The first table below looks at the demand for MVS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MVS over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM MVS
Rank 116 - 127
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MVS 4 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.167% - 0.067%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.805% - 0.325%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £369 - £125
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £308 £319
% change year-on-year
+17.88% -3.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £32.00
All Operating Systems
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
497 530 616
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 20.75% 16.85% 20.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 202 209
Average daily rate £335 £325 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.07% -1.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £225 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £453 £450 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 53 41
Average hourly rate £20.50 £15.58 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+31.62% -22.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £14.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £45.00 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
MVS
South East

MVS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire MVS Jobs Demand Trend

MVS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire MVS Daily Rate Trend

MVS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire MVS Hourly Rate Trend

MVS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MVS within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Reading - 4 £369 -
MVS
South East

MVS
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing MVS 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 MVS.

1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) DB2
1 4 (100.00%) Unisys
1 4 (100.00%) IBM
1 4 (100.00%) CICS
1 4 (100.00%) JCL
1 4 (100.00%) Micro Focus
1 4 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 4 (100.00%) COBOL
1 4 (100.00%) ALGOL
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) HTML

MVS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing MVS 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 MVS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) CICS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) DB2
General
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Systems Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Analyst Programmer
2 2 (50.00%) Programmer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst Programmer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Systems Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Mainframe Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Programmer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Programmer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Systems Programmer
3 1 (25.00%) Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Analyst Programmer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Systems Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Mainframe
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) JCL
1 4 (100.00%) COBOL
1 4 (100.00%) ALGOL
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Unisys
1 4 (100.00%) IBM
1 4 (100.00%) Micro Focus