The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframes
Rank 112 90 84
Rank change year-on-year
-22 -6
Permanent jobs citing Mainframe 4 2 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.239% 0.138% 0.752%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.130% 0.557% 3.257%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 10
Average salary £37,500 £47,500 £70,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.05% -32.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £41,500 £52,500
10% offered a salary of more than £48,500 £53,500 £80,250
UK excluding London average salary £42,750 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +18.75%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
354 359 307
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 21.12% 24.71% 23.08%
Number of salaries quoted 314 323 275
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,250 £65,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Mainframe
West Midlands

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Mainframe Jobs Demand Trend

Mainframe
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Mainframe Salary Trend

Mainframe
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mainframe across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Birmingham Mainframe Salary Histogram

Mainframe
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Mainframe.

1 4 (80.00%) ISEB
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
1 4 (80.00%) Banking
1 4 (80.00%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (60.00%) HP
3 1 (20.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Automation Testing
3 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) COBIT
3 1 (20.00%) Test Management
3 1 (20.00%) COSO
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) CISA
3 1 (20.00%) AS400
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) UNIX
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) IBM

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Mainframe. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
1 4 (80.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Tester
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Test Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Systems Tester
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Test Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Tester
2 2 (40.00%) Team Leader
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Test Team Leader
3 1 (20.00%) IT Audit Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Internal Audit Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Audit Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) UNIX
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Project Management
1 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (20.00%) Test Management
1 1 (20.00%) Change Control
1 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (20.00%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) ISEB
2 1 (20.00%) CISA
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) COBIT
1 1 (20.00%) COSO
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) IBM