The first table below looks at the demand for RACF skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RACF over the 3 months to 20 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 System Software 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Resource Access Control Facility (RACF)
Rank 495 541 553
Rank change year-on-year
+46 +12
Contract jobs citing RACF 8 25 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.019% 0.047% 0.031%
As % of the System Software category 0.202% 0.582% 0.422%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 13
Average daily rate £413 £240 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+71.87% -26.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £116 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £423 £364 £458
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £423 £265
% change year-on-year
-5.32% +59.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £85.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All System Software
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
3958 4299 4025
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 9.490% 8.053% 7.260%
Number of daily rates quoted 1927 2078 1791
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £204 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £463 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 574 586 602
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £37.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -3.64%
RACF
UK

RACF
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing RACF across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

England RACF Jobs Demand Trend

RACF
Daily Rate Trend

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

England RACF Daily Rate Trend

RACF
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England RACF Hourly Rate Trend

RACF
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RACF within the England region over the 3 months to 20 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 +16 3 £425 +400.00%
West Midlands +9 2 - -
North West +3 1 - -
South East - 1 £400 -
Yorkshire - 1 - -
RACF
UK

RACF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing RACF 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 RACF.

1 11 (61.11%) Mainframe
2 9 (50.00%) zOS
3 8 (44.44%) DB2
3 8 (44.44%) IBM
4 6 (33.33%) CICS
5 5 (27.78%) CA
5 5 (27.78%) Finance
5 5 (27.78%) Banking
6 4 (22.22%) IBM Mainframe
7 3 (16.67%) Management Information System
7 3 (16.67%) Configuration Management
7 3 (16.67%) REXX
7 3 (16.67%) ITIL
7 3 (16.67%) SAS
7 3 (16.67%) ISPF
7 3 (16.67%) VSAM
8 2 (11.11%) ChangeMan
8 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (11.11%) CA Endevor
8 2 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (11.11%) Stress Testing
8 2 (11.11%) iSeries
8 2 (11.11%) SQL
8 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
8 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
8 2 (11.11%) SLA
9 1 (5.556%) AS400
9 1 (5.556%) Telecoms
9 1 (5.556%) MVS
9 1 (5.556%) Control-M

RACF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing RACF 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 RACF. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (16.67%) ISPF
2 1 (5.556%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 6 (33.33%) CICS
2 3 (16.67%) SAS
3 1 (5.556%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (5.556%) MQSeries
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (44.44%) DB2
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) ChangeMan
General
1 5 (27.78%) Finance
1 5 (27.78%) Banking
2 1 (5.556%) Investment Banking
2 1 (5.556%) Manufacturing
2 1 (5.556%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Programmer
2 4 (22.22%) Administrator
2 4 (22.22%) Systems Programmer
3 3 (16.67%) Security Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) CICS Systems Programmer
4 2 (11.11%) CICS Programmer
4 2 (11.11%) Security Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Business Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) IT Security Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (5.556%) Analyst Programmer
5 1 (5.556%) Architect
5 1 (5.556%) Mainframe Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Security Architect
5 1 (5.556%) Security Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Security Administrator
5 1 (5.556%) IT Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (61.11%) Mainframe
2 4 (22.22%) IBM Mainframe
3 3 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 3 (16.67%) VSAM
4 2 (11.11%) iSeries
5 1 (5.556%) SaaS
5 1 (5.556%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 9 (50.00%) zOS
2 1 (5.556%) MVS
2 1 (5.556%) OS/390
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (16.67%) Configuration Management
1 3 (16.67%) ITIL
2 2 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (11.11%) Stress Testing
3 1 (5.556%) Unit Testing
3 1 (5.556%) Time Management
3 1 (5.556%) Validation
3 1 (5.556%) Migration
3 1 (5.556%) Information Security
3 1 (5.556%) Incident Management
3 1 (5.556%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) REXX
2 2 (11.11%) SQL
3 1 (5.556%) COBOL
3 1 (5.556%) JCL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.556%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) SLA
1 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) CA Endevor
2 1 (5.556%) Control-M
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) IBM
2 5 (27.78%) CA
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.556%) HP