AS400 Developer Contract Job Trends

AS/400 Developer
UK

The median AS/400 Developer daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 551 543 622
Rank change year-on-year -8 +79 +202
Contract jobs requiring an AS400 Developer 6 14 8
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.018% 0.038% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.041% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 2
10th Percentile - - £342
25th Percentile - £359 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £368 £520
Median % change year-on-year +63.27% -29.33% +42.27%
75th Percentile - £376 £645
90th Percentile - £401 £714
UK excluding London median daily rate - £368 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 30,403 34,425 45,004
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.87% 92.91% 93.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,210 20,754 30,743
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,679 1,378 1,527
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.02 £14.60
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +67.17%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.42 £40.33 £43.90
% change year-on-year -39.44% -8.14% +95.11%

AS400 Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'AS400 Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

AS400 Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

AS400 Developer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for AS400 Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for AS400 Developer job vacancies in the UK

AS400 Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for AS400 Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for AS400 Developer job vacancies in the UK

AS400 Developer
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AS400 Developer within the UK 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
London +9 6 £600 -
England -5 6 £600 +63.27%

AS400 Developer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 21 October 2025, AS400 Developer contract job roles required 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 featuring AS400 Developer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) RPG
2 5 (83.33%) Change Control
2 5 (83.33%) Control-M
2 5 (83.33%) IBM
2 5 (83.33%) Java
2 5 (83.33%) MQSeries
2 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 5 (83.33%) XML
3 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (66.67%) Integration Testing
3 4 (66.67%) Portfolio Management
3 4 (66.67%) QA
3 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (66.67%) Translating Business Requirements
3 4 (66.67%) Wealth Management
4 1 (16.67%) Agile

AS400 Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 5 (83.33%) MQSeries
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (83.33%) Banking
2 5 (83.33%) Private Banking
3 4 (66.67%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) AS400
2 2 (33.33%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Change Control
2 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (66.67%) Integration Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Portfolio Management
2 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (66.67%) Translating Business Requirements
2 4 (66.67%) Wealth Management
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) RPG
2 5 (83.33%) Java
2 5 (83.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) Control-M
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) IBM