iSeries Job Trends in the West Midlands

IBM iSeries
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term iSeries in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited iSeries over the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 165 196 177
Rank change year-on-year +31 -19 +116
Permanent jobs citing iSeries 1 12 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.030% 0.22% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.082% 0.70% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - £44,500 £46,550
25th Percentile £26,250 £47,500 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £28,750 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile - - £66,500
England median annual salary £29,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -46.36% -8.33% +9.09%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,213 1,713 1,312
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 36.40% 31.75% 37.71%
Number of salaries quoted 705 670 1,014
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £42,897 £38,031
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,250 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.58% -4.00% -

iSeries
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

iSeries job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

iSeries
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing iSeries.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing iSeries

iSeries
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing iSeries within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 November 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
Staffordshire - 1 £27,500 - 1
iSeries
England

iSeries
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) VBA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Symantec