The first table below looks at the demand for MVS skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MVS over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Operating Systems 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM MVS
Rank 517 555 544
Rank change year-on-year
+38 -11
Contract jobs citing MVS 16 18 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.034% 0.031% 0.073%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.160% 0.152% 0.352%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 15
Average daily rate £378 £320 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.96% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £366 £240 £278
10% offered a daily rate of more than £394 £363 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £369 £315 £338
% change year-on-year
+17.06% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Operating Systems
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
10019 11863 12507
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 21.53% 20.34% 20.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 5373 5940 6098
Average daily rate £360 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £200 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 976 1172 1234
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.21 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +4.93%

MVS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

MVS Jobs Demand Trend

MVS
Daily Rate Trend

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

MVS Daily Rate Trend

MVS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

MVS Hourly Rate Trend

MVS
Top 20 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MVS within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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 +61 15 £378 +17.96%
London +19 3 £390 -2.43%
North West +19 3 - -
South East +15 3 £369 +15.23%
Lancashire +14 3 - -
Nottinghamshire - 3 - -
East Midlands - 3 - -
Nottingham - 3 - -
Reading - 3 £369 -
Berkshire - 3 £369 -
Bristol - 2 - -
South West - 2 - -
City of London +17 1 - -
Skelmersdale +5 1 - -
Scotland -9 1 - -
Blackpool - 1 - -
Halifax - 1 - -
Lytham St Annes - 1 - -
West Yorkshire - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - -

MVS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing MVS 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 MVS.

1 25 (86.21%) Mainframe
2 13 (44.83%) DB2
2 13 (44.83%) IBM
3 10 (34.48%) COBOL
3 10 (34.48%) JCL
3 10 (34.48%) REXX
4 9 (31.03%) zOS
5 7 (24.14%) CA
5 7 (24.14%) UNIX
5 7 (24.14%) Time Management
6 6 (20.69%) Finance
7 5 (17.24%) SLA
7 5 (17.24%) SQL
8 4 (13.79%) Unisys
8 4 (13.79%) ITIL
8 4 (13.79%) CICS
8 4 (13.79%) Tivoli
8 4 (13.79%) Control-M
8 4 (13.79%) Banking
9 3 (10.34%) ALGOL
9 3 (10.34%) Micro Focus
9 3 (10.34%) OS/390
9 3 (10.34%) MS Excel
9 3 (10.34%) CRM
9 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
9 3 (10.34%) Windows
10 2 (6.897%) ActionScript
10 2 (6.897%) .NET
10 2 (6.897%) Oracle
10 2 (6.897%) TCP/IP

MVS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (6.897%) .NET
1 2 (6.897%) ASP
1 2 (6.897%) ASP.NET
1 2 (6.897%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (3.448%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 4 (13.79%) CICS
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.448%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.448%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (3.448%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.897%) TCP/IP
1 2 (6.897%) HTTPS
2 1 (3.448%) Internet
2 1 (3.448%) Firewall
2 1 (3.448%) NetScaler
2 1 (3.448%) ATM
2 1 (3.448%) ISDN
2 1 (3.448%) VoIP
2 1 (3.448%) Ethernet
2 1 (3.448%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (44.83%) DB2
2 2 (6.897%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 2 (6.897%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 6 (20.69%) Finance
2 4 (13.79%) Banking
3 2 (6.897%) Retail
4 1 (3.448%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 16 (55.17%) Analyst
2 7 (24.14%) Analyst Programmer
2 7 (24.14%) Programmer
3 3 (10.34%) Architect
3 3 (10.34%) Developer
3 3 (10.34%) MVS Operator
4 2 (6.897%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (6.897%) .NET Developer
4 2 (6.897%) .NET Web Developer
4 2 (6.897%) Senior .NET Developer
4 2 (6.897%) Senior .NET Web Developer
4 2 (6.897%) Automation Analyst
4 2 (6.897%) Web Developer
4 2 (6.897%) Data Architect
4 2 (6.897%) Senior Developer
4 2 (6.897%) Senior Web Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Senior Analyst Programmer
5 1 (3.448%) Operations Analyst
5 1 (3.448%) Senior Systems Analyst
5 1 (3.448%) Senior Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 25 (86.21%) Mainframe
2 2 (6.897%) VSAM
3 1 (3.448%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.448%) IBM Mainframe
3 1 (3.448%) AS400
3 1 (3.448%) CESG
3 1 (3.448%) CESG CLAS
Operating Systems
1 9 (31.03%) zOS
2 7 (24.14%) UNIX
3 3 (10.34%) Windows
3 3 (10.34%) OS/390
4 1 (3.448%) VME
4 1 (3.448%) AIX
4 1 (3.448%) Linux
4 1 (3.448%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (24.14%) Time Management
2 4 (13.79%) ITIL
3 3 (10.34%) CRM
4 2 (6.897%) MVC
4 2 (6.897%) Business Analysis
4 2 (6.897%) Data Migration
4 2 (6.897%) Data Architecture
4 2 (6.897%) Migration
4 2 (6.897%) Scrum
4 2 (6.897%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (6.897%) Web Development
4 2 (6.897%) Web Application Development
5 1 (3.448%) Data Management
5 1 (3.448%) TOGAF
5 1 (3.448%) Critical Path Analysis
5 1 (3.448%) UML
5 1 (3.448%) RAD
5 1 (3.448%) SSADM
5 1 (3.448%) DSDM
5 1 (3.448%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 10 (34.48%) COBOL
1 10 (34.48%) REXX
1 10 (34.48%) JCL
2 5 (17.24%) SQL
3 3 (10.34%) ALGOL
4 2 (6.897%) C#
4 2 (6.897%) ActionScript 2.0
4 2 (6.897%) ActionScript
5 1 (3.448%) Python
5 1 (3.448%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1 (3.448%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.448%) BC Cleared
1 1 (3.448%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) SLA
2 1 (3.448%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.448%) RACF
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) Tivoli
1 4 (13.79%) Control-M
2 1 (3.448%) NetBackup
2 1 (3.448%) CA Endevor
2 1 (3.448%) BMC PATROL
2 1 (3.448%) MAINVIEW
Vendors
1 13 (44.83%) IBM
2 7 (24.14%) CA
3 4 (13.79%) Unisys
4 3 (10.34%) Micro Focus
4 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
5 2 (6.897%) Oracle
5 2 (6.897%) Siebel
6 1 (3.448%) HP
6 1 (3.448%) CheckPoint
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