IBM AS/400
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term AS400 in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited AS400 over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 560 616 786
Rank change year-on-year +56 +170 -149
Contract jobs citing AS400 16 68 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.038% 0.12% 0.072%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.12% 0.36% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 36 19
10th Percentile £413 £306 £315
25th Percentile £414 £445 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -19.52% +10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £433 £613 £586
90th Percentile £436 £725 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate - £375 £338
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - -
Median hourly rate £22.50 - -
75th Percentile £23.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 - -

All Generic Skills
UK

AS400 is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,877 18,959 28,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.26% 33.28% 33.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,295 13,044 20,250
10th Percentile £268 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £668 £676 £660
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 892 627 718
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.13 £10.63 £17.19
Median hourly rate £31.38 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.54% -18.24% +4.05%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.25 £22.00 £21.13
% change year-on-year +32.95% +4.14% -11.98%

AS400
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing AS400 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for AS400 in the UK

AS400
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AS400.

Daily rate trend for AS400 in the UK

AS400
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AS400.

Hourly rate trend for AS400 in the UK

AS400
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AS400 within the UK over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +85 14 £423 -17.16% 18
London +87 11 £423 -17.16% 1
UK excluding London +43 3 - - 16
West Midlands +26 3 - -
Midlands +24 3 - -

AS400
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (31.25%) MQSeries
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) LAN
1 3 (18.75%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Power BI
2 1 (6.25%) Talend Open Studio
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Synon
2 1 (6.25%) Visual LANSA
General
1 6 (37.50%) Finance
2 5 (31.25%) Banking
2 5 (31.25%) Private Banking
3 3 (18.75%) Back Office
4 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Local Government
4 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Developer
2 5 (31.25%) RPG Developer
3 4 (25.00%) Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) AS400 Developer
4 3 (18.75%) Support Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Technical Support
4 3 (18.75%) Technical Support Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Principal Technologist
5 2 (12.50%) Synon Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Technologist
6 1 (6.25%) Data Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Data Business Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Data Migration Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Data Migration Business Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Data Migration Lead
6 1 (6.25%) LANSA Consultant
6 1 (6.25%) Lead
6 1 (6.25%) Migration Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (31.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) iSeries
2 2 (12.50%) NHS
3 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (18.75%) Batch Scheduling
1 3 (18.75%) Change Control
1 3 (18.75%) Fintech
1 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Monitoring
1 3 (18.75%) ITIL
1 3 (18.75%) Portfolio Management
1 3 (18.75%) Problem Management
1 3 (18.75%) Wealth Management
2 2 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (12.50%) Coaching
2 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
2 2 (12.50%) Data Migration
2 2 (12.50%) DevOps
2 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
2 2 (12.50%) Migration
2 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (6.25%) Agile
3 1 (6.25%) Data Analysis
3 1 (6.25%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 8 (50.00%) SQL
2 6 (37.50%) RPG
3 3 (18.75%) Java
4 1 (6.25%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (6.25%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Control-M
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) IBM
2 4 (25.00%) SAP
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 1 (6.25%) LANSA
4 1 (6.25%) Talend