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This section looks at the demand for Mainframes skills within the Cheshire 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 13 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMainframes
Location
3 months to 13 May 2008Same period last year
Rank3373
Rank change on same period last yearUp+40
Matching permanent IT job ads17382
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.085 %0.035 %
As % of the category below29.17 %12.11 %
Salaries quoted16776
Average minimum salary£43,707£38,263
Average salary£48,769£42,388
% change on same period last year+15.05 %
Average maximum salary£53,832£46,513
UK excluding London average salary£41,450£39,853
% change on same period last year+4.00 %
Miscellaneous CheshireMiscellaneous
Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads593677
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.290 %0.291 %
Salaries quoted530604
Average minimum salary£37,679£31,963
Average salary£41,829£35,112
% change on same period last year+19.12 %
Average maximum salary£45,978£38,261
UK excluding London average salary£38,562£39,072
% change on same period last year-1.30 %
Mainframe North WestMainframe
North West

Mainframe
Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Mainframe Salary Trend

Mainframe
Salary Histogram

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

Cheshire Mainframe Salary Histogram

Mainframe
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mainframe within the Cheshire region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1KnutsfordDown-151£46,980-1.53 %
2ChesterUp+45£41,750+38.30 %
3CreweUp+103£27,500-
3WarringtonDown-63£36,000-25.00 %
Mainframe North WestMainframe
North West

Mainframe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

1172 (61.65 %)Finance
2164 (58.78 %)Stakeholder Management
3163 (58.42 %)PRINCE2
4142 (50.90 %)Unix
5119 (42.65 %)Windows
6115 (41.22 %)Banking
799 (35.48 %)Project Management
896 (34.41 %)Supplier Management
993 (33.33 %)Telecoms
1091 (32.62 %)Resource Management
1091 (32.62 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1178 (27.96 %)SAN
1269 (24.73 %)ITIL
1365 (23.30 %)PMP
1365 (23.30 %)PMI Certification
1365 (23.30 %)Matrix Management
1452 (18.64 %)IBM
1542 (15.05 %)Middleware
1630 (10.75 %)IBM Mainframe
1724 (8.602 %)DB2
1823 (8.244 %)JCL
1921 (7.527 %)Tandem
2019 (6.810 %)zOS
2019 (6.810 %)WebSphere
2118 (6.452 %)Pensions
2217 (6.093 %)RACF
2316 (5.735 %)CICS
2412 (4.301 %)Change Management
2511 (3.943 %)Health
2511 (3.943 %)WebSphere Application Server

Mainframe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Cheshire 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
142 (15.05 %)Middleware
219 (6.810 %)WebSphere
39 (3.226 %)ISPF
Application Platforms
116 (5.735 %)CICS
211 (3.943 %)WebSphere Application Server
38 (2.867 %)WebSphere MQ
38 (2.867 %)IBM HTTP Server
43 (1.075 %)SAS
51 (0.358 %)MQSeries
Communications & Networking
178 (27.96 %)SAN
28 (2.867 %)HTTP
32 (0.717 %)Internet
41 (0.358 %)Intrusion Detection
41 (0.358 %)TCP/IP
41 (0.358 %)ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
124 (8.602 %)DB2
27 (2.509 %)Datawarehouse
33 (1.075 %)ETL
42 (0.717 %)DataStage
51 (0.358 %)Easytrieve
51 (0.358 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
51 (0.358 %)Oracle 10g
Development Applications
12 (0.717 %)WinRunner
12 (0.717 %)LoadRunner
General
1172 (61.65 %)Finance
2115 (41.22 %)Banking
393 (33.33 %)Telecoms
418 (6.452 %)Pensions
511 (3.943 %)Health
64 (1.434 %)Law
73 (1.075 %)Investment Banking
82 (0.717 %)Auditing
Job Titles
1167 (59.86 %)Project Manager
247 (16.85 %)Analyst
343 (15.41 %)Programme Manager
438 (13.62 %)Senior Manager
438 (13.62 %)Senior Project Manager
536 (12.90 %)Infrastructure Manager
633 (11.83 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
723 (8.244 %)Architect
818 (6.452 %)Infrastructure Architect
818 (6.452 %)Operations Analyst
917 (6.093 %)Senior Programme Manager
1013 (4.659 %)Infrastructure Designer
1111 (3.943 %)Capacity Planning Analyst
1111 (3.943 %)Capacity Analyst
1210 (3.584 %)Support Analyst
137 (2.509 %)Junior
146 (2.151 %)Data Manager
146 (2.151 %)Infrastructure Analyst
146 (2.151 %)Solutions Architect
146 (2.151 %)Data Centre Manager
Miscellaneous
130 (10.75 %)IBM Mainframe
221 (7.527 %)Tandem
36 (2.151 %)AS400
45 (1.792 %)PMI
53 (1.075 %)Thin Client
53 (1.075 %)Fat Client
62 (0.717 %)Cryptography
62 (0.717 %)VSAM
71 (0.358 %)PKI
Operating Systems
1142 (50.90 %)Unix
2119 (42.65 %)Windows
319 (6.810 %)zOS
48 (2.867 %)AIX
57 (2.509 %)HPUX
57 (2.509 %)Solaris
57 (2.509 %)MVS
65 (1.792 %)VMS
72 (0.717 %)Windows NT
81 (0.358 %)Windows XP
81 (0.358 %)OS/390
Processes & Methodologies
1164 (58.78 %)Stakeholder Management
2163 (58.42 %)PRINCE2
399 (35.48 %)Project Management
496 (34.41 %)Supplier Management
591 (32.62 %)Resource Management
669 (24.73 %)ITIL
765 (23.30 %)Matrix Management
812 (4.301 %)Change Management
99 (3.226 %)PRINCE
108 (2.867 %)Disaster Recovery
116 (2.151 %)Business Intelligence
123 (1.075 %)E-Commerce
123 (1.075 %)Six Sigma
123 (1.075 %)Risk Management
123 (1.075 %)Service Delivery
123 (1.075 %)Release Management
123 (1.075 %)Problem Management
123 (1.075 %)Systems Analysis
123 (1.075 %)Project Planning
132 (0.717 %)Automated Testing
Programming Languages
123 (8.244 %)JCL
29 (3.226 %)REXX
38 (2.867 %)C
46 (2.151 %)COBOL
52 (0.717 %)Assembly Language
61 (0.358 %)Shell Script
61 (0.358 %)Java
61 (0.358 %)SQL
Qualifications
191 (32.62 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
265 (23.30 %)PMP
265 (23.30 %)PMI Certification
33 (1.075 %)Degree
33 (1.075 %)ITIL Certification
42 (0.717 %)ISEB
42 (0.717 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.075 %)SLA
13 (1.075 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
117 (6.093 %)RACF
21 (0.358 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
110 (3.584 %)Tivoli
25 (1.792 %)ServiceCenter
31 (0.358 %)AllFusion Endevor
31 (0.358 %)OMEGAMON
Vendors
152 (18.64 %)IBM
25 (1.792 %)Teradata
33 (1.075 %)Citrix
42 (0.717 %)Ab Initio
42 (0.717 %)Oracle
51 (0.358 %)Cisco
51 (0.358 %)Microsoft
51 (0.358 %)CA
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