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 25 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 428 358 381
Rank change year-on-year -70 +23 +61
Contract jobs citing iSeries 8 6 14
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.040% 0.045% 0.086%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.12% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 5
10th Percentile £519 £580 £440
25th Percentile £520 £588 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% -5.88%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £600
90th Percentile - £705 £720
England median daily rate £544 £600 £540
% change year-on-year -9.38% +11.11% +4.35%

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 7,549 5,087 5,472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.64% 38.04% 33.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,721 3,333 3,759
10th Percentile £355 £333 £329
25th Percentile £450 £444 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £738
90th Percentile £788 £825 £863
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 121 79
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £17.25
25th Percentile £22.00 £23.45 £22.00
Median hourly rate £33.12 £27.50 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.44% -11.29% -11.43%
75th Percentile £55.63 £46.75 £52.25
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.00 £71.25
England median hourly rate £41.00 £32.72 £50.00
% change year-on-year +25.30% -34.56% +8.98%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing iSeries in London over the 6 months to 25 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for iSeries in London

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
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 iSeries within the London region over the 6 months to 25 August 2026. 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 -21 1 £550 -15.38% 1
iSeries
England

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 2 (25.00%) Confluence
1 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (12.50%) MQSeries
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Misys Equation
1 1 (12.50%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 2 (25.00%) OneDrive
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
1 2 (25.00%) Zephyr
General
1 4 (50.00%) Banking
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Architect
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Architect
3 2 (25.00%) QA Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) QA Test Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Test Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Analyst Programmer
4 1 (12.50%) Applications Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Applications Support
4 1 (12.50%) Applications Support Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Banking Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Programmer
4 1 (12.50%) RPG Analyst Programmer
4 1 (12.50%) RPG Programmer
4 1 (12.50%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) AS400
2 3 (37.50%) Data Centre
3 1 (12.50%) LPAR
3 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Agile
1 3 (37.50%) Change Management
1 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (37.50%) Migration
1 3 (37.50%) Scrum
1 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Architecture
1 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
2 2 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Defect Management
2 2 (25.00%) ETL
2 2 (25.00%) Kanban
2 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (25.00%) Regression Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
3 1 (12.50%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) RPG
2 1 (12.50%) COBOL
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) IBM
2 2 (25.00%) DocuSign
3 1 (12.50%) Misys