iSeries Jobs in England

IBM iSeries
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term iSeries in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited iSeries over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 664 791 863
Rank change year-on-year +127 +72 +238
Permanent jobs citing iSeries 21 52 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.043% 0.058% 0.039%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.17% 0.089%
Number of salaries quoted 11 42 34
10th Percentile £28,750 - £38,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £42,500 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.99% -13.20% +6.38%
75th Percentile £89,375 £55,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £57,500 £93,875
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +6.38%

All Generic Skills
England

iSeries 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 18,503 30,294 38,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 37.79% 33.86% 44.07%
Number of salaries quoted 8,514 20,923 20,470
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,000 £35,764
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,000 £46,749
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

iSeries
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing iSeries as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for iSeries in England

iSeries
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing iSeries in England.

Salary trend for iSeries in England

iSeries
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing iSeries in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for iSeries in England

iSeries
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing iSeries within the England region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Midlands +81 6 - - 17
East Midlands - 6 - - 8
East of England - 6 £57,500 - 14
South East +88 5 £87,500 +59.09% 21
London +112 3 - - 8
North of England +22 1 - - 20
North West -21 1 - - 11
iSeries
UK

iSeries
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (19.05%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Azure
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (19.05%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (9.52%) DB2
General
1 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) AS400 Programmer
1 6 (28.57%) Programmer
1 6 (28.57%) RPG Programmer
2 4 (19.05%) Analyst
2 4 (19.05%) AS400 Developer
2 4 (19.05%) Developer
3 2 (9.52%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (9.52%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Head of IT
3 2 (9.52%) Head of Technology
3 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Lead
3 2 (9.52%) Lead Software Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Software Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Support Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Sales Representative
Miscellaneous
1 17 (80.95%) AS400
2 4 (19.05%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Linux
1 2 (9.52%) Unix
1 2 (9.52%) Windows
1 2 (9.52%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Service Delivery
2 5 (23.81%) Roadmaps
2 5 (23.81%) Technology Roadmap
3 4 (19.05%) Agile
3 4 (19.05%) Customer Service
3 4 (19.05%) Inventory Management
3 4 (19.05%) IT Strategy
4 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (14.29%) Planning and Forecasting
4 3 (14.29%) Service Management
4 3 (14.29%) Strategic Planning
4 3 (14.29%) Technology Strategy
4 3 (14.29%) Technology Transformation
5 2 (9.52%) Batch Processing
5 2 (9.52%) CI/CD
5 2 (9.52%) Continuous Delivery
5 2 (9.52%) DevOps
5 2 (9.52%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (9.52%) Mentoring
5 2 (9.52%) Operational Stability
Programming Languages
1 16 (76.19%) RPG
2 10 (47.62%) SQL
3 6 (28.57%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) Degree
1 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
1 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 2 (9.52%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) IBM