iSeries Contract Job Trends in London

IBM iSeries
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term iSeries in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited iSeries over the 6 months leading up to 4 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 342 393
Rank change year-on-year -47 +51 +115
Contract jobs citing iSeries 8 9 4
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.050% 0.068% 0.022%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.13% 0.20% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 3
10th Percentile - £441 £365
25th Percentile £575 £455 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £528 £650
Median % change year-on-year +13.74% -18.85% +23.81%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £738
90th Percentile - £640 £775
England median daily rate £600 £480 £600
% change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% +12.94%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,950 4,570 5,927
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.03% 34.73% 32.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,867 2,966 4,172
10th Percentile £350 £319 £300
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £700
90th Percentile £800 £850 £820
England median daily rate £513 £547 £545
% change year-on-year -6.31% +0.37% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 65 177
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.45 £15.50
25th Percentile £20.98 £24.66 £18.93
Median hourly rate £29.02 £37.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.57% +42.31% -25.71%
75th Percentile £56.75 £58.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £74.25 £80.75 £65.70
England median hourly rate £33.50 £35.00 £30.08
% change year-on-year -4.29% +16.36% +33.69%

iSeries
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

iSeries job vacancy trend in London

iSeries
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing iSeries

iSeries
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing iSeries

iSeries
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 3 (37.50%) MQSeries
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Banking
2 5 (62.50%) Finance
3 4 (50.00%) Private Banking
3 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
2 4 (50.00%) Developer
3 3 (37.50%) RPG Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Analyst Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Business Systems Analyst
4 2 (25.00%) Insurance Systems Analyst
4 2 (25.00%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Agile Test Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) AS400 Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Banking Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Manual Tester
5 1 (12.50%) QA Manual Tester
5 1 (12.50%) QA Tester
5 1 (12.50%) SQL Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Test Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) AS400
2 1 (12.50%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Backlog Management
3 2 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 2 (25.00%) Change Control
3 2 (25.00%) Data Management
3 2 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Manual Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Code Quality
4 1 (12.50%) Defect Management
4 1 (12.50%) Exploratory Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Functional Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Kanban
4 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Change
4 1 (12.50%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Smoke Testing
4 1 (12.50%) System Integration Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) SQL
2 4 (50.00%) RPG
3 2 (25.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) QA
2 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Control-M
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) IBM
2 2 (25.00%) Guidewire