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 30 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 435 340 385
Rank change year-on-year -95 +45 +80
Contract jobs citing iSeries 1 10 14
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.005% 0.078% 0.080%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.014% 0.21% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 5
10th Percentile - £499 £440
25th Percentile - £564 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £600 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% -5.88%
75th Percentile - £631 £600
90th Percentile - £688 £720
England median daily rate £475 £600 £480
% change year-on-year -20.83% +25.00% -8.57%

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 6,992 4,717 5,834
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.30% 36.78% 33.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,410 3,110 4,096
10th Percentile £356 £331 £315
25th Percentile £450 £447 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £738
90th Percentile £800 £838 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 98 143
10th Percentile £19.03 £15.84 £15.44
25th Percentile £25.25 £22.50 £18.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +11.11% -22.86%
75th Percentile £63.75 £47.06 £49.50
90th Percentile £88.75 £64.30 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £33.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year +33.21% -10.81% +54.84%

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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Misys Equation
1 1 (100.00%) Misys Midas
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Support
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Support Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AS400
1 1 (100.00%) LPAR
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) RPG
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Misys