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The table below looks at the demand for the Mainframe Developer role in IT contracts within the City of London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Mainframe Developer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-182
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads011
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.011 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.168 %
Daily rates quoted011
Average minimum daily rate-£245
Average daily rate-£295
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£345
UK excluding London average daily rate£219£337
% change on same period last year-34.99 %
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£32.50-
% change on same period last year-
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads71986535
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled10.13 %6.604 %
Daily rates quoted38872676
Average minimum daily rate£407£444
Average daily rate£443£472
% change on same period last year-6.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£479£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted315235
Average minimum hourly rate£22.77£22.97
Average hourly rate£24.61£24.27
% change on same period last year+1.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.45£25.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Mainframe Developer LondonMainframe Developer
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.

Mainframe Developer
Demand Trend

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

City of London Mainframe Developer Demand Trend

Mainframe Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Mainframe Developer Daily Rate Trend

Mainframe Developer
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Mainframe Developer in their job title 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 with Mainframe Developer in their job title.

11 (100.00 %)COBOL
11 (100.00 %)DB2
11 (100.00 %)MS Project
11 (100.00 %)MS Excel
11 (100.00 %)MS Visio
11 (100.00 %)IBM
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft
11 (100.00 %)CICS
11 (100.00 %)JCL
11 (100.00 %)Mainframe
11 (100.00 %)Finance
11 (100.00 %)Insurance
11 (100.00 %)IBM Mainframe

Mainframe Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Mainframe Developer in their job title 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 with Mainframe Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)CICS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (100.00 %)MS Project
11 (100.00 %)MS Excel
11 (100.00 %)MS Visio
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)DB2
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Finance
11 (100.00 %)Insurance
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Mainframe
11 (100.00 %)IBM Mainframe
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)COBOL
11 (100.00 %)JCL
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)IBM
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft