The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mainframe in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mainframe over the 3 months to 21 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mainframes
Rank 82 69 106
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +37
Permanent jobs citing Mainframe 36 60 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.997% 3.063% 0.672%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.126% 11.47% 3.264%
Number of salaries quoted 30 58 6
Average salary £42,500 £47,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.52% +18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £25,350 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,750 £67,500 £46,750
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.26% +18.75%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
443 523 337
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 24.57% 26.70% 20.60%
Number of salaries quoted 330 455 277
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £22,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £58,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Mainframe
North West

Mainframe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Mainframe Salary Trend

Mainframe
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mainframe across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cheshire Mainframe Salary Histogram

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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Knutsford -7 18 £42,500 -7.60%
Chester - 8 £39,500 -
Mainframe
North West

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 42 (67.74%) Finance
2 25 (40.32%) UNIX
3 24 (38.71%) Banking
4 22 (35.48%) IBM
5 19 (30.65%) Java
5 19 (30.65%) IBM Mainframe
6 18 (29.03%) Windows
7 16 (25.81%) DB2
8 15 (24.19%) Workflow
9 14 (22.58%) Risk Management
9 14 (22.58%) ITIL
9 14 (22.58%) CICS
10 12 (19.35%) Problem Management
11 11 (17.74%) WebSphere
11 11 (17.74%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (17.74%) J2EE
12 10 (16.13%) .NET
12 10 (16.13%) HP
12 10 (16.13%) Middleware
12 10 (16.13%) Financial Institution
12 10 (16.13%) Incident Management
12 10 (16.13%) Integration Testing
13 9 (14.52%) Test Scripting
13 9 (14.52%) Project Management
13 9 (14.52%) Tandem
13 9 (14.52%) zOS
13 9 (14.52%) JMS
13 9 (14.52%) COBOL
13 9 (14.52%) Oracle
14 8 (12.90%) JCL

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 11 (17.74%) WebSphere
1 11 (17.74%) J2EE
2 10 (16.13%) .NET
2 10 (16.13%) Middleware
3 9 (14.52%) JMS
4 7 (11.29%) JSP
5 6 (9.677%) JDBC
6 5 (8.065%) Web Services
7 4 (6.452%) JNDI
8 3 (4.839%) ISPF
9 2 (3.226%) XML
9 2 (3.226%) EDIFACT
10 1 (1.613%) Hibernate
10 1 (1.613%) WSDL
10 1 (1.613%) XSD
10 1 (1.613%) EJB
10 1 (1.613%) Servlets
10 1 (1.613%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 14 (22.58%) CICS
2 4 (6.452%) WebSphere MQ
3 3 (4.839%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 3 (4.839%) ESB
3 3 (4.839%) IBM HTTP Server
3 3 (4.839%) Apache
3 3 (4.839%) MQSeries
3 3 (4.839%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (3.226%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (1.613%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.613%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (9.677%) MS Excel
2 3 (4.839%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 5 (8.065%) BASE24
2 3 (4.839%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.065%) LDAP
2 4 (6.452%) Internet
2 4 (6.452%) ATM
3 3 (4.839%) SSL
4 2 (3.226%) Firewall
5 1 (1.613%) HTTP
5 1 (1.613%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (25.81%) DB2
2 4 (6.452%) NonStop SQL
3 3 (4.839%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (4.839%) DataStage
3 3 (4.839%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (3.226%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (9.677%) LoadRunner
2 2 (3.226%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.613%) Subversion
3 1 (1.613%) ClearCase
General
1 42 (67.74%) Finance
2 24 (38.71%) Banking
3 10 (16.13%) Financial Institution
4 6 (9.677%) Retail
5 5 (8.065%) Retail Banking
5 5 (8.065%) Private Banking
5 5 (8.065%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.613%) Games
Job Titles
1 14 (22.58%) Analyst
2 13 (20.97%) Architect
3 9 (14.52%) Lead Test Analyst
3 9 (14.52%) Test Analyst
4 7 (11.29%) Integration Architect
4 7 (11.29%) Integration Engineer
5 4 (6.452%) Performance Tester
5 4 (6.452%) Developer
5 4 (6.452%) Tester
5 4 (6.452%) Operations Manager
6 3 (4.839%) Mainframe Consultant
6 3 (4.839%) Designer
6 3 (4.839%) Applications Support
6 3 (4.839%) Consultant
6 3 (4.839%) Service Manager
6 3 (4.839%) Operations Analyst
7 2 (3.226%) Infrastructure Manager
7 2 (3.226%) Project Manager
7 2 (3.226%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 2 (3.226%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 19 (30.65%) IBM Mainframe
2 9 (14.52%) Tandem
3 6 (9.677%) PMI
4 5 (8.065%) Online Banking
4 5 (8.065%) AS400
5 4 (6.452%) Management Information System
6 3 (4.839%) Cryptography
6 3 (4.839%) LPAR
7 2 (3.226%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (3.226%) SWIFT
8 1 (1.613%) PKI
8 1 (1.613%) VSAM
8 1 (1.613%) iSeries
8 1 (1.613%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 25 (40.32%) UNIX
2 18 (29.03%) Windows
3 9 (14.52%) zOS
4 4 (6.452%) HPUX
4 4 (6.452%) MVS
4 4 (6.452%) VMS
5 3 (4.839%) AIX
5 3 (4.839%) Solaris
5 3 (4.839%) Linux
6 1 (1.613%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (24.19%) Workflow
2 14 (22.58%) Risk Management
2 14 (22.58%) ITIL
3 12 (19.35%) Problem Management
4 11 (17.74%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (16.13%) Incident Management
5 10 (16.13%) Integration Testing
6 9 (14.52%) Test Scripting
6 9 (14.52%) Project Management
7 8 (12.90%) Test Management
8 7 (11.29%) Service Delivery
9 6 (9.677%) PRINCE2
9 6 (9.677%) Change Management
9 6 (9.677%) Performance Testing
10 5 (8.065%) Waterfall
10 5 (8.065%) Investment Management
10 5 (8.065%) Wealth Management
10 5 (8.065%) Asset Management
11 4 (6.452%) RUP
11 4 (6.452%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 19 (30.65%) Java
2 9 (14.52%) COBOL
3 8 (12.90%) JCL
4 7 (11.29%) SQL
5 6 (9.677%) Shell Script
6 3 (4.839%) Perl
6 3 (4.839%) C#
6 3 (4.839%) C++
7 1 (1.613%) Assembly Language
7 1 (1.613%) REXX
7 1 (1.613%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (12.90%) Degree
2 6 (9.677%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.613%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.613%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.613%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 4 (6.452%) Tivoli
1 4 (6.452%) OMEGAMON
2 3 (4.839%) CA Wily
3 1 (1.613%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 22 (35.48%) IBM
2 10 (16.13%) HP
3 9 (14.52%) Oracle
4 6 (9.677%) Microsoft
5 4 (6.452%) JBoss
6 3 (4.839%) Teradata
6 3 (4.839%) Ab Initio
6 3 (4.839%) Siebel
6 3 (4.839%) Sun
7 2 (3.226%) Pega
8 1 (1.613%) Fujitsu
8 1 (1.613%) webMethods
8 1 (1.613%) TIBCO
8 1 (1.613%) VMware
8 1 (1.613%) Cognizant
Cheshire, North West
Lead Application Support Analyst x2 - Mainframe, COBOL, CICS, JCL, VSAM, DB2 - This is an excellent opportunity to progress a challenging, varied and stable career working for our leading...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £38000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 4 May 2013
Cheshire
End-to-end lifecycle experience is vital for the Integration Architect (Java, .NET, IBM Mainframe) as you will be involved throughout the design and development process!... Experience working...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum + Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
End-to-End Integration Engineer / Architect - Java, J2EE, .NET, IBM Mainframe, MQ Message Broker, End-to-End Design... The successful individuals will have experience of the full end-...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000.00 - £65000.00 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 18 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
End-to-End Integration Engineer / Architect - Java, J2EE, .NET, IBM Mainframe, MQ Message Broker, End-to-End Design... The successful individuals will have experience of the full end-...
Salary: £40000.00 - £65000.00 per annum + Excellent package
Posted: 26 April 2013
Cheshire
End-to-End Integration Engineer / Architect - Java, J2EE, .NET, IBM Mainframe, MQ Message Broker, End-to-End Design... The successful individuals will have experience of the full end-...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £40000.00 - £65000.00 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 17 May 2013