Mainframe Contracts in Cheshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term 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 Mainframe over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframes
Rank 40 45 24
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -21
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 23 18 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 3.177% 2.253% 5.779%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 14.29% 12.86% 27.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 42
Average daily rate £332 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.60% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £291 £252
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £490 £449
UK excluding London average daily rate £393 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+12.21% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
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
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 161 140 205
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 22.24% 17.52% 21.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 84 118
Average daily rate £350 £325 £358
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £222 £227
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £485 £436
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 11
Average hourly rate - £14.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +3.70%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Mainframe
North West

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Mainframe Hourly Rate Trend

Mainframe
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 0 8 £475 +46.15%
Warrington - 4 - -
Chester -4 1 £265 -29.33%
Mainframe
North West

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 26 (61.90%) Finance
2 22 (52.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 18 (42.86%) UNIX
4 15 (35.71%) Banking
5 14 (33.33%) Windows
6 12 (28.57%) ITIL
6 12 (28.57%) Project Management
7 9 (21.43%) Linux
8 8 (19.05%) Migration
8 8 (19.05%) Retail
8 8 (19.05%) Security Cleared
8 8 (19.05%) Financial Modelling
9 7 (16.67%) SC Cleared
9 7 (16.67%) BC Cleared
9 7 (16.67%) Retail Banking
9 7 (16.67%) PRINCE2
9 7 (16.67%) Oracle
10 6 (14.29%) LDAP
10 6 (14.29%) Information Security
11 5 (11.90%) Risk Management
12 4 (9.524%) Change Management
12 4 (9.524%) Middleware
12 4 (9.524%) PMI
12 4 (9.524%) PMI Certification
12 4 (9.524%) Java
12 4 (9.524%) AIX
12 4 (9.524%) Tandem
13 3 (7.143%) Business Analysis
13 3 (7.143%) Oracle Identity Manager
13 3 (7.143%) Test Strategy

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 4 (9.524%) Middleware
Applications
1 2 (4.762%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.381%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (2.381%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.381%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.29%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.143%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.762%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (2.381%) LoadRunner
General
1 26 (61.90%) Finance
2 15 (35.71%) Banking
3 8 (19.05%) Retail
4 7 (16.67%) Retail Banking
5 1 (2.381%) French Language
5 1 (2.381%) German Language
5 1 (2.381%) Italian Language
5 1 (2.381%) Portuguese Language
5 1 (2.381%) Spanish Language
5 1 (2.381%) Billing
5 1 (2.381%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (21.43%) Project Manager
2 7 (16.67%) Designer
3 6 (14.29%) Architect
4 5 (11.90%) Solutions Designer
5 4 (9.524%) Programme Manager
5 4 (9.524%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 4 (9.524%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (9.524%) Infrastructure Manager
6 3 (7.143%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (4.762%) Business Architect
7 2 (4.762%) Services Delivery Manager
7 2 (4.762%) Service Manager
7 2 (4.762%) Technical Architect
7 2 (4.762%) Analyst
7 2 (4.762%) IT Services Delivery Manager
7 2 (4.762%) IT Services Manager
7 2 (4.762%) Infrastructure Designer
8 1 (2.381%) Data Centre Project Manager
8 1 (2.381%) Sourcing Manager
8 1 (2.381%) Migration Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.524%) PMI
1 4 (9.524%) Tandem
2 3 (7.143%) IBM Mainframe
3 2 (4.762%) Replication
4 1 (2.381%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 18 (42.86%) UNIX
2 14 (33.33%) Windows
3 9 (21.43%) Linux
4 4 (9.524%) AIX
5 1 (2.381%) Windows 7
5 1 (2.381%) Windows 8
5 1 (2.381%) HPUX
5 1 (2.381%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (52.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (28.57%) ITIL
2 12 (28.57%) Project Management
3 8 (19.05%) Migration
3 8 (19.05%) Financial Modelling
4 7 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 6 (14.29%) Information Security
6 5 (11.90%) Risk Management
7 4 (9.524%) Change Management
8 3 (7.143%) Business Analysis
8 3 (7.143%) Test Strategy
8 3 (7.143%) Identity Management
9 2 (4.762%) Service Delivery
9 2 (4.762%) PRINCE
9 2 (4.762%) UML
10 1 (2.381%) Capacity Planning
10 1 (2.381%) Project Planning
10 1 (2.381%) Performance Testing
10 1 (2.381%) Test Management
10 1 (2.381%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.524%) Java
2 3 (7.143%) SQL
2 3 (7.143%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 7 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 7 (16.67%) BC Cleared
3 4 (9.524%) PMI Certification
4 3 (7.143%) CISSP
4 3 (7.143%) CISA
4 3 (7.143%) GIAC
5 2 (4.762%) APMP
6 1 (2.381%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (2.381%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 3 (7.143%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (7.143%) Oracle Identity Manager
1 3 (7.143%) Tivoli
1 3 (7.143%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 7 (16.67%) Oracle
2 3 (7.143%) IBM
3 1 (2.381%) HP
3 1 (2.381%) Dell
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