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 20 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	445	353	364
Rank change year-on-year	-92	+11	+63
Contract jobs citing iSeries	9	8	15
As % of all contract jobs in London	0.044%	0.060%	0.095%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	0.11%	0.15%	0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted	7	4	7
10^th Percentile	£401	-	£455
25^th Percentile	£519	£575	£475
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£600	£528
Median % change year-on-year	-8.33%	+13.74%	-1.86%
75^th Percentile	£675	£650	£633
90^th Percentile	-	£695	£720
England median daily rate	£538	£600	£513
% change year-on-year	-10.42%	+17.07%	-2.38%

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.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills	7,927	5,183	5,386
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	38.77%	38.99%	34.00%
Number of daily rates quoted	5,066	3,319	3,455
10^th Percentile	£355	£349	£325
25^th Percentile	£450	£442	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£550	£575
Median % change year-on-year	-	-4.35%	-4.17%
75^th Percentile	£675	£694	£725
90^th Percentile	£775	£825	£850
England median daily rate	£525	£525	£550
% change year-on-year	-	-4.55%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	220	127	70
10^th Percentile	£16.50	£17.05	£17.48
25^th Percentile	£20.52	£22.50	£23.80
Median hourly rate	£36.00	£26.30	£34.13
Median % change year-on-year	+36.88%	-22.93%	+14.82%
75^th Percentile	£56.44	£46.88	£57.13
90^th Percentile	£88.75	£75.00	£78.95
England median hourly rate	£33.99	£27.53	£52.50
% change year-on-year	+23.47%	-47.56%	+16.67%

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 Daily Rate Trend in London

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 20 October 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.

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 20 October 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	-26	1	£550	-15.38%
iSeries England

iSeries Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 20 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing iSeries also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region with a requirement for iSeries.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	IBM	77.8%	7
2	QA	44.4%	4
3	Agile	33.3%	3
3	Change Management	33.3%	3
3	Continuous Improvement	33.3%	3
3	Migration	33.3%	3
3	Scrum	33.3%	3
3	Stakeholder Management	33.3%	3
3	Technical Architecture	33.3%	3
3	Test Automation	33.3%	3
11	Acceptance Criteria	22.2%	2
11	Confluence	22.2%	2
11	Data Migration	22.2%	2
11	Defect Management	22.2%	2
11	DocuSign	22.2%	2
11	ETL	22.2%	2
11	JIRA	22.2%	2
11	Kanban	22.2%	2
11	Microsoft 365	22.2%	2
11	Microsoft Copilot	22.2%	2
11	OneDrive	22.2%	2
11	Process Improvement	22.2%	2
11	Regression Testing	22.2%	2
11	RPG	22.2%	2
11	Scenario Testing	22.2%	2
11	SharePoint	22.2%	2
11	Test Planning	22.2%	2
11	Zephyr	22.2%	2
29	Application Security	11.1%	1
29	Architecture Governance	11.1%	1

iSeries Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	AS400	100.0%	9
2	Data Centre	33.3%	3
3	LPAR	11.1%	1
3	Management Information System	11.1%	1