36,200 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -6.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1973 1877 1715
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 27.67% 26.62% 24.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1670 1557 1488
Average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
iSeries
England

iSeries
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West iSeries Salary Trend

iSeries
Salary Histogram

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

North West 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 North West 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
Cheshire - 24 £45,000 -
Manchester -16 5 £42,500 +33.85%
iSeries
England

iSeries
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 22 (36.07%) Linux
2 19 (31.15%) IBM
3 17 (27.87%) Java
4 14 (22.95%) RPG
4 14 (22.95%) ITIL
5 12 (19.67%) AS400
6 11 (18.03%) Microsoft
6 11 (18.03%) Finance
6 11 (18.03%) Apache Flex
7 10 (16.39%) Nimsoft
7 10 (16.39%) MS Excel
7 10 (16.39%) SQL
7 10 (16.39%) Dell
7 10 (16.39%) Red Hat
8 9 (14.75%) Oracle
8 9 (14.75%) UNIX
9 8 (13.11%) MS Office
9 8 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (13.11%) RPG IV
9 8 (13.11%) Unit Testing
9 8 (13.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (11.48%) RPG/400
10 7 (11.48%) Zachman Framework
10 7 (11.48%) Telecoms
10 7 (11.48%) Project Management
10 7 (11.48%) Internet
10 7 (11.48%) Synon
10 7 (11.48%) MS Visio
11 6 (9.836%) Python
11 6 (9.836%) WSDL

iSeries
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 (18.03%) Apache Flex
2 6 (9.836%) HTML
2 6 (9.836%) JSP
2 6 (9.836%) XML
2 6 (9.836%) WSDL
3 3 (4.918%) J2EE
4 2 (3.279%) WebSphere
4 2 (3.279%) Java EE
5 1 (1.639%) Middleware
5 1 (1.639%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.279%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 10 (16.39%) MS Excel
2 8 (13.11%) MS Office
3 7 (11.48%) MS Visio
4 3 (4.918%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.48%) Internet
2 4 (6.557%) SAN
3 2 (3.279%) Firewall
4 1 (1.639%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.557%) DB2
2 2 (3.279%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (11.48%) Synon
2 6 (9.836%) Ant
3 2 (3.279%) JIRA
General
1 11 (18.03%) Finance
2 7 (11.48%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.918%) Retail Banking
3 3 (4.918%) Banking
3 3 (4.918%) Retail
4 2 (3.279%) Billing
5 1 (1.639%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.639%) Private Banking
5 1 (1.639%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 14 (22.95%) Systems Administrator
1 14 (22.95%) Administrator
2 13 (21.31%) Developer
2 13 (21.31%) Team Leader
3 12 (19.67%) Analyst
4 10 (16.39%) Java Developer
4 10 (16.39%) Linux Systems Administrator
4 10 (16.39%) Linux Administrator
5 9 (14.75%) Analyst Programmer
5 9 (14.75%) Programmer
5 9 (14.75%) Architect
6 8 (13.11%) Project Manager
6 8 (13.11%) Solutions Architect
6 8 (13.11%) Senior Systems Administrator
6 8 (13.11%) Senior Linux Administrator
6 8 (13.11%) Senior Linux Systems Administrator
7 6 (9.836%) Senior Programmer
7 6 (9.836%) Senior Java Analyst Programmer
7 6 (9.836%) Senior Java Programmer
7 6 (9.836%) Graduate Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (19.67%) AS400
2 6 (9.836%) Derivative
3 2 (3.279%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.639%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.639%) Online Banking
4 1 (1.639%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 22 (36.07%) Linux
2 9 (14.75%) UNIX
3 8 (13.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (4.918%) Windows
5 1 (1.639%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (22.95%) ITIL
2 8 (13.11%) Unit Testing
2 8 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (11.48%) Project Management
3 7 (11.48%) Zachman Framework
4 6 (9.836%) Risk Management
4 6 (9.836%) Integration Testing
5 5 (8.197%) Time Management
6 2 (3.279%) Waterfall
6 2 (3.279%) Programme Management
6 2 (3.279%) Asset Management
6 2 (3.279%) Service Delivery
6 2 (3.279%) PRINCE
6 2 (3.279%) PRINCE2
6 2 (3.279%) ERP
7 1 (1.639%) Data Modelling
7 1 (1.639%) E-Commerce
7 1 (1.639%) EAM
7 1 (1.639%) Data Management
7 1 (1.639%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (27.87%) Java
2 14 (22.95%) RPG
3 10 (16.39%) SQL
4 8 (13.11%) RPG IV
5 7 (11.48%) RPG/400
6 6 (9.836%) VB
6 6 (9.836%) VBA
6 6 (9.836%) Python
6 6 (9.836%) JavaScript
6 6 (9.836%) Perl
6 6 (9.836%) PHP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.836%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.639%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.639%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 19 (31.15%) IBM
2 11 (18.03%) Microsoft
3 10 (16.39%) Dell
3 10 (16.39%) Red Hat
3 10 (16.39%) Nimsoft
4 9 (14.75%) Oracle
5 6 (9.836%) JD Edwards
5 6 (9.836%) VMware
6 2 (3.279%) Planview
6 2 (3.279%) Infor
7 1 (1.639%) Intel
7 1 (1.639%) Citrix
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