The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire 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 28 33 33
Rank change year-on-year
+5 0
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 4 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 1.515% 0.385% 1.333%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.333% 2.703% 7.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
Average daily rate £400 - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £381 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+8.92% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £27.00 -
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
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
48 37 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 18.18% 14.23% 19.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 18 30
Average daily rate £300 £250 £281
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £191 £175 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £375 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 8
Average hourly rate £170.00 £27.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+529.62% -22.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
Mainframe
Yorkshire

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire Mainframe Daily Rate Trend

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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Sheffield - 3 £400 -
Mainframe
Yorkshire

Mainframe
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 3 (60.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (40.00%) DB2
2 2 (40.00%) MS Office
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Middleware
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (20.00%) DataStage
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 (40.00%) Middleware
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (40.00%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) DB2
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (20.00%) DataStage
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) DBA
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle DBA
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Project Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Oracle DBA
2 1 (20.00%) IT Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Senior DBA
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle