iSeries Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

IBM iSeries
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term iSeries in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited iSeries over the 6 months leading up to 19 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 - 123
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing iSeries 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.067% - 0.057%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.18% - 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £527
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £558
75th Percentile - - £590
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate - £485 £467
% change year-on-year - +3.95% +24.42%

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

iSeries falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 549 422 579
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 36.82% 31.47% 33.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 204 344
10th Percentile £292 £261 £205
25th Percentile £393 £400 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £478
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +9.95% -4.50%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £602
90th Percentile £666 £656 £675
South East median daily rate £485 £524 £490
% change year-on-year -7.40% +6.89% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 12 27
10th Percentile £20.65 £27.88 £34.49
25th Percentile £20.79 £39.13 £47.87
Median hourly rate £58.00 £52.37 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.75% -14.14% +37.85%
75th Percentile £84.75 £62.24 £63.29
90th Percentile £98.75 £73.61 £76.44
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £35.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -31.43% -30.00% +36.05%

iSeries
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing iSeries relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

iSeries job vacancy trend in Berkshire

iSeries
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing iSeries.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing iSeries

iSeries
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing iSeries.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing iSeries

iSeries
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing iSeries within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 19 January 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading - 1 - -
iSeries
South East

iSeries
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) BIG-IP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki