AS400 Contracts in the UK excluding London

IBM AS/400
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term AS400 in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited AS400 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 332 395 449
Rank change year-on-year +63 +54 +49
Contract jobs citing AS400 4 4 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.031% 0.019% 0.054%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.094% 0.065% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 8
10th Percentile £371 - £180
25th Percentile £386 - £196
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £313
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.41%
75th Percentile £531 - £388
90th Percentile £588 - -
UK median daily rate £575 £420 £525
% change year-on-year +36.90% -20.00% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £22.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £22.50 -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,241 6,126 7,826
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.22% 29.49% 32.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,608 3,665 5,276
10th Percentile £210 £210 £213
25th Percentile £363 £378 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £598 £618
90th Percentile £665 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 723 439
10th Percentile £16.67 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.00 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.08 £28.25 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.02% +28.41% +9.64%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.20 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

AS400
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing AS400 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for AS400 in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AS400 in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for AS400 in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AS400 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for AS400 in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AS400 in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for AS400 in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AS400 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Midlands +20 2 £485 - 3
West Midlands +12 2 £485 -
North of England - 1 £425 -
South East - 1 - - 6
Yorkshire - 1 £425 -
AS400
UK

AS400
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (25.00%) Law
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst Programmer
1 1 (25.00%) AS400 Analyst Programmer
1 1 (25.00%) AS400 Developer
1 1 (25.00%) AS400 Programmer
1 1 (25.00%) Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery Test Manager
1 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Programmer
1 1 (25.00%) RPG Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) iSeries
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Error Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) IT Audit
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) RPG
1 1 (25.00%) RPG/400
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) IBM
2 1 (25.00%) Infor