The first table below looks at the demand for MVS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MVS 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 of the Operating Systems category for the Lancashire 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 MVS
Rank 33 - 30
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MVS 1 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 0.474% - 0.862%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.370% - 3.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £308 £319
% change year-on-year
+17.88% -3.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £32.00
All Operating Systems
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
73 71 65
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 34.60% 17.23% 28.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 27 26
Average daily rate £275 £400 £268
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-31.25% +49.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £292 £172
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £505 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 7 13
Average hourly rate £19.00 £25.50 £30.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.49% -16.39%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.90 £18.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
MVS
North West

MVS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MVS across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Lancashire MVS Jobs Demand Trend

MVS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire MVS Daily Rate Trend

MVS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MVS within the Lancashire 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
Lytham St Annes - 1 - -
MVS
North West

MVS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing MVS 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 MVS.

1 5 (83.33%) REXX
1 5 (83.33%) IBM
1 5 (83.33%) Mainframe
2 4 (66.67%) CA
2 4 (66.67%) zOS
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) CESG
4 1 (16.67%) CESG CLAS
4 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 1 (16.67%) VME
4 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) BC Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Workflow
4 1 (16.67%) JCL
4 1 (16.67%) Middleware
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) UNIX
4 1 (16.67%) UML
4 1 (16.67%) RAD
4 1 (16.67%) SSADM
4 1 (16.67%) DSDM
4 1 (16.67%) CRM
4 1 (16.67%) ATM
4 1 (16.67%) ISDN
4 1 (16.67%) VoIP
4 1 (16.67%) Ethernet
4 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP

MVS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing MVS 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 MVS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) Middleware
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) ATM
1 1 (16.67%) ISDN
1 1 (16.67%) VoIP
1 1 (16.67%) Ethernet
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Security Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Mainframe
2 1 (16.67%) CESG
2 1 (16.67%) CESG CLAS
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) zOS
2 1 (16.67%) VME
2 1 (16.67%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
1 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (16.67%) Workflow
1 1 (16.67%) UML
1 1 (16.67%) RAD
1 1 (16.67%) SSADM
1 1 (16.67%) DSDM
1 1 (16.67%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) REXX
2 1 (16.67%) JCL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) BC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) IBM
2 4 (66.67%) CA
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft