iSeries Jobs in the UK excluding London

IBM iSeries
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 556 724 717
Rank change year-on-year +168 -7 +77
Permanent jobs citing iSeries 19 39 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.048% 0.055% 0.027%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% 0.16% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 9 32 14
10th Percentile £48,750 - £27,900
25th Percentile £53,750 £42,500 £39,344
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +10.53% -17.39%
75th Percentile £91,250 £55,813 £56,250
90th Percentile - £57,500 £63,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.48% -14.40% -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,266 24,085 25,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.63% 33.95% 42.29%
Number of salaries quoted 6,113 15,187 11,130
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £40,124
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £85,000
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing iSeries as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for iSeries in the UK excluding London

iSeries
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing iSeries in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for iSeries in the UK excluding London

iSeries
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing iSeries in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for iSeries in the UK excluding London

iSeries
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing iSeries within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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 +59 6 - - 4
East Midlands - 6 - - 4
East of England - 5 £57,500 - 2
South East +103 4 £87,500 +59.09% 4
Scotland - 3 - - 1
North of England +26 1 - - 4
North West -18 1 - - 4
iSeries
UK

iSeries
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (21.05%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Azure
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (21.05%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (10.53%) DB2
General
1 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) AS400 Programmer
1 6 (31.58%) Programmer
1 6 (31.58%) RPG Programmer
2 4 (21.05%) AS400 Developer
2 4 (21.05%) Developer
3 3 (15.79%) Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Head of IT
4 2 (10.53%) Head of Technology
4 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Lead
4 2 (10.53%) Lead Software Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Software Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 16 (84.21%) AS400
2 4 (21.05%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Linux
1 2 (10.53%) Unix
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
1 2 (10.53%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Roadmaps
1 5 (26.32%) Service Delivery
1 5 (26.32%) Technology Roadmap
2 4 (21.05%) Agile
2 4 (21.05%) Inventory Management
2 4 (21.05%) IT Strategy
3 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (15.79%) Customer Service
3 3 (15.79%) Planning and Forecasting
3 3 (15.79%) Service Management
3 3 (15.79%) Strategic Planning
3 3 (15.79%) Technology Strategy
3 3 (15.79%) Technology Transformation
4 2 (10.53%) Continuous Delivery
4 2 (10.53%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (10.53%) DevOps
4 2 (10.53%) Mentoring
4 2 (10.53%) Software Delivery
4 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (10.53%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (84.21%) RPG
2 9 (47.37%) SQL
3 6 (31.58%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) Degree
1 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (5.26%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) IBM