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 27 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 505 520 566
Rank change year-on-year +15 +46 +212
Contract jobs citing iSeries 11 23 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.040% 0.067% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.22% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 45
10th Percentile £389 £413 £363
25th Percentile £431 £470 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.08% +14.29% -6.25%
75th Percentile £631 - £600
90th Percentile £688 £640 £643
UK median daily rate £528 £600 £530
% change year-on-year -12.08% +13.21% -5.36%

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 9,613 10,658 15,117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.81% 31.02% 32.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,072 6,932 10,588
10th Percentile £305 £300 £308
25th Percentile £408 £425 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -3.23% -1.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 487 623 400
10th Percentile £15.13 £12.40 £14.17
25th Percentile £18.87 £16.86 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £40.16
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% +12.04% +54.47%
75th Percentile £60.00 £66.38 £65.81
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.75 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £40.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% +12.68% +31.58%

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 27 July 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 27 July 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 +8 9 £600 +25.00% 5
South East +22 1 - - 4
West Midlands - 1 £370 - 2
Midlands - 1 £370 - 4
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 3 (27.27%) MQSeries
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) AWS
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) DB2
General
1 8 (72.73%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Banking
3 2 (18.18%) Private Banking
3 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Lead
2 2 (18.18%) Lead Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Lead Solutions Architect
2 2 (18.18%) RPG Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Analyst Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Analyst Programmer
3 1 (9.09%) AS400 Analyst Programmer
3 1 (9.09%) AS400 Developer
3 1 (9.09%) AS400 Programmer
3 1 (9.09%) Development Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Mainframe Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Programmer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Development Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) XML
2 1 (9.09%) .NET
2 1 (9.09%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) AS400
2 3 (27.27%) Mainframe
3 1 (9.09%) Derivative
3 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Unix
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Agile
1 2 (18.18%) Architectural Design
1 2 (18.18%) Migration
1 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
1 2 (18.18%) Translating Business Requirements
1 2 (18.18%) Wealth Management
2 1 (9.09%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
2 1 (9.09%) CI/CD
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
2 1 (9.09%) Error Analysis
2 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (9.09%) Integration Testing
2 1 (9.09%) Investment Management
2 1 (9.09%) Proactive Maintenance
2 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
2 1 (9.09%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (9.09%) SDLC
2 1 (9.09%) Secure Coding
2 1 (9.09%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) RPG
2 4 (36.36%) SQL
3 3 (27.27%) Java
4 2 (18.18%) RPG IV
5 1 (9.09%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) CFA
1 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Control-M
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) IBM
2 1 (9.09%) AppDynamics
2 1 (9.09%) Avaloq
2 1 (9.09%) FNZ
2 1 (9.09%) Infor
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Splunk