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This section looks at the demand for Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) skills within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VSAM over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual Storage Access Method (VSAM)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank9095
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.613 %0.649 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£318£336
% change on same period last year-5.21 %
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-£30.00
% change on same period last year-
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads326308
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.435 %0.307 %
Daily rates quoted8236
Average minimum daily rate£352£345
Average daily rate£380£373
% change on same period last year+1.86 %
Average maximum daily rate£407£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£353
% change on same period last year-0.63 %
Hourly rates quoted4756
Average minimum hourly rate£18.70£17.46
Average hourly rate£20.91£19.76
% change on same period last year+5.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.13£22.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.01£28.53
% change on same period last year-12.34 %
VSAM EnglandVSAM
England

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.

VSAM
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VSAM across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

East Midlands VSAM Demand Trend

VSAM
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Midlands VSAM Daily Rate Trend

VSAM
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VSAM across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands VSAM Hourly Rate Trend

VSAM
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing VSAM 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 VSAM.

14 (100.00 %)COBOL
14 (100.00 %)IBM
14 (100.00 %)CICS
14 (100.00 %)JCL
14 (100.00 %)Mainframe
14 (100.00 %)IBM Mainframe
21 (25.00 %)Finance

VSAM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing VSAM 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 VSAM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (100.00 %)CICS
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Finance
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Analyst
12 (50.00 %)Analyst Programmer
12 (50.00 %)Programmer
12 (50.00 %)COBOL Analyst Programmer
12 (50.00 %)COBOL Programmer
12 (50.00 %)COBOL Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Technical Lead
21 (25.00 %)Team Leader
21 (25.00 %)Technical Team Leader
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (100.00 %)Mainframe
14 (100.00 %)IBM Mainframe
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)COBOL
14 (100.00 %)JCL
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (100.00 %)IBM