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 18 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 564 545 643
Rank change year-on-year -19 +98 +197
Contract jobs requiring an AS400 Developer 4 14 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.036% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.039% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 2
10th Percentile - - £488
25th Percentile - £359 £527
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £368 £608
Median % change year-on-year +63.27% -39.51% +56.77%
75th Percentile - £376 £692
90th Percentile - - £733
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 30,003 35,798 46,379
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.06% 92.95% 94.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,960 22,064 31,748
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,577 1,684 1,483
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%
75th Percentile £52.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -44.11% +4.65% +95.45%

AS400 Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured AS400 Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for AS400 Developer 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 18 September 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 +20 4 £600 - 5
England +7 4 £600 +63.27% 6

AS400 Developer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, AS400 Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring AS400 Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) RPG
1 4 (100.00%) AS400
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Banking
2 3 (75.00%) Change Control
2 3 (75.00%) Java
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) XML
2 3 (75.00%) MQSeries
2 3 (75.00%) IBM
2 3 (75.00%) Control-M
2 3 (75.00%) Private Banking
3 2 (50.00%) QA
3 2 (50.00%) Wealth Management
3 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (50.00%) iSeries
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (50.00%) Financial Institution
4 1 (25.00%) Agile

AS400 Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) MQSeries
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Banking
2 3 (75.00%) Private Banking
3 2 (50.00%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) AS400
2 2 (50.00%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Change Control
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (50.00%) Wealth Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) RPG
2 3 (75.00%) Java
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Control-M
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) IBM