London Mainframe Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Mainframes skills within the London region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Mainframes
Location Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Burnley Cardiff Chatham Cheshire Chester City of London Clydebank County Antrim Coventry Croydon Devon Dorset Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Folkestone Gatwick Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Greenford Hampshire Havant Hertfordshire Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Romford Scotland Shropshire Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire St Albans Staines Stevenage Street Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire West Dunbartonshire West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	297	338
Rank change on same period last year	+41
Matching contract IT job ads	104	130
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.139 %	0.132 %
As % of the category below	1.177 %	0.944 %
Daily rates quoted	29	40
Average minimum daily rate	£450	£382
Average daily rate	£463	£399
% change on same period last year	+15.92 %
Average maximum daily rate	£476	£417
UK excluding London average daily rate	£372	£383
% change on same period last year	-2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.50	£18.50
Average hourly rate	£23.75	£22.75
% change on same period last year	+4.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.00	£27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.90	£30.11
% change on same period last year	-30.59 %
Miscellaneous London
Matching contract IT job ads	8836	13770
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	11.78 %	13.93 %
Daily rates quoted	4304	6169
Average minimum daily rate	£477	£495
Average daily rate	£514	£532
% change on same period last year	-3.46 %
Average maximum daily rate	£550	£569
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£354
% change on same period last year	-0.56 %
Hourly rates quoted	349	416
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.75	£24.44
Average hourly rate	£24.30	£26.22
% change on same period last year	-7.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.85	£27.99
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.44	£29.20
% change on same period last year	-16.30 %
Mainframe England

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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mainframe across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mainframe across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe within the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
City of London	-1	38	£497	+17.25 %
Croydon	+11	3	-	-
Romford	-	3	£350	-
Greenford	-	1	£300	-

Mainframe England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 98 (40.00 %) IBM 2 80 (32.65 %) Finance 3 65 (26.53 %) IBM Mainframe 4 64 (26.12 %) UNIX 5 58 (23.67 %) SAN 6 50 (20.41 %) DB2 7 45 (18.37 %) Banking 8 44 (17.96 %) Brocade 9 39 (15.92 %) Windows 10 35 (14.29 %) AIX 11 27 (11.02 %) CICS 12 25 (10.20 %) zOS 13 24 (9.796 %) COBOL 14 22 (8.980 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 15 18 (7.347 %) WebSphere

