The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales 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 Wales 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 31 - 48
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 6 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 1.671% - 0.235%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.316% - 0.885%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
Average daily rate £370 - £225
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.75 £21.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year
-8.13% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
95 64 113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 26.46% 16.08% 26.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 24 66
Average daily rate £313 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.75% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £206 £200 £218
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £525 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 5
Average hourly rate £15.00 £13.50 £14.91
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -9.45%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.30 £12.50 £10.28
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.10 £14.40 £18.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Mainframe
Wales

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 Wales region.

South Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South Wales 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 Wales region.

South Wales Mainframe Hourly Rate Trend

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 8 (57.14%) Test Scripting
2 7 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 7 (50.00%) Internet
2 7 (50.00%) Banking
3 6 (42.86%) Migration
3 6 (42.86%) Automated Testing
4 5 (35.71%) ISEB Practitioner
4 5 (35.71%) Retail Banking
4 5 (35.71%) Retail
4 5 (35.71%) ISEB
5 4 (28.57%) Finance
6 3 (21.43%) JDA
6 3 (21.43%) SAP
6 3 (21.43%) Business Analysis
7 2 (14.29%) Test Strategy
7 2 (14.29%) Project Management
7 2 (14.29%) i2
7 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (7.143%) Manufacturing
8 1 (7.143%) Billing
8 1 (7.143%) Information Security
8 1 (7.143%) Change Management
8 1 (7.143%) MS Project
8 1 (7.143%) Web Services
8 1 (7.143%) ITIL
8 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2
8 1 (7.143%) MQSeries
8 1 (7.143%) E-Commerce
8 1 (7.143%) EDI
8 1 (7.143%) EAI

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 1 (7.143%) Web Services
1 1 (7.143%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) MQSeries
1 1 (7.143%) ESB
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (7.143%) Network Security
General
1 7 (50.00%) Banking
2 5 (35.71%) Retail Banking
2 5 (35.71%) Retail
3 4 (28.57%) Finance
4 1 (7.143%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.143%) Billing
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Test Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Project Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Test Leader
3 2 (14.29%) SAP Test Manager
3 2 (14.29%) SAP Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Test Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Project Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Credit Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Data Migration Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) SAP Programme Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Data Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Programme Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Designer
4 1 (7.143%) Banking Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Security Manager
4 1 (7.143%) SOA Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Test Scripting
2 7 (50.00%) Incident Management
3 6 (42.86%) Migration
3 6 (42.86%) Automated Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Business Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) Test Strategy
5 2 (14.29%) Project Management
5 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (7.143%) Information Security
6 1 (7.143%) Change Management
6 1 (7.143%) ITIL
6 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2
6 1 (7.143%) E-Commerce
6 1 (7.143%) EAI
6 1 (7.143%) SOA
6 1 (7.143%) Data Migration
6 1 (7.143%) Requirements Management
6 1 (7.143%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (7.143%) Business Transformation
6 1 (7.143%) Integration Testing
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) ISEB Practitioner
1 5 (35.71%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (7.143%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) JDA
1 3 (21.43%) SAP
2 2 (14.29%) i2
3 1 (7.143%) Cordys
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Accountablities; * Test approach/strategy definition * Test environment management * Test scheduling * Test scripting Incident management ** Formal test methods * Mainframe, GUI, Internet and interface testing * Structured Project Methodology Qualified to...
Sanderson
Posted: 14 June 2013
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