The first table below looks at the demand for MVS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MVS over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Slough 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM MVS
Rank - - 36
Contract jobs citing MVS 0 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough - - 0.645%
As % of the Operating Systems category - - 4.545%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £125
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £260 £300
% change year-on-year
+39.42% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £33.00
All Operating Systems
Slough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
38 35 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 15.97% 17.86% 14.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 13 22
Average daily rate £300 £325 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +30.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £210 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £370 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
Average hourly rate £32.50 £11.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+195.45% -65.62%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +8.02%
MVS
Berkshire

MVS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MVS across the Slough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Slough MVS Jobs Demand Trend