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The table below looks at the demand for IBM MVS skills within the Warrington region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MVS over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM MVS
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank19-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below9.677 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£700-
Average daily rate£715-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£730-
UK excluding London average daily rate£365£392
% change on same period last year-7.01 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£21.50
% change on same period last year-18.60 %
Warrington IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Warrington
Matching contract IT job ads3119
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.042 %0.019 %
Daily rates quoted34
Average minimum daily rate£460£376
Average daily rate£502£409
% change on same period last year+22.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£544£442
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£336
% change on same period last year-1.85 %
Hourly rates quoted122
Average minimum hourly rate£20.28£10.00
Average hourly rate£22.75£10.00
% change on same period last year+127.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.22£10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.70£22.66
% change on same period last year+0.18 %
MVS CheshireMVS
Cheshire

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.

MVS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MVS across the Warrington region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Warrington MVS Demand Trend

MVS
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MVS across the Warrington region.

Warrington MVS Daily Rate Trend

MVS
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington region 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.

13 (100.00 %)UNIX
13 (100.00 %)Zachman Framework
13 (100.00 %)TOGAF
13 (100.00 %)Enterprise Architecture
13 (100.00 %)VME
13 (100.00 %)Microsoft
22 (66.67 %)Middleware
22 (66.67 %)UML
22 (66.67 %)SSADM
22 (66.67 %)DSDM
31 (33.33 %)Stakeholder Management

MVS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington region 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.

Warrington IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (66.67 %)Middleware
Warrington IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (100.00 %)UNIX
13 (100.00 %)VME
Warrington IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (100.00 %)Zachman Framework
13 (100.00 %)TOGAF
13 (100.00 %)Enterprise Architecture
22 (66.67 %)UML
22 (66.67 %)SSADM
22 (66.67 %)DSDM
31 (33.33 %)Stakeholder Management
Warrington IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (100.00 %)Microsoft