The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Mainframe over the 3 months to 22 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 Surrey 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframes
Rank 77 90 88
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -2
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 2 7 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.173% 0.425% 0.713%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.763% 2.509% 3.672%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 8
Average daily rate £410 £475 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.68% +36.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £295 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £482 £575 £430
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 £27.98 £21.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year
+30.13% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
262 279 354
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 22.64% 16.95% 19.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 135 202
Average daily rate £400 £320 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -14.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £172 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 18 11
Average hourly rate £32.50 £32.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -14.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.70 £16.00 £11.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
Mainframe
South East

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 22 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
Redhill - 1 £320 -
Mainframe
South East

Mainframe
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 9 (100.00%) Finance
2 8 (88.89%) IBM
3 7 (77.78%) JCL
4 4 (44.44%) ISPF
4 4 (44.44%) CA Endevor
4 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
4 4 (44.44%) CA
4 4 (44.44%) REXX
4 4 (44.44%) COBOL
4 4 (44.44%) MS Office
4 4 (44.44%) Linux
4 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
4 4 (44.44%) SAS
4 4 (44.44%) ChangeMan
5 3 (33.33%) IBM Mainframe
5 3 (33.33%) Systems Analysis
5 3 (33.33%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (11.11%) Project Management
6 1 (11.11%) iSeries
6 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
6 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 4 (44.44%) ISPF
Application Platforms
1 4 (44.44%) SAS
2 3 (33.33%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) MS Office
1 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) ChangeMan
General
1 9 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Developer
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Support Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) COBOL Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Mainframe Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) IBM Mainframe
2 1 (11.11%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (11.11%) Project Management
2 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) JCL
2 4 (44.44%) REXX
2 4 (44.44%) COBOL
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) IBM
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) CA