The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term IBM Mainframe in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IBM Mainframe over the 3 months to 24 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the England 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Mainframe
Rank 486 495 484
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -11
Contract jobs citing IBM Mainframe 27 64 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.065% 0.120% 0.155%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.241% 0.475% 0.529%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 26 52
Average daily rate £450 £425 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% +14.86%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £323 £295 £252
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £559 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £463 £330 £365
% change year-on-year
+40.15% -9.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £25.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £21.25 -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
11208 13487 16440
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 26.96% 25.29% 29.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6896 8084 9903
Average daily rate £438 £437 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.11% -16.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £255 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £607 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 492 617 685
Average hourly rate £23.50 £22.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.44% -2.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.60 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
IBM Mainframe
UK

IBM Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

IBM Mainframe
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IBM Mainframe across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England IBM Mainframe Daily Rate Histogram

IBM Mainframe
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

The table below 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 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +36 15 £514 -6.16%
North West +9 8 £213 -29.28%
South East 0 3 £400 +6.66%
West Midlands +8 1 - -
IBM Mainframe
UK

IBM Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 70 (100.00%) IBM
1 70 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 27 (38.57%) Windows
3 24 (34.29%) Finance
4 22 (31.43%) Oracle
5 20 (28.57%) DB2
5 20 (28.57%) zOS
6 17 (24.29%) UNIX
7 16 (22.86%) EMC
8 13 (18.57%) Information Security
8 13 (18.57%) Retail
9 12 (17.14%) SQL
9 12 (17.14%) EMC NetWorker
10 11 (15.71%) WebSphere
10 11 (15.71%) SQL Server
11 10 (14.29%) AIX
12 9 (12.86%) Banking
13 8 (11.43%) JCL
13 8 (11.43%) Migration
13 8 (11.43%) ETL
13 8 (11.43%) Tivoli
14 7 (10.00%) SAN
14 7 (10.00%) Cisco
14 7 (10.00%) PRINCE2
14 7 (10.00%) Apache
14 7 (10.00%) IBM HTTP Server
14 7 (10.00%) Middleware
14 7 (10.00%) Data Protection
14 7 (10.00%) PCI DSS
15 6 (8.571%) Project Planning

IBM Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 11 (15.71%) WebSphere
2 7 (10.00%) Middleware
3 4 (5.714%) Flash
4 3 (4.286%) ISPF
5 2 (2.857%) .NET
6 1 (1.429%) EDIFACT
6 1 (1.429%) EDI
6 1 (1.429%) Web Services
6 1 (1.429%) XML
Application Platforms
1 7 (10.00%) Apache
1 7 (10.00%) IBM HTTP Server
2 6 (8.571%) CICS
3 5 (7.143%) ESB
4 4 (5.714%) SAS
5 3 (4.286%) WebLogic
5 3 (4.286%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (2.857%) SharePoint
7 1 (1.429%) WebSphere MQ
7 1 (1.429%) Lotus Notes
7 1 (1.429%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (1.429%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 6 (8.571%) MS Excel
2 5 (7.143%) MS Office
3 3 (4.286%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.857%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (2.857%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.00%) SAN
2 4 (5.714%) Internet
2 4 (5.714%) TCP/IP
2 4 (5.714%) SNA
2 4 (5.714%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (28.57%) DB2
2 11 (15.71%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.286%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.429%) Base SAS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.857%) ChangeMan
2 1 (1.429%) Subversion
2 1 (1.429%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 24 (34.29%) Finance
2 13 (18.57%) Retail
3 9 (12.86%) Banking
4 2 (2.857%) Financial Institution
4 2 (2.857%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.429%) Automotive
5 1 (1.429%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 20 (28.57%) Analyst
2 10 (14.29%) Storage Analyst
3 9 (12.86%) Developer
3 9 (12.86%) Consultant
4 8 (11.43%) Technical Architect
4 8 (11.43%) Architect
4 8 (11.43%) Support Analyst
5 7 (10.00%) Designer
6 6 (8.571%) Mainframe Consultant
7 5 (7.143%) Technical Leader
8 4 (5.714%) Operations Support Analyst
8 4 (5.714%) Operations Analyst
8 4 (5.714%) Storage Specialist
8 4 (5.714%) Solutions Designer
9 3 (4.286%) Lead Developer
9 3 (4.286%) Test Analyst
9 3 (4.286%) Systems Developer
10 2 (2.857%) Migration Project Manager
10 2 (2.857%) Applications Manager
10 2 (2.857%) Technical Developer
Miscellaneous
1 70 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 6 (8.571%) VSAM
3 4 (5.714%) Online Banking
3 4 (5.714%) SaaS
3 4 (5.714%) Mobile Banking
3 4 (5.714%) EPoS
3 4 (5.714%) CLARiiON
3 4 (5.714%) Symmetrix
3 4 (5.714%) EMC Centera
4 3 (4.286%) Tandem
4 3 (4.286%) PKI
5 2 (2.857%) iSeries
5 2 (2.857%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.429%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.429%) AS400
6 1 (1.429%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.429%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 27 (38.57%) Windows
2 20 (28.57%) zOS
3 17 (24.29%) UNIX
4 10 (14.29%) AIX
5 4 (5.714%) Linux
6 3 (4.286%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (4.286%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.429%) NetWare
7 1 (1.429%) OS/390
7 1 (1.429%) MVS
7 1 (1.429%) Solaris
7 1 (1.429%) Windows NT
7 1 (1.429%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (18.57%) Information Security
2 8 (11.43%) Migration
2 8 (11.43%) ETL
3 7 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 7 (10.00%) Data Protection
4 6 (8.571%) Project Planning
5 5 (7.143%) ITIL
6 4 (5.714%) System Testing
6 4 (5.714%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (5.714%) Project Management
6 4 (5.714%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (4.286%) Service Delivery
7 3 (4.286%) Business Continuity
7 3 (4.286%) Capacity Planning
7 3 (4.286%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (2.857%) Systems Analysis
8 2 (2.857%) Portfolio Management
8 2 (2.857%) OO
8 2 (2.857%) TDD
8 2 (2.857%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.14%) SQL
2 8 (11.43%) JCL
3 6 (8.571%) C
4 5 (7.143%) COBOL
5 4 (5.714%) Shell Script
6 3 (4.286%) Java
7 2 (2.857%) REXX
8 1 (1.429%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.429%) C++
8 1 (1.429%) VB
8 1 (1.429%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (2.857%) Degree
2 1 (1.429%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.429%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.00%) PCI DSS
2 3 (4.286%) QA
3 1 (1.429%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (5.714%) SRDF
1 4 (5.714%) RACF
2 3 (4.286%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.286%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
2 3 (4.286%) Hyper-V
2 3 (4.286%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (17.14%) EMC NetWorker
2 8 (11.43%) Tivoli
3 4 (5.714%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 2 (2.857%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 70 (100.00%) IBM
2 22 (31.43%) Oracle
3 16 (22.86%) EMC
4 7 (10.00%) Cisco
5 6 (8.571%) Microsoft
6 5 (7.143%) CA
6 5 (7.143%) CheckPoint
7 4 (5.714%) webMethods
8 3 (4.286%) VMware
8 3 (4.286%) Citrix
8 3 (4.286%) HP
8 3 (4.286%) Brocade
9 2 (2.857%) SAP
10 1 (1.429%) Sun
10 1 (1.429%) Compaq
10 1 (1.429%) Software AG
10 1 (1.429%) Unisys
10 1 (1.429%) Empirix
10 1 (1.429%) Novell
10 1 (1.429%) Lotus