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This section looks at the demand for IBM Mainframe skills within the England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited IBM Mainframe over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM Mainframe
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank415536
Rank change on same period last yearUp+121
Matching contract IT job ads147102
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.196 %0.102 %
As % of the category below0.981 %0.500 %
Daily rates quoted3531
Average minimum daily rate£345£350
Average daily rate£354£360
% change on same period last year-1.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£370
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£325
% change on same period last year+0.17 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£35.00
Average hourly rate-£38.33
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£41.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£38.33
% change on same period last year-54.34 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
England
Matching contract IT job ads1498720399
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled19.98 %20.35 %
Daily rates quoted59657407
Average minimum daily rate£445£469
Average daily rate£479£502
% change on same period last year-4.60 %
Average maximum daily rate£513£536
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£353
% change on same period last year-0.63 %
Hourly rates quoted12041543
Average minimum hourly rate£23.76£25.90
Average hourly rate£25.77£27.65
% change on same period last year-6.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.78£29.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.01£28.53
% change on same period last year-12.34 %
IBM Mainframe UKIBM Mainframe
UK

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.

IBM Mainframe
Demand Trend

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

England IBM Mainframe Demand Trend

IBM Mainframe
Daily Rate Trend

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

England IBM Mainframe Daily Rate Trend

IBM Mainframe
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IBM Mainframe across the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

England IBM Mainframe Daily Rate Histogram

IBM Mainframe
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing IBM Mainframe across the England region.

England IBM Mainframe Hourly Rate Trend

IBM Mainframe
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM Mainframe within the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South EastUp+7042£326+4.04 %
LondonUp+6234£435+7.28 %
MidlandsNew entry-20£381-
West MidlandsUp+814£230-
East of EnglandUp+2313£445+11.25 %
North WestUp+1710£270-10.74 %
South WestUp+197£450+48.35 %
East MidlandsNew entry-5£375-
YorkshireUp+51--
IBM Mainframe UKIBM Mainframe
UK

IBM Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing IBM 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 IBM Mainframe.

1264 (100.00 %)IBM
1264 (100.00 %)Mainframe
2114 (43.18 %)Finance
395 (35.98 %)DB2
479 (29.92 %)COBOL
572 (27.27 %)UNIX
665 (24.62 %)CICS
763 (23.86 %)JCL
843 (16.29 %)Oracle
939 (14.77 %)Microsoft
1035 (13.26 %)Migration
1132 (12.12 %)zOS
1231 (11.74 %)SAP
1231 (11.74 %)Banking
1329 (10.98 %)Windows
1329 (10.98 %)AIX
1329 (10.98 %)SAN
1428 (10.61 %)AS400
1527 (10.23 %)SQL
1626 (9.848 %)MVS
1724 (9.091 %).NET
1821 (7.955 %)Brocade
1920 (7.576 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
2018 (6.818 %)Java
2116 (6.061 %)J2EE
2116 (6.061 %)Systems Analysis
2215 (5.682 %)Financial Institution
2215 (5.682 %)Retail
2215 (5.682 %)VSAM
2215 (5.682 %)WebSphere

IBM Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing IBM 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 IBM Mainframe. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
124 (9.091 %).NET
216 (6.061 %)J2EE
315 (5.682 %)WebSphere
412 (4.545 %)ISPF
56 (2.273 %)HTML
65 (1.894 %)EDI
72 (0.758 %)ASP.NET
72 (0.758 %)SAP XI
81 (0.379 %)Middleware
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
165 (24.62 %)CICS
29 (3.409 %)MQSeries
38 (3.030 %)BizTalk Server
45 (1.894 %)PowerExchange
53 (1.136 %)Papyrus
62 (0.758 %)ESB
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
114 (5.303 %)MS Excel
210 (3.788 %)MS Office
39 (3.409 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (0.758 %)MS Visio
51 (0.379 %)MS Project
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (2.652 %)BASE24
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
129 (10.98 %)SAN
28 (3.030 %)SMS
32 (0.758 %)MPLS
32 (0.758 %)TCP/IP
32 (0.758 %)Network Security
41 (0.379 %)Firewall
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
195 (35.98 %)DB2
212 (4.545 %)SQL Server
36 (2.273 %)Datawarehouse
45 (1.894 %)Adabas
54 (1.515 %)PowerCenter
54 (1.515 %)Easytrieve
54 (1.515 %)DB2 UDB
62 (0.758 %)Crystal Reports
62 (0.758 %)MS Access
62 (0.758 %)Oracle Reports
71 (0.379 %)Data Cleansing
71 (0.379 %)NonStop SQL
71 (0.379 %)RDBMS
71 (0.379 %)Oracle 8/8i
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (2.273 %)TestDirector
25 (1.894 %)ClearQuest
31 (0.379 %)LoadRunner
31 (0.379 %)ERwin
31 (0.379 %)Telon
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1114 (43.18 %)Finance
231 (11.74 %)Banking
315 (5.682 %)Financial Institution
315 (5.682 %)Retail
410 (3.788 %)Insurance
58 (3.030 %)Billing
67 (2.652 %)Retail Banking
76 (2.273 %)Auditing
76 (2.273 %)Automotive
83 (1.136 %)Pensions
92 (0.758 %)Military
92 (0.758 %)Government
92 (0.758 %)Health
101 (0.379 %)Investment Banking
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1111 (42.05 %)Analyst
243 (16.29 %)Programmer
333 (12.50 %)Systems Analyst
432 (12.12 %)Developer
522 (8.333 %)Consultant
621 (7.955 %)Analyst Programmer
719 (7.197 %)Architect
719 (7.197 %)Systems Programmer
816 (6.061 %)Technical Analyst
912 (4.545 %)Project Manager
912 (4.545 %)Business Analyst
1011 (4.167 %)Senior Programmer
1110 (3.788 %)Administrator
1110 (3.788 %)Senior Analyst
129 (3.409 %)Storage Specialist
138 (3.030 %)Test Analyst
138 (3.030 %)Analyst Developer
147 (2.652 %)Senior Analyst Programmer
147 (2.652 %)Functional Consultant
156 (2.273 %)Test Manager
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1264 (100.00 %)Mainframe
228 (10.61 %)AS400
315 (5.682 %)VSAM
49 (3.409 %)VAX
49 (3.409 %)Client/Server
54 (1.515 %)Management Information System
54 (1.515 %)Replication
63 (1.136 %)Tandem
63 (1.136 %)Spanish Language
63 (1.136 %)CMDB
71 (0.379 %)Neural Network
71 (0.379 %)Dutch Language
71 (0.379 %)French Language
71 (0.379 %)EFT
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
172 (27.27 %)UNIX
232 (12.12 %)zOS
329 (10.98 %)Windows
329 (10.98 %)AIX
426 (9.848 %)MVS
515 (5.682 %)Linux
611 (4.167 %)Solaris
77 (2.652 %)HPUX
82 (0.758 %)Windows Server 2003
82 (0.758 %)OS/390
82 (0.758 %)Windows NT
82 (0.758 %)OpenVMS
82 (0.758 %)Windows 2000 Server
82 (0.758 %)Red Hat Linux
91 (0.379 %)Windows 2000
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
135 (13.26 %)Migration
216 (6.061 %)Systems Analysis
312 (4.545 %)Project Management
410 (3.788 %)Disaster Recovery
410 (3.788 %)System Testing
59 (3.409 %)Data Migration
68 (3.030 %)ITIL
68 (3.030 %)PRINCE
68 (3.030 %)Service Management
68 (3.030 %)Business Analysis
77 (2.652 %)Problem Management
86 (2.273 %)Load Testing
86 (2.273 %)Supplier Management
95 (1.894 %)Technical Architecture
95 (1.894 %)Service Delivery
95 (1.894 %)PRINCE2
95 (1.894 %)Data Modelling
104 (1.515 %)CRM
113 (1.136 %)Test Management
113 (1.136 %)Requirements Analysis
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
179 (29.92 %)COBOL
263 (23.86 %)JCL
327 (10.23 %)SQL
418 (6.818 %)Java
515 (5.682 %)VB
515 (5.682 %)C++
613 (4.924 %)PL/1
79 (3.409 %)REXX
85 (1.894 %)NATURAL
85 (1.894 %)Assembly Language
94 (1.515 %)PL/SQL
102 (0.758 %)Shell Script
102 (0.758 %)VBScript
102 (0.758 %)C
102 (0.758 %)Fortran
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (1.894 %)ITIL Certification
24 (1.515 %)ISEB
24 (1.515 %)Degree
32 (0.758 %)Citrix Certification
41 (0.379 %)CISA
41 (0.379 %)QiCA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.379 %)SLA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (1.515 %)RACF
22 (0.758 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
120 (7.576 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
27 (2.652 %)Tivoli
36 (2.273 %)SCOM
43 (1.136 %)MAINVIEW
52 (0.758 %)CONTROL-M
52 (0.758 %)MOM
52 (0.758 %)Unicenter
61 (0.379 %)OMEGAMON
61 (0.379 %)ServiceCenter
61 (0.379 %)AutoSys
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1264 (100.00 %)IBM
243 (16.29 %)Oracle
339 (14.77 %)Microsoft
431 (11.74 %)SAP
521 (7.955 %)Brocade
611 (4.167 %)CA
710 (3.788 %)HP
87 (2.652 %)Unisys
96 (2.273 %)Informatica
105 (1.894 %)Teradata
114 (1.515 %)BMC
123 (1.136 %)VMware
132 (0.758 %)Red Hat
132 (0.758 %)NetApp
132 (0.758 %)Cisco
132 (0.758 %)Dell
132 (0.758 %)Intel
132 (0.758 %)Sun
132 (0.758 %)Ingenium
141 (0.379 %)Siebel