The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Mainframe over the 3 months to 19 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the South East 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframes
Rank 194 148 136
Rank change year-on-year
-46 -12
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 26 100 115
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.325% 1.000% 1.085%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.555% 5.018% 5.894%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 38 54
Average daily rate £388 £361 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.26% +3.21%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £250 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £550 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.75 £21.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year
-8.13% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1672 1993 1951
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 20.88% 19.94% 18.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 792 808 819
Average daily rate £375 £345 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.69% +1.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £220 £209
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 173 186
Average hourly rate £21.50 £31.00 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.64% +16.98%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Mainframe
England

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Mainframe Daily Rate Trend

Mainframe
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mainframe across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East Mainframe Daily Rate Histogram

Mainframe
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Mainframe Hourly Rate Trend

Mainframe
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe within the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Berkshire +16 10 £294 -2.08% 1
Buckinghamshire -36 6 £350 -6.66%
Hampshire -36 3 £400 +6.66%
West Sussex +13 2 £438 +65.09%
Surrey +15 1 £500 +42.85% 1
Thames Valley - - - -
Kent - - - - 2
Oxfordshire - - - -
Mainframe
England

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 26 (42.62%) IBM
2 25 (40.98%) Finance
3 18 (29.51%) COBOL
3 18 (29.51%) DB2
4 15 (24.59%) JCL
5 14 (22.95%) SQL
5 14 (22.95%) UNIX
6 12 (19.67%) Oracle
7 11 (18.03%) Windows
7 11 (18.03%) iSeries
8 10 (16.39%) AS400
8 10 (16.39%) Linux
9 9 (14.75%) IBM Mainframe
10 8 (13.11%) PRINCE2
10 8 (13.11%) Micro Focus
11 7 (11.48%) ITIL
11 7 (11.48%) SAN
11 7 (11.48%) CICS
11 7 (11.48%) Waterfall
12 6 (9.836%) Microsoft
12 6 (9.836%) .NET
12 6 (9.836%) SAP
12 6 (9.836%) Stakeholder Management
13 5 (8.197%) Telecoms
13 5 (8.197%) VMware
13 5 (8.197%) Project Management
13 5 (8.197%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 5 (8.197%) SQL Server
13 5 (8.197%) Unisys
13 5 (8.197%) MVS

