IBM Mainframe Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term IBM Mainframe in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IBM Mainframe over the 3 months to 24 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.

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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Mainframe
Rank 495 517 484
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -33
Contract jobs citing IBM Mainframe 34 67 100
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.073% 0.115% 0.164%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.276% 0.469% 0.582%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 27 56
Average daily rate £488 £400 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.87% +3.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £353 £273 £258
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £556 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £463 £330 £365
% change year-on-year
+40.15% -9.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £25.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £21.25 -
Search 8 IBM Mainframe jobs
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 12308 14298 17184
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.53% 24.52% 28.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 7390 8376 10196
Average daily rate £425 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 536 662 725
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -3.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.15 £45.00 £42.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%

IBM Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

IBM Mainframe Jobs Demand Trend

IBM Mainframe
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing IBM Mainframe within the UK.

IBM Mainframe Daily Rate Trend

IBM Mainframe
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IBM Mainframe within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

IBM Mainframe Daily Rate Histogram

IBM Mainframe
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing IBM Mainframe within the UK.

IBM Mainframe Hourly Rate Trend

IBM Mainframe
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM Mainframe within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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
England +9 27 £450 +5.88%
London +36 15 £514 -6.16%
North West +9 8 £213 -29.28%
Manchester +9 5 £213 -29.28%
Scotland -6 5 £488 +178.57%
Berkshire +17 3 £400 -
City of London +15 3 £550 -4.34%
Cheshire +1 3 - -
South East 0 3 £400 +6.66%
Edinburgh - 3 £488 -
West Midlands +8 1 - -
Glasgow -15 1 £500 +185.71%
Perth and Kinross - 1 £450 -
Warwickshire - 1 - -
Leamington Spa - 1 - -
Knutsford - 1 - -

IBM Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing IBM 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 IBM Mainframe.

1 82 (100.00%) IBM
1 82 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 28 (34.15%) Windows
3 27 (32.93%) Finance
4 25 (30.49%) Oracle
5 23 (28.05%) zOS
6 21 (25.61%) DB2
7 20 (24.39%) UNIX
8 16 (19.51%) EMC
9 14 (17.07%) SQL
9 14 (17.07%) Migration
10 13 (15.85%) Information Security
10 13 (15.85%) Retail
11 12 (14.63%) WebSphere
11 12 (14.63%) EMC NetWorker
11 12 (14.63%) SQL Server
12 11 (13.41%) AIX
13 10 (12.20%) SAN
13 10 (12.20%) Banking
14 8 (9.756%) JCL
14 8 (9.756%) IBM HTTP Server
14 8 (9.756%) Tivoli
14 8 (9.756%) ETL
14 8 (9.756%) PRINCE2
14 8 (9.756%) Apache
14 8 (9.756%) PCI DSS
15 7 (8.537%) Data Protection
15 7 (8.537%) C
15 7 (8.537%) Stakeholder Management
15 7 (8.537%) Middleware

