AS400 Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IBM AS/400
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term AS400 in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited AS400 over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 296 350 400
Rank change year-on-year +54 +50 +180
Contract jobs citing AS400 13 2 53
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.014% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.37% 0.046% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 27
10th Percentile £378 - £365
25th Percentile £469 - £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.00%
75th Percentile £613 - £640
90th Percentile £665 - £790
UK median daily rate £600 £425 £518
% change year-on-year +41.18% -17.87% +8.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £6.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £6.00 £22.50 -
% change year-on-year -73.33% - -

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,488 4,354 7,496
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.45% 29.74% 31.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,282 2,937 5,290
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £433 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £680
90th Percentile £825 £850 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 184 147
10th Percentile £15.17 £16.70 £19.00
25th Percentile £26.00 £25.50 £23.15
Median hourly rate £39.04 £51.75 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.56% -1.43% +17.98%
75th Percentile £64.76 £70.00 £69.38
90th Percentile £77.00 £77.63 £76.68
UK median hourly rate £30.25 £36.27 £23.33
% change year-on-year -16.60% +55.51% -13.55%

AS400
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing AS400 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

AS400 trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

AS400
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing AS400.

AS400 daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

AS400
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing AS400 over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

AS400 daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

AS400
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (15.38%) MQSeries
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) DB2
General
1 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (38.46%) Banking
1 5 (38.46%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Private Banking
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Pricing Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Migration Architect
3 2 (15.38%) RPG Developer
4 1 (7.69%) AS400 Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Development Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery Test Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Development Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) XML
2 1 (7.69%) .NET
2 1 (7.69%) CSS
2 1 (7.69%) HTML
2 1 (7.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) iSeries
2 2 (15.38%) Derivative
3 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.69%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (7.69%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (30.77%) Customer Requirements
2 4 (30.77%) ERP
3 2 (15.38%) Agile
3 2 (15.38%) Change Control
3 2 (15.38%) Integration Testing
3 2 (15.38%) ITIL
3 2 (15.38%) Migration
3 2 (15.38%) Portfolio Management
3 2 (15.38%) Wealth Management
4 1 (7.69%) CI/CD
4 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (7.69%) Proactive Maintenance
4 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
4 1 (7.69%) Scrum
4 1 (7.69%) Software Engineering
4 1 (7.69%) Test Automation
4 1 (7.69%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) RPG
2 4 (30.77%) SQL
3 2 (15.38%) Java
4 1 (7.69%) COBOL
4 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.69%) RPG IV
4 1 (7.69%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Control-M
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) IBM
2 4 (30.77%) Salesforce
3 1 (7.69%) Avaloq
3 1 (7.69%) FNZ
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft