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This section looks at the demand for Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) skills within the Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VSAM over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual Storage Access Method (VSAM)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank-144
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.144 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£318£320
% change on same period last year-0.58 %
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-£30.00
% change on same period last year-
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads737694
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.973 %0.691 %
Daily rates quoted168107
Average minimum daily rate£338£345
Average daily rate£363£378
% change on same period last year-3.95 %
Average maximum daily rate£388£411
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£352
% change on same period last year-0.23 %
Hourly rates quoted5250
Average minimum hourly rate£22.47£20.27
Average hourly rate£24.18£22.35
% change on same period last year+8.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.89£24.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.25£28.69
% change on same period last year-11.97 %
VSAM EnglandVSAM
England

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.

VSAM
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VSAM across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Yorkshire VSAM Demand Trend

VSAM
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire VSAM Daily Rate Trend

VSAM
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing VSAM 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 VSAM.

12 (100.00 %)DB2
21 (50.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (50.00 %)Data Modelling
21 (50.00 %)IBM
21 (50.00 %)CICS
21 (50.00 %)Assembly Language
21 (50.00 %)Telon
21 (50.00 %)Easytrieve
21 (50.00 %)JCL
21 (50.00 %)Mainframe
21 (50.00 %)Finance
21 (50.00 %)Retail
21 (50.00 %)ISPF
21 (50.00 %)IBM Mainframe
21 (50.00 %)COBOL
21 (50.00 %)Oracle
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server

VSAM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing VSAM 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 VSAM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)ISPF
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)CICS
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (100.00 %)DB2
21 (50.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (50.00 %)Easytrieve
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)Telon
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Finance
11 (50.00 %)Retail
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Developer
11 (50.00 %)Analyst
11 (50.00 %)Systems Analyst
11 (50.00 %)COBOL Developer
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Mainframe
11 (50.00 %)IBM Mainframe
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Data Modelling
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)Assembly Language
11 (50.00 %)JCL
11 (50.00 %)COBOL
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)IBM
11 (50.00 %)Oracle