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This section looks at the demand for Mainframes skills within the Leeds region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Mainframe over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMainframes
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank7559
Rank change on same period last yearDown-16
Matching contract IT job ads49
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.010 %
As % of the category below1.133 %3.614 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£800£350
Average daily rate£850£350
% change on same period last year+142.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£900£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£388£380
% change on same period last year+2.01 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£35.00
Average hourly rate-£35.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.60£34.75
% change on same period last year-55.10 %
Miscellaneous LeedsMiscellaneous
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads353249
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.465 %0.264 %
Daily rates quoted9936
Average minimum daily rate£339£312
Average daily rate£362£356
% change on same period last year+1.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£385£399
UK excluding London average daily rate£362£350
% change on same period last year+3.34 %
Hourly rates quoted625
Average minimum hourly rate£15.38£18.18
Average hourly rate£16.20£19.18
% change on same period last year-15.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.02£20.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.27£28.32
% change on same period last year-14.29 %
Mainframe West YorkshireMainframe
West Yorkshire

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.

Mainframe
Demand Trend

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

Leeds Mainframe Demand Trend

Mainframe
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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.

14 (57.14 %)IBM
23 (42.86 %)IBM Mainframe
32 (28.57 %)Data Migration
32 (28.57 %)Retail
32 (28.57 %)ERP
32 (28.57 %)Migration
32 (28.57 %)Oracle
32 (28.57 %)DB2
41 (14.29 %)PRINCE2
41 (14.29 %)Unix
41 (14.29 %)MQSeries
41 (14.29 %)Sun
41 (14.29 %)OpenView
41 (14.29 %)HP
41 (14.29 %)EMC
41 (14.29 %)SAN
41 (14.29 %)CICS
41 (14.29 %)Assembly Language
41 (14.29 %)Hitachi
41 (14.29 %)TestDirector
41 (14.29 %)zOS
41 (14.29 %)Tivoli
41 (14.29 %)Project Management
41 (14.29 %)Oracle ERP
41 (14.29 %)Finance
41 (14.29 %)Technical Architecture

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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
11 (14.29 %)MQSeries
11 (14.29 %)CICS
Business Applications
11 (14.29 %)Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
11 (14.29 %)SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
12 (28.57 %)DB2
Development Applications
11 (14.29 %)TestDirector
General
12 (28.57 %)Retail
21 (14.29 %)Finance
Job Titles
12 (28.57 %)Analyst
12 (28.57 %)Consultant
12 (28.57 %)Migration Consultant
12 (28.57 %)Data Consultant
21 (14.29 %)Security Analyst
21 (14.29 %)Senior Test Analyst
21 (14.29 %)Storage Specialist
21 (14.29 %)Senior Test Manager
21 (14.29 %)Senior Manager
21 (14.29 %)Senior Analyst
21 (14.29 %)Project Manager
21 (14.29 %)Developer
21 (14.29 %)Test Manager
21 (14.29 %)Test Analyst
21 (14.29 %)Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
13 (42.86 %)IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
11 (14.29 %)Unix
11 (14.29 %)zOS
Processes & Methodologies
12 (28.57 %)ERP
12 (28.57 %)Migration
12 (28.57 %)Data Migration
21 (14.29 %)PRINCE2
21 (14.29 %)Technical Architecture
21 (14.29 %)Project Management
Programming Languages
11 (14.29 %)Assembly Language
Systems Management
11 (14.29 %)OpenView
11 (14.29 %)Tivoli
Vendors
14 (57.14 %)IBM
22 (28.57 %)Oracle
31 (14.29 %)Sun
31 (14.29 %)HP
31 (14.29 %)EMC
31 (14.29 %)Hitachi
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