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This section looks at the demand for Mainframes 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 Mainframe over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMainframes
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank187186
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads328
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.041 %0.009 %
As % of the category below1.035 %0.261 %
Daily rates quoted161
Average minimum daily rate£444£400
Average daily rate£478£400
% change on same period last year+19.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£513£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£385£410
% change on same period last year-6.10 %
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£24.58£34.52
% change on same period last year-28.79 %
Miscellaneous City of LondonMiscellaneous
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads30923068
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.967 %3.447 %
Daily rates quoted16501470
Average minimum daily rate£484£523
Average daily rate£525£562
% change on same period last year-6.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£566£601
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£361
% change on same period last year+0.13 %
Hourly rates quoted9934
Average minimum hourly rate£24.58£25.38
Average hourly rate£27.07£29.18
% change on same period last year-7.23 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.56£32.99
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.70£25.16
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Mainframe LondonMainframe
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
Demand Trend

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

City of London Mainframe Demand Trend

Mainframe
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Mainframe Daily Rate Trend

Mainframe
Daily Rate Histogram

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

City of London Mainframe Daily Rate Histogram

Mainframe
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Mainframe Hourly Rate Trend

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the City of London region citing Mainframe also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Mainframe.

133 (61.11 %)IBM
232 (59.26 %)Finance
325 (46.30 %)IBM Mainframe
419 (35.19 %)Brocade
515 (27.78 %)SAN
515 (27.78 %)CICS
612 (22.22 %)DB2
711 (20.37 %)Unix
810 (18.52 %)COBOL
97 (12.96 %)zOS
97 (12.96 %)Banking
105 (9.259 %)AIX
105 (9.259 %)Insurance
114 (7.407 %)ISPF
114 (7.407 %)Windows
114 (7.407 %)JCL
114 (7.407 %)J2EE
114 (7.407 %)Project Management
114 (7.407 %)Migration
123 (5.556 %)Data Security
123 (5.556 %)Management Information System
123 (5.556 %)PRINCE2
123 (5.556 %)SQL
123 (5.556 %)MQSeries
123 (5.556 %)MVS
123 (5.556 %)RACF
123 (5.556 %)Tivoli
123 (5.556 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
123 (5.556 %)Corporate Banking
123 (5.556 %)Risk Analysis

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the City of London region citing Mainframe also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Mainframe. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
14 (7.407 %)J2EE
14 (7.407 %)ISPF
23 (5.556 %)WebSphere
31 (1.852 %)Middleware
Application Platforms
115 (27.78 %)CICS
23 (5.556 %)MQSeries
31 (1.852 %)IBM HTTP Server
Communications & Networking
115 (27.78 %)SAN
21 (1.852 %)LAN
21 (1.852 %)WAN
21 (1.852 %)HTTP
21 (1.852 %)SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
112 (22.22 %)DB2
21 (1.852 %)Easytrieve
General
132 (59.26 %)Finance
27 (12.96 %)Banking
35 (9.259 %)Insurance
43 (5.556 %)Corporate Banking
52 (3.704 %)Investment Banking
52 (3.704 %)Pensions
61 (1.852 %)Retail Banking
61 (1.852 %)Retail
Job Titles
113 (24.07 %)Administrator
212 (22.22 %)Architect
39 (16.67 %)Storage Administrator
46 (11.11 %)Project Manager
55 (9.259 %)Analyst
55 (9.259 %)Consultant
55 (9.259 %)Support Technician
55 (9.259 %)Mainframe Architect
64 (7.407 %)SAN Administrator
73 (5.556 %)Developer
82 (3.704 %)Programme Manager
82 (3.704 %)Systems Analyst
82 (3.704 %)Technical Analyst
82 (3.704 %)PRINCE2 Project Manager
82 (3.704 %)Enterprise Architect
82 (3.704 %)Mainframe Developer
82 (3.704 %)Applications Architect
91 (1.852 %)UNIX Support
91 (1.852 %)Storage Consultant
91 (1.852 %)UNIX Engineer
Miscellaneous
125 (46.30 %)IBM Mainframe
23 (5.556 %)Management Information System
32 (3.704 %)Derivative
41 (1.852 %)Replication
41 (1.852 %)Tandem
41 (1.852 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
41 (1.852 %)HACMP
Operating Systems
111 (20.37 %)Unix
27 (12.96 %)zOS
35 (9.259 %)AIX
44 (7.407 %)Windows
53 (5.556 %)MVS
62 (3.704 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (3.704 %)HPUX
71 (1.852 %)Solaris
71 (1.852 %)Linux
71 (1.852 %)NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
14 (7.407 %)Project Management
14 (7.407 %)Migration
23 (5.556 %)PRINCE2
23 (5.556 %)Data Security
23 (5.556 %)Risk Analysis
32 (3.704 %)Data Management
32 (3.704 %)Systems Analysis
41 (1.852 %)Programme Management
41 (1.852 %)Service Delivery
41 (1.852 %)Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
110 (18.52 %)COBOL
24 (7.407 %)JCL
33 (5.556 %)SQL
42 (3.704 %)VB
42 (3.704 %)Java
42 (3.704 %)VB6
51 (1.852 %)Shell Script
System Software
13 (5.556 %)RACF
Systems Management
13 (5.556 %)Tivoli
13 (5.556 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
21 (1.852 %)OMEGAMON
Vendors
133 (61.11 %)IBM
219 (35.19 %)Brocade
32 (3.704 %)EMC
41 (1.852 %)Citrix
41 (1.852 %)CA
41 (1.852 %)Hitachi
41 (1.852 %)Unisys
41 (1.852 %)HP
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