IBM iSeries
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term iSeries in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited iSeries over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 833 932 1154
Rank change year-on-year +99 +222 -285
Permanent jobs citing iSeries 45 40 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.045% 0.040% 0.052%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.13% 0.093% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 36 38 65
10th Percentile - £38,750 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,813 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.40% -3.85% +52.94%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £82,500 £82,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -17.39% +48.39%

All Generic Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,989 43,202 75,687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.33% 42.68% 47.65%
Number of salaries quoted 22,998 23,578 34,146
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £108,491 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

iSeries
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for iSeries in the UK

iSeries
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for iSeries in the UK

iSeries
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing iSeries over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for iSeries in the UK

iSeries
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing iSeries within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +111 42 £53,500 -14.40% 25
UK excluding London +13 38 £52,500 +10.53% 14
North of England +71 25 £55,000 +18.92% 7
North West +25 24 £55,000 +22.22% 7
Work from Home +68 17 £55,000 -12.00% 9
West Midlands +26 11 £45,000 +97.80%
Midlands +7 11 £45,000 +91.49% 1
London +94 5 £70,000 +12.00% 11
Yorkshire +83 1 £60,000 +26.32%
South East +9 1 £55,000 -12.00% 5
Wales - 1 £45,000 -

iSeries
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:

Business Applications
1 7 (15.56%) BPCS
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.44%) Azure
1 2 (4.44%) IBM Cloud
2 1 (2.22%) AWS
2 1 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.67%) Network Security
2 1 (2.22%) LAN
2 1 (2.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.89%) DB2
2 2 (4.44%) MS Access
3 1 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.22%) MySQL
General
1 9 (20.00%) Finance
2 8 (17.78%) Manufacturing
3 7 (15.56%) Legal
4 3 (6.67%) Banking
4 3 (6.67%) Retail
5 2 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.44%) Public Speaking
5 2 (4.44%) Publishing
5 2 (4.44%) Social Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (48.89%) Developer
2 14 (31.11%) RPG Developer
3 10 (22.22%) Systems Engineer
4 7 (15.56%) Software Developer
5 6 (13.33%) AS400 Developer
6 3 (6.67%) SWIFT Engineer
7 2 (4.44%) Business Development Manager
7 2 (4.44%) Business Manager
7 2 (4.44%) Consultant
7 2 (4.44%) Development Manager
7 2 (4.44%) Functional Consultant
7 2 (4.44%) IT Manager
8 1 (2.22%) Administrator
8 1 (2.22%) Analyst
8 1 (2.22%) Analyst Programmer
8 1 (2.22%) Java Developer
8 1 (2.22%) Programmer
8 1 (2.22%) RPG Analyst Programmer
8 1 (2.22%) RPG Programmer
8 1 (2.22%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) ODBC
2 1 (2.22%) React
Miscellaneous
1 29 (64.44%) AS400
2 3 (6.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 2 (4.44%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.44%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.22%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.22%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (2.22%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (31.11%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (26.67%) SDLC
3 11 (24.44%) Clean Code
3 11 (24.44%) Collaborative Culture
4 10 (22.22%) Customer Engagement
4 10 (22.22%) ERP
4 10 (22.22%) High Availability
5 7 (15.56%) Business Analysis
5 7 (15.56%) Project Management
5 7 (15.56%) Software Testing
5 7 (15.56%) Unit Testing
6 3 (6.67%) Computer Science
6 3 (6.67%) Logistics
6 3 (6.67%) Mobile Device Management
6 3 (6.67%) Process Improvement
7 2 (4.44%) Business Development
7 2 (4.44%) Migration
7 2 (4.44%) Service Delivery
8 1 (2.22%) Agile
8 1 (2.22%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 22 (48.89%) RPG
2 18 (40.00%) RPG IV
3 15 (33.33%) SQL
4 11 (24.44%) RPG/400
5 1 (2.22%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (6.67%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (4.44%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.44%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (4.44%) XenApp
2 1 (2.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (4.44%) ThinApp
Vendors
1 34 (75.56%) IBM
2 2 (4.44%) Citrix
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.44%) Oracle
2 2 (4.44%) VMware
3 1 (2.22%) Commvault
3 1 (2.22%) EMC
3 1 (2.22%) HP