The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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 43 49 46
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -3
Contract jobs citing Mainframe 5 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 1.121% 0.949% 0.726%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.000% 4.688% 4.396%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 3
Average daily rate £575 £344 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+67.27% +7.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £396 £329 £224
10% offered a daily rate of more than £643 £359 £364
UK excluding London average daily rate £399 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+14.00% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £25.00 -
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
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
100 128 91
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 22.42% 20.25% 16.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 64 33
Average daily rate £413 £375 £331
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +13.20%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £250 £159
10% offered a daily rate of more than £578 £525 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 12 11
Average hourly rate £16.00 £40.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-60.00% +33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.54 £16.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £44.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Mainframe
South West

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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
Swindon +6 5 £575 +67.27%
Mainframe
South West

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 6 (54.55%) Retail
3 5 (45.45%) Banking
3 5 (45.45%) Retail Banking
4 3 (27.27%) Information Management
5 2 (18.18%) Migration
5 2 (18.18%) SQL
5 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
6 1 (9.091%) SAP
6 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2
6 1 (9.091%) UNIX
6 1 (9.091%) Windows
6 1 (9.091%) Solaris
6 1 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
6 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (9.091%) Project Management
6 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (9.091%) Programme Management
6 1 (9.091%) Contact Management
6 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (9.091%) VME
6 1 (9.091%) Data Migration
6 1 (9.091%) Data Extraction
6 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (9.091%) SAP GRC
6 1 (9.091%) Hyper-V
6 1 (9.091%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (9.091%) COBOL

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Business Applications
1 1 (9.091%) SAP GRC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 1 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 6 (54.55%) Retail
3 5 (45.45%) Retail Banking
3 5 (45.45%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Enterprise Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Applications Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Lead Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (9.091%) Senior Architect
4 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Applications Architect
4 1 (9.091%) Senior Enterprise Architect
4 1 (9.091%) Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Programmer
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Systems Developer
4 1 (9.091%) IT Architect
4 1 (9.091%) Mainframe Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Systems Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) UNIX
1 1 (9.091%) Windows
1 1 (9.091%) Solaris
1 1 (9.091%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Information Management
2 2 (18.18%) Migration
3 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (9.091%) Programme Management
3 1 (9.091%) Data Migration
3 1 (9.091%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2
3 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (9.091%) Project Management
3 1 (9.091%) Contact Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
2 1 (9.091%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 1 (9.091%) SAP
1 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
1 1 (9.091%) ICL