The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Mainframe 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Birmingham 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
Mainframes
Rank - 54 44
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 0 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham - 0.322% 0.975%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 2.353% 5.747%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 4
Average daily rate - £263 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -52.27%
UK excluding London average daily rate £393 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+12.21% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £17.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.00 £21.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+30.23% -6.52%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
89 85 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 20.27% 13.69% 16.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 38 43
Average daily rate £340 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.23% +0.08%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £158 £159
10% offered a daily rate of more than £459 £518 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 7
Average hourly rate £24.75 £15.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+65.00% +15.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £12.62 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £78.40 £20.80 £61.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Mainframe
West Midlands

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Mainframe Daily Rate Trend

Mainframe
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Mainframe Hourly Rate Trend

Mainframe
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 2 (100.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Bluetooth
2 1 (50.00%) VoIP
2 1 (50.00%) WAP
2 1 (50.00%) B2B
2 1 (50.00%) B2C
2 1 (50.00%) TestDirector
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) SAP CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (50.00%) SAP

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 1 (50.00%) WAP
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Bluetooth
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) TestDirector
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Manual Tester
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Manual Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Tester
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Leader
1 1 (50.00%) CRM Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) B2B
2 1 (50.00%) B2C
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP