The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT contracts advertised for the Newport region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Mainframe over the 3 months to 23 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 Newport 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframes
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newport - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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 £28.00 £21.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+30.23% -6.52%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Newport
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
7 12 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newport 12.73% 14.81% 6.557%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 0
Average daily rate £180 £525 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-65.71% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £12.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
Mainframe
South Wales

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newport 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 Newport region.

Newport Mainframe Daily Rate Trend

Mainframe
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newport 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 4 (100.00%) SAP
1 4 (100.00%) JDA
2 3 (75.00%) i2
3 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (50.00%) Web Services
3 2 (50.00%) MQSeries
3 2 (50.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (50.00%) EDI
3 2 (50.00%) EAI
3 2 (50.00%) SOA
3 2 (50.00%) ESB
3 2 (50.00%) Cordys
4 1 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newport 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 2 (50.00%) Web Services
1 2 (50.00%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) MQSeries
1 2 (50.00%) ESB
General
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Test Manager
1 2 (50.00%) SAP Manager
1 2 (50.00%) SAP Test Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Designer
1 2 (50.00%) SOA Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Test Programme Manager
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Programme Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (50.00%) EAI
1 2 (50.00%) SOA
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) SAP
1 4 (100.00%) JDA
2 3 (75.00%) i2
3 2 (50.00%) Cordys