Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term AS400 in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited AS400 over the 3 months to 17 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category.

LinkIBM AS/400
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank369298264
Rank change year-on-year
Down-71Down-34
Matching permanent IT job ads3584981400
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.417 %0.586 %0.691 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category1.537 %2.476 %3.099 %
Salaries quoted2944201031
Average salary£35,500£39,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.970 %+4.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,600£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£57,500£50,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£38,000£35,500
% change year-on-year
-7.890 %+7.040 %
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
232962011245183
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK27.12 %23.68 %22.30 %
Salaries quoted189291643435671
Average salary£50,000£42,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64 %-5.550 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,943£26,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£85,000£80,000£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,000£36,000
% change year-on-year
+1.350 %+2.770 %

AS400
Demand Trend

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

AS400 Demand Trend

AS400
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing AS400 within the UK.

AS400 Salary Trend

AS400
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing AS400 over the 3 months to 17 March 2010 within the UK.

AS400 Salary Histogram

AS400
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AS400 within the UK over the 3 months to 17 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-100311£36,000-10.00 %
LondonDown-1591£42,500-5.55 %
South EastDown-2078£38,000-5.00 %
East of EnglandDown-7044£39,000-13.33 %
WalesUp+2537£27,500+1.85 %
CambridgeshireDown-4837£39,000-13.33 %
SurreyUp+2035£42,500+6.25 %
West MidlandsUp+1933£30,500+8.92 %
South WalesUp+1833£27,500+1.85 %
YorkshireUp+2125£35,000-5.40 %
KentUp+1721£38,000-12.64 %
MidlandsUp+917£32,500-7.14 %
City of LondonDown-5317£50,000+17.64 %
BirminghamUp+1513£30,500-19.73 %
South YorkshireNew entry-13£38,500-
East MidlandsNo change012£35,000+12.90 %
CardiffDown-412£24,250-10.18 %
West YorkshireUp+1811£35,000-5.40 %
HampshireUp+1411£24,500-30.00 %
LeedsUp+1311£35,000-5.40 %
NottinghamUp+1810£35,000-12.50 %
NottinghamshireUp+1310£35,000+12.90 %
South WestDown-39£31,000-11.42 %
Home CountiesDown-218£45,000+5.88 %
SolihullDown-37£35,000-
North WestDown-327£32,500-7.14 %
HertfordshireDown-66£36,500-2.66 %
BristolUp+155£31,000-27.05 %
ManchesterDown-145£32,500-7.14 %
FolkestoneNew entry-5£32,000-

AS400
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1263 (36.94 %)iSeries
2216 (30.34 %)RPG
3190 (26.69 %)Finance
4126 (17.70 %)SQL
5115 (16.15 %)Windows
6107 (15.03 %)SQL Server
785 (11.94 %)Microsoft
874 (10.39 %)IBM
971 (9.972 %)Java
1069 (9.691 %)Insurance
1162 (8.708 %)Oracle
1261 (8.567 %)MS Excel
1357 (8.006 %)UNIX
1453 (7.444 %)Linux
1552 (7.303 %)ERP
1651 (7.163 %)COBOL
1746 (6.461 %)Cognos
1843 (6.039 %)ITIL
1942 (5.899 %).NET
2041 (5.758 %)Datawarehouse
2041 (5.758 %)ETL
2041 (5.758 %)SQL Server 2005
2041 (5.758 %)Banking
2139 (5.478 %)Business Intelligence
2238 (5.337 %)HTML
2238 (5.337 %)Degree
2337 (5.197 %)VB
2436 (5.056 %)Lotus
2533 (4.635 %)OS/400
2533 (4.635 %)HP

