AS400 Contracts in the Midlands

IBM AS/400
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term AS400 in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited AS400 over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 135 153
Rank change year-on-year +5 +18 +58
Contract jobs citing AS400 1 2 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.042% 0.068% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.12% 0.22% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £181
25th Percentile £360 - £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 - £300
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile £380 - £338
90th Percentile - - £480
England median daily rate £600 £420 £510
% change year-on-year +42.86% -17.65% +4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £22.50 -
England median hourly rate £6.00 £22.50 -
% change year-on-year -73.33% - -

All Generic Skills
Midlands

AS400 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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 808 901 1,036
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 33.92% 30.80% 31.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 507 569 703
10th Percentile £236 £230 £263
25th Percentile £363 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £600
90th Percentile £655 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 59 37
10th Percentile £13.81 £10.42 £19.60
25th Percentile £18.87 £13.96 £20.50
Median hourly rate £25.08 £19.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.97% -30.91% +44.74%
75th Percentile £40.46 £35.72 £65.00
90th Percentile £50.00 £58.75 £76.50
England median hourly rate £33.00 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.50% +14.29% +32.08%

AS400
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing AS400 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for AS400 in the Midlands

AS400
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AS400 in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for AS400 in the Midlands

AS400
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AS400 in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for AS400 in the Midlands

AS400
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AS400 within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
West Midlands +4 1 £370 - 1
AS400
England

AS400
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst Programmer
1 1 (100.00%) AS400 Analyst Programmer
1 1 (100.00%) AS400 Programmer
1 1 (100.00%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Error Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA