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The table below looks at the demand for Mainframes skills within the Bracknell region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMainframes
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank2539
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads15
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.005 %
As % of the category below7.143 %11.36 %
Daily rates quoted14
Average minimum daily rate£500£340
Average daily rate£550£340
% change on same period last year+61.76 %
Average maximum daily rate£600£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£368£360
% change on same period last year+2.16 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.43£33.97
% change on same period last year-1.60 %
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Bracknell
Matching contract IT job ads1444
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.044 %
Daily rates quoted512
Average minimum daily rate£371£342
Average daily rate£390£366
% change on same period last year+6.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£410£389
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£350
% change on same period last year+0.22 %
Hourly rates quoted59
Average minimum hourly rate£19.20£27.72
Average hourly rate£19.80£29.39
% change on same period last year-32.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.40£31.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.10£28.12
% change on same period last year-10.72 %
Mainframe BerkshireMainframe
Berkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Mainframe
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Mainframe across the Bracknell region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Bracknell Mainframe Demand Trend

Mainframe
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bracknell Mainframe Daily Rate Trend

Mainframe
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bracknell Mainframe Hourly Rate Trend

Mainframe
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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.

14 (80.00 %)MVS
14 (80.00 %)JCL
23 (60.00 %)Gentran
23 (60.00 %)EDI
23 (60.00 %)B2B
23 (60.00 %)CICS
31 (20.00 %)REXX
31 (20.00 %)IBM
31 (20.00 %)MS Visio
31 (20.00 %)COBOL
31 (20.00 %)Java
31 (20.00 %)Oracle
31 (20.00 %)Logistics
31 (20.00 %)Enterprise Architecture
31 (20.00 %)IBM Mainframe
31 (20.00 %)Data Mapping
31 (20.00 %)AS400
31 (20.00 %)Migration
31 (20.00 %)Easytrieve

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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.

Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (60.00 %)EDI
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (60.00 %)CICS
13 (60.00 %)Gentran
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (20.00 %)MS Visio
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (20.00 %)Easytrieve
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Developer
21 (20.00 %)Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Solutions Architect
21 (20.00 %)Analyst Programmer
21 (20.00 %)Programmer
21 (20.00 %)Senior Solutions Architect
21 (20.00 %)Architect
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)AS400
11 (20.00 %)IBM Mainframe
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (80.00 %)MVS
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)B2B
21 (20.00 %)Migration
21 (20.00 %)Logistics
21 (20.00 %)Enterprise Architecture
21 (20.00 %)Data Mapping
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (80.00 %)JCL
21 (20.00 %)COBOL
21 (20.00 %)Java
21 (20.00 %)REXX
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)Oracle
11 (20.00 %)IBM