AS400
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
142 (5.899 %).NET
238 (5.337 %)HTML
327 (3.792 %)ASP.NET
426 (3.652 %)XML
426 (3.652 %)WebSphere
525 (3.511 %)J2EE
620 (2.809 %)CSS
719 (2.669 %)Web Services
816 (2.247 %)Middleware
816 (2.247 %)AJAX
911 (1.545 %)XSLT
1010 (1.404 %)EDI
119 (1.264 %)ASP
126 (0.843 %)Struts
126 (0.843 %)Spring
126 (0.843 %)JSR 170
126 (0.843 %)Apache Wicket
126 (0.843 %)Jackrabbit
134 (0.562 %).NET Framework
143 (0.421 %)WinForms
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
125 (3.511 %)Lotus Notes
224 (3.371 %)Apache
322 (3.090 %)Tomcat
418 (2.528 %)SharePoint
418 (2.528 %)MS Exchange
418 (2.528 %)Lotus Domino
517 (2.388 %)IIS
616 (2.247 %)WebLogic
713 (1.826 %)Exchange Server 2003
810 (1.404 %)MQSeries
99 (1.264 %)Exchange Server 2007
102 (0.281 %)WebSphere Application Server
102 (0.281 %)WebSphere Process Server
102 (0.281 %)WebSphere Message Broker
111 (0.140 %)ATG Dynamo
111 (0.140 %)SAS
111 (0.140 %)WebSphere MQ
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
161 (8.567 %)MS Excel
225 (3.511 %)MS Office
32 (0.281 %)Fireworks
32 (0.281 %)MS Visio
32 (0.281 %)Photoshop
41 (0.140 %)MS Project
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
121 (2.949 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
29 (1.264 %)SunGard GMI
29 (1.264 %)GL Clearvision
37 (0.983 %)INSURE/90
45 (0.702 %)BPCS
54 (0.562 %)CODA-Financials
54 (0.562 %)JDE OneWorld
63 (0.421 %)Movex
72 (0.281 %)Navision
72 (0.281 %)Oracle Financials
72 (0.281 %)Misys Midas
81 (0.140 %)Dynamics AX
81 (0.140 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
81 (0.140 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
81 (0.140 %)Summit
81 (0.140 %)Maximo
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
119 (2.669 %)Firewall
217 (2.388 %)SAN
39 (1.264 %)TCP/IP
39 (1.264 %)LAN
48 (1.124 %)VoIP
56 (0.843 %)Internet
56 (0.843 %)WAN
56 (0.843 %)LDAP
64 (0.562 %)Intranet
64 (0.562 %)Cisco PIX
73 (0.421 %)VLAN
73 (0.421 %)DNS
73 (0.421 %)FTP
73 (0.421 %)VPN
82 (0.281 %)Intrusion Detection
91 (0.140 %)Nortel Meridian
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1107 (15.03 %)SQL Server
241 (5.758 %)Datawarehouse
241 (5.758 %)ETL
241 (5.758 %)SQL Server 2005
333 (4.635 %)SQL Server Integration Services
422 (3.090 %)DTS
518 (2.528 %)MySQL
614 (1.966 %)MS Access
713 (1.826 %)SQL Server 2008
811 (1.545 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
811 (1.545 %)DB2
98 (1.124 %)Oracle 10g
107 (0.983 %)OLAP
116 (0.843 %)RDBMS
116 (0.843 %)NonStop SQL
124 (0.562 %)Oracle 8/8i
124 (0.562 %)BusinessObjects
124 (0.562 %)Crystal Reports
124 (0.562 %)Oracle OLAP
133 (0.421 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
129 (4.073 %)Synon
216 (2.247 %)JMeter
216 (2.247 %)JUnit
312 (1.685 %)COOL2E
411 (1.545 %)Visual Studio
58 (1.124 %)QuickTest Pro
64 (0.562 %)LoadRunner
73 (0.421 %)VSS/SourceSafe
73 (0.421 %)Oracle Forms
82 (0.281 %)WinRunner
91 (0.140 %)Ant
91 (0.140 %)TestDirector
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1190 (26.69 %)Finance
269 (9.691 %)Insurance
341 (5.758 %)Banking
424 (3.371 %)Retail
518 (2.528 %)Billing
616 (2.247 %)Telecoms
715 (2.107 %)Pensions
813 (1.826 %)Health
911 (1.545 %)Investment Banking
911 (1.545 %)Manufacturing
1010 (1.404 %)Education
119 (1.264 %)Back Office
126 (0.843 %)Financial Institution
126 (0.843 %)Marketing
135 (0.702 %)Auditing
143 (0.421 %)Music
143 (0.421 %)Advertising
151 (0.140 %)Corporate Banking
151 (0.140 %)Publishing
151 (0.140 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1315 (44.24 %)Analyst
2186 (26.12 %)Programmer
3157 (22.05 %)Analyst Programmer
4126 (17.70 %)Developer
583 (11.66 %)AS400 Analyst Programmer
662 (8.708 %)AS400 Developer
662 (8.708 %)Support Analyst
748 (6.742 %)RPG Developer
846 (6.461 %)Senior Programmer
943 (6.039 %)COBOL Programmer
1042 (5.899 %)RPG Programmer
1137 (5.197 %)Senior Analyst
1137 (5.197 %)Business Analyst
1236 (5.056 %)RPG Analyst Programmer
1335 (4.916 %)COBOL Analyst
