iSeries Contract Job Trends in Central London

IBM iSeries
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term iSeries in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited iSeries over the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 128 124
Rank change year-on-year -21 -4 +43
Contract jobs citing iSeries 1 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.040% 0.15% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.40% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £585 -
25th Percentile £525 £600 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% - -
75th Percentile £575 £700 -
90th Percentile - £715 -
London median daily rate £600 £600 £480
% change year-on-year - +25.00% -5.88%

All Generic Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 900 748 721
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 35.71% 37.42% 31.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 619 514 475
10th Percentile £363 £359 £350
25th Percentile £463 £456 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £713
90th Percentile £775 £809 £838
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 12 7
10th Percentile £19.44 £17.35 £19.60
25th Percentile £23.16 £21.45 £22.90
Median hourly rate £35.00 £26.98 £25.79
Median % change year-on-year +29.75% +4.59% -26.31%
75th Percentile £54.50 £43.39 £27.00
90th Percentile £69.70 £86.43 £53.20
London median hourly rate £33.12 £27.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year +20.44% -11.29% -11.43%

iSeries
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

iSeries job vacancy trend in Central London

iSeries
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

iSeries
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

iSeries
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 iSeries within the Central London region over the 6 months to 25 August 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
City of London -14 1 £550 -15.38%
iSeries
London

iSeries
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) MQSeries
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst Programmer
1 1 (100.00%) Programmer
1 1 (100.00%) RPG Analyst Programmer
1 1 (100.00%) RPG Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AS400
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (100.00%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) RPG
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM