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 21 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 600 671 665
Rank change year-on-year +71 -6 +358
Permanent jobs citing AS400 20 48 52
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.047% 0.078% 0.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.24% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 15 43 48
10th Percentile £26,000 £36,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £28,625 £49,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +22.22%
75th Percentile £87,500 - £58,750
90th Percentile £92,000 £55,250 £63,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - +15.79%

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 17,398 20,283 19,719
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 40.72% 32.80% 39.43%
Number of salaries quoted 9,266 9,963 14,729
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,393 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.35% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £113,750 £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 21 October 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 21 October 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 +32 11 £45,000 -18.18% 3
Midlands +31 7 £32,500 -27.78% 5
East Midlands - 5 - - 1
West Midlands +46 2 £32,500 -27.78% 4
London - 2 £68,750 - 7
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Azure
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.00%) AWS
3 1 (5.00%) Nutanix
3 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) VLAN
2 2 (10.00%) SSL
3 1 (5.00%) DNS
3 1 (5.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (10.00%) Finance
4 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Banking
4 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) AS400 Programmer
1 5 (25.00%) IT Support
1 5 (25.00%) Programmer
1 5 (25.00%) RPG Programmer
2 4 (20.00%) IT Support Technician
2 4 (20.00%) IT Technician
2 4 (20.00%) Support Technician
3 2 (10.00%) Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) AS400 Operator
3 2 (10.00%) Head of IT
3 2 (10.00%) Test Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (5.00%) Cisco Specialist
4 1 (5.00%) Citrix Specialist
4 1 (5.00%) Head of Technology
4 1 (5.00%) Manual Test Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Server Specialist
4 1 (5.00%) Server Support
4 1 (5.00%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) Flash
2 1 (5.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (45.00%) iSeries
2 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Cloud
2 2 (10.00%) IBM Storwize
2 2 (10.00%) Mainframe
3 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (5.00%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) Windows
1 5 (25.00%) Windows 10
1 5 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (20.00%) Mathematics
3 3 (15.00%) ERP
3 3 (15.00%) Logistics
3 3 (15.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (10.00%) IT Strategy
4 2 (10.00%) Key Management
4 2 (10.00%) Manual Testing
4 2 (10.00%) Performance Management
4 2 (10.00%) Proactive Management
4 2 (10.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (10.00%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (10.00%) Service Management
4 2 (10.00%) Test Automation
4 2 (10.00%) Test Scripting
5 1 (5.00%) Budget Management
5 1 (5.00%) Technology Strategy
5 1 (5.00%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) RPG
1 7 (35.00%) SQL
2 2 (10.00%) C#
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
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) ZABBIX
2 1 (5.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (20.00%) IBM
3 1 (5.00%) Cisco
3 1 (5.00%) Citrix
3 1 (5.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (5.00%) SEEBURGER
3 1 (5.00%) VMware
3 1 (5.00%) Zscaler