1335 (4.916 %)COBOL Analyst Programmer
1434 (4.775 %)Administrator
1533 (4.635 %)Technical Support
1533 (4.635 %)Team Leader
1630 (4.213 %)Senior Analyst Programmer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1263 (36.94 %)iSeries
227 (3.792 %)Mainframe
319 (2.669 %)Data Extraction
417 (2.388 %)LPAR
510 (1.404 %)Management Information System
68 (1.124 %)Derivative
76 (0.843 %)Mathematics
85 (0.702 %)IBM Mainframe
85 (0.702 %)Computer Science
85 (0.702 %)Replication
85 (0.702 %)Client/Server
85 (0.702 %)HACMP
94 (0.562 %)EPoS
94 (0.562 %)E-Learning
94 (0.562 %)Tandem
103 (0.421 %)FMCG
103 (0.421 %)PDA
112 (0.281 %)Blackberry
112 (0.281 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
112 (0.281 %)Fixed Income
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1115 (16.15 %)Windows
257 (8.006 %)UNIX
353 (7.444 %)Linux
433 (4.635 %)OS/400
529 (4.073 %)Windows Server 2003
628 (3.933 %)Red Hat Linux
722 (3.090 %)Solaris
813 (1.826 %)Windows 2000 Server
912 (1.685 %)AIX
1011 (1.545 %)Windows XP
1110 (1.404 %)HPUX
129 (1.264 %)OpenVMS
138 (1.124 %)VMS
147 (0.983 %)i5/OS
156 (0.843 %)NetWare
165 (0.702 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
165 (0.702 %)Windows Vista
174 (0.562 %)Windows Server 2008
183 (0.421 %)Windows NT
191 (0.140 %)Windows 2000
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
152 (7.303 %)ERP
243 (6.039 %)ITIL
339 (5.478 %)Business Intelligence
430 (4.213 %)Change Management
525 (3.511 %)Project Management
624 (3.371 %)Web Development
624 (3.371 %)Migration
722 (3.090 %)User Acceptance Testing
820 (2.809 %)Business Analysis
919 (2.669 %)Automated Testing
919 (2.669 %)OO
1018 (2.528 %)Data Analysis
1018 (2.528 %)System Testing
1117 (2.388 %)Software Testing
1117 (2.388 %)CRM
1215 (2.107 %)PRINCE2
1313 (1.826 %)Data Migration
1313 (1.826 %)UML
1412 (1.685 %)E-Commerce
1412 (1.685 %)Test Scripting
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1216 (30.34 %)RPG
2126 (17.70 %)SQL
371 (9.972 %)Java
451 (7.163 %)COBOL
537 (5.197 %)VB
632 (4.494 %)JavaScript
725 (3.511 %)VB.NET
817 (2.388 %)C#
915 (2.107 %)VBScript
915 (2.107 %)Bash shell
1012 (1.685 %)Shell Script
1111 (1.545 %)Perl
1210 (1.404 %)VB6
1210 (1.404 %)Korn
139 (1.264 %)C
139 (1.264 %)VBA
148 (1.124 %)PL/SQL
156 (0.843 %)PowerHouse
156 (0.843 %)T-SQL
162 (0.281 %)FoxPro (VFP)
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
138 (5.337 %)Degree
226 (3.652 %)ISEB
315 (2.107 %)Microsoft Certification
410 (1.404 %)MCSE
410 (1.404 %)CISSP
58 (1.124 %)SCJP
58 (1.124 %)SCJA
65 (0.702 %)PRINCE2 Certification
65 (0.702 %)ACCA
65 (0.702 %)CIMA
74 (0.562 %)IBM Certification
74 (0.562 %)HND
83 (0.421 %)MCP
83 (0.421 %)Cisco Certification
83 (0.421 %)CCNA
83 (0.421 %)MCSA
83 (0.421 %)ITIL Certification
92 (0.281 %)ISTQB
101 (0.140 %)CISA
101 (0.140 %)QiCA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (1.826 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
212 (1.685 %)SLA
39 (1.264 %)ISO27001
42 (0.281 %)PCI DSS
51 (0.140 %)QA
51 (0.140 %)GAMP
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
129 (4.073 %)Active Directory
29 (1.264 %)VMware ESX
35 (0.702 %)Oracle RAC
35 (0.702 %)Terminal Services
44 (0.562 %)VMware Infrastructure
53 (0.421 %)Citrix Presentation Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
17 (0.983 %)Tivoli
25 (0.702 %)Data Guard
25 (0.702 %)Nagios
34 (0.562 %)ARCserve
43 (0.421 %)Backup Exec
43 (0.421 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
52 (0.281 %)CONTROL-M
61 (0.140 %)HP Data Protector
61 (0.140 %)OpenView
61 (0.140 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
185 (11.94 %)Microsoft
274 (10.39 %)IBM
362 (8.708 %)Oracle
446 (6.461 %)Cognos
536 (5.056 %)Lotus
633 (4.635 %)HP
729 (4.073 %)Cisco
823 (3.230 %)Red Hat
823 (3.230 %)JD Edwards
921 (2.949 %)Sun
1019 (2.669 %)Citrix
1019 (2.669 %)CODA
1115 (2.107 %)VMware
1212 (1.685 %)SAP
139 (1.264 %)SunGard
147 (0.983 %)Vignette
147 (0.983 %)Agresso
156 (0.843 %)Symantec
156 (0.843 %)CommVault
156 (0.843 %)Sybase