IBM AS/400
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term AS400 in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited AS400 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 585 653 786
Rank change year-on-year +68 +133 -146
Contract jobs citing AS400 13 66 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.11% 0.071%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.099% 0.33% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 35 17
10th Percentile - £305 £315
25th Percentile - £434 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile - £613 £560
90th Percentile - £730 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate - £313 £338
% change year-on-year - -7.41% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - -
Median hourly rate £22.50 - -
75th Percentile £23.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 - -

All Generic Skills
UK

AS400 is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,143 19,914 29,327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.35% 33.30% 33.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,422 13,704 20,462
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £680 £653
90th Percentile £788 £800 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 903 647 727
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.11
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £16.88
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.75% -18.24% +3.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% +10.00% -16.67%

AS400
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for AS400 in the UK

AS400
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for AS400 in the UK

AS400
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for AS400 in the UK

AS400
Top 5 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England +97 11 £420 -17.65% 10
London +79 6 £420 -18.84% 2
UK excluding London +56 4 - - 8
West Midlands +31 4 - -
Midlands +21 4 - -

AS400
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 (23.08%) MQSeries
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) LAN
1 4 (30.77%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Synon
General
1 4 (30.77%) Back Office
2 3 (23.08%) Local Government
2 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
3 2 (15.38%) Banking
3 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Private Banking
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Support Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Technical Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Technical Support
2 4 (30.77%) Technical Support Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Principal Technologist
3 3 (23.08%) Technologist
4 2 (15.38%) RPG Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Synon Developer
5 1 (7.69%) AS400 Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) iSeries
1 3 (23.08%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Batch Scheduling
1 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Monitoring
1 4 (30.77%) ITIL
1 4 (30.77%) Problem Management
2 3 (23.08%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (23.08%) Coaching
2 3 (23.08%) DevOps
2 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
3 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
3 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) RPG
2 3 (23.08%) SQL
3 1 (7.69%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
1 1 (7.69%) IBM Certification
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) IBM
1 4 (30.77%) SAP