iSeries Contract Job Trends in Coventry

IBM iSeries
West Midlands > Coventry

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term iSeries in contract job vacancies in Coventry. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited iSeries over the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing iSeries 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Coventry 0.34% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £500 - -

All Generic Skills
Coventry

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 Coventry.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 132 66 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry 44.59% 47.83% 26.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 27 17
10th Percentile £281 £263 £375
25th Percentile £353 £378 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -16.67% +33.33%
75th Percentile £475 £594 £626
90th Percentile £556 £725 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £16.74 - -
25th Percentile - - £15.50
Median hourly rate £19.48 £27.21 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.41% +60.06% -37.04%
75th Percentile - - £18.50
90th Percentile £22.12 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.98 £30.00 £32.21
% change year-on-year +13.27% -6.85% +17.12%

iSeries
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

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

iSeries job vacancy trend in Coventry

iSeries
Daily Rate Trend in Coventry

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing iSeries

iSeries
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre Migration Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Migration Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Migration Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Transformation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM