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 1 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 592 708 650
Rank change year-on-year +116 -58 +301
Permanent jobs citing AS400 20 20 40
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.043% 0.034% 0.088%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.12% 0.098% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 15 16 39
10th Percentile £26,000 £42,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £28,625 £49,438 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £83,125 - £58,750
90th Percentile £91,000 - £63,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.27%

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 16,558 20,391 17,297
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.19% 35.09% 38.16%
Number of salaries quoted 9,484 9,919 13,036
10th Percentile £27,707 £33,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,628 £45,653
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 £53,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.83% -4.00% -

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 1 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 1 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
South East +54 8 £36,000 -28.00% 1
London - 8 £77,500 - 5
Midlands +51 4 £32,500 -27.78% 1
East Midlands - 3 - - 1
West Midlands +52 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 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Misys Equation
1 1 (5.00%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 8 (40.00%) Azure
2 6 (30.00%) AWS
3 5 (25.00%) GCP
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) VLAN
2 2 (10.00%) SSL
General
1 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Retail
3 4 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (15.00%) Finance
5 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (10.00%) Banking
5 2 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Architect
1 5 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
2 4 (20.00%) IT Support
2 4 (20.00%) IT Support Technician
2 4 (20.00%) IT Technician
2 4 (20.00%) Lead
2 4 (20.00%) Lead Architect
2 4 (20.00%) Lead Solutions Architect
2 4 (20.00%) Support Technician
3 3 (15.00%) AS400 Programmer
3 3 (15.00%) Programmer
3 3 (15.00%) RPG Programmer
4 2 (10.00%) AS400 Operator
4 2 (10.00%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Cloud Solutions Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Lead Cloud Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Head of Application Development
5 1 (5.00%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) Flash
2 1 (5.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 10 (50.00%) iSeries
2 5 (25.00%) Cloud Native
3 4 (20.00%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (10.00%) IBM Storwize
5 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
5 1 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (5.00%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Windows
1 4 (20.00%) Windows 10
1 4 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 5 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 5 (25.00%) DevOps
3 5 (25.00%) Event-Driven
3 5 (25.00%) Microservices
4 4 (20.00%) Community of Practice
4 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (20.00%) Data Architecture
4 4 (20.00%) Domain-Driven Design
4 4 (20.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 4 (20.00%) Integration Patterns
4 4 (20.00%) Mathematics
4 4 (20.00%) Observability
4 4 (20.00%) Platform Engineering
4 4 (20.00%) Product Strategy
5 3 (15.00%) ERP
6 2 (10.00%) Agile
6 2 (10.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (30.00%) SQL
2 4 (20.00%) RPG
3 1 (5.00%) C#
3 1 (5.00%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (5.00%) GDPR
1 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) IBM
2 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) Citrix
3 1 (5.00%) Misys
3 1 (5.00%) SEEBURGER
3 1 (5.00%) Temenos