16 17 (6.939 %) Insurance 17 16 (6.531 %) Oracle 18 15 (6.122 %) Disaster Recovery 19 14 (5.714 %) Tivoli 20 12 (4.898 %) JCL 20 12 (4.898 %) MVS 20 12 (4.898 %) HPUX 21 11 (4.490 %) Migration 21 11 (4.490 %) Retail 21 11 (4.490 %) ITIL 21 11 (4.490 %) EMC 21 11 (4.490 %) Microsoft 21 11 (4.490 %) Shell Script 22 10 (4.082 %) Middleware 22 10 (4.082 %) Project Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 Development 1 18 (7.347 %) WebSphere 2 10 (4.082 %) Middleware 3 8 (3.265 %) J2EE 3 8 (3.265 %) ISPF 4 3 (1.224 %) WebServices 4 3 (1.224 %) XML 5 2 (0.816 %) SOAP 5 2 (0.816 %) .NET 5 2 (0.816 %) WBIMB 6 1 (0.408 %) .NET Framework 6 1 (0.408 %) HTML 6 1 (0.408 %) XML Messaging	Application Platforms 1 27 (11.02 %) CICS 2 8 (3.265 %) MQSeries 3 6 (2.449 %) PowerExchange 4 4 (1.633 %) SAS 5 3 (1.224 %) WebSphere Application Server 5 3 (1.224 %) Oracle Workflow 6 2 (0.816 %) CMS 6 2 (0.816 %) Gentran 6 2 (0.816 %) Lotus Notes 6 2 (0.816 %) WebSphere MQ 7 1 (0.408 %) JBoss 7 1 (0.408 %) SharePoint 7 1 (0.408 %) Office Project Server 7 1 (0.408 %) IBM HTTP Server
Applications 1 9 (3.673 %) MS Visio 2 8 (3.265 %) MS Office 3 4 (1.633 %) MS Excel 4 3 (1.224 %) MS Project 5 2 (0.816 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 3 (1.224 %) VisionPLUS 2 1 (0.408 %) PeopleSoft Financials 2 1 (0.408 %) BASE24
Communications & Networking 1 58 (23.67 %) SAN 2 8 (3.265 %) WAN 3 5 (2.041 %) TCP/IP 4 4 (1.633 %) ISDN 4 4 (1.633 %) LAN 5 3 (1.224 %) SMS 5 3 (1.224 %) Ethernet 5 3 (1.224 %) Broadband 5 3 (1.224 %) SSL 6 2 (0.816 %) VPN 6 2 (0.816 %) Internet 6 2 (0.816 %) OSPF 6 2 (0.816 %) HTTP 6 2 (0.816 %) RIP 6 2 (0.816 %) SMTP 6 2 (0.816 %) Firewall 7 1 (0.408 %) Network Security 7 1 (0.408 %) SNMP 7 1 (0.408 %) FTP 7 1 (0.408 %) CHAP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 50 (20.41 %) DB2 2 7 (2.857 %) Datawarehouse 3 4 (1.633 %) Adabas 3 4 (1.633 %) Oracle 10g 3 4 (1.633 %) BusinessObjects 4 3 (1.224 %) Oracle Reports 5 2 (0.816 %) DB2 UDB 5 2 (0.816 %) Base SAS 5 2 (0.816 %) SQL Server 5 2 (0.816 %) Reference Data 5 2 (0.816 %) ETL 5 2 (0.816 %) Oracle Discoverer 6 1 (0.408 %) PowerCenter 6 1 (0.408 %) Easytrieve 6 1 (0.408 %) Data Mart 6 1 (0.408 %) NonStop SQL 6 1 (0.408 %) SAS Enterprise Guide 6 1 (0.408 %) BusinessObjects XI 6 1 (0.408 %) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications 1 4 (1.633 %) TestDirector 2 2 (0.816 %) LoadRunner 2 2 (0.816 %) ERwin 3 1 (0.408 %) PeopleTools	General 1 80 (32.65 %) Finance 2 45 (18.37 %) Banking 3 17 (6.939 %) Insurance 4 11 (4.490 %) Retail 5 8 (3.265 %) Corporate Banking 6 6 (2.449 %) Investment Banking 7 5 (2.041 %) Telecoms 8 3 (1.224 %) Financial Institution 8 3 (1.224 %) Back Office 8 3 (1.224 %) Construction 8 3 (1.224 %) General Ledger 9 2 (0.816 %) Retail Banking 9 2 (0.816 %) Pensions 9 2 (0.816 %) Education 9 2 (0.816 %) Government 9 2 (0.816 %) Police 10 1 (0.408 %) Health 10 1 (0.408 %) Advertising 10 1 (0.408 %) Music
