The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Mainframe over the 3 months to 22 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 Leeds 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframes
Rank 63 64 49
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -15
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 5 7 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.665% 0.784% 0.805%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.067% 5.303% 3.378%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 5
Average daily rate £375 £380 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.31% +26.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £381 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+8.92% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.98 £21.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year
+30.13% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
163 132 148
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 21.68% 14.78% 23.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 65 72
Average daily rate £300 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £204 £250 £221
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 10
Average hourly rate £12.50 £11.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.13 £11.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £19.10 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
Mainframe
West Yorkshire

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Mainframe across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Leeds Mainframe Jobs Demand Trend

Mainframe
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds Mainframe Daily Rate Trend

Mainframe
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds Mainframe Hourly Rate Trend

Mainframe
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing 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 Mainframe.

1 6 (100.00%) CICS
1 6 (100.00%) zOS
1 6 (100.00%) COBOL
1 6 (100.00%) Release Management
2 5 (83.33%) SLA
2 5 (83.33%) ChangeMan
2 5 (83.33%) Control-M
3 4 (66.67%) Problem Management
4 2 (33.33%) Finance
5 1 (16.67%) Retail
5 1 (16.67%) C
5 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing 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 Mainframe. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) CICS
Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) ChangeMan
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Technical Support
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Release Management
2 4 (66.67%) Problem Management
3 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) COBOL
2 1 (16.67%) C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) SLA
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) Control-M