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This section looks at the demand for Mainframes skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe over the last 3 months to 12 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMainframes
Location
3 months to 12 May 2008Same period last year
Rank124128
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching permanent IT job ads242
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.001 %
As % of the category below5.530 %0.491 %
Salaries quoted142
Average minimum salary£44,214£35,000
Average salary£50,214£36,250
% change on same period last year+38.52 %
Average maximum salary£56,214£37,500
UK excluding London average salary£41,525£39,677
% change on same period last year+4.65 %
Miscellaneous BirminghamMiscellaneous
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads434407
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.209 %0.181 %
Salaries quoted363304
Average minimum salary£34,103£31,412
Average salary£38,176£34,168
% change on same period last year+11.73 %
Average maximum salary£42,249£36,924
UK excluding London average salary£38,561£38,984
% change on same period last year-1.08 %
Mainframe West MidlandsMainframe
West Midlands

Mainframe
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Mainframe across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Birmingham Mainframe Demand Trend

Mainframe
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Mainframe across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Mainframe Salary Trend

Mainframe
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mainframe across the Birmingham region over the past 3 months.

Birmingham Mainframe Salary Histogram

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Mainframe also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Mainframe.

117 (42.50 %)Unix
210 (25.00 %)Windows
39 (22.50 %)Windows NT
39 (22.50 %)IBM
39 (22.50 %)AS400
47 (17.50 %)ITIL
47 (17.50 %)PRINCE2
47 (17.50 %)HP
47 (17.50 %)ISEB
47 (17.50 %)PRINCE2 Certification
47 (17.50 %)ITIL Certification
47 (17.50 %)WinRunner
47 (17.50 %)QuickTest Pro
47 (17.50 %)HPUX
47 (17.50 %)Solaris
47 (17.50 %)Linux
47 (17.50 %)Service Delivery
47 (17.50 %)Pensions
56 (15.00 %)IBM Mainframe
56 (15.00 %)Finance
65 (12.50 %)Health
65 (12.50 %)Windows 2000
65 (12.50 %)VB
65 (12.50 %)Oracle
65 (12.50 %)LoadRunner
65 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
74 (10.00 %)COBOL
74 (10.00 %)Penetration Testing
74 (10.00 %)Firewall
74 (10.00 %)Wireless

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Mainframe also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Mainframe. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
13 (7.500 %)J2EE
13 (7.500 %)XML
13 (7.500 %)ISPF
22 (5.000 %).NET
Application Platforms
14 (10.00 %)TPMS
23 (7.500 %)CICS
Applications
13 (7.500 %)MS Visio
Communications & Networking
14 (10.00 %)Firewall
14 (10.00 %)Wireless
14 (10.00 %)Network Security
23 (7.500 %)SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
11 (2.500 %)DB2
Development Applications
17 (17.50 %)WinRunner
17 (17.50 %)QuickTest Pro
25 (12.50 %)LoadRunner
General
17 (17.50 %)Pensions
26 (15.00 %)Finance
35 (12.50 %)Health
41 (2.500 %)Manufacturing
41 (2.500 %)Retail
41 (2.500 %)Insurance
41 (2.500 %)Government
41 (2.500 %)Telecoms
Job Titles
18 (20.00 %)Analyst
18 (20.00 %)Team Leader
27 (17.50 %)Test Manager
34 (10.00 %)Consultant
34 (10.00 %)Technical Team Leader
34 (10.00 %)Support Analyst
34 (10.00 %)Security Consultant
34 (10.00 %)IT Support Analyst
43 (7.500 %)Lead Software Engineer
43 (7.500 %)Enterprise Architect
43 (7.500 %)Architect
43 (7.500 %)Software Engineer
52 (5.000 %)IT Manager
52 (5.000 %)Development Manager
52 (5.000 %)Senior Manager
52 (5.000 %)Computer Operator
52 (5.000 %)Data Analyst
52 (5.000 %)Senior IT Manager
52 (5.000 %)IT Development Manager
52 (5.000 %)Storage Analyst
Miscellaneous
19 (22.50 %)AS400
26 (15.00 %)IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
117 (42.50 %)Unix
210 (25.00 %)Windows
39 (22.50 %)Windows NT
47 (17.50 %)HPUX
47 (17.50 %)Solaris
47 (17.50 %)Linux
55 (12.50 %)Windows 2000
55 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
64 (10.00 %)VME
71 (2.500 %)zOS
Processes & Methodologies
17 (17.50 %)ITIL
17 (17.50 %)PRINCE2
17 (17.50 %)Service Delivery
24 (10.00 %)Penetration Testing
33 (7.500 %)Business Development
33 (7.500 %)BPM
33 (7.500 %)Zachman Framework
33 (7.500 %)TOGAF
33 (7.500 %)Process Management
33 (7.500 %)EAI
33 (7.500 %)SOA
42 (5.000 %)Project Management
42 (5.000 %)Disaster Recovery
51 (2.500 %)Change Management
51 (2.500 %)Business Continuity
51 (2.500 %)Time Management
51 (2.500 %)Data Analysis
Programming Languages
15 (12.50 %)VB
24 (10.00 %)COBOL
33 (7.500 %)Java
33 (7.500 %)SQL
Qualifications
17 (17.50 %)ISEB
17 (17.50 %)PRINCE2 Certification
17 (17.50 %)ITIL Certification
Vendors
19 (22.50 %)IBM
27 (17.50 %)HP
35 (12.50 %)Oracle
43 (7.500 %)SAP
43 (7.500 %)Siebel
51 (2.500 %)Cisco
51 (2.500 %)VERITAS
51 (2.500 %)ICL
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