Job Titles 1 32 (13.06 %) Analyst 2 31 (12.65 %) Architect 3 28 (11.43 %) Consultant 4 27 (11.02 %) Storage Specialist 5 23 (9.388 %) Administrator 6 15 (6.122 %) Storage Administrator 6 15 (6.122 %) Project Manager 7 12 (4.898 %) Programmer 8 9 (3.673 %) Systems Programmer 8 9 (3.673 %) Senior Programmer 8 9 (3.673 %) Mainframe Architect 9 8 (3.265 %) Senior Systems Programmer 9 8 (3.265 %) Support Analyst 9 8 (3.265 %) Test Analyst 9 8 (3.265 %) Storage Consultant 10 7 (2.857 %) Team Leader 10 7 (2.857 %) Network Engineer 10 7 (2.857 %) DBA 10 7 (2.857 %) Technical Architect 11 6 (2.449 %) DB2 DBA	Miscellaneous 1 65 (26.53 %) IBM Mainframe 2 9 (3.673 %) Tandem 3 6 (2.449 %) VSAM 3 6 (2.449 %) Replication 4 3 (1.224 %) Management Information System 4 3 (1.224 %) Data Extraction 5 2 (0.816 %) AS400 5 2 (0.816 %) Client/Server 6 1 (0.408 %) PMI 6 1 (0.408 %) HACMP 6 1 (0.408 %) Blackberry 6 1 (0.408 %) Clustering 6 1 (0.408 %) Derivative 6 1 (0.408 %) Spanish Language
Operating Systems 1 64 (26.12 %) UNIX 2 39 (15.92 %) Windows 3 35 (14.29 %) AIX 4 25 (10.20 %) zOS 5 12 (4.898 %) MVS 5 12 (4.898 %) HPUX 6 8 (3.265 %) Solaris 6 8 (3.265 %) Linux 7 7 (2.857 %) Windows NT 8 6 (2.449 %) Windows Server 2003 9 2 (0.816 %) NetWare 9 2 (0.816 %) Windows 2000 10 1 (0.408 %) OS/390	Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (6.122 %) Disaster Recovery 2 11 (4.490 %) Migration 2 11 (4.490 %) ITIL 3 10 (4.082 %) Project Management 4 7 (2.857 %) Service Delivery 4 7 (2.857 %) Business Continuity 4 7 (2.857 %) Problem Management 5 6 (2.449 %) Information Management 6 5 (2.041 %) Data Management 6 5 (2.041 %) Change Management 6 5 (2.041 %) PRINCE2 7 4 (1.633 %) Data Security 7 4 (1.633 %) Workflow 7 4 (1.633 %) Risk Analysis 7 4 (1.633 %) Release Management 7 4 (1.633 %) Integration Testing 7 4 (1.633 %) Data Migration 7 4 (1.633 %) Security Cleared 8 3 (1.224 %) Project Planning 8 3 (1.224 %) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages 1 24 (9.796 %) COBOL 2 12 (4.898 %) JCL 3 11 (4.490 %) Shell Script 4 10 (4.082 %) Java 4 10 (4.082 %) SQL 5 3 (1.224 %) NATURAL 5 3 (1.224 %) C 6 2 (0.816 %) VB6 6 2 (0.816 %) SAS Macro 6 2 (0.816 %) VB 6 2 (0.816 %) VBA 7 1 (0.408 %) REXX	Qualifications 1 3 (1.224 %) Degree 2 2 (0.816 %) ISTQB 2 2 (0.816 %) ISEB 3 1 (0.408 %) Microsoft Certification 3 1 (0.408 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 1 (0.408 %) PMI Certification 3 1 (0.408 %) MCSE 3 1 (0.408 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (0.816 %) QA 2 1 (0.408 %) PCI DSS 2 1 (0.408 %) SLA	System Software 1 3 (1.224 %) Active Directory 1 3 (1.224 %) RACF 2 1 (0.408 %) NetBackup 2 1 (0.408 %) Citrix Presentation Server 2 1 (0.408 %) Terminal Services
Systems Management 1 22 (8.980 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 2 14 (5.714 %) Tivoli 3 7 (2.857 %) OMEGAMON 4 1 (0.408 %) SCOM 4 1 (0.408 %) AutoSys 4 1 (0.408 %) MAINVIEW 4 1 (0.408 %) ZENworks 4 1 (0.408 %) EMC TimeFinder	Vendors 1 98 (40.00 %) IBM 2 44 (17.96 %) Brocade 3 16 (6.531 %) Oracle 4 11 (4.490 %) Microsoft 4 11 (4.490 %) EMC 5 10 (4.082 %) BMC 6 8 (3.265 %) Cisco 7 6 (2.449 %) CA 7 6 (2.449 %) Informatica 8 5 (2.041 %) Citrix 9 4 (1.633 %) Hitachi 9 4 (1.633 %) HP 9 4 (1.633 %) Business Objects 10 3 (1.224 %) Unisys 11 2 (0.816 %) PeopleSoft 11 2 (0.816 %) Sybase 11 2 (0.816 %) Siemens 11 2 (0.816 %) Lotus 11 2 (0.816 %) FileNet 11 2 (0.816 %) VMware