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This section looks at the demand for Mainframes skills within the Croydon 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 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMainframes
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1825
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads33
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.003 %
As % of the category below33.33 %12.50 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£300
Average daily rate-£325
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£363£363
% change on same period last year-
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£32.82£33.55
% change on same period last year-2.17 %
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Croydon
Matching contract IT job ads924
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.024 %
Daily rates quoted14
Average minimum daily rate£170£283
Average daily rate£170£292
% change on same period last year-41.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£170£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£352
% change on same period last year-0.23 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£15.33
Average hourly rate-£15.67
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£16.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.25£28.69
% change on same period last year-11.97 %
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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Mainframe across the Croydon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Croydon Mainframe Demand Trend

Mainframe
Daily Rate Trend

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

Croydon Mainframe Daily Rate Trend

Mainframe
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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.

13 (100.00 %)DB2
13 (100.00 %)Datawarehouse
13 (100.00 %)IBM
13 (100.00 %)Informatica
13 (100.00 %)PowerExchange
13 (100.00 %)VSAM
13 (100.00 %)IBM Mainframe
21 (33.33 %)Insurance

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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.

Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (100.00 %)PowerExchange
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (100.00 %)DB2
13 (100.00 %)Datawarehouse
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Insurance
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Informatica Consultant
12 (66.67 %)Consultant
21 (33.33 %)Informatica Developer
21 (33.33 %)Exchange Consultant
21 (33.33 %)Developer
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (100.00 %)VSAM
13 (100.00 %)IBM Mainframe
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (100.00 %)IBM
13 (100.00 %)Informatica