AS400 Contract Job Trends in London

IBM AS/400
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term AS400 in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited AS400 over the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 355 379 394
Rank change year-on-year +24 +15 +161
Contract jobs citing AS400 19 14 27
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.13% 0.088% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.34% 0.26% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 14
10th Percentile £573 £444 £396
25th Percentile £575 £460 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £563
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -15.56% -2.17%
75th Percentile £625 £520 £644
90th Percentile £638 £564 £668
England median daily rate £600 £445 £529
% change year-on-year +34.83% -15.84% -8.04%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,595 5,366 6,680
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 39.45% 33.87% 33.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,569 3,431 4,758
10th Percentile £333 £325 £325
25th Percentile £429 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £595
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -3.28% -0.92%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £725
90th Percentile £804 £850 £825
England median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - -3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 64 102
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.80
25th Percentile £20.21 £24.33 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.65% +17.50% -1.64%
75th Percentile £45.40 £56.69 £49.68
90th Percentile £70.75 £80.75 £65.09
England median hourly rate £28.00 £41.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -31.71% -7.87% +27.14%

AS400
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AS400 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

AS400 job vacancy trend in London

AS400
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing AS400.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing AS400

AS400
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing AS400.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing AS400

AS400
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AS400 within the London region over the 6 months to 29 November 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
Central London +4 2 £600 - 3
West London - 1 - - 1
AS400
England

AS400
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 7 (36.84%) MQSeries
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (5.26%) Misys Equation
1 1 (5.26%) Temenos T24
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) DB2
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
2 1 (5.26%) Eclipse
General
1 11 (57.89%) Finance
2 10 (52.63%) Banking
3 8 (42.11%) Private Banking
4 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
5 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (21.05%) Financial Institution
7 1 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (5.26%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Analyst
2 9 (47.37%) Developer
3 6 (31.58%) Analyst Developer
3 6 (31.58%) AS400 Developer
4 4 (21.05%) Business Systems Analyst
4 4 (21.05%) Insurance Systems Analyst
4 4 (21.05%) Systems Analyst
5 3 (15.79%) RPG Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Agile Test Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Banking Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Development Manager
6 1 (5.26%) SQL Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (42.11%) XML
2 1 (5.26%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (47.37%) iSeries
2 2 (10.53%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (10.53%) IBM Mainframe
2 2 (10.53%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Agile
1 6 (31.58%) Change Control
1 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (26.32%) Integration Testing
2 5 (26.32%) Portfolio Management
2 5 (26.32%) Wealth Management
3 4 (21.05%) Backlog Management
3 4 (21.05%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (21.05%) Translating Business Requirements
4 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (10.53%) Analytics
5 2 (10.53%) Data Analytics
5 2 (10.53%) Data Management
5 2 (10.53%) Decision-Making
5 2 (10.53%) Scrum
6 1 (5.26%) Collateral Management
6 1 (5.26%) Data Reconciliation
6 1 (5.26%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 12 (63.16%) RPG
1 12 (63.16%) SQL
2 6 (31.58%) Java
3 2 (10.53%) Korn
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (5.26%) Degree
1 1 (5.26%) ISTQB
1 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
1 1 (5.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (31.58%) QA
2 2 (10.53%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.26%) Basel III
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 6 (31.58%) Control-M
Vendors
1 11 (57.89%) IBM
2 2 (10.53%) Guidewire
3 1 (5.26%) Misys
3 1 (5.26%) SEEBURGER
3 1 (5.26%) Temenos