The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe over the 3 months to 23 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframes
Rank 145 - 152
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Mainframe 1 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.039% - 0.033%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.129% - 0.094%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-10.52% +18.75%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
775 1042 1060
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 30.37% 36.12% 34.80%
Number of salaries quoted 664 805 927
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +8.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £56,000 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Mainframe
East of England

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Mainframe Salary Trend

Mainframe
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridge - 1 - -
Mainframe
East of England

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) ISEB
2 2 (66.67%) WinRunner
2 2 (66.67%) TestDirector
2 2 (66.67%) LoadRunner
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 2 (66.67%) Logistics
2 2 (66.67%) Web Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) Business Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) WCF
3 1 (33.33%) BPEL
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) SOA
3 1 (33.33%) B2B
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) SOAP
3 1 (33.33%) Web Services
3 1 (33.33%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cognizant

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
1 1 (33.33%) WCF
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) SOAP
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) WinRunner
1 2 (66.67%) TestDirector
1 2 (66.67%) LoadRunner
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Test Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Test Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Test Leader
2 1 (33.33%) BizTalk Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
1 2 (66.67%) Logistics
1 2 (66.67%) Web Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Business Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) BPEL
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) SOA
2 1 (33.33%) B2B
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ISEB
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Cognizant