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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 334 395
Rank change year-on-year - +61 +63
Contract jobs citing iSeries 0 10 9
As % of all contract jobs in London - 0.081% 0.051%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.22% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - £499 £456
25th Percentile - £564 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.65%
75th Percentile - £631 £700
90th Percentile - £688 £760
England median daily rate £475 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -20.83% - +13.21%

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 6,810 4,501 5,839
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.03% 36.50% 33.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,319 2,991 4,091
10th Percentile £360 £331 £315
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £725
90th Percentile £800 £838 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 90 143
10th Percentile £19.03 £15.84 £15.44
25th Percentile £23.68 £23.75 £18.02
Median hourly rate £35.25 £31.95 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year +10.35% +14.74% -20.46%
75th Percentile £63.75 £49.31 £49.50
90th Percentile £88.75 £78.56 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £33.91 £36.50
% change year-on-year +29.64% -7.10% +62.33%

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