The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Mainframe over the 3 months to 17 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 for the West Midlands region.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframes
Rank 89 89 85
Rank change year-on-year
0 -4
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 6 14 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.363% 0.628% 0.475%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.091% 3.825% 2.941%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 5
Average daily rate £280 £281 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.44% -48.86%
UK excluding London average daily rate £399 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+14.00% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £23.25 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.96 £25.00 £27.37
% change year-on-year
+11.84% -8.65%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
287 366 306
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.38% 16.41% 16.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 165 117
Average daily rate £315 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £208 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 35 43
Average hourly rate £28.50 £16.63 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+71.42% -16.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.30 £10.85 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.40 £40.00 £44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Mainframe
England

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Mainframe Daily Rate Trend

Mainframe
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mainframe across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Warwickshire - 3 £260 -
Wolverhampton - 2 - -
Mainframe
England

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1 8 (80.00%) Project Management
2 4 (40.00%) Change Management
2 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) CRM
2 4 (40.00%) IBM
2 4 (40.00%) IBM Mainframe
3 3 (30.00%) Web Development
3 3 (30.00%) Business Development
3 3 (30.00%) Migration
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (30.00%) Service Management
3 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
3 3 (30.00%) Business Analysis
3 3 (30.00%) MS Office
3 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (20.00%) MS Project
4 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
4 2 (20.00%) MS Visio
4 2 (20.00%) B2B
4 2 (20.00%) CheckPoint
4 2 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 2 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (20.00%) iSeries
4 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
5 1 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (10.00%) System Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Data Mapping
5 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) Fault Management
5 1 (10.00%) SAP CRM

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

Application Development
1 1 (10.00%) EDI
1 1 (10.00%) WAP
1 1 (10.00%) EDIFACT
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Office
2 2 (20.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (20.00%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Bluetooth
1 1 (10.00%) VoIP
1 1 (10.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) TestDirector
General
1 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
1 1 (10.00%) Automotive
1 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (10.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Business Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Business Change Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Change Manager
3 2 (20.00%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Test Leader
4 1 (10.00%) CRM Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Change Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Business Development Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Tester
4 1 (10.00%) Test Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Development Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Manual Tester
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Project Support Officer
4 1 (10.00%) EDI Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) IBM Mainframe
2 2 (20.00%) iSeries
3 1 (10.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Project Management
2 4 (40.00%) CRM
2 4 (40.00%) Change Management
3 3 (30.00%) Migration
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (30.00%) Service Management
3 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
3 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
3 3 (30.00%) Business Analysis
3 3 (30.00%) Web Development
3 3 (30.00%) Business Development
4 2 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 2 (20.00%) B2B
5 1 (10.00%) B2C
5 1 (10.00%) Mobile Commerce
5 1 (10.00%) ERP
5 1 (10.00%) Fault Management
5 1 (10.00%) System Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Data Mapping
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) IBM
2 2 (20.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (10.00%) SAP
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft