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This section looks at the demand for Mainframes skills within the Middlesex 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.

LinkMainframes
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4647
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.266 %1.538 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£325
Average daily rate-£325
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£372£383
% change on same period last year-2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00-
Average hourly rate£21.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£23.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.90£30.11
% change on same period last year-30.59 %
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Middlesex
Matching contract IT job ads79130
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.105 %0.132 %
Daily rates quoted2447
Average minimum daily rate£333£279
Average daily rate£352£305
% change on same period last year+15.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£372£332
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£354
% change on same period last year-0.56 %
Hourly rates quoted913
Average minimum hourly rate£27.50£31.25
Average hourly rate£29.04£32.02
% change on same period last year-9.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.59£32.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£29.20
% change on same period last year-16.30 %
Mainframe South EastMainframe
South East

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Mainframe Hourly Rate Trend

Mainframe
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 (50.00 %)UNIX
22 (25.00 %)Business Continuity
22 (25.00 %)Retail
22 (25.00 %)Disaster Recovery
22 (25.00 %)Release Management
22 (25.00 %)ITIL
31 (12.50 %)SC Cleared
31 (12.50 %)Security Cleared
31 (12.50 %)Government
31 (12.50 %)Health
31 (12.50 %)COBOL
31 (12.50 %)Oracle
31 (12.50 %)WebLogic
31 (12.50 %)AquaLogic
31 (12.50 %)Oracle RAC
31 (12.50 %)ETL
31 (12.50 %)LAN
31 (12.50 %)WAN
31 (12.50 %)CCNP
31 (12.50 %)CCNA
31 (12.50 %)HP
31 (12.50 %)Intel
31 (12.50 %)Cisco Certification
31 (12.50 %)BEA
31 (12.50 %)CICS
31 (12.50 %)Middleware
31 (12.50 %)BCP

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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.

Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (12.50 %)Middleware
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (12.50 %)WebLogic
11 (12.50 %)CICS
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (12.50 %)LAN
11 (12.50 %)WAN
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (12.50 %)ETL
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (25.00 %)Retail
21 (12.50 %)Government
21 (12.50 %)Health
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (25.00 %)Team Leader
12 (25.00 %)Build Manager
21 (12.50 %)UNIX Operator
21 (12.50 %)UNIX Team Leader
21 (12.50 %)Mainframe Architect
21 (12.50 %)Architect
21 (12.50 %)Author
21 (12.50 %)Technical Author
21 (12.50 %)Network Engineer
21 (12.50 %)Database Designer
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (50.00 %)UNIX
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (25.00 %)Disaster Recovery
12 (25.00 %)Business Continuity
12 (25.00 %)Release Management
12 (25.00 %)ITIL
21 (12.50 %)BCP
21 (12.50 %)SC Cleared
21 (12.50 %)Security Cleared
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (12.50 %)COBOL
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (12.50 %)CCNP
11 (12.50 %)CCNA
11 (12.50 %)Cisco Certification
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (12.50 %)AquaLogic
11 (12.50 %)Oracle RAC
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (12.50 %)Oracle
11 (12.50 %)HP
11 (12.50 %)Intel
11 (12.50 %)BEA
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