IBM iSeries
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term iSeries in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited iSeries over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 856 925 1136
Rank change year-on-year +69 +211 -282
Permanent jobs citing iSeries 40 45 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.043% 0.062%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.12% 0.10% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 31 43 77
10th Percentile - £41,125 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £62,500 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% -1.57% +49.41%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £82,500 £81,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,750 £47,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -17.39% +43.75%

All Generic Skills
UK

iSeries is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,768 44,861 72,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 42.86% 47.13%
Number of salaries quoted 22,918 24,128 34,106
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,107 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

iSeries
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing iSeries as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for iSeries in the UK

iSeries
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing iSeries.

Salary trend for iSeries in the UK

iSeries
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing iSeries over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for iSeries in the UK

iSeries
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing iSeries within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +109 36 £52,500 -16.00% 20
UK excluding London +30 35 £48,750 +2.63% 10
North of England +70 21 £55,000 +22.22% 8
North West +30 20 £55,000 +22.22% 8
Work from Home +69 15 £55,000 -12.00% 7
West Midlands +35 12 £45,000 +91.49%
Midlands +15 12 £45,000 +87.50% 1
London +110 3 £70,000 +12.00% 11
Wales - 2 £45,000 -
Yorkshire - 1 £60,000 -

iSeries
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 7 (17.50%) BPCS
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.00%) Azure
1 2 (5.00%) IBM Cloud
2 1 (2.50%) AWS
2 1 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.00%) DB2
2 2 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (5.00%) MS Access
3 1 (2.50%) MySQL
General
1 9 (22.50%) Finance
1 9 (22.50%) Manufacturing
2 7 (17.50%) Legal
3 3 (7.50%) Retail
4 2 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (5.00%) Public Speaking
4 2 (5.00%) Publishing
4 2 (5.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Banking
Job Titles
1 22 (55.00%) Developer
2 14 (35.00%) RPG Developer
3 10 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
4 7 (17.50%) Software Developer
5 6 (15.00%) AS400 Developer
6 2 (5.00%) Business Development Manager
6 2 (5.00%) Business Manager
6 2 (5.00%) Consultant
6 2 (5.00%) Data Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Development Manager
6 2 (5.00%) Functional Consultant
7 1 (2.50%) AS400 Operator
7 1 (2.50%) Java Developer
7 1 (2.50%) SWIFT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) ODBC
2 1 (2.50%) React
Miscellaneous
1 25 (62.50%) AS400
2 3 (7.50%) Driving Licence
3 2 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (32.50%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (27.50%) Clean Code
2 11 (27.50%) Collaborative Culture
2 11 (27.50%) SDLC
3 10 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
3 10 (25.00%) High Availability
4 7 (17.50%) Business Analysis
4 7 (17.50%) ERP
4 7 (17.50%) Project Management
4 7 (17.50%) Software Testing
4 7 (17.50%) Unit Testing
5 2 (5.00%) Business Development
5 2 (5.00%) Migration
5 2 (5.00%) Service Delivery
6 1 (2.50%) Agile
6 1 (2.50%) Lean Software Development
6 1 (2.50%) Mentoring
6 1 (2.50%) Performance Management
6 1 (2.50%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (2.50%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 21 (52.50%) RPG
2 18 (45.00%) RPG IV
3 17 (42.50%) SQL
4 11 (27.50%) RPG/400
5 1 (2.50%) Java
System Software
1 2 (5.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (5.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (5.00%) ThinApp
Vendors
1 34 (85.00%) IBM
2 2 (5.00%) Citrix
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.00%) Oracle
2 2 (5.00%) VMware