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The table below looks at the demand for Mainframes skills within the Bristol 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMainframes
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank5654
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads310
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.011 %
As % of the category below3.158 %9.346 %
Daily rates quoted24
Average minimum daily rate£250£350
Average daily rate£260£363
% change on same period last year-28.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£270£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£350
% change on same period last year-0.67 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£35.00
Average hourly rate-£37.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.10£34.85
% change on same period last year-7.90 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads95107
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.150 %0.115 %
Daily rates quoted2136
Average minimum daily rate£252£287
Average daily rate£279£300
% change on same period last year-7.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£306£313
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£343
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted2821
Average minimum hourly rate£28.95£24.64
Average hourly rate£30.34£27.91
% change on same period last year+8.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.73£31.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.46£25.58
% change on same period last year-0.46 %
Mainframe South WestMainframe
South West

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 Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Mainframe Daily Rate Trend

Mainframe
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mainframe across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Bristol Mainframe Daily Rate Histogram

Mainframe
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

13 (75.00 %)UNIX
13 (75.00 %)IBM
13 (75.00 %)Information Security
13 (75.00 %)Tandem
13 (75.00 %)Content Management
13 (75.00 %)IBM Mainframe
22 (50.00 %)PCI DSS
22 (50.00 %)Firewall
22 (50.00 %)Security Management
22 (50.00 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
22 (50.00 %)AS400
22 (50.00 %)Finance
22 (50.00 %)Intel
31 (25.00 %)CISSP
31 (25.00 %)zOS
31 (25.00 %)ISO17799
31 (25.00 %)DB2
31 (25.00 %)SAP
31 (25.00 %)Management Information System
31 (25.00 %)SAP Basis
31 (25.00 %)iSeries
31 (25.00 %)Data Protection
31 (25.00 %)Insurance
31 (25.00 %)Pensions
31 (25.00 %)Technical Architecture
31 (25.00 %)Data Protection Act

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %)SAP Basis
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (50.00 %)Firewall
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)DB2
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Finance
21 (25.00 %)Insurance
21 (25.00 %)Pensions
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (75.00 %)Analyst
22 (50.00 %)Senior Analyst
22 (50.00 %)Security Analyst
31 (25.00 %)SAP Basis Consultant
31 (25.00 %)SAP Consultant
31 (25.00 %)Senior Security Analyst
31 (25.00 %)IT Security Analyst
31 (25.00 %)Junior SAP Consultant
31 (25.00 %)Junior Consultant
31 (25.00 %)Consultant
31 (25.00 %)Junior
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (75.00 %)Tandem
13 (75.00 %)IBM Mainframe
22 (50.00 %)AS400
31 (25.00 %)Management Information System
31 (25.00 %)Data Protection Act
31 (25.00 %)iSeries
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)UNIX
21 (25.00 %)zOS
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)Information Security
13 (75.00 %)Content Management
22 (50.00 %)Security Management
31 (25.00 %)Technical Architecture
31 (25.00 %)Data Protection
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)CISSP
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (50.00 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
12 (50.00 %)PCI DSS
21 (25.00 %)ISO17799
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (75.00 %)IBM
22 (50.00 %)Intel
31 (25.00 %)SAP