iSeries Job Trends in the Thames Valley

IBM iSeries
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term iSeries in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited iSeries over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing iSeries 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.025% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.093% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £87,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - -
75th Percentile £92,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £90,000 - £42,500
% change year-on-year - - -22.73%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,070 1,183 1,309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 26.54% 34.96% 33.07%
Number of salaries quoted 604 512 851
10th Percentile £27,000 £36,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,688 £43,911 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +10.09% -0.91%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,875 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £57,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -21.05% +4.59% -0.91%

iSeries
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing iSeries relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

iSeries job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

iSeries
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing iSeries.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing iSeries

iSeries
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing iSeries within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Oxfordshire - 1 £90,000 -
iSeries
South East

iSeries
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Head of IT
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AS400
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft