AS400 Job Trends in England

IBM AS/400
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term AS400 in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited AS400 over the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 580 680 646
Rank change year-on-year +100 -34 +286
Permanent jobs citing AS400 21 7 35
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.041% 0.014% 0.080%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.037% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 17 3 34
10th Percentile £26,000 - £35,375
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -21.74% +4.55%
75th Percentile £78,750 £47,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £90,250 - £63,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -18.18% -2.22%

All Generic Skills
England

AS400 falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,839 18,891 16,480
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 36.69% 36.71% 37.87%
Number of salaries quoted 9,564 9,278 12,413
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,852 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -2.34%

AS400
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AS400 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

AS400 job vacancy trend in England

AS400
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing AS400.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing AS400

AS400
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing AS400 in England over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Salary histogram for AS400 in England

AS400
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AS400 within the England region over the 6 months to 16 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London - 11 £77,500 - 4
South East +38 7 £45,000 - 3
Midlands +24 3 £32,500 -27.78%
East Midlands - 2 - -
West Midlands +20 1 £32,500 -27.78%
AS400
UK

AS400
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Misys Equation
1 1 (4.76%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 8 (38.10%) Azure
2 6 (28.57%) AWS
3 5 (23.81%) GCP
4 2 (9.52%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) VLAN
2 2 (9.52%) SSL
2 2 (9.52%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Git
General
1 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Retail
3 4 (19.05%) Banking
3 4 (19.05%) Finance
3 4 (19.05%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Telecoms
5 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Architect
1 5 (23.81%) Solutions Architect
2 4 (19.05%) Analyst
2 4 (19.05%) Lead
2 4 (19.05%) Lead Architect
2 4 (19.05%) Lead Solutions Architect
3 3 (14.29%) IT Support
3 3 (14.29%) IT Support Technician
3 3 (14.29%) IT Technician
3 3 (14.29%) Support Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Support Technician
4 2 (9.52%) Applications Support
4 2 (9.52%) Applications Support Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) AS400 Operator
4 2 (9.52%) AS400 Programmer
4 2 (9.52%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Cloud Solutions Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Programmer
4 2 (9.52%) RPG Programmer
4 2 (9.52%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) .NET
1 2 (9.52%) Flash
2 1 (4.76%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 11 (52.38%) iSeries
2 5 (23.81%) Cloud Native
3 4 (19.05%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (9.52%) IBM Storwize
5 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
5 1 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (4.76%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Windows
1 5 (23.81%) Windows Server
2 3 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Customer Experience
1 7 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 5 (23.81%) Architectural Patterns
2 5 (23.81%) DevOps
2 5 (23.81%) Event-Driven
2 5 (23.81%) Microservices
2 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (19.05%) Community of Practice
3 4 (19.05%) Data Architecture
3 4 (19.05%) Domain-Driven Design
3 4 (19.05%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 4 (19.05%) Integration Patterns
3 4 (19.05%) Observability
3 4 (19.05%) Platform Engineering
3 4 (19.05%) Product Strategy
4 3 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (14.29%) ERP
4 3 (14.29%) ITIL
4 3 (14.29%) Mathematics
4 3 (14.29%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) SQL
2 3 (14.29%) RPG
3 2 (9.52%) PowerShell
3 2 (9.52%) VB.NET
4 1 (4.76%) C#
4 1 (4.76%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) Degree
2 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
2 1 (4.76%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.76%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (4.76%) GDPR
1 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.52%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 11 (52.38%) IBM
2 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.76%) Citrix
3 1 (4.76%) Misys
3 1 (4.76%) SEEBURGER
3 1 (4.76%) Temenos