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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM iSeries
Rank 81 83 71
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -12
Permanent jobs citing iSeries 6 7 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 0.574% 0.709% 1.647%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.206% 2.662% 4.573%
Number of salaries quoted 5 7 14
Average salary £47,500 £42,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.76% +54.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £46,900 £32,490 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £58,500 £41,400
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -6.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
272 263 328
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 26.00% 26.62% 36.00%
Number of salaries quoted 254 211 316
Average salary £38,000 £35,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.57% -10.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
iSeries
Wales

iSeries
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales iSeries Salary Trend

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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cardiff -15 3 £47,500 +39.09%
Newport - 2 £46,500 -
iSeries
Wales

iSeries
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 3 (42.86%) Linux
1 3 (42.86%) ERP
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco
1 3 (42.86%) IBM
1 3 (42.86%) Nortel
1 3 (42.86%) Avaya
1 3 (42.86%) SAN
1 3 (42.86%) Blackberry
1 3 (42.86%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 3 (42.86%) VMware
1 3 (42.86%) VMware ESX
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (28.57%) Nortel Alteon
2 2 (28.57%) Brocade
2 2 (28.57%) Radware
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) RPG
2 2 (28.57%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
3 1 (14.29%) SAP
3 1 (14.29%) Windows
3 1 (14.29%) AS400
3 1 (14.29%) Prolog
3 1 (14.29%) COBOL
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (14.29%) Northgate
3 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis

iSeries
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) SAN
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (28.57%) Nortel Alteon
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Architect
1 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Development Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Applications Support
2 1 (14.29%) Change Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Blackberry
2 1 (14.29%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) ERP
2 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) RPG
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) Prolog
2 1 (14.29%) COBOL
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco
1 3 (42.86%) IBM
1 3 (42.86%) Nortel
1 3 (42.86%) Avaya
1 3 (42.86%) VMware
2 2 (28.57%) Brocade
2 2 (28.57%) Radware
3 1 (14.29%) SAP
3 1 (14.29%) Northgate