The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term IBM Mainframe in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IBM Mainframe over the 3 months to 22 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 Cheshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Mainframe
Rank 60 63 53
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -10
Contract jobs citing IBM Mainframe 3 2 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.408% 0.247% 1.875%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.840% 1.361% 8.955%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 15
Average daily rate - £259 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -37.27%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £340 £365
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -6.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £21.25 -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
163 147 201
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 22.18% 18.15% 20.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 88 116
Average daily rate £350 £325 £359
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -9.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £230 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 10
Average hourly rate £9.00 £14.00 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.71% -3.44%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
IBM Mainframe
North West

IBM Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire IBM Mainframe Jobs Demand Trend

IBM Mainframe
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire IBM Mainframe Daily Rate Trend

IBM Mainframe
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM Mainframe within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Knutsford - 1 - -
IBM Mainframe
North West

IBM Mainframe
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing IBM 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 IBM Mainframe.

1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) IBM
1 3 (100.00%) Middleware
1 3 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Tandem
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management

IBM Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing IBM 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 IBM Mainframe. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) Middleware
General
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Solutions Designer
1 3 (100.00%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 3 (100.00%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) IBM