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 21 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 365 366 424
Rank change year-on-year +1 +58 +147
Contract jobs citing iSeries 8 15 12
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.060% 0.095% 0.058%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.15% 0.28% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 10
10th Percentile - £455 £408
25th Percentile £575 £475 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £528 £538
Median % change year-on-year +13.74% -1.86% -4.02%
75th Percentile £650 £633 £616
90th Percentile £695 £720 £688
England median daily rate £600 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +17.07% -2.38% +3.45%

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 5,220 5,384 7,176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.98% 34.00% 34.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,342 3,457 5,181
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £447 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £695 £725 £725
90th Percentile £825 £850 £825
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 68 93
10th Percentile £17.05 £17.43 £18.61
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £29.72
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% +17.77% +10.16%
75th Percentile £46.81 £57.81 £50.75
90th Percentile £74.38 £79.35 £71.75
England median hourly rate £27.52 £52.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -47.59% +16.67% +75.03%

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
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 21 October 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 +6 2 £650 - 2
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%) MQSeries
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) DB2
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (12.50%) Eclipse
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Banking
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
2 4 (50.00%) Developer
3 3 (37.50%) Business Systems Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Insurance Systems Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (25.00%) Analyst Developer
4 2 (25.00%) AS400 Developer
4 2 (25.00%) RPG Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Development Manager
5 1 (12.50%) Senior
5 1 (12.50%) Senior Development Manager
5 1 (12.50%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) XML
2 1 (12.50%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) AS400
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Backlog Management
2 3 (37.50%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Change Control
3 2 (25.00%) Data Management
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (12.50%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (12.50%) Scrum
4 1 (12.50%) SDLC
4 1 (12.50%) Secure Coding
4 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (12.50%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) RPG
2 5 (62.50%) SQL
3 2 (25.00%) Java
4 1 (12.50%) COBOL
4 1 (12.50%) Korn
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (12.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Control-M
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) IBM
2 2 (25.00%) Guidewire
3 1 (12.50%) Avaloq
3 1 (12.50%) FNZ
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft