The first table below looks at the demand for MVS skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MVS over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Operating Systems category for the City of London 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM MVS
Rank - 210 244
Contract jobs citing MVS 0 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London - 0.039% 0.020%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 0.194% 0.107%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £369 £315 £350
% change year-on-year
+17.06% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Operating Systems
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1240 1543 1876
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 19.70% 19.83% 19.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 850 964 1245
Average daily rate £400 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 97 108
Average hourly rate £31.25 £20.00 £19.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+56.25% +1.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.80 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £37.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
MVS
London

MVS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MVS across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

City of London MVS Jobs Demand Trend

MVS
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London MVS Daily Rate Trend

MVS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London MVS Hourly Rate Trend
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