The first table below looks at the demand for MVS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MVS over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM MVS
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MVS 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.379% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.493% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £369 £315 £338
% change year-on-year
+17.06% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Operating Systems
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
134 129 88
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 25.38% 15.38% 14.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 64 32
Average daily rate £310 £313 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.80% -2.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £258 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £416 £535
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 10 19
Average hourly rate £12.50 £21.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.47% +68.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £15.50 £9.49
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £32.00 £37.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +4.93%
MVS
South West

MVS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol MVS Hourly Rate Trend

MVS
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 2 (100.00%) COBOL
1 2 (100.00%) DB2
1 2 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management

MVS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) DB2
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst Programmer
1 2 (100.00%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) COBOL