The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Mainframe over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframes
Rank 111 127 105
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -22
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 10 11 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.427% 0.347% 0.829%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.037% 1.743% 4.464%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 10
Average daily rate £294 £300 £284
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.08% +5.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £222 £250 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £371 £413 £386
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.75 £21.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year
-8.13% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
491 631 560
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 20.97% 19.91% 18.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 255 230
Average daily rate £375 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £225 £209
10% offered a daily rate of more than £521 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 28 34
Average hourly rate £18.00 £18.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.25 £14.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £49.00 £39.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Mainframe
South East

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Mainframe across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Berkshire Mainframe Jobs Demand Trend

Mainframe
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Mainframe across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Mainframe Daily Rate Trend

Mainframe
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mainframe across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Berkshire Mainframe Daily Rate Histogram

Mainframe
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Mainframe across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Mainframe Hourly Rate Trend

Mainframe
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Vacancies
Reading +14 7 £369 - 1
Newbury - - - -
Mainframe
South East

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Mainframe also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Mainframe.

1 17 (85.00%) IBM
2 10 (50.00%) SQL
2 10 (50.00%) DB2
3 9 (45.00%) Finance
4 8 (40.00%) Oracle
5 7 (35.00%) UNIX
5 7 (35.00%) Linux
6 6 (30.00%) .NET
6 6 (30.00%) COBOL
6 6 (30.00%) CICS
6 6 (30.00%) JCL
6 6 (30.00%) IBM Mainframe
7 5 (25.00%) ALGOL
7 5 (25.00%) Waterfall
7 5 (25.00%) Micro Focus
7 5 (25.00%) MVS
7 5 (25.00%) Unisys
8 4 (20.00%) OO
8 4 (20.00%) DSDM
8 4 (20.00%) RPG
8 4 (20.00%) ITIL
8 4 (20.00%) PRINCE2
8 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
8 4 (20.00%) SAP
8 4 (20.00%) DataStage
8 4 (20.00%) Six Sigma
8 4 (20.00%) ERwin
8 4 (20.00%) WebSphere MQ
8 4 (20.00%) RPG IV
8 4 (20.00%) Lean Six Sigma

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Mainframe also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Mainframe. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (30.00%) .NET
2 4 (20.00%) WebSphere MQ
2 4 (20.00%) WebSphere
3 3 (15.00%) Flash
4 2 (10.00%) XML
4 2 (10.00%) HTML
5 1 (5.000%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 6 (30.00%) CICS
2 3 (15.00%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (10.00%) MQSeries
4 1 (5.000%) ESB
4 1 (5.000%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 1 (5.000%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (5.000%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Misys Midas
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Internet
1 3 (15.00%) SAN
2 2 (10.00%) FTP
2 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (50.00%) DB2
2 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (20.00%) DataStage
3 2 (10.00%) TOAD
3 2 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) ERwin
General
1 9 (45.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.000%) Billing
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Storage Specialist
3 3 (15.00%) Systems Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Applications Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Analyst Programmer
4 2 (10.00%) Programmer
4 2 (10.00%) Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Test Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) Technical Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.000%) Systems Programmer
5 1 (5.000%) Senior Programmer
5 1 (5.000%) Senior Systems Programmer
5 1 (5.000%) Mainframe Developer
5 1 (5.000%) Systems Tester
5 1 (5.000%) Senior Test Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) Senior Analyst Programmer
5 1 (5.000%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) IBM Mainframe
2 4 (20.00%) iSeries
3 3 (15.00%) CLARiiON
3 3 (15.00%) Symmetrix
3 3 (15.00%) EMC Centera
4 2 (10.00%) SWIFT
4 2 (10.00%) AS400
5 1 (5.000%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 7 (35.00%) UNIX
1 7 (35.00%) Linux
2 5 (25.00%) MVS
3 3 (15.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) Waterfall
2 4 (20.00%) OO
2 4 (20.00%) DSDM
2 4 (20.00%) ITIL
2 4 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 4 (20.00%) Six Sigma
2 4 (20.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 4 (20.00%) Problem Management
2 4 (20.00%) Web Application Development
2 4 (20.00%) TOGAF
3 3 (15.00%) Workflow
3 3 (15.00%) Automated Testing
3 3 (15.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (15.00%) Business Continuity
3 3 (15.00%) System Testing
4 2 (10.00%) OOP
4 2 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (10.00%) PRINCE
4 2 (10.00%) Project Management
4 2 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 10 (50.00%) SQL
2 6 (30.00%) COBOL
2 6 (30.00%) JCL
3 5 (25.00%) ALGOL
4 4 (20.00%) RPG
4 4 (20.00%) RPG IV
5 3 (15.00%) Shell Script
6 2 (10.00%) C#
6 2 (10.00%) RPG/400
7 1 (5.000%) C++
7 1 (5.000%) Java
7 1 (5.000%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) Tivoli
1 3 (15.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 2 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 17 (85.00%) IBM
2 8 (40.00%) Oracle
3 5 (25.00%) Micro Focus
3 5 (25.00%) Unisys
4 4 (20.00%) SAP
5 3 (15.00%) EMC
5 3 (15.00%) Cisco
6 1 (5.000%) Empirix
6 1 (5.000%) Lotus
6 1 (5.000%) Microsoft
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