The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term AS400 in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited AS400 over the 3 months to 23 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM AS/400
Rank 190 151 136
Rank change year-on-year
-39 -15
Permanent jobs citing AS400 14 33 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.280% 0.727% 0.852%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.094% 2.872% 3.579%
Number of salaries quoted 13 31 31
Average salary £27,500 £32,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.38% +3.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,900 £27,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £35,000 £38,750
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1280 1149 1006
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 25.56% 25.31% 23.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1059 980 820
Average salary £38,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £23,850
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
AS400
England

AS400
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing AS400 across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

West Midlands AS400 Jobs Demand Trend

AS400
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands AS400 Salary Trend

AS400
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing AS400 across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

West Midlands AS400 Salary Histogram

AS400
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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
Birmingham -11 9 £30,000 -3.22%
Coventry - 2 £22,000 -
Herefordshire - 2 £27,500 -
AS400
England

AS400
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 17 (56.67%) iSeries
2 14 (46.67%) Windows
3 10 (33.33%) IBM
4 9 (30.00%) SQL
4 9 (30.00%) Windows Vista
5 8 (26.67%) ITIL
6 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
6 7 (23.33%) User Acceptance Testing
7 6 (20.00%) Finance
8 5 (16.67%) ISEB
8 5 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (16.67%) BCP
8 5 (16.67%) Windows XP
8 5 (16.67%) Windows NT
8 5 (16.67%) Windows 2000
8 5 (16.67%) Test Scripting
8 5 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
8 5 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (16.67%) V-Model
9 4 (13.33%) Waterfall
9 4 (13.33%) UNIX
9 4 (13.33%) Mainframe
9 4 (13.33%) Middleware
9 4 (13.33%) QuickTest Pro
10 3 (10.00%) TestDirector
10 3 (10.00%) ERP
10 3 (10.00%) JD Edwards
10 3 (10.00%) XML
10 3 (10.00%) MQSeries
10 3 (10.00%) MS Excel

AS400
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 4 (13.33%) Middleware
2 3 (10.00%) XML
2 3 (10.00%) WebSphere
3 2 (6.667%) HTML
4 1 (3.333%) J2EE
4 1 (3.333%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.00%) MQSeries
1 3 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.333%) SAS
2 1 (3.333%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (3.333%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (6.667%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (3.333%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.667%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.333%) PBX
2 1 (3.333%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) DB2
2 2 (6.667%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.333%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.333%) Base SAS
3 1 (3.333%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 1 (3.333%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 4 (13.33%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (10.00%) TestDirector
3 2 (6.667%) Selenium
General
1 6 (20.00%) Finance
2 3 (10.00%) Banking
2 3 (10.00%) Retail
3 1 (3.333%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (40.00%) Analyst
2 7 (23.33%) Test Analyst
3 3 (10.00%) Coordinator
3 3 (10.00%) Architect
3 3 (10.00%) Junior
3 3 (10.00%) Technical Support
3 3 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (10.00%) Junior Architect
3 3 (10.00%) Junior Systems Engineer
3 3 (10.00%) Project Coordinator
3 3 (10.00%) AS400 Operator
4 2 (6.667%) IT Operations Analyst
4 2 (6.667%) Senior Test Analyst
4 2 (6.667%) Operations Analyst
4 2 (6.667%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (6.667%) Tester
4 2 (6.667%) Manual Tester
4 2 (6.667%) Manual Test Analyst
5 1 (3.333%) Business Analyst
5 1 (3.333%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 17 (56.67%) iSeries
2 4 (13.33%) Mainframe
3 1 (3.333%) N-Tier
3 1 (3.333%) LPAR
3 1 (3.333%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 14 (46.67%) Windows
2 9 (30.00%) Windows Vista
3 5 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (16.67%) Windows XP
3 5 (16.67%) Windows NT
3 5 (16.67%) Windows 2000
3 5 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (13.33%) UNIX
5 2 (6.667%) OS/390
6 1 (3.333%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.333%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) ITIL
2 7 (23.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (16.67%) BCP
3 5 (16.67%) Test Scripting
3 5 (16.67%) V-Model
4 4 (13.33%) Waterfall
5 3 (10.00%) ERP
5 3 (10.00%) PRINCE2
5 3 (10.00%) Web Testing
5 3 (10.00%) System Testing
5 3 (10.00%) Time Management
5 3 (10.00%) Resource Management
5 3 (10.00%) Scrum
6 2 (6.667%) Automated Testing
6 2 (6.667%) Problem Management
6 2 (6.667%) Unit Testing
6 2 (6.667%) Integration Testing
6 2 (6.667%) Test Management
6 2 (6.667%) Software Testing
6 2 (6.667%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 9 (30.00%) SQL
2 1 (3.333%) RPG
Qualifications
1 5 (16.67%) ISEB
2 3 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 3 (10.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.333%) CISA
3 1 (3.333%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.667%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (3.333%) COSO
2 1 (3.333%) COBIT
2 1 (3.333%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (3.333%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (33.33%) IBM
2 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.00%) JD Edwards
4 2 (6.667%) Oracle
5 1 (3.333%) Lotus
5 1 (3.333%) Cognos
5 1 (3.333%) Business Objects
5 1 (3.333%) Computacenter