The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term IBM Mainframe in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IBM 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 London 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
IBM Mainframe
Rank 367 403 419
Rank change year-on-year
+36 +16
Contract jobs citing IBM Mainframe 20 15 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.091% 0.055% 0.046%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.275% 0.172% 0.121%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 7
Average daily rate £405 £548 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.02% +9.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £425 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £590 £600 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £340 £365
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -6.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £50.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £21.25 -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
7277 8743 11592
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 33.09% 31.98% 37.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 5057 5942 7822
Average daily rate £475 £475 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £283 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 213 195
Average hourly rate £23.00 £22.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.22% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £52.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
IBM Mainframe
England

IBM Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 22 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
City of London +12 4 £478 -16.95%
IBM Mainframe
England

IBM Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 45 (100.00%) IBM
1 45 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 18 (40.00%) zOS
3 16 (35.56%) DB2
4 14 (31.11%) Oracle
4 14 (31.11%) Windows
5 12 (26.67%) EMC
6 11 (24.44%) Finance
6 11 (24.44%) EMC NetWorker
7 10 (22.22%) UNIX
8 9 (20.00%) Retail
9 8 (17.78%) Information Security
9 8 (17.78%) SQL Server
10 7 (15.56%) AIX
10 7 (15.56%) Apache
10 7 (15.56%) IBM HTTP Server
10 7 (15.56%) WebSphere
10 7 (15.56%) Data Protection
10 7 (15.56%) PCI DSS
11 6 (13.33%) Project Planning
11 6 (13.33%) C
12 5 (11.11%) SQL
12 5 (11.11%) MS Excel
13 4 (8.889%) ESB
13 4 (8.889%) SaaS
13 4 (8.889%) ETL
13 4 (8.889%) Microsoft
13 4 (8.889%) PRINCE2
13 4 (8.889%) webMethods
13 4 (8.889%) EPoS

IBM Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 7 (15.56%) WebSphere
2 3 (6.667%) ISPF
3 1 (2.222%) Web Services
3 1 (2.222%) XML
3 1 (2.222%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 7 (15.56%) Apache
1 7 (15.56%) IBM HTTP Server
2 4 (8.889%) ESB
3 3 (6.667%) SAS
4 2 (4.444%) CICS
Applications
1 5 (11.11%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.444%) MS Office
3 1 (2.222%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.222%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.222%) Firewall
1 1 (2.222%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (35.56%) DB2
2 8 (17.78%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.222%) Base SAS
Development Applications
1 2 (4.444%) ChangeMan
2 1 (2.222%) Subversion
General
1 11 (24.44%) Finance
2 9 (20.00%) Retail
3 2 (4.444%) Banking
3 2 (4.444%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.222%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 14 (31.11%) Analyst
2 8 (17.78%) Storage Analyst
3 7 (15.56%) Architect
3 7 (15.56%) Technical Architect
3 7 (15.56%) Consultant
3 7 (15.56%) Support Analyst
4 5 (11.11%) Technical Leader
4 5 (11.11%) Developer
4 5 (11.11%) Mainframe Consultant
5 4 (8.889%) Operations Support Analyst
5 4 (8.889%) Operations Analyst
6 3 (6.667%) Lead Developer
6 3 (6.667%) Systems Developer
7 2 (4.444%) Migration Project Manager
7 2 (4.444%) Applications Manager
7 2 (4.444%) Chief Technology Officer
7 2 (4.444%) Security Analyst
7 2 (4.444%) Technical Developer
7 2 (4.444%) Project Manager
8 1 (2.222%) Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 45 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 4 (8.889%) SaaS
2 4 (8.889%) EPoS
3 2 (4.444%) VSAM
3 2 (4.444%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.222%) CLARiiON
4 1 (2.222%) Symmetrix
4 1 (2.222%) EMC Centera
4 1 (2.222%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.222%) AS400
4 1 (2.222%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.222%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 18 (40.00%) zOS
2 14 (31.11%) Windows
3 10 (22.22%) UNIX
4 7 (15.56%) AIX
5 1 (2.222%) OS/390
5 1 (2.222%) MVS
5 1 (2.222%) Solaris
5 1 (2.222%) Linux
5 1 (2.222%) NetWare
5 1 (2.222%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.78%) Information Security
2 7 (15.56%) Data Protection
3 6 (13.33%) Project Planning
4 4 (8.889%) ETL
4 4 (8.889%) PRINCE2
5 2 (4.444%) Portfolio Management
5 2 (4.444%) Migration
5 2 (4.444%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (2.222%) Process Management
6 1 (2.222%) Service Delivery
6 1 (2.222%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (2.222%) UML
6 1 (2.222%) Test Scripting
6 1 (2.222%) System Testing
6 1 (2.222%) Time Management
6 1 (2.222%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (2.222%) Critical Path Analysis
6 1 (2.222%) Automated Testing
6 1 (2.222%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.33%) C
2 5 (11.11%) SQL
3 2 (4.444%) COBOL
3 2 (4.444%) REXX
4 1 (2.222%) Shell Script
4 1 (2.222%) JCL
4 1 (2.222%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (8.889%) RACF
2 1 (2.222%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 11 (24.44%) EMC NetWorker
2 2 (4.444%) Tivoli
3 1 (2.222%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 45 (100.00%) IBM
2 14 (31.11%) Oracle
3 12 (26.67%) EMC
4 4 (8.889%) Microsoft
4 4 (8.889%) webMethods
5 2 (4.444%) CA
6 1 (2.222%) Sybase
6 1 (2.222%) Novell
6 1 (2.222%) Software AG
6 1 (2.222%) Sun
6 1 (2.222%) Compaq
6 1 (2.222%) Unisys
6 1 (2.222%) Cisco
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