IBM Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing IBM 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 IBM Mainframe. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (14.63%) WebSphere
2 7 (8.537%) Middleware
3 4 (4.878%) Flash
4 3 (3.659%) ISPF
4 3 (3.659%) J2EE
5 2 (2.439%) .NET
6 1 (1.220%) EDIFACT
6 1 (1.220%) EDI
6 1 (1.220%) Web Services
6 1 (1.220%) XML
Application Platforms
1 8 (9.756%) IBM HTTP Server
1 8 (9.756%) Apache
2 6 (7.317%) CICS
3 5 (6.098%) ESB
4 4 (4.878%) SAS
5 3 (3.659%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (3.659%) WebLogic
6 2 (2.439%) Lotus Notes
6 2 (2.439%) SharePoint
7 1 (1.220%) WebSphere Portal
7 1 (1.220%) WebSphere MQ
7 1 (1.220%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 6 (7.317%) MS Excel
2 5 (6.098%) MS Office
3 3 (3.659%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.439%) MS Project
4 2 (2.439%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.20%) SAN
2 4 (4.878%) Internet
2 4 (4.878%) TCP/IP
2 4 (4.878%) SNA
2 4 (4.878%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (25.61%) DB2
2 12 (14.63%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.659%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.220%) Base SAS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.439%) ChangeMan
2 1 (1.220%) Subversion
2 1 (1.220%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 27 (32.93%) Finance
2 13 (15.85%) Retail
3 10 (12.20%) Banking
4 2 (2.439%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.439%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.220%) Automotive
5 1 (1.220%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 21 (25.61%) Analyst
2 14 (17.07%) Architect
3 11 (13.41%) Developer
4 10 (12.20%) Storage Analyst
5 9 (10.98%) Technical Architect
5 9 (10.98%) Consultant
6 8 (9.756%) Support Analyst
7 7 (8.537%) Designer
8 6 (7.317%) Mainframe Consultant
8 6 (7.317%) Technical Leader
8 6 (7.317%) Storage Specialist
9 4 (4.878%) Solutions Designer
9 4 (4.878%) Operations Analyst
9 4 (4.878%) Operations Support Analyst
10 3 (3.659%) Systems Developer
10 3 (3.659%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (3.659%) Lead Developer
10 3 (3.659%) Test Analyst
10 3 (3.659%) Solutions Architect
11 2 (2.439%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 82 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 6 (7.317%) VSAM
3 4 (4.878%) EPoS
3 4 (4.878%) CLARiiON
3 4 (4.878%) Symmetrix
3 4 (4.878%) EMC Centera
3 4 (4.878%) Online Banking
3 4 (4.878%) Mobile Banking
3 4 (4.878%) SaaS
4 3 (3.659%) PKI
4 3 (3.659%) Tandem
5 2 (2.439%) Replication
5 2 (2.439%) iSeries
5 2 (2.439%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.439%) Data Integration
6 1 (1.220%) Data Extraction
6 1 (1.220%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.220%) AS400
6 1 (1.220%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 28 (34.15%) Windows
2 23 (28.05%) zOS
3 20 (24.39%) UNIX
4 11 (13.41%) AIX
5 4 (4.878%) Linux
6 3 (3.659%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (3.659%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (1.220%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.220%) OS/390
7 1 (1.220%) MVS
7 1 (1.220%) NetWare
7 1 (1.220%) Windows NT
7 1 (1.220%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (17.07%) Migration
2 13 (15.85%) Information Security
3 8 (9.756%) ETL
3 8 (9.756%) PRINCE2
4 7 (8.537%) Data Protection
4 7 (8.537%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (7.317%) Project Planning
6 5 (6.098%) ITIL
7 4 (4.878%) Project Management
7 4 (4.878%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (4.878%) System Testing
8 3 (3.659%) Capacity Planning
8 3 (3.659%) Automated Testing
8 3 (3.659%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (3.659%) Business Continuity
8 3 (3.659%) Service Delivery
9 2 (2.439%) OO
9 2 (2.439%) Risk Management
9 2 (2.439%) Systems Analysis
9 2 (2.439%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 14 (17.07%) SQL
2 8 (9.756%) JCL
3 7 (8.537%) C
4 5 (6.098%) COBOL
5 4 (4.878%) Shell Script
6 3 (3.659%) Java
6 3 (3.659%) PL/SQL
7 2 (2.439%) REXX
8 1 (1.220%) VB
8 1 (1.220%) VBA
8 1 (1.220%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (2.439%) Degree
2 1 (1.220%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.220%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.756%) PCI DSS
2 3 (3.659%) QA
3 1 (1.220%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (7.317%) SRDF
2 4 (4.878%) RACF
3 3 (3.659%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.659%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.659%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.659%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 12 (14.63%) EMC NetWorker
2 8 (9.756%) Tivoli
3 4 (4.878%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 2 (2.439%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 82 (100.00%) IBM
2 25 (30.49%) Oracle
3 16 (19.51%) EMC
4 7 (8.537%) Cisco
5 6 (7.317%) Microsoft
6 5 (6.098%) CA
6 5 (6.098%) CheckPoint
7 4 (4.878%) webMethods
7 4 (4.878%) Brocade
8 3 (3.659%) VMware
8 3 (3.659%) Citrix
8 3 (3.659%) HP
9 2 (2.439%) SAP
9 2 (2.439%) Lotus
9 2 (2.439%) Ab Initio
10 1 (1.220%) Talend
10 1 (1.220%) Empirix
10 1 (1.220%) Novell
10 1 (1.220%) Compaq
10 1 (1.220%) Software AG
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