iSeries Contracts in England

IBM iSeries
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term iSeries in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited iSeries 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 471 538 609
Rank change year-on-year +67 +71 +143
Contract jobs citing iSeries 14 4 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.057% 0.011% 0.087%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.17% 0.035% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 30
10th Percentile £374 £438 £346
25th Percentile £398 £465 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £510 £518
Median % change year-on-year -10.78% -1.45% -7.59%
75th Percentile £600 £555 £617
90th Percentile £610 £582 £750
UK median daily rate £455 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -10.78% -2.86% +10.53%

All Generic Skills
England

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 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%

iSeries
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for iSeries in England

iSeries
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for iSeries in England

iSeries
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for iSeries in England

iSeries
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for iSeries in England

iSeries
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 iSeries 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 +44 9 £600 +42.86% 6
Midlands - 2 £485 - 4
West Midlands - 2 £485 -
North of England +19 1 £425 -29.17%
Yorkshire +8 1 £425 -29.17%
South East - 1 - - 5
iSeries
UK

iSeries
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 5 (35.71%) MQSeries
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) AWS
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) DB2
General
1 9 (64.29%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Banking
3 4 (28.57%) Private Banking
4 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (7.14%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Developer
2 5 (35.71%) RPG Developer
3 3 (21.43%) Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Analyst Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Architect
4 2 (14.29%) AS400 Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Lead
4 2 (14.29%) Lead Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Lead Solutions Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Analyst Programmer
5 1 (7.14%) AS400 Analyst Programmer
5 1 (7.14%) AS400 Programmer
5 1 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery Test Manager
5 1 (7.14%) HTML CSS Developer
5 1 (7.14%) HTML Developer
5 1 (7.14%) JavaScript Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Mainframe Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (35.71%) XML
2 1 (7.14%) CSS
2 1 (7.14%) HTML
2 1 (7.14%) REST
2 1 (7.14%) SOAP
2 1 (7.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (71.43%) AS400
2 3 (21.43%) Mainframe
3 2 (14.29%) Derivative
4 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
1 1 (7.14%) Unix
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Wealth Management
2 2 (14.29%) Architectural Design
2 2 (14.29%) Change Control
2 2 (14.29%) Integration Testing
2 2 (14.29%) ITIL
2 2 (14.29%) Migration
2 2 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (7.14%) Customer Service
3 1 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (7.14%) Error Analysis
3 1 (7.14%) Investment Management
3 1 (7.14%) IT Audit
3 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (7.14%) Project Management
3 1 (7.14%) Roadmaps
3 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery
3 1 (7.14%) Service Management
3 1 (7.14%) Test Automation
3 1 (7.14%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 8 (57.14%) RPG
2 7 (50.00%) SQL
3 4 (28.57%) Java
4 2 (14.29%) RPG IV
5 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
5 1 (7.14%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Control-M
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) IBM
2 1 (7.14%) AppDynamics
2 1 (7.14%) Infor
2 1 (7.14%) Splunk