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

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 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
Mainframes
Rank 279 237 213
Rank change year-on-year
-42 -24
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 287 437 503
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.619% 0.749% 0.824%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.332% 3.056% 2.927%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 179 259
Average daily rate £400 £366 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.21% -8.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £266 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £393 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+12.21% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 9
Average hourly rate £28.00 £25.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.00% +8.69%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.00 £21.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+30.23% -6.52%
Search 41 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%

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Mainframe Daily Rate Trend

Mainframe
Daily Rate Histogram

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

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 within the UK.

Mainframe Hourly Rate Trend

Mainframe
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Mainframe Hourly Rate Histogram

Mainframe
Top 30 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 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 -43 235 £400 +6.66%
London +32 94 £425 -5.55%
North West -10 51 £303 -13.42%
Scotland -1 33 £450 +28.57%
Edinburgh +24 28 £488 +39.28%
City of London +21 28 £463 +2.77%
South East -62 26 £400 +8.47%
Cheshire +5 23 £332 -11.60%
Manchester -14 23 £297 -1.08%
South West +8 17 £403 +16.24%
Yorkshire +2 14 £325 -14.47%
Berkshire +18 11 £375 +4.16%
East of England +15 11 £428 -3.93%
West Yorkshire 0 10 £325 -14.47%
Bristol +5 9 £300 -7.69%
Knutsford 0 8 £475 +46.15%
Essex - 8 £455 -
East Midlands -13 7 £310 -25.97%
Wales +15 6 £303 -
Reading - 6 £369 -
Lancashire +11 5 £388 +13.97%
Swindon +5 5 £575 +67.27%
Wiltshire +1 5 £575 +67.27%
West Midlands -1 5 £381 +35.55%
Leeds -10 5 £375 -1.31%
North East +15 4 - -
Skelmersdale +7 4 £388 -
South Yorkshire +6 4 £400 -
Nottinghamshire -1 4 £400 -
Nottingham -2 4 £400 -

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 219 (37.24%) Finance
2 146 (24.83%) IBM
3 123 (20.92%) Banking
4 111 (18.88%) UNIX
5 106 (18.03%) Windows
6 103 (17.52%) DB2
7 101 (17.18%) Migration
8 100 (17.01%) Oracle
9 84 (14.29%) Retail
10 82 (13.95%) IBM Mainframe
11 78 (13.27%) zOS
12 75 (12.76%) Stakeholder Management
13 71 (12.07%) Project Management
14 59 (10.03%) JCL
15 56 (9.524%) SQL
16 55 (9.354%) ITIL
17 53 (9.014%) COBOL
18 51 (8.673%) PRINCE2
19 46 (7.823%) WebSphere
20 45 (7.653%) AIX
21 44 (7.483%) Linux
22 41 (6.973%) Retail Banking
23 39 (6.633%) SQL Server
24 37 (6.293%) Middleware
25 35 (5.952%) CICS
26 34 (5.782%) REXX
27 33 (5.612%) MS Excel
28 32 (5.442%) SAS
28 32 (5.442%) Microsoft
29 31 (5.272%) SAN

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 46 (7.823%) WebSphere
2 37 (6.293%) Middleware
3 27 (4.592%) ISPF
4 22 (3.741%) Web Services
5 16 (2.721%) .NET
6 13 (2.211%) J2EE
7 11 (1.871%) XML
8 5 (0.850%) HTML
9 4 (0.680%) SOAP
9 4 (0.680%) Flash
9 4 (0.680%) JSP
10 3 (0.510%) SAP Basis
10 3 (0.510%) Spring
10 3 (0.510%) EDI
11 2 (0.340%) Spring Integration
11 2 (0.340%) ODBC
11 2 (0.340%) XSL
11 2 (0.340%) CSS
11 2 (0.340%) ASP
11 2 (0.340%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 35 (5.952%) CICS
2 32 (5.442%) SAS
3 15 (2.551%) ESB
4 11 (1.871%) WebSphere Application Server
5 10 (1.701%) Apache
6 8 (1.361%) WebSphere MQ
6 8 (1.361%) IBM HTTP Server
7 7 (1.190%) WebLogic
8 6 (1.020%) SharePoint
9 5 (0.850%) OpenROAD
10 4 (0.680%) MQSeries
11 3 (0.510%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.510%) SharePoint Server
11 3 (0.510%) IIS
11 3 (0.510%) Lotus Notes
12 2 (0.340%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.340%) Alfresco
12 2 (0.340%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.170%) CMS
13 1 (0.170%) TeamSite
Applications
1 33 (5.612%) MS Excel
2 23 (3.912%) MS Office
3 12 (2.041%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.361%) MS PowerPoint
5 5 (0.850%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 5 (0.850%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.510%) BASE24
2 3 (0.510%) MultiFonds
3 2 (0.340%) Capstone
3 2 (0.340%) Tesseract
3 2 (0.340%) Minerva
3 2 (0.340%) Sentinel
3 2 (0.340%) VisionPLUS
4 1 (0.170%) LatentZero
4 1 (0.170%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.170%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.170%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.170%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.272%) SAN
2 22 (3.741%) Internet
3 17 (2.891%) Firewall
4 15 (2.551%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.361%) LDAP
6 7 (1.190%) WAN
6 7 (1.190%) SSL
6 7 (1.190%) NAS
7 6 (1.020%) Intranet
7 6 (1.020%) Wireless
8 5 (0.850%) RFID
8 5 (0.850%) VoIP
8 5 (0.850%) LAN
8 5 (0.850%) Network Security
9 4 (0.680%) SNA
9 4 (0.680%) HTTP
9 4 (0.680%) Extranet
9 4 (0.680%) CTI
10 3 (0.510%) VPN
10 3 (0.510%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (17.52%) DB2
2 39 (6.633%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.381%) Oracle 11g
4 11 (1.871%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.531%) Base SAS
6 6 (1.020%) MS Access
7 5 (0.850%) Ingres
8 3 (0.510%) DataStage
8 3 (0.510%) Adabas
8 3 (0.510%) TOAD
8 3 (0.510%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.510%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.510%) Oracle BI EE
9 2 (0.340%) IDMS
9 2 (0.340%) Oracle Exadata
9 2 (0.340%) Oracle 8/8i
9 2 (0.340%) MySQL
9 2 (0.340%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.170%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.170%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 18 (3.061%) ChangeMan
2 7 (1.190%) LoadRunner
3 6 (1.020%) TestPartner
4 3 (0.510%) Subversion
5 2 (0.340%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.340%) WinDbg
5 2 (0.340%) ERwin
5 2 (0.340%) QuickTest Pro
6 1 (0.170%) MagicDraw
6 1 (0.170%) TestDirector
6 1 (0.170%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.170%) PVCS
6 1 (0.170%) JUnit
6 1 (0.170%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 219 (37.24%) Finance
2 123 (20.92%) Banking
3 84 (14.29%) Retail
4 41 (6.973%) Retail Banking
5 12 (2.041%) Investment Banking
6 10 (1.701%) Financial Institution
6 10 (1.701%) Telecoms
7 9 (1.531%) Marketing
8 8 (1.361%) Billing
9 7 (1.190%) Back Office
10 5 (0.850%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.680%) French Language
11 4 (0.680%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (0.510%) Legal
12 3 (0.510%) Wholesale Banking
12 3 (0.510%) Dutch Language
13 2 (0.340%) Front Office
13 2 (0.340%) German Language
14 1 (0.170%) Automotive
14 1 (0.170%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 140 (23.81%) Analyst
2 85 (14.46%) Architect
3 69 (11.73%) Project Manager
4 56 (9.524%) Developer
5 41 (6.973%) Consultant
6 30 (5.102%) Business Analyst
6 30 (5.102%) Administrator
7 28 (4.762%) Infrastructure Manager
8 25 (4.252%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 25 (4.252%) Test Manager
9 24 (4.082%) Test Analyst
10 23 (3.912%) Support Analyst
11 22 (3.741%) Infrastructure Architect
12 19 (3.231%) Designer
12 19 (3.231%) Solutions Architect
13 18 (3.061%) Programmer
14 17 (2.891%) Mainframe Architect
15 16 (2.721%) Technical Architect
