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The table below looks at the demand for IBM Mainframe skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited IBM Mainframe over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM Mainframe
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank196182
Rank change on same period last yearDown-14
Matching contract IT job ads129
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.009 %
As % of the category below0.435 %0.339 %
Daily rates quoted83
Average minimum daily rate£450£310
Average daily rate£466£310
% change on same period last year+50.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£481£310
UK excluding London average daily rate£314£348
% change on same period last year-9.82 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.87£42.50
% change on same period last year-25.00 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads27602651
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.903 %2.684 %
Daily rates quoted16301173
Average minimum daily rate£465£501
Average daily rate£510£538
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£555£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£344
% change on same period last year+1.42 %
Hourly rates quoted6652
Average minimum hourly rate£22.07£24.37
Average hourly rate£24.55£25.84
% change on same period last year-4.99 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.03£27.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.09£26.20
% change on same period last year-4.24 %
IBM Mainframe LondonIBM Mainframe
London

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.

IBM Mainframe
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing IBM Mainframe across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

City of London IBM Mainframe Demand Trend

IBM Mainframe
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing IBM Mainframe across the City of London region.

City of London IBM Mainframe Daily Rate Trend

IBM Mainframe
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IBM Mainframe across the City of London region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

City of London IBM Mainframe Daily Rate Histogram

IBM Mainframe
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing IBM Mainframe across the City of London region.

City of London IBM Mainframe Hourly Rate Trend

IBM Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

122 (100.00 %)IBM
122 (100.00 %)Mainframe
220 (90.91 %)Finance
315 (68.18 %)Brocade
315 (68.18 %)SAN
411 (50.00 %)Migration
58 (36.36 %)Data Migration
58 (36.36 %)SMS
67 (31.82 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
75 (22.73 %)Project Management
75 (22.73 %)Disaster Recovery
84 (18.18 %)Banking
93 (13.64 %)zOS
93 (13.64 %)Microsoft
93 (13.64 %)MS Project
93 (13.64 %)PRINCE2
102 (9.091 %)UNIX
102 (9.091 %)AIX
102 (9.091 %)JCL
102 (9.091 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
102 (9.091 %)Tivoli
111 (4.545 %)MS PowerPoint
111 (4.545 %)Retail Banking
111 (4.545 %)SCOM
111 (4.545 %)Service Management
111 (4.545 %)Retail
111 (4.545 %)Insurance
111 (4.545 %)CICS
111 (4.545 %)MVS
111 (4.545 %)MS Excel

IBM Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (4.545 %)CICS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (13.64 %)MS Project
21 (4.545 %)MS Excel
21 (4.545 %)MS Visio
21 (4.545 %)MS PowerPoint
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (68.18 %)SAN
28 (36.36 %)SMS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (4.545 %)DB2
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
120 (90.91 %)Finance
24 (18.18 %)Banking
31 (4.545 %)Retail
31 (4.545 %)Insurance
31 (4.545 %)Retail Banking
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (31.82 %)Migration Technician
25 (22.73 %)Administrator
25 (22.73 %)Project Manager
25 (22.73 %)Storage Administrator
33 (13.64 %)Architect
42 (9.091 %)Senior Manager
42 (9.091 %)Senior Project Manager
42 (9.091 %)PRINCE2 Project Manager
51 (4.545 %)Migration Project Manager
51 (4.545 %)Mainframe Programmer
51 (4.545 %)Mainframe Architect
51 (4.545 %)Mainframe Developer
51 (4.545 %)SAN Administrator
51 (4.545 %)Systems Programmer
51 (4.545 %)Programmer
51 (4.545 %)Developer
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
122 (100.00 %)Mainframe
22 (9.091 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (13.64 %)zOS
22 (9.091 %)UNIX
22 (9.091 %)AIX
31 (4.545 %)MVS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (50.00 %)Migration
28 (36.36 %)Data Migration
35 (22.73 %)Project Management
35 (22.73 %)Disaster Recovery
43 (13.64 %)PRINCE2
51 (4.545 %)Service Management
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (9.091 %)JCL
21 (4.545 %)COBOL
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (31.82 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
22 (9.091 %)Tivoli
31 (4.545 %)SCOM
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
122 (100.00 %)IBM
215 (68.18 %)Brocade
33 (13.64 %)Microsoft