iSeries Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IBM iSeries
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term iSeries in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited iSeries 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 299 344 440
Rank change year-on-year +45 +96 +176
Contract jobs citing iSeries 5 1 37
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.050% 0.007% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.15% 0.023% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 18
10th Percentile £395 - £339
25th Percentile £413 - £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £545
Median % change year-on-year - - +28.24%
75th Percentile - - £630
90th Percentile £615 - £662
UK median daily rate £455 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -10.78% -2.86% +10.53%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

iSeries 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 3,272 4,408 8,138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.03% 28.73% 31.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,222 2,974 5,725
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £431 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +2.33%
75th Percentile £680 £675 £688
90th Percentile £825 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 199 151
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.48 £19.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.50 £31.38
Median hourly rate £41.75 £51.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% -11.30% +29.21%
75th Percentile £64.57 £65.02 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.13 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

iSeries
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

iSeries trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

iSeries
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

iSeries daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

iSeries
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing iSeries over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

iSeries daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

iSeries
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 (40.00%) MQSeries
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Misys Midas
General
1 3 (60.00%) Banking
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Private Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Law
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Analyst Developer
2 2 (40.00%) RPG Developer
3 1 (20.00%) AS400 Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery Test Manager
3 1 (20.00%) HTML CSS Developer
3 1 (20.00%) HTML Developer
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) XML
2 1 (20.00%) CSS
2 1 (20.00%) HTML
2 1 (20.00%) REST
2 1 (20.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) AS400
2 2 (40.00%) Derivative
3 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Change Control
1 2 (40.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) Portfolio Management
1 2 (40.00%) Wealth Management
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (20.00%) IT Audit
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) RPG
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) Java
4 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (20.00%) RPG/400
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Control-M
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) IBM