AS400 Contracts in England

IBM AS/400
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term AS400 in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited AS400 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 472 532 611
Rank change year-on-year +60 +79 +117
Contract jobs citing AS400 13 10 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.053% 0.027% 0.083%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.16% 0.087% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 26
10th Percentile £386 - £250
25th Percentile £441 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £420 £510
Median % change year-on-year +36.90% -17.65% +10.27%
75th Percentile £600 - £575
90th Percentile £613 - £588
UK median daily rate £575 £420 £525
% change year-on-year +36.90% -20.00% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £22.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £22.50 -

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,317 11,465 17,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.15% 30.83% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,436 7,505 11,795
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 827 591
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%
75th Percentile £64.63 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.40 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

AS400
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing AS400 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for AS400 in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AS400 in England.

Daily rate trend for AS400 in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AS400 in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for AS400 in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AS400 in England.

Hourly rate trend for AS400 in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AS400 within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +41 9 £600 +42.86% 2
Midlands +20 2 £485 - 3
West Midlands +12 2 £485 -
North of England - 1 £425 -
South East - 1 - - 3
Yorkshire - 1 £425 -
AS400
UK

AS400
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (30.77%) MQSeries
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) DB2
General
1 6 (46.15%) Finance
2 5 (38.46%) Banking
3 4 (30.77%) Private Banking
4 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (7.69%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Developer
2 5 (38.46%) RPG Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Analyst Developer
4 2 (15.38%) AS400 Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Administrator
5 1 (7.69%) Analyst Programmer
5 1 (7.69%) Architect
5 1 (7.69%) AS400 Analyst Programmer
5 1 (7.69%) AS400 Programmer
5 1 (7.69%) Azure Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Data Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery Test Manager
5 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Migration Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Programmer
5 1 (7.69%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) XML
2 2 (15.38%) Middleware
3 1 (7.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (76.92%) iSeries
2 2 (15.38%) Derivative
3 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.69%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Unix
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Wealth Management
2 2 (15.38%) Change Control
2 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
2 2 (15.38%) Integration Testing
2 2 (15.38%) ITIL
2 2 (15.38%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (7.69%) Agile
3 1 (7.69%) Asset Management
3 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (7.69%) Error Analysis
3 1 (7.69%) IT Audit
3 1 (7.69%) Migration
3 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (7.69%) Project Management
3 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery
3 1 (7.69%) Service Management
3 1 (7.69%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (7.69%) Test Automation
3 1 (7.69%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) RPG
2 7 (53.85%) SQL
3 3 (23.08%) RPG IV
4 2 (15.38%) Java
4 2 (15.38%) Python
5 1 (7.69%) R
5 1 (7.69%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Control-M
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) IBM
2 1 (7.69%) AppDynamics
2 1 (7.69%) Infor
2 1 (7.69%) Splunk