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The table below looks at the demand for Mainframes skills within the Surrey region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMainframes
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank8583
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads934
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.034 %
As % of the category below4.000 %10.03 %
Daily rates quoted312
Average minimum daily rate£383£345
Average daily rate£392£366
% change on same period last year+6.93 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£388
UK excluding London average daily rate£372£342
% change on same period last year+8.81 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£20.00
Average hourly rate-£22.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.28£33.24
% change on same period last year+3.12 %
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads225339
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.314 %0.341 %
Daily rates quoted6196
Average minimum daily rate£331£339
Average daily rate£354£358
% change on same period last year-1.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£377£378
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£345
% change on same period last year+1.31 %
Hourly rates quoted3352
Average minimum hourly rate£19.43£21.75
Average hourly rate£20.92£23.83
% change on same period last year-12.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.41£25.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.83£26.95
% change on same period last year-7.89 %
Mainframe South EastMainframe
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Mainframe
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Mainframe across the Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Surrey Mainframe Demand Trend

Mainframe
Daily Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
StainesDown-64£400+56.86 %
Mainframe South EastMainframe
South East

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, 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.

19 (37.50 %)UNIX
19 (37.50 %)IBM
28 (33.33 %)IBM Mainframe
37 (29.17 %)JCL
37 (29.17 %)AS400
37 (29.17 %)Finance
37 (29.17 %)MVS
37 (29.17 %).NET
46 (25.00 %)Oracle
46 (25.00 %)SQL
46 (25.00 %)Microsoft
55 (20.83 %)NATURAL
55 (20.83 %)EDI
55 (20.83 %)Adabas
64 (16.67 %)N-Tier
64 (16.67 %)Oracle 10g
64 (16.67 %)Sun
64 (16.67 %)LAN
64 (16.67 %)Solaris
64 (16.67 %)E-Commerce
73 (12.50 %)Shell Script
73 (12.50 %)OS/390
73 (12.50 %)Oracle 9i
73 (12.50 %)Windows
73 (12.50 %)PL/SQL
73 (12.50 %)Intel
82 (8.333 %)Incident Management
82 (8.333 %)Pensions
82 (8.333 %)Release Management
82 (8.333 %)Data Cleansing

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, 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.

Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (29.17 %).NET
25 (20.83 %)EDI
31 (4.167 %)WebServices
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (4.167 %)CICS
11 (4.167 %)BizTalk Server
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.167 %)MS Excel
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (16.67 %)LAN
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (20.83 %)Adabas
24 (16.67 %)Oracle 10g
33 (12.50 %)Oracle 9i
42 (8.333 %)ETL
42 (8.333 %)Data Cleansing
51 (4.167 %)DataStage
51 (4.167 %)DB2
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (29.17 %)Finance
22 (8.333 %)Pensions
31 (4.167 %)Education
31 (4.167 %)Insurance
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (37.50 %)Analyst
26 (25.00 %)DBA
34 (16.67 %)Support Engineer
34 (16.67 %)Oracle DBA
43 (12.50 %)Database Engineer
43 (12.50 %)Oracle Database Engineer
43 (12.50 %)Systems Analyst
52 (8.333 %)Analyst Programmer
52 (8.333 %)Programmer
52 (8.333 %)Operations Analyst
52 (8.333 %)Development DBA
52 (8.333 %)Natural/Adabas Programmer
52 (8.333 %)Developer
61 (4.167 %)Mainframe Tester
61 (4.167 %)Service Desk Analyst
61 (4.167 %)Technical Specialist
61 (4.167 %)Technical Administrator
61 (4.167 %)Security Administrator
61 (4.167 %)UNIX Operator
61 (4.167 %)Mainframe Developer
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (33.33 %)IBM Mainframe
27 (29.17 %)AS400
34 (16.67 %)N-Tier
41 (4.167 %)VSAM
41 (4.167 %)Data Extraction
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (37.50 %)UNIX
27 (29.17 %)MVS
34 (16.67 %)Solaris
43 (12.50 %)Windows
43 (12.50 %)OS/390
52 (8.333 %)zOS
61 (4.167 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (4.167 %)Linux
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (16.67 %)E-Commerce
22 (8.333 %)Disaster Recovery
22 (8.333 %)Systems Analysis
22 (8.333 %)Incident Management
22 (8.333 %)ITIL
22 (8.333 %)Release Management
31 (4.167 %)Matrix Management
31 (4.167 %)Business Analysis
31 (4.167 %)Logistics
31 (4.167 %)Change Management
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (29.17 %)JCL
26 (25.00 %)SQL
35 (20.83 %)NATURAL
43 (12.50 %)PL/SQL
43 (12.50 %)Shell Script
52 (8.333 %)COBOL
61 (4.167 %)C
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (8.333 %)ITIL Certification
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (4.167 %)SLA
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (4.167 %)CONTROL-M
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (37.50 %)IBM
26 (25.00 %)Microsoft
26 (25.00 %)Oracle
34 (16.67 %)Sun
43 (12.50 %)Intel
51 (4.167 %)HP