Mainframe Contracts in Bristol
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Mainframe over the 3 months to 23 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 Bristol 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframes
Rank 41 47 50
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +3
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 11 18 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 2.153% 2.153% 0.917%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 12.79% 12.68% 5.357%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 18 3
Average daily rate £313 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -7.14%
UK excluding London average daily rate £381 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+8.92% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £11.50 - -
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
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 86 142 112
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 16.83% 16.99% 17.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 93 46
Average daily rate £325 £345 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.79% +6.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £239 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £490 £451 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 10
Average hourly rate £42.50 £22.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+93.18% +10.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
Mainframe
South West

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Mainframe Hourly Rate Trend

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 18 (69.23%) Finance
2 14 (53.85%) SAP
3 13 (50.00%) ISTQB
4 11 (42.31%) ISEB
5 9 (34.62%) Banking
6 7 (26.92%) Change Management
7 4 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (15.38%) IBM
8 3 (11.54%) DB2
8 3 (11.54%) Windows
8 3 (11.54%) zOS
8 3 (11.54%) JCL
9 2 (7.692%) WebSphere
9 2 (7.692%) IBM Mainframe
9 2 (7.692%) Problem Management
9 2 (7.692%) DataPower
9 2 (7.692%) Time Management
9 2 (7.692%) Retail
9 2 (7.692%) ISPF
9 2 (7.692%) Retail Banking
9 2 (7.692%) SSL
9 2 (7.692%) MVS
9 2 (7.692%) COBOL
9 2 (7.692%) UNIX
9 2 (7.692%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (7.692%) TCP/IP
9 2 (7.692%) REXX
10 1 (3.846%) PL/1
10 1 (3.846%) Citrix
10 1 (3.846%) Business Intelligence

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 2 (7.692%) WebSphere
1 2 (7.692%) ISPF
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.692%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (3.846%) SAS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.692%) SSL
1 2 (7.692%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (3.846%) ChangeMan
General
1 18 (69.23%) Finance
2 9 (34.62%) Banking
3 2 (7.692%) Retail
3 2 (7.692%) Retail Banking
4 1 (3.846%) Marketing
4 1 (3.846%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (57.69%) Analyst
2 10 (38.46%) Test Analyst
3 6 (23.08%) SAP Test Analyst
3 6 (23.08%) SAP Analyst
4 4 (15.38%) Consultant
5 3 (11.54%) Programmer
5 3 (11.54%) Business Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Business Test Analyst
6 2 (7.692%) SAP Tester
6 2 (7.692%) WebSphere Consultant
6 2 (7.692%) Storage Analyst
6 2 (7.692%) Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (7.692%) Tester
6 2 (7.692%) Analyst Programmer
6 2 (7.692%) Applications Consultant
6 2 (7.692%) Architect
6 2 (7.692%) Project Manager
7 1 (3.846%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 1 (3.846%) Support Analyst
7 1 (3.846%) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.692%) IBM Mainframe
1 2 (7.692%) DataPower
2 1 (3.846%) Tandem
2 1 (3.846%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Windows
1 3 (11.54%) zOS
2 2 (7.692%) MVS
2 2 (7.692%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Change Management
2 4 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (7.692%) Problem Management
3 2 (7.692%) Time Management
4 1 (3.846%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2
4 1 (3.846%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (3.846%) Data Governance
4 1 (3.846%) Analytics
4 1 (3.846%) Data Transformation
4 1 (3.846%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) JCL
2 2 (7.692%) COBOL
2 2 (7.692%) REXX
3 1 (3.846%) PL/1
Qualifications
1 13 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 11 (42.31%) ISEB
3 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (3.846%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (3.846%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 14 (53.85%) SAP
2 4 (15.38%) IBM
3 1 (3.846%) Citrix
3 1 (3.846%) EMC
3 1 (3.846%) VMware
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