AS400 Contract Job Trends in Central London

IBM AS/400
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term AS400 in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited AS400 over the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 131 151
Rank change year-on-year +4 +20 +45
Contract jobs citing AS400 2 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.10% 0.12% 0.035%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.26% 0.40% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.70%
75th Percentile £625 - £538
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £600 £475 £563
% change year-on-year +26.32% -15.56% -2.17%

All Generic Skills
Central London

AS400 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 770 754 925
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 39.29% 31.17% 32.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 565 484 624
10th Percentile £353 £363 £313
25th Percentile £438 £474 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% -1.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £675 £710 £725
90th Percentile £775 £838 £838
London median daily rate £550 £575 £595
% change year-on-year -4.35% -3.28% -0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 13
10th Percentile £19.51 £25.72 £17.00
25th Percentile £26.15 £26.20 £18.93
Median hourly rate £31.00 £27.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.81% +3.85% -49.02%
75th Percentile £41.89 £59.75 £46.75
90th Percentile £67.89 £79.40 £65.60
London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year -28.65% +17.50% -1.64%

AS400
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AS400 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

AS400 job vacancy trend in Central London

AS400
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing AS400.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing AS400

AS400
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing AS400.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing AS400

AS400
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AS400 within the Central London region over the 6 months to 29 November 2025. 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
City of London +7 2 £600 - 3
AS400
London

AS400
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Eclipse
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Systems Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Insurance Systems Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (50.00%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Korn
1 2 (100.00%) RPG
1 2 (100.00%) SQL