16 14 (2.381%) Programme Manager
16 14 (2.381%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 82 (13.95%) IBM Mainframe
2 23 (3.912%) AS400
3 16 (2.721%) SaaS
3 16 (2.721%) VSAM
4 15 (2.551%) Client/Server
4 15 (2.551%) iSeries
5 13 (2.211%) Replication
6 8 (1.361%) DataPower
6 8 (1.361%) EPoS
6 8 (1.361%) Management Information System
6 8 (1.361%) PKI
7 7 (1.190%) PMI
8 6 (1.020%) SWIFT
9 5 (0.850%) Tandem
9 5 (0.850%) Online Banking
9 5 (0.850%) CMDB
10 4 (0.680%) Mobile Banking
10 4 (0.680%) Data Extraction
10 4 (0.680%) CLARiiON
10 4 (0.680%) Symmetrix
Operating Systems
1 111 (18.88%) UNIX
2 106 (18.03%) Windows
3 78 (13.27%) zOS
4 45 (7.653%) AIX
5 44 (7.483%) Linux
6 27 (4.592%) MVS
7 14 (2.381%) Solaris
8 13 (2.211%) Windows Server 2008
9 8 (1.361%) HPUX
9 8 (1.361%) Windows Server 2003
10 7 (1.190%) Windows 7
11 5 (0.850%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.680%) Windows 8
12 4 (0.680%) Windows NT
12 4 (0.680%) OS/390
13 3 (0.510%) Windows 2000
13 3 (0.510%) VME
14 1 (0.170%) Windows XP
14 1 (0.170%) NetWare
14 1 (0.170%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (17.18%) Migration
2 75 (12.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 71 (12.07%) Project Management
4 55 (9.354%) ITIL
5 51 (8.673%) PRINCE2
6 29 (4.932%) Change Management
7 27 (4.592%) ETL
8 26 (4.422%) Data Migration
9 24 (4.082%) Business Analysis
9 24 (4.082%) Information Security
10 22 (3.741%) TOGAF
11 18 (3.061%) Problem Management
12 17 (2.891%) Service Delivery
12 17 (2.891%) Time Management
13 15 (2.551%) Data Management
13 15 (2.551%) Disaster Recovery
13 15 (2.551%) Service Management
13 15 (2.551%) User Acceptance Testing
14 14 (2.381%) Waterfall
15 12 (2.041%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 59 (10.03%) JCL
2 56 (9.524%) SQL
3 53 (9.014%) COBOL
4 34 (5.782%) REXX
5 26 (4.422%) Java
6 19 (3.231%) C
7 7 (1.190%) PL/1
7 7 (1.190%) VBA
7 7 (1.190%) SAS Macro
8 5 (0.850%) Korn
8 5 (0.850%) ALGOL
9 4 (0.680%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.680%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.680%) VB
9 4 (0.680%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.340%) RPG IV
10 2 (0.340%) VBScript
10 2 (0.340%) RPG
11 1 (0.170%) Assembly Language
11 1 (0.170%) NATURAL
Qualifications
1 22 (3.741%) ISEB
2 20 (3.401%) Security Cleared
3 17 (2.891%) ISTQB
4 12 (2.041%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 10 (1.701%) Degree
6 9 (1.531%) BC Cleared
7 8 (1.361%) SC Cleared
7 8 (1.361%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.190%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.190%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (0.850%) GIAC
9 5 (0.850%) CISA
9 5 (0.850%) CISSP
9 5 (0.850%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 4 (0.680%) ISEB Practitioner
11 2 (0.340%) APMP
11 2 (0.340%) MCSE
11 2 (0.340%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.170%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.891%) SLA
2 9 (1.531%) PCI DSS
3 8 (1.361%) QA
4 2 (0.340%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.170%) COBIT
5 1 (0.170%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.170%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 14 (2.381%) RACF
2 13 (2.211%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.871%) SRDF
4 9 (1.531%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.850%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 5 (0.850%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.510%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.340%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 22 (3.741%) Tivoli
2 13 (2.211%) HP Quality Center
3 12 (2.041%) EMC NetWorker
4 11 (1.871%) Control-M
5 9 (1.531%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 8 (1.361%) CA Endevor
7 7 (1.190%) Tivoli Identity Manager
7 7 (1.190%) Oracle Identity Manager
8 4 (0.680%) ServiceCenter
9 2 (0.340%) SCCM
9 2 (0.340%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.170%) Foglight
10 1 (0.170%) BMC PATROL
10 1 (0.170%) MAINVIEW
Vendors
1 146 (24.83%) IBM
2 100 (17.01%) Oracle
3 32 (5.442%) Microsoft
4 30 (5.102%) SAP
5 29 (4.932%) CA
6 27 (4.592%) HP
7 22 (3.741%) EMC
8 19 (3.231%) Unisys
9 17 (2.891%) VMware
10 13 (2.211%) Teradata
11 11 (1.871%) webMethods
11 11 (1.871%) Citrix
11 11 (1.871%) Sun
12 10 (1.701%) Cisco
13 8 (1.361%) Siebel
13 8 (1.361%) CheckPoint
13 8 (1.361%) ICL
14 7 (1.190%) Micro Focus
15 5 (0.850%) Brocade
15 5 (0.850%) Lotus
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