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 6 (9.836%) .NET
2 4 (6.557%) WebSphere
2 4 (6.557%) WebSphere MQ
2 4 (6.557%) Middleware
3 3 (4.918%) Flash
3 3 (4.918%) ISPF
4 2 (3.279%) HTML
4 2 (3.279%) Web Services
4 2 (3.279%) XML
4 2 (3.279%) SAP Basis
5 1 (1.639%) J2EE
5 1 (1.639%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 7 (11.48%) CICS
2 3 (4.918%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (4.918%) MQSeries
2 3 (4.918%) SAS
2 3 (4.918%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (1.639%) IBM Notes
3 1 (1.639%) ESB
Applications
1 4 (6.557%) MS Excel
2 3 (4.918%) MS Office
3 1 (1.639%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.279%) Misys Midas
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.48%) SAN
2 3 (4.918%) Internet
2 3 (4.918%) FTP
3 2 (3.279%) NAS
3 2 (3.279%) LAN
3 2 (3.279%) WAN
3 2 (3.279%) TCP/IP
3 2 (3.279%) VPN
4 1 (1.639%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (29.51%) DB2
2 5 (8.197%) SQL Server
3 4 (6.557%) DataStage
4 3 (4.918%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.279%) TOAD
6 1 (1.639%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (1.639%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 4 (6.557%) ERwin
2 3 (4.918%) ChangeMan
3 2 (3.279%) LoadRunner
4 1 (1.639%) InstallShield
4 1 (1.639%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (1.639%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 25 (40.98%) Finance
2 5 (8.197%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.918%) Banking
3 3 (4.918%) Investment Banking
4 2 (3.279%) Retail
4 2 (3.279%) Back Office
5 1 (1.639%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.639%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.639%) Billing
Job Titles
1 16 (26.23%) Developer
2 11 (18.03%) Analyst
3 10 (16.39%) Project Manager
4 7 (11.48%) COBOL Developer
5 4 (6.557%) Consultant
5 4 (6.557%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 4 (6.557%) Infrastructure Manager
5 4 (6.557%) Administrator
6 3 (4.918%) Support Analyst
6 3 (4.918%) Systems Administrator
6 3 (4.918%) Applications Developer
6 3 (4.918%) Tester
6 3 (4.918%) Systems Analyst
6 3 (4.918%) Test Manager
6 3 (4.918%) Architect
6 3 (4.918%) Storage Specialist
7 2 (3.279%) Storage Administrator
7 2 (3.279%) Performance Manager
7 2 (3.279%) Mainframe Developer
7 2 (3.279%) DB2 Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.03%) iSeries
2 10 (16.39%) AS400
3 9 (14.75%) IBM Mainframe
4 3 (4.918%) CLARiiON
4 3 (4.918%) Symmetrix
4 3 (4.918%) EMC Centera
5 2 (3.279%) SWIFT
6 1 (1.639%) Data Integration
6 1 (1.639%) SaaS
6 1 (1.639%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 14 (22.95%) UNIX
2 11 (18.03%) Windows
3 10 (16.39%) Linux
4 5 (8.197%) MVS
5 4 (6.557%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (3.279%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (3.279%) Windows NT
6 2 (3.279%) Windows 2000
6 2 (3.279%) AIX
7 1 (1.639%) Windows XP
7 1 (1.639%) zOS
7 1 (1.639%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (13.11%) PRINCE2
2 7 (11.48%) ITIL
2 7 (11.48%) Waterfall
3 6 (9.836%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (8.197%) Project Management
5 4 (6.557%) Web Application Development
5 4 (6.557%) TOGAF
5 4 (6.557%) System Testing
5 4 (6.557%) Lean Six Sigma
5 4 (6.557%) Problem Management
5 4 (6.557%) OO
5 4 (6.557%) DSDM
5 4 (6.557%) Six Sigma
5 4 (6.557%) Service Management
5 4 (6.557%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (4.918%) Migration
6 3 (4.918%) Workflow
6 3 (4.918%) Business Continuity
6 3 (4.918%) Data Migration
6 3 (4.918%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 18 (29.51%) COBOL
2 15 (24.59%) JCL
3 14 (22.95%) SQL
4 5 (8.197%) ALGOL
5 4 (6.557%) RPG IV
5 4 (6.557%) RPG
6 3 (4.918%) Shell Script
6 3 (4.918%) Java
6 3 (4.918%) REXX
7 2 (3.279%) Korn
7 2 (3.279%) RPG/400
7 2 (3.279%) VB
7 2 (3.279%) C#
8 1 (1.639%) C++
8 1 (1.639%) C
8 1 (1.639%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (6.557%) Degree
1 4 (6.557%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (3.279%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (3.279%) MCSE
3 1 (1.639%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.639%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.279%) QA
1 2 (3.279%) SLA
2 1 (1.639%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (4.918%) SRDF
2 2 (3.279%) XenApp
2 2 (3.279%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.639%) RACF
3 1 (1.639%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (8.197%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 4 (6.557%) HP Quality Center
3 3 (4.918%) Tivoli
3 3 (4.918%) CA Endevor
4 2 (3.279%) SCCM
5 1 (1.639%) Control-M
Vendors
1 26 (42.62%) IBM
2 12 (19.67%) Oracle
3 8 (13.11%) Micro Focus
4 6 (9.836%) Microsoft
4 6 (9.836%) SAP
5 5 (8.197%) VMware
5 5 (8.197%) Unisys
6 3 (4.918%) CA
6 3 (4.918%) HP
6 3 (4.918%) EMC
6 3 (4.918%) Compuware
6 3 (4.918%) Cisco
7 2 (3.279%) Qualys
7 2 (3.279%) Intel
7 2 (3.279%) Citrix
8 1 (1.639%) Symantec
8 1 (1.639%) Lotus
8 1 (1.639%) Empirix
8 1 (1.639%) Talend
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